weall-steáp
high as regards its walls ⬩ buildings, with lofty walls ⬩ with lofty cliffs, lofty.
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high as regards its walls orbuildings, with lofty walls Hié on weallsteápe burg (cf. seó steápe burh on Sennar, 102, 15; Gen. 1700) wlítan meahton, Cd. Th. 145, 7; Gen. 2402. with lofty cliffs, lofty.
on-fundelness
Experience, proof
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Hyt déþ onfundelnysse ðæs sylfan þinges it will give proof of the same thing, the second method will prove as efficacious as the first, 162, 1
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ge-stund
A noise ⬩ din
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A noise, din Hí swá ungemetlícum gestundum fóron ðæt him þúhte ðæt hit eall betweox heofone and eorþan hleóðrode ðám egeslícum stefnum they came with such immoderate noises that it seemed to him that between heaven and earth it all resounded with their
teón-word
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Næs heó swá nú æðelborene men synt mid oferméttum áfylled . . . ne mid teónwordum she was not, as nobly born men now are, filled with haughtiness . . . or with insolent words, Lchdm. iii. 428, 33
DREÓR
Blood ⬩ cruor
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Dreóre fáhne stained with gore, Beo. Th. 898; B. 447. Dreóre druncne drunk with blood, Andr. Kmbl. 2005; An. 1005
ge-wring
What one can wring or press out ⬩ drink ⬩ strong drink ⬩ potus ⬩ sicera ⬩ σίκερα
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What one can wring or press out, drink, strong drink; potus, sicera = σίκερα Sicera ælces cynnes [MS. kynnes] gewring bútan wíne and wætere what one can press out of every kind, except wine and water, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 61, 120; Wrt. Voc. 27, 48
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weorold-wita
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A secular or lay councillor Gif feohbót áríseþ, swá swá wise woroldwitan tó steóre gesettan, L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 5. Wíse eác wǽron woroldwitan ðe ǽrest gesettan tó godcundan rihtlagan worldlaga, vii. 24; Th. i. 334, 21.
tó-þringan
To press asunder ⬩ scatter by pressure
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To press asunder, scatter by pressure Hwílum ic wíde tóþringe lagustreáma full hwílum lǽte eft slúpan tósomne sometimes I (the storm) drive wide apart the cups of the floods (i.e. the clouds), sometimes let them again glide together, Exon.
dióre
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dearly, with great price, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 37; Met. 26, 19
feld-rude
Wild rue ⬩ silvestris rŭta
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Wild rue; silvestris rŭta, Ben. Lye: Lchdm. Glos. vol. iii. p. 325
rǽd-wita
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A counsellor, one wise in counsel Ríce rǽdwitan, Dom. L. 18, 298
ge-négan
To approach one with anything, to address,
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To approach one with anything, to address, Elen. Kmbl. 769: El. 385
tynge
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Skilful with the tongue, rhetorical Tingcum rhetoricis, facundis, Hpt. Gl. 460, 41
Linked entry: tingce
þrilig
Woven with three threads
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Woven with three threads Þrielig hrægil triligium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 53
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un-deáded
Not deadened
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Not deadened Wiþ springe ge ádeádedum ge undeádedum, Lchdm. ii. 8, 7
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un-hlís
Of evil repute ⬩ disreputable
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Of evil repute, disreputable On unhlísum wige infami via, Kent. Gl. 475
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be-seolfrian
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to cover with silver Besi(l)frede deargentatae, Ps. Srt. 67, 14
beorc
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a bark Wiþ hundes beorc (gebeorc, v. l. ). Lch. i. 28, 20
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breóst-nirwett
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Oppression of the chest, angina pectoris Wiþ breóstnyrwette, Lch. iii. 76, 3
Linked entry: nirwett
gird-wíte
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Take here <b>gyrd-wíte</b> in Dict