regn-heard
Exceedingly hard, wondrous hard
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Exceedingly hard, wondrous hard Rondas regn-hearde, Beo. Th. 657;B. 326
sige-wǽpen
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A weapon with which victory is won, Beo. Th. 1612 ; B. 804
sigor-eádig
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Blessed with victory, victorious, Beo. Th. 2626 ; B. 1311 : 4693 ; B. 2352
Linked entry: sige-eádig
þurh-brecan
to break through
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to break through Wordes ord breósthord þurhbræc, Beo. Th. 5577; B. 2792
wundor-máþþum
A wondrous treasure
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A wondrous treasure Ðone healsbeáh wrǽtlícne wundormáþðum, Beo. Th. 4352; B. 2173
casul
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Ben. Lye substitute Casul byrrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 33
Eást-folc
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Ben. Lye substitute Eástfolcum eeois, Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 75
ge-hlystfull
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Beó þú béntýþe ł gehlystfull depraecabilis esto Ps. L. 89, 13. Add
ge-dyrstnes
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Ben. 129, 9
grund-wyrgen
A wolf of the deep ⬩ Grendel's mother
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A wolf of the deep [Grendel's mother]Beo. Th. 3041; B. 1518
Linked entry: wirgen
heaðu-deór
Brave, stout in war
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Brave, stout in war, Beo. Th. 1380; B. 688: 1548; B. 772
cot-sǽta
An inhabitant of a cottage ⬩ a cottager ⬩ casæ habitator
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Ben. Lye
sweord-bealu
Bale or hurt caused by the sword
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Bale or hurt caused by the sword, Beo. Th. 2298; B. 1147
un-rím
Innumerable ⬩ incalculable ⬩ not to be numbered ⬩ an immense, incalculable good
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Innumerable, incalculable, not to be numbered Unrím getæl ingens numerus, Nar. 9, 13. Folc unrím ( or pl.? ) þrymfæste twá þeóda áwócon, Cd. Th. 158, 9; Gen. 2614. Werod, mægen unríme, Elen. Kmbl. 121; El. 61.
ge-hádod
In holy orders ⬩ ordĭnātus
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Be gehádedum mannum concerning men in holy orders; de ordinatis, Th. ii. 364, 7; Wilk. 161, 1. He ǽlces mannes gehádodes and lǽwedes yrfenuma beón wolde he wanted to be the heir of every man, cleric and lay, Chr. 1100; Erl. 236, 7
Linked entry: hádod
fyll
fill, full supply ⬩ repletion, satiety
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Þæt þǽr nǽfre seó fyl be fullum ne weorðe ut non usque ad satietatem (oferfylle, R. Ben. I. 72, 12) bibamus, R. Ben. 65, 2. Sió wamb bið áðened mid fylle for giéfernesse venter ingluvie extenditur, Past. 311, 12.
ge-rihtlǽcan
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Ben. 52, 6. Hí noldon heora synna gerihtlǽcan. Hml. Th. ii. 352, 22. used absolutely Gif hé þurh mynegunge gerihtlǽcan nelle, R. Ben. 113, 14
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mæger
Meagre ⬩ lean
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Meagre, lean Ða men beóþ mægre and bláce on onsýne ðeáh ðe hié ǽr fætte wǽron the men will be lean and pale of aspect, though before they were fat, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 3
gafol-hwitel
A tribute-whittle or blanket ⬩ a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land ⬩ tribūtāria săga
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Perhaps híwisc in the above passage should be translated 'family;' cf. Th. Chart. 144, 31
Linked entry: hwítel