sceam-líc
shamefast, bashful ⬩ shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious
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Eni velunge bitweone mon and ancre is so scheomelich and so naked sunne, A. R. 116, 3
mód-hwæt
Strong of soul ⬩ courageous ⬩ brave
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Strong of soul, courageous, brave Mægeþ mód-hwatu a maiden strong of soul, Exon. 122b; Th. 470, 14; Hy. 11, 16. Nymðe hié módhwate Moyses hýrde unless they with courage good obeyed Moses, Cd. 148; Th. 185, 17; Exod. 124.
stearc-ferhþ
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Of harsh or stern soul Hí stearcferþe cwellan þohtun, Exon. Th. 280, 29; Jul. 636
meóning
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A garter, binding for a sock Meóningas (printed weoningas) fascellas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 53
tungol
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Se seldcúða tungel gebícnode þǽs sóðan cyninges ácennednysse, Hml. Th. i. 106, 27
ge-séfte
Soft, mild ⬩ mītis
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Soft, mild; mītis Wǽron hyra gongas sméðe and geséfte their ways were smooth and soft, Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 3; Gú. 704, Swá him éðost biþ, sylfum geséftost as to them may be easiest, softest to themselves, Elen. Kmbl. 2587; El. 1295
Linked entry: séfte
ge-sund-ful
Full or quite sound ⬩ prosperous ⬩ successful ⬩ prospĕrus
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Full or quite sound, prosperous, successful; prospĕrus Gesundfull síþfæt dó us, God prospĕrum ĭter făciet nōbis Deus, Ps. Spl. 67, 21. His swíðre hand is gesundfull óþ ðis his right hand is sound to this day, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 85
a-lénian
To make lean ⬩ to soak ⬩ macerare
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To make lean, to soak; macerare, Ælf. pref. Hom. p. 4
a-súrian
To be or become sour ⬩ tart ⬩ bitter ⬩ acescere
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To be or become sour, tart, bitter; acescere, Cot. 10: 177
in-trahtnung
Explanation ⬩ interpretation
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Explanation, interpretation Sóþ intrahtnung vera interpretatio, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 6
Linked entry: trahtnung
lim-hál
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Sound of limb, Exon. 42 b; Th. 143, 14; Gú. 661
orgel-dreám
The sound of a musical instrument
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The sound of a musical instrument Or-geldreáme organo. Blickl. Gl
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lác
- [v. Shrn. pp. 3-4],
battle ⬩ struggle ⬩ an offering ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ oblation ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ service ⬩ a present ⬩ offering of words ⬩ a message ⬩ medicine
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Hie ða lác hraðe þégon tó þance he said he would give his own son ... They that gift soon accepted thankfully, Andr. Kmbl. 2224; An. 1113.
ge-fadian
To set in order ⬩ dispose ⬩ arrange ⬩ regulate ⬩ ordĭnāre ⬩ dispōnĕre
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To set in order, dispose, arrange, regulate; ordĭnāre, dispōnĕre Se ðe awent of Ledene on Englisc sceal gefadian hit swá ðæt ðæt Englisc hæbbe his ǽgene wísan he that translates from Latin into English must arrange it so that the English have its own
sacu
strife, contention, dissension, sedition, dispute ⬩ distress, trouble, affliction, persecution ⬩ crime, guilt ⬩ a contention at law, a suit, cause, action
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For the first time apparently in charters of Edward the Confessor the phrase sac and sóc or sócn occurs, and in them it is frequent.
dysegian
to be foolish, act foolishly, err ⬩ ineptīre, errāre ⬩ to talk foolishly, blaspheme ⬩ blasphĕmāre
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He dysegaþ, se ðe wile sǽd óþfæstan ðám dríum forum he does foolishly, who will sow seed in the dry furrows, 5, 2; Fox 10, 30. Ðæt ða dysegien that they are foolish, 24, 4; Fox 86, 9, MS. Bod. Ðæt hí on heortan hyge dysegedon hi errant corde, Ps.
Linked entry: dysian
dryht-guma
A popular man, man of the people, warrior, retainer, follower, - pl. men, people ⬩ vir popŭlāris vel nŏbĭlis, mīles, sătelles, - hŏmĭnes
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Weccaþ of deáþe dryhtgumena bearn, eall monna cynn the sons of men, all mankind, shall wake from death, Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 22; Cri. 887.
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FEARR
a bull, an ox ⬩ taurus, bos ⬩ the Bull, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac ⬩ taurus
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Gr. 8; Som. 7, 30. He geworhte ánes fearres anlícnesse of áre he made an image of a bull with brass, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 29. Fearras fætte ofsettun oððe ymbsǽton me tauri pingues obsēdērunt me, Ps. Lamb. 21, 13: Mt. Bos. 22, 4.
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fiscere
A FISHER ⬩ piscātor ⬩ the bird king-fisher ⬩ alcēdo
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Gl. 38; Som. 63, 44; Wrt. Voc. 29, 62
freóls-dæg
A feast-day ⬩ festival-day ⬩ festus dies
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Gl. 56; Som. 67, 23; Wrt. Voc. 37, 13