wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
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Ðæt unásecgenlíce wræc and ðæt ungeendode wíte, ðæt ðon unlǽdon ðǽr geteohhod biþ, Blickl. Homl. 25, 24. Mid ðý wíte ðæs foresprecenan wræces slægene wǽron praefatae ultionis sunt poena multati, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 30.
EALD
old, ancient ⬩ vĕtus, ætāte provectus, priscus, antīquus
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Mid ðý ealdan líge with the ancient fame, 30b; Th. 94, 28; Cri. 1547. Ða ealdan race the old story, 28a; Th. 85, 26; Cri. 1397.
Linked entries: ald eald-spræc
Æsces dún
ASHDOWN
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Alfred and his elder brother, king Ethelred, first routed the Danes; 'dicitur Latine mons fraxini,' Asser Hér gefeaht Æðeréd cyning and Ælfréd, his bróðor, wið ealne ðone here, on Æsces dúne A.D. 871, here fought king Æthelred and Alfred, his brother, with
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a-swebban
To sooth ⬩ appease ⬩ set at rest ⬩ put to death ⬩ destroy ⬩ sopire ⬩ sedare ⬩ necare ⬩ dolere
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Sweordum aswebban to put to death with swords, Andr. Kmbl. 143; An. 72. He his ealdordóm synnum aswefede his eldership he had destroyed by sins, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 9; Exod. 336
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cann
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A knowledge, cognizance, averment or positive assertion, clearance; notitia, cognitio, assertio Mynstres aldor hine cænne in preóstes canne let the chief of a monastery clear himself with a priest's cognizance, L. Wih. 17; Th. i. 40, 13.
ceren
sweet wine ⬩ carenum
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New wine boiled down one third or one half, sweet wine; carenum = κάροινον Hí, ða sylfe betweónum, indrencton mid ðám cerenum ðære gódspellícan swétnysse between themselves, they pledged with the wines of gospel sweetness, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 72, 7.
cicel
A morsel, little mouthful, cake ⬩ buccella, placenta
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Gemenged wið meolowe and to cicle abacen mingled with meal and baked to a cake, Med. ex Quadr. 9, 17; Lchdm. i. 364, 14. Bac hym ánne cicel bake him a cake, Lchdm. iii. 134, 20: L. M. 1, 46; Lchdm. ii. 114, 25: Lchdm. iii. 30, 19, 26: 96, 17
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cwacung
QUAKING, trembling ⬩ tremor
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Wæs se múnt Garganus bifigende mid ormætre cwacunge the mount Garganus was trembling with immense quaking, Homl. Th. i. 504, 28. Búton cwacunge without guaking, ii. 32, 18
drúsan
To sink, become low, slow, inactive, to DROWSE ⬩ cadĕre, lentum vel segnem esse
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Lagu drúsade, wǽldreóre fág the stream became slower, stained with deadly gore, Beo. Th. 3265; B. 1630.
elm-rind
ELM-RIND or bark ⬩ ulmi cortex
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Mid elmrinde with elm-rind, 1, 25; Lchdm. ii. 66, 23
for-lácan
To seduce ⬩ betray ⬩ deceive ⬩ sedūcĕre ⬩ decĭpĕre
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Forléc hie mid ligenum he seduced her with lies, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 30; Gen. 647. Hie seó wyrd forleólc fate deceived them. Andr. Kmbl. 1227; An. 614. He wearþ on feónda geweald forlácen he was betrayed into the foes' power. Beo. Th. 1811; B. 903
fór-scyttan
To shoot before ⬩ prevent ⬩ prævĕnīre
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Ðæt da sceortan wítu ðises geswincfullan lífes fórscytten [MS. forscyttan] ða toweardan, ðe nǽfre ateoriaþ that the short punishments of this painful life may prevent those to come, which will never fail, Homl. Th. ii. 328, 34
hréðe
Fierce ⬩ cruel ⬩ savage ⬩ rough
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Fierce, cruel, savage, rough Wearþ hire wráþ on móde heard and hréðe was wroth with her, harsh and cruel, Cd. 103; Th. 136, 20; Gen. 2261. Deáþ neálǽcte strong and hréðe, Exon. 49 b; Th. 170, 18; Gú. 1113. Hroeðo suíðe sævi nimis, Mt. Kmbl.
hwón-líc
Little ⬩ slight ⬩ small
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Th. ii. 534, 26, Ic wearþ belocen on ánre lytlan byrig mid hwónlícum fultume I was shut up in a little town with an inconsiderable force, Homl. Swt. 7, 347
leáþor
lather
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Gníd swíðe ðæt heó sý eall geléþred þweah mid ðý leáþre ðæt heáfod gelóme rub strongly so that it may be all lathered, wash the head frequently with the lather, Lchdm. iii. 2, 4.
mære
pure
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With this may be compared the following passage For his lícweorðan feó, ðæt is ii pund mérehwítes seolfres. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 255, 12
bismer-líc
Disgraceful, ignominious, dirty, unpleasant ⬩ turpis, ignominiosus, fœdus
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[bismer, bismor disgrace, -líc] Disgraceful, ignominious, dirty, unpleasant; turpis, ignominiosus, fœdus Mid ðam bismerlícestan áþe with the most disgraceful oath, Ors. 4, 3; Bos. 79, 39: 1, 7; Bos. 29, 35.
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ge-festnian
To fasten ⬩ make fast ⬩ confirm ⬩ shut up ⬩ imprison ⬩ firmāre ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ inclūdĕre
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To fasten, make fast, confirm, shut up, imprison; firmāre, confirmāre, inclūdĕre He ðæt mid áþe gefestnode he confirmed that with oath, Chr. 1091; Erl. 228, 4.
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ge-freógan
To free ⬩ make free
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Gefreó us wiþ yfela free us from evils, Hy. 6, 31; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 31. Gefreouad liberatus, Lk. Skt. Lind. 1, 74
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ge-innian
To bring in ⬩ include ⬩ to fill ⬩ supply ⬩ charge ⬩ præstare ⬩ includere
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Súsle geinnod with sulphur filled, Cd. 2; Th. 3, 28; Gen. 42. He hæfþ geinnod ðat ǽr geútod wæs he has included what before was excluded, Cod. Ex. p. 1