smǽte
Refined, pure
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Hié wurdan sóna tó ðam golde ðe man háteþ obritsum ðæt is smǽte gold Shrn. 32, 21. Smǽte gold ðæt in wylme biþ þurh ofnes fýr eall geclǽnsod Elen. Kmbl. 2616;El. 1309. Beág on ðam siex hund wæs smǽtes goldes gescyred sceatta Exon.
smeócan
To smoke, emit smoke ⬩ To smoke, fumigate ⬩ fumo, fumigo
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To smoke, fumigate Smeóc ðone man mid gáte hǽrum Lchdm. i. 352, 1. Smeóce mid hǽþe 354, 23. Heortes hǽr beóþ swíðe, góde mid tó smeócanne 338, 4
hind
A hind, ⬩ the female of the hart
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Hé lægde laga ðæt swá hwá swá slóge heort oððe hinde ðæt hine man sceolde blendian he made laws that whoever should kill hart or hind should be blinded. Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 27. Secan heorotas and hinda to hunt harts and hinds, Bt. Met.
sweord-hwíta
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-Gif sweordhwíta óðres mannes wǽpn tó feormunge onfó (cf. Si quelibet arma politori vel emundatori commissa sunt, L. H. I. 87, 3; Th. i. 593, 15), L. Alf. pol. 19; Th. i. 74, 8. Ic geann mínon swurdhwítan ðæs sceardan málswurdes, Chart. Th. 561, 22
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þeóging
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Þeóginc ( profectus ) mannes gyfu Godes ys, 132, 17. Swylcre þeógincge tanti, profectus, Anglia xiii. 372, 94. Þeógincgum profectibus, Scint. 210, 1
-metod
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Menigfealde beóð þæs metodan Drihtnes egsan and swingla ofer scyldigum mannum, 328, 32 (both passages are alliterative).] Add: :-- Se metod eallra gesceafta (cf. se milda metod. Met. 29, 68) fét on eorþan ealle grówende westmas, Bt. 39,13; F. 234, 18
on-líce
Like, in like manner
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Like, in like manner Ealle ða ríca forheregian . . . swíðe onlíce ðam micelan flóde, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 6; Met. 8, 47; Elen. Kmbl. 197; El. 99.
DEÁW
DEW ⬩ ros
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On morgen wæs ðæt deáw abútan ða fyrdwíc mane ros jacuit per circuĭtum castrōrum, Ex. 16, 13: Num. 11, 9.
ídel
Idleness ⬩ vanity ⬩ futility ⬩ frivolity
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Gif ðú gesihst manega gét ýdel getácnaþ if thou seest many goats it betokens frivolity, Lchdm. iii. 214, 1.
lencten-líc
Vernal ⬩ lenten
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Manegra manna cwyddung is ðæt seó lenctenlíce emniht gebyrige rehtlíce on Marian mæssedæge, Lchdm. iii. 256, 4. Ða clǽnan tíd lenctenlíces fæstenes the pure time of the Lenten fast, Homl. Th. ii. 98, 24.
leód-hata
A tyrant
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Hér sind on earde leódhatan grimme ealles tó manege herein the land are fierce tyrants all too many, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 155. Áwyrgede womsceaðan, leáse leódhatan, Elen. Kmbl. 2597; El. 1300.
wiþer-coren
reprobate ⬩ wicked ⬩ rejected ⬩ reprobate
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Ðǽr beóð feówer werod æt ðam dóme, twá gecorenra manna, and twá wiðercorenra, i. 396, 17: 332, 23, 29: 536, 32. Sam ðe gecorenra tó reste, sam ðe wiþercorenra tó deáþe siue electorum ad requiem, siue reproborum ad mortem, Scint. 226, 14
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clǽn-líce
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Gif þǽr beón lǽs manna þonne þæt lamb mæge fretan, þonne nyme hé hys neáhgebúr . . . ꝥ hé mæge ꝥ lamb clǽnlíce fretan, Angl. viii. 322, 8
ge-neósung
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On manegum gemetum geneósað God manna sáwla . . . ac gif heó dás geneósunga forgýmeleásað, Hml. Th. i. 410, 28. a being visited Ðú ne oncneówe ðone tíman ðínre geneósunge, Hml. Th. i. 404, 21
torr
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Næs þæt hús ǽfter manna gewunan getimbrod, ac mid mislicum torrum gehwemmed (cf. ðá stánas swá of óðrum clife út sceoredon, Bl. H. 207, 20) tó gelícnysse sumes scræfes, Hml. Th. i. 508, 17. <b>II a.
wil-cuma
One whose coming is pleasant ⬩ a welcome person (or thing)
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Ic hæleþum bodige wilcumena fela ( many welcome things ) wóþe mínre, Exon. Th. 391, 4 ; Rä. 9, II
wífung
taking a wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ wives ⬩ matrimonia
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taking a wife, marriage Be gehádodra manna wífunge ( malrimonio ), L. Ecg. P. iii. 1, tit. ; Th. ii. 194, 25 : Gen. 24, 9. Ús sceamaþ tó secgenne ealle ða sceandlícan wíglunga ðe gé dwǽsmenn drífaþ on wífunge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 102.
ofer-híran
not to listen to, to disregard, disobey ⬩ to overhear, hear
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Se oþeling (Phalaris) ǽgðer hæfde, ge his plegan ge his gewill, ðonne hé ðara manna (those shut up in the brazen bull ) tintrego oferhiérde, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 28. Gé sylfe swutele gesáwon, and eác oferhýrdan ða bletsunge, Wulfst. 176, 4
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CEÓWAN
To CHEW, gnaw, eat, consume ⬩ ruminare, manducare
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Ðec sculon mold-wyrmas monige ceówan many mould-warms shall consume [chew, eat] thee; Exon. 99a; Th. 371, 8; Seel. 72
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folgaþ
a train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium
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Áhte ic fela wintra folgaþ tilne, holdne hláford I had for many years a good service, a kind lord, 100b; Th. 379, 25; Deór. 38. v. Stubbs' Const. Hist. comitatus