teón
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Waldend him ðæt wíte teóde, Exon. Th. 336, 4; Gn. Ex. 43. to furnish with; instruere Mid beorhtnyssa ǽrnemergen þú tihst and mid fýrum middæg splendore mane instruis et ignibus meridiem, Hymn. Surt. 10, 25.
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BRǼW
An eye-lid; ⬩ palpebra
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An eye-lid; palpebra Wið þiccum brǽwum for thick eye-lids, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 9. Ðæt biþ swíðe god sealf ðam men ðe hæfþ þicce brǽwas that will be a very good salve for a man who has thick eye-lids, 1, 2 ; Lchdm. ii. 38, 22, 12.
FLEÓGAN
To FLY as with wings ⬩ vŏlāre ⬩ To flee ⬩ flee from ⬩ fŭgĕre ⬩ effŭgĕre
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To FLY as with wings; vŏlāre Ðæt he mid feðerhoman fleógan meahte that he might fly with wings, Cd. 22; Th. 27, 14; Gen. 417: Bt. Met. Fox 24, 3; Met. 24, 2.
irre
Gone astray ⬩ wandering ⬩ confused ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ angry ⬩ enraged ⬩ wrathful ⬩ indignant
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Óþ ðæt his eáge biþ æfþancum ful yrre geworden until his eye is filled with evil thoughts and gone astray, Salm. Kmbl. 994; Sal. 498.
for-sleán
cut through ⬩ to slay ⬩ kill ⬩ to destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ finish ⬩ to rout ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to condemn
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Add: to injure by striking, cut through or break with a stroke, wound with a blow Heó slóh tó his hneccan, and mid twám slegum forslóh him þone swuran percussit bis in cervicem ejus et abscidit caput ejus, Hml. A. 111, 305.
tó-drífan
To drive in different directions, ⬩ drive away ⬩ to drive asunder ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ destroy ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ send elsewhere ⬩ to drive away, ⬩ dispel, ⬩ put an end to
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Dryhten áwearp hine ðá of ðam wuldre and wíde tódráf. Salm. Kmbl. 928; Sal. 463.
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ge-tweó
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ꝥ ic wite búton getweón ꝥ, ꝥ mé þincð ꝥ ic wite, Solil. H. 21, 4. Add
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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Ic ðone déman in dagum mínum wille weorþian I will worship the judge in my days, Exon. 41 b; Th. 139, 8; Gú. 590. Besencte syndon wið stán déman heora absorpti sunt juxta petram judĭces eōrum, Ps. Lamb. 140, 6.
árian
to give honour ⬩ to honour ⬩ reverence ⬩ have in admiration ⬩ honorare ⬩ honorificare ⬩ venerari ⬩ to regard ⬩ care for ⬩ spare ⬩ have mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ pardon ⬩ forgive ⬩ consulere ⬩ propitium esse ⬩ misereri ⬩ parcere
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Búton him se cyning árian wille unless the king will pardon him, L. In. 36; Wilk. 20, 39; Th. i. 124, 19. Ára ambehtum [MS. onbehtum] pity thy servants, Exon. 13 a ; Th. 23, 17; Cri. 370
dígol
Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknown ⬩ secrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus
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Ðæt wit mǽgen smeálícor sprecan and diógolran wordum that we two may argue more closely and with profounder words, Bt. 13; Fox 36, 32. [Laym. digelliche secretly: O. H. Ger. tougal opācus, obscūrus, occultus.]
ge-fér-scipe
Society ⬩ fellowship ⬩ brotherhood ⬩ sŏciĕtas ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ clērus
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Wið ðone geférscipe with the fellowship, L. Ath. v. § 1, 1; Th. i. 228, 20. Se cræftga geférscipas fæste gesamnaþ the artificer firmly unites societies, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 185; Met. 11, 93. Of hiora gefoerscipe de eorum societate, Rtl. 75. 28
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ge-laðian
To invite ⬩ bid ⬩ call ⬩ summon ⬩ assemble ⬩ congregate ⬩ invītāre ⬩ vŏcāre ⬩ arcessĕre ⬩ ciere ⬩ congrĕgāre
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Wǽron ealle ða wíf befóran Rómána witan gelaðode all the women were summoned before the Roman senators, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 21
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Súþ-Seaxe
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Hér Ceólwulf gefeaht wið Súð-Seaxe, 607; Erl. 20, 27. Hí heafdon ofergán Súð-Seaxe and Súðríg and Bearrucscíre, 1011; Erl. 144, 27. [Folc læi inne Suð-sæxe, Laym. 15368. Souþsex ( a shire ), R. Glouc. 3, 21.]
wríþan
to twist ⬩ give a curved form to ⬩ to bind up ⬩ wrap round ⬩ bandage ⬩ to bind ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter
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Lchdm. i. 82, 25. to bind, fetter Oft wíf hine (a dog) wríð, Exon. Th. 434, 3; Rä. 51, 5. Ic hine heardan clammum wríþan þóhte, Beo. Th. 1933; B. 964
esne
a servant ⬩ a man
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Esne juvenis, Lk. p. 6, 13. a man Þú scealt beódan Israhéla folce, þæt esne bidde æt his frýnd and wíf æt hire néhgebúran, Ex. 11, 2. a man of mark, a learned, brave, &c. man.
sceáwere
an observer, ⬩ a spy ⬩ a watch-tower ⬩ a mirror ⬩ a buffoon, an actor
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V.), Wick. Isaiah 3, 23), 40, 54. a buffoon, an actor Sceáwera scurrarum ii. 90, 13. Similar entries (v. sceáwend-sprǽc)
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gryre
Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful
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Mid gryrum ecga with the terrors of swords, Beo. Th. 971; B. 483: 1187; B. 591
ge-þrowian
To suffer
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Se cyle geþrowode wið ða hǽto the cold should suffer by the heat, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 33. Geþrowade, 1123; El. 563. Twegen mid him geþrowedon two suffered with him, 1706; El. 855. Sunu monnes geþrowend biþ Filius hominis passurus est, Mt. Kmbl.
tó-sendan
to send in different directions ⬩ send away, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ scatter ⬩ to destroy
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Ehtatýne sýþum hundteóntig þúsenda hí tósendon and wið feó sealdon wíde intó leódscipas. Blickl. Homl. 79, 23. to destroy (?)
swicol
deceitful, false, treacherous, crafty ⬩ occasioning offence ⬩ subdolus ⬩ treacherous
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Ðæt swicole wíf (Delilah), Jud. 16, 8. Ða gescotu ðæs sweocolan feóndés insidiantis hostis jacula, Past. 56; Swt. 431, 5. Áfandod þurh ðone swicolan deofol, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 45. Ða swicolan virum dolosum, Ps. Th. 5, 6.
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