wræc-full
Wretched ⬩ miserable
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Wretched, miserable Ðæt án líf is wræcful, ðæt óðer is eádig; án hwílwéndlíc, óðer éce, Homl. Th. ii. 440, 4. Besceáwiaþ hú wræcfull ðis andwyrde líf is, i. 488, 21. Fram ðisum wræcfullum lífe, 84, I: ii. 370, 19.
ofer-slege
A lintel ⬩ superliminare
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Sprengaþ on ðæt oferslege (superliminare) . . . ðonne hé gesihþ ðæt blód on ðam oferslege, Ex. 12, 22-23. On hyra gedyrum and oferslegum. Homl. Th. i. 310, 29: ii. 40, 12 : 264, l : 266, 8
þrymm
a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur
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Eall ðæt ða þeódguman þrymme ( by force or gloriously? ) geeodon, Judth. Thw. 26, 17; Jud. 332. Se mec mæg écan meahtum, geþeón þrymme, Exon. Th. 427, 14; Rä. 41, 91. Bewyl þrimme ( strongly, thoroughly ) ðæt ealo on ðære wyrte, Lchdm. ii. 276, 14.
Linked entry: þrym
þweorlíce
awry ⬩ askew ⬩ in reversed order ⬩ in a way that offers opposition ⬩ obstinately ⬩ flatly ⬩ perversely ⬩ evilly
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awry, askew, in reversed order Þwyrlíce færð æt ðam húse ðær seó wyln bið ðære hlǽfdian wissigend and seó hlæfdige bið ðære wylne underðeódd, Homl.
wuldor-fæst
Glorious
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Ðæt wuldorfæste líf ðætte englas on Drihtnes onsýne wuniaþ. Blickl. Homl. 103, 32. Ða stówe ðínes wuldorfæstan temples locum tabernaculi gloriae tuae, Ps. Th. 25, 8. For ðære swétnesse ðære wuldorfæstan gesihðe, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 179.
ge-broc
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-broc) in Dict., and add Gif hé þá áne un-treówþa ne gedyde, from ðǽm dæge hé mehte bútan gebroce eallra Cartaina onwald begietan, Ors. 4, 5 ; S. 170, 12
ach
but ⬩ sed
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but; sed Ach ðæs weorodes eác but of the host also. Andr. Reed. 3182; An. 1594
a-wearpan
to cast away ⬩ projicere
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to cast away; projicere Dust ðæt awearpþ wind pulvis quem projicit ventus, Ps. Spl. 1, 5
byrian
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To bury: Ðǽr hí mon byride where they buried her, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 9
dúre-leás
Doorless ⬩ sine jānua
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Doorless; sine jānua Dúreleás is ðæt hús the house is doorless, Anlct. 153, 24, col. 2
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efen-ceaster-wearan
Fellow-citizens ⬩ concīves
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Fellow-citizens; concīves Efenceasterwearan ðæs heofonlícan ríces concīves regni cœlestis, Bd. 1, 26; S. 488, 16
em-sníðan
To circumcise ⬩ circumcĭdĕre
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To circumcise; circumcĭdĕre Ge emsníðaþ ðæt flǽsc eówres fylmenes circumcīdētis carnem fraputii vestri, Gen. 17, II
felan
To stick ⬩ adhere ⬩ hærēre
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To stick, adhere; hærēre Ðæt ic in ne fele ut non inhæream, Ps. Surt. 68, 15
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líg-spiwol
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Vomiting flame Ðǽr beóþ ða welras gefylde lígspiwelum bryne, Dóm. L. 14, 209: Wulfst. 139, 9
lim-lama
crippled
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Lame in the limbs, crippled Manege ðǽr wurdan hále, ðe ǽr wǽran limmlaman, Wulfst. 4, 12
Mæð-hild
A woman's name ⬩ Matilda
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A woman's name, Matilda Wé ðæt Mæðhilde gefrugnon, Exon. 100 a; Th. 378, 10; Deór. 14
midligend
A mediator
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A mediator Uppstige ðæs midligendes Godes ascensionem mediatoris, Dei, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 24, note
Linked entry: midlian
mistyhtend-líc
Dissuasive
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Dissuasive Sume (adverbs) synd deortativa, ðæt synd forbeódendlíce oððe mistihtendlíce, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 8
Persisc
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Persian Seó reáfung ðæs Persiscan feós, Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 84, 21: Jud. Thw. 162, 23
reád-basu
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Reddish purple Ðǽr synt ða reádbeswean blóstman grówende, L. E. I. prm. ; Th. ii. 400, 5