ge-hléða
A companion ⬩ comrade ⬩ sŏcius
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A companion, comrade; sŏcius Wulf sang ahóf, holtes gehléða the wolf uplifted his song, the companion of the forest, Elen. Kmbl. 225; El. 113. Se ðe ǽr bær wulfes gehléðan who ere bore the wolf's companion, Exon. 130 b; Th. 499, 30; Rä. 88, 23
twi-bille
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Double-edged Bipennis twibille vel stánæx (the double gloss seems to render the double character of the Latin word as adjective and noun; a little later (see preceding word) in the same glossary bipennis as noun is rendered by twybill ), Wrt.
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hundred-seten
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The ordinance of the hundred; the fine for not attending the hundred-court (?) In multis locis debent habere constitutionem hundredi, quod Angli dicunt kundrtsdsetene, Ll. Lbmn. 615, 15.
sealmsang-mǽrsung
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Celebration by psalm-singing, the service of the canonical hours Án weorc hé hæfde unforswigod and nǽfre geleórod, þæt wæs sealmsangmǽrsung and háligra gewrita smeágung he never failed to sing the hours and was never tired of studying the Scriptures,
sóþfæstness
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Hwæðer þé þince þæt hyt eall án sí . . . sóð and sóðfestnes (verum et veritas )? . . . Hweðer ðincð þé betre, þe þæt sóð, þe seó sóðfestnes?, Solil. H. 50, 2-15. Add
Deniscan
The Danish men, the Danes ⬩ Dānĭci viri, Dāni
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D. 835, Ecgbryht, king of the West Saxons, routed both the Welsh and the Danes, Chr. 835; Th. 116, 13-23, col. 1, 2.
beorhtm
Tumult ⬩ tumultus
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Tumult; tumultus Hwǽr ahangen wæs heriges beorhtme ródera waldend where the Lord of glory was hung up by the tumult of the host Elen. Kmbl. 410; El. 205
fǽr-bryne
A terrible heat ⬩ terrĭbĭle incendium
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A terrible heat; terrĭbĭle incendium Hálig God wið fǽrbryne folc gescylde the holy God shielded the people against the intense heat, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 7; Exod. 72
weorold-gewuna
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The custom of the world Hé ásmeáde ðæt godcunde be woruldgewunan he considered the religious question from a secular standpoint, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 15
on-tygness
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the state of a person in respect to the frequency of the charges brought against him Be cirlisces monnes ontygnesse at ðiéfðe, Ll. Lbmn. 22, 23. v. §37
orc
The infernal regions ⬩ orcus
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The infernal regions (orcus) Orc orcus, Ep. Gl. 16 f, 36; Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 61. Orcþyrs oððe heldeófol Orcus (the god of the infernal regions ), 63, 49
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torn-mód
Having the mind excited to anger, ⬩ having rage in the heart
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Having the mind excited to anger, having rage in the heart Gé (the evil spirits) mec nǽfre mótan tornmóde teón in tintergu, Exon. Th. 141, 2; Gú. 621
Æsces dún
ASHDOWN
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ASHDOWN, the hill of the ash-tree, on the Ridgeway in Berkshire, where Alfred and his elder brother, king Ethelred, first routed the Danes; 'dicitur Latine mons fraxini,' Asser Hér gefeaht Æðeréd cyning and Ælfréd, his bróðor, wið ealne ðone here, on
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syn-rust
The foulness of sin
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The foulness of sin Synrust þweán and ðæt wom ǽrran wunde hǽlan to wash away the foulness of sin and to heal the scar of the former wound, Exon. Th. 81, 9; Cri. 1321.
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ge-sacan
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Against the emendation ge-saca it may be noted that the other nouns in the passage, beginning, hine wiht dweleð, ' represent things (ádl, yldo, inwitsorh), and a noun of the same lind seems more suitable than one denoting a person.
heals
The neck, the prow of a ship ⬩ collum, amplexatorium ⬩ neck, part of the bow of a ship
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The neck, the prow of a ship Se hals the neck, Exon. 60 a; Th, 218, 22; Ph. 298. Gehæfted be ðdam healse fastened by the neck, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 29; Gen. 385. Heals ealne ymbeféng he clasped all the neck, Beo. Th. 5376; B. 2691.
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for-niman
To take away ⬩ deform ⬩ plunder ⬩ destroy ⬩ ransack ⬩ waste ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ rapĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ extermĭnāre ⬩ vastāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ devŏrāre
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Líg eall fornam the flame consumed all, Cd. 119; Th. 153, 34; Gen. 2548: Andr. Kmbl. 1988; An. 996: 3061; An. 1533. Swylt ealle fornom secga hlóþe death destroyed all the band of men, Exon. 75 b; Th. 283, 5; Jul. 675: 59 b; Th. 216, 15; Ph. 268.
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twi-bóte
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Se ðe stalaþ on Gehhol oþþe on Eástron oþþe on ðone Hálgan Ðunresdæg . . . ðara gehwelc ( the offence in each of these cases ) wé willaþ sié twybóte, swá on Lenctenfæsten, L. Alf. pol. 5 ; Th. i. 64, 25.
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líc-tún
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Add: — Hit wæs eald þeáw on þissum landum ꝥ mon oft forðgefarene men innan cyrcean byrigde, and þá stówa þe wǽron tó Godes þeówdðme gehálgode . . . mon worhte tó líctúnum . . .
niþer-lic
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Add Se deáð is nyðerlic (death has its place deep down) : hé is for þan nyðerlic : þeáh se man gewíte in ðá neowelestan scrafa þe on middangearde sý, þonne sceal hé þeáhhwæðere sweltan, Verc. Först. 103, 9-12.