horu
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Hwæt ligst þú on horwe leahtrum áfylled, Dóm. L. 77. Mid þám fúlestan horwe ( incest ), Ap. Th. 24, 14. Micel tódǽlð betwuh clǽnnysse fǽmnenlicre sáwle and horwu ( sordes ) hyre, seó þe manegra gǽlsum underlæg, Scint. 69, 14.
Gefðas
The Gepidæ
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The Gepidæ Mid Gefðum ic wæs I was among the Gefths, Exon. 85 b; Th. 322, 8; Víd. 60. Gifðum, Beo. Th. 4981; B. 2494
morþ-dǽd
A deed which causes destruction ⬩ deadly sin ⬩ evil deed
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[Þonne scalt þu (the body), erming, up arisen imete þine morþdeden, Fragm. Phlps. 7, 37.]
ge-wenian
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</b> with complementary adjective, to make tame :-- Wudufuglas wel átemede þeáh heora láreówas him biódan þá ilcan mettas ðe hí ǽr tame mid gewenedon (with which they made them tame.
hundred-penig
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'A collection made for the support of his office by the sheriff or lord of the hundred:' Hundredpenegas, Chart. Th. 432, 25: 433, 29
helle-god
A god of the infernal regions
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A god of the infernal regions Orfeus wolde gesécan hellegodu and biddan ðæt hí him ágeáfan eft his wíf Orfeus would visit the gods of the infernal regions and pray them to give him his wife again, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 13
ge-byrd
birth ⬩ origin ⬩ beginning ⬩ parentage ⬩ family ⬩ lineage ⬩ nativitas ⬩ origo ⬩ stirps ⬩ genus ⬩ nature ⬩ quality ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ natura ⬩ qualitas ⬩ conditio ⬩ sors ⬩ fatum
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Hie on gebyrd hruron gáre wunde they fell according to their fate, wounded by the spear, Beo. Th. 2153 : B. 1074. Or in the last two instances may 'gebyrd' be referred to 'gebyrian' to happen?
ge-hlǽg
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and add Oft wé gewuniað ꝥ wé þám woruld-mannum hwæthugu mid sprecað for gehlæge. and þá ylcan sprǽce wé nimað lustlíce, þeáh þe heó sí ús unwyrðelíce and unrihtlic tó sprecane dum plerumque eis ad quaedam loquenda condescendimus, paulisper assueti, hanc
for-cúþ
Perverse ⬩ bad ⬩ infamous ⬩ wicked ⬩ perversus ⬩ mălus ⬩ nēquam
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Se yfela, swá he oftor on ðære fandunge abrýþ, swá he forcúþra biþ the oftener the evil man sinks under temptation, the more wicked he will be, Homl. Th. i. 268, 30.
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teóna
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Þohton ðæt hié sceoldon gewrecan hira teónan they thought they would avenge the harm that had been done them, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 17.
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be-hwerfan
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Th. i. 60, 22-28. Þú bist behwyrfed ł miswend peruerteris, Ps. L. 17, 27. Þæt teóðe werod tó áwyrgedum gástum behwyrfede wurdon, Hml. Th. i. 540, 3. to exchange, change for Hé ealle his ǽhta behwyrfde wið ánum gyldenum wecge, Hml. Th. i. 394, 12.
á-hreddan
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Th. 104, 34. Þone wérgan heáp wráðum áhreddan, Cri. 16. with prep, æt Drihten hý áhret æt þám synfullum Dominus eruet eos a peccatoribus, Ps. Th. 36, 39. Gyf hit man æt ðeófes handa áhret, Ll. Th. i. 226, 4. Hí áhreddon ꝥ cild æt þám wulfe, Hml.
á-fýran
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Sindun áfýrde ( eunuchi) þá ðe swá ákende wérun, and syndun áfýrde þá þe wurdon from monnum, and sindun áfýrde þá þe hié sylfum áfýrdun (castraverunt ), Mt. R. 19, 12. Áfýred (-id) olbenda dromidus , Txts. 57, 707.
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a-ferscean
To freshen ⬩ to become fresh ⬩ salsuginem deponere
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To freshen, to become fresh; salsuginem deponere Swá swá of ðære sǽ cymþ ðæt wæter innon ða eorþan and ðǽr afersceaþ thus from the sea the water enters into the earth and then becomes fresh, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 18
for-healdan
withhold ⬩ keep back ⬩ disregard ⬩ neglect
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Th. ii. 252, 7. not to shew proper regard to, disregard, neglect a person or personal attribute Þú forleósest þá forhealdað þé perdes omnes, qui fornicantur abs te, Ps. Th. 72, 22.
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ge-lútan
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To bend the body Þá lócode hé þǽr geloten and gebíged in þone ofn in clibanum incurvatus aspexit, Gr. D. 251, 26. trans. To bend the head, place on a couch, recline Sunu mannes ne hæfis huér heáfud gehlútes ł gebéges (reclinet), Mt.
arce-bisceop-ríce
An ARCHBISHOPRIC ⬩ archiepiscopatus
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An ARCHBISHOPRIC; archiepiscopatus To ðam arcebisceopríce to the archbishopric, Chr. 994; Th. 242, 38. Ðæt arcebiscopríce on Cantwara byrig the archbishopric of Canterbury, 1114; Th. 370, 15
hóp-gehnást
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Bídaþ stille stealc stánhleoþu streámgewinnes hópgehnástes ðonne heáh geþring on cleofu crýdeþ the steep rocks await quietly the strife of the sea, the dash of the waves, when the press of waters towering up crowds on to the cliffs, Exon. 101 b; Th. 384
ufor
Higher ⬩ highest ⬩ at or i-s/>to a greater height ⬩ farther from a coast ⬩ from a spot ⬩ higher ⬩ at or to a more honourable place ⬩ higher ⬩ later
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Ðonne ymb .iii. niht gesécæn hiom sǽmend, búton ðam ufor leófre sió ðe ða tihtlan áge then after three days let them seek themselves an arbitrator, unless the prosecutor would liever do it later, L. H. E. 10; Th. i. 30, 19.
FEL
skin ⬩ hide ⬩ pellis ⬩ cŏrium ⬩ cŭtis
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Fell hongedon on seles wæge the skins hung on the wall of the room, Exon. 104 a; Th. 394, 15; Rä. 14, 3. Ðæt gafol biþ on deóra fellum the tribute is in skins of animals, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 33: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 29: Gen. 27, 16.
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