mægen-fultum
A powerful help
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A powerful help Næs ðæt mǽtost mægenfultuma ( the sword lent to Beowulf by Hunferth ), Beo. Th. 2915; B. 1455
weorold-prýt
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Worldly pride Næs heó, swá nú æðelborene men synt, mid oferméttum áfylled, ne mid woruldprýdum, Lchdm. iii. 428, 32
ár-loc
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A rowlock Árlocu columbaria (columbarium foramen in navi per quod remus in aquam mittitur), Wrt. Voc. i. 63, 41
on-wǽcan
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Gif mid nánum ðissa ne bið onwǽced his inngeðonc dum nullis passionibus intentionem mentis humiliat, Past. 83, 20. Add
cráwe
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C.D. vi. 275: as a proper name Æftaer Cráwan degæ míræ magan, iii. 274, 6
Wigestas
The name of some people in England
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The name of some people in England Wigesta landes is nygan hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 20
fǽrlíce
suddenly ⬩ unexpectedly ⬩ soon ⬩ immediately ⬩ by chance ⬩ haphazard
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Hé ná mihte swá férlíce munecas findan he could not find monks at such short notice, 870; P. 284, 4. by chance. not of set purpose Bútan hit fǽrlíce swá gelimpe þæt man lator áríse nisi forte tardius surgatur, R.
lícian
To please
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Ne mæg nán man hine sylfne tó cynge gedón ac ðæt folc hæfþ cyre tó ceósenne ðone tó cyninge ðe him sylfum lícaþ no man can make himself king, but the people have the option of choosing him as king who pleases them, Homl. Th. i. 212, 8.
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án-forlǽtan
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H. 109, 4. ꝥ nán dæg ne sý betweoh ánforlǽten (praetermittatur), ꝥ on þám ne sý geoffrod seó onsægdnes, Gr.
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ge-tímian
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Nis mé nán þing ꝥ mé on mínum lífe getímode, Hml. S. 37, 107. Þeáh ús ungelimp on ǽhtum getíme (-tímie, -tímige, v. ll. ), 13, 287.
un-ásecgendlíc
beyond the powers of language to describe ⬩ unspeakable ⬩ indescribable ⬩ ineffable ⬩ not proper to tell ⬩ not to be told
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Hé nam of hire eall ðæt heó áhte on golde and on seolfre and on unásecgendlícum þingum ( things innumerable ), Chr. 1042; Erl. 169, 21.
sóþlíce
Truly, really ⬩ certainly ⬩ verily ⬩ Now ⬩ then ⬩ for ⬩ autem ⬩ ecce ⬩ enim ⬩ ergo ⬩ nam ⬩ vero
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Sóðlíce ic eom man under anwealde gesett nam et ego homo sum sub potestate, 8, 9. Sóðlíce ðæt ðe ásáwen wæs on ðæt góde land qui vero in terra bona seminatus est, 13, 23, 29
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hriðer-hirde
herdsman
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A neat-herd, herdsman Amos hátte sum hrýðerhyrde Amos was the name of a certain herdsman, Homl. Th. i. 322, 35
neód-lof
Diligent praise
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Diligent praise Herian naman Drihtnes mid neódlofe (cf. hebbaþ neódlíce eówre handa on hálig lof, 133, 3), Ps. Th. 148, 12
calca-træppe
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A plant name, caltrop (v. N. E. D. s.v.) Calcatrippe heraclea, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 9. Colte-træppe ramnus, 285, 47
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Cynebellingas
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Cf. the proper name Cynebill, Bd. 3, 23
ge-myndlíst
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Madness, senselessness : — Þola þú naman gemynd-lǽste (-lýste, Hpt. 31, 7, III) careas nomine limphatici (i. dementis), Lch. i. Ix, 8
hand-spor
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A dagger of the hand, a long, sharp nail :-- Hǽþenes handsporu (húnsporu ?), egl unheóru, B. 986
ildend
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The proper reading in the passage given is ylding Næs þá nǽnig ylding tó ðám nec mora, Guth. Gr. 129, 135
æferðe
A plant-name
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A plant-name Dolhsealf: ácrind, æferðe . . . Lch. ii. 94, 14. Æfertðe niþeweard, 110, I. Nim æferþan nioþowearde, 142, 23: 340, 3