clincig
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[Cf. somer dryeth mareis and mores . . . and maketh hem rouȝe and harde and clynkery. v. N. E. D. clinkery.] Cf. clingan
eorþ-beofung
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Wæs in Achie eorþbeofung, and twá byrig on eorþan besuncon terrae motu Achaia concussa est, et duae civitates abruptis locorum hiatibus devoratae sunt, Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 18: 3, 9; S. 132, 13. Add
weolma
Desire(?) ⬩ what of its kind is most to be desired (?), ⬩ what is best.
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, what of its kind is most to be desired (?), what is best. Similar entries Cf. cyst Siþþan hé Marian, mægða weolman (best of maidens), mǽrre meówlan, mundheáls geceás Exon. Th. 28, 12; Cri. 445
micel
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S. 23, 695. add Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorþe geteórad, Lch. i. 76, 4. Ðonne hé ús seleð micel siolfor, ðonne hé ús selð micle getyngnesse, Past. 369, 13. Æt mǽstra hwelcre misdǽde, Ll.
hergian
To harry ⬩ pillage ⬩ plunder ⬩ ravage ⬩ waste ⬩ devastate ⬩ make an incursion or a raid ⬩ make war
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To harry, pillage, plunder, ravage, waste, devastate, make an incursion or a raid, make war Ða Cwénas hergiaþ hwílum on ða Norþmen ofer ðone mór hwílum ða Norþmen on hý sometimes the Fins made incursions across the mountains on the Norwegians, sometimes
hreód
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D. iii. 79, 26: hreód-burne, 25, 18: hreód- íg, v. 121, 30: hreód-leáh, iii. 246, 19: hreód-mǽd, vi. 153, 9: hreód-mór, C. D. B. ii. 433, 29: hreód-pól, C. D. ii. 29, 10: hreód-slæd, vi. 137, 17
ge-sceádwís
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Þám gesceádwísan móde libero animo, 16, 2 ; F. 52, 17. Hwæt willaþ wé cweþan, gif ðá gesceádwísan nillaþ spyrian æfter wísdóme, 36, 6; F. 180, 36
ge-dafenian
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Dó hire swá dohtrum gedafenað faciet illi juxta morem filiorum, Ll. Lbmn. 30, 6 note, with a clause Mé gedafenaþ þæt ic nú tódæg þé gecyrre, Hml. Th. i. 580, 33 : Bl. H. 227, 13 : 55, 4: 149, 11. Ús gedafanað ꝥ . . .
hnesce
soft ⬩ tender ⬩ soft ⬩ gentle ⬩ soft ⬩ tender ⬩ gentle ⬩ effeminate
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L. 13, 28. yielding easily to force Þæt mon heardlíce gníde þone hnescestan mealmstán, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 28. of movement, action, soft, gentle Hnescum fealle guttatim Hpt.
hol
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Tó ðám holan móre ; andlang ðæs holan móres, C. D. B. ii. 247, 1. Æt holan cumbe, C. D. iii. 327, 15. Tó holan díc, v. 365, 31. On holan dene, iv. 108, 27. On holan weg, v. 302, 37. <b>IV a.
á-deorcian
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Substitute: To become dark, become tarnished Sunne áþýstrað and móna ádeorcað, Wlfst. 92, 21. Nú hit (a)deo(rcað) en tetrica aura est, An. Ox. 56, 200. Hwý is ðis gold ádeorcad ( obscuratum )? Past. 133, 10
Linked entry: deorcian
folde
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Hál wes þu, folde, fira módor, Lch. i. 404, 2. Se líchama in þǽre cealdan foldan (eorðan, moldan, v. ll.) gebrosnað, Wlfst. 187, 12. Wæs Waldendes lof áfylled on foldan, Chr. 975; P. 120, 14. Add
on-sín
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Add: — Ic mîne sâwle sette mid môde, swâ eorðan bið ansŷn wæteres I made my soul feel as want of water is for the ground; anima mea sicut terra sine aqua tibi, Ps. Th. 142, 6
DÉMA
a deemer, thinker, judge, an umpire ⬩ censor, consul, jūdex, arbĭter ⬩ the judge, who gave a wrong judgment, was subject to a fine of one hundred and twenty shillings; and if a man could not obtain justice, the judge to whom he applied was fined thirty shillings. As the judge represented the king, he was at the king's disposal
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Ealra démena ðam gedéfestan to the most benevolent of all judges, Exon. 93 a; Th. 350, 3; Sch. 58. Ǽrmorgenes gancg wið ǽfentíd ealle ða déman Drihten healdeþ exĭtus matutīni et vespĕre delectabĕris, Ps.
wróht
accusation ⬩ a false accusation ⬩ slander ⬩ calumny ⬩ fault ⬩ crime ⬩ offence ⬩ a quarrel ⬩ strife ⬩ cause of complaint ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt
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Hí wróht áhófan, heardne heresíþ, 317, 2 ; Mód. 59. Hé in wuldre wróhte onstalde, Cd. Th. 287, 19; Sat. 369. Mars macode ǽfre gewinn and wróhte, Wulfst. 106, 25.
Linked entries: wróht-bora wróht-dropa wróht-georn
heofon-lic
chaste
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Heofonlice blisse mon mihte á on his mode ongytan, Bl. H. 223, 34. Sé ðe wile brúcan ðára godcundra ðinga and ðára hefonlicra lára, Past. 81, 14.
slítan
To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break
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Hungor innan slát merewérges mód Exon. Th. 306, 22; Seef. 11.
irsian
to be angry ⬩ to rage ⬩ to make angry ⬩ to anger ⬩ provoke
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Ðonne ús ðara manna mód yrsade and ús wiðerwearde wǽron cum irasceretur animus eorum adversum nos, 123, 3.
Linked entry: eornigende
losian
To perish ⬩ be lost ⬩ stray ⬩ escape
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Ðonne ðé mon ǽrest secge ðæt ðín ceáp sý losod, Lchdm. iii. 60, 9: L. Eth. ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 15. Mé syndon losode fóta gangas effusi sunt gressus mei, Ps. Th. 72, 1
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deófol-gild
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Hé bebeád þæt mon áfielde diófolgielda þá cirican, and þæt mon his ágen deófolgield þǽr tómiddes ásette, þæt wæs his ágen onlícnes sacrarium repleri statuis simulachrisque imperavit, seque ibi ut Deum coli praecepit, Ors. 6, 3; S. 258, 8.
Linked entry: ge-deóful-geld