æt-beran
To bear or carry to ⬩ bring forward ⬩ produce ⬩ bear away or forth ⬩ afferre ⬩ proferre ⬩ efferre
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Ðæt [wǽpen] to beadu-láce ætberan meahte might bear forth that [weapon] to the game of war, 3127; B. 1561
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BǼL
fire ⬩ flame ⬩ ignis ⬩ flamma ⬩ the fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burned ⬩ a funeral pile ⬩ rogus ⬩ pyra
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fire, flame; ignis, flamma Hæfde landwara líge befangen, bǽle and bronde he had enveloped the inhabitants of the land with flame, with fire and brand, Beo. Th. 4633; B. 2322: 4606; B. 2308.
dwolian
To wander out of the way, err ⬩ errāre
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Lamb. 94, 10. Ða synfullan dwoledon peccātōres errāvērunt, Ps. Surt. 57, 4
for-ealdian
To grow or wax old ⬩ become old ⬩ senescĕre ⬩ veterascĕre ⬩ inveterascĕre
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Lamb. 17, 46. Forealldodon ða gewritu the writings waxed old, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 37. Ne forealdige ðeós hand ǽfre nunquam inveterascat hæc mănus, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 24.
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for-geldan
to pay for ⬩ repay ⬩ return ⬩ give ⬩ render ⬩ reddĕre ⬩ retrĭbuĕre
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Lamb. 40, 11. Twentig scillinga forgelde let him pay twenty shillings, L. Ethb. 22; Th. i. 8, 6: 7; Th. i. 4, 9: 12; Th. i. 6, 8: 26; Th. i. 8, 12, 13: 32; Th. i. 12, 2. Hine man forgelde let a man pay for him, L. H.
for-gnídan
To rub together ⬩ dash or throw down ⬩ break ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ allīdĕre ⬩ elīdĕre
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Lamb. 104, 33, 16: Ps. Spl. 106, 16. Grin forgniden is, and we alýsde synd lăqueus contrītus est, et nos lībĕrāti sŭmus, Ps. Spl. 123, 7. Heorte forgnidene God ná beheóld cor contrītum Deus non despĭcies. Ps. Spl. 50, 18.
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frécednes
Danger ⬩ peril ⬩ hazard ⬩ perīcŭlum ⬩ discrīmen
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Lamb. 114, 3. He ferde fram eallum frécednyssum ðises lǽnan lífes he went from all the perils of this frail life, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 2
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GANOT
A gannet ⬩ sea-fowl ⬩ water-fowl ⬩ fen-duck ⬩ ăvis mărina ⬩ fŭlix ⬩ fŭlĭca
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Ðá wearþ adrǽfed deórmód hæleþ, Óslác of earde, ofer ýþa gewealc, ofer ganotes bæþ then the brave man, Oslac, was driven away from the land, over the billows' roll, over the gannet's bath [the sea], Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 20; Edg. 46 : Beo.
leóþ-cræft
poetry ⬩ verse ⬩ a poem
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Hé biþ swá ðeáh on leópcræfte ǽgðer ge lang ge sceort it [i of the genitive in certain words] is however in poetry both long and short, 18; Som. 21, 51. Ða gemetu gebyriaþ tó lédenum leóþcræfte metres pertain to Latin poetry, 50; Som. 51, 66.
líne
a line ⬩ rope ⬩ a line ⬩ row ⬩ rule ⬩ canon
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Voc. 56, 60. a line, row, line for guidance, rule, canon Þurh ðæs cantices cwide, Cristes línan [the rule laid down by Christ in the Lord's Prayer], Salm. Kmbl. 34; Sal. 17.
mæðtel-cwide
Discourse ⬩ converse
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Hyrcnigan hálges lára mildes meðelcwida to listen to the instructions of the holy man, the discourses of the kind one, 47 b; Th. 162, 23; Gú. 980. Meaht ðú meðelcwidum worda gewealdan are words at thy command for discourse, Th. 163, 4; Gú. 988.
niþer-líc
low ⬩ low ⬩ humble ⬩ inferior
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Lamb. 62, 10. Tó nyþerlícum ad inferos, Cant. An. 6. Hé his eágan bígde on ðás nyþerlícan þing oculos in inferiora deflectens, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 8. low, humble, inferior In ðisse nyþerlícan worulde in this lower world, Shrn. 123, 10.
gladian
to be glad ⬩ exultare ⬩ to make glad
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Lamb. 12, 5. Abraham gladade ł glæd wæs Abraham gavisus, est; Wick. Abraham gladide. Jn. Skt. Rush. 8, 56. Glada and blissa be glad and rejoice Apol. Th. 7, 2.
BODIG
bigness or height of body, stature ⬩ statura ⬩ the trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bone ⬩ truncus corporis ⬩ the BODY ⬩ corpus
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bigness or height of body, stature; statura Ðæt se mon wǽre lang on bodige quod esset vir longæ staturæ, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 33.
ge-beót
a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ boast ⬩ commĭnātio ⬩ mĭnæ ⬩ a promise ⬩ promissum
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[Laym. ibeot.]
scrudnian
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Lamb. 118, 115. And Drihten on micelre folces menige smeáþ and scrutnoþ (scrudnaþ, MS. T. ) hwæt ða feáwa syndan ðe his willan wyrcean willen et querens Dominus in multitudine populi, R. Ben. 2, 16.
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swice
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[He minne fader biswak þurh swike his craftes (mid his luþer craftes, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 14865.]
un-gerisene
unsuitable ⬩ inappropriate ⬩ unseemly ⬩ indecent
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Nis ungerisne ðæt wé án wundor of monegum ásecgan nec ab re est unum e pluribus miraculum enarrare, Bd. 3, 2; S. 524, 38. unseemly, indecent Ðý læs hé ówiht unwyrþes oððe ungerisenes dyde mid his múþe ne aliquid indignum suae personae vel ore proferret
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un-seht
Not in agreement ⬩ in hostility ⬩ at variance
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Florence of Worcester, who says that Edric summoned two Welsh kings to help him and laid waste Hereford.
wóhlíce
Wrongly ⬩ unjustly ⬩ perversely ⬩ wickedly
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Seó lagu lahlíce gewítnode ða ðe wólíce singodon, L. Ælfc. P. 8; Th. ii. 366, 23. Hé cwæð ðæt hé wurde wólíce swá getúcod, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 276. Nú dó wé swýðe wólíce, gif wé ne wurðiaþ God, 13, 180: 17, 233 : Wulfst. 105, 9 : Homl.