heóf
Lamentation ⬩ grief ⬩ sorrow
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Lamentation, grief, sorrow Maximus mid micelum heófe gedréfed him tó com Maximus troubled with great grief came to him, Homl. Th. i. 414, 17. Sǽde ðæt hie hæfden bet gewyrht ðæt him mon mid heáfe [heófe MS.
Linked entry: heáf
hriðian
To shake ⬩ quake
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Hé hriðode He was sick with a fever. Homl. Th. i 86,7 Hriðgende [cf. Lind cuacende, bifigende] febricitantem, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 14. Hriðigende, Mk. Skt. 1, 30. Hé biþ hriðende he is feverish, L. M. 2, 17; Lchdm. ii. 198, 21
lyge
Lying ⬩ mendacious ⬩ false
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Monige lyge ł leáse wítga multi pseudoprophetæ, 24, 11: 24, 44. Behaldeþ eów wið lyge ł leáse wítgu attendite a falsis prophetis, 7, 15
mægden-ǽw
Marriage with a virgin
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Marriage with a virgin Ðæt biþ rihtlíc líf ðæt cniht þurhwunige on his cnihtháde óþ ðæt hé on rihtre mǽdenǽwe gewífige and hæbbe ða syððan and nǽnige óðre ða hwíle ðe seó libbe that is right life, that a young man remain a bachelor until in lawful matrimony
mearh-gehæcc
A kind of pudding ⬩ a sausage
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[Halliwell gives 'hack the lights, liver, and heart of a boar or swine: hackin a pudding made in the maw of a sheep or hog: hack-pudding a mess made of sheep's heart, chopped with suet and sweet fruits: hatcher a dish of minced meat.]
Linked entry: ge-hæc
medumung
the fixing of the measure of anything
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the fixing of the measure of anything Á sceal dóm æfter dǽde and medemung be mǽðe ever shall doom be according to deed, and fine be fixed with fair measure, L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 342, 5: L. E. B. 10; Th. ii. 242, 11. ?
grimman
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Sax. grimmid the gróto séo.] to run with haste, hasten; properare, currere, festinare Gúþmóde grummon the warlike of mind hastened, Beo. Th. 617; B. 306
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gnyrn
Grief ⬩ sorrow ⬩ evil ⬩ wrong
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Wlance drihtne guldon gód mid gnyrne arrogant, they repaid good to the Lord with evil, Cd. 111; Th. 146, 10; Gen. 2420
ge-met-fæst
Moderate, modest ⬩ moderatus, modestus
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Moderate, modest; moderatus, modestus Ne hie ðám geþyldegum and ðám gemetfæstum simble ne wuniaþ neither do they always dwell with the patient and moderate, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 34, 3. Sió is swíðe gemetfæst she is very modest, 10; Fox 28, 20.
reódan
to redden, stain with blood ⬩ to redden a person by causing blood to flow from a wound, to wound, kill
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to redden, stain with blood Deáþwang rudon, Andr.
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slápian
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To cause to sleep, used impersonally with acc. ; cf. O. H. Ger. mih sláphóta dormitavit anima mea Ne geþafa ðú ðínum eágum ðæt hié slápige ne ne hnappigen díne brǽwas . . . Ne slápige nó ðin eáge (eágan, Cote. MSS. ) . . .
uma
a weaver's beam ⬩ the name of some plant
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Voc. i. 66, 25: scafus, 282, 8(in each case the word occurs in a list of terms connected with weaving). Huma scafus, Corpus Gl. ed.
Linked entry: huma
unriht-gítsung
Greed ⬩ covetousness
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Ðæt wé gescildan ús wiþ ða eahta heáhsynna ... ðæt is morþor and stala, máne áþas and unrihtgítsunge..., Engl. Stud. viii. 479, 96
ymb-hón
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To hang round with clothing, ornament, etc., to drape, clothe, deck Þeáh wé ús gescirpen mid ðý reádestan godwebbe and gefrætewian mid ðý beorhtestan golde and mid ðám deórwyrþestan gimmum úton ymbehón, Wulfst. 262, 23.
Linked entry: ymb-hangen
be-swincan
to labour at
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Nim þín gold, þe lǽs þe hit þé losige ꝥ þú lange beswunce, 12, 219. to labour at, perform with labour Beswanc desudat, An. Ox. 8, 257.
clam
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Clám wiþ þon: þá reádan tigelan gecnuwa tó duste, gemeng wið grút, Lch. ii. 114, 24. Lǽcedóme, cláme malagma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 54, 38. Hafa þé ǽrgeworht clám of beórdræstan, Lch. ii. 330, 16
dyrstig-líce
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Ox. 753. presumptuously, with temerity On swá hwilcum dæge swá þú dyrstilíce geþrístlǽcst ꝥ þú þone hálgan sácerdhád underféhst quacumque die sacrum ordinem temerare praesumeris, Gr. D. 135, 12.
eówer
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Drihten fandað eówre, Deut. 13, 3. with noun in apposition Eówer Rómána brocu ðe gé ealneg drífað, Ors. 3, 7; S. 120, 14. as possessive Hwæþer gé eówer hundas and eówer net út on ðá sǽ lǽdon, Bt. 32, 3; F. 118, 13
hefelíce
grievously ⬩ seriously ⬩ dully ⬩ severely ⬩ sadly ⬩ mournfully
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Óðre syngodon hefelícor þonne þú, Wlfst. 299, 3: Past. 313, 3 (in Dict.). with slow action of mind or body, dully, Mt. 13, 15 (in Dict.). severely, in a way that is hard to bear Hefelícor steóre (ł) stýðlícor stíre hé sí underþeód districtiori discipline
on-winnan
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Hé gefeaht wið heora onwinnendan he fought with their assailants, 687. Seó scolu cildisc ná gýt mid costungum onwunnen scola puerilis nondum temptationibus inpugnata, Angl. xiii. 387, 321