un-gewirded
Uninjured
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Uninjured Ne mæg him bitres wiht sceððan, ac gescylded á wunaþ ungewyrded þenden woruld stondeþ, Exon. Th. 210, 5; Ph. 181
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drif
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Cf. with passage from Chronicle William of Malmesbury's statement that a contagious fever destroyed more than half the people
drincere
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Add: drunkard, wine-bibber Drinceras, ꝥ synd þá þe druncennysse lufiað ebriosi, Hml. S. 17, 41: Hml. Th. ii. 330, 26
fleardere
wantonly
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One who acts with (wicked) folly, wantonly Warnige hé eác ꝥ hé þurh geþafunge ne wurðe þǽra fleardera geféra, Nap. 23
for-styltan
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To be overcome with astonishment Forstyltun (forestyldton, L.) obstupuerunt, Mk. R. 5, 42: (forstyldton, L.), 10, 24: (forestylton, L.), 16, 5
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riht-gemet
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correct measure Wite se ealdor ꝥ hé hæbbe ealoð his rihtgemet habeat de ceruisa quantum de uino debuerat, Chrd. 15, 22
wiþer-rǽde
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Ꝥ úre nán ne beó wiþerrǽde wiþ þá hálgan drohtnunga, ac wilsumlíce dó ꝥ hé dó, Hml. S. 33, 72. Add
sǽ-wang
The plain by the sea, the shore
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The plain by the sea, the shore Gewát se hearda æfter sande sǽwong tredan, wíde waroþas, Beo. Th. 3933 ; B. 1964
wæter-slæd
A valley with water in it
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A valley with water in it On wæterslædes díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 297, 11. On ðæt wæterslæd, iii. 394, 17
weall-hát
Boiling hot ⬩ red-hot
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Boiling hot, red-hot Ácéle ðú wealhát ísen ðonne hit furþum sié of fýre átogen on wíne, Lchdm. ii. 256, 15
comp-gim
A precious gem ⬩ pretiosa gemma
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A precious gem; pretiosa gemma Mid ðám neorxna wonges compgimmum astǽned stoned with the gems of paradise Salm. Kmbl. 150, 10
smolte
Quietly, mildly
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Quietly, mildly Ðonne smolte (cf. smylte, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 17) blǽwþ súþan and westan wind under wolcnum Met. 6, 8
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ge-þéwan
To oppress; ⬩ opprĭmĕre
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To oppress; opprĭmĕre He sárig folc, geþéwde þurste, blissade he gladdened the sorrowful people, oppressed with thirst, Ps. Th. 106, 32
tó-wyrd
Occasion
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Occasion Ðá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan and tówyrde heora gedáles wiþ Brittas quaerentes occasionem divortii, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 37
clam
mud, clay ⬩ malagma, lutum ⬩ a bandage ⬩ chain, net, fold, prison ⬩ vinculum
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Mid heardum weorcum clames operibus duris luti, Ex. l, 14. a bandage, what holds or retains, as a chain, net, fold, prison; vinculum He ðé clamme belegde he loaded thee with a chain, Andr. Kmbl. 2386; An. 1194. Of ðǽm clammum with tnose chains, Bt.
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be-nǽman
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A. 69, 92. with dat. (inst.) of thing Hí wǽron heora ǽhtum benǽmede (-némde, v. l.) possessiunculis suis ejecti. Bd. l, 12; Sch. 35, 14. with dat. of person Seó nǽdre him (hí ?) benǽmde wuldres, Hml. S. 37, 82. Cf. be-niman
ge-lífed
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., and add: endowed with belief, believing Se gelýfeda ætwint ðám frecednyssum ðǽra deóflicra costnunga, Hml. Th. i. 368, 32.
of-lysted
Possessed with a very strong desire, very desirous for
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Possessed with a very strong desire, very desirous for (with gen. of object) Eubolus wearð swá mycclum oflyst Basilies láre, ðæt him ne lyste nánes metes, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 42: Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 23.
tó-sáwan
To sow broadcast, ⬩ scatter seed ⬩ to spread abroad, ⬩ scatter, ⬩ disperse, ⬩ to disseminate opinions ⬩ distribute favours ⬩ sow dissension
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Seó leáse gesetnys ðe þurh gedwolmen wíde tósáwen is, Homl. Th. i. 438, 1
sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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Ðá gesundrode sigora Waldend leóht wið þeóstrum, sceade wið scíman, Cd. Th. 8, 22; Gen. 128. For hwon sécest ðú sceade, 54, 8; Gen. 874. shadow, protection Under scaduwe fiðera ðínra gescyld mé, Ps. Spl. 16, 10.
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