for-drencan
To make drunk ⬩ inebriate ⬩ intoxicate ⬩ madefăcĕre ⬩ inebriāre
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To make drunk, inebriate, intoxicate; madefăcĕre, inebriāre Uton fordrencan úrne fæder mid wíne let us make our father drunk with wine, Gen. 19, 32, 33. Nis ðæs mannes fæsten náht, ðe hine sylfne on forhæfednysse dagum fordrencþ the man's fasting is
forþ-rǽsan
To rush forth ⬩ spring forth, spring up ⬩ rise up ⬩ proruĕre ⬩ exsĭlīre ⬩ sălīre ⬩ exsurgĕre
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To rush forth, spring forth, spring up, rise up; proruĕre, exsĭlīre, sălīre, exsurgĕre Biþ on him will forþrǽsendes wæteres on éce líf fiet in eo fans ăquæ sălientis in vītam æternam. Jn. Bos. 4, 14. He ðá awearp his reáf, and forþrǽsde and to him com
fót-cops
A fetter ⬩ shackle for the feet ⬩ pĕdĭca ⬩ compes
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A fetter, shackle for the feet; pĕdĭca, compes Fótcops compes vel cippus, Wrt. Voc. 86, 31. Hig ge-eádméttan on fótcopsum fét his humiliāvērunt in compĕdĭbus pĕdes ejus, Ps. Lamb. 104, 18. Hine ne mihte nán man mid fótcopsum gehæftan no man could confine
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friþ-gegilda
A member of a peace-guild ⬩ congildo ⬩ sŏdālis ⬩ sŏcius
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A member of a peace-guild; congildo, sŏdālis, sŏcius Ðis is seó gerǽdnis ðe ða biscopas and ða geréfan ðe to Lundenbyrig hýraþ gecweden habbaþ on úrum friþgegyldum, ǽgðer ge eorlisce ge ceorlisce this is the ordinance that the bishops and reeves which
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Lǽden-ware
The Latins ⬩ the Romans
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The Latins, the Romans Lǽdenware wendon hié ealla on hiora ágen geþeóde the Romans turned them all into their own language, Past. Pref; Swt. 6, 3. On Lédenwara gereorde lingua Latinorum, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 4. Sui næfþ nǽnne nominativum náðer ne mid Grǽcúm
munuc-cild
A boy that is being brought up to be a monk
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A boy that is being brought up to be a monk Sum munuccild drohtnode on his mynstre, and hæfde micele lufe tó his fæder and tó his méder. Swíðor for ðære sibbe ðonne for Godes dǽle wearþ ðá oflangod, and arn of mynstre tó his mágum, Homl. Th. ii. 174,
ge-cringan
To sink ⬩ fall ⬩ die ⬩ occumbere ⬩ mori
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To sink, fall, die; occumbere, mori Heó on flet gecrong on the ground she sank, Beo. Th. 3141; B. 1568 : 5003; B. 2505 : 2679; B. 1337 : Apstls. Kmbl. 120; Ap. 60 : Exon. 124 b; Th. 477, 30; Ruin 32. Gárulf gecrang Garulf fell, Fins. Th. 63; Fin. 31
stán-clúd
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Haec Caribdis án stánclúd on sǽ, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 78; Zup. 75, 7. Ðá áhéng se munuc áne lytle bellan on ðam stánclúde, Homl. Th. ii. 156, 5. God him ( the Israelites ) forgeaf wæter of heardum stánclúde, 264, 22: Homl. Skt. i. 6, 279. Stánclúd rupem, Ps.
