þrýþ-swíþ
Exceedingly powerful
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Exceedingly powerful Mǽre þeóden unblíðe sæt, þolode ðrýðswýð, þegnsorge dreáh the great prince sat cheerless, he, mighty, suffered, grief for his thanes' loss he endured, Beo. Th. 262; B. 131.
Linked entry: swíþ
híw-scipe
A family, ⬩ household, ⬩ house
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Ðá onféng heó ǽnes híwscipes stówe accepit locum unius familiæ, 4, 23; S. 593, 18. Ealle híwscipas þeóda universæ familiæ gentium, Ps. Lamb. 21, 28
scort-wyrplíc
Of early fulfilment ⬩ coming to pass shortly
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On the sixteenth it will come to pass after a long time, Lchdm. .iii. 156, 2
Linked entry: -wyrplíc
seohtre
A pipe through which a small stream is directed ⬩ a drain
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Ad locum qui dicitur hylsan seohtra, 373, 12
wyrm-sele
A serpent-hall ⬩ a place where there are serpents (hell)
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Lost 10, 522 sqq.], a place where there are serpents (hell) Ne þearf hé hopian ðæt hé þonan móte, of ðam wyrmsele, Judth. Thw. 23, 13; Jud. 119
Linked entry: wyrm-geard
ildian
To delay ⬩ defer ⬩ put off
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To delay, defer, put off Nis forðí nánum synfullum tó yldigenne ágenre gecyrrednysse ðýlæs ðe hé mid sleacnysse forleóse ða tíd Godes fyrstes it is not, therefore, for any sinner to delay his own conversion, lest by remissness he lose the time of God's
bí-swícol
Deceitful ⬩ dolosus
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[bí-swíc deceit; dolus] Deceitful; dolosus We sculon geþencean ðæt ðís líf, ðæt we nú onlibbaþ, is bíswícol eallum ðǽm ðe hit lufiaþ we ought to think that this life, in which we now live, is deceitful to all those who love it, L. E.
Linked entry: be-swicol
bisig
Busy ⬩ occupied
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Busy, occupied Oft bið seó sáwul on ánum þinge swá bysig, ꝥ heó ne gýmð hwá hyre gehende bið, þeáh ðe heó on lócie, Hml. s. 1, 217. Se bisceop wæs bysig mid þám cynincge, 21, 235. Mín dohtor is nú swiðe bisy ymbe hyre leornunge, Ap. Th. 20, 5
árlíce
Honourably ⬩ honestly ⬩ properly ⬩ mercifully ⬩ honorifice ⬩ honeste ⬩ decenter ⬩ misericordi vel propitio animo
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Waldend usser gemunde Abraham árlíce our Lord remembered Abraham mercifully, 121; Th. 156, 9; Gen. 2586
beót-word
a word of threatening ⬩ threats ⬩ minæ ⬩ a word of boasting ⬩ jactationis verbum
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[beót I. a threat] a word of threatening, threats; minæ Beótwordum spræc folcágende the people's lord spake in words of threatening, Exon. 68 a; Th. 253, 24; Jul. 185.
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be-hycgan
to think ⬩ consider ⬩ bear in mind ⬩ trust ⬩ meditari ⬩ considerare ⬩ sollicitum ⬩ esse de re ⬩ confidere ⬩ niti
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to think, consider, bear in mind, trust; meditari, considerare, sollicitum, esse de re, confidere, niti He sceal deópe behycgan þroht þeóden-gedál he must deeply bear in mind the dire decease of his lord Exon. 52 b; Th. 183, 7; Gú. 1323.
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cyning-dóm
Kingly power, a KINGDOM ⬩ regimen, regnum
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Metod ðec aceorfeþ of cyningdóme the lord will cut thee off from thy kingdom, 202; Th. 251, 24; Dan. 568. Caldéas cyningdóm áhton the Chaldeans held the kingdom, 209; Th. 258, 24; Dan. 680
ed-wihte
Anything, something ⬩ ălĭquid
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Anything, something; ălĭquid Nǽfre hleówlora [MS. hleor-lora] æt edwihtan mon weorþeþ a man is never deprived of protection in anything. Cd. 92; Th. 117, 15; Gen. 1954. [Ed = A.
feor
Far ⬩ distant ⬩ remote ⬩ longinquus ⬩ remōtus
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Hér is gefered ofer feorne weg æðelinga sum innan ceastre here a noble is come from a long way off into the city, Andr. Kmbl. 2348; An. 1175: 382; An. 191: 504; An. 252
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forfang-feoh
The reward for rescuing stolen cattle or lost property ⬩ merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur
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The reward for rescuing stolen cattle or lost property; merces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur Gyf hit ðonne elles on hýdelse funden sý, ðonne mæg ðæt forfangfeoh leóhtre beón if otherwise it be found in a hiding-place, the reward for rescuing
irre-weorc
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A work undertaken in anger Engla drihten wile uppe heonan sáwla lǽdan and wé seoððan á ðæs yrreweorces hénþo geþoliaþ the Lord of angels will up from hence lead souls, and we ever after shall suffer the humiliation of that angry feat [the harrowing of
ge-hlot
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Add: a casting of lots Mathias gehlote ( sorte ) gecoren wæs, Chrd. 75, 24, 27. a share, portion.
ge-sufel
A word of uncertain meaning ⬩ but descriptive of a certain kind of bread
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A word of uncertain meaning, but descriptive of a certain kind of bread Ǽlc gegilda gesylle ǽnne gesufelne hláf let each gild-brother give a 'gesufel' loaf, L. Æthelst. 5, 8; Th. i. 236, 36.
Linked entry: ge-syfled hláf
frosc
A frog
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. ¶ in local names Forscaburna, C. D. iii. 383, 29. Æt Froxafelda, 127, 33
BYRÐEN
A BURTHEN, load, weight, bundle ⬩ onus, sarcina, fascis
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A BURTHEN, load, weight, bundle; onus, sarcina, fascis Hefig byrðen onus grave, Ps. Th. 37, 4. Sorh biþ swǽrost byrðen sorrow is the heaviest burthen, Salm. Kmbl. 623; Sal. 311. Seám oððe byrðen onus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 32; Som. 12, 14.