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seóslig

(adj.)
Grammar
seóslig, adj.
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Afflicted, troubled, vexed Se hálga wer ælda gehwylces ðe hine seóslige sóhtun hǽlde líc and sáwle the holy man healed body and soul of all that in affliction sought him , Exon. Th. 157, 29; Gú. 899. Cf. súsl

gifre

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Ic wát eardfæstne ánne standan, deáfne dumban, sé oft swilged gifrum lácum (the subject of the riddle is a bookcase, the gifre lác are books), Rä. 50, 3. 7u In Rä 270 a book is the subject. Add

on-willan

(v.)

to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent

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to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent Ðá wæs eft swá ǽr ealdfeónda níþ onwylleð then again as before hot waxed the hate of former foes, Exon. Th. 125, 30; Gú. 362

Linked entry: on-wyllan

in-dryhten

(adj.)
Grammar
in-dryhten, adj.

Noblecourtly

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Noble, courtly, befitting one who belongs to a king's body-guard [cf.

Linked entry: dryhten

magu-timber

(n.)
Grammar
magu-timber, es; n.

A childprogenyall those who are born

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Icel. manns-efni (efni material, stuff) a promising young man.] progeny, all those who are born Ne sý ðæs magutimbres gemet ofer eorþan gif hí ne wanige se ðás worulde teóde there would be no bounds upon earth to those who are born, if they waned not

sweþel

(n.)
Grammar
sweþel, sweoþol, es; m.
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. ¶ of a funeral pile in whose fire the body is wrapped (?) :-- Wuduréc ástáh sweart ofer swioðole (swicðole, MS.) the smoke rose black above the pile where Beowulf's body lay enwrapped, Beo. Th. 6281; B. 3146, cf. swaþul

glíwian

(v.)
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, to play, sound Mec (a book) siððan wráh hæleð hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde forð (for a similar verse cf.

hrá-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
hrá-wérig, adj.
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Wearied in body, or grievously wearied, wearied to death [cf. hrá-líc] Ic hæle hráwérig gewíte on longne síþ I, a man sore wearied, shall depart on a long journey, Exon. 63 b; Th. 235, 8; Ph. 554

pilece

(n.)
Grammar
pilece, an; f.
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Ðæt hé geswutelode mid ðám deádum fellum ðæt hí wǽron ðá deádlíce, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 28

Linked entry: pylece

steornede

(adj.)
Grammar
steornede, adj.
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Having a big forehead; fig. bold, active Steornede (the word occurs in a list of adjectives denoting the possession of physical characteristics) frontalis vel calidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 36. Steorrede (steornede ?) frontialis, ii. 38, 55: 151, 25

Linked entry: steorn

weorold-deád

(adj.)
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weorold-deád, adj.
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Dead as far as this life is concerned, dead as regards the body Hí mé on deorce stówe settan, samed aulíce swá ðú worulddeáde wrige mid foldan collocavit me in obscuris sicut mortuos seculi, Ps. Th. 142, 4

hyrdel

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. ¶ of the bone-frame of an animal :-- Ostige ribba hyrdlas squamigeras costarum crates, An. Ox. 2466. Add:

un-eáþness

Grammar
un-eáþness, <b>. I.</b>
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In 1. 7 after fare insert: non mihi labor est ad Dominum meam uenire, and add: distress of body or mind Mid þiére unéþnysse (-eáð-, v.l. ) swá myccles sáres onǽled doloris magni stimulis accensus, Gr. D. 207, ii

breátan

(v.)
Grammar
breátan, ic breáte, ðú breátest, brýtst, he breáteþ, brýt, pl. breátaþ; p. breót , pl. breóton; pp. breáten

To break, demolish, destroy, kill;frangere, conterere, necare

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To break, demolish, destroy, kill; frangere, conterere, necare Hí hálge cwelmdon, breóton [breotun MS.] bóccræftige [bóccræftge MS.] bærndon gecorene they slew the holy, destroyed the book-learned, burned the chosen, Exon. 66 a; Th. 243, 25; Jul. 16

Linked entries: breótun BREÓTAN

dott

(n.)
Grammar
dott, es; m.

DOT, small spot, speckpunctum

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ADOT, small spot, speck ; punctum Geopenige mon ðone dott and binde ðone clíðan to ðan swyle let the speck [at the head of a boil] be opened, and the poultice be bound to the swelling, Lchdm. iii. 40, 14

geal-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
geal-ádl, e; f. [gealla gall, bile]

Gall-diseasethe jaundiceictĕrusίκτερos,aurūgo

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Gall-disease, the jaundice; ictĕrus = ίκτερos, aurūgo Of gealádle cymeþ greát yfel ... se líchoma ageolwaþ swá gód seoluc from jaundice comes great evil ... the body becomes yellow like good silk, L. M. 1, 42; Lchdm. ii. 106, 19-22

þurh-delfan

(v.)

to dig throughbore throughpierce

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to dig through, bore through, pierce Ic ðurhdelfe perfodio, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Zup. 179, 10. Þurhdelfeþ, Ps. Th. 79, 15. Hý þurhdulfon ( foderunt ) míne handa and míne fét, 21, 15. Þurhdol[fen] confossa, transfixa, Hpt. Gl. 501, 29

þríst-hycgende

(adj.)
Grammar
þríst-hycgende, adj. (ptcpl.)

Thinking or intending boldlyfirm of purposehaving bold resolve

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Thinking or intending boldly, firm of purpose, having bold resolve Ðú geþóhtest þrísthycgende, ðæt ðú ðínne mægðhád Meotude sealdes bútan synnum, Exon. Th. 18, 24; Cri. 288. On þeóde geþeón, ðæt hé wese þrísthycgende, 336, 17; Gn. Ex. 50

wǽg-bord

(n.)
Grammar
wǽg-bord, es; n.

A wave-boarda plank of a vessel

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A wave-board, a plank of a vessel Ðú of eorðan wæstmum wiste under wǽgbord (cf. lǽd under earce bord, 80, 23; Gen. 1333; be útan earce bordum, 81, 33; Gen. 1354) gelǽde, Cd. Th. 81, 4; Gen. 1340

cottuc

(n.)
Grammar
cottuc, es; m.

Mallow malva

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Mallow; malva Cottuc wyl on wætere boil mallow in water L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 19; 1, 60; Lchdm. ii. 130, 23. Nim niðeweardne cottuc take the netherward part of mallow 1, 68;Lchdm. ii. 144, 5