leóf-líc
Lovely ⬩ beautiful ⬩ delightful ⬩ pleasant ⬩ lovable ⬩ dear
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Lovely, beautiful, delightful, pleasant, lovable, dear Wígláf leóflíc lindwíga Wiglaf, warrior dear, Beo. Th. 5199; B. 2603. Leóflíc cempa, Andr. Kmbl. 2891; An. 1448. Leóflíc wíf, Elen. Kmbl. 572; El. 286.
murcnian
To murmur ⬩ complain ⬩ repine ⬩ grieve
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Ðonne onginþ hé tó murcnienne, and þincþ him tó lang hwænne hé beó genumen of ðyses lífes earfoþnyssum. Homl. Th. i. 140, 19. Ða Phariséi gehýrdon ða menigeo ðus murcnigende be him, Jn. Skt. 7, 32: Bt. 5, 1; Fox 8, 27 (v. murcian)
ge-windan
To twist ⬩ weave ⬩ bend ⬩ wind ⬩ torquĕre ⬩ plectere ⬩ implĭcāre ⬩ To go ⬩ turn ⬩ turn about ⬩ revolve ⬩ roll ⬩ se vertĕre ⬩ volvĕre
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To go, turn, turn about, revolve, roll; īre. se vertĕre, volvĕre He meahte wídre gewindan he might more widely turn about, Beo. Th. 1530; B. 763. Se aglǽca on fleám gewand the miserable being turned to flight, 2007; B. 1001: Homl.Th. i. 290, 19.
ge-witan
To understand ⬩ know ⬩ scire
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To understand, know; scire Hí woldon gewitan hwæt ðæt wǽre dignoscere quid esset, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 7; 4, 18; S. 587, 1; Beo. Th. 2705; B. 1350. Giuta scire, Rtl. 5, 18.
be-scúfan
To shove, thrust, cast, hurl or throw, to precipitate ⬩ intrudere, immittere, detrudere, præcipitare
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Wá biþ ðǽm, ðe sceal sáwle bescúfan in fýres fæðm woe shall be to him, who shall thrust a soul into the fire's embrace, Beo. Th. 371; B. 184.
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ge-hladan
to load ⬩ burden ⬩ freight ⬩ heap up ⬩ onĕrāre ⬩ impōnĕre ⬩ congĕrĕre ⬩ cŭmŭlāre ⬩ to draw [water] ⬩ haurire
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He sǽbát gehleód he loaded the sea-boat, Beo. Th. 1795, note; B. 895, note. Hí gehlódon werum and wífum wǽghengestas they loaded the ocean-stallions with men and women, Elen. Kmbl. 467; El. 234 : Cd. 174; Th. 220, 2; Dan. 65.
geócor
Strong, fierce, harsh, dire, sad ⬩ strife, anger
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Wiste his fingra geweald on grames grápum ðæt he wæs geócor he [Grendel] knew that his fingers' power was in the gripe of the fierce one, so that he was sad, Beo. Th. 1535. Similar entries v. B. 765 for a different reading.
strúdan
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Hwá ðæt hord strude, Beo. Th. 6244; B. 31. 26. Se ðone wong strude (MS. strade), 6139; B. 3073. Iudas hæfde onlícnesse ðara manna ðe willaþ Godes cyricean yfelian and strúdan, Blickl. Homl. 75, 24. Strúd-ende fýr, Cd. Th. 154. 15 ; Gen. 2556
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twirǽdness
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Ðæt swá hweþer swá hit wǽre swá sibb swá twyrédnys betweónan Saxan and Myrcenum, ðæt ðæt mynster beó ǽfre on sibbe. Cod. Dip. B. i. 156, 16.
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þider-inn
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Ic wille ðæt se cyng beó hláford ðæs mynstres and ðære landára ðe ic þyderinn becweden hæbbe ( that I have bequeathed to the monastery ), 547, 32. His béc ealle hé cwæð þyderin, 550, 23. Ósaníg gange þyderin, 550, 19
un-gewemmed
unspotted ⬩ immaculate ⬩ uncorrupted ⬩ uninjured ⬩ undefiled ⬩ unstained ⬩ inviolate ⬩ immaculate
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Similar entries v. un-forswǽled. moral, undefiled, unstained, inviolate, immaculate Ungewæmmed ic beó immaculatus ero, Ps. Spl. 18, 14. Ungewæmmed inviolata, Hymn. Surt. 54, 25: incorruptibilis, Jn. Skt. p. 1, 6.
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un-sófte
not at ease ⬩ in discomfort ⬩ not gently ⬩ hardly ⬩ severely ⬩ hardly ⬩ with difficulty ⬩ with trouble
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Ic ðæt unsófte ealdre gedígde, Beo. Th. 3314; B. 1655: 4287; B. 2140: Elen. Kmbl. 263; El. 132: Exon. Th. 168, 20; Gú. 1080
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áþ
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Beó se cyng ǽlces þǽra wíta wyrðe (this comes at the end of a section dialing with oaths and ordeals), Ll. Th. i. 282, 16] :-- Hámsócn and forsteall, . . . áþ and ordél, fyrdwíte, Cht. Th. 433, 28: 433, 8: 20: 31
sǽ-mann
a seaman,
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Gáras, sǽmanna searo, Beo. Th. 663; B. 329. Hé sǽmannum onsacan mihte, 5900; B. 2954. Sigel sǽinannun. symble byþ on hihte, Runic pm.
úre
Of us ⬩ our
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Th. 138, 42; By. 234: Beo. Th. 2776; B. 1386. Úre ealra bliss eardhæbbendra laetantium omnium nostrum habitatio, Ps. Th. 86, 6. Weorð ðú úre gemyndig memor fuit nostri, 113, 21. Gemiltsa úre miserere nostri, Ps. Spl. 122, 4.
hǽst
Violent, vehement, impetuous
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Violent, vehement, impetuous Ðú Grendel cwealdest þurh hæstne hád heardum clammum thou didst kill Grendel violently with hard grasps, Beo.
on-bídan
to abide, wait, remain ⬩ to wait for, expect, ⬩ to wait on, attend upon
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to abide, wait, remain Onbád óþ ðæt ǽfen cwom, Beo. Th. 4594; B. 2302. Hé onbád ðæt feówertig wintra hweðer hié gecyrran woldan he waited the forty years to see whether they would change, Blickl. Homl. 79, 4.
on-bregdan
To move quickly ⬩ To move (oneself) quickly, to start (from sleep)
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Onbrǽd recedes múþan raþe æfter ðon on flór treddode Grendel opened the door violently and stepped on to the floor of the hall, Beo. Th. 1450; B. 723. intrans.
CÓL
COOL ⬩ cold ⬩ frigidus
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Ða cearwylmas cólran wurþaþ. the anxious emotions become cooler Beo. Th. 570; B. 282;4139; B. 2066
ge-þonc
Thought ⬩ mind ⬩ understanding ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ mens
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Breóst innan weóll þeóstrum geþoncum his breast boiled within with dark thoughts, Beo. Th. 4653; B. 2332: Exon. 54 a; Th. 190, 4; Az. 68