rand-burh
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Or are the walls formed by the water compared to the arrangement of the line of battle when the shields overlapped, called scild-burh q. v. ? v. next word
gristbitian
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Tóþum gristbitaþ [gristbitteþ, Lind.] stridet dentibus, Mk. Skt. 9, 18. He grennade and gristbitade he grinned and ground his teeth. Exon. 74 b; Th. 278, 12; Jul. 596. Gristbitedon mid heora tóþum ongeán me striderunt in me dentibus suis, Ps.
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singallíce
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Swíðe singal*-*líce beswícþ monna mód, Bt. 18, 1 ; Fox 60, 20. Hí (Cherubim) sin*-*gallíce singaþ ' they continually do cry, ' Elen. Kmbl. 1490 ; El. 747. Syle drincan singallíce nigon dagas, Lchdm. i. 230, 22.
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stig
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the word occurs at the head of a list 'de suibus'), Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 41. Stigu auriola (oriola? oriolum porticus, atrium, Migne), Txts. 38, 45. Cf. (?) forestige vestibulum, introitum, Hpt. Gl. 514, 59.
tíd-ege
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, one of three things, disease or age or violence, crushes the life out of the fey man, outward bound from this world, Exon. Th. 310, 3; Seef. 69
tungol-wítega
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Æfter ðære tíde ðe hé geáxode fram ðám tungolwítegum ( Magis; drýum, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 2, 16. Hé clypode on sundersprǽce ða tungelwítegan, 2, 7: Homl. Th. i. 78, 17
wyrms
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Hé áscræp ðone wyrms of his líce, Homl. Th. ii. 452, 28. ¶ figurative :-- His wuldor is wyrms and meox, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 261. v. worms; ge-wyrms; adj
óleccung
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Ic wéne ꝥ hit ne sý unrihtwísnysse, þeáh þú wífes brúce and blysse on lífe.' Ðá andwyrde Eugenia þyssere ólecunge, Hml. S. 2,162. Add Ðæt hé náuðer ne nánum men ne ólicce, ne hé nánes monnes óleccunga ne réce, Past. 383, 12
ofer-gitol
Forgetful, oblivious
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Lind. 16, 5
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wlitig
Beautiful ⬩ comely ⬩ fair ⬩ beauteous ⬩ glorious
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Þúhte fæger and wlitig heora líf, Blickl. Homl. 107, 30. Is ðín nama mǽre, wlitig and wuldorfæst, Cd. Th. 234, 3; Dan. 286. Wlitigan wilsíþes, Exon. Th. 2, 18; Cri. 21. Gǽst weorcum wlitigne, 180, II; Gú. 1278.
hrægl
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Rægelum, 2, 229. v. bearm-hrægl, bearm-hrægel, deád-hrægl, deád-hrægel, hand-hrægl, hand-hrægel, heáfod-hrægl, heáfod-hrægel, líc-hrægl, líc-hrægel, mæsse-hrægl, mæsse-hrægel, més-hrægl, més-hrægel, on-hrægl, on-hrægel, sculdor-hrægl, sculdor-hrægel,
niht
night ⬩ night ⬩ darkness ⬩ night
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Lind. Rush. 2, 8 : Mt. Kmbl. Lind. Rush. 14, 25. Swá swá se beorhta dæg tódrǽfþ ða dimlícan þeóstru ðære sweartan nihte, Homl.Th. i. 604, 2. On dæge and ná on nihte, 36, 28.
sáwel
The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature
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Sául, 282, 23: ii. 7, 75. the soul, the animal life Ic secge mínre sáwle: 'Eálá sáwel, ðú hæfst mycele gód . . . gerest ðé, et, drinc, and gewista.
Linked entry: sáwel-leás
aspide
An asp ⬩ viper ⬩ serpent ⬩ aspis ⬩ ĭdis ⬩ άσπίs ⬩ ίδοs
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Anlíc nædran, ða aspide ylde nemnaþ like a serpent, which men call an asp, Ps. Th. 57, 4. Spl. Lamb. in Ps. 57, 4 have nædran instead of aspide. Ðú ofer aspide miht gangan thou mayest go over an asp [super aspidem], Ps.
a-wegan
to lift up ⬩ take or carry away ⬩ levare ⬩ auferre ⬩ to weigh out ⬩ weigh to any one ⬩ appendere
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to lift up, take or carry away; levare, auferre Hí á sibbe gelǽraþ, ða ǽr wonsǽlge awegen habbaþ they shall ever advise peace, which the unblest have before taken away, Exon. 89 a ; Th. 334, 25; Gn. Ex. 21: Homl.
lást-weard
a successor ⬩ pursuer
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Ús is swíðe uncúþ hwæt úre yrfeweardas and lástweardas getreówlíces dón willon efter úrum lífe it is quite unknown to us how faithfully our heirs and successors will act after our death, Blickl. Homl 51, 36.
meornan
To care ⬩ feel anxiety ⬩ trouble one's self about anything ⬩ reck
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To care, feel anxiety, trouble one's self about anything, reck Nalles for ealdre mearn he recked not of life, Beo. Th. 2889; B. 1442. Nalas for fǽhþe mearn for fear of the feud was not troubled, 3079; B. 1537.
niþerung
a bringing low ⬩ humiliation ⬩ overthrow ⬩ damnation ⬩ condemnation
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Lind. 23, 40 : 24, 20. Hé hí fram yrmþurn écre niþerunge generede, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 26 : 5, 13; S. 633, 14. In niþrunge in condemnatione, Rtl. 24, 19. For ðæs dæges nyþerunge ad damnationem diei, L. Ecg.
óþ-lǽdan
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Hié óþlǽded hæfdon feorh of feónda dóme life had they withdrawn from the foes' power (cf. Beo. Th. 4288 under óþ-ferian), Cd. Th. 214, 15; Exod. 569. Cf. æt-lǽdan
plantian
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Hí heora heortan wyrtruman on ðisum andwerdum life plantiaþ,Homl. Th. ii. 132, 7. Abraham plantode ǽnne holt, Gen. 21, 33 : Mt. Kmbl. 15, 13.