hund
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<b>I c</b> </b> applied as a contemptuous epithet to a man. Cf. <b>I. b</b> Þone réþan þe biþ þweórtéme þú scealt hátan hund, nallas mann ferox atque inquies linguam litigiis exercet?
dracentse
Dragon-wort, dragons ⬩ dracontea = δρακόντιoν, arum dracuncŭlus
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Ðeós wyrt, ðe man dracontea and óðrum naman dracentse nemneþ, ys sǽd ðæt heó of dracan blóde acenned beón sceolde this herb, which is named dracontea, and by another name dragons, is said to be produced from dragon's blood, Herb. 15, 1; Lchdm. i. 106,
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fyrmþ
A receiving to food ⬩ harbouring ⬩ an entertainment ⬩ receptio ad victum ⬩ susceptio ⬩ A cleansing ⬩ washing ⬩ ablūtio ⬩ baptisma ⬩ βάπτισμα
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Ǽlc mon mót onsacan fyrmþe every man may deny entertainment, L. In. 46; Th. i. 132, 1, note 3, MSS. B. H. [feormian to cleanse] A cleansing, washing; ablūtio, baptisma = βάπτισμα Calica fyrmþa călĭcum baptismăta, Mk. Bos. 7, 4: Hpt. Gl. 420
gǽst
The soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ spīrĭtus ⬩ anĭmus
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Nyle he ǽngum ánum ealle gesyllan gǽstes snyttru he will not give all wisdom of mind to any one man, Exon. 17 b; Th. 43, 5; Cri. 684. Gúþlác in gǽste bær heofoncundne hyht Guthlac bare heavenly hope in his spirit, Exon. 35 a; Th. 112, 10; Gú. 141.
hwósta
A cough
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Wið hwóstan hú hé missenlíce on mon becume and hú his mon tilian scyle for cough, in what different ways it comes on a man and how it must be treated, 1, 15; Lchdm. ii. 56, 13
in-dryhten
Noble ⬩ courtly
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Icel. inn-drótt a king's body-guard] Ðæt bþ in eorle indryhten þeáw ðæt hé his ferþlocan fæste binde it is a noble habit in a man, to bind fast his mind's casket, Exon. 76 b; Th. 287, 11; Wand. 12.
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næs
was not
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Man næs, ðe ða eorþan worhte, Gen. 2, 5. Nǽron ðá welige hámas, ne diórwyrþra hrægla hí ne girndan, forðam hí ðá git nǽran, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 4-6. Ða cyningas Rómeburg begeáton ðǽr Mutius nǽre ( if it had not been for Mucius ), Ors. 2, 3; Swt. 68, 20.
níd-behéfe
Necessary ⬩ needful
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Se man wæs ðam déman þearle nýdbehéfe, Homl. Skt. 4, 144. On eallum ðissum þingum is geþyld nýdbehéfe, Homl. Th. i. 470, 31. Seó hand getácnaþ úrne nýdbehéfan freónd, ðe ús úre neóde déþ, 516, 8.
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racent-teáh
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Hine nán man mid racenteágum (raceteágum, MS. A.: racantégum, Rush.) ne mihte gebindan. For ðam hé oft mid racenteágum (racontégum, Rush.) gebunden tóslát ða raceteága (racontége, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 5. 3-4.
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wíd-cúþ
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Húnferð, wídcúðne man, 2983; B. 1489. Sume beóþ swíðe æþele and wfdcúþe on heora gebyrdum hunc nobilitas notum facit. Bt. 11. 1; Fox 30, 32. Twégen becómon tó ús, wídcúðe ðurh heora yrmðe, Homl.
á-ceorfan
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Ðæt him man heáfod of áceorfe, Bl. H. 189, 33. Gif mon áceorfe án treów, Ll. Th. i. 130, 2. Áceorfan fram ússe heortan unclǽne geþóhtas. Shrn. 47, 23
á-lynian
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Ne mæg nán man of mínre handa út álinian ( eruere ), Deut. 32, 39. Út ályniende eiciens, An. Ox. 4424. Sí ðú út álened eruere, Kent. Gl. 127. Út áleoned euulsam, An. Ox. 3464. Út álynedum extirpatis, 1134 (and see note). Add
be-gyrdan
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Add: in reference to apparel, to gird Gif hwylc man hyne begyrdeþ mid þysse wyrte, Lch. i. 198, 5. Begyrd þé and sceó þé. Hml. Th. ii. 382, 9. Hý gewǽdode and begyrde resten, R. Ben. 47, 10. Mid begyrdum lendenum, Hml.
glíwian
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An. 1110); on mé glíwedon wrǽtlic weorc smiða me then a man enclosed between sheltering boards, stretched a covering of skin, went on to adorn me with gold; on me played the fair work of smiths (referring to the sound made by the metal ornaments and clasps
hel-lic
of hell ⬩ infernal ⬩ diabolic
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Ætwindan þáam hellicum wítum, Hml A. 34, 2. si. worthy of hell, infernal, diabolic, exceedingly wicked Ǽlcne crístenne man warnian wið þás egeslican and þás deófollican coðe, ꝥ ys wyð þás hellican unþeáwas, Angl. viii. 337, 7
hrǽcan
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Swá hwæt swá man n
incer
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Tó hwon sweriað git mán?
leásung
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Cf. leás ; I d Hé wæs swíðe wrǽne man and ábysgod in manigum leásingum vir valde lubricus et cunctis levitatibus occupatus Gr. D. 341, 21
wácian
to be or become weak ⬩ want resolution or courage. ⬩ to be or become weak ⬩ not able to endure ⬩ to fail ⬩ to become poor or mean.
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Be ðam mihte man oncnáwan, ðæt se cniht nolde wácian æt ðam wíge, Byrht. Th. 132, 2; By. 10. of things, to be or become weak, not able to endure, to fail Ne wáciaþ ðás geweorc, Exon, Th. 351, 26; Sch. 86.
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óra
A species of money introduced by the Danes
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Béte man ðæt æt deádum menn mid .vi. healfmarce, and æt cwicon mid .xii. óran, L. Eth. iii. 1 ; Th. i. 292, 11. Ita quod xv. (xvi?) ore libram faciant, iv. 9; Th. i. 303, 9.