swǽrlíce
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of doing or bearing what is painful, heavily, grievously Nán man ne sceal his wífe geneálǽcan, siððan heó mid bearne swǽrlíce gebunden gǽþ, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 21. Hé sceolde hit mid fæstene swárlíce gebétan, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 261. of sleeping, heavily
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un-gestæððiglíce
Unsteadily ⬩ without stability
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Unsteadily, without stability Ðonne mon ða fæstrǽdnesse his módes innan forlíst, ðonne bið hé hwílum swíðe ungestæððiglíce ástyred útane on his limum qui statum mentis perdidit, subsequenter foras in inconstantiam motionis fluit, Past. 47; Swt. 359,
wudian
To cut wood
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To cut wood Gelamp on Móyses dagum ðæt Móyses fór þurh ánne wudu mid his werode. Ðá gesáwan hié ǽnne ceorl, hwǽr hé stód and wudede him, Wulfst. 2 20, 11, 15. Hé him bebeád ðæt hí bǽron wæter tó ðæs folces neóde and wudedon him simble decrevit eos esse
adela
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Add: also adel, es (?); m. Filth (cf. addled); a filthy place, sewer Ðá swýn hí gecuron for ðǽre fúlnysse fenlices adelan, Hml. Th. ii. 380, 8: 472, 7. His líchama læg on þám adelan, Hml. S. 5, 463. Ðæt cweartern wearð áfylled mid fúlum adelan, 35, 244
andetere
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On ðone .V. an dæg þæs móndes biþ ðæs Godes andetteres tíd Sc̃í Quinti, Shrn. 126, 11. Ondetteres, Rtl. 65, 6. Ondeteres, 49, 4: 88, 40. On ðǽra hálgena mæssedagum þe wé hátað confessores, þæt sind andeteras. Ðá sind hálige andeteras þe Crístes naman
bogung
Ostentation ⬩ arrogance ⬩ boasting
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Ostentation, arrogance, boasting Bóung ł gylp jactantia, Angl. xi. 118, 63. Bóunge ostentationis, An. Ox. 5163: 2, 427. Swýðor begýman on bóunge ídeles gylpes þonne on árfæstum weorke ostentationi potius intendisse quam operi, Gr. D. 77, 4. þæt Iudéisce
cyne-wíse
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Substitute for translation of first passage 'nihil omnino in re militari ausus est,' and add Sum eorðlic ǽ is in þǽre Rómániscan cynewísan (cynne-, v. l.) quaedam terrena lex in Romana republica, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 68, 24. Ðeós cwén on þám lande manege
dæl
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Dael baratrum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 53. Dæl vel fǽrseáþ baratrum, i. terre hiatus, 125, 24. Dæl (dell, den, v. ll. ) lígum full, Bd. 5, 12; Sch. 616, 4. Of þám hylle dún in þæt dæll; ꝥ ollung þæs dæles; ꝥ úp on þone hyll, Cht. E. 235, 2: C. D. iii. 52,
ebba
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On þís ylcan geáre wæs swa mycel ebba ǽghwǽr ánes dæges swá nán man ǽror gemunde, and swá ꝥ man férde rídende and gangende ofer Tæmese be-eástan þǽre brigge on Lunden, Chr. 1114; P. 244, 13. iii. ebban týne he must put three fences to correspond to the
efen-gemæcca
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Substitute: An equal, a fellow, consort Þe lǽs gif hyra (suna) hwylc wǽre hyre oferstealla ꝥ sé ne myhte on heofenum beón hyre efngemæcca, Shrn. 151, 14. Gif hié ne ongietað ðæt ðá beóð hira gelícan and hira efngemæccan on hira gecynde, ðá ðe him under
elcora
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Else, otherwise Ac elcra, elles hú sed secus, i. aliter (ellcra, Hpt. Gl. 481, 47), An. Ox. 3202. Hwylc beren mǽnde hé ðonne elcora (elles, Bl. H. 39, 27) bútan heofona ríce?, ib. note. Wæs his rest on his hǽran oððe elcora (elles, Bl. H. 227, 11) on
ge-hendnys
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Add: in a local sense. nearness, neighbourhood Gif hwá feorran cóme and wolde his lác Gode offrian, dæt hé on gehendnysse ( at hand ) tó bicgenne gearu hæfde, Hml. Th. i. 406, 23. Hér on gehendnysse syndon [þá] þe þíne deórlingas beón sceoldon, Hml.