fýl-ness
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Hwæt sceoldon þé (the soul), þeódeorðan fýlnes, úre ǽlmessan?, Wlfst. 240, 15. Seó fýlnes (foetor) þæs stincendan mistes, Gr. D. 319, 11. Mist unáræfnedlicre fýlnesse and unswétes stences foetoris intolerabilis nebula, 318, 28.
ge-beran
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Hé hyre gecýdde þæt heó sceolde geberan (parere) Godes sunu . . . þá wearð heó on innoðe geeácnod and mid þám cilde wearð sóna, and þæt gebær, ðá hit þæs tima wæs. Wlfst. 22, 5-9.
for-tendan
To burn off or away ⬩ sear ⬩ inūrĕre
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-cildan], ða wíf fortendon ðæt swýðre breóst fóran, ðæt hit weaxan ne sceolde, ðæt hí hæfden ðý strengran scyte; forðon hí mon hét on Creácisc Amázanas, ðæt is on Englisc fortende from the female children, the women burnt off the right breast so far that
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foxes glófa
Foxglove ⬩ digĭtālis purpŭrea
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The leechdoms here recorded seem derived from what Dioskorides says of the στρύχνος κηπαῖος: namely, τὰ φύλλα καταπλασσόμενα ἁρμόζει πρὸς ἐρυσιπέλατα καὶ ἕρπητας; and so on of κεφαλαλγία and στόμαχος καυσούμενος and ὠταλγία. [iv. 71].'
óþ-feallan
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Swá clǽne hió (learning) wæs ðþfeallenu on Angelcyn so utterly was learning decayed in England, Past. pref. ; 3. 13
þreáp
a troop ⬩ band
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or = Ital. a gara) al so wulues doþ þe step, Misc. 149, 85. Halliwell gives thrap to crowd, as an Essex word), Hpt. 477, 52; 487, 33. (?)
wíde-feorh
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Ðonne hé gást ofgifeþ, syþþan hine gærsbedd sceal wunian wídefyrh ( so the MS.; -fyrhþ (?) as Thorpe reads ), Ps. Th. 102, 15. v. next two words
ge-hycgan
To think ⬩ conceive ⬩ consider ⬩ devise ⬩ reflect ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think about ⬩ care ⬩ intend ⬩ resolve
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Sceal gehycgan hæleða ǽghwilc ðæt he ne abælige bearn wealdendes every man must be mindful that he offend not the son of the powerful, Cd. 217; Th. 276, 25; Sat. 195 : 219; Th. 282, 7; Sat. 283.
synder-líc
Separate, special, private ⬩ that is apart, separate, remote ⬩ private, that is done apart, not public ⬩ private, without distinction, ordinary ⬩ special, peculiar, proper ⬩ separated by superiority, singular, excellent, specially good
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Næfde se Fæder nán ðing synderlíces búton his Suna the Father had nothing not in common with his Son, Homl. Th. ii. 366, 12. Heora nán næfde siððan nán þingc sinderlíces, ac didon him eal gemǽne, L. Ælfc. P. 20; Th. ii. 370, 36.
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ge-niwian
To renew, make new, change ⬩ renovare, innovare
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in some years it is thirteen times changed [renewed], Lchdm. iii. 248, 22.
gleáw-hýdig
Wise of thought ⬩ heedful ⬩ prudent ⬩ sagacious
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Glæd man gleáwhýdig seteþ sóðne dóm þurh his sylfes word jucundus homo disponet sermones suos in judicio, Ps. Th. 111, 5
swylt-cwalu
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Kmbl. 311; An. 156. of the death of the soul Gif seó sáwl sceal mid deóflum drohtnoð habban . . . on swyltcwale and in sárum sorgum, Wulfst. 188, 4. Cf. deáþ-cwalu
bladesian
to flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ be hot
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to flame, blaze, be hot Bryne ł bladesige on fíre sóþ lufu flammescat igne karitas, Hy. S. 10, 14. Bladesiendum (blat-, Hpt. Gl. 464, 51) coquentibus, i. assantibus, An. Ox. 2469. to emit an odour Bladesiað redoleant, i. spirent, An. Ox. 554.
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wælt
apparently some part of the thigh ⬩ a sinew
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apparently some part of the thigh, a sinew (?) Gif wælt wund weorðeþ, .iii. scillingas gebéte, L. Ethb. 68; Th. i. 18, 19. (The preceding section deals with wounds to the thigh.
windel-streáw
Windle-straw, some kind of coarse grass or reed
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Windle-straw, some kind of coarse grass or reed (v. windle-straws, E. D. S. Pub. Plant Names) Eár spica, egle aresta, windelstreów calmum, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 22: ii. 16, 74.
lettan
hinder ⬩ impede ⬩ delay
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Gyf ðonne ðissa þreóra þinga ǽnig hwylcne man lette, ðæt hine tó ðam fæstene ne onhagie if any of these three things hinder any man, so that the fast be inconvenient to him, Wulfst. 285, 4.
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ge-limplíce
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Substitute: in a physical sense, fitly, so as to fit Hí gemétton áne mǽre þrúh . . . and ꝥ hlyd ðǽrtó gelimplíce geféged, Hml.
hyldu
Kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ affection ⬩ friendship ⬩ grace ⬩ fidelity ⬩ loyalty
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Swá ic áge Pharaones helde so may I possess the favour of Pharaoh; per salutem Pharaonis, Gen. 42, 15. Wé hraðe begytan hyldo ðíne cito anticipet nos misericordia tua, Ps. Th. 78, 8.
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feld-gangende
Field-going ⬩ moving over a plain ⬩ campum peragrans
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Field-going, moving over a plain; campum peragrans Feldgangende feoh pĕcus campum peragrans, Soul Kmbl. 161; Seel. 81: Salm. Kmbl. 45; Sal. 23. Feldgongende feoh cattle traversing the field, Exon. 99 a; Th. 371, 25; Seel. 81, note: Salm.
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leoþuwǽcan
to assuage ⬩ soften
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To become or to make soft, or pliant, to grow calm, to assuage, soften Liþewǽcaþ brymmas sǽs the surges of the sea become still, Hymn. Lye Liþewǽhte lentesceret, Hpt. Gl. 479, 30. Liþewǽhtan mollescerent, delenirent, 481, 13.