sceáwung
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Ðá eágan mé gebróhton on þám angytte; ac siðþan ic hyt ongyten hæfde, þá forlǽt ic þá sceáwunga mid þám eágum, Solil. H. 21, 17.
ofer-sprǽce
speaking too much, talkative, loquacious ⬩ zungun linguam magniloquum ⬩ saying more than is just or true
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Salamon cwæþ, ðæt sélre wǽre tó wunigenne mid león and dracan ðonne mid yfelan wífe and ofersprǽcum, Homl. Th. i. 486, 33. Ða . . . ofersprǽcean multiloquio vacantes, Past. 38, 6; Swt. 277, 3: 38, 1; Swt. 271, 14. [Cf. O. H.
tó-scǽnan
To break to pieces
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Þu scalt toscæne mid mire eaxe . . . Corineus smat in enne stane . . . þe stan al tosceande (þat þe ston al tobrac, 2nd MS.), 2309-15. In Layamon the word is intransitive
fen-hóp
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Land in the midst of fens (v. N. E. D. hope) Fleón on fenhopu, B. 764. Substitute:
brémel-þyrne
a bramble ⬩ a thorn ⬩ A bramble-thorn, bramble-bush; ⬩ rubus
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A bramble-thorn, bramble-bush; rubus On middan ánre brémelþyrnan de media rubi, Ex. 3, 2, 4
áþ-swaru
An oath-swearing ⬩ a solemn oath ⬩ an oath ⬩ juramentum
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Ðæt he lange gehét mid áþsware what he long had promised on oath, Cd. 170; Th. 213, 26; Exod. 558: Ps. Th. 88, 3. Áþsware pytt the well of the oath, Beersheba, Gen. 46, 1
cin-bán
The CHIN-BONE ⬩ mandibula, mentum
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Se ðe cin-bán forslæhþ, mid xx scillingum forgelde let him who breaks the chin-bone pay for it with twenty shillings, L. Ethb. 50; Th. i. 16, 1
dyrstignes
Boldness, presumption, arrogance, rashness ⬩ audācia, temĕrĭtas
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Ðæt ðín mód ne beó ahafen mid dyrstignysse [dyrstnysse, Nat. S. Greg. Els. P. 39, note 1] that thy mind be not lifted up with arrogance, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 4
Linked entries: dyrstnys ge-dyrstig-nes
eornoste
Earnest, serious ⬩ sērius, stŭdiōsus
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Mid eornestum móde with earnest mind. Homl. Th. i. 386, 20
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fyrding
an army ⬩ army prepared for war ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ procinctus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio
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Mid ormǽtre fyrdinge with an immense army, Homl. Th. ii. 66, 2: 194, 13. an expedition; expĕdītio Geswicon ðære fyrdinge they withdrew from the expedition, Chr. 1016; Erl. 153, 29
hunig-teár
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Besmyra mid hunigteáre, 11
líf-leás
Lifeless
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Fela templa árǽrdon and mid andgitleásum and lífleásum anlícnyssum áfyldon erected many temples, and filled them with images that were without sense and without life, Homl.Th. ii. 574, 28
mód-sorh
Care or sorrow of mind ⬩ sorrow of soul
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[Mid muchele modsorȝe (sorewe, 2nd MS.), Laym. 8692.]
ge-wyrtian
To season with herbs ⬩ to spice ⬩ perfume
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To season with herbs, to spice, perfume Gewyrtad mid hyra weldǽdum perfumed with their good deeds, Exon. 63 b; Th. 234, 20; Ph. 543. Gewyrtod wín factitium vinum, Cot. 268, Lye.
Linked entry: wyrtian
ge-hyrstan
To adorn ⬩ ornament ⬩ decorate ⬩ adornāre ⬩ ornāre ⬩ dĕcŏrāre
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Ða bióþ mid fetlum gehyrste who are adorned with belts, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 6
Linked entries: hyrstan hyrstan hyrstan ge-hierstan
geolo
YELLOW ⬩ flavus
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Mid geolewere fáhnisse crocea qualitate, 419
sincan
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Th. 86, 27 ; Gen. 1437. to act as an aperient Gif ðæt sié ómihte wǽte innan, tyhte hié mon út mid líþum mettum sincendum, and ne lǽt inne gesittan on ðam líchoman, Lchdm. ii. 218, 14
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strácian
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Wildu hors, ðonne wé hié ǽresð gefangnu habbaþ, wé hié ðacciaþ and stráciad mid brádre handa equos indomitos blanda prius manu tangimus, 41, 4 ; Swt. 303, 10. Myd swýþe drígeon handum stráca geornlíce ðane innoþ, Lchdm. iii. 134, 17
þrǽsting
Torment ⬩ affliction
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MS.) ðæs líchoman ðæt mód ne áscrence mid upáhæfennesse ne aut illos appetitus gulae a mentis statu dejiciat, aut istos afflicta caro ex elatione supplantet, Past. 43; Swt. 316, 7
be-streðan
To bestrew ⬩ scatter over ⬩ cover
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To bestrew, scatter over, cover Oþ þæt his þegnas mid moldán hit bestryðedon (bestryðed hæfdon, v. l..) and gefæstnodon, Bd. 3, 2; Sch. 194, 19. Similar entries (v. be-stregdan. ) Biþ stánum bestreþed (v.