meahte-líc
Possible
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Possible Gode synt mihtelíce ða ðing ðe mannum synt unmihtelíce quæ impossibilia sunt apud homines possibilia sunt apud Deum, Lk. Skt. 18, 27. Ealle þing synd gelýfedum mihtlíce (MS. A. myhtelíce), Mk. Skt. 9, 23
wépend-líc
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Lamentable, mournful Reówlíc and wépendlíc tíd wæs ðæs geáres, ðe swá manig ungelimp wæs forðbringende, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 22. Wépendlíce flebiles (and wépendlíc flebilis. v. Wülck. Gl. 240, 16), Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 41
be-lífian
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To deprive of life, kill Hé wæs wælhreáw cwel-lere, and fela belífode gelýfedra manna, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 5. Hé hǽt his underðeóddan hine belífian, 36, 10. Belífian ( vel beheáfdian), Hml. S. 12, 221
lyffetung
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Manna lyffetunge ic lufode tó swíðe, Angl. xi. 113, 51. Þás magon þyllice óðre mid lyffetungum tó leahtrum gehnexian, Hml. S. 16, 174. Add
scip-hláford
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Þá geseah þæs scypes hláford ꝥ Eustachies wíf swíðe fæger wæs; þá gewilnode hé hí habban . . . þá bícnode se sciphláford tó his mannum ꝥ hí hine (Eustachius) út sceoldon wurpan, Hml. S. 30, 169. Add
ge-myndgian
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Th. 135, 24. 111, to remind a person of something :-- Sió godcunde gemetgung his unmehta ðone man gemyndgað superna moderatio infirmitatis memoriam ad mentem revocat, Past. 465, 32.
welig
Wealthy ⬩ rich ⬩ opulent
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.: wælig, Lind.) mann Mt. Kmbl. 27, 57. Hé wæs swíðe welig (weolig, Rush.) Lk. Skt. 18, 23. Sum welig mon vir quidam, privatis opibus reipublicae vires superans Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 166, 24.
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ge-anwyrde
Known ⬩ manifest ⬩ confessed ⬩ professus
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He ðæs geanwyrde wæs ætfóran eallum ðám mannum he confessed it before all the men, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 5
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norþ-here
An army belonging to the north
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An army belonging to the north Heó (the English force ) gehergade swíðe micel on ðæm norþhere, ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on gehwelces cynnes yrfe, and manega men ofslógon ðara Deniscena, Chr. 910; Erl. l00, 13
heáfod-bán
Head-bone, skull ⬩ skull
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Head-bone, skull Monnes heáfodbán bærn tó ahsan burn a man's skull to ashes, L. M. 1, 53; Lchdm. ii. 126, 2. Wulfes heáfodbán bærn swíðe burn a wolf's skull thoroughly, 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 3
þennan
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to stretch, spread out, extend, bend (a bow) Ic míne handa tó ðé hebbe and ðenige expandi manus meas ad te, Ps. Th. 87, 9. Bogan his ðeneþ arcum swum tetendit, Ps. Surt. 7, 13. Ic míne handa tó ðé þenede expandi manus meas ad te, Ps. Th. 142, 6.
sceaga
A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket ⬩ Shaws broad belts of underwood ⬩ Shaw a natural copse of wood
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Thane schotte owtte of þe schawe schiltrounis many, Mort. A. 1765. In ȝone dyme schawes, 1723. See also Halliwell's Dict. and Nares' Glossary
FEOHTAN
To FIGHT ⬩ contend ⬩ make war ⬩ combat ⬩ struggle ⬩ prœliāri ⬩ pugnāre ⬩ bellāre ⬩ contendĕre ⬩ decertāre ⬩ collīdĕre
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Be ðon ðe mon on cynges healle feohte in case a man fight in the king's hall, L. Alf. pol. 7; Th. i. 66, 7: 39; Th. i. 88, 2. Ðeáh him feohtan on firas monige although many men fight against it, Runic pm. 26; Kmbl. 344. 27; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 52
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þæt
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On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce gerǽcean mihte, Bl. H. 207, 22.
á-dreógan
to bear off ⬩ suffer, endure ⬩ to bear with, tolerate ⬩ to pass, spend time ⬩ to carry out, perform
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Ádrogenum máne peracto flagitio, Scint. 236, 2
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ge-reónung
A conspiracy, confederacy ⬩ conjuratio
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A conspiracy, confederacy; conjuratio Ne understenst ðú ðisra twegra manna gereónunge ongeán me dost thou not understand the plot of these two men against me? Homl. Th. i. 380, 7. Gereónung fictio, mendacium, Hpt. Gl. 459
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sulh-geweorc
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Plough-work, making of ploughs Tubal Cain smiðcræftega wæs and manna ǽrest sulhgeweorces fruma wæs ofer foldan ( Tubal Cain an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron, A. V.), Cd. Th. 66, 19; Gen. 1086
Wiþer-gild
A man's name
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A man's name Weóldon wælstówe, syððan Wiðergyld læg (cf. syððan Heardréd læg, 4766; B. 2388), æfter hæleþa hryre, hwate Scyldingas, Beo. Th. 4109; B. 2051. Sóhte ic Wiþergield and Freoþeríc, Exon. Th. 326, 5; Víd. 124
streónan
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Wá ðám mannum þe . . . eorðlicum spédum tiliað and strýnað, Verc. Först. 120, 17
un-gerýde
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Se egeslica swég ungerýdre sǽ eall manna mód miclum gedréfeð mare terribili confundet murmure mentes, Dóm. L. 102. Ðá gehýrde hé ungerýdelic gelýd . . . and wæs áfre swá leng swá hlúddre and ungerýddre, Vis. Lfc. 50. Add