bysmrung
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Deceit, infamy, blasphemy; illusio, infamia, blasphemia Ðeós bysmrung nis to ondrǽdanne hæc illusio non est timenda, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 39, 41: 497, 6.
earming
A wretched or miserable being ⬩ mĭser
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Ne ondrǽd ðé, lá earming git ðu hæfst lífes hiht dread not, 0 wretched man, thou hast yet hope of life, Ælfc. T. 37, 2.
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for-geldan
to pay for ⬩ repay ⬩ return ⬩ give ⬩ render ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ retrĭbuĕre
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Ða mágas healfne leód forgelden let his kindred pay half the fine [for slaying a man ], L. Ethb. 23; Th. i. 8, 8
leóþ-cræft
poetry ⬩ verse ⬩ a poem
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The art of poetry, poetry, verse, a poem Ðes leóþcræft hoc poema: ðás leóþcræftas hæc poemata [all the other cases are also given], Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 16-21.
molda
The top of the head
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Harl.) comam capitis a cervice usque ad occipitium tondebant. Halliwell gives mold the suture of the skull.]
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þroht-heard
strong under afflictions ⬩ having fortitude or endurance in trouble ⬩ grievously hard
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Þegnas þrohthearde þafigan ne woldon, ðæt hié forléton leófne láreów, 803; An. 402. grievously hard Wæs se leódhete þrohtheard, Andr. Kmbl. 2279; An. 1141
un-clǽnness
uncleanness ⬩ impurity ⬩ foulness ⬩ squalor ⬩ uncleanness ⬩ impurity ⬩ obscenity
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in a physical sense, uncleanness, impurity, foulness, squalor Suǽ huæd in húsum ðás ýð eft ástrægde beuærle unclǽnnisse quicquid in domibus haec unda resperserit careat inmunditia, Rtl. 121, 36.
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un-gedafenlíce
Unbecomingly ⬩ unseasonably ⬩ inordinately ⬩ in an unseemly manner ⬩ indecently
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Be ðam men ðe ungedafenlíce hǽmð de homine qui turpiter, fornicator, L. Ecg. P. ii. 6 tit.; Th. ii. 180, 9
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yppe
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Voc. i. 39, 36. a dais, the raised floor in a hall. Cf. Icel. pallr for this sense Eode æþeling ( Beowulf ) tó yppan, ðǽr se óþer wæs, Hróðgár grétte, Beo. Th. 3634; B. 1815. the upper part of a house, an upper chamber Yppe (Ep.
be-sceran
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Ben. 135, 28. to cut off hair Bescear heó hire feax swá weras, Shrn. 31, 7. Beard him beónn bescoren. Lch. iii. 198, 29. Samson besceorenum fexe (with shorn locks), Hml. Th. i. 488, 9
fetian
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Feta, gif ðú dyrre, æt ðus heaðuwérigan háre byrnan, Vald. 2, 16. Fetige hé him má, Solil. H. 1, 10. Fetod, fettad, feotod arcessitus, Txts. 42, 103: Wrt. Voc. ii. 7, 31. Dele 'fet,' and passage from Prov. Kmbl., and add
ge-risene
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. /. ) are his llfes and háda iuxta honorem et vita et gradu eius condignum, Bd. 4, 26; Sch. 508, 10.
norþ
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[This passage is added in a late hand.] Hét Eádward cyning átimbrian þá norðan (norðran other MSS. ) burh, 913 ; P. 97, 29. On ðám norðran dǽle wunað eall manncynn, Lch. iii. 260, 25. On ðone norðere steð, C. D. v. 148, 21. Add
ǽsce
question, inquiry ⬩ search for stolen cattle
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(post hanc interrogationem ) Drihten andswariendne, R. Ben. 3, 16. Hé angan tó befrínenne . . . Hé wearð æfter ðysse ǽscan ontend, Lch. iii. 432, 29. Ðá áxunga ðǽre ǽscan tówríðende interrogationi interrogationem jungens, Hml.
smeócan
To smoke, emit smoke ⬩ To smoke, fumigate ⬩ fumo, fumigo
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Heortes hǽr beóþ swíðe, góde mid tó smeócanne 338, 4
hyrdan
to embolden ⬩ encourage ⬩ brace
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To make hard, strong or bold, to embolden, encourage, brace Sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierde [hirde, Cott. MS.] ða ðe hé unfæsðráde wisse caute monendo postmodum, quæ infirma sunt, roborat, Past. 32, 2; Swt. 213, 8.
níd-behéfe
Necessary ⬩ needful
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Seó hand getácnaþ úrne nýdbehéfan freónd, ðe ús úre neóde déþ, 516, 8. Synd gesealde from ðam abbode ealle neádbehéfe þing, R. Ben. 92, 2 : 127, 5. In Godes lofe and in nýdbehéfum weorcum wé sceolon gewunigan, L. E. I. 42; Th. ii. 438, 31.
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pínian
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To torment, torture Ðá píneden hié hiene mid ðæm ðæt hié his hand forbærndon, ánne finger and ánne, Ors. 2, 3; Swt. 68, 22. Pínedon excruciabant, 6, 11 ; Swt. 266, 15.
þende
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While Ðendi hé ðæt þóhte engel Drihtnes æteáwde him haec eo cogitante angelus Domini apparuit ei, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 1, 20. Þende hé ðá gespræc adhuc eo loquente, 17, 5. Ðende wæs hé sprecende ł ða hwíle hé spræc adhuc ipso loquente, Lind. 26, 47.
þwítan
To thwite ⬩ to cut ⬩ cut off
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Genim ðone wyrttruman, delf up, þwít nigon spónas on ða winstran hand, Lchdm. ii. 292, 2