tó-sígan
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Hit gedafenlic is ꝥ his reáf ne beo horig ne húru tósigen, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 21. Add
wæl-fús
Ready to be slain
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Ready to be slain; referring to Beowulf before the fight in which he was mortally wounded Him wæs geómor sefa, wæfre and wælfús, wyrd ungemete neáh, se sceolde sécean sáwle hord, sundur gedǽlan líf wið líce, Beo. Th. 4831; B. 2420
bunden-stefna
bound ⬩ the prow of a ship ⬩ A bound prow ⬩ ligata prora
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Beo. Th. 3824; B. 1910
wíf-lufu
Love for a woman
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Ingelde weallaþ wælníðas, and him wíflufan cólran weorðaþ, Beo. Th. 4137; B. 2065. Cf. wíf-myne
cora-gesceót
A payment or contribution of corn ⬩ frumenti solutio vel munus
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A payment or contribution of corn; frumenti solutio vel munus Se wudu beó gelǽst binnan þrým dagum æfter ðam corngesceóte let the wood be supplied within three days after the contribution of corn Cod. Dipl. 942; Kmbl. iv. 278, 10
ge-tǽse
Meet ⬩ convenient suitable ⬩ mild ⬩ easy ⬩ accommodus ⬩ placidus ⬩ lenis
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Meet, convenient suitable, mild, easy; accommodus, placidus, lenis Gif him wǽre niht getǽse if he had had an easy night, Beo. Th. 2645; B. 1320. Swá hit getǽsost wæs as was most fitting, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 22; Met. 20, 11
hlytm
a parting or deciding by lot, ⬩ an arranging of shares
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a parting or deciding by lot, an arranging of shares Næs ðá on hlytme hwá ðæt hord strude the part of each in despoiling the hoard was not carefully allotted [each took what he could ], Beo. Th. 6243; B. 3126
Linked entry: un-hlytm
á-willan
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Þonne hit beó ǽne áwylled, iii. 14, 15. On áwyldum ealað, ii. 114, 11
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under-sceótan
to move to a place beneath ⬩ to intercept ⬩ to under-prop ⬩ support
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R.) sunnan tó ðam swíðe ðæt heó eall áþeóstraþ, Lchdm. iii. 242, 20. to under-prop, support Hí ne beóð mid nánre sylle underscotene ðæs godcundlícan mægenes nullis fulti virtutibus, Past. 1; Swt. 27, 17. Similar entries Cf. under-stingan
myrre
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Tó eallum uncystum þe on gómum beóð ácenned . . . myrre and pipor, Lch. i. 318, 14. Tó gehealdanne líchoman hǽlo mid Drihtnes gebede, þis is aeþele lǽcedóm. Genim myrran and gegníd on wín . . . Þonne is eft se æþelesta lǽcedóm tó þon ilcan.
æ-bléc
Pallid, pale, livid
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Be hiora híwe . . . hí beóð ǽblǽce, Lch. ii. 232, 2. Substitute:
tór
Difficult, ⬩ hard
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An honful ȝerden beoð erueð for te breken (arn tor to breken, MS. T.), 254, 2. Tor for to telle, Will. 1428. Toor, 5066
heofon-feld
A Northumbrian local name
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A Northumbrian local name Is seó stów on Englisc nemned Heofenfeld wæs heó geára swá nemned for tácnunge ðæra tóweardra wundra forðon ðe ðǽr ðæt heofonlíce sigebeácen árǽred beón sceolde and ðǽr heofonlíc sige ðam cyninge seald wæs vocatur locus illelingua
wiccian
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To practise witchcraft Gif hwá wiccige ymbe ǽniges mannes lufe, and him on ǽte sylle, oððe on drince, oððe on ǽniges cynnes gealdorcræftum, ðæt hyra lufu for ðon ðe máre beón scyle . . .
wyrcness
work ⬩ labour ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ doing ⬩ operation ⬩ working ⬩ performance
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Ða ðe lǽrdon ǽnne willan and áne wyrcnesse beón on Drihtne Hǽlende, 5, 19; S. 639, 34. working, performance of something Wyrcnes heofonlícra mægena operatio virtutum, Bd. 1, 7 ; S. 479, 9. Mid wuudra wyrcnesse, 2, 3 ; S. 505, 1 : 3, 13; S. 538, 39
Linked entry: wircness
ge-orwénan
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Nán georwénan scyl forgyfenysse nullus desperare debet ueniam, Scint. 48, 6. with (negative) clause Ðá þe hé georwénde ꝥ him nǽfre ofer ꝥ ne mihte beón geleoðad cum relaxari se jam posse desperaret, Gr.
ge-þeóde
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Out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation, Rev. 5, 9) Þæt is mid Estum þeáw þæt þǽr sceal ǽlces geðeódes man beón forbærned, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 11. Add
ge-éhtan
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Se ceáp ne mæg wið nánum sceatte beón geéht, Hml. Th. i. 582, 27
hæg-steald
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Add: a tiro, novice Warna ǽr cniht beón þænne hægesteald ł geong cempa caue ante miles esse quam tiro, Scint. 205, 9. Sé ðe hehstald (uirgo) gecoren is . . . ꝥte ðá hehstald hehstald gehealde (ut uirginem uirgo seruarei), Jn. p. l, 2-5.
hǽlþ
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(good) health of body Hé cwæit þæt hire cild gesund beón sceolde, and eal hire híwisc hǽlðe brúcan, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 19.