wróht-bora
an accuser ⬩ informer
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Similar entries v. wróht, II Wróhtbora factiosa (cf. ða fǽcnan factiosam, 77, 46), falsa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 68
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hege-rǽwe
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D. iii. 388, 24. Andlang ðǽre hegerǽwe, 461, 23. C. D. iii. 388, 24. Andlang ðǽre hegerǽwe, 461, 23. Ollung þǽre hegreáwe, Swt. Rdr. ii. 203, 4, 5. Innan þá hegreáwe, 9. In ðá hegreáwe; æfter þǽre heghreáwe, Cht. E. 239, 2.
smyltness
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See preceding word; or is pinguedo connected with pinguis in its sense of calm, quiet, easy? Add Mé sóna sum staþolfæstlic smyltnyss tó becóm, Hml. S. 23b, 551.
wǽge
A cup
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Voc. i. 290, 82. Sume ic geteáh, tó geflite fremede ... beóre druncne; ic him byrlade wróht of wége, ðæt hí in wínsele þurh sweordgripe sáwle forlétan of flǽschoman, Exon. Th. 271, 24; Jul. 487. Fǽted wǽge, dryncfæt deóre, Beo. Th. 4499; B. 2253.
riftere
a reaper
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Voc. ii. 56, 55 : 71, 30. Riptere, i. 74, 68. Ðæt geríp is micel and ða rifteras feáwa, Homl. Th. ii. 520, 16. Riftra[s], messores Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 39. Ic cweþe tó riftrum mínum dicam messoribus, 13, 30.
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cráw-leác
Crow-garlic ⬩ allium vineale, Lin
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Crow-garlic; allium vineale, Lin Nim hermodactylos = ἑρμο-δάκτυλος[MS. datulus] ða wyrt ... ðæt is on úre geþeóda ðæt greáte [MS. greáta] cráwleác[MS. crauleac] take the wort attium vineale ... that is in our language the great crow-garlic Lchdm. i.
sicetan
to sigh ⬩ groan
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MSS.) on ðǽm þiéstrum impii in tenebris conticescent, Past. 11, 1; Swt. 65, 12. Siccitan conticiscent, silebant, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135. 15
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for-healdan
withhold ⬩ keep back ⬩ disregard ⬩ neglect
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L. 15, 29. not to keep in good condition. not to keep in safety, not to preserve Eálá eá is ꝥ forweorþfullic wela þe náuþer ne mæg ne hine selfne gehealdan ne his hláford, tó ðon ꝥ hé ne þurfe máran fultumes, oððe hí beóþ bégen forhealden O praeclara
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FLǼSC
FLESH ⬩ căro
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In flǽsce in the flesh, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 475; Met. 20, 238: Apstls. Kmbl. 73; Ap. 37. Ryht æðelo biþ on ðam móde, næs on ðam flǽsce true nobility is in the mind, not in the flesh, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 19.
ge-dwellan
To lead astray. ⬩ of matter in respect to which there is error ⬩ the object a thing, to confuse, obscure, give a wrong idea of ⬩ To err
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To lead astray. in a physical sense (v. ge-dwelian ; II. 1), in a mental or moral sense, the object a person Ðæt hé gewundige ðá heortan ðára gehírendra . . ., ðæt is ðæt hé hié gedweleð ne erroris vulnere audientium corda feriantur, Past. 93, 20.
dǽlere
DEALER, divider, distributor, agent ⬩ divīsor, sequester
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Ic wæs dǽlere betwix Gode and eów ego sequester et medius fui inter Domĭnum et vos, Deut. 5, 5. Ðam wǽdlan gedafenaþ ðæt he gebidde for ðane dǽlere on the indigent it is incumbent that he pray for the distributor, Homl. Th. i. 256, 33.
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.)
smorian
To choke, suffocate
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Halliwell gives smore as a word in northern dialects, and quotes Hall's Chronicles; and smoor is given as a Lincolnshire word, E. D. S. Pub.]
yfelsian
To blaspheme
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Voc. ii. 73, 21. In the Northern Gospels the same Latin verb is translated by the following forms Ebalsas (hefalsaþ, Rush.) blasphemat, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 3. Ebolsas (heofolsaþ, Rush.), Mk. Skt. Lind. 2, 7. Ebolsas (eofolsas, Rush.), 3, 29.
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be-gíman
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Ox. 4353. to attend to (in answer to appeal) To Drihtne ic cleopige and hé begýmð (intendit) mé, Ps. Spl. 76, l. Begím dóm mínne intende judicio meo, 34, 26. Begím þú, God, mé tó fylste Deus, in adjutorium meum intende, R.
ge-wuna
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Dele last reference, and add: of persons (or things personified), accustomed, used Ic mé, swá swá ic gewuna wæs, tó middes heora gemengde, Hml. S. 23 b, 372.
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sulh
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Reference to such men may be found in the section on the gebúr, where it is said: Gif hé aferað ne ðearf hé wyrcan ðá hwíle ðe his hors úte bið, Ll. Th. i. 434, 9. Similar entries See too aferian.
tó-sleán
To strike to pieces, ⬩ knock to bits ⬩ to demolish, ⬩ knock down a building ⬩ to divide in two by a blow or stroke ⬩ to drive away thoughts
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Gif hit (an egg) ne tócíne, tósleah hwón if it will not crack, break it slightly with a blow, Lchdm. iii. 18, 2. of abstract objects, to drive away thoughts Ða yflan gebohtas ðe him on mod becumaþ hé sceal sóna on Criste tósleán . . .
be-æftan
behind, ⬩ after
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D. ii. 150, 35
borh
payment ⬩ suretyship ⬩ security ⬩ loan ⬩ debt
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Th. ii. 50, 17