swefel
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Se byrnenda swefl ðone munt ( Etna ) bærnþ, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 4. Swefles sulphuris, Hpt. Gl. 489, 1. Níwes swefles fíf cuclermǽl, Lchdm. ii. 252, 21. Eallbyrnende rénscúr mid swefle gemencged, Gen. 19, 24: Met. 8, 50. Swæfle, Boutr.
þúma
The thumb
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Ic com mid handa on ðone stán drífan, and se ðúma gebrocen wæs, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 24. Gif se þúma biþ of áslægen, ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte. Gif se nægl biþ of áslegen, ðam sculon .v. sciłł. tó bóte, L. Alf. pol. 56; Th. i. 94, 28.
wódlíce
madly ⬩ furiously ⬩ franticly ⬩ blasphemously
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Wódlíce ástyrode wið ðone hálgan. Homl. Ass. 79, 162. Wódlíce geyrsod, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 616. Ðú þus wódlíce wilnast ceorles, i. 3, 396. Hé mót wódlíce derian, Wulfst. 85, 5.
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ymb-cirran
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To turn about, to revolve round Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ (-eþ, MS.) ðone norðende, neáh ymbcerraþ (-eþ, MS.), Met. 28, 14.
ǽ-spryng
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Gif wé ðone biteran wille æt ðǽm ǽsprynge forwyrcean, 307,1. Ealle ðás gód cumaþ of ðám ǽsprenge Godes mildheortnesse, Bl. H. 29, 11. Ðá gemétton hí eáspryng (ǽsprincg), Gr. D. 129, 4.
á-delfan
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Gr. 179, 11. to dig, dig out a pit Hé ádylfð ðone pytt lacum effodit, Ps. Th. 7, 15. Also v.
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bringan
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Ic bringe dono, ostendo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 2. Ic þé bringe mid mé tó heofonum, Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 17. Lytel gestreón wiþerweardnes þé bringþ, 20; F. 72, 13. Ic nát hwæt þá woruldlustas myrges bringaþ hiora lufigendum, 31, l ; S. 70, 14.
deorc
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Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 106; Wlfst. 137, 9. Þeós deorce niht getácnaþ micel leóht tówerd, Hml. S. 29, 14. of colour Deorc, dungrǽg fuscus, i. niger, Wülck.
earfoþ-líce
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Ðone þurst wé earfoðlíce ( vix ) ábǽron, Nar. 7, 30: Homl. Th. i. 86, 8, 14.
ende-stæf
An end ⬩ conclusion ⬩ death
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Hæfdon hí on rímcræfte áwriten wera endestæf they had written down the date of men's death, An. 135. Substitute:
forht
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H. 199, 24: Guth. 16, 8: Dóm. L. 160. with dat. infin. Nelle ðú forht beón tó onfóanne Maria noli timere accipere Mariam, Mt. L. 1, 20. expressing fear Þá blácan andwlitan and þæt bifiende wered, se forhta cearm and þǽra folca wóp, Wlfst. 186, 18
ginne
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</b> as an epithet of the earth :-- Bið eal þess ginna grund ( this wide world ) gléda gefylled, Dóm. 12. In þýs ginnan grunde, Jud. 2. Ic geondférde fela fremdra londa geond ginne grund, Víd. 51.
hlǽw
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Of ðǽre díc on ðone hláw; of ðǽm hláwe, C.D. iii. 217, 12. Æt hleówede hláwe, 385, 18. Hláwum aggeres, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 42.
rétan
To cheer, gladden, comfort
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; To cheer, gladden, comfort; Geseóþ hú blíþe ða earman beóþ, ðonne hí mon mid mete and mid hrægle rétaþ, Blickl. Homl. 41, 29. Ealle ða óðru gód óleccaþ ðam móde and hit rétaþ, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 24 note.
ridda
a horseman ⬩ rider ⬩ a mounted soldier
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Rdr. 100, 175. a mounted soldier Hors and ðone riddan hé áwearp on sǽ, Cant. Moys. Feówer hund and þúsend cræta hé hæfde and twelf þúsend riddena, Homl. Th. ii. 578, 3. Pharao him filigde mid his crætum and gilplícum riddum....
sǽ-grund
The depth of the sea,
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Þurh ðone sǽgrund (profundum maris, cf. tó sǽs grunde, l. 18, and on sǽs grund,Mt. Kmbl. 18, 6) is getácnod hira ende, Past. 2; Swt. 31, 20. Fán Gode besenctun on sǽgrund sigefæstne wer, Menol. Fox 421; Men. 212. Ic styrge wíde sǽgrundas, Exon.
sceard
notched, hacked ⬩ gashed, mutilated ⬩ deprived
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Tó ðam sceardan beorge (cf. ðone tóbrocenan beorg ðe is tóclofen, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 251, 5), of ðam sceardan beorge tó ðam rúgan hlǽwe . Cod.Dip. B. iii. 170, 2. On sceard hweogl (?), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 419, 11.
ádlig
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Hé ðonehis ádligum mǽge on ðone múð begeát, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 10. Gesáwon hí hine ádligne, 24, 28. Middaneard ádligne mundum languidum, Hy. S. 34, 24. Lifre ádlige jecur morbidum, 29, 23. Wǽron gehǽlede fela ádlige menn, Hml. S. 20, 114.
gástlíce
spiritually ⬩ spiritually
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Þǽr ðu gemunan woldest hwylcra gebyrda þú wǽre and hwylcra burgwara for worulde, oþþe eft gástlíce hwilces geférscipes ðú wǽre on ðínum móde, Bt. 5, 1 ; F. 10, 4. spiritually opposed to carnally Ðone monn ðe gǽstlíce (gást-, v. l.) liofað qui spiritaliter
of-tredan
to tread down, trample upon, injure or destroy by treading
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to tread down, trample upon, injure or destroy by treading:— - Ða ýða árison ac Drihten hí oftræd . . . Ðeáh ðe árleáse woruldmenn áríson ongeán ús swá ðeáh Crist oftret heora heáfod, Homl.
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