fracoþ
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Th. ii. 320, 22. ꝥ fracode wíf ( Jezebel ), Hml. S. 18, 160. Hé cwæð ꝥ hié fracuþe (-coðe, v.l.) and earme wǽron dicens contemnendos esse eos et miseros, Bd. 3, 21; Sch. 288, 11. Fela is fracodra getrýwða ( bad faith ) mid mannum, Wlfst. 243, 15.
full-boren
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Ðá wíf ðe ðá geeácnodan bearn cennað ðe ðonne git fulborene ne beóð, ne fyllað hié nó mid ðǽm hús ac byrgenna conceptas soboles feminae si priusquam plene formentur proferunt, nequaquam domos sed tumulos replent, Past. 383, 35. (1 a) figuratively Ðonne
hand-geweorc
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Add: what is made with the hands Þíne godas syndon gyldene and sylfrene . . . getreówleásera manna handgeweorc Hml. S. 14, 21. Handgeweorce manufacta, An. Ox. 3710. a. of what is made by the Deity Ic beó þín hondgeweorc, Bl. H. 147, 35.
hǽmed-þing
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Add: with no sense of criminality Þes bisceop sǽde... ꝥ hé nǽfre on his lífe ne cóme neáh wífe þurh hǽmedþing, ac heóld his clǽnnysse, Hml. S. 3, 204.
ribb
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Saga mé on hwæðere Adames sídan uam úre Drihten ðæt rib ðe hé ðæt wíf of geworhte, Sal. K. 198, 9. Óstige ribba hyrdlas, ribbes, hricges gebígednesse squamigeros costarum crates (rigidamque) spinae curvaturam, An. Ox. 2465. Add
æf(e)stig
envious ⬩ zealous (against)
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Ðaelígm æfstegum invidis Past. 233, 16. in a good sense, zealous (against) Æfstig wið óðra monna yfelu contra aliena vitia aemulator Past. 79, 12
tó-brýsan
To crush, ⬩ break in pieces
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Tobrusede brake in pieces, Wick. (2 Kings 18, 4)
fyrn-wita
An ancient sage ⬩ old counsellor ⬩ prophet ⬩ antīquus săpiens
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Wæs fródan fyrnwitan feorh úþgenge life was departed from the wise old counsellor, Beo. Th. 4252; B. 2123. Fróde fyrnweotan wise ancient sages, Andr. Kmbl. 1567; An. 785. Wæs se wítedóm þurh fyrnwitan sungen the prophecy was sung by old seers, Elen.
be-wrítan
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it escape thee . . . score round it with iron, and so must you dig round it as not to touch it with the iron, Lch. i. 244, 17-23.
láð
hateful ⬩ hated ⬩ loathed ⬩ loth ⬩ displeasing ⬩ injurious ⬩ grievous ⬩ hostile ⬩ malign ⬩ inimical
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Láð wið láðum foe with foe, 884; B. 440. Láðe cyrmdon the foes shouted, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 3; Exod. 461. Wið láðra lygesearwum against false wiles of foes, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 23; Cri. 776: Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 38; Jud. 304.
gilp
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Bið wén láðlicre scome . . . geótende gielp there will be chance of foul shame, good fame will befalling Fä. 41. Gítsung gilpes, Met. 7, 15. Gelpes, 10, 13. Gif ic wiste hú wið þám áglǽcan elles meahte gylpe ( with glory ) wiðgrípan, B. 2521.
hwanne
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Wit unc simble ondrédon hwonne wit sceoldon feallan of þám olfende, Shrn. 38, 15. Hié wǽron on þǽre ondrǽdinge hwonne hié on þá eorþan besuncene wurden, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 14. Beóð beofigende hwonne ..., Sat. 622.
byrn-wígende
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Gehlódon byrnwígendum werum wǽghengestas they loaded the ships with men covered with armour, Elen. Kmbl. 470; El. 235
ge-wlencan
To make proud, rich ⬩ to exalt
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To make proud, rich, to exalt Ic Æþelrǽd eldorman gewelegod and gewlenced mid sume dǽle Mercna ríces I Ethelred alderman enriched and exalted with a part of the Mercians' realm, Th. Chart. 129, 26. Wírum gewlenced adorned with wires, Elen.
ge-lísian
to slip ⬩ slide
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to slip, slide Be ðæm is awriten se ðe nylle onscúnian his lytlan scylda ðæt he wille gelísian to máran it is written that he who will not shun his little sins will glide into greater, Past. 57, 2; Swt. 437, 20; Hat. MS
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ge-mǽn-sumian
To do or have anything in common with another, to communicate to or share with another, to marry ⬩ communicare, nubere ⬩ communicare, participare
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To do or have anything in common with another, to communicate to or share with another, to marry; communicare, nubere Wylladon us ða þing gemǽnsuman [MS. gemǽnsumian] ea nobis communicare desiderastis, Bd. 1, 25; S. 487, 14. Gemǽnsumad nuptus, Mk.
brægde
Fraudulent
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Fraudulent, done with fraud Ús ne þincþ nán riht ꝥ ǽnig man ágnian sceole þǽr gewitnysse bið, and man gecnáwan can ꝥ þǽr bregde (bregden, brygde (or dat.? v. brygd) v. ll.) bið (that the matter is conducted with fraud ), Ll. Th. 1. 390, 13
geolwe
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With a yellow tinge Se andwlita biþ geolwe blác (cf. hire andwlita biþ reáde wan, 19) the face is pale with a tinge of yellow (sallow ), Lch. ii. 348, 16. Geole reád vel geole crog flavum, i. fulvum, rubeum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 15
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of-langod
Seized with an excessive longing or desire
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Seized with an excessive longing or desire For ðære sibbe hé wearþ oflangod ungemetlíce he was seized with an immense longing on account of the love he bore his father and mother Homl. Th. ii. 176, l. Oflongad, Exon. Th. 443, 13; Kl. 29
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cræt-wǽn
A chariot ⬩ wain ⬩ currus
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A chariot, wain; currus Crætwǽn mid seolfre gegyred a chariot mounted with silver Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 43, 14. Mid crætwǽne with a chariot 2, 4; Bos. 43, 6. Sceoldon senátas rídan on crætwǽnum the senators must ride in chariots 2, 4; Bos. 43, 9