lengþ
Length
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Length On lengþe mid him hé begeat ealle ða eástlond at length with them he gained all the east country, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 144, 1. [Hit weáx on lengþe it grew in length, Chr. 1122; Erl. 249, 22.]
ge-hiwung
A form ⬩ fashion ⬩ shape ⬩ position ⬩ predicament ⬩ figmentum ⬩ cătēgŏria
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Drihten, ðú wást míne geheowunga Lord, thou knowest my fashioning, Blickl. Homl. 89, 15
Linked entries: ge-heowung ge-hywung
un-seldan
Not seldom ⬩ frequently
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Not seldom, frequently Ðone sang wé sungon unseldon mid heom, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 264. Oft and unseldan, L. E. G. proem.; Th. i. 166, 9: Btwk. 222, 2. Oft and unseldon, L. Pen. 2; Th. ii. 278, 5
Linked entry: seldan
wróht-smiþ
A worker of crime ⬩ a criminal
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Ðæt ðú mé ne gescyrige mid scyldhetum, werigum wróhlsmiðum (the cannibal Mermedonians),on ðone wyrrestan deáð ofer eorðan, Andr. Kmbl. 171 ; An. 86
feoht
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Eall úre folc mid fleáme ætwand, búton wé feówertig þe on ðám feohte stódon, 11, 74. Cynig farende tó gesettanne feht rex iturus committere bellum, Lk. L. 14, 31. Add
for-seóþan
To boil away
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Hí (the Innocents) sind gehátene martyra blóstman, for ðan ðe hí wǽron swá swá úpáspringende blóstman on middeweardan cyle ungeleáffulnysse swilce mid sumere éhtnysse forste forsodene, Hml. Th. i. 84, 15
geáp-scipe
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Hé ríxade ofer Englæland, and hit mid his geápscipe swá þurhsmeáde, ꝥ næs án híd landes innan Englælande ꝥ hé nyste hwá heó hæfde, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 19
híwcúþ-ness
Familiarity
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Mid bylde þǽre híwcúðnysse ausu familiaritatis, 71, 24; 140, 7. with an action Bútan tó rǽdenne híwcuðnysse nisi legendi familiaritate, Scint. 220, 2
holde
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Add: graciously, v. hold; Ic him míne hǽlu holde ætýwe, Ps. Th. 90, 16 : 118, 73. loyally, devotedly, v. holde; <b>II, III</b> Þ á þe þíne hǽlu holde lufigean, Ps. Th. 69, 5
ídellíce
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Mon hweðre ídellíce ( vane ) bið gedroefed, 38, 7: 88, 48. without cause Ídellíce ( vane ) edwíttun sáwle míne, 34, 7. v. on ídel under ídel; n
osogen
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Mid deórenum ceáflum wǽre forsocen ł forgnegen ferinis rictibus suggillaretur, i. rapietur (Ald. 45, 34, the passage glossed at Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 23), An. Ox. 3344. The meaning of á-sogen in Nar. 16, 26 (v. á-súgan)
swǽsness
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Ðá byrðeras synd ólǽcunga lyffetyndra geférena þe mid ólǽcunge and geǽttredum swǽsnyssum þone synfullan tihtað and heriað, Hml. Th. i. 492, 29
tínan
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Þá sǽde hé him hospword and mid manegum tálum hine týnde, 724
wíd-gal
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Hé eóde út and mid wídgalum móde worhte á hwæthugu eorðlices egrediebatur et mente vaga terrena aliqua agebat, iii, 13. Add
un-wriðen
Not bound
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Not bound Ðæt hé mid ungemetlícre grimsunge his hiéremonna wunda tó suíðe ne slíte, ne eft for ungemetlícre mildheortnesse hé hié ne lǽte unwriðena ut neque multa asperitate exulcerentur subditi, neque nimia benignitate solvantur, Past. 17; Swt. 125,
Linked entry: un-wríþan
hand-cláþ
A hand-cloth, towel ⬩ a hand-towel
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A hand-cloth, towel Ic geseó Godes engel standende ætforan ðé mid, handcláþe, and wípaþ ðíne swátigan limu I see God's angel standing before thee with a handcloth, and he wipes thy sweaty limbs, Homl. Th. i. 426, 30
sliht
Level, smooth ⬩ level with the ground ⬩ a level road ⬩ planus ⬩ plain, level
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Swá swá oxa gewunaþ tó áwéstenne gærs óþ ða wirttruman eorþslihtes mid tóþum (eats the grass to the root, to the level of the ground) Num. 22, 4
ge-þíwan
To threaten ⬩ rebuke ⬩ oppress
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To threaten, rebuke, oppress Simon me mid his englum geþíwde Simon threatened me with his angels, Homl. Th. i. 378, 2. Óþ-ðæt hio óðer folc egsan geþíwdan until they oppressed other people with fear, Ps. Th. 104, 11
tó-stician
To stab to pieces ⬩ wound severely by stabs ⬩ destroy by thrusts
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To stab to pieces, wound severely by stabs, destroy by thrusts Funde he hiene ǽnne be wege licgan mid sperum tósticad healfcucne invenit in itinere solum relictum, confossum vulneribus et extrema vitae efflantem, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 128, 14
Linked entry: tó-stingan
wæl-hreów
Cruel ⬩ barbarous ⬩ bloodthirsty
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Mid wealhreówre ł deóflícre mihte tyrannica potestate, Hpt. Gl. 434, 3. Mid wealreówre grimnysse crudescente atrocitate, 515, 23. On þysum wælhreówan cwearterne, Nicod. 26; Thw. 15, 1. Forgripen mid wælhreówe (crudeli) deáþe, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 24.