slege
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Heora án his exe úp ábrǽd, wolde hine sleán, ac him forwyrnde sum óþer, swá ꝥ hé ꝥ hylfe gelǽhte and wiðhæfde ꝥ slege (held back the pole of the axe) þone slege the stroke, might have been expected), Hml. S. 31, 154
án-dagian
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Ðá cwæð ic þæt hé wolde cunnigan, and bæd ðone cing ðæt hé hit ándagade ( that he would appoint a day for taking the oath ), and hé swá dyde, and hé gelǽdde ðá tó ðon ándagan ðone áð . . . and wé ridan ðá tó ðon ándagan, Cht. Th. 171, 18-34. Add
self-willes
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Add Wé sceolan beón eádmóde, wille wé, nelle wé, and hé wolde sylfwilles ús syllan ðá bysne, Hml. S. 16, 121. Scealt þú þínes unþances þone hord ámeldian þe þú sylfwilles ǽr noldest cýðan, 23, 716.
cyne-róf
Royally famous, noble ⬩ nobilis
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Royally famous, noble; nobilis Wolde ic ánes to ðé,cyneróf hæleþ cræftes neósan I would inquire of thee of one art, noble hero, Andr. Kmbl. 967; An. 484: 1169; An. 585.
leód-þeáw
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Ne wolde ðám leódþeáwnm Loth onfón Lot would not adopt those customs of the country, Cd. 92; Th. 116, 18; Gen. 1938
þrýþ-swíþ
Exceedingly powerful
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Þrýðswýð beheóld, mǽg Higeláces, hú se mánscaða gefaran wolde, 1477; B. 736. [Cf. the proper names Æþel-swíþ, Beorht-swíþ.]
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be-ceorfan
to deprive a person (acc.) of something (dat.) by cutting
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Add: to deprive a person (acc.) of something (dat.) by cutting Ic wolde ꝥ ðú mé feaxe becurfe, Hml. S. 33, 123. Hát mé heáfde beceorfan . . . hé þá sceolde beón heáfde becorfen, Bl. H. 183, 16-20. Hé wæs heáfde becorfen, 173, 5: Shrn. 123, 6: Hml.
ǽht-geweald
Possession ⬩ power ⬩ the power of the possessor ⬩ potestas possessoria
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Possession, power, the power of the possessor; potestas possessoria Cwæþ he his sylfes sunu syllan wolde on ǽhtgeweald he said that he would give his own son into their power, Andr. Kmbl. 2221; An. 1112.
be-hwerfan
To turn ⬩ prepare ⬩ instruct ⬩ vertere ⬩ instruere
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Ic wolde mid sumre bísne ðé behwerfan útan I would instruct thee further [útan from without] by some example Bt. 34, 4; Fox 138, 27
níd-þeówetling
One who is forced into slavery
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One who is forced into slavery (for an unsatisfied claim) Hér kýð on ðissere béc ðæt Ælfríc wolde þeówian Putraele him tó nýdþeówetlinge (the enslavement was abandoned at the intercession of Bora, Ælfric's brother, on payment to Ælfric of eight oxen;
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rásettan
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To move impetuously, to rage (of fire) Hé ( Nero) wolde fandian, gif ðæt fýr (at the burning of Rome ) meahte swá longe reád rásettan, swá hé secgan gehérde, ðæt Troia burg ofertogen hæfde léga leóhtost, Met. 9, 14.
be-hamelian
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Hí áxodon hwæðer hé etan wolde ǽr ðan þe hé behamelod wurde they asked him, will thou eat, before thou be punished throughout every member of thy body? (2 Maccabees 7, 7), Hml. S. 25, 127. v. hamelian in Dict
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ge-dreóglǽcan
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Hé cwæð ꝥ hé wolde gedreóhlǽcan his hámas, Hml. S. 6, 121. Hé hét gedreóhlǽcan þæs deófles templ, 18, 371
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á-dílgian
to destroy, &c., obliterate ⬩ to blot out iniquity, &c.
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Hí woldon his gemynd on erðan ádílgian, 979; P. 123, 21. Hé wolde ðá geleáffullan of heora lande ádýlegian, Hml. S. 25, 543. Ádíligiende obliterantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 49. Ðæt hire mægðhád wurde mid hǽmede ádýlegod, Hml.
á-teón
to draw (out), ⬩ to protract ⬩ to deal with, ⬩ to treat a person ⬩ to employ property ⬩ time ⬩ talents
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H. 29, 12. to deal with, to treat a person ÞÞ men hé áteáh swá swá hé wolde (dyde of heom ꝥ hé wolde,v. L.), Chr. 1071; P. 208, 9. Gé hiene átugon swá swá ge woldon, Ors. 6, 37; S. 296, 24. Lícaþ þé ꝥ wé synt þusátogene, Or.
án-standende
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Wolde hé ðá ánstandende ancerlíf ádreógan, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 27. Hé ( Adam ) wæs sutne hwíle ánstandende, i. 12, 32. Fleáh hé ánstandende tó ánre dúne, 162, 6. Þæt hié (hermits) ánstandende ( sola manu) ongeán deófol winnan magan, R. Ben. 9, 7
tó-endebyrdness
Order, ⬩ series, ⬩ succession
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And tóendebyrdnesse his gesihþa ðám mannum ánum hit cýþan wolde, ðam ðe hine ácsodon for ðam luste inbryrdnesse omnibus opus virtutum praedicabat sermonibus.
ge-lygnian
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Gif hé wolde gefsestnian mid áþe, ꝥ seó leáse wrǽgistre ne wurde fordǽmed. Ðá swór hé ꝥ hé friðian wolde þá leásan wudewan, ðeáh þe heó gelignod wurðe, 2, 210.
riht-lic
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Add Ic wolde witan hú rihtlic (justum) ꝥ sý ꝥ seó scyld sí wítnod bútan ænde, seó þe þurhtogen byþ mid þám ende, Gr. D. 334, 23. add: proper Þá dagas syndon rihtlice tó fæstenne, Shrn. 80, 2.
un-befohten
Unfought ⬩ unopposed
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Unfought, unopposed Ðá wénde se here ... ðæt hié mehten faran unbefohtene ðǽr ðǽr hié wolden, Chr. 911; Erl. 100, 23: Byrht. Th. 133, 28; By. 57
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