hrǽw
a corpse ⬩ carcase ⬩ trunk ⬩ carrion
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Ðá lócade hé on his ágenne líchoman swá swá on uncúþne hreáw he gazed on his own body as on an unknown corpse, Shrn. 52, 4. Ða sticca Simones hreáwes the pieces of Simon's carcase, Homl. Th. i. 380, 34.
GLEÁW
Clear-sighted ⬩ wise ⬩ skilful ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ good ⬩ sagax ⬩ prudens ⬩ astutus ⬩ sapiens ⬩ gnarus
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Nis nǽnig swá gleáw there is none so skilful, Cd. 221; Th. 286, 10; Sat. 350: Exon. 11 a; Th. 14, 17; Cri. 220: 120 b; Th. 463, 27; Hö. 76: Andr. Kmbl. 2992; An. 1499.
scort
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Ðæt ic ðé móste getǽcan swá sceortne (scortne, Cote. MS.) weg swá ic scyrtestne findan meahte, Bt. 40, 5 ; Fox 240, 17. Hé hæfþ scyrtran (sceortran, MS. R.) sceade ðonne seó sunne, Lchdm. iii. 252, 13.
á-hreddan
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Scrd. 22, 40. on Woruldfeoh ðæs ic on sceotendum áhredde, Gen. 2144. wiþ (dat. acc.) to save from, protect against Swá God his folc áhredde wið þone cyning . . . swá hé árett his gecorenan wið þone deófol, Hml. Th. ii. 200, 10-14.
dynt
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Th. i. 16, 17-18, 5. the sound made by a blow, thud of a body striking the ground Swíþe oft se micla anweald ðára yfelena gehríst swíþe fǽrlíce, swá swá greát beám on wyda wyrcþ hlúdne dynt ( strikes the ground with a loud thud ), ðonne men lǽst wénaþ
eorl
a hero
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Beó hé scyldig wið þone þe hit áge, swá wið cyningc .cxx. sciłł., swá wið eorl .lx. sciłł., 384, 18. Man sette Oddan tó eorle ofer Defenascíre and ofer Sumersǽton and ofer Dorséton and ofer Wealas, Chr. 1048; P. 177, 2.
ge-rýne
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H. 17, 9. what is beyond ordinary knowledge, an obscure subject Wé tódǽlað þá dagas þæs geáres þurh seofon, and swá wé becumað tó þám andgite swá myceles gerénes (y is written over the second e), Angl. viii. 302, 39.
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grǽdig
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Gítsung ontent ðæs mannes mód tó máran ǽhte, and swá hé máre hæfð swá hé grǽdigra bið, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 9. ¶ here probably belongs :-- On grǽdigum cupidineo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137. 61. <b>III a.
hord
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Hord warian, Rä. 32, 21 : 88, 22. of material valuable for its properties Sege eallum mannum ꝥ sóna swá hí geopeniað míne byrgene, ꝥ hí magon ðǽr findan swá deórwurðne hord ( the miracle-working remains of St.
óþ
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Oð nú for twám geárum usque ante biennium, 235, 19: 342, 33. marking stage reached Nú hít eall ágán is oð on (v. á-gán) ðíne hand, ðonne ðú hit becweðe swá gesibre handa swá fremdre swáðer ðé leófre sý, C.
geá
etiam, jam
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Geá (etiam), swá hig dóþ, Coll. M. 26, 17. Mé þincð nú þæt þé þince þæt. . . Geá, swá mé þincð, Solil. H. 20, 9. ; 'Gif þú þone man tó mé gelǽdest . . . ic wille gelýfan.
ofer-wreón
To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread
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Næs Salomon oferwrigen coopertus swá swá án of ðyson, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 29. Ðæt dysig ðæt hit ǽr mid oferwrigen wæs, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 6. Sýn oferwrigene operiantur, Ps. Lamb. 70, 13. Synna beóþ oferwrigenne for dǽdbóte, L. E. I. 36; Th. ii. 434, 22.
CORN
CORN ⬩ a grain ⬩ seed ⬩ berry ⬩ frumentum ⬩ granum ⬩ bacca ⬩ a hard or cornlike pimple ⬩ a corn ⬩ kernel on the feet ⬩ pustula ⬩ clavus
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Wæs corn swá dýre, swá nán man ǽr ne gemunde corn was so dear, as no man before remembered it Chr. 1044; Erl. 168, 21; Homl. Th. ii. 68, 17.
hé
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Hyre, Lch. iii. 260, 10. where the pronouns are used to mark sex Sum cyn is gecweden epicena, þæt is on Englisc gemenged : hic coruus ðes hremn, swá hwæðer swá hit byð, swá hé swá heó ; hic miluus ðes glida, ǽgðer ge hé ge heó ; haec aquila ðes earn;
ge-wis
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Gif wé hæfdon ǽnigne dǽl untweógendes andgites swá swá englas habbaþ, Bt. 41, 5; F. 254, 5. Wé hine wurðiaþ mid gewissum geleáfan, Wlfst. 105, 29. Englas habbaþ gewis andgit, Bt. 41, 5; F. 252, 30, 20.
or-gete
To be perceived, manifest
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Ðú meaht geseón orgete on mínre sídan swátge wunde, Exon. Th. 89, 17 ; Cri. 1458
ge-fyllan
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Hé hæfde gefylled swá ǽr biforan sungon wítgena word, Cri. 468. Gefyld, Chr. 607; P. 22, 5.
ǽ-welm
A welling up of water ⬩ spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ source ⬩ head of a river ⬩ beginning ⬩ aquæ fons
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A welling up of water, spring, fountain, source, head of a river, beginning; aquæ fons Swá sum mical ǽwelm and dióp as some great and deep spring, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 10.
HUND
A HOUND ⬩ a dog
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Swá hundas ut canes, Ps. Th. 58, 6. Dumbe hundas canes muti, Past. 5, 1; Swt. 89, 17. Hunda gebeorc barking of dogs, Ælfc. Gr. 1; Som. 2, 35.
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láð-líc
Hateful ⬩ loathsome ⬩ disgusting ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ detestable ⬩ abominable ⬩ horrible
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Ðæt is láðlíc líf ðæt hí swá maciaþ it is an abominable life that they do so, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 26: Exon. 266; Th. 78, 19; Gri. 1276.