rúnian
To talk low, whisper, mutter
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Gr. 36; Som. 38, 53. Tógeánes mé rúnedon ( susurrabant ) ealle fýnd míne, Ps. Spl. C. 40, 8. Ðeáh ðé mon hwylces hlihge, and ðú ðé unscyldigne wite, ne réhst ðú hwæt hý rǽdon oððe rúnion, Prov. Kmbl. 12. Ða rúniendan musitantes, Wrt.
ge-sígan
To sink ⬩ fall ⬩ set as the sun ⬩ cadere ⬩ labi ⬩ occĭdĕre ut sol
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To sink, fall, set as the sun; cadere, labi, occĭdĕre ut sol Ǽr heó [sunne] fullíce gesígan onginne before it [the sun] begin fully to sink, Herb. 19, 5; Lchdm. i. 112, 21.
hlís-ful
Famous, ⬩ of good repute, ⬩ renown
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Gl. 82; Som. 73, 35; Wrt. Voc. 47, 39: famosus, Wrt. Voc. 75, 71. Ðý læs ðe hé wurde tó hlísful on worulde and ðæs heofenlícan lofes fremde wǽre lest he should become too famous in this world and be a stranger to the praise of heaven, Homl.
hnesce
Nesh, ⬩ soft, ⬩ delicate, ⬩ tender, ⬩ effeminate
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Gefrédan hwæt biþ heard hwæt hnesce to feel what is hard, what soft, 372, 32: Elen. Kmbl. 1226; El. 615. Heó is hnesce on æthrine it is soft to the touch, Herb. 15, 1; Lchdm. i. 108, 1.
furþum
Take here ⬩ in Dict., and add: ⬩ even, ⬩ just
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Hwæþer hit furþon sóð sý oððe hwæðer mé on swefne mǽte, Hml.
cetel-hrúm
Kettle-soÓt ⬩ cacabi fuligo
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Kettle-soÓt; cacabi fuligo Genim cetelhrúm take kettle-soot, L. M. 1, 61; Lchdm. ii. 134, 2
Linked entries: cytel-hrúm hrúm
gást
breath ⬩ spirit, ghost, principle of life ⬩ spirit ⬩ the immaterial part of man ⬩ a person ⬩ soul ⬩ an incorporeal thing ⬩ an incorporeal being, a spirit, ⬩ divine spirit ⬩ the soul of a deceased person
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Cf. similar use of soul Duru sóna onarn þurh handhrine háliges gástes (at the touch, of St. Andrew's hand ), An. 1002 : 1623. Gewít þú mid híwum on þæt hof (the ark) gangan, gásta werode, Gen. 1346.
lafor
A leopard
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A leopard [so Cockayne, but ought not the word in the following passage to be eoforas?]
ge-deorfleás
nil prosperum ⬩ without labour, trouble ⬩ without effort ⬩ without result, success
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Leo 230, 38, to connect the two, suggests the meaning without effort, so without result, success
hád-notu
The employment, ministry, office belonging to holy orders
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The employment, ministry, office belonging to holy orders Búton hé forworhte ðæt hé ðære hádnote notian ne móste unless he should do amiss so that he might not exercise the office which belongs to his orders, L. R. 7; Th. i. 192, 16
tó-dreósan
To fall to pieces, ⬩ fall away, ⬩ decay
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He schal todreosen so lef on bouh, Misc. 94, 48. Alle þe bones beoþ todrore, 152, 182
Linked entries: dreósan tó-feallan
dreórig-ferþ
Sad in soul ⬩ tristis anĭmo
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Sad in soul; tristis anĭmo Dreórig-ferþe sad in soul, Exon. 24 a; Th. 68, 26; Cri. 1109
EARN
An eagle ⬩ aquĭla
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Gl. 36; Som. 62, 107; Wrt. Voc. 29, 5: 62, 1: 77, 12: 280, 1.
Linked entries: ern here-fugol
wráþe
angrily ⬩ with or in anger ⬩ with indignation ⬩ fiercely ⬩ cruelly ⬩ greviously ⬩ bitterly ⬩ evilly ⬩ perversely ⬩ wickedly
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Ðæt bid forwisnad wráde sóna (terribly soon), 128, 4
lóc
look ⬩ see ⬩ however
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Gr. 9, 32; Som. 12, 9. Lóc hwæt hæbbe týn fét decempes, 49; Som. 50, 49. Bide mé lóce hwæs ðú wille ask me for whatever you will, Homl. Th. ii. 576, 10. Lóc hwǽr ic hit gefriþod wille habban wherever I will have it protected, L. C.
Linked entry: LÓCIAN
for-ceorfan
To cut or carve out ⬩ cut down ⬩ cut off or away ⬩ cut through ⬩ divide ⬩ excīdĕre ⬩ concīdĕre ⬩ succīdĕre ⬩ incīdĕre ⬩ intercīdĕre
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Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 34. Ðú forcirfst heora horsa hóhsina ĕquos eōrum subnervābis, Jos. II, 6. Ðú forcyrfst hit thou wilt cut it down, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 8.
ge-werian
to defend ⬩ protect ⬩ take care of ⬩ make [land] free from claims ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ procurare ⬩ to associate with for the cause of defence ⬩ to make a treaty with ⬩ assŏciāre defensiōnis causa ⬩ jungere fœdĕre
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Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 29. Se ðe land gewerod hæbbe he who has defended land, L. C. S. 80; Th. i. 420, 19. Þér of is gewerod án and tuenti híde twenty-one hides of it are held in undisputed possession, Schmid. A. S. Ges. p. 614, col. 1.See also p. 677.
be-búgan
to avoid ⬩ avertere ⬩ evitare ⬩ to surround ⬩ encircle ⬩ encompass ⬩ circumire ⬩ circumcingere ⬩ to reach ⬩ extend ⬩ pertinere
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Swá bebúgeþ gebod geond Brytenrícu Sexna cyninges [MS. kyninges] so far as the command of the king of the Saxons extendeth through Britain, Menol.
Linked entry: bí-búgan
óþ
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Gr. 47; Som. 48, 7. Hí druncan óþ ða drosna usque ad feces biberunt, Som. 47, 45. Oþ mannes breóst heáh as high as a man's breast, Blickl. Homl. 127, 6: 245, 33. Hié ðæt gild gefyldan eal óþ grund, 221, 33.
Linked entry: ót-
dys-líc
Foolish, stupid ⬩ stultus
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Gr. 22; Som. 24, 11: Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 11. Oft ge dyslíce dǽd gefremedon often ye have done a foolish deed, Elen. Kmbl. 77; El. 386. From ðæm lífe ðæs dyselícan gewunon a vita stultæ consuetūdĭnis, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 2.