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ýþ-mearh

(n.)
Grammar
ýþ-mearh, gen. -meares; m.

A wave-steed, a ship

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Se micla hwæl bisenceþ sǽlíþende, eorlas and ýðmearas, 363, 5; Wal. 49

fyrþran

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. ¶ governing a clause Fyrðrige Óslác eorl þ þis stande, Ll. Th. i. 278, 5. Add

gráp

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Heardecg cwacað ... grápum gryrefæst ( dreadfully firm from the grasp that grips it ), El. 760. v. eorþ-,gráp feónd-gráp, hilde-gráp, nearu-gráp, níd-gráp. Add

wǽpen-strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
wǽpen-strǽl, es; m.

An arrow to be used as a weapon

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An arrow to be used as a weapon Synd mé manna bearn mihtigum tóðum wǽpenstrǽlas filii hominum dentes eorum arma et sagittae, Ps. Th. 56, 5

ofermódlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ofermódlíce, adv.

Proudly, arrogantly, insolently ⬩ superbe, proterve, elate, hyperbolice

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Proudly, arrogantly, insolently:— Hí sprecaþ swíðe ofermódlíce os eorum locutum est superbiam, Ps. Th. 16, 9. Hit ofer-módlíce férde. Blickl. Homl. 199, 17: 201, 24

tó-brítedness

(n.)
Grammar
tó-brítedness, e; f.

a bruise, ⬩ breach ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow

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a bruise, breach Hé gewríð tóbrýtednyssa heora alligat contritiones eorum, Ps. Lamb. 146, 3: 59, 4. trouble, sorrow Tóbrýtednys and ungesǽlignys contritio et infelicitas, 13, 3

Linked entry: -brítedness

á-sincan

(v.)

to sink down

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Tóbærst seó eorðe and ꝥ tempi ásanc, Hml. S. 4, 378

Linked entry: sincan

lícend-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lícend-líce, adv.

Pleasingly

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Pleasingly Forðon mín gebed nú gyt bécnum standeþ ðæt him on wísum is wel lýcendlíce quoniam adhuc est oratio mea in beneplacitis eorum, Ps. Th. 140, 8

ge-hæft

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hæft, e; f.
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A taking captive Sé þe ne sealde ús on gehæfte ł tó fæncge tóðum heora qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum, Ps. L. 123, 6

in-eardiend

(n.)
Grammar
in-eardiend, es; m.
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An inhabitant Hwylc wæs þǽr áweht tó þám eorre bútan þám ylcan temples ineardiend? quis alius ad irascendum nisi ejusdem templi inhabitator excitatur? Gr. D. 63, 12

tó-feng

(n.)
Grammar
tó-feng, (?: but cf. the expression fón tó), es; m.

Taking, ⬩ seizure

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tóðum heora qui non dedit nos in captionem dentibus eorum. Ps. Lamb. 123, 6

byrig

(n.)
Grammar
byrig, es; n.

A mulberry-tree ⬩ morus

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A mulberry-tree; morus He ofslóh byrig heora on hagule occidit moros eorum in pruina, Ps. Spl. 77, 52: L. M. 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 17

ge-stíþian

(v.)
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Add: To make firm, stiffen Wé hiera módes meruwenesse gestíðigen mid ðǽm ðæt hié gehiéren ðæt wé hié herigen eorum tenerítudinem laus audita nutriat, Past. 210, 18

Linked entry: á-stíðian

áninga

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Þonne byrneð ánunga ł in sceortnisse ( in breui) eorre his, Ps. Rdr. 2, 13. Hrędlíce ł ánunga uelociter, 6, II. Ánunga per singula, Jn. L. 21, 25. Add

nǽfre

(adv.)
Grammar
nǽfre, ( = ne ǽfre); adv.

Never

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Nǽfre ic máran geseah eorl ofer eorþan, Beo. Th. 500; B. 247. Nǽfre gé mid blóde beódgereordu eówre þicgeaþ, Cd. Th. 91, 26; Gen. 1518. Eádig biþ se ðe in his éþle geþíhþ; earm se him his frýnd geswícaþ; néfre (?)

Linked entry: nefre

or-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
or-mód, adj.

Without courage, hopeless, despairing

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Wæs ðá ormód eorl, áre ne wénde, ne on ðam fæstene frófre gemunde, Met. l, 78: 5, 30. Mín sylfes gást wæs ormód worden defeat spiritus mens. Ps. Th. 76, 4. Ðý læs hé ormód sý ealra þinga. Exon. Th. 294, 12; Crä. 14.

Linked entry: for-þencan

word-lác

(n.)
Grammar
word-lác, es; n.

A speech ⬩ loquela

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A speech; loquela Nǽron wordlácu ne sprǽcu ðara ðe ne wǽron gehérde stefna heora non sunt loquelae- neque sermones quorum non audiantur ttoces eorum, Ps. Lamb. 18, 4

þeód-guma

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-guma, an; m.

A chief man of a people, ⬩ a great man

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A chief man of a people, a great man Ða þeódguman (cf. eorlas æscrófe,) (26, 20); (Jud. 337), Judth. Thw. 26, 17; Jud. 332: 24, 26; Jud. 208

un-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
un-rihte, adv.

Not rightly ⬩ unjustly

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Heora sylh unrihte gangaþ aratra eorum non recte incedunt, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 12

on-sand

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Insende on him . . . ǽbylgðe and eorre and geswinc, onsonda þurh engla yfle inmisit in eis indignationem et iram et tribulationem, inmissiones per angelos malos, Ps. Vos. 77, 49. Add