hwem-dragen
Sloping
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Sloping, not perpendicular Wæs ðæt ilce hús hwemdragen nalas æfter gewunan mennisces weorces ðæt ða wagas wǽron rihte ac git swíðor on scræfes onlícnesse ðæt wæs æteówed that same house had sloping walls, not at all after the custom of men's work so
lǽne-
Transitory ⬩ transient ⬩ not enduring
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Hér is seó lǽnlíc winsumnes ac ðǽr is seó syngale nearones in this world is the delight that endures not, but in the next is the anxiety that continues for ever, L. E. I. pref; Th. ii. 394, 7
mǽl-dæg
A day ⬩ season ⬩ an appointed time
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A day, season, an appointed time Hé ðæs mǽl-dæges self ne wénde ðæt him Sarra bringan meahte on woruld sunu he himself never hoped for the day when Sarah could bring him a son into the world, Cd. 107; Th. 141, 4; Gen. 2339.
Linked entry: mál-dæg
ge-unþwǽrian
To disagree ⬩ differ ⬩ dissentīre ⬩ discordāre
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Cot.] ðǽm wordum ðe hie lǽraþ, mid ðý ðæt hie óðer dón, óðer hie lǽraþ that they themselves differ not from the words they teach, by doing one thing and teaching another, Past. 48, 4; Swt. 371, 12; Hat. MS
Linked entry: un-þwǽrian
rinnan
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To run Ic on wísne weg worda ðínra rinne viam mandatorum tuorum cucurri, Ps. Th. 118, 32. Satan seolua ran and on susle feóll, Cd. Th. 309, 20; Sat. 712. Wǽn æfter ran, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 32; Rún. 22. Gif lioþole út rynne, Lchdm. ii. 12, 24.
sicetan
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Ðá begann se ealda siccetan and mid wópe wearþ ofergoten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 1. as opposed to expressing grief by speech (?) Ða unryhtwísan sicettaþ (siccettaþ, Cott. MSS.) on ðǽm þiéstrum impii in tenebris conticescent, Past. 11, 1 ; Swt. 65, 12.
weorold-weorc
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worldly work, secular occupation Ðǽm tídum þonne gé ða rǽdinge háligra bóca forlǽten and ða gebeda, þonne sculon gé on sum nytlíc weoroldweorc fón, L. E. I. 3; Th. ii. 404, 10.
á-clǽnsian
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Add: to cleanse an object from impurity Hé mid hys worde hreóflan áclǽnsode, Hml. A. 152, 45. Ðá deádan árǽran and áclǽnsian ðá hreóflian, Hml. S. 16, 145. Horwum áfeormad, þearle áclǽnsad sordibus ablutus, Dom. L. 157.
ge-rúmlíce
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With large limit of space pi wæs eáðfynde þe him elles hwǽr gerúmlícor ræste [sðhte] . . . heóld hyne syððan fyr þǽm feónde ætwand then was easily found who elsewhere for himself with larger limit of space looted for a bed, i. e. who would not sleep
ge-þwǽrlíce
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S. 23, 201. of things Nú sprecð geþwǽrlíce ( concorditer ) mid þý mægne þára wundra seó rihtwísnes þára worda, Gr. D. 154, 6. gently Hé geþwǽrlíce mid Godes ege andswarige cum omni mansuetudine timoris Dei reddat responsum, R. Ben. 126, 22
mægen-leást
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Sum lícðrowere náhte his féðes geweald . . . hé wolde geneálǽcan his hulce, gif hé mihte. Þá ofhreów ðám munece þæs hreóflian mægenleást, Hml. Th. i. 336, 11. Sume hí bebyrigan woldon, ac hí hrædlíce for mægenleáste swulton, 404, 2 : Hml. A. 68, 79.
will
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Hié ealle þá worold on hiora ágen will onwendende wǽron they were turning all the world just as they pleased, Ors. l, 10; S. 48, 10
weald-genga
A weald-goer ⬩ bandit ⬩ brigant
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A weald-goer (v. weald), bandit, brigant Hé wolde beón yldest on ðam yfelan flocce, and geworhte his geféran tó wealdgengum ealle on wídgillum dúnum . . .
ofer-sécan
to make too great demands upon, put to too severe a trial, press too hard
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Beowulf struck so hard that any sword would be broken, Beo. Th. 3655; B. 2686
cristalla
crystal ⬩ crystallus ⬩ the herb crystallium ⬩ flea-bane ⬩ flea-wort ⬩ crystallion ⬩ psyllion
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Th. 147, 6. the herb crystallium, flea-bane, flea-wort; crystallion = κρυστάλλιον, psyllion = ψύλλιον Nim cristallan and disman take crystallium and tansy Lchdm. iii. 10, 29
hin-síð
A journey hence, ⬩ away, ⬩ from this world, ⬩ departure, ⬩ death.
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A journey hence, away, from this world, departure, death.
Linked entry: hind-síð
folgian
to FOLLOW ⬩ go behind ⬩ run after ⬩ pursue ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ insĕqui ⬩ to follow as a servant, attendant or disciple ⬩ cŏmĭtāri ⬩ adhærēre alicui ⬩ servīre ⬩ subdĭtus esse
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Ðæt mínre spræce spéd folgie that success follow my word, Ps. Th. 55, 4.
Linked entry: FYLGEAN
þearfa
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Ná ðæt án ðæt hé wolde mann beón, ac eác swylce hé wolde beón þearfa for ús, Homl. Th. i. 140, 10. Fela sind ðearfan þurh hafenleáste ...
Linked entry: EARM
ge
and ⬩ even ⬩ even ⬩ both . . . and . . . ⬩ and
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Add: connecting two words or clauses, and alone Mannes heáfod ge þá sculdro magan in, Bl. H. 127, 9. Þæfian mid lufe ge mid láþe, 45, 8.
þeóf-feng
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In other passages, however, the word implies advantage, and seems to refer to the right to receive the fines which might be exacted in case of conviction for theft. For such emoluments cf.