god-mægen
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Hie ondrédon ðæt hie hiora godmægne sceoldon beón benumene they feared that they should be deprived of their divinity; de numinum suorum statu timentes, 28, 13
ge-limp
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Hé wæs suíde úpáhafen on his móde for his anwalde and for his gelimpe successu suae potestatis elevatus. Past. 39, 14. <b>II b.
bendan
to BEND ⬩ flectere ⬩ tendere ⬩ intendere ⬩ to bind ⬩ fetter ⬩ vincire
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to BEND; flectere, tendere, intendere He his bogan bendeþ intendit arcum suum Ps. Th. 57, 6. He bende his bogan arcum suum tetendit 7, 13. to bind, fetter; vincire Sume hí man bende some they bound Chr. 1036; Th. 294, 6, col. 2; Ing. 208, 28; Ælf.
ge-wearmian
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Nǽfre hé his þá wǽtan hrægl and þá cealdan ásettan wolde oððæt hí of his seolfes líchaman gewearmedon ( calefierent ) and ádrúgedon, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 633, 6. Tó þæs eald ꝥ hé ne mihte gewearmigan búton æt fýre, Nar. 18, 15. Add
eald-gefá
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An old foe Métte hiene his ealdgefána sum and hiene ofstang, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 34
hræfn
A raven
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Ðǽr him hrefn nimeþ heáfodsýne slíteþ salwigpád sáwelleásne there shall the raven, dark-coated, pluck from him his eyes, shall tear him lifeless, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 18; Vy. 36. Hræfen wan, Elen. Kmbl. 104; El. 52: Fins. Th. 69; Fins. 34.
þringan
To press ⬩ crowd ⬩ throng ⬩ to throng ⬩ press round, upon ⬩ crowd together ⬩ to press ⬩ move with violence, eagerness ⬩ hurry ⬩ press on ⬩ press forward ⬩ force a way
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Hé on ðæt weorod þrong for ðon ðe him wæs leófre ðæt hiene mon ofslóge ðonne hiene mon gebunde he pressed into the host (of the enemy), because he would rather be slain than made prisoner, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 244, 12.
íþast
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Wé magon hié suá íðesð gebétan, Past. 306, 20. Add
ná-wiht
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Him þá geþúhte swelc þæt mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7 ; S. 184, 15. <b>I b.
ge-þyncan
To seem ⬩ appear
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His loccas and his beard wǽron gylden geþúht his hair and his beard seemed of gold, Nar. 43, 14: Homl. Th. ii. 80, 12. Ðonne wǽre geþúht swilce ... then it would have seemed as if..., i. 578, 3.
for-þencan
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Wurdon hié swá swíþe forþóhte þætte ... hié him heápmǽlum selfe on hand eódon, 4, 5; S. 170, 5
un-gearowitolness
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Want of ready wit, want of clear thought For þon wé hí geseóð swylce hit sý ǽr sunnan uppgange, for þon þe hit nú gýt is in sumre glímunge and ungearewitolnesse (-gearu-, v.l.) úres módes quia quasi in quodam mentis crepusculo haec velut ante solem videmus
scyhtan
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Óðer him ðás eorþan ealle sægde lǽne . . . Óðer hine scyhte ðæt hé sceaðena gemót nihtes sóhte, Exon. Th. 109, 30; Gú. 98
Linked entry: á-scyhtan
twiccian
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Sume ( ants ) hió twiccedan ða grasu mid heora múðe, Shrn. 41, 2. Teóh him ða loccas, wringe ða eáran and ðone wangbeard twiccige, Lchdm. ii. 196, 13. Twiccian carpere, arripere. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 69
un-nytwirðe
Not fit for use ⬩ useless ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ unserviceable
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Unnytwyrþe gewordene hig synt inutiles facti sunt, Ps. Lamb. 52, 4
wyrmsan
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To produce corrupt matter Ðonne se lǽce on untíman lácnaþ wunde, hió wyrmseþ and rotaþ, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 3. Sió wund wolde hálian, æfter ðæm ðe heó wyrmsde (wyrsmde, Cott. MSS.), 36; Swt. 259, 1. Gif hit wille wyrsman, Lchdm. ii. 102, 4
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fiþer-hama
plumage
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Genámon twégen englas his sáwle, and fleógende mid hwítum fyðerhaman betμx him ferodon, ii. 334, 7
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on-gebróht
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Add: that is brought on or against a person Se ongebróhta teóna (contumelia illata) ácunnað húlic gehwilc man byþinnan on his dýgolnysse mid him sylfum, Gr. D. 47, 9. Be ongebróhtum teónan de inrogata calumnia, An. Ox. 4689.
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self-willendlíce
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According to one's own will or desire Hé hæfde ǽnne sunu . . . þone hé lufode swíþe líchamlíce and fédde selfwillendlíce (seolfweldlíce, selfwendlice, v. l.) filium habuit, quem nimis carnaliter diligens remisse nutriebat; he brought him up to have his
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wel-hwilc
Every
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Every Hit (reason) nǽnig hafaþ neát . . . hæfð ða wilnunga welhwilc néten Met. 20, 191. Hine gearwe geman witena welhwylc Beo. Th. 537; B. 266. Welhwylc gecwæð ðæt hé fram Sigemunde secgan hýrde 1753; B. 874.