wer-beám
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Cf. the epithets derived from words denoting trees which are applied to men in Icelandic poetry. v. Corpus Poeticum Boreale, ii. 476
æt-hrine
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Mid hys æthrine hý onweg gewítað at a touch from it they will go away. Lch. i. 336, 14. Hnesce on æthrine soft to the touch, 108. 1: 110, 5
blǽce
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[Take here passages from Lchdms. given in Dict. under blǽco.] Bléci viti(li)ginem, Txts. 105, 2117: 114, 107: pruriginem, 111, 24
ge-sǽliglic
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Add: happy from one's lot. Cf. ge-sǽlig; Gesett hæfde hé hié swá gesǽliglíce, Gen. 252. of things, happy, characterized by good fortune. Cf. ge-sǽlig ; IV Bið hyra meaht and gefeá swíðe gesǽliglic sawlum tó gielde, Cri. 1079.
Linked entry: sǽlig-lic
ge-scirian
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., and add: To separate, remove from Ðá him ðæt lið gescired (-sciered, v.l.) wæs digesto vino, Past. 295, 7. Gescerede degesta, i. disposita, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 35 (O.H.Ger. ge-scerian privare, impendere.) Cf. ge-scearian
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BÆC
BACK ⬩ dorsum ⬩ tergum
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Clǽne bæc hæbban to have a clean back, to be free from deceit, L. A. G. 5; Th. i. 156, 6. Gang on bæc, Mt. Bos. 4, 10. Gá on bæc go behind or away; vade retro, Mk. Bos. 8, 33
Linked entries: baca bacu bæc-slitol ge-bæcu bec
FEFER
FEVER ⬩ febris
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Ða feforas beóþ fram anýdde the fevers will be forced away, 143, 4; Lchdm. i. 266, 13. On mycelum feferum magnis febrĭbus, Lk. Bos. 4, 38.
selen
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a gift Ic ðé nú áfyrre fram mínre selene ðe ic ðé forgeaf, Wulfst. 258, 14. Seó góde antswaru sý ouer ða sélestan selene sermo bonus super datum optimum, R. Ben. 55, 9. Sylena donaria, Germ. 394, 343.
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þicness
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Gyf hwá mycelne hracan þolige, and hé ðone him eáþelíce fram bringan ne mæge for ðycnysse, 284, 24.
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un-eáðness
uneasiness of mind ⬩ anxiety ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ difficulty ⬩ severity ⬩ harshness
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Hwæt wylt ðú tó méde gesyllan ðam ðe ðe fram ðissum unéðnyssum álýseþ? Shrn. 16, 29.
yfelness
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Hé ( Antichrist ) neádaþ þurh yfelnysse ðæt men sceolon búgan fram heora Scyppendes geleáfan tó his leásungum, se ðe is ord ǽlcre leásunge and yfelnysse . . . on ðam tíman bið micel yfelnyss and þwyrnys betwux mancynne, Homl. Th. i. 4, 27-33.
bufan
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S. 18, 24. upon Byrgenne, swelce hiera þeáw wæs þæt mon rícum monnum bufan eorðan worhte, Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 5: 2, 4; S. 74, 19. of time, above, more than Fram ánum mónðe and bufan þám, Num. 3, 15. with acc. above, to a point higher than Hé up
ge-þrǽstan
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S. 23 b, 537. the mind Gif þú gesihst éhtere þínne þearle wédende, wite þú þæt fram átendendum his deófle byþ geþrǽst ( ab accensore suo demone (p)urguetur ), Scint. 208, 4. to constrain, bind, confine Geþrǽst artatur, i. constringitur, An.
hearpe
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Þonne ic (the devil) míne hearpan genam and míne strengas styrian ongan, heó þæt lustlíce gehýrdon and fram þé (God) ácerdan and tó mé urnan, Wlfst. 255, 8. Hearpan cymbalo (but the word in Prov. 23, 21 is symbola), Kent. Gl. 891.
ǽfen
evening ⬩ eve, the evening preceding a day (of festival)
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Oð ðæt ǽfen forð fram dæges orde, El. 139. Metod æfter sceáf ǽfen ǽrest, Gen. 138. eve, the evening preceding a day (of festival).
wilnung
Desire
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Fram gebrosnucge lícumlícre willnunge clǽne a corruptione con-cupiscentiae carnalis inmune, Bd. 3, 8 ; S. 532, 36. Unálýfedre willnunge mód biþ geþeóded, I. 27; S. 495, 9. Unrihtes willan willnunge cupidine voluptatis, 495, 33.
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ofer-drífan
to cover by drifting ⬩ to overcome, refute, repel, defeat
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Wé syndon fram ðé oferswýðde, ac wé ácsiaþ: Hwæt eart ðú swá wunderlíc on ánes mannes hiwe ús tó oferdrýfenne, Nicod. Thw. 16, 20.
tin-tregian
To torment, ⬩ torture, ⬩ afflict
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To torment, torture, afflict Ða ðe hé ne mæg fram rihtan geleáfan tó him gebígan, ðonne tintregaþ hé ða on mænigfælde wísan, Wulfst. 197, 7: Blickl. Homl. 59, 31. Philippus hí miclum tintrade(tintergade, MS.
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ge-wendan
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Voc. ii. 122, 72. to give a certain direction or position to Stande hé on ðám stede þe se abbod swá gémeleásum monnum tó stealle on sundrum betǽht hæfð, swá þæt hé sý gewend fram þám abbode and fram eallum his geférum (but the Latin is: Stet in loco
tó-slítan
To tear in two, ⬩ tear to pieces, ⬩ tear asunder ⬩ to tear in two, ⬩ in pieces, ⬩ rend material, ⬩ to give a torn appearance to anything ⬩ to serrate ⬩ to rend, ⬩ cleave, ⬩ break asunder that which is hard or bulky ⬩ to tear the flesh, ⬩ rend, ⬩ bite, ⬩ wound ⬩ lacerate ⬩ to tear asunder ⬩ part ⬩ separate what has been joined ⬩ sever ⬩ to pull to pieces ⬩ destroy the existence of an object, abstract or concrete ⬩ to destroy ⬩ dissipate ⬩ to distract the mind ⬩ To be different
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Swá swá sceáp from wildeórum beóþ fornumene, swá ða earman ceasterwaran tóslitene wǽron fram heora feóndum (discerpuntur ab hostibus), Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 26.