land-gemirce
A boundary
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Landgemyrcu, Beo. Th. 424; B. 209
glitinian
To glitter ⬩ glisten ⬩ shine
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To glitter, glisten, shine Geseah gold glitinian he saw gold glisten, Beo. Th. 5509; B. 2758. Heó glytenode on ðæra engla mydle swá scýnende sunne she glittered amid the angels as the shining sun, Shrn. 149, 7.
tæflere
A gamester, dicer, gambler
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Wé lǽraþ, ðæt preóst ne beó hunta, ne hafecere, ne tæflere, ac plege on his bócum, swá his háde gebiraþ, L. Edg. C. 64; Th. ii. 258, 8
Linked entry: teblere
þeorf-dæg
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A day on which unleavened bread was to be eaten Ðæt geríst preóstum tó witanne hwæt beó betwyx Eástron and ðeorfdagum.
þrýþ-swíþ
Exceedingly powerful
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Exceedingly powerful Mǽre þeóden unblíðe sæt, þolode ðrýðswýð, þegnsorge dreáh the great prince sat cheerless, he, mighty, suffered, grief for his thanes' loss he endured, Beo. Th. 262; B. 131.
Linked entry: swíþ
sorh-leóþ
A sorrowful song ⬩ a lay of grief
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Gewíteþ ðonne, sorhleóð gæleþ, Beo. Th. 4912; B. 2460. Ongunnon ðá (after putting Jesus in the grave) sorhleóð galan, Rood Kmbl. 134; Kr. 67
ge-módod
Minded, disposed ⬩ prōnus, proclīvis
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Minded, disposed; prōnus, proclīvis Sume beóþ þwyrlíce gemódode some are perversely minded, Homl. Th. i. 524, 18
steall
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(v. treów-, wíg-steall). v. beorg- (borg-), cyric-, him-, mæsse-, mere-, sealtærn-, tún-, wígbed-steall
medu-heall
A mead-hall ⬩ banqueting-hall
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A mead-hall, banqueting-hall Ðeós ( Hrothgar's ) medoheal, Beo. Th. 972; B. 484. Meodoheall, Exon. 124 a; Th. 477, 13; Ruin. 24. In meoduhealle, 76 b; Th. 288, 6; Wand. 27: 79 a; Th. 297, 16; Crä. 69: 85 b; Th. 321, 33; Víd. 55.
grimme
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fiercely Hý him æfter ðæm grimme forguldon ðone wígeræft ðe hý æt him geleornodon they afterwards gave him grim requital for the military skill they learnt from him, Ors. 1, 2; Bos. 26, 30: Cd. 64; Th. 77, 15; Gen. 1275: 183; Th. 229, 2; Dan. 211: Beo
word-hord
A word-hoard ⬩ store of words
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Weges weard wordhord onleác, beald reordade, 1202; An. 601 : Beo. Th. 524; B. 259: Met. 6, l: Exon. Th. 318, 20; Víd. I. Mé fród wita sægde sundorwundra fela, wordhord onwreáh, 313, 20; Mód. 3
fram-byge
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Hig sýn ǽfre underðeódde and gehérsume and ðám hláfordscipe folhgien ðe ðonne bisceop beó, and gif hig ǽnigne frambyge dón, þolian ðǽre áre, C.D. iv. 137, 23
Linked entry: býge
wæter-egesa
Terror caused by water
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Beo. Th. 2524; B. 1260. Cf. wæter-bróga
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hafoc
A hawk ⬩ accipiter
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Gód hafoc a good hawk, Beo. Th. 4519; .B. 2263. Sum sceal wildne fugol átemian heafoc one shall tame the wild bird, the hawk, Exon. 88 b; Th. 332, 16; Vy. 86
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horig
Foul, dirty, defiled ⬩ unclean ⬩ lutulentus, cenosus
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Foul, dirty, defiled Swá hit gedafenlíc is ðæt his reáf ne beó horig so is it proper that his vestment be not foul, L. Ælfc. C. 22 : Th. i. 350, 21. Næs his reáf horig, Homl. Th. i. 456, 20. Mid horium reáfe, 528, 24. Mid horhgum scicelse, Th.
hoðma
A covering [?], cloud [?], darkness
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Rídend swefaþ hæleþ in hoðman knights and warriors sleep in the darkness [of death ], Beo. Th. 4907; B. 2458
on-spannan
literally, to unfasten, unclasp ⬩ to open the mind, to speak, disclose the thoughts
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literally, to unfasten, unclasp Þegn wine-dryhten his wætere gelafede, and his helm onspeón, Beo. Th. 5440; B. 2723. metaph. to open the mind, to speak, disclose the thoughts Ongan reordigan, wordlocan onspeónn, Andr. Kmbl. 940; An. 471.
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wirsian
To get worse
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Hé sceolde beón áscyred fram manna neáwiste, gif his hreófla wyrsigende wǽre, Homl. Th. i. 124, 26. Þet his licome, ðe feble wes, ne sceolde noht wursien, O. E. Homl. i. 47, 26. Þe wunde þet euer wurseð, A. R. 326, 23.
ang-sumnes
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Þæs weges ongin þe tó Críste lǽt ne mæg beón begunnen bútan sumre ancsumnysse (ang-, v. l. ) via salutis non est nisi angusto initio incipienda, R. Ben. 5, 17. Mid hyra anxsumnysse anxietate sua, Scint. 3, 5: Lch. iii. 200, 4.