un-áwemmende
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not to be defiled (?) Hé gesette unáwemmendne (immaculatam) weg mínne. Ps. L. 17, 33
Linked entry: á-wemman
wel-getýd
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well-instructed, well-educated In eallum þingum hé bið welgetýd, E. S. xxxix. 354
wiþ-scúan
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Tó wiðscúenne, Bd. l, 14; Sch. 39, 19 [see last passage at wiþ-scúfan)
wyn-bliss
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D. 2, 4 wyn, blis should be read, the passage is alliterative
ymb-þringan
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Þá mycclan þreátas þe him mid férdon and embþrungon, Bl. H. 99, 36. Add
róscian
to dry by fire
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to dry by fire. v. ge-róscianWrt. Voc. i. 288, 60 : ii. 116, 31
Linked entry: róstian
hand-sció
A glove
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A glove, Beo. Th. 4158; B. 2075. Grein considers this meaning to be inadmissible
of-fylgan
to come up with, overtake by pursuit ⬩ assequi,
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to come up with, overtake by pursuit; assequi, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. l, 3
FRIGNAN
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri
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Ðeáh hine rinca hwilc æfter frigne though any man inquire about it, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 91; Met. 22, 46. Gif he frugnen biþ if he is asked, 12, 104; Met. 22, 52: Invent. Crs. Recd. 1083; El. 542
ge-swerian
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<b>I a.</b> to swear by :-- Suá huelc gesuerias ðerh ðone tempel, Mt. L. 23, 16. with cognate object, to swear an oath Hwæt mǽnde se á ð swá gesworen?, Hml. Th. ii. 234, 31.
of-sittan
to sit upon, press down by sitting ⬩ to sit upon, oppress ⬩ to sit upon, occupy, take possession of (with idea of force or wrong) ⬩ to sit about, besiege ⬩ to repress, check, present motion
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to sit upon, press down by sitting Heó ofsæt ðone selegyst she (Grendel's mother) pressed down the hall-guest (Beowulf, who had fallen) Beo. Th. 3094; B. 1545.
Linked entry: of-setenness
a-reccan
to put forth ⬩ stretch out ⬩ strain ⬩ raise up ⬩ extendere ⬩ expandere ⬩ erigere ⬩ to put forth ⬩ relate ⬩ recount ⬩ speak out ⬩ express ⬩ explain ⬩ interpret ⬩ translate ⬩ proponere ⬩ exponere ⬩ enarrare ⬩ eloqui ⬩ exprimere ⬩ disserere ⬩ interpretari ⬩ reddere ⬩ to set in order ⬩ adorn ⬩ deck ⬩ expedire ⬩ expolire ⬩ comere
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Cot. areaht] hæfde when Wisdom then had spoken this speech; Bt. 36, 2 ; Fox 174, 3 : 39, 3 ; Fox 214, 14 : Bt. Met. Fox 8, 3 ; Met. 8, 2. Wordum gereccan [MS. Cot. areccan] to express in words, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 28.
CYFES
A concubine, handmaid ⬩ concubina, pellex, ancilla
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Constantius gesealde his suna ðæt ríce, Constantinuse, ðone he hæfde be Elenan his ciefese Constantius gave the empire to Constantine, his son, whom he had by Helena his concubine [wife, v. notes to Ors. Bos. p. 28, col. 2, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 41.
hwæt
Why ⬩ what! ⬩ ah!
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Kmbl. 1; An. 1: Beo. Th. 1; B. 1: Cd. 143; Th. 177, 27; Exod. 1: Rood Kmbl. 1; Kr. 1. Eá lá hwæt! Bt. Met. 4, 49; Met. 4, 25
Linked entries: hwet hwá hwata hwilc-hwega
mancus
A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence
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Ath. v. 6, 2; Th. i. 234, 1 :-- Oxan tó mancuse compared with Th. i. 232, 7 where an ox is rated at thirty pence, be xxx pænega oððe be ánum hrýðere. The word occurs not unfrequently in the charters.
fægernes
ornament ⬩ beauty ⬩ pleasantness
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, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 22. Fægernes venustas (marmoris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 73. Þes middangeard wæs ealre fægernesse full, Bl. H. 115, 6.
fǽringa
unexpectedly ⬩ of a sudden ⬩ all at once ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ early ⬩ by chance ⬩ forte
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D. 62, 9: Bl. H. 173, 24; 175, 2: B. 1414. Fǽringa ymbe þá herehúðe hé hlemmeð tógædre grimme góman, Wal. 60: 44. Hé fǽringa feóll tó þǽre eorðan. . . and hé forðférde, Chr. 1042; P. 162, 14: Bl. H. 223, 11.
húru
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<b>I a.
Swǽfas
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Wið norþan Donua ǽwielme and be eástan Ríne sindon Eást-Francan; and be súþan him sindon Swǽfas, on óþre healfe ðære ié Donua; and be súþan him and be eástan sindon Bægware, se dǽl ðe mon Regnesburg hǽtt . . .
gripe
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: 953. by things In gléda gripe, Jul. 391.