strang
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Ðætte úre mód ðý fæstre and ðý strengre beforan Gode sié on ðæm cræftum ut cor robustius in virtute solidetur, 65, 6; Swt. 467, 9.
hors
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[Horses were used by those who had to journey or whose business required them to move about; for the drawing of vehicles in which either people (especially invalids(?)
Drihten-líc
Belonging to the Lord, Lordly ⬩ Domĭnĭcus
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Belonging to the Lord, Lordly; Domĭnĭcus Drihtenlíces Domĭnĭci, Mone B. 429. Angelþeóde ðæs Drihtenlícan geleáfan gife geleornode gens Anglōrum Domĭnĭcæ fidei et dona discĕret, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 29.
Linked entry: Dryhten-líc
fǽhþ-bót
Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrel ⬩ inimīcĭtiārum compensātio
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Feud-amends, compensation for engaging in a feud or quarrel;inimīcĭtiārum compensātio Ne þearf ǽnig mynster-munuc mid rihte fǽhþbóte biddan, ne fǽhþbóte bétan no minter-monk may lawfully demand feud-amends, nor pay feud-amends, L.
fugol
A bird ⬩ fowl ⬩ ăvis
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Fugole gelícost most like to a bird, Andr. Kmbl. 994; An. 497. God gelǽdde ðære lyfte fugolas to Adame Deus volātĭlia cæli adduxit ad Adam, Gen. 2, 19: Cd. 200; Th. 248, 14; Dan. 513
brægen
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Ǽrest þæs mannes brægen bið geworden on his móder innoþe. Þonne bid ꝥ brægen útan mid reáman bewefen on þǽre syxtan wucan, Nar. 49, 24-26. Án stán hine slóh inn oð þæt brægen, Hml. Th. ii. 300, 24. Add
eorþ-styrung
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Eorðstyrungurn geswenced terrae motu fatigata, Gr. D. 134, 1. Add
gearwe
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Ealle Rómáne woldon ymb xii mónað bringan tógædere þone sélestan dǽl hiora gódra geara (gearwa, v. l.) (heora góda gegearod tó heora geblóte, v. l. ), and hiora siþþan feta wucena ætgædere brúcan, Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 25
forþ-síþ
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Exitium, i. periculum forþsíþ, útsíþ mors perdictio, Wülck. Gl. 231, 10. Ðonne him forðsíð gebyrige gýme his hláford ðæs hé lǽfe, Ll. Th. i. 434, 27. Behealdað hiera líf and hira forðsiið, Past. 205, 16.
ofer-scínan
to cover with light, illumine
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Ðonne his (the moon's) leóma ealne middaneard oferscíne, Anglia viii. 323, 7
ge-sníþan
To cut ⬩ cut off
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To cut, cut off Summ monn gesnáþ him ða eárelipprica quidam amputavit illi auricula, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 47.
tó-tellan
To distinguish in counting ⬩ count separately
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To distinguish in counting, count separately Án íglond ligþ út on gársecg ðǽr nǽngu biþ niht on sumera ne wuhte ðon má on wintra dæg tóteled an island lies out in the ocean, where in summer no night can be distinguished in reckoning time, any more than
CÍÞ
a CHIT, sprout, germ, sprig, mote ⬩ germen, festuca ⬩ seed ⬩ crementum
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Ðú meaht gesión lytelne cíþ on ðínes bróður eágan thou canst see a little mote in thy brother's eye, Past. 33, 6; Cot. MS. 42b, 32. Se smala cíþ the small mote, 33, 6; Hat. MS. 43a, 2, 3.
wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Hwæðer ðú wéne ðæt ǽnig mon sié swá andgetfull, ðæt hé mæge ongitan ǽlcne mon on ryht hwelc hé sié, ðæt hé náuþer ne sié ne betera ne wyrsa ðonne hé his wéne?
sleán
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Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 32. to move by a stroke, to strike off a limb, etc. Hí slógon him of ðæt heáfod, Th. An. 122, 23. Sleá mon hond of oððe fót, L.
mǽrsian
to make great ⬩ extend ⬩ to make known ⬩ spread the knowledge of anything ⬩ declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ announce ⬩ celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ to celebrate ⬩ perform a rite, ceremony, &c. with due solemnity ⬩ to magnify ⬩ exalt ⬩ praise ⬩ glorify
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Ðæt is ðæt mon his mearce brǽde ðæt mon his hlísan and his naman mǽrsige terminum suum dilatare, est opinionis suæ nomen extendere, Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 14. Mǽrsedon celebrabant, Hpt. Gl. 514, 21. Mǽrsud [wearþ] crebruit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 71.
swǽsende
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Ða six Sunnandagas ðe wé swǽsendo on habbaþ the six Sundays in Lent when we may take meat (cf. nán dæg (in Lent ) ne sý bútan Sunnandagum ánum, ðæt ǽnig mon ǽniges metes brúce ǽr ðære teóðan tíde oððe ðære twelfte, L. E.
feld
plain ⬩ field
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D. 110, 16. used figuratively Mon on þám feldum þára háligra gewryta þá wǽpnu métan mæg mid þám mon þá uncysta ofercuman mæg, Ll. Th. ii. 44, 13
gífre
Greedy ⬩ covetous ⬩ voracious ⬩ eager ⬩ desirous ⬩ avidus
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Líg gǽsta gífrost flame, most ravenous of spirits, Beo. Th. 2250; B. 1123. Gífrost and grǽdgost most rapacious and most greedy, Exon. 128 a; Th. 493, 2; Rä. 81, 24
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ǽ-gleáw
Skilled in the law ⬩ learned ⬩ wise ⬩ legis peritus ⬩ saga-cissimus ⬩ sapientissimus
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Ðæt scell ǽgleáwra fíndan that a more learned man must find out. Andr. Kmbl. 2965; An. 1485