BEORCAN
to make a sharp explosive sound ⬩ latratum vel sonum edere ⬩ to BARK ⬩ latrare
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Ne mæg he fram húndum beón borcen he may not be barked at by dogs Herb. 67, 2; Lchdm. i. 170, 17
Linked entry: borcian
dæg-steorra
The day star ⬩ lucifer, aurora
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The day star; lucifer, aurora Seó sunne and se móna, and ǽfensteorra and dægsteorra, and óðre þrý steorran, ne synd ná fæste on ðam firmamentum the sun and the moon, and the evening star and the day star, and three other stars, are not fast in the firmament
earming
A wretched or miserable being ⬩ mĭser
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Ne ondrǽd ðé, lá earming git ðu hæfst lífes hiht dread not, 0 wretched man, thou hast yet hope of life, Ælfc. T. 37, 2.
Linked entry: erming
for-cweðan
To rebuke ⬩ censure ⬩ revile ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ incrĕpāre ⬩ maledīcĕre ⬩ recūsāre ⬩ rejĭcĕre
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To rebuke, censure, revile, refuse, reject; incrĕpāre, maledīcĕre, recūsāre, rejĭcĕre Ne sceal hine mon cildgeong ne forcweðan one must not while a young child rebuke him, Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 14; Gn. Ex. 49.
for-pǽran
To turn away ⬩ pervert ⬩ ruin ⬩ destroy ⬩ pervertĕre ⬩ perdĕre
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Gif we us sylfe ne forpǽraþ if we do not destroy ourselves, Homl. Th. i. 216, 9: ii. 50, 5. Adam us forpǽrde þurh ánes æpples þigene Adam ruined us by the eating of an apple, Homl. Th. ii. 330, 32.
Linked entry: a-pǽran
frécednes
Danger ⬩ peril ⬩ hazard ⬩ perīcŭlum ⬩ discrīmen
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Danger, peril, hazard; perīcŭlum, discrīmen Ne ða tobeótiendan frécednesse ðam eágan mennisc hand gehǽlan mihte human hand could not save the eye from the threatening danger, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 23. Ahred fram frécednysse saved from peril, Homl.
Linked entry: frǽcednys
gita
Yet ⬩ still
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Hiora nǽnig næs ðá gieta as yet none of them existed, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 24; Met. 8, 12
grimlíc
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Ða gewin wǽron grimlícran ðonne hý nú sýn struggles were more bloodthirsty than they now are; quod crudelius graviusque erat quam nunc est, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 23
ge-beót
a threatening ⬩ threat ⬩ boast ⬩ commĭnātio ⬩ mĭnæ ⬩ a promise ⬩ promissum
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of Noah, before they parted, Ælfc.
ge-cýðnes
Testimony ⬩ testament ⬩ manifestation ⬩ testimonium ⬩ testamentum
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Nú neálǽceþ ǽgðer ge ðín onwrigennes ge uncer gecýðnes now approaches both the discovery of thee [as false] and the manifestation of us two [as true], Blickl. Homl. 187, 23
ge-fremian
To finish ⬩ effect ⬩ bring to pass ⬩ accomplish ⬩ commit ⬩ effĭcĕre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ committĕre
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Ic ne gemune nánra his synna ðe he gefremode I will remember none of his sins which he has committed, Homl. Th. ii. 602, 19. Forðan synd ðás wundru gefremode on him ĭdeo virtūtes ŏpĕrantur in eo, Mt. Bos. 14, 2.
þroht-heard
strong under afflictions ⬩ having fortitude or endurance in trouble ⬩ grievously hard
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strong under afflictions, having fortitude or endurance in trouble Ne geald hé (Stephen) yfel yfele, ac his ealdfeóndum þingode þrohtheard he requited not evil with evil, but strong to bear his sufferings he interceded for his foes, Elen.
un-mǽne
free from evil ⬩ pure ⬩ without perjury ⬩ free from ⬩ exempt from ⬩ not sharing in
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O. 6; Th. i. 180, 18. free from, exempt from, not sharing in Álýsede fram bende ǽlces mennissces dómes, fram ǽlcere gærsuman woruldlícra brúcunga clǽne and unmǽne nexu humanae conditionis exuti, ab omni munere secularium functionum immunes, Cod.
Linked entry: mǽne
un-pleólíc
Not dangerous ⬩ without risk
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Not dangerous, without risk, as regards physical hurt Unpleólícre hit bið on lytlum scipe and on lytlum wætere, ðonne on miclum scipe and on miclum wætere, Prov.
un-seht
Not in agreement ⬩ in hostility ⬩ at variance
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Not in agreement, in hostility, at variance Eádríc cild and ða Bryttas wurdon unsehte and wunnon heom wið ða castelmenn on Hereforda Eadric and the Welsh broke out into hostility (against William. v.
wiþ-metenness
Comparison
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Næs hé geteald tó ðyssere wiðmetennysse he was not included in this comparison, ii. 38, 3. Sume naman synd diminutiva, ða geswuteliaþ wanunge, ná wiðmetennysse, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 16, 18
Linked entry: wiþ-gemetness
ed-hwyrft
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Voc. ii. 148, 30. return, recovery from a condition Oftigen bið him torhtre gesihðe . . . þæt him bið sár in his móde . . . ne wéneð þæt him þæs edhwyrft cyme ( he does not expect to recover from his blindness ), Gn.
hægtesse
A witch, hag, fury
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ísenes dǽl hægtessan geweorc hit sceal gemyltan ... gif hit wǽre ylfa gescot oððe hit wǽre hægtessan gescot nú ic wille ðín helpan if herein there be a bit of iron, a witch's work, it shall melt ... if it were an elf's shot or it were a witch's shot, now
Linked entry: hǽting
hafen-leás
Lacking means, poor, indigent ⬩ inops
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Se ðe spéda hæfþ and ða áspendan nele hafenleásum bréðer he that hath riches and will not expend them for his brother who lacks, 318,11 : 484, 33 : 178, 19
Linked entry: hæfenleás
hám-fæst
Resident, dwelling at home
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home Hú mæg ðǽr ðonne ánes ríces monnes nama cuman ðonne ðǽr mon furðum ðære burge naman ne geheórþ ne ðære þeóde ðe he on hámfæst biþ how can one great man's name come there, when the name of the town even and of the people among whom he dwells is not