swá
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Th. 875; B. 435. with a conditional force, provided that, if so be that, so (as in Shakspere : So it be new, there's no respect how vile; v. Abbott, Shak. Gram. § 133) Nim, swá hit ðé ne mislícyge, Ap. Th. 20, 12.
efen-fela
So many, as many ⬩ tŏtĭdem, tot
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So many, as many; tŏtĭdem, tot Eardas rúme Meotud arǽrde efen-fela bega þeóda and þeáwa the Creator established spacious lands, as many of both nations and manners, Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 17; Gn. Ex. 17.
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
lǽrig
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Either rendering is admissible so far as the sense is concerned
Linked entry: ymb-lǽr(i)gian
be-þridian
To force, overpower ⬩ cogere, vi superare
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Ðæt hý án cyning swá ýðelíce on his geweald beþrydian sceolde that one king should so easily force them under his power, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 59, 42 : 2, 5; Bos. 47, 11
gefóg-stán
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A stone hewn so as to be ready for use in building Wé scylen beón on ðisse ælðeódignesse útane beheáwene mid swingellan, tó ðǽm ðæt wé eft sión geteald and geféged tó ðǽm gefógstánum on ðǽre Godes ceastre bútan ðǽm hiéwete ǽlcre suingean nunc foris per
Linked entry: stán-gefóg
ge-cwémednes
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. ¶ ánum tó gecwemednesse to the delight of a person, so as to please a person :-- Heó plegode him eallum tó gecwémednysse (cf. cum saltasset et placuisset Herodi simulque recumbentibus, Mk. 6, 22), Hml. Th. i. 480, 31.
hind
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See, however, Kemble's Saxons in England i. 113, where hind is taken as hynd, and so connected with numeral hand. Substitute:
Linked entry: hind
handlian
To handle, feel ⬩ tractare
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Hý ða spǽce swá lange handledon they handled the suit so long, Th. Chart. 302, 31. Hálige béc handligan sacros libros manu tractare, L. Ecg. P. iii. 4; Th. ii. 196, 28: 12; Th. ii. 200, 7: Lchdm. iii. 198, 23: 204, 2; 208, 24
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
beado-wrǽd
A war-company
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áwrát betest beadowrǽda swá benne ne burnon ne burston I have written out the best troop for fighting disease, so that wounds may neither burn nor burst, Lch. ii. 350, 29
Linked entry: wrǽd
mysci
Flies
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Flies Sóna cwóman mysci manige venit cynomyia, Ps. Th. 104, 27
in-stæpe
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Hý farað, and instepe æft cumað, Solil. H. 62, 31. Add
séft-lic
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Easy, luxurious Ungemetlíce ríclic and séftlic lýf, Solil. H. 38, 3
un-áwendendlic
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Drihten, þú þe simle unáwendenlic wunast, Solil. H. 55, 16. Add
Linked entry: á-wendendlic
wel-dónde
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God gehét good edleán ðǽm weldóndum, Solil. H. 10, 19. Add
a-biterian
To make sour or bitter ⬩ exacer-bare
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To make sour or bitter; exacer-bare
a-sprettan
to sprout out ⬩ germinare ⬩ pullulare
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to sprout out; germinare, pullulare, Solil. 9
bergel-song
A burial song ⬩ sepulcralis cantus
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A burial song; sepulcralis cantus, Leo 116
Linked entry: byrgen-song
byrgen-song
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A burial song; cantus sepulcralis, Leo 116
Linked entry: bergel-song