eft-síþ
A journey back, return ⬩ rĕdĭtus
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Landweard onfand eftsíþ eorla the land-warden perceived the return of the warriors, Beo. Th. 3786; B. 1891: 2669; B. 1332
for-weorþenes
A coming to nothing ⬩ perishing ⬩ ruin
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A coming to nothing, perishing, ruin; intĕrĭtus Ðis wæs swíðe gedeorfsum geár hér on lande and þurh orfcwealm and wæstma forweorþenesse this was a very grievous year in the land, both through murrain of cattle and perishing of fruits.
frý
Free ⬩ líber
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Lamb. 87, 6. Gif hwylc swíðe ríce cyning næfde nǽnne frýne mon on eallon his ríce if some very powerful king had not any free man in all his realm, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 25
gealdor-cræftiga
One crafty or skilful in enchantments ⬩ an enchanter ⬩ in arte incantandi perītus ⬩ incantātor
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One crafty or skilful in enchantments, an enchanter; in arte incantandi perītus, incantātor Ða fǽmnan, ðe gewuniaþ onfón gealdorcræftigan ne lǽt ðú ða libban the women, who are wont to receive enchanters, suffer thou them not to live, L.
leód-burh
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Hé eaferum lǽfde lond and leódbyrig he to his children left his land and its towns, Beo. Th. 4933; Th. 2471
mód-full
Proud ⬩ arrogant
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[Oswi hæfde emes sunen þe weoren swiðe þrute gumen, and ma of his cunne þe weoren modfulle, Laym. 31464.]
sige-déma
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Ne beóþ ðǽr ( at the last judgment ) forþ borene sigele tó ðam sigedéman, Wulfst. 254, 1 : Exon. Th. 65, 28 ; Cri. 1061
un-nytwirðe
Not fit for use ⬩ useless ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ unserviceable
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Lamb. 52, 4
wer-bǽre
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A weir where fish are caught Se mylenstede and ðæt land ðæt ðe ðǽrtó hýrð . . . and ða werbǽra and seó mǽd be norðan eá, and ða hammas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 383, 17. Tó Cranemere, and ðǽre gebyraþ tó six wæebǽre, iii. 344, 2
bótian
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To get better, recover from illness Sing ymb þone ceáp . . . bærn ymb récels . . . lǽt syþðan bótegean (beot-, MS.), Lch. iii. 56, 13.
Linked entry: beótian
dál
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Ox. 2294. distribution of charity Ðý lǽs hié for ðǽm dále (gedále, v. l.) ðæs fiós wilnigen ðysses lǽnan lofes ne ex impenso munere transitoriam laudem quaerant, Past. 322, 12
for-spildness
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Destruction, perdition Þý lǽs hit gelumpe ꝥ hé sylfa æfter þon eall geeóde in mycele forspildnysse (-spildnyssum, -spilnisse, -spillednysse, v. ll.) ne ipse postmodum in immane praecipitium totus iret, Gr. D. 95, 24.
Linked entries: for-spilness -spildness
gedwol-þing
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a false thing Hý forgýmdon heora Drihten, and wurðedon þurh deófles láre mistlice gedwolþing, and worhton fela gedwimera on anlícnessum, Wlfst. 11, 4.
or-sáwle
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Hé eóde tó þǽre stówe þær se orsáwla (sáwulleása, v. l.) líchama (corpus exanime) læg, 84, 33. Add
stród
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Marshy land (overgrown with brushwood or trees?, v. Philol. Trans. 1895-8, p. 537), and add Haec sunt prata que ad illam terram pertinent .i. et bioccan leá and an súðhealfe stródes an cyninges médum ðá ðe ðǽrtó belimpað, C. D. B. ii. 202, 13
of-þinen
too moist
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Hig wǽron gemyndige ðæs tóweardan hungres ðý læs ða ofþinenan corn in brord gehwyrfden and hig forcurfon ða sǽd they (the ants) were mindful of future hunger, and lest the grains that were too moist should sprout, they bit them, Shrn. 41, 5
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on-hyring
Imitation, emulation
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Gód anda and anhering áscyreþ fram synna leahtrum, and lǽt tó Gode, R. Ben. 131, 13. Ðonne wé onhyrigaþ Criste and eác ða onhyringe gefyllaþ tunc legem Christi imitando complemus, Past. 51, 3; Swt. 397, 2
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smoca
Smoke
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Lamb. 17, 9. Út æt his nosu eode micel smocca Nar. 43, 16. Hé nele ðone wlacan smocan wáces flǽsces wætere gedwæscan nec vult lini tepidos undis exstinguere fumos Dóm. L. 51
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ge-tídan
To betide ⬩ happen ⬩ contingere
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Ðé-læs ðe ðé on sumum þingum wyrs getíde ne deterius tibi ălĭquid contingat, Jn. Bos. 5, 14. Getýdde hit, ðæt ... it happened that..., Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 34
Linked entry: ge-týdan
be-áscian
To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. )
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To ask a person (acc.) for advice (gen. ), the question given in a clause Hié hine láre beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó dónne wǽre, Bl. H. 199, 29. Þæt hié ðone pápan and þæt pápseld beáhsodan, hwæt him þæs tó rǽde þúhte, 205, 20
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