gryre
Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful
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Wæs se gryre læssa the horror was less, Beo. Th. 2569; B. 1282. Se légdraca grimlíc gryre the firedrake, a fierce terror, 6074; B. 3041: Cd. 195; Th. 243, 20; Dan. 439.
consul
A consul
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Brutus wæs se forma consul Brutus was the first consul Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 41, 40, 41; 2, 4; Bos. 42, 27. Án consul forsóc ðone MS. þæne triumphan one consul [Fabius] declined the triumph 2, 4; Bos. 42, 43.
Linked entry: geár-cyning
bærnett
burning ⬩ cauterizing ⬩ a burn ⬩ burning heat ⬩ consuming by fire
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Ben. 52, 13. of the effect of cold:-- Wið cile bærnettes frigore exustis, Lch. l. 228, 23. a burn Wæs þæt bærnet þe hé gelæhte æt ðám were on his sculdre gesewen, Hml. Th. ii. 346, 25.
ge-brengan
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Hé wæs tó deáðe gebróht, Hml. S. 25, 725. <b>I b.
of-sleán
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Bið his unðeáw ofslægen (-slegen, v. l. ) bútan ǽlcre niédðrafunga, suá suá Assael wæs deád bútan orde, Past. 297, 22.
gneáþness
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Gneáþnysse frugalitatis, i. temperantiae, 2437. scantiness of material, scarcity Ne him wǽre hwǽtes gneáðnes (genéðnys, v. l. ) ne óðerra worldwelena, Mart. H. 68, 9
Linked entry: gníþness
fær
going ⬩ passing ⬩ a going away ⬩ a journey ⬩ course ⬩ a voyage ⬩ a march ⬩ an expedition ⬩ enterprise ⬩ a passage ⬩ thoroughfare ⬩ road ⬩ entrance ⬩ carriage ⬩ vessel ⬩ a troop ⬩ a crew ⬩ fare ⬩ proceedings
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Hí cwǽdon him tó þæt þæt wǽre ðæs Hǽlendes fær, Hml. Th. i. 152, 13-15. Hwæt is þæs Hǽlendes stede, oððe hwæt is his fær?, 156, 33.
Linked entry: færbu
gise
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Gyse hú mihte Adam tócnáwan hwæt hé wǽre, búton hé wǽre gehýrsum on sumum þince his Hláforde? why, would God refuse him so small a thing . . .? Yes; how could Adam know what he was, unless he were obedient in some thing to his Lord?, Hml.
feoh-gítsere
A miser ⬩ pĕcūniæ ăvārus
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hwæt se forma feohgítsere wǽre on worulde alas! that the first miser should have been in the world, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 110; Met. 8, 55. Ðæm feohgítsere to the miser, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 26
Linked entry: gítsere
hwæl-hunta
whale-fisher ⬩ whaler
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Ðá wæshé swá feor norð swá ða hwælhuntan firrest faraþ was as far north as the whalers ever go, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 12
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ge-hýþelic
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Gehýþelic wǽta liquor oportunus, i. conueniens, An. Ox. 2755. On tíde gehýþelicre in tempore opportuno, Ps. Spl. 31, 7: Bl. Gl. Gehýðlic, Ps. Spl. T. 144, 16
fyrn-geár
the preceding year
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Quam gibod Godes fernun gére, Hél. 217) Gif þú wille witan hú eald se móna wǽre fyrngeáre on þysne dæg, Lch. iii. 228, 9, 14. [Þe lost of uernyere, Ayenb. 92, 4.]
wígbed-steall
The part of the church where the altar stands
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The part of the church where the altar stands Wé lǽraþ ðæt mæssepreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan weófodstealle búton his oferslipe, ne húru æt ðam weófode ðæt hé ðǽr þénige búton ðære wǽde, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii. 254, 9 note
hálettung
Greeting, salutation
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Greeting, salutation Æfter ðæs engles bletsunga and hálettunga swígende þohte hwæt seó hálettung wǽre after the angel's blessing and greeting she considered in silence what the greeting might be, Blickl. Homl. 7, 16. Hálettunge, 3, 21.
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ge-sund
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Stópon úp weras of wǽge and hyra wicg gesund, Ru. 23, 21. of things, that escapes danger Gesund salua (reverentia), An. Ox. 5269. that averts danger (?) Mid gesunde cum tuta [v. (?) cum tuta pelta. Ald. II, 28], Wrt.
sendan
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wæs tó hádianne, and Wilfreþ on Gallia ríce tó hádianne sended wæs. Bd. 4, 2 ; S. 566, 12, 13. Ðá wæs culufre sended, Cd. Th. 88, 13; Gen. 1464. Ealle Drihtnes apostolas beóþ sende ðé tó bebyrgenne, Blickl.
under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Ic ge-eah ðé ðá ðú wǽre under ðam fíctreówe, Jn. Skt. 1, 48. where one object is supported by another : -- Mearh under módegum, Elen. Kmbl. 2383; El. 1193. Ðæt scip wæs yrnende under segle, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 19, 34: Andr. Kmbl. 1009; An. 505.
Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend
a-scínan
To shine forth ⬩ to be clear ⬩ evident ⬩ clarescere ⬩ elucere
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To shine forth, to be clear, evident; clarescere, elucere Hwylc wǽre his líf cúþlícor ascíneþ vita qualis fuerit certius clarescat, Bd. 5, 1; S. 613, 14.
frécnen-spræc
An audacious or hostile speech ⬩ audax vel hostīlis sermo
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An audacious or hostile speech; audax vel hostīlis sermo Gyf Frysna hwylc frécnenspræce ðæs morðorhetes myndgiend wǽre if any of the Frisians, by audacious speech, should call to mind [lit. should be a rememberer of] this deadly feud, Beo.