niþer-líc
low ⬩ low ⬩ humble ⬩ inferior
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Gé sécaþ ðære heán gecynde gesǽlþa tó ðám niþerlícum and tó ðám hreósendlícum þingum, Bt. 14, 2; Fox 44, 30 : Homl. Th. ii. 522, 30
ge-niht
Abundance, fulness, sufficiency ⬩ abundantia, ūbertas ⬩ copia, abundantia
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Abundance, fulness, sufficiency; abundantia, ūbertas Wénst ðú ðæt se ánweald and ðæt geniht seó to forseónne thinkest thou that power and abundance are to be despised? Bt. 33, 1; Fox 120, 22, 24, 26.
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sundor-cræft
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A special power or art, one possessed or exercised by an individual or a classBt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 7. Ða rícan on ðam woruldwelan nabbaþ nǽnne sundorcræft, Seó wiht sundorcræft hafaþ, Exon. Th. 420, 14; Rä. 40, 3.
tang
A pair of tongs
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Gl. 241, 35 (omitted by Wright). Hí woldon mé glæccan mid heora byrnendum tangum, Homl. Th. ii. 352, 1, 5. Hí fýrene tangan him on handa hæfdon, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 42
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weorold-wíte
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Gif hǽðen cild binnon .ix. nihton þurh gímelíste forfaren sí, bétan for Gode búton worldwíte; and gif bit ofer nigan niht gewurðe, bétan for Gode and gilde .xii, ór, L. N. P. L. 10; Th. ii. 292, 7
weorold-lust
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Be ðam woruldluste Epicurus sǽde . . . ðaet se lust wǽre ðæt héhste gód habes igitur ante oculos propositam fere formam felicitatis humanae, opes, honores, potentiam, voluptates.
bréden
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Bd. i. 5 where speaking of the vallum made by Sevens it is said, 'vallum fit de cespitibus, quibus circumcisis, e terra velut murus exstruitur altus supra terram, ita ut in ante sit fossa, de qua levati sunt cespites, supra quam sudes de lignis fortissimis
ge-geótan
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Þá gód ealle gegaderode bióþ swelce hí sién tó ánum wecge gegoten, Bt. 34, 9; F. 146, 20. Ǽlc calic gegoten beó þe man húsl on hálgige, and on treówenum ne hálgige man ǽnig, Ll. Th. ii. 252, 21: Sal. 31
hrif
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Healt geboren of his módor hrife (innoðe, v. l. ), Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 560, 1. Of méddernum rife de uulua, An. Ox. 1496. Gif mon bið on hrife (hrif, v. l.) wund si quis in ilio (ilibus, v. l.) uulneretur, Ll. Th. i. 96, 10.
norþ
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Ꝥ synd þonne wærteras be norðum mórum (cf. wæs se Columba se ǽresta láreów þæs Crístenan geleáfan on þám mórlandum, þá þe syndon tó norðdǽle Pehta ríces erat Columba primus doctor fides Christianae transmontanis Pictis ad aquilonem, Bd. 5, 9; Sch. 593
up-heáh
tall ⬩ lofty ⬩ lofty ⬩ noble ⬩ upright
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Th. 81, 6. upright Ðá genam Sanctus Martinus hine be his handa and upheáh árǽrde, Blickl. Homl. 219, 20. Ðám treówum ðe him gecynde biþ upheáh tó standanne, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 22
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æfter-weard
later, latter ⬩ being behind (?), absent ⬩ After
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, absent Ðeáh ðe hé lícumlíce ðǽr æfterweard (æfweard, v. l.) wǽre quamvis corporaliter absens, Bd. 3, 15; Sch. 264, 6. adv. prep. After Hí urnon ealle him æfterweard, Hml. S. 31, 995.
hægtesse
A witch, hag, fury
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Gif hér inne sý ísenes dǽl hægtessan geweorc hit sceal gemyltan ... gif hit wǽre ylfa gescot oððe hit wǽre hægtessan gescot nú ic wille ðín helpan if herein there be a bit of iron, a witch's work, it shall melt ... if it were an elf's shot or it were
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óra
A border, edge, margin, bank
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Ðonan on ðone óran foran wið-eástan Ecgulfes setl west be ðatn óran eft tóweard setle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 216, 2-3. Siððan dú gehýrde on hliþes óran galan geác on bearwe. Exon. Th. 473, 28; Bo. 21. On óra[n] his hrægles in oram vestimenti ejus, Ps.
smiþþe
A smithy, a smith's workshop ⬩ officina, fabrica
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Ðæt wíde geat be-eástan Welandes smiððan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 332, 23
ge-þingan
To thrive ⬩ grow ⬩ become excellent
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To thrive, grow, become excellent Metode geþungon Abraham and Loth Abraham and Lot throve to the Lord [cf. ge-þeón], Cd. 82; Th. 103, 7; Gen. 1714: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 14; Met. 1, 7.
hind
A hind, ⬩ the female of the hart
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Hé lægde laga ðæt swá hwá swá slóge heort oððe hinde ðæt hine man sceolde blendian he made laws that whoever should kill hart or hind should be blinded. Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 27. Secan heorotas and hinda to hunt harts and hinds, Bt. Met.
sige-beác
a sign or monument of victory gained ⬩ a trophy ⬩ an ensign that is to lead to victory ⬩ a banner
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Ðǽr ðæt heofonlíce sigebeácen (trophaeum) árǽred beón sceolde, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 35. Æþelinges (Christ) ród, sigebeácen (cf. sige-beám, -bearn) sóð, Elen. Kmbl. 1772; El. 888. Be ðam sigebeácne (the cross) 336; El. 168.
bearo
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Hrímige bearwas . . . on dǽm ísgean bearwum, Bl. H. 209, 32, 35. Bearewæs saltus, An. Ox. 2036. Bearewum nemoribus, saltibus, 1807. Bearwum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 36.
weód
A useless or injurious plant, ⬩ a weed
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Swá hwá swá wille sáwan westmbǽre land, átió ǽrest of ealle ða weód ðe hé gesió, ðæt ðám æcerum derigen Bt. 23; Fox 78, 23 : Met. 12, 4, 28