un-swíðe
Not strongly ⬩ weakly
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Not strongly, weakly Sió ecg bát unswíðor ðonne his ðiódcyning þearfe hæfde, Beo. Th. 5150; B. 2578
druncen-scipe
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Ben. Lye' Gif ðá druncengeornan men heora druncenscipes geswícan nellað, Hml. A. 145, 34
feþer-cræft
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Ben. Lye' substitute
hand-cræft
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Ben. 95, 16. Add
hún
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a bear-cub, in proper names, e.g. Hún-bald, Ælf-hún. v. Txts. 635 for many examples
píe
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Hundes peó (beó, MS.) cinomia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 73. Handes pé, Ps. Vos. 104, 31. Add
Sunnan-niht
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Þá cildra þe beóð begiten on Sunnanniht . . . hí sceolan beón geborene bútan eágan, Nap. 26, 5. Add
for-lǽtan
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Ben. 4, 18. Add
wæl-fǽhþ
Deadly feud ⬩ hostility that leads to slaying
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Beo. Th. 4061; B. 2028
gúþ-fremmende
One doing battle ⬩ fighting
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One doing battle or fighting, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 14; Exod. 231; Beo. Th. 497; B. 246
hǽl
Omen, auspice ⬩ omen, auspice ⬩ omen, auspicium
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Omen, auspice Hǽl sceáwedon they observed the favourable omen (for Beowulf's undertaking), Beo. Th. 414; B. 204
Linked entry: hǽlu
hand-gestealla
One whose place is close at one's hand, a comrade, an associate
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One whose place is close at one's hand, a comrade, an associate, Beo. Th. 5186; B. 2596
hand-scólu
A retinue
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A retinue Mid his hondscóle with his retinue, Beo. Th. 3931; B. 1963. Handscále, 2638; B. 1317
bront
high, deep, steep, difficult
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high, deep, steep, difficult, Beo. Th. 482; B. 238: 1140; B. 568: Elen. Kmbl. 475; El. 238
wíg-hép
A war-troop ⬩ a band of warriors
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A war-troop, a band of warriors Is mín fletwerod, . wígheáp gewanod, Beo. Th. 958; B. 477
Cone-ceaster
Caster, a town seven miles from Newcastle ⬩ oppidum septimo a Novo-castro milliario
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Ben. Lye
hilde-tusc
A battle-tusk, ⬩ a tusk or tooth that serves as a weapon
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A battle-tusk, a tusk or tooth that serves as a weapon, Beo. Th. 3026; B. 1511
Linked entry: tusc
ge-wyrpan
To recover ⬩ verti ⬩ recuperare
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Sóna ðæt him bet wæs, and gewyrpte fram ðære untrumnysse melius habere cœpit, et convalescens ab infirmitate, Bd. 3, 13; S. 539, 7
ge-dihtan
to put in order ⬩ dispose ⬩ compose ⬩ arrange ⬩ conspire ⬩ disponere ⬩ componere ⬩ conspirare ⬩ to order ⬩ direct ⬩ appoint ⬩ dirigere ⬩ dictare
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Béda ðe ðas bóc gedihte Bede who composed this book, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 224. Ðá gedihton ða Iudeas jam conspiraverant Judæi, Jn. Bos. 9, 22. Gediht digestus, ordinatus, Hpt.
ge-wídmǽrsian
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Ox. 1305. to make known what is unfavourable or should be concealed Mid andetnesse suman gástlicum bréder þe . . . his sáule wundela gehǽlan cunne and hí gewídmǽrsian (publicare) nelle, R. Ben. 72, 7.