ge-cwémednes
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. ¶ ánum tó gecwemednesse to the delight of a person, so as to please a person :-- Heó plegode him eallum tó gecwémednysse (cf. cum saltasset et placuisset Herodi simulque recumbentibus, Mk. 6, 22), Hml. Th. i. 480, 31.
hind
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See, however, Kemble's Saxons in England i. 113, where hind is taken as hynd, and so connected with numeral hand. Substitute:
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handlian
To handle, feel ⬩ tractare
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Hý ða spǽce swá lange handledon they handled the suit so long, Th. Chart. 302, 31. Hálige béc handligan sacros libros manu tractare, L. Ecg. P. iii. 4; Th. ii. 196, 28: 12; Th. ii. 200, 7: Lchdm. iii. 198, 23: 204, 2; 208, 24
ofer-sécan
to make too great demands upon, put to too severe a trial, press too hard
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Beowulf struck so hard that any sword would be broken, Beo. Th. 3655; B. 2686
beado-wrǽd
A war-company
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áwrát betest beadowrǽda swá benne ne burnon ne burston I have written out the best troop for fighting disease, so that wounds may neither burn nor burst, Lch. ii. 350, 29
Linked entry: wrǽd
mysci
Flies
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Flies Sóna cwóman mysci manige venit cynomyia, Ps. Th. 104, 27
súþ-portic
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A south porch On ðam súðportice, Chr. 1036; Erl. 165, 39
a-biterian
To make sour or bitter ⬩ exacer-bare
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To make sour or bitter; exacer-bare
bergel-song
A burial song ⬩ sepulcralis cantus
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A burial song; sepulcralis cantus, Leo 116
Linked entry: byrgen-song
byrgen-song
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A burial song; cantus sepulcralis, Leo 116
Linked entry: bergel-song
súþ-weardes
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Southwards, in the south, Met. 1, 4
ge-syb
peaceable ⬩ related
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peaceable, related, Soul Kmbl. 107; Seel. 54
hwǽr
Where ⬩ anywhere ⬩ somewhere ⬩ wheresoever ⬩ wherever
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Swǽ gelǽrede biscepas swǽ swǽ nú wel hwǽr [or welhwǽr] siendon bishops so learned as now are nearly everywhere, Past. pref. Swt. 9, 5: Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 19. Elles hwǽr elsewhere, Beo. Th. 277; B. 138.
heals-fang
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A die qua wera uadiata est in xxi diem debet halsfang reddi, et hoc indiuisum habeant a ceteris . . . reddatur vii sol. et vi dęn. ad expletionem xx sol.
hróðor
Solace ⬩ comfort ⬩ benefit ⬩ pleasure
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Soul Kmbl. 224, hungregum tó frófre], 99 b; Th. 373, 27; Seel. 116: 71 b; Th. 267, 17; Jul. 416. Tó hleó and tó hróðer, 25 a; Th. 73, 29; Cri. 1197: Elen. Kmbl. 32; El. 16: 2317; El. 1160.
láð-líc
Hateful ⬩ loathsome ⬩ disgusting ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ detestable ⬩ abominable ⬩ horrible
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Ðæt is láðlíc líf ðæt hí swá maciaþ it is an abominable life that they do so, L. I. P. 14; Th. ii. 322, 26: Exon. 266; Th. 78, 19; Gri. 1276.
DǼD
DEED, action ⬩ actio, actus, factum
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Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 38: actus, 11; Som. 15, 12. Be ðam ðe seó dǽd sý according as the deed may be, L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 10: vi. 38; Th. i. 324, 23: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 13.
Linked entry: dyd
ranc
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So were theih daungerouse for wlaunke; And siththen bicom ful reulich, that thanne weren so ranke, Pol.
Linked entry: ranc-strǽt
a-drífan
To drive ⬩ stake ⬩ expel ⬩ pursue ⬩ follow up ⬩ agere ⬩ pellere ⬩ expellere ⬩ repellere ⬩ sequi ⬩ prosequi
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Gl. 67; Som. 69, 99
Linked entries: æ-drífan aweg-adrífan
a-heáwan
To hew or cut out or off ⬩ hew down ⬩ prepare by cutting ⬩ mate smooth ⬩ plane ⬩ excidere ⬩ resecare ⬩ succidere ⬩ levigare
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Gr. 8; Som. 8, 1. Of aheáwenum bordum of hewn or planed boards; de lignis levigatis, Gen. 6, 14