fyrhþ
A wood, wooded country
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West andlang ðæs fyrhðes, Cht. E. 158, 19. Oþ cincges firhþe, of cincges fyrhþe . . . andlang strǽte on geriht oð cincges fyrhþe, C. D. ii. 265, 28-33. Æt ðǽre baran fyrhðe, iii. 130, 31.
of-féran
to overtake
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Se cyng férde him the Danes æt hindan, and offérde hí innan Eást-Seaxan, and ðǽr tógædere heardlíce féngon, 1016; Erl. 158, 1
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of-irnan
to overtake ⬩ to tire with running
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to overtake (by running) Færþ hé (the evening star) æfter ðære sunnan, óþ hé ofirnþ ða sunnan hindan, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 2. Ðæs wítegan cnapa, Gyezi, ofarn Naaman, Homl. Th. i. 400, 17.
lytel-hygdig-
Small-minded ⬩ pusillanimous
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Small-minded, pusillanimous Mon ðæs lytelhýdig ne ðæs læthýdig no man of mind so small and so sluggish, Exon. 78 b; Th. 294, 4; Crä. 10
náwa
Never
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Never Ðæt is swíðe strang ðam ðe ðæt náwa ǽr þigde it is very strong for him who never before tasted it, Lchdm. ii. 252, 14
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ceder-treów
A cedar-tree ⬩ cedrus = κέδρος
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A cedar-tree; cedrus = κέδρος Ic geseah árleásne geuferodne swá swá cedertrýw ðæs wuda oððe cederbeámas ðæs holtes vidi impium elevatum sicut cedros Libani, Ps. Lamb. 36, 35
nunn-mynster
A nunnery
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A nunnery Ðæt nunmynster ( monasterium virginum ) ðæt mon nemneþ Coludesburhg, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 19 : 5. 3; S. 615, 41. In tó nunnanmynstre, Chart. Th. 231, 35
teágan
To dress, prepare
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To dress, prepare Íserngelóman ðæt land mid tó teágenne. Ðá ðæt land ðá geteád wæs, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 33. Wel geteád alwe, Lchdm. ii. 226, 14
þoft-rǽden
Fellowship
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Fellowship Ðú hopast ðæt ðú hæbbe ðoftrǽdene tó ðam áwyrigedan deófle, ðonne ðú bǽde ðæt hé ðé ásende his englas tó mínre dare, Homl. Th. ii. 416, 14
róse
A rose
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Ðære rósan wlite, Bt. 9; Fox, 26, 20. Ðæra rósena blóstman getácniaþ mid heora reádnysse martyrdóm, Homl. Th. i. 444, 13
clǽn-líce
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Cf. clǽne, Ðæt is ðonne ðæt hé sié clǽnes willan and goodes, ðæt hé clǽnlíce and ryhtwíslíce ongiete ðæt ðæt hé ongiete pudica videlicet, quia caste intelligit, Past. 349, 3. Ðæt wé úrne crístendóm clǽnlíce gehealdan, Wlfst. 112, 15. entirely.
meox
Muck ⬩ dung ⬩ ordure ⬩ dirt
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Ðæt treów biþ bedolfen and mid meoxe beworpen ... ðæt meox is ðæt gemynd his fúlan dǽda ... Hwæt is fúlre ðonne meox? Homl. Th. ii. 408, 29-33: Lk. Skt. 13, 8. Licgaþ forsewene swá swá meox (Cott.
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un-áberendlíce
Unbearably ⬩ intolerably
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Unbearably, intolerably Ðæt hé ðæt ryht tó suíðe and tó ungemetlíce and tó unáberendlíce ne bodige ne recta nimie et inordinate proferantur, Past. 15; Swt. 95, 18. Ðæt hí tó unáberendlíce ne beóden ne plus justo jubeant, 28; Swt. 189, 19.
un-gehealdsum
Incontinent
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Incontinent Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger oððe gálnyss, ðæt is ðæt se man ungehealdsum sý on hǽmede, and hnesce on móde tó flǽsclícum lustum, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 4.
LAND
LAND ⬩ earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ region ⬩ district ⬩ province ⬩ land ⬩ landed property ⬩ estate ⬩ cultivated land ⬩ country
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Ðæt wǽron ða ǽrestan scipu Deniscra monna ðe Angelcynnes lond gesóhton, Chr. 787; Erl. 56, 16. Ǽlc ðæra landa ðe ǽnigne friþige ðæra ðe Ængla land hergie every land that affords protection to any of those that harry England, L.
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stíþ
Stiff, hard ⬩ stiff, firm, ⬩ strong, not bending easily, unyielding ⬩ of a thick consistency ⬩ stiff ⬩ hard, stern, inexorable, severe, austere ⬩ hard, severe, unrelenting, stubborn ⬩ strict, rigid, severe, austere, hard ⬩ hard ⬩ harsh to the taste
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Se man ðe tó ðon stíð biþ ðæt hé áðas sylþ ðæt hé tó nánre sybbe fón nelle homo qui adeo durus sit ut juramenta praestet, se nullam pacem admittere velle, L. Ecg.
hýd
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Bið se líchoma hreóf ðonne se bryne ðe on ðǽm innoðe bið út áslihð tó ðǽre hýde ( ad cutem ), Past. 71, 6. Sindon ðá loccas tó sparienne ðǽm sácerde ðæt hí ðá hýd behelien ( ut cutem cooperiant ), 141, 9. <b>II a.
ge-werian
to defend ⬩ protect ⬩ take care of ⬩ make [land] free from claims ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ procurare ⬩ to associate with for the cause of defence ⬩ to make a treaty with ⬩ assŏciāre defensiōnis causa ⬩ jungere fœdĕre
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Gange [ðæt land] into ðære stówe swá gewered swá hit stande mid mete and mid mannum and mid ǽlcum þingan let the land go afterwards to that place so provided as it may then be, with meat and with men and with everything, 519, 3: Cod. Dipl.
blód-reád
BLOOD-RED ⬩ sanguineus
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BLOOD-RED; sanguineus Ðæt þridde cyn ys sanguineus, ðæt is blódreád the third sort is sanguineus, that is blood-red, Herb. 131, 1; Lchdm. i. 242, 16
un-gesceádlíce
Unreasonably ⬩ excessively
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Tácn ðæs ungesceádlíce cealdan magan (cf. ðæs ofercealdan magan, 192, 25: 194, 11), Lchdm. ii. 160, 4
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