stræcness
Persistence, perseverance, pertinacity
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Persistence, perseverance, pertinacity Mid unáteriendlíc[r]e strecnysse indefessa instantia (perseverantia), Hpt. Gl. 434, 24. Hí mid ánrǽdnesse and mid strecnesse geearnodon heofona ríce, L. Ælfc. P. 13; Th. ii. 368, 29
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mód-lufu
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Hé hine mid bám handum beclypte and mid eallre módlufan sette tó his breóstum, Nap. 45. Add
on-grisla
Dread, horror
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Dread, horror Wæs se munt mid mycelum brógan and mid ongryslan eall oferlǽded, Blickl. Homl. 203, 7
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cáma
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A bit Mid brídle and mid cáman in freno et camo, Ps. Th. 31, 11
colt
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x. mæran mid .x. coltan. . . . vi. mæran mid .vi. coltan, Shrn. 159, 17, 29. Add
dún-hunig
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Down-honey Mid doran hunige oððe mid dúnhunige, Lch. iii. 4, 24. Cf. wudu-hunig
be-geótan
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Dele first passage, and add: to cover with a fluid, anoint, besprinkle, drench Se wítega begeát his heáfod mid ele, Hml. S. 18, 319. Hí beguton hine ealne mid ealdum miggan, 35, 153. Begeót ðæne andwlatan ðǽr mid, Lch. i. 200, 9: 272, 5.
grundlinga
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From the very bottom or root, entirely, totally Grundlunge oððe mid stybbe mid ealle stirpatus: grundlunga funditus: grundlinga oððe mid wyrttruman mid ealle radicitus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 3, 4.
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mere
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Hí þá hálgan geléddon tó ánum brádum mere. . . se mere wæs mid forste oferþeaht, Hml. S. 11, 141. Hí cwǽdon ꝥ wé fundon sumne swíþe micelne mere in þǽm wǽre fersc wæter and swéte genóg ingens nos stagnum dulcissime aque inuenturos, Nar. 11, 26.
wróht-lác
Calumny ⬩ slander
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Calumny, slander Unrihtlíce mǽst ǽlc óþerne æftan heáweþ mid scandlícan onscytan and mid wróhtlácan. Wulfst. 160, 5 note
bóc-blæc
Ink
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Ink Þiós Dryhtnes ǽrendbóc ne wæs mid bóc*-*blece, ne mid nénigum eorþlicum andweorce áwriten, Wlfst. 225, 1
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ofer-sceádan
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to sprinkle over with something Mid hunige smire, and ofersceáde þonne mid alwan dúste, Lch. ii. 182, 2
gullisc
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Mid ðý gulliscan seolfre oferworht, . and mid dám neorxna-wonges compgimmum ástǽned, Sal. K. 150, 9. ?
ge-weorpan
to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ jacere ⬩ projicere ⬩ to turn one's self away ⬩ go away ⬩ depart ⬩ pass by ⬩ averti ⬩ abire ⬩ transire
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Drihten hí gewyrpþ mid grine the Lord will cast a snare upon them; pluet super peccatores laqueos, Ps. Th. 10, 7. Miððý gewearp woedo his projecto vestimento suo, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 50. Gewurpon búta ejecerunt extra, 12, 8, 41.
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forst
frost ⬩ intense cold ⬩ hoarfrost ⬩ rime
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Æfter Candelmæssan cóm se stranga winter mid forste and mid snáwe, Chr. 1046; P. 164, 33. Se mere wæs mid forste oferþeaht, and se winterlica wind wan mid þám forste, Hml. S. ii. 143. hoarfrost, rime In forste in pruina, Ps. Srt. 77, 47
be-rénian
to ornament ⬩ adorn
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to ornament, adorn: — Bóc mid sylure berénod, and iii. róde mid sylure berénode, C. D. vi. 101, 24. Add:
lýþer-lic
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Ðá áléde ic mínne kynegyrylan, and mé mid uncúþe hrægle and mid lýþerlice gerelan gegerede, Nar. 18, 3. Add
mene
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Hé geg'ængde mé mid orle of golde áwefen and mid ormettum mynum mé gefretewode, Hml, S. 7, 37. Add
of-beátan
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Se micela ylp þe þá módigan fearras mid ealle ofbeát mid his egeslican nypele, Hml. A. 63, 286. Add
ríce-healdend
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A ruler Alfwold . . . mid rihte and mid gerisenum rícehealdend (ríce healdende?) Athelwaldo . . . rite regimina regenti, Guth. Gr. 104, 4