glíw-stól
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Take here <b>gleów-stól</b> in Dict., and add: A seat of music and song (cf. þǽr (at Hrothgar's court) wæs gidd and gleó, B. 2105; cf. also seledreám), a joyous home (cf. hleów-stól for similar compound)
tó-beátan
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ꝥ scip becóm tó Ostican swíðe tóbrocen and tó-beáten fram þám ýþum ( fluctibus quassata ), Gr. D. 347, 7. Ðá cempan hine lange swungon ... þá cómon his geféran and fundon hine licgendne on blódigum limum and tóbeátenum líchaman, Hml. S. 31, 981. Add
þegnest
Service
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Service Þæs ilcan géres fór Aldréd biscop tó Colne ofer sǽ, and wearð ðær underfangen mid mycclan weorðscipe, and him geaf ǽgðer þéneste ge se biscop on Colone and se cásere, Chr. 1054; Erl. 189, 25. (This passage occurs in only one MS.)
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fæst-nes
Firmament, firmness, stability, fastness, fortification ⬩ firmāmentum, firmĭtūdo, mūnīmen, propugnācŭlum
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Firmament, firmness, stability, fastness, fortification; firmāmentum, firmĭtūdo, mūnīmen, propugnācŭlum Firmamentum [fæstnes] is ðeós róderlíce heofen, mid manegum steorrum amett ... Seó [fæstnes] firmamentum tyrnþ symle onbútan us under ðyssere eorþan
Engle
Angles ⬩ the English
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Add: Angles in contrast with Saxons Þanon Engle (Ongle, v. l.) and Seaxan cumene wǽron þe nú on Breotone eardiað, Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 590, 5. Siþþan Engle and Seaxe Brytene sóhtan, Chr. 937; P. 110, 4. Englum and Sæxum, 1065; P. 193, 34. the English Engle
geár-gerím
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Substitute: Reckoning by years. where duration is measured and the year is taken as the unit. v. geár; Bootes cymeð on þone ilcan stede eft ymb þrítig geárgerimes (cf. ymb þrittig wintra, Bt. 39, 3; F. 214, 15), Met. 28, 30. Cf. winter-gerím. in chronological
metsung
Provision ⬩ food
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Provision, food Be manna netsunge. Ánan esne gebyreþ tó metsunge xii pund gódes cornes, L. R. S. 8; Th. i. 436, 25. Hí tó metsunge féngon and tó gafle they accepted provisions and tribute, Chr. 1002; Erl. 137, 26. Ðá gerǽdde se cyng ðæt man him gafol
twisprǽcness
Falseness in speech ⬩ detraction
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Falseness in speech, detraction Bebeorh ðé wið twisprǽcnysse cave tibi a biloquio, L. Ecg. C. proem.; Th. ii. 132, 10. Uton beorgan ús wið tǽlnysse and wið twysprǽcnysse and wið leáse gewitnysse caveamus nobis a vituperatione et a biloquio et a falso
forud
Broken ⬩ fractured ⬩ worn out ⬩ decayed ⬩ fractus ⬩ contrītus
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Broken, fractured, worn out, decayed; fractus, contrītus Se foruda fót and sió forude bond the fractured foot and the fractured hand, Past. ii. 2; Cot. MS. On ðisum þrím stelum stynt se cynestól, and gif án biþ forud, he fylþ adún sóna the throne stands
Fresisc
Of or belonging to Friesland ⬩ Frisian ⬩ Frīsĭcus
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Of or belonging to Friesland, Frisian; Frīsĭcus Nǽron hí náwðer ne on Fresisc gescæpene ne on Denisc they were shapen neither as the Frisian nor as the Danish, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 15. Ðǽr wearþ ofslægen Lucumon, and ealra monna, Fresiscra and Engliscra
hrot
scum ⬩ mucus
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Thick fluid, scum, mucus Gewyrc ðé lǽcedóm ðus of ecede and of hunige, genim ðæt séleste hunig dó ofer heorþ áseóþ ðæt weax and ðæt hrot of make yourself a medicine thus of vinegar and honey; take the best honey, put it over the fire, seethe [strain
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ícend
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One who increases or augments Ðon hé cymþ of ðam worde augeo ic geíce and hé getácnaþ geeácnunge ðon macaþ hé hic auctor ðes ícend and hæc auctrix ðeós ícestre when it comes from the word augeo I increase, and indicates augmentation, then it makes hic
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blendan
To BLIND, deprive of sight, darken ⬩ cæcare, obscurare
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[blind cærcus] To BLIND, deprive of sight, darken; cæcare, obscurare Se dæg blent and þióstraþ hiora eágan the day blinds and darkens their eyes, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 5. Man hine blende, and hine swá blindne brohte to ðám munecum they blinded him, and
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á-gíta
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Add: a waster, prodigal Monig bið ágíta (-giéta, Hatt. MS.) his góda and wilnað mid ðý geearnian ðone hlísan ðæt hé sié rúmgiful saepe se effusio sub appellatione largitatis occultat , Past. 148, 6. Oððe eft se gilpna and se ágíta for his góda mirringe
wrixlan
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Ealle gesceafta wrixliað swá dæg and niht. Ðú recst þæt geár . . . þurh þæt gewrixle þára feówer týda . . . þára wrixlað ǽlc wyð óðer and hwerfiað, swá þæt heora ǽgðer byð eft emne þæt þæt hýt ǽr wæs . . . and swá wrixlað tunglas . . . Wrixliað sume
weald-genga
A weald-goer ⬩ bandit ⬩ brigant
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A weald-goer (v. weald), bandit, brigant Hé wolde beón yldest on ðam yfelan flocce, and geworhte his geféran tó wealdgengum ealle on wídgillum dúnum . . . 'Hé is geworden tó wealdgengan and ðæra sceaðena ealdor, ðe hé him sylf gegaderode, and wunaþ on
ge
And ⬩ also ⬩ et
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And, also; et Ánra gehwylc, sóþfæst ge synnig, séceþ Meotudes dóm every one, just and sinful, shall seek the Creator's doom, Exon. 63 b; Th. 233, 11; Ph. 523 : Bt. Met. Fox 26, 171; Met. 26, 86 : Ps. Th. 66, 6. Ge ... ge both ... and; et ... et. He bebýt
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lengan
To pertain ⬩ belong
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To pertain, belong Ðonne heó byþ ii and xx niht eald ðæt ðú gesihst hit lenceþ tó góde and gefeán when the moon is twenty-two nights old, what thou seest belongs to good and to joy, Lchdm. iii. 160, 9
un-þríste
Timid ⬩ diffident ⬩ faint-hearted
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Timid, diffident, faint-hearted Ða unmódgan and ða unðrístan ( pusillanimes ) ... Ða lytelmódan and ða unðrístan, ðonne hió ongietaþ hiera unbældo and hiera unmiehte, hié weorðaþ oft ormóde, Past. 32; Swt. 209, 5-8. Ða unðriéstan (-ðrístan, Cott. MSS
flicce
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Flicci perna, Txts. 86, 774. Flicii, 88, 804. Flicci feusa (perna, quod rusticae fiosa dicunt), An. Ox. 53, 44 (and note). Mon selle .IIII. scép and tuá flicca, C. D. i. 293, 9. Feówer swín and feór fliccu, 164, 31. Add