stów
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Wið wífa earfoðnyssum ðe on heora inwerdlícum stówum earfeþu þrowiaþ . . . wyrc tó sealfe, dó on wífa stówe, i. 338, 19-22.
efne
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Ne gedafenað ꝥ hé elles dó, bútan swá hé efne on axan and on duste licge, Bl. H. 227, 14. Efne ꝥ gé mé sylfum dóð, 215, 26. Him ne bið nǽfre nán rest seald búton emne þý dæge, Ll.
þeódan
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Ðonne hý sume mid geficum wið ðone ánne þeódaþ and leásettaþ, sume wið ðone óþerne dum adulantur partibus, 125, 2.
wecg
a wedge ⬩ a mass of metal ⬩ a piece of money
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Lǽt ús ámyltan ða sylfrenan godas and eác swylce ða gyldenan, dǽlan siððan wǽdligum ða ámoltenan wæcgas, 5, 234. a piece of money Nim ðone ǽrestan fisc . . . ðú finst ǽnne wecg ( staterem ) on him, Mt. Kmbl. 17, 27: Homl. Th. i. 512, 4
ge-þicgan
To take ⬩ accept ⬩ receive ⬩ sumere ⬩ accipere
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Boitius se hæle hátte se ðone hlísan geþah Boethius the man was named who got that fame, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 106; Met. 1, 53. Geþǽgon medoful manig they took many a mead-cup, Beo. Th. 2033; B. 1014
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býgan
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To bow, bend, turn, turn back, bow down, humble, abase; flectere, inflectere, incurvare, retorquere, deflectere, humiliare Býgdest ðú ðé fór hæleðum thou bowedst thyself before men, Exon. 100a; Th. 376, 11; Seel. 153.
clipigendlíc
calling, vocative ⬩ vocativus ⬩ making a vocal sound ⬩ vocalis
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magister doce me aliquid: vocative is calling or invoking: with this case we address everything, as — O! thou man come hither: 0! thou man speak to me: O! thou master teach me something, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 24-27. making a vocal sound; vocalis
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FALS
FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit ⬩ falsum
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Hwí tíhþ úre hláford us swá micles falses why doth our lord accuse us of so great a fraud? Gen. 44, 7
fór-standan
To stand before or against ⬩ withstand ⬩ oppose ⬩ hinder ⬩ resistĕre ⬩ impĕdīre
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Godes engel fórstód ðone weg stĕtit angĕlus Dŏmĭni in via, Num. 22, 22. v. wiðstandan to withstand
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ful
Full ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus
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Ðá beád Swegen ful gyld and metsunge to his here ðone winter Sweyn then commanded full tribute and provisions for his army during the winter, Chr. 1013; Erl. 149, 24
hel-líc
Hellish ⬩ infernal
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Seó fæstnung ðære hellícan clýsinge ne geþafaþ ðæt hí ǽfre útábrecon the fastening of the enclosure of hell does not permit them ever to break out, i. 332, 20: ii. 80, 6.
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here-paþ
A road for an army ⬩ military road ⬩ road large enough to march soldiers upon
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On ðone brádan herpaþ, iii. 23, 35. Wísde herepoþ tó ðære heán byrig shewed a road for his army to the lofty city, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 12; Dan. 38.
hwem
A corner ⬩ angle
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A corner, angle Hwæt fremaþ ðære burhware ðeáh ðe ðæt port beo trumlíce on ǽlce healfe getimbrod gif ðǽr biþ án hwem open forlǽten ðæt se onwinnenda here þurh ðam infær hæbbe what does it avail the citizens, though the town be firmly built on every side
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in-ylfe
A gut ⬩ bowel
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Gif men síe innelfe úte ... gedó ðæt innelfe on ðone man if a man's bowel protrude ... put the bowel into the man, 3. 73; Lchdm. ii. 358, 23-5. Inelfe viscera, Wrt. Voc. 65, 32. Inilve, 285, 58.
ísern
Iron
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Hét gebindan beám ðone miclan ǽrenum clammum and ísernum he bade bind that great tree with brazen bands and with iron, Cd. 200; Th. 248, 29; Dan. 520
líþ
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Ðam men ðe hine ne lyst his metes ne líþes for the man that does not care for his meat or drink, L. M. 1, 19; Lchdm. ii. 62, 16. Of mistlícum dryncum ðæs líþes from various strong drinks, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 17.
lust-bǽre
desirous ⬩ desirable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ agreeable
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Wǽron lustbǽre for ðone leófan drihten wíta tó þrowienne, Homl. Skt. 4, 116. Ðás word sind lustbǽre tó gehýrenne these words are pleasant to hear, Homl. Th. i. 130, 16
mægen-cræft
Main force ⬩ great power or might ⬩ mighty power
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Is ðæt mægencræft micel móda gehwylces ofer líchoman (cf. hit is micel cræft ðæs módes for ðone líchoman, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 196, 10), Bt. Met. Fox 26, 209; Met. 26, 105. Ðæt hé þrittiges manna mægencræft on his mundgripe hæbbe, Beo. Th. 765; B. 380.
metsian
to feed ⬩ to furnish with provisions
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Th. 43, 13. to furnish with provisions Heora ǽlc férde tó his castele and ðone mannoden and metsoden swá hig betst mihton each of them went to his castle and manned and provisioned it as well as ever they could, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 16.
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míl
A mile
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A mile Álecgaþ hit on ánre míle ðone mǽstan dǽl fram ðæm túne, ðonne óðerne ... óð ðe hyt eall áled biþ on ðære ánre míle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 30-32: Blickl. Homl. 129, 4. Leóuue, míle milliarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 7. Twelf míla, Blickl.