wyrm
a reptile ⬩ serpent ⬩ a creeping insect ⬩ a worm
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Se wyrm (a book-worm) forswealg wera gied sumes, Exon. Th. 432, 8; Rä. 48, 3. Ðes lytla wyrm ðe on flóde gǽð fótum drýge, 426, 20; Rä. 41, 76.
híwisc
a family ⬩ house
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Ðis his ðára .v. hída bóc æt Dydylingetúne and ðas ánes híwisces æt Uddingc (cf. Ðis sint ðáre .v. hída landgemǽre tó Dydylingtúne and ðas syxtan æt Udding, 444, 27.
inne
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Inne mid Denum, 414, 15. where there is detention Stande þriddan dǽl þǽre bóte inne a third part of the fine shall not be paid out, Ll. Th. i. 94, 7. of the inner man Hreðer inne weóll, B. 2113.
heán
Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humble ⬩ humilis, infamis
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Hú uncúþ biþ ǽghwylcum ánum men his lífes tíd ǽghweðer ge rícum ge heánum ge geongum ge ealdum how unknown to every single man is the period of his life, both to the rich man and to the poor, to the young and to the old, Blickl. Homl. 125, 8.
ge-teón
to draw ⬩ lead ⬩ incite ⬩ excite ⬩ constrain ⬩ restrain ⬩ bring up ⬩ instruct ⬩ bring to an end ⬩ complete ⬩ draw or bind together ⬩ string a musical instrument ⬩ trahere ⬩ ducere ⬩ perducere ⬩ stringere ⬩ evaginare ⬩ excitare ⬩ constringere ⬩ educare ⬩ instituere ⬩ ad finem perducere ⬩ complere ⬩ nervis aptare vel instruere ⬩ to bring as an offering or gift ⬩ contribute ⬩ bestow ⬩ give ⬩ conferre
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Ðá hí hæfdon getogen eall Creáca folc to ðǽm gewinnum when they had drawn all the people of Greece to the wars, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 14, 35. He geteág ealde láfe he drew an ancient relic [i. e. a sword ], Cd. 162; Th. 203, 22; Exod. 407.
hlóþ
spoil, ⬩ booty ⬩ a band, ⬩ troop, ⬩ company, ⬩ gang, ⬩ crew, ⬩ body of robbers ⬩ the crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ
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spoil, booty Hé yteþ hlóþe comedet prædam, Bd. 1. 34: S. 499, 27.
Linked entries: hlóþ-bót hlóþ-sliht
módig
of high or noble spirit ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ noble-minded ⬩ bold ⬩ brave ⬩ courageous ⬩ proud ⬩ arrogant ⬩ hearty ⬩ earnest ⬩ impetuous ⬩ bold ⬩ headstrong ⬩ stubborn ⬩ wilful
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Módge maguþegnas, Exon. 77a; Th. 290, 8; Wand. 62. bold, brave, courageous (physically or morally) Wæs from se ðe lǽdde, módig magorǽswa, Cd. 145; Th. 181, 2; Exod. 55. Gǽþ se ðe mót tó medo módig he that may shall go bold to the mead, Beo.
bísen
an exemplar ⬩ a model ⬩ pattern ⬩ example ⬩ precedent ⬩ a rule ⬩ prescript ⬩ precept ⬩ parable ⬩ similitude ⬩ type
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Gif bisenum (exemplaribus) lufu is tó gefanne ... swǽ monig aron bissena (exemplaria) swá monige boec, Mt. p. 1, 13.
eorþe
the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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Se eorðan dǽl the body, Gú. 1340. Wyrcað weófod of eorðan, Ex. 20, 24. Loccas mínes heáfdes mid þisse eorðan synd gemengde, Bl.
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be-stéman
To BESTEAM, bedew, make damp, make wet ⬩ humectare, madefacere, circumfundere
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Wæs ðæs hálgan líc swáte bestémed the body of the saint was besteamed with blood, Andr. Kmbl. 2480; An. 1241. Usses Dryhtnes ród blóde bestémed our Lord's rood bedewed with blood, Exon. 23 b; Th. 67, 10; Cri. 1086.
stefn
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Emb stem, Scint. 140, 17. a body of persons who take their turn at any work (v. fird-stemn), the English military force(?) On stemnes peð (cf. here-paþ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 121, 33
west-weard
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Sóð ðæt is westweard hí gáð unþances, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 39-42. Ða seofon steorran . . . gangende eástan westweard, Lchdm. iii. 270, 26.
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án-rǽdnes
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Instantia boni operis, ꝥ is ánrǽdnyss gódes weorces, 16, 357. Óþer is módignyss, óþer is ánrǽdnyss pride is one thing, constancy another, 34, 325. Wacigende on ealre ánrǽdnysse (instantia), Scint. 30, 11: An. Ox. 75: constantia, 1653.
flǽsc-lic
human ⬩ mortal ⬩ animal ⬩ natural ⬩ carnal ⬩ worldly ⬩ carnal ⬩ sensual ⬩ sexual
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Add: pertaining to the material body, human, mortal Þú wást ꝥ ic eom flǽsclic man, Bl. H. 231, 25. Þú ǽr gesáwe æfter flǽsclicre gecynde fægre leomu on tó seónne, 113, 21. animal in contrast with human: Mýs and flæá sint flésclicu nýtenu, Solil.
ge-dreósan
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Add: to fall. of mere change of position Þæt se wítes bona in helle grund gedreóse, Cri. 265. with idea of destruction, of persons, to fall in battle Æt hilde gedreás sec[g] æfter óðrum, Val.
hrepung
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Add: the action of touching with the hand or other part of the body, exercise of the faculty of feeling Godes ængel ꝥ cweartern geopenode mid his handa hrepunge, Hml. S. 4, 234. Ic gesyngode on gesihðe . . . and on hrepunge, Angl. xi. 112, 16.
hwætlíce
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D. 36, 11. of prompt action. of persons, with activity of body or mind Hors[c]líce, hwætlíce naviter (cf.? triumphum ... viribus naviter (v. Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 58) nanciscuntur, Ald. 2, 17), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 47.
sculan
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Hé forgeaf on Godes ést Centingan ðæne borh ðe hý him sceoldan, C.
sál
a rope, cord, line, bond ⬩ a rein ⬩ the loop which forms the handle of a vessel ⬩ the fastening of a door ⬩ a necklace, collar
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a rope, cord, line, bond Licgaþ mé ymbe írenbendas, rídeþ racentan sál, Cd. Th. 24, 3; Gen. 378. Ðá wæs be mæste segl sále fæst, Beo. Th. 3816; B. 1906. (cf.O. H. Ger. segil-seil rudens ) Sálum nexibus, Wrt.
on-wacan
to awake, cease to sleep ⬩ to arise, spring, be derived, be born
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Ða men onwócan, and út urnon, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 22. to arise, spring, be derived, be born Ðú wást ðæt ðú of mínre ( the speaker is Eve ) dehter, Drihten, onwóce, Blickl. Homl. 89, 20: Cd. Th. 292, 12; Sat. 439.