fill
death ⬩ destruction
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Hé on fylle wearð he slipped and fell, B. 1544. Hé næs ácweald ðurh ðám heálican fylle (the fall from the pinnacle of the temple), Hml. Th. ii. 300, 20. Mid þý fylle (hryre, v. l. ruina) ðæs wáges, Gr. D. 125; 5.
hleahtor
a laugh
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Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóðor and huilpan swég fore hleahtor wera, Seef. 21. Leahter risum Scint. 171, 12. attributed to other than human beings: Wæs engla þreát hleahtre blíðe, Cri. 739.
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hwít
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</b> denoting spiritual purity :--- as an epithet of the Sunday on which white garments were worn On Hwítan Sunnandæg, Chr. 1067; P. 202; 30. in personal names Hwíta, Hwítæ (-e), Txts. 632.
tó-twǽman
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Wé nellaþ ús nǽfre tótwéman we do not wish to be separated, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 71. Hí siredon hú hí hié tótwǽman mehten Romani dolo divisere hostes, Ors. 3, 10 ; Swt. 138, 7. Hié eft tótwǽmde wǽron, 3, 7 ; Swt. 118, 20.
útane
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Ðætte wé scylen beón on ðisse ælðeódignesse útane beheáwene mid suingellan, tó ðæm ðæt wé sién geféged tó ðæm gefógstánum on ðære Godes ceastre quia nunc foris per flagella tundimur, ut intus in templum Dei postmodum disponamur, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 18
ágen-frigea
An owner ⬩ possessor ⬩ possessor
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We also find, — Se ágena frigea the possessor; ðam ágenan frián to the possessor, L. Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 18, 17
a-mán-sumian
To excommunicate ⬩ anathematize ⬩ excommunicare ⬩ anathematizare
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We amánsumiaþ mid heortan and mid múþe ða ðe hí amánsumedan anathematizamus corde et ore quos anathematizarunt, 4, 17; S. 586, 10, 11. Hý amánsumodon ðone mæsse-preost Arríum they excommunicated the mass-priest Arius, L. Ælf. C. 3; Th. ii. 344, 2.
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irfe-gewrit
a will ⬩ testament
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ðá ne cýðde mé nán mann nán yrfegewrit ne náne gewitnesse ðæt hit ǽnig óðer wǽre bútan swá wit on gewitnesse ǽr gecwǽdon but it happened that king Ethelred died; then no man made known to me any testament or any witness that it was any other than as we
scearp-líc
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Ðonne hé him gecýð mid hú scearplícum costungum wé sint ǽghwonon útan behrincgde cum tentationum aculeos nos undique circumdantes innotescit, 21, 5; Swt. 163, 16. Hú ne gesceóp ðé se scaþa scearplíce bysne nonne exempla tibi dabat latro? Dóm. L. 53
smolt
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Wé hæfdon smolte niht nox serena reddita est nobis, Nar. 33, 52
wídgilness
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Wé beóð ful swyfte tó farenne geond ealle wídgylnyssa ( vast expanses ) Godes ríces, Homl. Th. ii. 296, 34
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weorold-riht
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right in worldly matters, civil or secular law Wylle wé ǽrest, ðæt Godes riht forð gá and woruldriht syððan, Wulfst. 274, 20. Beó on ðære scíre bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruldriht, L.
cwéman
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Ꝥ wé Gode cwémon and deófol týnan, Bl. H. 47, 11. Ðá men ðé wénað ðæt hí cwéman Gode ðonne hí cwellað hyra oxan, Prov. K. 67. Manege tiligaþ Gode tó cwémanne, Bt. 39, 10; F. 228, 13. Cuoemendra ðé placentium tibi, Rtl. 91, 31
ge-lang
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Bið æt Gode ánum gelang eal, hwæt wé gefaran scylon, Wlfst. 122, 8. Is seó bót gelong eal æt þé ánum, Cri. 152.
openlíce
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Gif þú hyt openlíce witan wilt, þonne scealt þú hyt sécan on þǽre béc þe wé hátað De Videndo Deo . . . þæt þú meaht gehýran micle openlícor on þǽre bec, Solil. H. 64, 22-33. Wé móten God geseón openlíce, ealne geseón swylce swylce hé ys, 67, 7
ge-fyllan
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Gefylled wearð eall þes middangeard monna bearnum, Gen. 1553. Eorðe and eall þæt heó mid gefyld is terra et plenitudo ejus, Ps. Th. 23, 1.
æt-hindan
At the back ⬩ behind ⬩ after ⬩ a tergo ⬩ pone ⬩ post
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At the back, behind, after; a tergo, pone, post Se cyning férde him æthindan the king went after them, Chr. 1016; Th. i. 282, 17
smillan
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To crack as a whip Under smyllendum gyrdum weóp crepantibus flevit sub ferulis, Germ. 388, 7
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wároþ
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Sea-weed Ic eom wyrslícre ðtonne ðes wudu fúla oððe ðis wároð, ðe hér áworpen ligeþ in eorþan, Exon. Th. 424, 34 ; Rä. 41, 49
winter-gewǽde
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A wintry weed, wintry garment Forst and snáw eorþan þeccaþ wintergewǽdum frost and snow cover earth with winter's weeds, Exon. Th. 215, 8; Ph. 250