þurh-wrecan
to thrust through
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to thrust through Sumne heó mid sweorde ofslógen, sumne mid spiten betweón felle and flǽsce þurhwrǽcon, Homl. Ass. 171, 39. Óð hielt þurhwrecen (ense) capulo tenus (per utraque latera) adacto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 69
un-mǽþ
Transgression ⬩ wrong
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F. i.e. it was perfectly right that they should be troubled ), Homl. Ass. 162, 234
word-hleóþor
The sound of speaking ⬩ voice
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The sound of speaking, voice Wordhleóðor ástág háliges láre the voice of the holy one's teaching rose up, Andr. Kmbl. 1416; An. 708. Wearð gehýred heofoncyninges stefn, word-hleóðres swég mǽres þeódnes, 186; An. 93
foxung
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A foxlike trick Cwæð se Hǽlend him tó: 'Foxas habbað holu' ... Críst geseah his prættas, for ðan þe hé mid sóðfæstnysse ne sóhte þone Hǽlend, ac foxunga wǽron wunigende on him, Hml. S. 16, 162
sæcc
Sacking, sack-cloth
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Sacking, sack-cloth Hé árás of ðam wácan sæcce ðe hé lange onuppan dreórig wæs sittende, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 802. Ðú slite hǽran (sæcc, MS, C.) míne conscidisti saccum meum, Ps. Spl. 29, 13
wæter-seócness
Dropsy
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Gr. 9, 56;Zup. 68, 2 : Homl. Th. i. 86, 9. Wið wæterseócnysse, Lchdm. i. 122, 19 : 144, 21: 202, 19 : 234, 5 : 272, 13 : 276, 13 : 322, 5
Linked entry: wæter-ádl
wíflíce
Like a woman
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Ðú wunodest æfter ðínum were wíflíce on clǽnnysse after your husband's death you continued in womanly purity, Homl. Ass. 114, 392
cyrnel
KERNEL, grain ⬩ nucleus, granum ⬩ a hard
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forþtíhþ of ðam cyrnele treów, and wæstmas, and leáf men often see that of one little kernel comes a great tree; but in the kernel we can see neither root, nor rind, nor boughs, nor leaves; but from the kernel God draws forth tree, and fruits, and leaves, Homl
Finnas
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Not Finland, but the Fins' land; for how could Beowulf, in his swimming-match with Breca, be borne by the sea to Finland?
hergian
To harry ⬩ pillage ⬩ plunder ⬩ ravage ⬩ waste ⬩ devastate ⬩ make an incursion or a raid ⬩ make war
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Wera hof hergode laid waste the dwellings of men, Cd. 69; Th. 83, 15; Gen. 1380. Ða hǽðenan on Norþhymbrum hergodon the heathens ravaged in Northumbria, Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 20.
líc-hama
The body ⬩ the corporeal
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Hé wearþ ðá mann gesceapen on sáwle and on líchaman he became then man formed of soul and body, Homl. Th. i. 12, 30.
æðel-boren
Noble-born ⬩ free-born ⬩ noble ⬩ natu nobilis ⬩ nobili genere natus ⬩ nobilis
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Noble-born, free-born, noble; natu nobilis, nobili genere natus, nobilis Sum æðelboren man homo quidam nobilis, Lk. Bos. 19, 12. Æðelborene cild vel freóbearn liberi, Ælfc. Gl. 91; Wrt. Voc. 51, 67: Apol. Th. 19, 21
Linked entries: æðel- eðel-boren
fadung
A setting in order, disposing, dispensation ⬩ ordo, ordĭnātio, dispŏsĭtio
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Swá swá hit ðære godcundlícan fadunge gelícode as it seemed good to the divine dispensation, Homl. Th. i. 274. 31
ge-reáfian
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of) Hé sáula gereáfáð of ðæs ealdan feóndes honda, Fast. 261, 7. <b>I a.</b> add :-- ꝥ hé him ágeáfe ꝥ hé ǽr on him gereáfade. Ors. 3, 11; S. 146, 30
bodung-dæg
An annunciation day ⬩ annuntiationis dies
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An annunciation day; annuntiationis dies Ðes dæg is geháten Annuntiatio Sanctæ Mariæ, ðæt is Marian bodungdæg gecweden this day is called Annuntiatio Sanctæ Mariæ, which is interpreted, the annunciation-day of Mary, Homl. Th. i. 200, 25
ge-scirpla
Clothing, clothes ⬩ vestitus
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Homl. 111, 35
Linked entry: -scirpla
seámere
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. — Hors equus, hengest caballus, seámere burdus ( = burdo; hic burdo, i. genitum inter equum et asinam, Seámere burdus, oxa bova, ii. 11, 61-62
séftness
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Hí gewurdon on ðære séftnysse ( of the seven sleepers ), Homl. Skt. i. 23, 261
storc
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Storc and swalewe heóldon ðone tíman heora tócymes, Homl. Th. i. 404, 25
þurh-hǽlig
Very holy
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Very holy Þurhháligere gerde sacrosancti viminis (Moses' rod), Hpt. Gl. 409, 70. Þuthháliges blódes sacrosancti cruoris, 503, 46.