ge-fyllednes
A fulness ⬩ satiety ⬩ completion ⬩ finishing ⬩ end ⬩ plēnĭtūdo ⬩ sătĭrĭtas ⬩ consummātio
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Óþ ðissere worulde gefyllednysse until the end of the world, Homl. Th. i. 600, 18
renc
Pride, pomp, vanity, bravery, display
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Homl. i. 7, 27.]
Linked entry: rænc
un-eáðelíc
difficult to do ⬩ impossible ⬩ difficult to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ troublesome
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difficult to do, impossible Uneáðelíc ðæt ys mid mannum apud homines hoc impossibile est, Mt. Kmbl. 19, 26. Uneáþelíc, Mk. Skt. 10, 27.
un-geþyld
Impatience
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Homl. 33, 26. Ungeðyld impatientiae culpa, Past. 43; Swt. 309, 2. Sió ungeðyld, Swt. 311, 21: 33; Swt. 220, 66. For ðæm unwrence ðære ungeðylde ... for ðæm unðeáwe ðære ungeðylde per vitium impatientiae, 33; Swt. 214, 20, 23: Swt. 224, 2.
wíd-cúþ
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Twégen becómon tó ús, wídcúðe ðurh heora yrmðe, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 30. of things Mid ðý ðe se cyningc gehírde ðæt Apollonius ðone rǽdels swá rihte árǽdde, ðá ondréd hé ðæt hit tó wídcúð wǽre, Ap. Th. 5, 2.
wiþ-innan
Within
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Symle wé beóð fram Gode gesewene ǽgðer ge wiðútan ge wiðinnan, Homl. Th. i. 604, 19. Grammar wiþ-innan, as preposition Ealle ða ðe wiðinnan mé (intra me) synd, Ps. Spl. 102, 1: 108, 21
Linked entry: wiþ-útan
feónd-scipe
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Þæs lǽþþu and feóndscipe forðweox tó þon swíðe cujus ad hoc usque odium prorupit, Gr. D. 158, 27. Ꝥ wé wǽron ealle swá on ánum freóndscype swá on ánum feóndscype that we should all be united alike in friendship and in enmity, Ll. Th. i. 234, 22.
grǽg-hama
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The verb þeótan (q.v.) and the noun geþot are the words used for the howl of the wolf, while gellan (q.v.) is used of the scream of a bird. As the epithet grǽg is applied to the mew, grǽghama might be a mew or gull.
swín-sceadu
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[In his glossary Thorpe quotes s.v. tacc: '"In Scotland the tithe or tenth hog was paid for pannage. This custom obtained in England, and was here called Tack" (Ellis, Introduction to Domesday).
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trahtian
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</b> to compose a treatise Be þon ic gemune ꝥ ic sǽde in þám folclárum þæs godspelles þe ic trahtode be Tassilan mínre faðan hoc quod de Tharsilla amita mea in homiliis Euangelii dixisse me recolo, Gr.
sceáþ
A sheath
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Hé áwende his swurd intó ðære sceáþe, Homl. Th. i. 482, 32. On scæáþe (scǽþe,MSS. A. B. C.), Jn. Skt. 18, 11. On hys scǽþe, Mt. Kmbl. 26,52
Linked entry: scéþ
wealdende
Ruling ⬩ powerful
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Se wealdenda Drihten, Homl. Th. i. 328, 11. Se anweald ne mæg gedón his wealdend wealdendne, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 3, 17.
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hordian
To HOARD, lay up [treasure], store
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biþ ǽlc man gedréfed se ðe hordaþ nát hwam hé hit gegaderaþ' what he from the vice of avarice can give to no other he hoards, and knows not for whom, as the prophet says 'In vain is every man troubled who hoards, and knows not for whom he gathers it,' Homl
on-drysne
terrible, dreadful, awful ⬩ awful, exciting awe ⬩ reverence, venerable
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Homl. 213, 12. Ðæt hý messan singan and ða andrysnan þénunge mid árwyrþnesse gefyllen, R. Ben. 140, 5. See other examples under Similar entries an-drysne
on-týnness
an opening, aperture ⬩ discovery
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Homl. 93, 24. discovery Be cierlisces monnes ontýnesse (betogenesse, MSS. B. H. Schmid takes ontýnesse = ontigenesse, and Thorpe translates 'of accusing a "ceorlish" man;' but the section deals with the discovery of the theft. Cf. too, L.
Linked entry: týnness
ge-smyrian
To smear ⬩ anoint ⬩ ungĕre
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Homl. 73, 23. Ge-smearuad oele hálgum unctus oleo sancto, Rtl. 198, 31
Linked entry: ge-smirian
hinder
Back, ⬩ on the further side, ⬩ behind, ⬩ down
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On hinder hé eode he [the devil] went behind, Homl. Th. i. 172, 35. Hé on hinder gǽþ he shall go back, Salm. Kmbl. 254; Sal. 126. On hinder in helle hús down into hell, Exon. 42 b; Th. 142, 23; Gú. 648
Linked entries: on-hinder hindema hinder-þeóstru
tó-sceótan
To rush in different directions ⬩ to disperse ⬩ hurriedly, ⬩ scatter
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Ðá tóscuton ða deóflu (cf. ðá wǽron tóstencte ða wiðerweardan gástas dispersi sunt spiritus infesti, Bd. 5, 12; S. 629, 7; it is this passage in Bede which Ælfric is quoting), Homl. Th. ii. 352, 4.
swealwe
A swallow
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Storc and swalewe, Homl. Th. i. 404, 25. Genim swealwan nest, Lchdm. ii. 100, 18. Swolwan, iii. 44, 13. Genim swealwan, gebærn tó ahsan, ii. 156, 8. Hú ða swalawan on him sǽton and sungon . . . .
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swíþlíce
very greatly, exceedingly ⬩ powerfully, energetically, strongly ⬩ sternly, strictly, severely
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Ðá wunode se hálga wer on ancerlífe swíðlíce stíðe, Homl.