þrǽstan
to twist ⬩ writhe ⬩ roll about ⬩ to torture ⬩ torment ⬩ harass ⬩ plague ⬩ afflict ⬩ to press ⬩ constrain
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Hé grimme sáre ongan ðrǽsted beón ( torqueri ), Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 59. Ða unríman mænigeo ðrǽste wǽron innumerabilis multitudo torqueretur, 5, 12; S. 628, 4.
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wermód
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Wermód drincan sace hefige getácnaþ to drink wormwood in a dream betokens grievous strife, 198, 24
wódness
madness ⬩ fury ⬩ frenzy ⬩ rage ⬩ blasphemy
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Surt. 132, 18. blasphemy, Similar entries v. wód (1 a) Ðá sæt hé tǽlende ðone Hǽlend . . . His wódnys wearð gewrecen ðurh God, Homl. Ass. 60, 212
worms
Corrupt matter
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Áfléwð ðæt sár of ðære wunde mid ðý wormse mala livor vulneris abstergit, Past. 36 ; Swt. 259, 2. Heó ðæt worsm (worms, v. l.) út átýhþ. Lchdm. i. 100, 13. Ðæt worms, ii. 72, 14. Ðæt wursm, 202, 25.
á-sceótan
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D. 49, 7. to shoot, strike an object Hí cwǽdon ꝥ se lǽce sceolde ásceótan ( lance ) ꝥ geswell; þá dyde hé swá, and þǽr sáh út wyrms, Hml. S. 20, 63. Ásceótende eviscerando, An. Ox. 46, 47.
be-míðan
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Sax. bi-míðan: O. H. Ger. pi-mídan evitare, effugere, delitescere.]
cáfer-tún
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Ic sæt binnan mínan cafertúne, 30, 372: 5, 324. Cauertúne, Hml. Th. ii. 248, 27. In cæfertún (atrium) ðæs aldorsácerdas, Mt. L. R. 26, 3. Ceafertún (cæfer-, R.), 58: Lk. L. (R.), 11, 21. Ceafortúnum atriis, Ps. Srt. 133, 1. Ceafultúnum, 83, 11
cennan
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., children On sáre þú cennest (cynnest, v. l.) bearn in dolore paries, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 79, 6. Þonne þá wíf heora bearn cendon. Ors. 1, 10; S. 46, 10. Cenne hé ðæt bearn ðám gefarenan bréðer ad nomen fratris filios gignat, Past. 43, 14.
ge-mǽnan
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to tell, say, mention a matter Þéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebroca on becume, þonne gemǽnað gé hit tó (v. tó; I. 5 f I þǽm wyrrestan tídum, and magon hié hreówlíce wépan if some little of such troubles come on you, then you talk of it as the worst times
heáwan
to hack ⬩ gash ⬩ to hew ⬩ to cut off
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To strike forcibly with a cutting weapon, to hack, gash Me (Christ) on beáme beornas sticedon gárum on galgum, heów se giunga þǽr (cf. unus militum lancea latus eius aperuit, Jn. 19, 34), Sat. 511.
hleór
a cheek ⬩ a face
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Sal. 113
hǽlu
Health, safety, salvation
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Hǽlu bútan sáre health without pain, 32 a; Th. 101, 8; Cri. 1655. Tó hǽlo hýðe to a haven of safety, 20 b; Th. 53, 33; Cri. 860. For heora sáwla hǽlu for the salvation of their souls, Homl. Th. ii. 344, 1. Hǽlo, L. M. Th. i. 102, 7.
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hamele
An oar-loop
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William of Malmesbury says twenty marks were paidto the soldiers of each vessel, ii. 12.
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heáhþu
Height, high place, glory ⬩ height, loftiness, exaltation ⬩ altitudo, culmen
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Geségon hí on heáhþu hláford stígan of grundum they saw the Lord ascend to heaven from earth, 15 a; Th. 31, 19; Cri. 498. Heofonríces héhþe, Cd. 17; Th. 21, 8; Gen. 323.
on-styrian
to move, stir (of physical motion) ⬩ to move, stir up, excite ⬩ to move, disturb, agitate (a person)
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to move, stir (of physical motion) Se líchoma ná ne onstyreþ siððan seó sáwl him of biþ, Blickl. Homl. 21, 27. Onstyredan, drifan agitabant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 39. Heó nǽnig lim onstyrian mihte, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 4.
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ord-fruma
source, origin ⬩ author, source, ⬩ applied to the Deity ⬩ chief, head, prince
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Th. 292, 17; Sat. 442. applied to others Se wæs ordfruma ( auctor ) ðæs gefeohtes, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 32.
be-beorgan
to ward off something ⬩ to guard one's self against ⬩ to save one's self ⬩ to guard one's self (acc.) against (wiþ) something
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.), to guard one's self against. with dat. of person only, to save one's self Hí heom sylfum beburgon mid Godes fultume, Gr. D. 335, 24.
wealian
To be impudent, bold, wanton.
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Similar entries v. wealh, II a Hé wealode mid wordum, and sǽde ðæt hé wolde his wífes brúcan on ðám unálýfedum tíman, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 48
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Scild
The name of the ancestor of the Danish kings
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According to the Ynglinga Saga, c. 5, one of Odin's sons is Skjöldr
þæt
That ⬩ that, ⬩ in order that ⬩ that ... not, ⬩ lest ⬩ that, so that, so as (with infin.)
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Nis nǽnigu gecynd, .... ðæt hé ne sý fýres cynnes Salm. Kmbl. 847; Sal. 423. Hé rád þæt hé wæs et Ceastre he rode so that he was at Worcester Chart. Th. 71, 11:Andr. Kmbl. 1576; An. 789 : 1474; An. 738.