ge-heort
Hearty ⬩ animated ⬩ courageous ⬩ anĭmæquus
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Beó geheortra anĭmæquior esto, Mk. Bos. 10, 49
þrýþ-ærn
A splendid hoitse ⬩ a palace
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Hafa nú húsa sélest, Beo. Th. 1318; B. 657
un-gesceádlíce
Unreasonably ⬩ excessively
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Ben. 54, 13 note. Tácn ðæs ungesceádlíce cealdan magan (cf. ðæs ofercealdan magan, 192, 25: 194, 11), Lchdm. ii. 160, 4
Linked entries: ge-sceádlíce un-sceádlíce
án-wunung
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Ben. 134, 12
ed-staþelung
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Ben. 36 substitute Mancynna Ealdor for úre edstaðelunge þǽre róde gealgan underféng, Hml. Th. i. 588, 19. Tó edstaþelungum ad lumina vitae, An. Ox. 2214
sǽ-cyning
A sea-king
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A sea-king, a king who was powerful on the sea Helm Scylfinga, ðone sélestan sǽcyninga ðara ðe in Swióríce sinc brytnade, Beo. Th. 4754; B. 2382
brún-fág
coloured, dyed ⬩ Of a brown colour, brown-hued ⬩ fulvi coloris
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[brown, fág coloured, dyed] Of a brown colour, brown-hued; fulvi coloris Ætbær brúnfágne helm he bore away the brown-hued helmet, Beo. Th. 5223; B. 2615
gúþ-cyning
A warlike king
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A warlike king, Cd. 97; Th. 128, 8; Gen. 2123; Beo. Th. 401; B. 199: 3942; B. 1969: 4660; B. 2335: 5119; B. 2563: 5348; B. 2677
horn-geáp
Having a wide extent between the 'horns', an epithet of a building
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Kmbl. 1335; An. 668 : Beo. Th. 164; B. 82
ofer-fyllan
to fill to overflowing, (of eating)to feed to excess
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Ben. 136, 25
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CRYB
A CRIB ⬩ bed ⬩ stall ⬩ stratum ⬩ præsepe
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A CRIB, bed, stall; stratum, præsepe Ic læg cildgeong on crybbe I lay as a young child in a crib Exon. 28b; Th. 87, 16; Cri. 1426
on-seón
to regard, look on
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to regard, look on Wliteseón wrætlíc weras onsáwon, Beo. Th. 3305; B. 1650. Freónd onsigon (feónd onségon?) láðum eágan landmanna cyme, Cd. Th. 189, 2; Exod. 178
slíf-leás
Sleeveless
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Ben. 89, 13
magan
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Gyf hit ðonne elles funden sý, ðonne mæg ꝥ forfangfeoh leóhtre beón, 226, 5. Ic hæbbe gecoren and míne witan hwæt seó steór beón mæge, 276, 31. <b>IV 3 c.
stapol
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Hé tó healle gong, stód on stapole, geseah Grendles hond ( the hand had been laid in the hall ), Beo. Th. 1856; B. 926
friþ-bræc
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A breach of the peace concluded between two hostile peoples (English and Danes) :-- Gyf eahta men beón ofslagene, þonne is ꝥ friðbréc, binnan byrig oþþon búton . . . Be friðbréce binnan byrig. Gyf hit binnan byrig gedón bið, seó friðbrǽc, Ll.
æ-bléc
Pallid, pale, livid
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Be hiora híwe . . . hí beóð ǽblǽce, Lch. ii. 232, 2. Substitute:
heáh-mód
Of high, lofty mind, noble, proud, haughty
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Se ðe hine sylfne áhefeþ heáhmódne se sceal heán wesan he who exalts his proud self shall be abased, 84 a; Th. 316, 25; Mód. 54
Linked entry: heán-mód