or-þanc
Cunning, skilful
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Homl. 99, 31
smæccan
To taste ⬩ sapere
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Homl. i. 189, 5. Unlouely þei smauʒte Piers P. 5, 363.]
Linked entry: smecgan
ge-þénsum
Obsequious ⬩ obliging ⬩ serviceable ⬩ officiosus
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Obsequious, obliging, serviceable; officiosus He wearþ geset cumena þén ðæt he mynsterlícum cumum geþénsum wǽre he was appointed servant of guests that he might attend upon the monastic guests, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 24.
wer
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Homl. 7, 21. Wundne wer (cf. gewundodne monn, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 16), Met. 8, 35. Gé Galiléiscan weras uiri Galilei, Blickl. Homl. 123, 20. Niniuetisce weras (wæras viri, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 12, 41.
Linked entry: wíf
stíþ
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Beóþ ymbgyrde stranglíce tó ðysum stíðan gewinne, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 341. Se démþ stíðne dóm ðám réceleásum he will pass severe sentence on the careless, Homl. Th. i. 320, 18.
níþ-loca
A place where one is shut up in misery
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Th. 463, 3; Hö. 64
geond-flówan
To flow through ⬩ pertransfluere
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To flow through; pertransfluere Nales ðú geondflówan foldbúende thou flowest not through earth's inhabitants, Exon. 121 a; Th. 465, 16; Hö. 105
líget
Lightning
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Ðǽr begann tó brastligenne micel þunor and líget sceótan, Homl. Th. ii. 196, 23. Swá háttra sumor swá mára þunor and líget, Lchdm. iii. 280, 10. [Swá stor þunring and lǽgt wes, swá dæt hit ácwealde manige men, Chr. 1085: Erl. 219, 22.]
Linked entry: légetu
sí
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Homl. 179, 34. Hwǽðer hit sig ðe sóð ðe leás. Gen; 42, 16. Ðæs sig Metode þanc. Beo. Th. 3561; B. 1778. Ðæt gé witen hwæt hit sié, Past. 8; Swt. 53, 13. Gif ðú sié Godes sunu, Blickl. Homl. 27, 7. Him sió wuldor, Hy. 8, 4.
swecc
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On swæcce swéttran ðonne beóna hunig, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 30: 144, 4. <b>Ia.</b> the sense, of taste :-- Mid úrum fif andgitum . . . swæc and stenc, Homl. Th. i. 138, 27. Swæcc, ii. 550, 11: Wrt.
óga
the feeling which is excited in a person, terror, dread, horror, great fear ⬩ the exciting cause of such a feeling ⬩ an object which excites fear, a terrible, horrible thing ⬩ to fear ⬩ to terrify ⬩ to frighten ⬩ terrible
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Ða clypode hé mid micclum ógan, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 3. the exciting cause of such a feeling Beó eówer ege and óga ofer ealle nítenu terror vester ac tremor sit super cuncta animalia, Gen. 9, 2. On lígette is óga, Homl. Th. i. 222, 32.
ge-þungen
Grown ⬩ thriven ⬩ advanced [morally ⬩ mentally ⬩ etc.] ⬩ excellent ⬩ pious ⬩ noble ⬩ perfect
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On geþungenum wæstme in mature growth, Homl. Th. ii. 76, 25. Geþungen emeritus, provectus, Ælfc. Gl. 82; Som. 73, 52; Wrt. Voc. 47, 56.
Linked entry: ge-þingan
torfian
to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; ⬩ to throw. ⬩ to throw at an object, ⬩ strike with a missile, ⬩ to stone a person ⬩ to throw, ⬩ cast,
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Ða leásan gewitan hine ongunnon ǽrest tó torfienne, Homl.
Linked entries: a-torfian ge-torfian
smeágan
to consider, meditate, inquire, deliberate ⬩ to consider, ponder, examine, inquire into, discuss, search ⬩ to seek an opportunity ⬩ to accept as the result of inquiry, to suppose
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Homl. 7, 16. Smeáge man geornlíce, hwæðer hit sóþ sí Deut. 19, 18. Hí águnnon smeágan, hwilc of him ðæt tó dónne wǽre Lk. Skt. 22, 23. Dauid ongan smeágan and þencan, hwilce ðæs gódan mannes dǽda wǽron Blickl. Homl. 55, 12.
Linked entry: smeán
singan
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Horn song fúslíc leóþ, Beo. Th. 2851 ; B. 1423.
reáfian
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Hord reáfian, Beo. Th. 5540; B. 2773. Helle weallas forbrecan, ðære burge þrym reáfian, Exon. Th. 461, 15; Hö. 36. to seize, take as a robber takes Reáfiaþ rapiunt, Kent. Gl. 4. Ic forþ ágef ða ðe ic ne reáfude ǽr quae non rapui tunc exolvebam, Ps.
hefig-tíme
Grievous ⬩ wearisome ⬩ tedious ⬩ troublesome
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Ða wudewan fram hefigtímum heáfodece gehǽlde healed the widow of a wearisome headache, Homl. Th. i. 418, 22
Linked entry: hefe-tíme
þætte
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HomI. 201, 1. combining antecedent and relative, that which, what On hire wæs gefylled ꝥte on Cantica Canticorum wæs gesungen, Blickl. Homl. 11, 15. Dó á þætte duge, Exon. Th. 300, 10; Fä. 4. Wá ðæm ðe gemonigfealdaþ ðæte (ðætte, Cott.
Linked entry: þæt
þurh-drífan
to drive through ⬩ pierce ⬩ transfix ⬩ to penetrate ⬩ permeate ⬩ imbue ⬩ to drive violently ⬩ perpellere
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Wes mon þurhdriuen upon þe rode homo cruci affixsus est, 1198.]
wífian
To take a wife ⬩ to marry ⬩ on
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To take a wife, to marry without an object Nán wer ne wífaþ, ne wíf ne ceorlaþ, Homl. Th. i. 238, 1.