tó-sleán
To strike to pieces, ⬩ knock to bits ⬩ to demolish, ⬩ knock down a building ⬩ to divide in two by a blow or stroke ⬩ to drive away thoughts
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Shrn. 114, 25. to divide in two by a blow or stroke Hé to-slóh sǽ interrupit mare. Ps. Lamb. 77, 13.
belene
Henbell ⬩ henbane ⬩ hyoscyamus niger
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Genim beolonan sǽd take the seed of henbane 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 1
drý-cræftig
Skilful or crafty in magic or sorcery, magical ⬩ magĭcæ artis perītus, magĭcus
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Skilful or crafty in magic or sorcery, magical; magĭcæ artis perītus, magĭcus Sió, hí sǽdon, sceolde bión swíðe drýcræftigu she, they said, would be very skilful in sorcery, Bt. 38, 1; Fox. 194, 20.
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lǽca
A leech ⬩ doctor ⬩ physician
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A leech, doctor, physician Se lǽca ðe sceal sáre wunda wel, gehǽlan hé mót habban góde sealfe ðǽrtó the doctor who has to make a good cure of painful wounds, must have good salve for the purpose, L. Pen. 4; Th. ii. 278, 15: 5; Th. ii. 278, 20
gedréfednes
Trouble ⬩ disturbance ⬩ confusion ⬩ vexation ⬩ tribulation ⬩ offence ⬩ scandal ⬩ perturbatio ⬩ conturbatio ⬩ confusio ⬩ tribulatio ⬩ scandalum
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For gedréfednesse sǽs swéges and ýða præ confusione sonitus maris et fluctuum, Lk. Bos. 21, 25 : Mt. Bos. 13, 21 : Lk. Bos. 17, 1
hrícian
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Hrýcigende resulcans (cf. manus resulcans, iterum aperiens, the passage is the same in both cases, An. Ox. 46, 49), Germ. 398, 144
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un-sceþþigness
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They said, We will not come forth. . . to profane the Sabbath . . . Let us die all in our innocency, I Macc. 2, 34-37), Hml. S. 25, 239. On unscyðþinysse in innocentia, Ps. L. 83, 13. Add
sót
Soot
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Meng ðǽrtó sót and sealt and sand, i. 356, 24
driht-ealdor
The lord of a feast ⬩ architriclīnus
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The lord of a feast; architriclīnus Se drihtealdor cwæþ to ðam brýdguman the lord of the feast said to the bridegroom, Homl. Th. ii. 70, 25, 28. Se drihte ealdor ðæs wínes onbýrgde gustāvit architriclīnus vinum, Jn. Bos. 2, 9.
eorl-dóm
EARLDOM, the province or dignity of an earl, the same as ealdor-dóm, v. Turner's Hist. b. viii. c. 7 ⬩ cŏmĭtis mūnus
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An EARLDOM, the province or dignity of an earl, the same as ealdor-dóm, v.
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fóre-weard
FOREWARD ⬩ precaution ⬩ contract ⬩ agreement ⬩ compact ⬩ treaty ⬩ provision ⬩ præcautio ⬩ pactum ⬩ fœdus
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To ðán ylcan fóreweardum [MS. foreweardan] with the same provisions, Cod. Dipl. 731; A.D. 1013-1020; Kmbl. iv. 10, 6. Fóreweard exordium, Rtl. 69, 17
gripa
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Genim ðysse ylcan wyrte gódne gripan take a good handful of this same plant, Herb. 36, 4; Lchdm. i. 136, 4: 81, 5; Lchdm. i. 184, 18. Berende gripan heora portantes manipulos suos, Ps. Spl. 125, 8
on-fundelness
Experience, proof
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Hyt déþ onfundelnysse ðæs sylfan þinges it will give proof of the same thing, the second method will prove as efficacious as the first, 162, 1
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Ælfred
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years
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Ealdfriþ] æfter Ecgfriþe to ríce, se mon wæs se gelǽredesta on gewrítum, se wæs sæd ðæt his bróðor wǽre Oswies sunu ðæs cyninges Ecgfrith was succeeded in the kingdom by Alfred, who was said to be his brother, and a son of king Oswy, and was a man most
Baðan
The city of Bath, Somersetshire ⬩ Bathoniæ urbs a balneis dicta, in agro Somersetensi
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Dipl. 170; A.D. 796; Kmbl. i. 207, 5, at the Baths, or, as we now say, at Bath or Bath [v. æt, prep. I. 3, before names of places]; apud balneas, vel apud Bathoniam, vel apud urbem Bathoniæ. Æt Baðan, Chr. 1106; Erl. 241, 1. On Baðan, Th. Diplm.
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fægnian
To rejoice, be glad, exult, applaud, to be delighted with, to wish for ⬩ gaudēre, jubĭlāre, lætāri, exultāre, plaudĕre, appĕtĕre
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We fægniaþ smyltre sǽ we rejoice at the serene sea, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 18. Fægniaþ fealdas gaudēbunt campi, Ps. Spl. 95, 11: Bt. Met. Fox 29, 187; Met. 29, 95. Fægnode mín cild on mínum innoþe exultāvit in gaudio infans in ŭtĕro meo, Lk. Bos. 1, 44.
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ge-wemman
To stain ⬩ defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ profane ⬩ corrupt ⬩ vitiate ⬩ mar ⬩ injure ⬩ coinquĭnāre ⬩ turpāre ⬩ polluĕre ⬩ profānāre ⬩ corrumpĕre ⬩ vĭtiāre ⬩ contāmĭnāre ⬩ viŏlāre
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He geseah síde sǽlwongas widlum gewemde he saw the wide fertile plains defiled with pollutions, Cd. 64: Th. 78, 16; Gen. 1294
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un-eáðness
uneasiness of mind ⬩ anxiety ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ difficulty ⬩ severity ⬩ harshness
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Ne biþ ðǽr sár ne gewinu, ne nǽnig unéþnes, ne sorg ne wóp, Blickl. Homl. 103, 35. Hé swýþe weóp and mid mycelre unéðnysse his eágospind mid teárum leohte.
un-mǽte
Immense ⬩ enormous ⬩ excessive
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Ðæt unmǽte sár weóx augescente dolore nimio, Bd. 3, 9; S. 533, 32: 4, 25; S. 599, 43. Micelne swég unmǽtes wópes sonitum immanissimi fletus, 5, 12; S. 628, 29.
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á-belgan
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Sax. á-belgan: O. H. Ger. ar-belgan.]
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