hirde-wyrt
chlora perfoliata. ⬩ erythæa centaureum,
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the greater, chlora perfoliata. the lesser,erythæa centaureum, Lchdm. iii. 332, col. 1
be-feallan
to fall ⬩ cadere ⬩ incidere ⬩ to fall off ⬩ cadere ab aliquo ⬩ deprived ⬩ bereft ⬩ orbatus ⬩ privatus
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Hie oft befeallaþ on micel yfel they often fall into great evil, Past. 40, 3 ; Hat. MS. 53 b, 8 : Cd. 18; Th. 21, 26; Gen. 330 : Lk.
un-smeoruwig
Not fatty or greasy
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Not fatty or greasy Genim unsmerigne healfne cýse, Lchdm. ii. 292, 23
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DEÓFOL
DEVIL ⬩ diabŏlus
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, who before was created a great angel, Homl.
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EGE
Fear, terror, dread, AWE ⬩ tĭmor, terror, formīdo
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On ðǽm dagum wæs mycel ege fram ðǽm wífmannan in those days there was a great dread of these women, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 26: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 143; Met. 1. 72. Ege Drihtnes tĭmor Domĭni, Ps. Spl. 18, 10.
for-lor
Destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ loss ⬩ perdĭtio
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Ðéh ðe he hý mid micle forlore ðæs folces begeáte though he took it with great loss of the people, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 28
land-folc
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On sumere tíde com micel hungor on ðam lande and gehwǽr ðæt landfolc micclum geangsumode at one time a great famine came on the land and very much afflicted the people everywhere, Homl. Th. ii. 170, 32: 164, 19
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bán-beorgas
A greave
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A greave Bán-beorgum ocreis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 63, 31. Bánberge ocreas, 97, 35
lira
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Fægere fingras, smale and lange, and þǽra nægla tósceád, and se greáta líra beneoðan þám þúman, Vis. Lfc. 84. [v. N. E. D. lire.] and add: —
twi-ecge
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Genim ðæt micle greáte windelstreáw twyecge, Lchdm. ii. 44, 5. Sweord twiecge gladii ancipites Ps. Surt. 149, 6
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ǽðmian
To raise vapour ⬩ boil ⬩ to be heated ⬩ to be greatly moved ⬩ exæstuare
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To raise vapour, boil, to be heated, to be greatly moved; exæstuare, Scint. 30
bán-rift
A greave
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A greave Baanrift, -ryft tibialis, Txts. 102, 1031. Bánrift, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 15
a-bredan
To move quickly ⬩ remove ⬩ draw ⬩ withdraw ⬩ vibrare ⬩ destringere ⬩ eximere ⬩ retrahere
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Of móde abrit ðæt micle dysig he removes from his mind that great ignorance. Bt. Met. Fox 28, 155; Met. 28, 78. Hond up abræd he raised his hand, Beo. Th. 5144; B. 2575.
Grendel
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GRENDEL, a monster destroyed by Beowulf Grendel mǽre mearcstapa, se ðe móras heóld, fen and fæsten Grendel the great traverser of the march, that ruled [held] the moors, the fen and fastness, Beo. Th. 205-208; B. 102-104.
BÚC
the belly, stomach ⬩ venter, alvus ⬩ a vessel that bulges out, as a bottle, jug, pitcher ⬩ lagena, hydria
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Hí tobrǽcon ða búcas mid micelre brastlunge they broke the pitchers [hydrias confregerunt] with great crashing, 7, 20
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frǽ-þancian
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to rejoice greatly, exult Freáþancað se gecorena exultavit Jacob, Ps. Rdr. 52, 7. Cf. frǽ-dréman
ge-márian
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To make greater (mára), enlarge, increase Leahter swígende byð gemárud crimen tacendo ampliatur, Scint. 40, 16
æscstede-ród
A cross marking a battlefield
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Of dære greátan apeldre on æscstederóde, C. D. iii. 135, 22
Æðel-wulf
Æthelwulf ⬩ Æthelwulfus
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Æthelwulf; Æthelwulfus; eldest son of Egbert and father of Alfred the Great. Æthelwulf was king of Wessex, from A. D. 837 (v. Ecg-bryht) -855 A.D. 837 [MS. 836], hér, Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, and féng Æðelwulf his sunu to Westseaxna ríce here, A.
CEALC
Plaster, cement, chalk; ⬩ calx arenata, calx
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Ðá ongan se cealc mid ungemete stincan, ðá wearþ Iuuinianus mid ðam brǽþe ofsmorod Jovian was one night in a newly-plastered house: then he ordered a great fire to be lighted therein, because it was cold weather.
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