á-slacian
to slacken ⬩ become slack ⬩ to make slack
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Add: to slacken, become slack, physical Bið ðæs mannes wæstm gebíged, his swura áslacod. Hml. Th. i. 614, 13. figurative Ásleacað his tunge tó ðǽre godcundan bodunge. Hml. Th. ii. 442, 25. Gif wé ásleaciað fram gódum weorcum, 98, 15.
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Elene
Helena ⬩ Helĕna = Ἑλένη
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His [Constantínes] módor wæs cristen, Elená geháten, swíðe gelýfed mann, and þearle eáwfæst his [Constantine's] mother was a christian, called Helena, a very faithful person, and very pious, Homl. Th. ii. 306, 3. See Ors. Bos.
heáwan
to hack ⬩ gash ⬩ to hew ⬩ to cut off
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Ðeáh þe láðra fela ðínne byrnhomon billum heówan, Vald. 1, 17. to shape with a cutting implement, Bd. 4, 11; Sch. 407, 21 (in Dict.). to hew, fell wood Hí slógon þá crístenan . . . swá swá mann wudu hýwð, Hml.
smedema
Fine flour, meal
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Bere is swíðe earfoþe tó gearcigenne, and ðeáhhwæðere fét ðone mann, ðonne hé gearo biþ. Swá wæs seó ealde ǽ swíðe earfoþe tó understandenne, ac ðeáhhwæðere ðonne wé cumaþ tó ðam smedman, ðæt is tó ðære getácnunge, ðonne gereordaþ heó fire mód Homl.
a-beran
to bear ⬩ carry ⬩ suffer ⬩ portare ⬩ ferre ⬩ to take or carry away ⬩ tollere ⬩ auferre
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to bear, carry, suffer; portare, ferre Ðe man aberan ne mæg which they are not able to bear, Mt. Bos. 23, 4. Hí ne mágon nán earfoða aberan they cannot bear any troubles, Bt. 39, 10; Fox 228, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 1912; An. 958: Ps.
BEADO
Battle ⬩ war ⬩ slaughter ⬩ cruelty ⬩ pugna ⬩ strages
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Beorn beaduwe heard a man brave in battle, Andr. Kmbl. 1963; An. 984. Ðú þeóde bealdest to beadowe thou encouragest the people to slaughter, Andr. Kmbl. 2373; An. 1188
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EÁR
The Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE, which stands for the letters ea
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Runic Monmnts. p. 100, 11; 117, col. 7: and p. 137: RUNE byþ egle eorla gehwylcum, ðonne fæstlíce flǽsc onginneþ hráw cólian, hrusan ceósan to gebeddan the ground is hateful to every man, when surely the flesh beginneth to cool as a corpse, to choose
heorþ-werod
A band of household retainers ⬩ those who share the same hearth ⬩ a family
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Se hálga héht his heorþwerod wǽpna onfón the holy man bade his retainers take their weapons, 94; Th. 123, 4; Gen. 2039: 95; Th. 125, 8; Gen. 2076: Byrht. Th. 132, 30; By. 24
ge-byrman
To ferment with BARM ⬩ to leaven ⬩ fermentare
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Ne beó nán beorma on eówrum húsum; swá hwilc man swá ytt gebyrmed, forwyrþ non erit fermentum in domibus vestris; quicumque comederit fermentatum, peribit, Ex. 12, 15 : 12, 19
gémen
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Care; cūra Ǽlc mon mæg witan hú hefig sorg men beoþ seó gémen his bearna every one may know how heavy a trouble to a man is the care of his children, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 17 : 12; Fox 36, 38.
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stræc
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Hér man ýtte út Ælfgár eorl, ac hé com sóna inn ongeán mid strece þurh Gryffines fultum, Chr. 1058 ; Erl. 192, 36
swicollíce
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With deceit, with guile, deceitfully, fraudulently, craftily Hé cwæð ðæt hí wære wurdan ðæt hý ǽnig man tó swicol-líce ne bepǽhte mid leáslícre láre' uidete, ne quis uos seducat, ' Wulfst. 88, 26: 55, 3.
wíte-þeów
One who had been condemned to slavery for crime ⬩ one in hell
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Grammar wíte-þeów, literal Gif hwelc man biþ wíteþeów (or adj. ? v. next word) níwan geþeówad, L. In. 48 ; Th. i. 132, 7. Grammar wíte-þeów, figurative, one in hell Bring ús hǽlo líf wérigum wíteþeówum, Exon. Th. 10, 12; Cri. 151
fór-wyrcan
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Hé clypode: 'Hí man mid weorcstáne on ǽghwilce healfe ðǽrinne forwyrce, ꝥ hí sunnan leóman nǽfre lengc ne geseón,' Hml. S. 23, 315-24. Hé hét ꝥ scræf forwyrcan, 758.
frum-sceapen
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Add: first-formed Se frumsceapena man, Adam, næs gestrýned ne ácenned, ac God hine gesceóp. Seó óðer gesceapennys wæs swá þæt God gesceóp Euan of hire weres sídan, Hml. Th. ii. 8, 22. Frumsceapena protoplastus, i. primitus plasmatus i. Adam, An.
ge-sinscipe
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Gif hwylc geong man hǽmedþing gewyrce bútan rihtum gesinscipe (legitimo conjugio ). Ll. Th. ii. 164, 23. Tó gesinscipum ad (nuptiarum) commercia, An. Ox. 3593. Ðá ðe hyre girndon tó rihtum gesynscipum. Ap. Th. 3, 8.
ge-derian
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Gif hit gewierðe ꝥ man gehádedum oþþe ælþeódigum gederode (-ede, v.l.), i. 192, 18. Nán mon ne mæg þám gesceádwísan móde gederian, Bt. 16, 2; F. 52, 17
god-sibb
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Nán man on his godsibbe ne wífige (cf. Si quis commatrem spiritalem in conjugio duxerit, anathema sit, 20, 15. Si quis cum spiritali matre peccaverit, sicut superius dictum est, anathematizetur, 21, 17), Ll. Th. ii. 300, 15
gyltig
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Se bróðor, sé þe giltig ámeldod bið þám abbode þurh óðerne man and nó þurh hine selfne, R. Ben. 71, 13. Gif heora hwilc mid deófles costnunge beswicen for Gode oþþe for worulde gyltig biþ, Lch. iii. 442, 35.
mislíce
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Ne geseah hine nán man náteshwón yrre . . . ne mislíce geworhtne (of varying disposition, irresolute ], ac on ánre ánríednysse ǽfre wunigende, 31, 307. Add