nídþearfness
necessity ⬩ compulsion ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ need ⬩ trouble ⬩ distress
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necessity, compulsion Mid rihtre nýdþearfnysse gebǽded justa necessitate compulsus, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 27. necessity, need (for something) Mycel nýdþearfnys is ðæt ðæt gesceád ... necessaria est magna discretio, 1, 27; S. 497, 17. need, trouble, distress
tó-rendan
To rend in two, ⬩ tear in pieces
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To rend in two, tear in pieces Se héh ðá sacerd tóslát ł tórende woedo his summus autem sacerdos scindens vestimenta sua, Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 63. Wághrsegl temples tóre[n]ded (tórended, Rush.) wæs in tuu velum templi scissum est in duo, 15, 38.
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bysmrung
infamy, blasphemy ⬩ Deceit, infamy, blasphemy ⬩ illusio, infamia, blasphemia
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[ Similar entries bismer, Similar entries bysmer infamy, blasphemy] Deceit, infamy, blasphemy; illusio, infamia, blasphemia Ðeós bysmrung nis to ondrǽdanne hæc illusio non est timenda, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 39, 41: 497, 6. Is on ðære ylcan bysmrunge swýde
Eádmund
Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year
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Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia, was of the Old-Saxon race. He began to reign in A. D. 855. 'Anno Domĭnĭcæ incarnatiōnis DCCCLV, —Eadmundus Orientālium Anglōrum gloriosĭssimus cœpit regnāre VIII. Kalend. Januārii, id est die natālis Dŏmĭni, anno
eges fullíc
Full of fear, fearful, awful ⬩ terrĭbĭlis
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Full of fear, fearful, awful; terrĭbĭlis Hú eges-fullíc he is in geþeahtingum ofer monna bearn Quam terrĭbĭlis est in consĭliis sŭper fĭlios homĭnum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 36. Egesfullícran, nom. pl. more full of terror, Salm. Kmbl. 93; Sal. 46
fægnung
A rejoicing, exultation ⬩ jubĭlātio, exultātio
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A rejoicing, exultation; jubĭlātio, exultātio Is eádig folc ðæt ðe can wyndreámas oððe fægnunge est beātus pŏpŭlus qui scit jubĭlātiōnem, Ps. Lamb. 88, 16. On fægnunga hí rípaþ in exultātiōne mĕtent, Ps. Spl. 125, 6, 8. Fægnunga Godes exultātiōnes Dei
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fore-wrégan
To accuse strongly ⬩ valde accūsāre
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To accuse strongly; valde accūsāre He bútan leahtrum wæs clǽne geméted ðara þinga ðe hine mon forewrégde he was found without crimes clean of the things of which he was accused; absque crīmĭne accūsātus fuisse inventus est, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 30
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hyge-gǽlsa
Slow ⬩ sluggish
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Slow, sluggish Nis hé hinderweard ne hygegǽlsa swár ne swongor swá sume fuglas ða ðe late þurh lyft lácaþ fiþrum non tamen est tarda, ut volucres quæ corpore magno incessus pigros per grave pondus habent, Exon. 60 b; Th. 220, 3; Ph. 314
ge-háda
One of the same state or order ⬩ qui ejusdem stătus vel ordĭnis est
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One of the same state or order; qui ejusdem stătus vel ordĭnis est Mid twám his gehádan with two of his fellow ecclesiastics, L. Eth. ix. 19, 20; Th. i. 344, 14, 16 : L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 12, 15
un-mennisclíc
Inhuman
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Inhuman Wé hérdon on ealdum spellum, ðæt sum sunu ofslóge his fæder, ic nát húmeta, búton wé witon ðæt hit unmennislíc (-lícu, Cott. MS.) dǽd wæs nimis e natura dictum est, nescio quem filios invenisse tortores, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 16
wéstan
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To lay waste, devastate, desolate Hine wilde deór wéstaþ and frettaþ singularis ferus depastus est eam Ps. Th. 79, 13. Hí his wícstede wéstan locum ejus desolaverunt 78, 7. Hié wæron ðæt lond herigende and wéstende, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 20
earfoþ-dǽde
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Hard to do, difficult Hit is ðeáh swíðe earfeð*-*dǽde (earfoð-, v. l.) ðæt mon lustlíce ðone láreów gehiéran wille ðe mon ne lufað difficile est, ut quamlibet recta denuntians praedicator, qui non diligitur, libenter audiatur, Past. 147, 12. Cf. íþ-dǽde
hýþan
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Seó réðe þeód Langbeardna . . . wæs hýþende (híþ-, v. l.) and éhtende úres sweóran effera Langobardorum gens . . . in nostram cervicem grassata est, Gr. D. 258, 12. Híðendum grassantibus (ad diram prostrata necem grassantibus armis, Ald. 204, 10), Wrt
on-hildan
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1. Add Mid þám þe hé þá flaxan onhyllde (-hylde, v. l.), þá eóde þǽr út án nǽddre cum flasconem inclinasset, de eo serpens egressus est, Gr. D. 142, 11. Add Fram dómum þínum ic ne anhylde (declinaui), Ps. L. 118, 102
réceleásness
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Án manricynn wunað . . . under þínum anwealde . . . and þú wást ꝥ hit wile hearmian þínum cyneríce heora réceleásnysse, gyf him man ne gestýrð heora stuntnysse est populus . . . et nosti, quad non expediat regno tuo, ut insolescat per licentiam, Hml.
citel
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Cetil caccabum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 40: caldaria, 103, 21: enum, 107, 24. Cetel caldaria, 127, 53. Citel, 13, 53: cacabum, 7: enum, 29, 35. Lytel cytel lebes, 54, 18. Olla aenea cytel; sed ideo additus aenea quia est et olla fictilis, id est crocca,
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lǽste
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A shoemaker's last Læste musticula ['mustricola machina ad stringendos pedes, hoc est, ad calceum suendum qui pedes tegit et stringit: forma in qua calceus suitur,' Ducange]. Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 25; Wrt. Voc. 26, 24. Lǽste vordalium [?], Wrt. Voc.
ge-brot
A fragment ⬩ fragmentum
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A fragment; fragmentum Of ðám gebrote hig námon seofon wilian fulle de fragmentis tŭlērunt septem sportas plēnas, Mt. Bos. 16, 37. Man nam ða gebrotu ðe ðár belifon, twelf cýpan fulle sublātum est quod superfuit illis, fragmentōrum cophĭi duodĕcim, Lk
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un-gemenged
Unmixed ⬩ unmingled
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Unmixed, unmingled Hit is gecynd ðære godcundnesse ðæt hió mæg beón ungemenged wið óþre gesceafta búton óþerra gesceafta fultume ea est divinae forma substantiae, ut neque in externa dilabatur, nec in se externum aliquid ipsa suscipiat, Bt. 35, 5; Fox
cyne-gird
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Take here exs. under cyne-gyrd in Dict., and add Swíðe ryht is seó cynegyrd þínes ríces virga recta est virga regni tui, Ps. Th. 44, 8. Hé bícnode hire tó mid his cynegyrde extendit contra eam virgam auream, Hml. A. 97, 181