ríca
A powerful person ⬩ ruler
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Hé nolde ólæcan ǽnigum rícan mid geswǽsum wordum, ii. 514,13. Ðonne gesihst ðú ða unrihtwísan cyningas and ða ofermódan rícan bión swíðe unmihtige, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 27
sceorp
Dress, apparel
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Dress, apparel : — Gemétte Machens his ágenne sunu mid purpurum gegieredne. Hé hiene ðá for ðæm girelan g ebealg . . . and wénde ðæt hé for his forsewennesse swelc sceorp werede, Ors. 4, 4; Swt. 164, 33.
Linked entry: á-scirpan
hǽre
Hair-cloth, sack-cloth ⬩ cilicium, saccus ⬩ cilicium ⬩ cilicium, saccus
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Mid hǽran gescrýdd clad in sackcloth, Homl. Th. ii. 312, 27 : Ps. Spl. 34, 15. Se cyning dyde hǽran tó his líce the king put sackcloth next to his skin, Homl. Th. i. 568, 13. Ðú slite hǽran míne conscidisti saccum meum, Ps. Spl, 29, 13
Linked entry: earan
heald
Bent, inclined ⬩ leaning, sloping ⬩ clivus, obliquus, pronus
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Ða men lágon áþænede on ðære eorþan mid of dúne healdum ondwleotan the men lay stretched out on the ground with faces turned downwards, Shrn. 81, 26
ofer-drenc
Excessive drinking, drunkenness
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Ðú woldest mé laðian, ðá ðá ic wæs mid ðé, ðæt ic swíðor drunce swilce for blisse ofer míne gewunan ...
ofer-sceáwian
to overlook, superintend
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[Episcopus . . . is on Englisc scawere, for he is iset to þon þet he scal ouerscawian mid his ȝeme þa lewedan, O. E. Homl. i. 117, 7.]
COS
A Kiss ⬩ osculum
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Mannes sunu ðú mid cosse sylst osculo filium hominis tradis 22, 48. Betwux ðám cossum between the kisses Homl. Th. i. 566, 19. Cossas syllan hearm getácnaþ to give kisses betokens harm Lchdm. iii. 208, 27
ge-sóm
Unanimous ⬩ united ⬩ peaceable ⬩ concors ⬩ pācĭfĭcus
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Gesóme and to ðam geþwǽre ðæt heora nán ne mæg óðerne mid æalle fordón in union and in such accord that none can entirely destroy another, Shrn. 165, 33
áwríþan
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Genim sceápes mearh, lege on ꝥ óþer mearh, áwríþ swíðe wel, Lch. ii. 96, 1 Gif þú ne mæge blóddolh áwríþan (staunch) . . . lege ꝥ dust on cláð, wríþ mid þý ꝥ blóddolh.
bæc-ern
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Ðæs bæcernes tácen is þæt mon mid bám sámlocone handum tógædere, swilce þú dáh brǽdan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 4. Kycenan and bæcernes (pistrinae), Angl. xiii. 441, 1087. On kycenon oðþe on mynstres bæcerne, R. Ben. 71, 18. Add
un-ádwæscendlíc
Unquenchable ⬩ inextinguishable
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Unquenchable, inextinguishable On middel ðæs unádwæscendlícan líges in medium fammarum inextiuguibilium, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 2. On unádwæscendlícum fýre, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 12: Homl. Th. i. 526, 22: Homl. Skt. i. 17, 32
norþeást-rodor
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.), swá sunnan uppgang bið æt middum sumera incedebamus contra ortum solis solstitialem, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 615, 17
Linked entries: norþ-and-eást-rodor rodor
ság
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Ic heáfod hæbbe and heáne steort, eágan and eáran and ǽnne foot, hrycg and heard nebb, hneccan steápne and sídan twá, ság on middum, eard ofer ældum. Exon. Th. 490, 3 ; Rä. 79, 5. (?)
swingan
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Ðone heó ǽr mid wítum swong. Exon. Th. 279, 22 ; Jul. 617. Mid monnum ne biþ swungne cum hominibus non flagellabuntur; they are not plagued as other men, A. V. Ps. Surt. 72, 5. to give a blow with the hand Ðæt deófol cwæð: Swingaþ hine (St.
eorþ-gesceaft
An earthly creature ⬩ terrestris creatura
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An earthly creature ; terrestris creatura Men habbaþ [MS. habbæþ] geond middangeard eorþ-gesceafta ealle oferþungen men have all surpassed earthly creatures throughout the middle earth, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 387; Met. 20, 194
ár-fæstnes
Honourableness ⬩ honesty ⬩ goodness ⬩ piety ⬩ clemency ⬩ mercifulness ⬩ honestas ⬩ probitas ⬩ pietas ⬩ clementia ⬩ misericordia
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Mid ða upplícan árfæstnesse apud supernam clementiam, 5, 23; S. 649, 8: Jos. 6, 17. For ðínre árfestnesse of thy clemency, Hy. 8, 24; Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 24
Linked entry: ǽr-fæstnys
a-swógan
To rush into ⬩ invade ⬩ overrun ⬩ choke ⬩ irruere ⬩ invadere ⬩ occupare ⬩ suffocare
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To rush into, invade, overrun, choke; irruere, invadere, occupare, suffocare We witon ðæt we lufiaþ ðone æcer ðe ǽr wæs mid þornum aswógen, and æfter ðæm ðe ða þornas beóþ aheáwene and se æcer biþ onered, bringþ gódne wæstm we know that we love the land
CLÆMAN
To CLAM, smear, anoint ⬩ linere
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Ðú wircst wununge binnan ðam arce and clæmst wiðinnan and wiðútan mid tyrwan mansiunculas in arca facies et bitumine linies intrinsecus et extrinsecus, Gen. 6, 14. Clæm on ðone cancer smear it on the cancer, L.
drýman
To rejoice, be joyful ⬩ jubĭlāre
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To rejoice, be joyful; jubĭlāre Hí mótun drýman mid Dryhtn they may rejoice with the Lord, Exon. 32 b; Th. 102, 27; Cri. 1679. Him gefylgan ne mæg drýmendra gedryht the multitude of the joyful cannot follow him, Exon. 60 b; Th. 222, 13; Ph. 348.
Éste
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Ne biþ nǽnig ealo gebrowen mid Éstum, ac ðǽr biþ medo genóh no ale is brewed by the Esthonians, but there is mead enough. Bos. 22, 17, 19: 23, 3