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sǽ-láf

(n.)

what is left by the sea,

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what is left by the sea, applied to the spoils of the Egyptians drowned in the Red Sea Ongunnon sǽláfe dǽlan, ealde mádmas, reáf and randas, Cd. Th. 215, 16; Exod. 584

hǽðung

(n.)
Grammar
hǽðung, [ = hǽtung], e; f

Heating, warming

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Heating, warming Belimpþ seó hǽðung tó ðære hǽtan and seó onlíhting belimpþ tó ðære beorhtnysse the heating belongs to the heat and the illumination to the brightness, Homl. Th. i. 286, 3

Linked entry: hǽtung

weorold-scír

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-scír, e; f.
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Worldly business, secular office On þám woruldscírum (negotiis secularibus) wé beóð full oft geneádode ꝥ we dód þá þing þe ús is genóh cúð ꝥ wé ná ne sceoldon, Gr. D. 3, 7

ísen

(n.)
Grammar
ísen, n.
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Hié him wǽpeno worhton þá þe ísen hæfdon, Ors. 4, 13 ; S. 210, 25. an implement, a tool, & c. made of iron Þá rǽsde forð þæt ísen (íren, v. l. ferrum head of a hatchet) of þám hylfe, Gr. D. 113, 26.

neó-bedd

(n.)
Grammar
neó-bedd, es; n.

A bed for a corpse

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Th. 235, 7; Ph. 553. 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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scenn

(n.)
Grammar
scenn, e; f. (?)

A plate of metal on the handle of a sword

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Th. 3392; B. 1694

deáwig

(adj.)
Grammar
deáwig, adj.

DEWY roscĭdus

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DEWY; roscĭdus Gúþcyste onþrang deáwig-sceaftum the war-tribe pressed onwards with dewy shafts, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 25; Exod. 344. Ðara breósta biþ deáwig wǽtung there is a dewy wetting of the breasts, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 258, 17

yfel-cund

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Þá þe yfelcunde ( maligna ) strecaþ ofer mé, Ps. L. 34. 26. Add

æfter-cweðan

(v.)
Grammar
æfter-cweðan, p. -cwæþ; pp. -cweden

To speak afterrepeatto answerrevokerenounceabjurerepetererevocare

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His bróðer griþ eall æftercwæþ his brother renounced all peace, Chr. 1094; Th. 360, 23. Æftercweðendra lof the praise of the after-speaking [post mortem laudantium ], Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 10; Saef: 72

galdor-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
galdor-cræft, gealdor-cræft, es; m.

The art of enchantingmagic artincantationincantandi arsmăgĭca arsincantātio

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Ða ðe galdorcræftas begangaþ those that practise magical arts, Blickl. Homl. 62, 23

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bí-sǽce

(n.)
Grammar
bí-sǽce, es; n? m?

a visitvisitatiopersecution, dispute, litigationcontroversia, litigatioto seek, visit, persecute, dispute

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Gif ðǽr hwæt bísǽces sý, seme se biscop if there be somewhat of dispute, let the bishop settle it, Const. vii; Th. ii. 258, note a

geárlic

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Voc. ii. 5, 55: 92, 9. that lasts a year Þes geárlica ymbrene ús gebringð efne nú þá tíd lenctenlices fæstenes, Wlfst. 284, 19. that forms part of a year On ðám dæge wurdon geárlice tída gesette, Hml. Th. i. 100, 3.

glædlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
glædlíc, adj.

Brightpleasantkind

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Bright, pleasant, kind Scíneþ ðé leóht glædlíc ongeán the light shineth bright over against thee, Cd. 29; Th. 38, 31; Gen. 615. Hú glædlíc biþ and gód swylce quam bonum et quam jucundum, Ps. 132, 1.

cwealm-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm-bealu, gen. cwealm-bealuwes; n. [bealo, bealu bale, evil]

Deadly evil cædis malum

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Deadly evil ; cædis malum Ðæt hit móste cwealmbealu cýðan that it must make known the deadly evil, Beo. Th. 3884; B. 1940

grǽg-mǽl

(adj.)
Grammar
grǽg-mǽl, adj.
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Th. 5357; B. 2682. See under 'grǽg,' the passage in which that adjective is applied to weapons

ge-sáweled

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Add: ge-sáwlod endowed with life Ǽr þám þe hit (utero conceptus) gesáwlod wǽre antequam animatus fuit, Ll. Th. ii. 154, 17

riht-sinscipe

(n.)
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lawful matrimony Ðrý hádas sindon þe cýðdon gecýðnesse be Críste; þæt is mæigdhád, and wudewanhád, and rihtsinscipe, Hml. Th. i. 148, 7

sweorcend-ferhþ

(adj.)
Grammar
sweorcend-ferhþ, adj.
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With the mind growing gloomy Beornas ( the Assyrians after Holofernes' death ) stódon ymbe hyra þeódnes træf sweorcendferhþe . . . Ðá wæs hyra tíres æt ende, Judth. Thw. 25, 19; Jud. 269

hord-cófa

Grammar
hord-cófa, l. hord-cofa,
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and add Ic ( the devil) wolde . . . þæt hý (the wicked) wunedon on mínum hordcouan (hwæt woldon hý on mínum hordcleofan, v. l. ) and þíne circean forgeáton, Wlfst. 255, 14

for-gǽgan

to go beyondexceedtransgressto pass byomit to doneglectto pass away

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Gemet tó specenne ná forgǽg þú, Scint. 81, 13. Wolde Eleazarus sweltan ǽr þan þe hé Godes ǽ forgǽgan wolde, Hml. S. 25, 86, 95. Tó forgǽgenne, 113. Forgǽgende (cf. oferliórende, Ps. Srt.) ic talode þá árleásan praeuaricantes reputaui peccatores, Ps.