éðel-riht
A land or country's right ⬩ patrium jus
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Stód seó dýgle stów ídel and æmen éðelriehte feor the secret spot stood void and desolate, far from patrial-right, Exon. 35 b; Th. 115, 10; Gú. 187
mann-rím
A number of men
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a number of women (the Egyptian women spoken of before as freó and þeówe), 131; Th. 166, 15; Gen. 2748. Hwæt ðǽr eallra wæs on manríme ... deádra gefeallen. Elen. Kmbl. 1296; El. 650
mist-hliþ
A mist-covered hill-side
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A mist-covered hill-side Ðá com of móre under misthleoþum Grendel gongan then came from the moor, under the misty slopes, Grendel walking, Beo. Th. 1425; B, 710.
ymb-cirr
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A turning about, going from one place to another, removal In ymbcerr Babilonis in transmigratione Babylonis, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1. 11, 12, 17. turning over, moving, stirring. v. ymb-cirran Wætres ymbcerr (-cer, Rush.) ł styrenise aquae motum, Jn.
friþ-candel
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Add: The light that affords protection and security from molestation, as evil spirits and influences ceased to operate at sunrise.
of-linnan
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Först. 143, 7. to desist from (gen.) Uton oflinnan þára unárímedra metta . . . Uton eác oflinnan þára tǽlnessa, and uton ús on gebedu gelómlǽcan, 148, 4-7
tó-cwæstedness
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In a note to Ps. 105, 30 Roeder quotes tó-quæstednes from another MS., and tócwæstednys seems to be the reading of Ps. Spl. (according to Dr.
ǽrend-raca
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Hé ðæs ǽrendes ǽrendraca wæs from Alexandre, Ors. 3, 11; S. 144, 22. Swifte ǽrendracan veltes, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 23. Ǽrendracum gerulis, An. Ox. 7, 281. Ǽrenddracan, Past. 39, 3: Bd. 2, 12; Sch. 160, 22. Add
hafela
The head ⬩ caput ⬩ κεφαλί
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Of ðæs hǽlendes heafelan from the Saviour's head, Exon. 15 a; Th. 31, 34; Cri. 505. Heafolan, Beo.Th. 5352; B. 2679. Hafalan, 896; B. 446
slíþ-heard
Excessively hard ⬩ very fierce, savage ⬩ very hard, cruel
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Ex. 177. of inanimate things, very hard, cruel Mé habbaþ hringa gespong slíþhearda sál síþes ámyrred the cruel chain has hindered me from going Cd. Th. 24, 15; Gen. 378
heofon-lic
chaste
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Hit wearð fram heofonlicum fýre (igne caelesti) forbærned, Ors. I. 3; S. 32, 3.
Gota
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D. 475-526, etc Gotan eástan of Sciððia sceldas lǽddon Goths from the east led their army from Scythia, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 2; Met. 1, 1. Hú Gotan gewunnon Rómána ríce how the Goths conquered the empire of the Romans, Bt. titl. i; Fox x. 2.
ge-bycgan
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Th. i. 122, 5. to obtain by payment a benefit, an advantage, office, &c. where the payment is material Lundene waru griðede wið þone here and heom frið gebohtan. Chr. 1016; P. 153, 9.
bádian
To pledge ⬩ seize ⬩ take by way of a pledge ⬩ pignerare ⬩ pignus auferre
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To pledge, seize, take by way of a pledge; pignerare, pignus auferre Of ǽgdran stæðe on óðer man mót bádian, búte man elles riht begytan mǽge from one shore to the other one may take a pledge, unless he can get justice in another way, L. O.
Linked entry: níd-bád
burh-hleoþ
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Ic eom brungen of burghleoðurn I am brought from fortress-heights, Exon. 107 b; Th. 409, 17; Rä. 28, 2
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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
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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fyrd-rinc
A man of arms ⬩ warrior ⬩ soldier ⬩ bellātor ⬩ mīles
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A man of arms, warrior, soldier; bellātor, mīles Fród wæs se fyrdrinc skilful was the man of arms, Byrht. Th. 135, 58; By. 140. Fyrdrincas frome bold soldiers, Elen. Kmbl. 521; El. 261.
Linked entries: ferd-rinc fird-rinc fird-searu
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