ge-dreog
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Mid ofoste sí becumen; mid gedreóge þeáhhwæðere ꝥ ne gehigeleás méte tender cum festinatione curratur: cum gravitate tamen, ut non scurilitas inveniat fomitem, 17.
hátian
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Cf. hát; Úre líchama oft of ðám fýre hatað ðe him on wunað, Hex. 22, 24. of the effects of strong feeling, to be excited, troubled, &c., cf. hát; I Mín gást mé hátað spiritus meus aestuat Först. Verc. 137, 10.
fǽmnan hád
Virginity, maidenhood, womanhood ⬩ virgĭnĭtas
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Virginity, maidenhood, womanhood ; virgĭnĭtas Ic fǽmnan hád mínne geheóld I preserved my maidenhood, Exon. 9 a; Th. 6, 31; Cri. 92. Þurh fǽmnan hád through womanhood, Cd. 224; Th. 296, 1; Sat. 495.
neó-bedd
A bed for a corpse
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God wearp hine niðer on ðæt neóbedd ( that couch of corpses, Hell ; cf. Milton 'that fiery couch'; and Icel. ná-strönd the place where the dead came, who had not fallen in battle ), Cd. Th. 22, 19; Gen. 343
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be-heáwan
To beat ⬩ bruise ⬩ hew ⬩ cut off ⬩ to separate from ⬩ deprive of ⬩ tundere ⬩ heów ⬩ cædendo privare ⬩ amputare
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Hwonne me wráþra sum aldre beheówe when some enemy might deprive me of life Cd. 128; Th. 163, 21; Gen. 2701
leóht-fruma
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The author or origin of light (cf. lucis auctor, Exon. 65 b; Th. 242, 3; Ph. 667) Lífes leóhtfruma God, Cd. 9; Th. 11, 14; Gen. 175: 43; Th. 57, 10; Gen. 926: Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 26; Gú. 565: 41 b; Th. 138, 24; Gú. 581: Ps. C. 50; Ps.
þeáw-fæst
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Wunige hé mid þeáwfæstumm mannum maneat cum bene moratis hominibus, L. Ecg. P. i. 10; Th. ii. 176, 23. gentle Sumum hé syleþ monna nlilde heortan, þeáwfæstne geþóht, Exon. Th. 299, 28; Crä. 109
hand-preóst
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V. has 'chief about the king') Þrengde hé his handpreóstas and eác sume of his túnpreóstan ꝥ hí scoldan helpan þan feáwan munecan precepit capellanis clericis suis, ut essent cum monachis, Chr. 870; P. 284, 1. Cf. hand-þegn, hand-gesella
sealm-sang
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add: a service at which psalms are sung, one of the seven canonical hours Sealmsonge sinaxis (cf. Professus sum monachus, et psallo omni die septem synaxes cum fratribus, Coll. M. 18, 31), Hpt. 33, 239, 18.
wíg-trod
A war-track ⬩ the road along which an army has passed
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streámas. . . syndon ða foreweallas gestépte óó wolcna hróf, 196, 28; Exod. 298), Cd.
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swíþ-mód
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in a good sense, great-souled, magnanimous, stout-hearted Com ðá tó lande lidmanna helm ( Beowulf ) swíðmód swymman, Beo. Th. 3252; B. 1624. Swíðmód cyning, Cd.
sigor
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Th. 25, 21 ; Cri. 404 : 19, 2 ; Cri. 294 : Andr. Kmbl. 1519 ; An. 761 : Exon. Th. 15, 29 ; Cri. 243. Sigora dryhten, freá, God, sellend, settend, sóðcyning, waldend, weard, Cd. Th. 63, 23 ; Gen. 1036 : Exon. Th. 242, 18 ; Ph. 675 : Elen.
swegel
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Th. 32, 15; Cri. 513. the sun (but can swegel here = segel, sigel (q.v.) ? cf. swegl = segl a sail, Cd. Th. 184, 10; Exod. 105: 182, 26; Exod. 81) Heofontorht swegl gescyndeþ under foldan fæþm, farende tungol, Exon. Th. 351, 1; Sch. 73.
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for-scrífan
to condemn ⬩ proscribe ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ proscrībĕre ⬩ to write ⬩ cut into ⬩ cut down ⬩ incīdĕre ⬩ succīdĕre
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Th. 213; B. 106. to write or cut into, cut down; incīdĕre, succīdĕre Awríteþ he on his wǽpne wællnota heáp, bealwe bócstafas bill forscrífeþ he writes upon his weapon a heap of fatal marks, baleful letters he cuts into the bill, Salm.
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ge-metfæstnys
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Petrus tihte geleáffulle wíf tó eádmódnysse and gemetfæstnysse (cf. the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit; quieti et modesti spiritus, l Pet. 3, 4), Hml.
healdend
One who holds, keeps, sustains, rules, a guardian, keeper, ruler
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Se healdend the ruler, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 17; Gen. 2161. From ðam healdende ðe mé hringas geaf from the guardian who gave me rings, Exon. 105 b; Th. 402, 1; Rä. 21, 23. Mið haldendum cum custodibus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 66
wíte-bróga
Penal horror ⬩ a horrid punishment ⬩ torment
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Kmbl. 1861; El. 932 : Cd. Th. 3, 33; Gen. 45
for-trúwian
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Add: [-trúwan]; p. trúwde; pp. trúwed (cf. fortrúwed-nes) Ðonne hí hié fortrúwiað on ðǽm cræftum ðe hí hæbbað cum de confidentia virium inordinate securi sunt, Past. 463, 7. Ðá fortrúwdes ðú ðé for ðǽm habeas fiduciam in pulchritudine tua, 463, 25.
sǽ-beorh
>a sea-hill
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>a sea-hill, a hill or cliff against the sea Ealle geríman stánas on eorþan, steorran on heofonum, sǽbeorga sand (MS. sund; but cf. Ic ðínne ofspring gemenigfylde swá swá steorran on heofenum and swá swá sandceosol on sǽ,Gen. 22, 17), Cd.