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un-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-cræftig, adj.

Powerless

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Powerless Se earma flýhð uncræftiga slǽp sleác mid sluman slincan on hinder somnus iners torporque gravis, desidia pigra cessabunt, Dóm. L. 239

brynig

(adj.)
Grammar
brynig, adj.
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Burning, fiery Wyrmas heora bán gnagað brynigum tuxlum (cf. byrnendum tóðum, Wlfst. 139, 10) vermes lacerant ignitis dentibus ossa, Dóm. L. 209

heáh-þrymme

(adj.)
Grammar
heáh-þrymme, (?); adj.
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Of exalted glory Hú andrysne heáhþrymme (or a case of preceding word ?) cyningc heár wile déman quam celsithronus metuendus adveniet Judex, Dóm. L. 95

Linked entry: -þrymme

friclo

eager desire

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eager desire Þú þá sóðfæstan Supplex roga fultumes bidde fricolo (the first o is marked for deletion) Vtrgtnem almam, Dóm. L. 36, 21. Add:

bán-sele

(n.)
Grammar
bán-sele, es; m.

A bone-house or dwelling ⬩ the body ⬩ ossium aula ⬩ corpus

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A bone-house or dwelling, the body; ossium aula, corpus Gǽst and bánsele soul and body, Exon. 117b; Th. 451, 12; Dóm. 102

Linked entry: sele

blǽc

(adj.)

bright ⬩ pale

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Add: bright Lég onetteð blǽc, byrnende, Dóm. 56. Þæs deóres híw, blǽc brigda gehwæs, Pa. 26. pale Blaec thrustfeil bitiligo, Txts. 45, 296

á-bǽran

(v.)

to bring out, bring to light

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to bring out, bring to light Ðæt ðæt díhle wæs openum wordum sý eall ábǽred omnia luci verbis reddantur apertis, Dóm. L. 41

Linked entry: ǽ-bær

be-murnan

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Add: p. -mearn and -murnde Þú earhlíce scealt gyltas þíne swíðe bemurnan, Dóm. L. 30, 55. Take here passages given under be-meornan in Dict

déman

Grammar
déman, <b>; I 6.</b>
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Hé nánum men ne déme ꝥ hé nolde ꝥ hé him démde, gif hé þone dóm ofer hine sóhte, Ll. Th. i. 56, 31. Add

fulloc

(n.)
Grammar
fulloc, ful-loc (ful loc?), es; n.

A full ⬩ final agreement

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A full, final agreement Wé willað ꝥ . . . getrýwe gewitnes and riht dóm and fulloc (ful loc?) . . . fæste stande, Ll. Th. ii. 302, 6. Substitute:

bysmer

(n.)

mockery, reproach, blasphemy

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mockery, reproach, blasphemy, Exon. 117a; Th. 449, 14; Dóm. 71; Ps. Th. 58, 8: 103, 25: 105, 25: 106, 10; Mk. Bos. 14, 64

ah-lǽca

(n.)
Grammar
ah-lǽca, an; m. [ah- = ag- = æg- = æc- nequitia; lǽc ludus, donum; -a the personal termination, q. v.]

A miserable being ⬩ miscreant ⬩ monster ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum

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A miserable being, miscreant, monster ; miser, perditus, monstrum He wiste ðæm ahlǽcan hilde geþinged he knew conflict was destined for the miscreant, Beo. Th. 1297; B. 646: 1983 ; B. 989

dim-híw

(adj.)
Grammar
dim-híw, adj.
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Dark-coloured, gloomy Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw and dwolma sweart tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 106: Wlfst. 137, 9

deóp-hydig

(adj.)
Grammar
deóp-hydig, adj.

Deeply meditating, thoughtful ⬩ contemplābundus

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Deeply meditating, thoughtful; contemplābundus Cwicra gehwylcdeóp-hydigra each thoughtful being, Exon. 117 a; Th. 450, 31; Dóm. 96: 47 a; Th. 162, 12; Gú. 974

efnes

(adv.)
Grammar
efnes, adv.
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Quite, just Efnes hit bið gelíc réna scúrum, Wlfst. 149, 5. Eal ꝥ ús þincð ǽmtig . . . bið emnes mid þý eal gefylled, Dóm. L. 150

ge-meldian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-meldian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To announce ⬩ nuntiare, adnuntiare

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To announce; nuntiare, adnuntiare Blód-gyte weorðeþ mongum gemeldad bloodshed shall be announced to many, Exon. 116 b; Th. 448, 20; Dóm. 37 : Ps. Th. 61, 11

Linked entry: meldian

un-

(prefix)
Grammar
un-, The prefix

expresses negation

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expresses negation; gives a bad sense, as in un-dǽd, un-dóm, un-lagu, un-lǽce reverses an action, as in un-bindan, un-dón is intensive(?)

wlátere

(n.)
Grammar
wlátere, es; m.
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A spectator Hæbbe ǽfre se láreów gearwe stemne tó bodunge, ꝥ hé mid his swigan ne gebylge þæs úplican wláte dóm (superni expectatoris iudicium), Chrd. 96, 24

þrosmig

(adj.)
Grammar
þrosmig, adj.

Smoky ⬩ vaporous

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Smoky, vaporous Ðær synd sorhlíce tósomne gemencged se þrosmiga líg and se þrece gycela ( frigora mista simul ferventibus algida flammis, Dóm. L. 25, 95), Wulfst. 138, 26

heort-scræf

(n.)
Grammar
heort-scræf, es; n.
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The heart-cavern, the heart with its dark recesses Ne þǽr ówiht inne ne belífe on heortscræfe heánna gylta nec lateat quidquam culparum cordis in antro, Dóm. L. 39