wealh-hafoc
A foreign hawk ⬩ a gerfalcon ⬩ herodius
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Wealhhafoces hús herodii domus, Ps. Spl. 103, 19. Ða fugelas nocticoraces hátton wǽron in wealhhafoces gelícnesse (vulturibus similes ), Nar. 16, 13. Wealhhafeca falconum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 68: 37, 23
of-þryscan
to beat down, repress, suppress
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to beat down, repress, suppress Concutit i. turbat, terreat tóscæcþ, ofþrysceþ percutit. Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 48. Ða ðe ofþryscaþ ða styringe ðæs flǽsclícan lustes qui compressis motibus carnis, Past. 52, 6; Swt. 409, I.
snǽd
The handle of a scythe.
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Benedictus heóld ðone snǽd bufon ðam wætere ðǽr ðæt ísen ásanc, and ðǽrrihte hit becom swymmende tó ðam snǽde Homl. Th. ii. 162, 10-14
ge-teágan
To make ⬩ prepare
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Ðone ilcan mete ðe he hí ǽror mid tame getéde the same food with which before he had made them tame [the prose has ða ilcan mettas ðe hí ǽr tame mid gewenedon, Fox 88, 18], Bt. Met. Fox 13, 87; Met. 13, 44
torne
In a way that causes grief or distress, ⬩ grievously, ⬩ distressingly
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In a way that causes grief or distress, grievously, distressingly Hé wíse dómas déþ (ðám) ðe hér deorce ǽr teónan manigetorne geþoledan facit judicium injuriam patientibus, Ps. Th. 145, 6.
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tó-worpenness
Desolation ⬩ destruction
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Ðeós tódrǽfednys (the driving the money-changers out from the temple) getácnode ða tóweardan tóworpennysse ðurh ðone Rómániscan here, Homl. Th. i. 406, 9. Ðæt se Hǽlend beweópe ðære ceastre tóworpennysse, ðe gelamp æfter his ðrowunge, 402, 7: Homl.
hwón
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Dó on breówende wyrt, hwón, 332, 22. with gen. Dó hwó;n sealtes tó, Lch. ii. 78, 2. Hwón berenes melwes, 322, 27.
ge-samnian
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If they do not like, let him who lent the weapon pay a third of the 'wer', Ll. Th. i. 74, 4-6
ge-wis
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'Gelýfst þú þæs þæt ic þé mæge dón gewisran be Gode þonne þú nú eart be ðám mónan?,' Solil. H. 18, 6. having knowledge Gewis docta, An.
lufu
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Lufan Dryhtnes wyrcan to gain the love of God by deeds, Dóm. 49. Lufe wyrcean, Gen. 624. of man towards God Him Dryhtnes lof born in breóstum, brondhát lufu, Gú. 937.
wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Wræccena reáflác is on heora hainum (rapinapauperis in domo vestra, Is. 3, 14), Wulfst. 45, 18
lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Nys hyt swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám for ege hláfordes mínes non est tam aspera hyems ut audeam latere domi prae timore domini mei, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17.
gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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Gifta dón hearm getácnaþ to keep a wedding betokens harm, Lchdm. iii. 208, 21: L. Alf. 12; Th. i. 46, 17
ge-séðan
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Wé magon ꝥ tó sóðe geséðan, ꝥ hyt swá wæs, for ðon wé habbað trume gewitnysse, Angl. viii. 307, 3. Ús gedafenað þæt wé hit wénon swíðor þonne wé unrǽdlíce hit geséðan, Hml. Th. i. 440, 31.
ge-þyld
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Forðám dóme his geðylde, 27, 21. Ꝥ mægn þǽre geþylde, Gr. D. 20, 16. Wundorlicre geþylde man, 283, 18. Tó ðǽre geðylde, Past. 222, 8. Ðá geðyld ðe is módur ealra mægena, 215, 19: 222, 25: 219, 13.
DEÓFOL
DEVIL ⬩ diabŏlus
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Ðæt he ðone deófol adrífe ut dæmŏnium ejicĕret, Mk. Bos. 7, 26. n. Him biþ ðæt deófol láþ the devil is loathly to them, Salm. Kmhl. 246; Sal. 122. Hyre ðæt deófol oncwæþ the devil addressed her, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 5; Jul. 460.
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under-hnígan
to descend beneath ⬩ go lower than a place ⬩ to submit to what is laborious or painful ⬩ be subjected to evil ⬩ undergo punishment
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Hí underhnigon ðone hwílendlícan deáþ mortem subiere temporalem, 4, 16; S. 584, 37. Hé underhníge menniscne þeówdóm se humano servitio subjiciat, L. Ecg. P. Addit. 18; Th. ii. 234, 24.
winter
a season of the year ⬩ winter ⬩ wintry weather ⬩ cold ⬩ a year
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Beád Swegen full gild and metsunga tó his here ðone winter, Chr. 1013; Erl. 149, 3: Exon. Th. 306, 29 ; Seef. 15. Wintras hiemes, Germ. 388, 26.
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be-healdan
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Beheald hú þás men þínum ðeówe dóþ, Bl. H. 229, 22: Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 5. Behealdan gé hwæþer gé hit hire gecýþan willen, H. R. 9, 7
streónan
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Th. 445, 28; Dóm. 14. Hé hié gemyndgaþ ðara welegra ðe longe stríndon (striéndon, Hatt. MS.), and lytle hwíle brucon; hú hrædlíce se fǽrlíca deáð hié on lytelre hwíle bereáfode ðæs ðe hié on longre hwíle mid unryhte striéndon (stríndon, Hatt.
Linked entries: striénan strínan strýnan a-striénan