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tweógan

Grammar
tweógan, <b>I c.</b> add after Swt. 192, 15: 5, 7; S. 230, 20. <b>II a.</b>
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Add Ic wát ꝥ hí tweógiað be þǽre sáwle life æfter þæs líchaman deáðe multos ... de vita animae post mortem carnis perpendo dubitare, Gr. D. 259, 7.

slaga

(n.)
Grammar
slaga, an; m.

A slayer ⬩ homicide ⬩ interfector ⬩ percussor ⬩ lanio

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Hú ne biþ hé swelce hé sié his slaga (mortis auctor), ðonne hé hine mæg gehǽtan and nyle ? Past. 38, 4; Swt. 275, 9. Gif man þeóf geméte, and hé hús brece, and hine man gewundie, se slaga biþ unscildig, Ex. 22, 2.

Cásere

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Féng Tiberius tó ríce se césar æfter Agustuse post mortem Augusti Tiberius Caesar imperium adeptus est, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254, 21. Cáseres reáf tó gefeohte paludamentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 40, 31. Hé begeat þæs cáseres mága tó wífe, Chr. 1057; P. 188, 13.

ge-wemmedness

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</b> corruption, decay, death :-- Gewemmednysse corruptionis, i. mortis, An. Ox. 3999. Hé búton ǽlcere gewemmednysse wuldrað mid Gode ... him nán þing wiðinnan ne eglað ǽnigre brosnunge oððe gewǽcednysse, Hml.

dust

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dust, l. dúst,
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Genim of ðysse wyrte swýþe smæl dúst, 11. applied to the mortal frame of man Þú eart dúst and tó dúste wyrst, Gen. 3, 19. Ic eom dúst and axe, 18, 27. Hwæt ofermódgað ðiós eorðe and ðis dúsð?, Past. 299, 22

á-dídan

Grammar
á-dídan, Add: to a-dýdan:

to destroy, &c. ⬩ to deaden, make torpid; to mortify ⬩ morti tradere, mortificare

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Hig manega ádýddon ad mortes plurimorum Num. 21, 6. Se unlybba ne mihte hine ádýdan, Hml. Th. ii. 178, 12: Hml. S. 17, 176: Scrd. 22, 29. Wearð se mǽsta dǽl mid hungre ádýd, Hml. Th. i. 404, 11: Hml. S. 17, 33: 4, 428. On ðám inran menn ádýdd, Hml.

Linked entry: a-dýdan

flǽsc-lic

human ⬩ mortal ⬩ animal ⬩ natural ⬩ carnal ⬩ worldly ⬩ carnal ⬩ sensual ⬩ sexual

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Add: pertaining to the material body, human, mortal Þú wást ꝥ ic eom flǽsclic man, Bl. H. 231, 25. Þú ǽr gesáwe æfter flǽsclicre gecynde fægre leomu on tó seónne, 113, 21. animal in contrast with human: Mýs and flæá sint flésclicu nýtenu, Solil.

þreágan

Grammar
þreágan, I.
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Gif hí synd þreáde mid frécnesse deáþes si mortis periculo urgetur, Bd. l, 27; Sch. 79, 14

DEÓP

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÓP, dióp; adj.

DEEP, profound, stern, awful, solemn ⬩ prŏfundus, grăvis, sōlemnis

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Ðú míne sáwle ofer deópum deáþe gelǽddest eripuisti anĭmam meam de morte, Ps. Th. 114, 8. Deópne áþ Drihten aswór jurāvit Domĭnus solemne jurāmentum, 131, 11.

Linked entries: dýp dype dióp

for-cuman

to seize ⬩ get hold of ⬩ to overcome ⬩ conquer ⬩ to consume ⬩ destroy ⬩ to reject

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Mið forcummenum deáðe devicta morte, Rtl. 29, 34. Forcummen deuicto, Lk. p. 7, 6. Mið ðý ðóhte gelegeno ł forcumeno (-cumne, R.) woeron dum mente consternatae essent, Lk. L. 24, 4. to consume, destroy, Cf.

of-þryccan

(v.)

to press, oppress, repress, cumber, occupy forcibly

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Ofþriccetan mé grynu deáþes praeoccupaverunt me laquei mortis, Ps. Lamb. 17, 6. Feónd úrne ofþrece (comprime), Hymn. Surt. II, 33. Ofþrice reprime, 13, 7. Ofþreccan comprimant, 17, 32. Wé ofþriccan praeoccupemus, Ps. Spl. M. 94, 4.

sceaga

(n.)
Grammar
sceaga, an; m.

