fretwednes
An adorning ⬩ decoration ⬩ ornātio ⬩ decŏrāmentum
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Beóþ ðonne úre hrægla fretwodnes on ðam écan fýre wítnode then our decoration of garments will be punished in the eternal fire, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 394, 11
leód
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Fine for slaying a man [cf. leudus, id est weregildus; and see other passages in Grmm. R. A. 652] In xl nihta ealne leód forgelde let him pay the whole fine within forty days, L. Ethb. 22; Th. i. 8, 6. Healfne leód, 23; Th. i. 8, 7
líf-fæstan
quicken ⬩ vivify
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Gást is se ðe líffæsteþ spiritus est qui vivificat, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 63. Hé is se líffæstenda God, Homl, Th. i, 280, 23. ii. 598, 7
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múga
A mow
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A mow (as in barley- mow), a heap (of hay, corn) Múha aceruus, Wülck. 3, 10. Múwan acervum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 6, 10. Múwan, hreácas acervos, 9, 55.
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swinc
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Swink (this form is used in the 16th century, v.
wiþ-gangan
to go against ⬩ to go off ⬩ withdraw ⬩ fail
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to go against Ic ne meahte mægnes cræfte gúðe wiðgongan (I could not go and meet the foe in fight ), ac ic sceal sécan cempan sǽmran, Exon. Th. 266, 4; Jul. 393. to go off, withdraw, fail Byð mé eágon wiðgangen defecerunt oculi mei, Ps. Th. 68, 3
wraxlian
To wrestle
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To wrestle Ic wraxlige luctor, Ælfc. Gr. 19; Zup. 122, 12. Ða wraxlode (luctabatur) án engel wið hine, Gen. 32, 24. Ic wæs on unmǽtutn costnungum winnende and wraxligeude, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 578. Wraxliendum luctando. Germ. 389, 91.
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cin
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Voc. i. 43, 40. Cinn, ii. 56, 25. Cinne mento, Lch. i. lxx, 5. Lǽdes mannes tácen is þæt þú þé mid ealre hande be þínum cynne nime swilce þú þé be bearde niman wille, Tech. ii. 129, 17. Cinn menta, An. Ox. 46, 4. Add
dág
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Voc. i. 288, 67, 68. Dág massa, An. Ox. 56, 58. Hit sié swilc swá dáh, Lch. ii. 118, 14. Ðæs bæcernes tácen is þæt mon mid bám sámlocone handum tógædere swilce þú dáh brǽdan wille, Tech. ii. 128, 5
ge-edleánian
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To reward, requite, repay Ic gedleániu (retribuam) dóm feóndum, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 196, 23. Geedleánas retribues, 130, 2. Hé ágelt ł geedleánaþ mé retribuet mihi, Ps. L. 17, 25. Geedleánades retribuisti, Ps. Srt. ii. 191, 42.
gristel
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Voc. i. 283, 39: ii. 41, 23. Ic ondette míne synna for ealne mínne líchoman, for ... tungan and gristlan and góman, Angl. xi. 98, 49. For grislan and for tungan, Ll. Th. ii. 264, 5
lǽlian
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Ꝥte nales ðá sweartan deóblu in mínre sídan léligen, swá swá gewuniað, scytas ut non tetri daemones in latera mea librent, ut solent, iacula, Lch. i. lxxiii, 33. to get black and blue Æfestian, lǽlian libescant (cf. lǽl; ¶), Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 41
eóred
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Srt. ii. p. 190, 1. Equitatus ferdwerod vel eóred, gerid, i. equitatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, 72. Án eórod (legion) is on bócum geteald tó six ðúsendum, Hml. Th. ii. 378, 29. Wæs án synderlic eórod. . .
mynecenu
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Voc. i. 42, 20 : Homl. Th. ii. 26, 28. Munuc and mynecenu ðe Gode sylfum beóþ gehálgode, and hyra gehát Gode geháten habbaþ, L. Ecg. P. iii. II.; Th. ii. 198, 32. Seó mynecynu monacha, iv. 9; Th. ii. 206, 16 : Homl. Th. ii. 184, I.
hors
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But if a passage in Alfred's translation of Boethius describes English feeling, riding as an amusement was little known (v. rídan). In war, too, and in farming horses were less used than in later times.
ge-feoht
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Voc. i. 84, 15. fighting, a. in a military sense, war: — Gefeohtes bodan praefeciales, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 7. Gefeohtes duelli, ii. 96, 27: 27, 28. Hí cómon fǽrlíce mid gefeohte tó Judan they suddenly attacked Judas, Hml. S. 25, 653: 670.
a-sceádan
To separate ⬩ disjoin ⬩ exclude ⬩ distinguish ⬩ separare ⬩ segregare
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I. 23; Th. ii. 420, 8. Hí of ciricean gemánan ascádene síen they from the church communion shall be excluded, L. Wih. 3; Th. i. 36, 19. Ðæt eálond is feor asceáden fram Hibernia insula ab Hibernia procul secreta est, Bd. 4, 4; S. 570, 40
wóþ-bora
A (good) speaker ⬩ orator ⬩ poet ⬩ prophet ⬩ philosopher
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Voc. ii. 81, 53
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disc
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D. iii. 127, 19. Man sceal habban . . . pannan, crocca, dixas, Angl. ix. 264, 10
hindan
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sunnan hindan and cymþ wiþforan þá sunnan úp it comes up with the sun from behind and rises be ore the sun, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 2. marking position, at the back, behind, Ph. 293 (in Dict.)