wrenc
a trick ⬩ artifice ⬩ wile ⬩ stratagem ⬩ a stratagem ⬩ a modulation of the voice
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Ðá sceolde Ælfríc lǽdan ða fyrde, ac hé teáh forð ðá his ealdan wrenceas, . . . gebrǽd hé hine seócne, Chr. 1003 ; Erl. 139, 7. a stratagem in war Hé hié mid ðæm ilcan wrence beswác, ðe hé æt heora ǽrran métingge dyde, Ors. 4, 9; Swt. 188, 32 : 6, 36
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cáf-líce
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Hí gearcodon heora mód cáflíce tó campienne (to fight valiantly), 5, 151: 25, 433. Hé ðone cásere cáflíce befrán he boldly asked the emperor, 14, 51. Myngunge þínes fæder cáflíce (efficaciter) gefyl, R. Ben. 1, 4.
cíping
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Hé cóm intó þǽre cýpinge þǽr gehwilce men heora ceáp be[ceápod]an, Hml. S. 23, 527. Hí hine átugan tómiddes þǽre cýpinge, 609. v. céping, cýping in Dict. and ceápung: flǽsc-cíping
geond-stredan
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</b> to overspread :-- Eorendel geondstrét heofon aurora spargit polum, Hy. S. 30, 2
ge-cneordnes
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Æfter nearoðancum gecneorþnissa ( studiorum ) heora ágyld him, Ps. Rdr. 27, 4: 98, 8. Hé forgifð ðá gástlican geðincðu ǽlcum be his gecneordnyssum, Hml. Th. i. 346, 31. study, careful examination.
ge-wífian
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Substitute : absolute to marry, take a wife Æfter heora gewunan hé gewífode. Hml. A. 95, 105. Hé sǽde ꝥ hé gewiifad hæfde se uxoreo uinculo conligatumfvisse respondit, Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 456, 3.
gleáwlíce
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Paulus eóde þá gleáwlíce and heora godas sceáwode ealle be endebyrdnesse, Hml.
ge-tyngnes
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Ox. 5403. skill, v. ge-tynge; 4 Getydde on bóclicum cræfte hig witon mid getingnysse heora módes ꝥ ꝥ rihtmeterfers sceal habban feówer and twéntig tíman, Angl. viii. 314, 10. For ðǽra bócra getingnyssum, 300, 3. <b>III a.
irmþ
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Hié on ðǽm iermþum heora líf geendodon, Ors. 2, 2 ; S. 66, 19. in a moral sense, badness Gif hine mon leahtor-fulne ongit. . . him mon secge þæt hé þanon gewíte, þe lǽs hé mid his yrmðe ( miseria ) óþre geleahtrige, R.
on-tendan
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S. 5, 294 (in Dict.). to burn by exposure to fire Hê heóld his finger ofer þæt byrnende leóht . . . and his fingras ealle ontende, Hml. A. 196, 49. add: to inflame a person with passion, emotion, &c.
wyrd
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Add Hé nerede hý of wyrde heora eripuit eos de interitu eorum, Ps. Rdr. 106, 20
be
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Th. ii. 306, 29. (15) add :-- Gif hé ne geswice be þám si neque sic correxerit, Chrd. 41, 36. (18) add :-- Hé be heora gange hí gecneów, Hml.
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sǽ-flód
an incoming tide, flood ⬩ the sea,
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Heofen and eorþe síde sǽflódas coeli et terra, mare, Ps. Th. 68, 35. [He lætte bi sæflode ȝearkien scipen gode, Laym. 2630.]
ofer-mód
Proud, arrogant, presumptuous
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Ða ðe wǽron ofermóde on heora heortan. Blickl. Homl. 159, 10. On ððre wísan ða ofermódan on óðre ða wácmódan aliter protervi, aliíer pusillanimes, Past. 23; Swt. 175, 18 : 32; Swt. 209, l. Ða eágan ðara ofermódena (superborum) ðú geeáðmétst, Ps.
openian
to open, to become open ⬩ to become manifest ⬩ to open, unclose ⬩ to disclose, manifest
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Byrgen opnigende (patens) is race heora. Ps. Spl. 5, 10. Openiendum heofonum caelis patentibus, Bd. 4, 9 ; S. 576, 37. Opniendum, Hpt.
slipor
slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily ⬩ slipping easily, easily moved ⬩ foul ⬩ lubricum
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ongyten byþ ásliden diabolus serpens est lubricus, cuius si capiti non resistitur, totus in interna cordis, dum non sentitur, inlabitur Scint. 210, 9. slipping easily, easily moved Ymhídignyssa ofþriccaþ ðæt mód, and unlustas tólýsaþ; þwyrlice þing ðe heora
sliht
a striking of coin ⬩ a stroke, flash of lightning ⬩ slaughter, death by violence ⬩ the deadly stroke of disease ⬩ what is to be killed, animals for slaughter ⬩ a blow, mortal blow; stamp, coining ⬩ strages, occisio ⬩ mowing ; striking of an instrument
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Hú hé mid forhergiunge and mid heora mǽga slihtum on his geweald geniédde Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 82, 17 : 5, 11; Swt. 238, 5. the deadly stroke of disease Ðis folc is mid swurde ðæs heofonlícan graman ofslegen, and gehwilce sind mid fǽrlícum slihte áwéste Homl
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spell-boda
one who delivers a message ⬩ brings intelligence ⬩ a messenger ⬩ an ambassador ⬩ one who delivers a discourse ⬩ a public speaker
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Heora feóndas flód ádrencte ðæt ðæra ǽfre ne com án spelboda there was never a one left to tell the tale, Ps. Th. 105, 10. Him andswarode Godes spelboda (the prophet Daniel): 'Nó ic wið feohsceattum ofer folc bere Drihtnes dómas,' Cd.
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beám
a beam ⬩ post ⬩ a beam of light
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Heora earmas wǽron swá ormǽte beámas, Hml. S. 4, 288. Gewyrcean tor of treówum and of mycclum beámum, Bl. H. 187, 12.