for-þryccan
To tread under ⬩ oppress greatly ⬩ suppress ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ opprĭmĕre ⬩ supprĭmĕre
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Næs ǽnig ðara ðæt mec þreám forþrycte there was not any of them that overwhelmed me with reproofs, Exon. 73 a; Th. 273, 22; Jul. 520. Þreám forþrycced oppressed with afflictions, 50 a; Th. 174, 1; Gú. 1171: Elen. Kmbl. 2551; El. 1277.
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lustful-ness
Pleasure ⬩ delight ⬩ desire
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Drihten eallum geleáffulum monnum heora gong gestaþelade tó lífes wege ðæt hié mágon þurh ða lustfulnesse heora módes mid gódum dǽdum geearnian leht ðæs écan lífes the Lord established for all believers their passage to the way of life, that they may
ge-wrégan
to accuse ⬩ accūsāre ⬩ to stir ⬩ rip ⬩ excite ⬩ impel ⬩ concĭtāre
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Secgaþ wyrdwríteras ðæt Herodes wearþ gewréged to ðam Rómániscan cásere historians say that Herod was accused to the Roman emperor, Homl. Th. i. 80, 6.
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geongor-dóm
Youngership, minority, subjection, obedience, service, vassalage ⬩ juvĕnīlis status, obsĕquium, obēdientia, ministĕrium
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Unc wearþ God yrre forðon wit him noldon hnígan mid heáfdum þurh geongordóm God was angry with us two because we two would not bow to him with our heads in subjection, 35; Th. 46, 12; Gen. 743: 30; Th. 41, 26; Gen. 662.
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sticels
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Ic bæd mínne Drihten ðæt hé áfyr*-*rode ðæs sceoccan sticels fram mé ( there was given to me a thorn in the flesh. . . . I besought the Lord, that it might depart from me, 2 Cor. 12, 7-8), Homl. Th. i. 474, 12-15. Sticelse stimulo, monitione, Hpt.
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swíþlíce
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Ic wát ðæt ðú woldest swíþe swíþlíce beón onǽled quanto ardore flagrares, Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 3. Ðá wunode se hálga wer on ancerlífe swíðlíce stíðe, Homl.
be-rídan
to surround ⬩ invest ⬩ to seize ⬩ arrest
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[Bruttes þa burȝen gunnen biriden, Laym. 10739.] to seize, arrest þá berád mon þæt wíf the woman was arrested, Chr. 901 ; P. 92, 12. Ic beóde þat þú on mínre stede beríde þás lond þám hǽlge tó hande, Cht. Th. 369, 21.
ge-nǽgan
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Add: I. to approach a person with a material object Wiste genǽgdon módige mete þegnas ( food was brought), Exod. 130. with non-material object, to address with words, El. 385 (v. Dict.), to attack, assault with ill-feeling, & c.
ge-sete
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, Wand. 93. Hwylc sý Meotodes gesceaft sigefolca geseta, þǽr hé sylfa wunað, Gn. C. 66. Tó heallicum geseton ad palatinas aulas, An. Ox. 2997 : 7, 215. Yldran ússe (Adam and Eve) sóhton sorgfulran gesetu, Ph. 417.
glíwian
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glíwedon wrǽtlic weorc smiða me then a man enclosed between sheltering boards, stretched a covering of skin, went on to adorn me with gold; on me played the fair work of smiths (referring to the sound made by the metal ornaments and clasps when the book was
hæppan
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, to slip Þá slóh sum hǽþen man to þám hálgan were, ac mid þám swenge hæpte ꝥ swurd him of handum (the sword slipped out of his hand), and ne mihte man hit nǽfre syððan findan (cf. þæt wǽpen wand áweg mid þám siege of þæs réðan handum, Hml.
norþan
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Þonne won cymeð nihtscúa, norðan onsendeð hreó hæglfare, Wand. 104 : Seef. 31: B. 547. Se feórða heáfodwind hátte septemtrio; sé blǽwþ norðan, Lch. iii. 274, 23. Wind norþan and eástan Boreas, Bt. 4; F. 8, 6 : Met. 4, 23: Auster, 6, 12.
sprǽc-hús
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Add: a place in which the monastic school was held; auditorium [auditorium, locus in quo conveniebant monachi, quod in eo essent monachicae scholae, ibique praeceptores docerent, discipuli audirent magistros docentes, Migne] Bútan spǽchúses (auditorii
heáh-burh
A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation
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Ic wát heáhburg hér áne neáh lytle ceastre I know that near here is a town placed on high, a little city, Cd. 117; Th. 152, 8; Gen. 2517
hord-cófa
A place for treasure, a retired chamber, closet, a place where the thoughts are stored, the breast, heart
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Ðæt hé his ferþlocan fæste binde healde [MS. healdne] his hordcófan that he close fast his mind's coffer and preserve the treasury of his thoughts, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 14 [cf. 22]; Wand. 14.
hleór-beran
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Grein and Heyne take hleor beran as a compound, the former explaining 'was auf dem Gesicht getragen wird, Helmvisier? [oder faciei munimentum?]'; the latter rendering it cheek.
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stíþ-lic
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., hard, the reverse of luxurious Eal his reáf wæs áwefen of olfendes hǽrum, his bigleofa wæs stíðlic, Hml. Th. i. 352, 6
on-stæl
Arrangement, disposition
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Arrangement, disposition Ðá ( at the creation of man ) wæs fruma níwe ælda tudres, onstæl wynlíc, fæger and gefeálíc fæder wæs ácenned Adam ǽrest, Exon. Th. 151, 17; Gú. 796
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Aríus
A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A. D. 336
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D. 325] excommunicated the mass-priest Arius, because he would not believe that, the Son of the living God was as mighty as the great Father is, L. Ælf. C. 3 ; Th. ii. 344, 2-4
Cyménes óra
Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex ⬩ Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit
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Dipl. 992] has marked as spurious, but which was no doubt constructed with a regard for probability. In this Charter [Cod. Dipl. 992; A.
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