sápe
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Dó þǽron ealdre sápan cucler fulne, Lch. ii. 76, 12. Gewyrce tó flynan swá mon sápan wyrcð, 98, 6. Borige on þám beáme stór and finol and gehálgode sápan and gehálgod sealt, i. 402, 1. Ðonne þú sápan abban wille, þonne gníd þú þíne handa tógædere, Tech
bú
to dwell ⬩ A dwelling, habitation ⬩ habitatio, habitaculum
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A dwelling, habitation; habitatio, habitaculum Bearn hér bú námon, and ðǽr eardedon here children obtained a dwelling, and there settled, Ps. Th. 101. 25. Stanford and Deóra bý wǽron under Norþmannum Stamford and Derby [Deóra bý habitation of deer or
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of-féran
to overtake
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to overtake (an enemy) Pharao tengde æfter mid eallum his here and offérde hí æt ðære Reádan Sǽ Pharaoh pressed after with all his host, and overlook the Israelites at the Red Sea, Homl. Th. ii. 194, 16: Chr. 948; Erl. 118, 19. Se cyng férde him the
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oret-mæcg
A combatant, warrior, champion
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A combatant, warrior, champion Hî (the Jews) slógon eornoste Assiria oretmæcgas (the army of Holofernes) Judth. Thw. 24, 39 ; Jud. 232. Oretmecgas (Beowulf and his band), Beo. Th. 669 ; B. 332 : 732 ; B. 363 : (Hrothgar's men), 967 ; B. 481. Orettmæcgas
rempan
to go headlong (like an animal butting with its horns (?), ⬩ be precipitate
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to go headlong (like an animal butting with its horns (?), cf. gerumpenu nædre coluber cerastes, ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 68 be precipitate Oft mon biþ suíðe rempende and rǽsþ suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce and ðeáh wénaþ men ðæt hit síe for arodscipe
deópnes
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Add: I. a deep place Diópnis chaos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 53. Deópnysse voragine, An. Ox. 4340. IX. depth of meaning, mystery :-- Þæt ðám gódum ne sý oftogen seó gástlice deópnyss, Hml. Th. ii. 96, 5. Diópnise ríces heofna mysteria regni coelorum, Mt. L.
hwósan
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To cough Wite þú gif hé mid earfodnysse hwést and hyt út hrǽcþ; ꝥanne ys ꝥ clǽnsunga þára breósta, Lch. iii. 122, 3. Hé hwést swýþe hefelíce . . . and þat hé út hrǽcþ byþ swýþe þicce and hæfet hwýt híw, 126, 9. Þá men hwósað gelóme, hwílum blóde hrǽcaþ
Hæestingas
Hastings
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Hastings And ða hwíle com Willelm eorl upp æt Hestingan and that time Earl William landed at Hastings, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 3. Ðá férde se cyng tó Hæstingan then the king went to Hastings, 1094; Erl. 229, 35. Hí heafdon ofergán Súþseaxe and Hæstingas
agén-bewendan
To turn again ⬩ return ⬩ reverti
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To turn again, return; reverti And ðá he hine eft agén-bewende and then he turned himself again, Mk. Bos. 14, 40
fǽr-cýle
A terrible cold ⬩ terrĭbĭle frīgus
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A terrible cold; terrĭbĭle frīgus Geondfolen fýre and fǽrcýle filled with fire and intense cold, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 30; Gen. 43
fóre-mǽrnes
Greatness ⬩ eminence ⬩ renown ⬩ glory ⬩ clārĭtas
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Greatness, eminence, renown, glory; clārĭtas Weorþscipe and fóremǽrnes dignity and renown, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 142, 7: 33, 1; Fox 122, 12
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for-trúwung
Over-confidence ⬩ presumption ⬩ præcĭpītātio
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Over-confidence, presumption; præcĭpītātio On ðære fortrúwunga and on ðam gilpe by presumption and by arrogance, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 6, 4
fugol-cyn
Fowl-kind ⬩ vŏlucrium gĕnus
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Fowl-kind; vŏlucrium gĕnus Micel fugolcyn much fowl-kind, Ex. 16, 13. Fisccinn and fugolcinn fish and fowl, Ælfc. T. 8, 26
fyrstig
Frosty ⬩ gĕlĭdus
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Frosty; gĕlĭdus Ðæt se winter wǽre ceald and fyrstig that the winter was cold and frosty, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 27
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ge-ascung
An asking ⬩ inquiry ⬩ interrogātio ⬩ inquīsītio
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An asking, inquiry; interrogātio, inquīsītio Búton be gemynde and be geascunga except by memory and by inquiry, Bt. 42; Fox 256, 25
mod-staþolfæstness
Stability of mind
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Stability of mind Ongeán módstaþolnysse (-staþolfæstnesse, MS. C.) and módes strencþe se mánfulla deófol sendeþ wácmodnysse and lyðerne earhscype, Wulfst. 53, 10
scitel
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dung (?) Nim heortes scytel and cnuca tó duste, Lchdm. i. 336, 18. Nim fearres scytel, cnuca and gníd swíðe smale, 368, 12
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ge-bytlu
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Wyrcan þá healle ǽrest and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan ... twelf hús tógædere, Hml. S. 36, 96. Add
Biedan heáfod
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BIEDA'S HEAD = Bedwin, Wilts? - Hér Wulfhere and Æscwine gefuhton æt Biedan heáfde here, Wulfhere and Æscwine fought at Bedwin A. D. 675
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genge
A GANG, flock, company ⬩ grex ⬩ a host, retinue
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A GANG, flock, company; grex Ðæt wæs Hereweard and his genge that was Hereward and his followers, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 29
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