A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket ⬩ Shaws broad belts of underwood ⬩ Shaw a natural copse of wood

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Thane schotte owtte of þe schawe schiltrounis many, Mort. A. 1765. In ȝone dyme schawes, 1723. See also Halliwell's Dict. and Nares' Glossary

ge-tǽlan

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Getéldon hine tó deáðe condemnabunt eum morte, 20, 18. Ꝥte hine ginómun ł gitéldun on wordum ut eum caperent in uerbo, Mk. R. L. 12, 13.

sár-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sár-líc, adj.

sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous ⬩ causing pain, grievous ⬩ sad, mournful

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Wé witon unrím ðara monna ðe ða écan gesǽlþa sóhtan nallas þurh ðæt án ðæt hí wilnodon ðæs líchomlícan deáþes ac eác manegra sárlícra wíta hié gewilnodon multos scimus beatitudinis fructum non morte solum, verum etiam doloribus suppliciisque quaesisse

þæs-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þæs-líc, adj.

suitable ⬩ seemly ⬩ becoming ⬩ fit ⬩ meet ⬩ congruous ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ elegant ⬩ accordant ⬩ in agreement ⬩ in harmony

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Náht þæslíces deáðe nihil dignum morte, Lk. Skt. 23, 15. Forbærn mid fýre þæslícum (congruo), Hymn. Surt. 29, 25 : Hpt. Gl. 443, 15. Ðæt hí Godes þénunge mid þæslícere endebyrdnysse gefyldon, Homl. Th. i. 508, 29.

Linked entry: his-lic

fill

(n.)
Grammar
fill, fiell, es; m.

death ⬩ destruction

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Mid heora twégea fielle duorum morte, 6, 36; S. 294, 6. On his fylle, Hml. S. 26, 161. Líf edníwe, feorh æfter fylle, Ph. 371. Eal gesceaft cwíðdon cyninges fyll, Kr. 56. a fall in a moral sense Hí ðone fiell fleóð ðǽre synne, Past. 399, 17.

Linked entries: fiell fyll

un-forht

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forht, adj.

Not frightened ⬩ not afraid ⬩ fearless ⬩ intrepid

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Hí unforhte and blíþe underhnigon deáþ mortem laeti subiere, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 37. Ðæt hí ðý baldran and ðý unforhtran wǽron (ðæt heora compweorodes mód ðý unforhtre beón sceolde, col. 2) sperantes minus animos militum trepidare, 3, 18; S. 546, 24

drenc

(n.)
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Deáðes scencende drenc mortis propinans poculum, Hy. S. 31, 15. Drencas biberes, R. Ben. I. 66, 8. <b>III a.</b> what is drunk as medicine :-- Hit is se lǽce*-*dóm and se drenc ðe ðú wilnodest, Bt. 39, 12; F. 232, 21.

scúwa

(n.)
Grammar
scúwa, scúa, an; m.

the shadow thrown by an object ⬩ shade ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow ⬩ shadow ⬩ protection ⬩ shadow as opposed to substance

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Th. 108, 23. shade, darkness Mid ðý wit forþgongende wǽron under ðam scúwan ðære þýstran nihte cum progrederemur sola sub nocte per umbras, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 14. fig. shadow Scúa deáþes umbra mortis, Ps. Surt. 43, 20.

Linked entry: scúa

þreágung

(n.)
Grammar
þreágung, þreáwung (v. þreápung), þreáung, þreáng, e; f.

reproof ⬩ rebuke ⬩ a threat ⬩ chastisement ⬩ punishment

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correction : -- Æfter deáþe nán þreágincge ys leáf post mortem nulla correctionis est licentia, Scint. 48, 16

Linked entries: þreáung þreáwung