be-fæstan
to fix, ⬩ to place in security ⬩ to fix in the mind ⬩ implant ⬩ to fix by promise or agreement ⬩ to pledge ⬩ to commit ⬩ to commit to a person's charge ⬩ to commit to a place ⬩ to set ⬩ betake to an occupation ⬩ to commend ⬩ recommend, ⬩ to make acceptable ⬩ to trust
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Dele passage under I, and add: to fix, to place in security Hié befæston hira wíf and hira scipu and hira feoh on Eást-Englum, Chr. 894; P. 88, 4. Þá Deniscan hæfdon hira wíf befæst innan Eást-Engle, 896; P. 89, 22.
hreówan
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With dat. or acc. of person, or used absolutely. to affect with sorrow, to distress, grieve, vex. with pronoun (in apposition to clause) as subject Þæt mé on mínum hyge hreóweð, þæt hié heofonríce ágan, Gen. 426. with clause as subject Mec ongon hreówan
fætt
Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented ⬩ bracteātus
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Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented; bracteātus Sincgestreónum fættan goldes with precious treasures of rich gold, Beo. Th. 2190; B. 1093: 4484; B. 2246. Fættan golde with rich gold, 4210; B. 2102.
a-stǽnan
To adorn with stones or gems ⬩ lapidibus vel gemmis ornare
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To adorn with stones or gems; lapidibus vel gemmis ornare Gimmum astǽned adorned with gems, Salm. Kmbl. 128; Sal. 63. Mid deórwyrþum gimmum astǽned de lapide pretioso ornata, Ps. Th. 20, 3. Astǽned gyrdel a girdle set with stones, Cot. 201
swegel-wundor
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Se burgstede wæs gefylled swétum stencum and swegl-wundrum, eádges yrfestól engla hleóðres the dwelling-place was filled with sweet odours and with wondrous music (?), the blessed one's home with the voice of angels, Exon. Th. 181, 13; Gú. 1292
hand-hrine
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A touch with the hand Þurh handhrine Háliges Gástes through a touch with the hand of the Holy Ghost, Andr. Kmbl. 1999: An. 1002
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wind-filled
Wind-felled ⬩ blown down by the wind
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Wind-felled, blown down by the wind Wuduwearde gebyreþ ǽlc windfylled treów, L. R. S. 19 ; Th. i. 440, 10
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glæd
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D. iii. 60, 8. (3 a) well-disposed towards (wiþ) :-- Mín Drihten hine gedó glædne wið eów Deus meus faciat vobis eum placabilem, Gen. 43, 14. glad on account of a particular circumstance. the circumstance given in the context Heródes geséne ðone Hǽlend
in-wise
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in-wíse
beótian
to threaten ⬩ to threaten ⬩ to threaten with ⬩ a weapon ⬩ a penalty, ⬩ to promise
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Rtl. 53, 3.] threat expressed, by a clause Beótaþ hé ꝥ hé wile þá sáula sendan on éce wítu, Bl. H. 95, 3. Hí ongunnon beótian ꝥ hí scoldon hine geniman, Gr. D. 325, 29. ¶ threat inferred from a clause: Hí onbidedon beótra (= beótedra?)
ríce
powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ great ⬩ possessed of power ⬩ rich ⬩ possessed of wealth ⬩ strong ⬩ powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ potent
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Wite se ríca man (vir potens) ðe him God hæfþ micelne welan and ǽhta ðyses lífes tó forlǽten, L. Ecg. C. 2; Th. ii. 136, 3.
þúsend
a thousand
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Tele nú ðæt tén þúsend geára wið ðæt éce líf, Bt. 18, 3: Fox 66, 6-10. Wæs þreó þúsend ðæra leóda álesen, Elect. Kmbl. 569; El. 285: Blickl. Homl. 119, 3. Similar entries v. under 2. other examples.
land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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, within the towns, the streets with many-coloured stones, Andr.
stǽlan
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Wið mé árison leáse gewitan and stǽldon on mé ðæt ic náwþer ne nyste ne ne worhte exurgentes testes iniqui quae ignorabam interrogabant me, Ps. Th. 34, 12.
fǽr
a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident
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: Lǽcedómas wiþ feferádle . . . wiþ þriddan dæges fǽre (cf. fefre, 134, 21) and feórþan dæges fǽre (cf. fefre, 134, 22) and wið ǽlces dæges fére (cf. fefere, 134, 74), Lch. ii. 12, 26-28. Add:
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fǽr-bifongen
With perils encompassed ⬩ pĕrīcŭlis
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With perils encompassed ; pĕrīcŭlis vel terrōrĭbus circumventus Fǽrbifongen ic dǽr furðum cwom I had just come there encompassed with perils, Beo. Th. 4022; B. 2009
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gim-reced
A hall adorned with gems
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A hall adorned with gems Ne hí gimreced setton searolíce nor with art did they build palaces, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 50; Met. 8, 25
gleáw-ferhþ
Of a wise mind ⬩ sagacious
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Of a wise mind, sagacious Gleáwferhþ hæleþ a man wise of mind, Cd. 57; Th. 70, 12; Gen. 1152: 112; Th. 147, 27; Gen. 2446
gold-beorht
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Bright with gold; auro splendens Beorn monig goldbeorht scán many a warrior shone bright with golden ornaments, Exon. 124 b; Th. 477, 33; Ruin. 34