deád-bǽre
Death-bearing, deadly ⬩ mortĭfer, lethālis, lethĭfer
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Se drenc deádbǽra wæs the drink was deadly, Homl. Th. ii. 158, 22, Ðæt ðín heorte forhtige for ðam deádbǽrum drence that thy heart may fear the deadly drink, i. 72, 16. Deádbǽre sprancan lethifĕras labruscas, Mone B. 1993
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éðel-leás
Countryless, homeless ⬩ patria vel dŏmo cărens, extorris, exul
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Kmbl. 148; An. 74- Eðel-leáse ðysne gyst-sele gihþum healdaþ [healdeþ MS.] the homeless hold this guest-hall in memory, Cd. 169; Th. 212, 3; Exod. 533
ildian
To delay ⬩ defer ⬩ put off
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defer, put off Nis forðí nánum synfullum tó yldigenne ágenre gecyrrednysse ðýlæs ðe hé mid sleacnysse forleóse ða tíd Godes fyrstes it is not, therefore, for any sinner to delay his own conversion, lest by remissness he lose the time of God's respite, Homl
Ír-land
Ireland
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Hé férde geond eal Yrrland, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 28
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leód-mægen
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Leódmægnes worn a host of warriors, Cd. 151; Th. 190, 7; Exod. 195: Th. 188, 13; Exod. 167
mægen-leást
Weakness ⬩ feebleness ⬩ impotence
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Weakness, feebleness, impotence Ðá ofhreów ðam munece ðæs hreóflian mægenleást ( inability to walk ), Homl. Th. i. 336, 11. Módes mægenleást weakness of mind, ii. 220, 5.
máðum-fæt
A costly vessel
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Ðá genam hé ða máðmfatu, gyldene and sylfrene, binnon Godes temple, Homl. Th. ii. 432, 25. Ða mádmfatu ðæs temples ungeríme, gyldene and sylfrene, mid óðrum goldhordum, 66, 7. [Ðá Ælfréd king forlét his mádmes and mádmfaten, Shrn, 16, 10.]
nos-þyrel
A nostril
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Se brǽþ on heora nosþyrlum, Homl. ii. 98, 9. Dó on ða næsþyrlu (nos-, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 72, 21
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pápa
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Gregorius se hálga pápa, Homl. Th. ii. 116, 24. Æfter ðæs pápan geendunge, 122, 18. Tó pápan gecoren, 122, 31. Tó pápan gehálgod, 124, 1
grimlíce
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Homl. 63, 15, Oft hí grimlíce Godes costodan tentaverunt Deum, Ps. Th. 77, 41. Spreceþ grimlíce speaketh fiercely, Soul Kmbl. 31; Seel. 16: Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 19; Cri. 100, 4
bi-cwom
came, entered
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came, entered Ðá ic to hám bicwom when I came home, Exon. 86 a; Th. 324, 14; Wíd. 94 : 20 b; Th. 53, 32; Cri. 859 : 17 a; Th. 39, 33; Cri. 631 : 48 b; Th. 168, 2; Gú. 1071. Út bicwómon [MS. bicwoman], 24 a; Th. 69, 1; Cri. 1114
ge-beterian
To better ⬩ make better ⬩ meliōrāre ⬩ emendāre
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To better, make better; meliōrāre, emendāre Ðe mid ðære láre gebeterode wǽron who were bettered by that instruction, Homl. Th. i. 406, 32. Ða scamfæstan beóþ oft mid gemetlícre láre gebetrode the modest are often improved with moderate instruction.
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ge-dréme
Melodious ⬩ harmonious ⬩ joyous ⬩ cănōrus ⬩ consŏnus ⬩ lætus
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Hí ealle samod mid gedrémum sange Godes wuldor hleoðrodon they all together celebrated God's glory with melodious song, Homl. Th. i. 38, 7. On gedrémum lofsangum in harmonious hymns, 600, 9
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un-áberendlíce
Unbearably ⬩ intolerably
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Wé wǽron unáberendlíce fornumene, Homl. Th. ii. 416, 12
forþ-here
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Dele <b>-herge,</b> and substitute: A host that marches forth Hié getealdon on ðám forðherge féðan twelfe ... on ánra gehwám ... fíftig cista, hæfde cista gehwilc gárberendra týn hund ( the passage corresponds with Exodus12, 37: Profecti
self-willes
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Scealt þú þínes unþances þone hord ámeldian þe þú sylfwilles ǽr noldest cýðan, 23, 716. Syl(f)willes ultronea (Victoria . . . ultronea spospondit se . . . pulsaturam, Ald. 69, 15), An. Ox. 4862
hámettan
To provide with a home, to house
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To provide with a home, to house Denewulf bisceop lýfde Beornulfe his mége ðæt he, móste ða inberðan menn hámettan tó Ebblesburnan nú hebbe ic hí hámet bishop Denewulf allowed Beornulf his kinsman to house the inborn people at Ebblesburn.
of-þyrsted
Possessed with exceeding thirst, very thirsty, athirst ⬩ thirsty
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Homl. Th. i. 550, 34. Níþes ofþyrsted thirsting for strife, Cd. Th. 3, 7; Gen. 32. Olþyrsted gástes drynces, Soul Kmbl. 80; Seel. 40
orgel
pride
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Homl. ii. 43, 17. The form orguil occurs, p. 63. Heó leapeð into horel (orhel, MS. T. : orȝel, MS. C. ), A. R. 224, 2
spíca
Spikenard
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Homl. 73, 21. Lǽcedóm . . . spícan wiþ útsihtan, and dracontjan wiþ fúle horas, . . . and balzaman smiring wiþ eallum untrumnessum, Lchdm. ii. 174, 4