un-áræfnedlíce
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Intolerably Óðer den wæs légum full swýðe egesfullíce, óðer wæs náhte þon lǽs unáræfnedlíce cyle full, Bd. 5, 12 ; Sch. 616, 7
nacian
To strip
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To strip (the clothes off a person) Ðá hé ðæt nolde hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded when he would not do that (deny Christ), he was stripped and sent to prison, Shrn. 51, 12
gealg-treów
a gallow-tree
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Gallowtree-gate in Leicester) Tó ðám galhtreówe on deópan dene, C. D. iii. 439, 12
dryht-sib
Peace between two nations, lordly kinship ⬩ pax vel amīcĭtia inter duas gentes
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Peace between two nations, lordly kinship; pax vel amīcĭtia inter duas gentes Ic Heaðobeardna ne talige dryhtsibbe dǽl Denum unfǽcne I esteem not part of the Heathobeards' lordly kinship to the Danes guileless, Beo. Th. 4142; B. 2068
bláwan
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to have wind blowing in it Seó dene wæs weallende mid lígum on ánre sídan, on óðre sídan mid hagole bláwende búton tóforlǽtennysse, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 9. 3. Add Bytte bláwan fulle windes. Hml. S. 34, 317
Linked entry: blǽd
reóst
rest; the wood on which the coulter of a plough is fixed
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Sules reóst dentale, s. est aratri pars prima in qua vomer inducitur quasi dens,; :Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 72 ;dentalia,; 106, 20 : 25, 28
æt-sacan
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Th. i. 70, 15. to deny, refuse permission Nis ǽnig dǽl mínes líchaman ꝥ ic þé ætsacan wille ꝥ þú hine þweá, Hml. A. 157, 147. to deny a person, disown, with gen. Ne ætsace ic þín non te negabo . Mk. 14, 31. Hé ætsæcð Crístes, Wlfst. 85, l.
atelíc
Dire ⬩ terrible ⬩ horrid ⬩ foul ⬩ loathsome ⬩ dirus ⬩ terribilis ⬩ horridus ⬩ deformis ⬩ fœ́dus
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Dire, terrible, horrid, foul, loathsome; dirus, terribilis, horridus, deformis, fœ́dus Norþ-Denum stód atelíc egesa over the North-Danes stood dire terror, Beo. Th. 1572; B. 784. Unwlitig swile and atelíc tumor deformis, Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, 17
weallian
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Heó weallode wîde dæges and nihtes geond þá muntas and þá dena per montes et valles die noctuque vagabatur, Gr. D. 176, 18. Hé ongan weallian fram þám bróðrum in þá tíde heora gebedes vagari tempore orationis coepit, III, 20. Add
for-dón
to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ dēlēre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ to seduce ⬩ defile ⬩ corrupt ⬩ sedūcĕre ⬩ scĕlĕrāre
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to do for, destroy, kill; perdĕre, destruĕre, dēlēre, contĕrĕre, interfĭcĕre, occīdĕre Ondrǽdaþ ðone, ðe mæg sáwle and líchaman fordón on helle tĭmēte eum, qui pŏtest et ănĭmam et corpus perdĕre in gehennam, Mt. Bos. 10, 28: Mk. Bos. 3, 6: Gen. 18, 23
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fýr-leóma
A fire-beam ⬩ igneus splendor
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A fire-beam; igneus splendor Fýrleóma stód geond ðæt atole scræf a fire-beam stood through that horrid den, Cd. 216; Th. 272, 32; Sat. 128
sundor-nytt
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Hæfde Hróðgár seleweard áseted; sundernytte beheóld ymb aldor Dena, eóten weard ábeád, Beo. Th. 1339; B. 667. v. preceding word
hilde
A slope ⬩ declivity
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Oð ðæs clifes norðhyldan . . . on æccan dene norðhyldan, iii. 418, 25, 33
byrde
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Born, well-born, noble, rich; natus, natu vel genere præstans, nobilis, opulentus Se byrdesta sceall gyldan the richest must pay, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 36
ge-médryd
Mothered, of the same mother,
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Mothered, of the same mother, Gen. 43, 29 : 44, 20
grafu
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A cave, den Grǽfe (the MS. has the accent) ðeáfana (cf. illvirkja gröf in the Icelandic version of Mt. 21, 13) speluncam latronum, Mt. L. 21, 13
Deorwente
The river DERWENT, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Durham ⬩ quatuor fluviōrum nomen in agris Eboracensi Derbiensi Cumbriensi et Dunholmensi
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The river DERWENT, in Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Cumberland, and Durham; quatuor fluviōrum nomen in agris Eboracensi Derbiensi Cumbriensi et Dunholmensi Be Deorwentan ðære eá by the river Derwent [Yorkshire], Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 18: 2, 13; S. 517, 16. Of ðam
ge-dúfan
To plunge ⬩ to duck ⬩ sink ⬩ dive ⬩ be drowned ⬩ mergi
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To plunge, to duck, sink, dive, be drowned; mergi Heó gedúfan sceolun in ðone deópan wælm they must dive into the deep fire, Cd. 213; Th. 266, 30; Sat. 30 : Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 6; Gú. 555. Gedeáf sank, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 38. Ðæt ðæt sweord gedeáf so
dreór-líc
bloody ⬩ sanguinolentus ⬩ mournful, sad ⬩ mœstus, tristis
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bloody; sanguinolentus Ne wearþdreórlícre [dreórilícre, col. 2] dǽd gedón syððan Dene cómon no bloodier deed was done since the Danes came, Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 9; Ælf.
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hamel
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Broken, rugged Æt hamelan dene, C. D. iii. 362, 36. On þonne þriddan hlinc ðe tó hamelan dúnæ hýrð . . . on ðá mearce ðe tó hamelan dúne hýrð, v. 361, 30-362, 1. Cf. Andlang streámes tó brocenan beorge, C. D. B. ii. 245, 34