on-rǽs
On-rush, attack, assault, violent motion
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Hyne þurhþýdde mid egeslícum onhrǽse, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 274. Onrǽs irruptionem, Hpt. Gl. 464, 66. Ðone onrǽs his hátheortnesse fervoris sui impetu, Past. 40, 5; Swt. 297, 20
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smeortan
To smart ⬩ dolere
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Homl. ii. 207, 21. Hire ne oc, ne ne smeart 21, 27. Ðenne wile his heorte aken and smerten 207, 34. Me iveleð hit bitterliche smeorten A. R. 238, 29. Smertyn̄ uro Prompt. Parv. 460.]
ge-temian
To tame; ⬩ domare
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Se getemeda assa hæfde getácnunge ðæs Iudéiscan folces, ðe wæs getemed under ðære ealdan ǽ the tamed ass betokened the Jewish people that was tamed under the old law, Homl. Th. i. 208, 20
trahtian
to expound ⬩ explain ⬩ to discuss
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Homl. 29, 29. to discuss Ðá ongunnon hý treahtigean, hwæðer má mǽrlícra dǽda gefremed hæfde, ðe Philippus, ðe Alexander, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 3
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syfling
Food to be eaten with bread
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Ðǽr feóll ádúne wearm hláf mid his syflinge, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 18. Sind ða twá gesetnyssa, ðæt is sealmsang and wítegung, swylce hí syflinge wǽron tó ðám fíf berenum hláfum, ðæt is tó ðám fíf ǽlícum bócum, i. 188, 19
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treów-fæst
Faithful
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Wé on bócum rǽdaþ be sumum treówfæstum wífe, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 179. Treófæsto, treófest fideles, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 11, 12. Wǽron his bebodu ealle treówfæste fidelia omnia mandata ejus, Ps. Th. 110, 5
wan-spédig
Poor ⬩ indigent
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Homl. Th. i. 140, 6. Uton dón þearfum and wannspédigum sume híððe úre góda, ii. 100, 35. Se gýtsere berýpð ða wannspédigan, i. 66, 11
séðung
Attestation ⬩ affirmation ⬩ proof
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Hwæne mǽrsiaþ ðás wundra mid heora séðunge, Homl. Th. ii. 34, 5. Hé ðæs árleásan eáre gehǽlde tó séðunge soðre godcundnysse (in proof of true divinity), 248, 2. Hé heora goda geendunge mid swutelum séðungum gewissode, i. 558, 16.
ge-wit-leást
Folly ⬩ madness ⬩ phrensy ⬩ stultitia
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Folly, madness, phrensy; stultitia On ðínre gewitleáste in thy, folly, Homl. Th. i. 424, 16: Ælfc. T. Lisle 32, 24.
gift-líc
Nuptial ⬩ belonging to a marriage ⬩ nuptialis
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Ðæt gyftlíce hús the house where the marriage was, Homl Th. ii. 70, 16. Giftlíc sponsalis, Hpt. Gl. 525 nuptialis, 491. Giftlíce sponsalia, Mone Gl. 354 a
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glenge
An ornament
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Homl. 111, 35. Glengas, 99, 24, 19: 115, 2. Gesih ðás glencas vide has ædificationes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 2
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grundlinga
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Hí tobrǽcon ða burh grundlinga they destroyed the city to its very foundations, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 3; i. 72, 5. Grundlunge, ii. 164, 16
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þearflíce
Usefully, ⬩ profitably, ⬩ with profit, ⬩ to good purpose
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Usefully, profitably, with profit, to good purpose Wé mihton ðás hálgan rǽdinge menigfealdlícor trahtnian, ac ús twýnaþ hwæðer gé magon máran deópnysse ðǽron þearflíce tócnáwan whether you can with profit know the profounder parts of the subject, Homl
þeówet-líc
Servile
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Gif wé ðeówtlícera weorca, ðæt sind synna, geswícaþ, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 6. Ðæt Sunnandæg freóls beó fram þeówetlícum weorcum, Wulfst. 292, 7
winter-tíd
Winter-time ⬩ winter
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Winter-time, winter Hit is wintertíd nú, and ic wundrie þearle hwanon þes wyrtbrǽð þus wynsumlíce stéme, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 35.
spornan
to strike with the foot, spurn ⬩ to spurn, reject ⬩ stumble ⬩ to strike with the feet, tread
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On spornendum fét in offenso pede Scint. 187, 8. to spurn, reject Æfter ðæs mǽdenes sprǽce, ðe hine spearn mid wordum, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 64
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stæppan
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Th. 86, 22; Gen. 1434: Wulfst. 303, 10: Homl. Th. i. 118, 32. Steppan, Ps. Th. 31, 9: Wulfst. 239, 11: Cd. Th. 88, 2; Gen. 1459: 279, 35; Sat. 248. Com stæppende sum cempa, Homl. Th. i. 452, 14
stycce-mǽlum
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Homl. 207, 27. Ðæs muntes cnoll is sticmǽlum mid wuda oferwexen, and eft sticmǽlum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded, Homl. Th. i. 508, 23. little by little, by degrees, gradually:?
tál
evil-speaking, calumny, slander, vituperation, detraction ⬩ evil-speaking in reference to the Deity, blasphemy ⬩ scorn, mock, derision, reproach ⬩ blame, censure, reproof
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Ben. 124, 18, Módignys ácenþ yfelsacunge, ceorunge, and gelómlíce tála, Homl.
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ufe-weard
upper ⬩ upper part of ⬩ upper part ⬩ later ⬩ latter part of a time
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Fram his hnolle ufewerdan, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 26. Hé geseah Drihten on ufeweardre ðære hlǽdre vidit Dominum innixum scalae, Gen. 28, 13. Seó stów is on Oliuetes dúne ufeweardre, Blickl. Homl. 125, 19.
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