butsa-carlas
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['The " butsecarls" stand in the same relation to the "scip-fyrd" that the housecarls occupy towards the " land-fyrd "; i. e. they are the king's standing force, as opposed to the national levies.
heáfod-land
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Of þǽm wege á be þǽm heáfodlande; ꝥ eft in ꝥ óþer heáfodlond áne hwíle; þænne in þá furh; ꝥ andlong fyrh anbútan ꝥ heáfodlond . . . of þǽm heáfodlonde eft on þone weg, Cht. E. 208, 25-29: 35. On þæt heáfodlond; of þám heáfodon andlang fúra, C.
swǽr
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Þis mé tó bóte þǽre swǽran swærtbyrde, Lch. iii. 66, 22. add: — Fore fyrhte þǽre swǽran onsýne þǽra áwyrgedra gásta pavore tetrae eorum imaginis, Gr. D. 326, 7. add: — Þá swǽran synna ne beóð nǽfre áfeormode for nánes fýres ǽlincge, Hml.
for-grípan
To grasp ⬩ snatch away ⬩ seize ⬩ assail ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ corrĭpĕre ⬩ comprehendĕre ⬩ apprehendĕre ⬩ vim afferre ⬩ obruĕre
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Ðeáh gé mínne flǽschoman fýres wylme forgrípen though ye assail my body with fire's heat, Exon. 38 a; Th. 124, 31; Gú. 346
un-átellendlíc
Innumerable
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Innumerable Seó fyrd wæs unátellendlíc ðe hé gegaderod hæfde, Chr. 1049; Erl. 172, 23. Hí bereáfedan hí æt eallon ðan gærsaman ðe heó áhte; ða wǽron unátellendlíce, 1043; Erl. 168, 34.
Linked entry: á-tellendlic
ge-drysnan
To put out ⬩ quench ⬩ extinguish ⬩ vanish ⬩ extinguĕre ⬩ evanescĕre
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To put out, quench, extinguish, vanish; extinguĕre, evanescĕre Ðæt fýr ne biþ gedrysned ignis non extinguĭtur, Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 44, 48. He gedrysnade from égum hiora ipse evanuit ex oculis eorum, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 31
on-ǽlan
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Onǽlede of fýre incensa igni, Bl. Gl. Add Hét hé gefeccan ǽnne ǽrenne oxan and þone onǽlan, Hml. S. 30, 421. Is þes atola hám fýre onǽled, Sat. 97.
á-tendan
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</b> to kindle a fire :-- Hé geseah feówer fýr átende, Hml. Th. ii. 338, 6. Add Átend succensus (flammis carnalibus). An. Ox. 4315
leóht-berende
Light-bearing ⬩ Lucifer ⬩ luminous
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Swylce án ofen eall smóciende and leóhtberende fýr férde ofer ða lác apparuit clibanus fumans et lampas ignis inter divisiones illas, Gen. 15, 17
ful-lǽst
Help ⬩ aid ⬩ support ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ subsĭdium
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Ðæt we hæfdon æt ðæm fýre leóht and fulláste that we might have light and help from the fire, Nar. 13, 3
Linked entry: lǽst
twi-bóte
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Gif ðisses hwæt gelimpe þenden fyrd úte sié, oþþe in Lenctenfæsten, hit sié twybóte, 40; Th. i. 88, 12. v. next word
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þenden
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Gif þisses hwæt gelimpe þenden (þonne, v.l. ) fyrd úte sié, Ll. Th. i. 88, 11. Þenden (þá hwíle, v.l.) hé þis hwílendlice ríce hæfde temporalis regni gubernacula tenens, Bd. 3, 12; Sch. 244, 19.
ofer-holt
a forest of spears which rise over the heads of those who bear them
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Hié gesáwon fyrd Faraonis forþ ongangan oferholt wegan eóred líxan they (the Israelites) saw Pharaoh's host advance, saw a forest of spears move (or saw them bearing a forest of spears), saw the band glitter, Cd. Th. 187, 27; Exod. 157
óga
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Add Ꝥ se rénboga sý tó ógan mid þæs fýres híwe, ꝥ eall middaneard bið mid fýre forswǽled, Angl. vii. 38, 365. Hí gesáwon swá mænigfealde ógan on mistlicum wítum, Hml. S. 23, 61
Linked entry: on-égan
ǽþm
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Hí ásprungon up mid ðám fýre . . . and þǽr slóh út ormǽte stenc mid ðám ǽðmum, ii. 350, 25. hot vapour from liquids ꝥ se ǽþm ( steam from a hot kettle ) ne mæge út, Lch. ii. 338, 18. Drince on þám baþe and ne lǽte on þone éþm, 78, 24.
seócness
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Sickness, illness, disease Ðæt God wolde sendan ærest hungor and ádla on manna ceáp, ǽr ðæt fýr cóme on heó, and heó mid mislícre seócnesse æt mannum genyman. Wulfst. 209, 30. v. deóful-, fylle-, lifer-, mód-, mónaþ-, ofer-, wæter-seócness
byrst
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A loss, defect; damnum, calamitas Gylde ðone byrst, ðe ðæt fýr ontende reddet damnum, qui ignem succenderit, Ex. 22, 6, 12: Ps. Th. 108, 18. We habbaþ fela byrsta gebiden multas calamitates sumus perpessi, Lupi Serm. i. 2; Hick. Thes. ii. 99, 21
heofonisc
Heavenly
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Heavenly Hú ðæt heofenisce fýr forbærnde ðæt lond on ðæm wǽron ða twá byrig on getimbred Sodome and Gomorre how fire from heaven consumed the land in which were built the two cities Sodom and Gomorrah, Ors. tit. 3; Swt. 1, 6
án-hende
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Gód is þé ánhende tó lífe þonne twá honda hæbbende siǽ sended in écce fýr, Mt. R. 18, 8. Blinde, ánhende caecos, debiles, 15, 30. Add
mús
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Cwóman Indisce mýs ín þá fyrd in foxa gelícnisse mures Indici in castra pergebant uulpibus similes, Nar. 16, 5. Add