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freá-drihten

(n.)
Grammar
freá-drihten, freah-drihten; gen. -drihtnes; m.

A lordmasterthe Lorddŏmĭnus

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He wolde freahdrihtnes feorh ealgian he would defend his lord's life, Beo. Th. 1596, note; B. 796

Linked entry: freah-drihten

hefig-ness

(n.)
Grammar
hefig-ness, e; f.

Heavinessslownessweightgriefaffliction

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Lind. 20, 12. Hefignise gebær ægrotationes portavit, 8, 17

hréðe

(adj.)
Grammar
hréðe, adj.

Fiercecruelsavagerough

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Lind. 8, 28. In heágum mórum and hréðum in arduis asperisque montibus, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 27. Ðám hréðestum feóndum sævissimis hostibus, Mone Gl. 346

mór-land

(n.)
Grammar
mór-land, es; n.

Moor-landwild hilly country

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Lind. Rush. i. 65

of-lícian

(v.)
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Swá hwæt swá him oflícaþ ðeáh hit hálig sý hié hit lǽtaþ unálýfed whatever they do not like, though it be holy, they profess that it is not permitted R. Ben. 9, 19. Ðá oflícode mé þearle ðæt ic eft tó ðam líchaman sceolde, Homl. Th. ii. 354, 10.

Linked entry: lícian

on-bíd

(n.)
Grammar
on-bíd, (-bid ?), es; n.
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Long is ðis onbíd worulde lífes long in this life is this waiting for the next, 164, 30; Gú. 1019.

Linked entry: an-bíd

ge-freógan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freógan, -freón; p. -freóde; pp. -freód

To freemake free

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Lind. 1, 74

Linked entries: ge-friéga ge-frígian

syn-rust

(n.)
Grammar
syn-rust, es; m.

The foulness of sin

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[Cf. the line in the Cathemerinon of Prudentius, 'quod limat aegram pectoris rubiginem.' v. Mod. Lang. Notes, May, 1889. Cf. also synne rust peccati rubigo, Scint. 4, 14.] Similar entries v. Cf. syn-wund

Linked entry: rust

twín

(n.)
Grammar
twín, es; n.
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Lind. bysso ), Lk. Skt. 16, 19

Linked entry: twínen

cwician

(v.)
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Wæs sum mǽden licgende on paralisin . . . ealle hire lima cucodon, Hml. S. 31, 504. to make alive Se fæder ðá deádo cuicað ( vivificat ), Jn. L. 5, 21. Þǽre sáwle mægen cwicaþ þone líchoman, Gr. D. 268, 18

ge-bræcseóc

(adj.)
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Voc. ii. 132, 25 : þá symbelmónað*-*lican ádla, 20, 39), Wrt. Voc. ii. 19, 5

sprengan

Grammar
sprengan, <b>II a.</b>
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Se diácon ꝥ gebletsode waster sprengde (stregde, v. l.) ofer his lima 'vade citius, et aquam super jacentis corpus projice' . . . Diaconus aquam benedictam super membra illius aspersit, Gr. D. 82, 18-22. Add

scenc

(n.)
Grammar
scenc, es; m.

A draught, cup

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Lind. 10, 42. Drince scenc fulne, Lchdm. ii. 116, 21. Genim ðysse ylcan wyrte seáw ánne scenc (scænc,MS. H.), i. 110, 21. Nim þrý scenceas (scæncas,MS. B.) gódes wínes, 90, 19: 110, 10.

for-smorian

(v.)
Grammar
for-smorian, p. ode; pp. od; v. trans.

To smotherchokesuffocatestiflesuffōcāre

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To smother, choke, suffocate, stifle; suffōcāre Hí synd mid heora lífes lustum forsmorode ... woruldcara and wélan forsmoriaþ ðæs modes þrotan they are choked with the pleasures of their life ... worldly cares and riches choke the throat of the mind,

hreóh

(n.)
Grammar
hreóh, hréh; n.

stormtempest

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Lind. 6, 48. Sumne sceal hungor áhíðan sumne sceal hreóh fordrífan famine shall waste one man, a storm drive another to destruction, Exon. 87 a; Th. 328, 10; Vy. 15.

lǽwa

(n.)
Grammar
lǽwa, an; m.

A betrayertraitor

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Judam scarioð se wæs lǽwa [hléga, Lind] iudam scarioth qui fuit proditor, Lk. Skt. 6, 16. His lǽwa him tácen sealde dederat traditor ejus signum eis, Mk. Skt. 14, 44: Homl. Th. ii. 246, 10. Mid Judan ðe Cristes léwa wæs; Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: be-lǽwa

óþ-hebban

(v.)
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to elevate, exalt, lift up Ða welan ðe ǽlcne ofermódne óþhebbaþ abundantia, quae sublevat, Past. 26, 2 ; Swt. 183, 18. Hé hine óþhóf (ot-, Cote. MSS. ) innan his geþohte eallum óðrum monnum cunctis in cogitatione se praetulit, 4, 2; Swt. 39, 15.

ge-cennan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cennan, p. de; pp. ed.

to begetbring forthproduceto cleardeclareprovepurgareadvocaremanifestare

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Lind. 8, 41. [Cf. O. H. Ger. kiichennan gignere.] to clear, declare, prove; purgare, advocare, manifestare Gif he gecenne if he prove, L. Eth, ii. 8; Th. i. 288, 17. Ic ðé écne God ǽnne gecenne I confess thee the only everlasting God, Grn. Hy. 10, 4

Linked entry: ge-cænnan

rempan

(v.)

to go headlong (like an animal butting with its horns (?),be precipitate

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to go headlong (like an animal butting with its horns (?), cf. gerumpenu nædre coluber cerastes, ), Wrt.

scortian

(v.)
Grammar
scortian, p. ode.
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Prol. 791). to run short, fail Ðætte ne scortige (sceortiga, Lind.) gileófa ðín ut non deficiat fides tua, Lk. Skt. Rush. 22, 32