fela-módig
Very daring ⬩ fortissĭmus
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Very daring; fortissĭmus Men from ðæm holmclife hafelan bǽron felamódigra the men bore from the shore the heads of the very bold, Beo. Th. 3278; B. 1637
sige-þúf
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A banner that conducts to victory, a victorious banner Stópon secgas and gesíþas, bǽron þúfas (sigeþúfas ?), Judth. Thw. 24, 22 ; Jud. 201. Cf. sige-beác[e]n
Linked entry: þúf
wǽge
A cup
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Hé mandryhtne bær fǽted wǽge, 4553; B. 2282
riftere
a reaper
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Se bær his ryfterum mete tó æcere, Homl. i. 570, 33
Linked entry: riptere
an-medla
Pride ⬩ pomp ⬩ arrogance ⬩ presumption ⬩ superbia ⬩ fastidium ⬩ arrogantia ⬩ præsumptio
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Ðú for anmedlan in ǽht bǽre [MS. bére] húsl-fatu hálegu on hand werum thou, in thy presumption, barest for a possession the holy sacrificial vessels into the hands of men, Cd. 212; Th. 262, 22; Dan. 748
Linked entry: on-médla
blód-seax
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Se ealda feónd sittende on ánum múle on lǽces ansýne bær horn and blódsex (blódaexe, v. l.), 161, 2. Add
méd
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Funde se his arcedeácon æt þám cnihte þe wæs þæs biscopes byrele mid médum (praemiis) ꝥ hé þone geættredan drync him tó bær, Gr. D. 186, 22. ¶ tó médes as reward :-- Gyfe him Críst heofona ríce tó médes, C. D. iv. 171, 21 : Hml. S. 12, 139.
wiccung-dóm
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Witchcraft, sorcery, magic Hé hét tósomne sínra leóda ða wiccungdóm wídost bǽron ( praecepit rex, ut convocarentur arioli, et magi, et malefici, et Chaldaei, Dan. 2, 2), Cd. Th. 223, 17; Dan. 121
cyssan
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Ǽlc þára manna þe óðerne swíðe lufað, hine lyst bet cyssan ðonne óðerne on bær líc, þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweóna beóð, Shrn. 185, 31. Sylle heom eallum cyssan bóc, Ll. Th. i. 226, 25. Cyssende handa osculans manus, Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Add
biter-líce
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Ðæt réðe flód biterlíce (amare) bærnð ðá earman sáula, Dóm. L. 166. Wearð seó móder biterlíce gegremod, Hml. Th. ii. 30, 3. Add
hwaþerian
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Drihten cóm gangende on ðǽre sǽ; þá ýða árison, ac hé hí oftræd; se brym hwoðerode under his fótswaðum ( the sea roared beneath his footsteps ) ac swá ðeáh hé hine bær, wolde hé nolde hé, Hml. Th. ii. 388, 19. See next word
Linked entry: hwoþerian
æt-standan
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His sceaft ætstód ætforan him ( the shaft got fixed in the ground in front of him ), and ꝥ hors hine bær forð swá ꝥ ꝥ spere him eóde þurh út, Hml. S. 12, 54. Mid þám ðe Drihten hrepode ðá bǽre, ðá ætstódon þá bǽrmenn. Hml. Th. i. 494, 7.
god-gild
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Se déma stód æt his godgyldum and deóflum onsægdnesse bær judex aris adsistebat, ac daemonibus hostias offerebat, Bd. 1, 7; Sch. 21, 1.
on-hwirfan
to turn (of actual motion), ⬩ to invert, transpose ⬩ to change, turn
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Ic mé wille nú onhwyrfan tó ðisse bǽre, Blickl. Homl. 151, 14. intrans. Swá swá hweól onhwerfþ, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132, 13. to invert, transpose Agof (boga) is mín noma eft onhwyrfed, Exon.
Linked entry: on-hweorfan
nearu-cræft
An art that confines or imprisons
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Beorh wunode on wonge nearocræftum fæst ðǽr on innan bær eorl gestreóna ... feá worda cwæþ : Hold ðú nú hrúse eorla ǽhte the mound stood on the plain firm in its prisoning powers (able to keep in durance the treasure entrusted to it) ; therein bore the
efen-swíþe
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Ðá scylda ðára scamleásena hé tǽlde suelce hé efnsuíðe him bǽre culpas verecundantium quasi compatiens reprehendit, 207, 17.
hæt
A hat, covering for the head ⬩ pileus, mitra, tiara ⬩ a hood, cowl ⬩ hat
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Terrentius bær hæt on his heáfde, for ðon Rómáné hæfdon gesett ðæt ða ðe hæt beran móston móston ǽgþer habban ge feorh ge freódóm Terentius pileatus, quod indultæ sibi libertatis insigne fuit, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 25-29
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ealfara
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A pack-horse Þonne wæs þridde healf þúsend múla þe þá seámas wǽgon, and xxx. þúsenda ealfarena and oxna þá ðe hwǽte bǽron, Nar. 9, 10. See Nap. 78; Jord. 126. (where the word is connected with Spanish (from Arabic) al-faras)
pín-treów
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Ðæt man píntreów bærne tó glédum and ðonne ða gléda sette tóforan ðam seócum men, 284, 12
beddian
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Þá woldon ðá préóstas him wurðlíce beddian, and bǽron micel streáw tó his beddinga, Hml. S. 31, 848. Dó hyne on wearme húse, and bedde hys bed myd mórsecge, Lch. iii. 140, 25. He lette hine baðien and beddien feire, Laym. 6658. Add