deór-wyrþe
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Glengas deórwyrþra hrægla, 99, 19. þincg dýrwyrþe res pretiosas, Coll. M. 26, 33. ꝥ is ꝥ eallra deórweorþeste feoh pretiosissimum divitiarum genus, Bt. 20; F. 72, 26. v. diór-, dýr-wurþe in Dict
eáþ-módlíce
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Ábúgaþ eádmódlíce ( suppliciter ) tó hálgum wefodum, Coll. M. 36, 3. Þá þe nolden ǽr tó his libbendum líchaman onbúgan, þá nú eádmódlíce on cneówum ábúgað tó his dǽdum bánum, Chr. 979; P. 123, 26. Eádmódlíce humiliter, Angl. xiii. 369, 50: 383, 255.
feorh-lege
death
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Life-laying [cf. lecgan; II. to slay], death Hú wolde þæt geweorðan þæt on þone hálgan handa sendan tó feorhlege fæderas ússe how should that come to pass that our fathers should lay hands on the holy one to the end that they might slay him, El. 458.
seld-cúþ
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Selcúþe reáf varias uestes, Coll. M. 27, 9. Hé geswác ðæs dihtes ðæs deóplican cræftes, swá ðæt hé selcúðe (different from those already created) syððan scyppan nolde, ac ðá ylcan geedníwian, Hex. 20, 15.
ǽrne
early morning
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On ǽrnemergen primo mane, Coll. M. 20, 29. On ealne ǽrnemergen, Chr. 1050; P. 170, 14. On ǽrnemorgen (ǽrmergen, -morgen, v. ll.) mane primo, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 578, 23
ofer-féran
to pass over or through, to cross, traverse ⬩ to come upon or across, meet with
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Se mór swá brád swá man mæg on twám wucum oferféran, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 34. to come upon or across, meet with Se here férde intó Myrcean and fordydon eall ðæt hé oferférde, Chr. 1016; Erl. 157, 12. Similar entries v. ofer-faran
sifeþa
siftings ⬩ bran ⬩ chaff ⬩ useless seeds ⬩ tares
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Swá swá mon melo sift; ðæt melo þurhcrýpþ ǽlc þyrel and ða siofoþa (syfeþa, Cott. MS.) weorþaþ ásyndred. Bt. 34, 11; Fox 152, 3. Genim ðysse wyrte sǽd on ele gesodene and mid syfeþon gemencged, Lchdm. i. 282, 1.
hwanne
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H. 109, 32. until Hire þynceð lang seó ylding and seó uferung hwænne heó cume tó Gode the time when she may come to God seems long delayed; differtur a regno, Gr. D. 245, 7.
eorþe
the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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His ne cóm furðon án bán tó eorðan, Shrn. 54, 29. Heora líchoman licggað on eorðan, Bl.
Linked entry: eorþ-lic
ge-weorþan
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S. ), 4, 42. to come to be possessed by a person (dat. ), fall to, come to. the subject material Hé begeat mid his sméhwrencan . . . æt Steorran . . . ꝥ him gewearð se þridda penig of þǽre tolne on Sandwíc, C.
GEARD
An inclosure ⬩ inclosed place ⬩ YARD ⬩ GARDEN ⬩ court ⬩ dwelling ⬩ home ⬩ region ⬩ land ⬩ septum ⬩ lŏcus septus ⬩ hortus ⬩ ārea ⬩ habĭtācŭlum ⬩ domĭcĭlium ⬩ rĕgio
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Ðæt ǽlc cóme to his ágenum gearde that each should come to his own land, Ors. 5, 14; Bos. 114, 18. On geard at home, Menol. Fox 215; Men. 109. In écne geard into the eternal home, Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 17; Gú. 763 : 51 a; Th. 178, 8; Gú. 1241.
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GRIM
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Cýle ðone grimmestan the most severe cold, Blickl. Homl. 61, 35. Ðeáh ðú wǽre wyrmcynna ðæt grimmeste though thou hadst been of serpents the fiercest, Soul Kmbl. 167; Seel. 83
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DRÍFAN
DRIVE, force, pursue ⬩ pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui ⬩ To drive, rush with violence ⬩ ruĕre
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To drive, rush with violence; ruĕre Ic com mid ðý heáfde and mid handa on ðone stán drífan I came driving on the stone with my head and hands, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 23
nán
not one ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ none ⬩ no man ⬩ nothing
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Ne cyning næ bisceop ne nánes hádes man nullus rex aut episcopus, vel aliquis alius potens, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 218, 28. Hié nǽfre tó nánum men ne becumaþ, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 27.
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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Coppe helmes (sub) cono (sublimi) verticis. l. capitis (arboris), An. Ox. 1564 Mid wexendum helme florenti fronde, 1132. Ic sæt innan bearwe min helme beþeht, Dóm. L. 2. Helm conum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 24.
an
In ⬩ among ⬩ into ⬩ to ⬩ in ⬩ ad
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Ðæt ic an forþ-gesceaft féran móte that I may come to a future state, Ps. C. 50, 52; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 52
efor-fearn
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Herba rădiŏla ðæt is efor-fearn, Herb. cont. 85; Lchdm. i. 34, 7.
land-begenga
husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ a native
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Cott.] magnus colonus, Past. 40, 3; Swt. 293, 2. Gif hit on Wódnes dæig þunrige ðæt tácnaþ landbigencgena cwealm and cræftigra if it thunder on Wednesday, that betokens death of husbandmen and craftsmen, Lchdm. iii. 180, 14.
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luf-líce
Amiably ⬩ kindly ⬩ dearly ⬩ willingly
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Ic wylle cýpan luflícor ðonne ic gebicge volo vendere carius quam emi, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 19
un-gerisenlíce
In an unsuitable, unseemly or unbecoming manner ⬩ with indignity ⬩ dishonourably ⬩ basely
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Dauid, ðá hé ðone læppan forcorfenne hæfde, suíðe suíðlíce hreówsade ðæt hé him ( Saul ) ǽfre suá ungeriesenlíce (-risen-, Cott. MSS.) geðénigan, sceolde, 28; Swt. 199, 18.