wæl-mist
A mist that covers the bodies of the slain
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A mist that covers the bodies of the slain Hreám wæs on ýðum, wæter wǽpna ful, wælmist ástáh (the passage refers to the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea) Cd. Th. 206, 12; Exod. 450.
wǽg-þel
A wave-plank ⬩ a ship
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Nóe tealde ðæt se hrefn hine sécan wolde on wǽgþele, 87, 9; Gen. 1446. On wǽgþele on board, Andr. Kmbl. 3418; An. 1713. Under earce bord eaforan lǽdan, weras on wǽgþel, Cd. Th. 82, 6; Gen. 1358
hlec
Having cracks or rents
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Swíðe lytlum síceraþ ðæt wæter and swíðe dégellíce on ðæt hlece scip, and ðeáh hit wilnaþ ðæs ilcan ðe sió hlúde ýþ déþ on ðære hreón sǽ búton hit mon ǽr útáweorpe hoc agit sentina latenter excrescens, quod patenter procella sæviens, Past. 57, 1; Swt.
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DREPAN
To strike ⬩ percŭtĕre
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Ðonne biþ on hreðre, under helm drepen biteran strǽle then he will be stricken with the bitter shaft in the breast, beneath the helmet, Beo. Th. 3495; B. 1745. Wæs him feorh dropen his life was stricken, Beo. Th. 5955, note; B. 2981
rǽge
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Mýnster ðe is nemned æt Hrége heáfde ( ad Caprae caput ), Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 18. Ic gefeó rǽgan capio capreas, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 31. Rǽgean (rǽgan, MS. B.), Lchdm. i. 166, 24
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ge-menged
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Sum cyn is gecweden epicena, þæt is on Léden promiscua and on Englisc gemenged hic corvus ðes hremn swá hwíeðer swá hit byð swá hé, swá heó, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 19, II
for-brittan
to crush ⬩ destroy
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Ne forbrýte hé ná þæt tócnysede hreód, R. Ben. 121, 5. to crush, destroy a person Hé bið forbrét conteretur, Kent. Gl. 147
stán-torr
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Add Þæt áborstene clif hreás ofdúneweard . . . ac þá þá se hálga wer geseah þone stántorr ufene tóweardes him farende . . . hé áwrát Crístes róde tácen and þone stántorr swá feallende gefæstnode on þǽre sídan þæs muntes ingentis saxi moles erupta est
ǽ-bylgness
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Of ðám leahtre (weámét) cymð hreám, and ǽbilignys, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 14. Hé hí mid gedréfedre ǽbilignysse him fram ádráf, 24, 30: Ap. Th. 4, 10. Racha getácnað ǽbylignysse oððe yrre, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 279, 18. Ǽbilignysse, 280, 3.
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hópig
In hills and hollows
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Scot. hope a sloping hollow between two hills, or the hollow that is formed between two ridges on one hill] Com ic on sǽs hricg ðǽr mé sealt wæter hreóh and hópig holme besencte veni in allitudinem maris; et tempestas demersit me, Ps. Th. 68, 2
hyge-méþe
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. : þæt wæs feohleás gefeoht fyrenum gesyngad hreðre hyge-méðe one brother shot the other . . . that was a fight where no bót could be claimed (cf.
un-gefóglíc
Immense ⬩ enormous
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Immense, enormous, in a physical sense Ungefóhlíc hreám immensus clamor, Greg. Dial. 1, 9.
fágung
a diversity
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Hé áwænde eallre þǽre hýde híw swá ꝥ seó fágung (varietas) wæs tóbrǽded geond eallne his líchaman, ꝥ hé wæs geþúht swylce hé hreóf wǽre .. . sóna swá hine gehrán se hálga wer, hé geflýmde ealle þá fágunge (varietatem) þǽre hýde, Gr.
BED
a BED ⬩ couch ⬩ pallet ⬩ stratum ⬩ lectus ⬩ a bed in a garden ⬩ pulvillus ⬩ areola in hortis
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To ðínum bedde to thy bed, Gen. 16, 2. a bed in a garden; pulvillus vel areola in hortis : used in compounds, as Wyrt-bedd a wort bed, Herb, 7, 1; Lchdm. i. 96, 22 : Hreód-bedd a reed bed, 8, 1; Lchdm. i. 98, 13
for-bryttan
To break in pieces ⬩ smash ⬩ bruise ⬩ crush ⬩ confringtĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ conquassāre
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To break in pieces, smash, bruise, crush; confringtĕre, contĕrĕre, conquassāre Tocwysed hreód he ne forbrytt arundĭnem quassātam non confringet. Mt. Bos. 12, 20.
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mete-leást
Want of food
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Want of food Him of-hreów ðæs folces meteleást, Homl. Th. ii. 396, 19. Ðá wǽron hié mid meteliéste gewǽgde they were reduced by want of food, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 27. For meteliéste heora líf álǽtan, Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 120, 30. Metelǽste inedia, Hpt.
reótan
to make a noise ⬩ to make a noise in grief, to lament, wail; ⬩ to weep, shed tears
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Reát (hreát ?) ;desteruit; (;stertuit ?;),;somniavit,; 139, 17. ; to make a noise in grief, to lament, wail; Reóteþ meówle, seó ðe hyre bearn gesihþ brondas þeccan, Exon. Th. 330, 5; Vy. 46. Cerge reótaþ fore onsýne éces déman, 52, 20; Cri. 836.
a-wecgan
To move ⬩ remove ⬩ shake ⬩ movere ⬩ amovere ⬩ commovere ⬩ agitare
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Winde aweged [MS. awegyd] hreód arundinem vento agitatam, Mt. Bos. 11, 7
á-berstan
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Ðæt áborstene clif ( the detached crag ) hreás ofdúneweard, Gr. D. 12, 9
wæl-gífre
eager to slay ⬩ eager to prey on the dead
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Se wanna hrefn, wælgífre fugel, Judth. Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 207. Wulfum tó willan, and eác wælgíftum fuglum tó frófre, 25, 37; Jud. 296
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