CLÚS
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He fram ðære clúsan afaren wæs wið ðara scipa he was gone from the pass towards the ships, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 26, 22. Ðá hæfdon hý heora clúsan belocene when they had closed their passes, 3, 7; Bos. 60, 4.
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CWALU
A quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction ⬩ nex, cædes, exitium
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A quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction; nex, cædes, exitium Se cyning Eádwine mid árleásre cwale ofslegen wæs rex Æduini impia nece occisus, Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 32: 2, 12; S. 513, 9, 12, 16.
Linked entry: cwælu
cwelman
To torture, torment, destroy, kill ⬩ trucidare, cruciare
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He wæs ðæt folc cwilmende he tortured the people, Ors. 1, 12 ; Bos. 36, 25. He eorþ-cyningas yrmde and cwelmde he oppressed and slew the kings of the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 94; Met. 9, 47.
dæg-rím
A number of days, a course of days ⬩ dierum numerus
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A number of days, a course of days;dierum numerus Wiste ðe geornor ðæt his aldres wæs ende gegongen, dógora dægrím he knew the better that his life's end was passed, his days' number, Beo. Th. 1650; B. 823.
Cynegils
Cynegils, sixth king of the West Saxons ⬩ Cynegilsus
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Kynegils] wæs gefullod fram Byríne ðam biscope on Dorcaceastre, and Oswold Norþhymbra cining his onféng here, Cynegils was baptized by Birīnus the bishop of Dorchester, and Oswold, king of Northumbria, was his sponsor, 635; Erl. 25, 33.
fiscere
A FISHER ⬩ piscātor ⬩ the bird king-fisher ⬩ alcēdo
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Ðæra Terfinna land wæs eall wéste, bútan ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oððe fisceras, oððe fugeleras the land of the Terfinns was all waste, save where the hunters, fishers or fowlers encamped, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 9.
hyrstan
To fry ⬩ roast
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Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde and hine cwicne hirstan and brǽdan and swá hine mon má hirste swá wæs hé fægera on ondwlitan he ordered him to be stretched on an iron bed and roasted alive; and the more he was roasted the fairer was his face, Shrn
ísen
Iron
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Seó gyrd wæs eal ísen the rod was all iron, Homl. Th. ii. 312, 17. Hig hyne on ánum ýsenum scrýne gebrohton on ðære byrig Damascus they brought him in an iron chest to the city of Damascus, St. And. 38, 8.
líg-ræsc
Lightning
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His ansýn wæs swylce lígræsc, Nicod. 15; Thw. 7, 20. Ic geseah Satanan swá swá lígræsc of heofone feallende videbam Satanan sicut fulgor de cælo cadentem, Lk. Skt. 10, 18: 17, 24.
Linked entries: ræsc líget-ræsc
nefa
a nephew ⬩ nepos ⬩ a grandson ⬩ a step-son
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Heó wæs Édwines nefan ( nepotis ) dohtor, Bd. 4. 23; S. 593, 2. Hé swylces hwæt secgan wolde eám his nefan, Beo. Th. 1766; B. 881. a grandson Nefena bearnum pronepotibus, filiis nepotum, Hpt. Gl. 426, 50.
BINDAN
To BIND, tie ⬩ ligare, alligare
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Úser Hǽlend [MS. hælendes] wæs bunden fæste our Saviour was bound fast, Exon. 116 b; Th. 449, 5; Dóm. 66
ge-fultuman
To help ⬩ assist ⬩ help to ⬩ supply
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He wæs godcundlíce gefultumad divinitus adjutus, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 41
ge-lácnian
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ sānāre ⬩ mĕdēri
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He wæs gelácnod he was cured, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 61, 44. Mon geseah hine laman gelácnian people saw him healing the lame, Blickl. Homl. 177, 16. Hine gelácnode curam ejus egit, Lk. Skt. 10, 34, note
Linked entries: lácnian ge-lécnian
ge-myntan
To determine, resolve ⬩ stătuĕre, decernĕre
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Him wæs gesǽd ðæt hí wǽron gemynte ánum sutere he asked for whom those buildings were intended. He was told that they were meant for a shoemaker, 354, 35. Hæfdon hie gemynted to ðam they had resolved thereon, Cd. 153; Th. 190, 10; Exod. 197.
Linked entry: myntan
scrid
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Heó wæs on gyldenum scryd, 156, 11. Screoda siex hun[dred]a six hundred chariots (cf. Exod. 14, 7), Exon. Th. 468, 9; Phar. 5. Lígbǽrum scridum vel crætum flammigeris quadrigis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 14
Linked entry: scriða
sting
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a sting, stab, thrust made with a pointed instrument ; the wound made by a stab or sting Beslóh se þorn on ðone fót and swá strang wæs se sting ðæs þornes ðæt hé eode þurh ðone fót the prick of the thorn was so hard, that the thorn went through the foot
treówe
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True, faithful, trustworthy Wæs hiera sib ætgædere, ǽghwylc ððrum trýwe. Beo. Th. 2334; B. 1165. Hé spræc to his onbehtþegne, to his treówum gesíþe. Exon. Th. 179, 29; Gú. 1269. Hié ne beóþ nánum men getreówe (ne treówe. Bod.
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weþer
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His bigleofa wæs ǽlce dæg . . . hundteóntig weðera ( centum arietes 1 Kings 4, 23), Homl. Th. ii. 576, 33. [Goth. wiþrus (Guþs) agnus (Dei): O. L. Ger. wither aries: O. H. Ger. widar aries, vervex, multo: Icel. veðr.]
wól-berende
Pestiferous ⬩ pestilential ⬩ pernicious
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Wæs ðæra wyrma oroð swíðe deáðberende and ǽterne (quorum halitus erat pestifer) and for hiora ðæm wólberendan oroðe monigé men swulton, Nar. 14, 17: 16, 2. Hé onsent ofer hig wólberende windas. Ps. Th. 10. 7.
æþelborenness
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Hé wæs æðelboren, ac hé oferstáh hís æðelborennysse mid hálgum ðeáwum, 118, 10. nobleness, nobility, dignity 'Mycel æðelborennys bið ꝥ man bé Crístes ðeów' ...