of-faran
to come up with those who are pursued, to overtake, to get near enough to attack, to reach and attack
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Ðá ne mehte seó fird hié ná hindan offaran, ǽr hié wǽron inne on ðan geweorce, 894; Erl. 93, 7. Se cyng ofslóh heora swá feala swá he offaran mihte, 1016; Erl. 157, 8. Ic tó fare adeo, ic eom offaren adeor, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 1
á-rásian
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Se man sé ꝥ árásie, Ll. Th. i. 40, 2. Gif hwilc man forstolen þingc hám tó his cotan bringe and he árásod wurðe, 418, 18. Arásad interceptum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 79.
Linked entry: rásian
crísten-dóm
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Se apostol bodade ealne crístendóm, Hml. Th. i. 460, 8
EARN
An eagle ⬩ aquĭla
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He sende blódige earnas he sent bloody eagles, Salm. Kmbl. 943; Sal. 471
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ge-mengan
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Se ryhtwísa Déma se ðe hine on úrne geférscipe ðurh flǽsces gecynd gemengde the righteous Judge who joined himself to our fellowship through fleshly nature, Past. 21; Swt. 167, 23; Hat. MS
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un-lytel
not little ⬩ great ⬩ not little ⬩ not few in number ⬩ much ⬩ not little ⬩ great
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of size, extent, not little, great Wé magon tócnáwan be hyre leóman ðæt seó sunne unlytel is, Lchdm, iii. 236, 11. Wolcen unlytel, Ps. Th, 77, 16. Unlytel dǽl foldan, Cd. Th. 154, 4; Gen. 2550. Unlytel dǽl eorþan gesceafta, 97, 17; Gen. 1614.
biblio-þéce
a library ⬩ bibliotheca ⬩ The Bible ⬩ biblia
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Se saltere ys án bóc on ðære Biblioþécan the psalter is one book in the Bible, Ælfc. T. 14, 25.
scógan
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Se biþ mid ryhte óðre fét anscód (on-, Cott. MSS.), and hine mon scyle on bismer hátan se anscóda ( discalceatus ), Swt. 45, 8
þistel
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Se onscunienda þystel carduus orrens, ii. 22, 43. Se unbráda þistel scolimbos, i. 69, 12. (Se unbráde thistel, Lchdm. iii. 305, col. 1. Brád thistle erithius, 302, col. 1.) Þúfe þistel sow thistle, Lchdm. ii. 312, 20.
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rinc
A man (a poetical term)
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A man (a poetical term) Se rinc ( Enoch) on líchoman lisse sóhte, Cd. Th. 73, 12; Gen. 1203 : (Abraham ) 107, 17 ; Ger. 1790. Com ðá tó recede rinc ( Grendel ) síðian, Beo. Th. 1445; B. 720.
symblan
To feast
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Se weliga se ðe on ðæm godspelle gesǽd is ðætte ǽlce dæge symblede . . . Ða ðe ǽlce dæg symblaþ dives ille, qui epulatus quotidie dicitur splendide . . . epulando quotidie, Past. 43; Swt. 309, 3-9. Rihtwíse symbliaþ justi epulentur, Ps. Spl.
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un-willa
What displeases ⬩ displeasure ⬩ what is not desired ⬩ against one's will ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ not voluntarily ⬩ without one's consent ⬩ in despite of one
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Se ðe mid his willan bið besmiten ... Se ðe onwillan ( invitus ) bið besmiten, L. Ecg. C. 5; Th, ii. 138, 7. Grammar un-willa, with pronouns Ðec ðín sáwl sceal mínum unwillan (-willum, Soul Kmbl. 125) oft gesécan, Exon. Th. 370, 22; Seel. 63.
módig
of high or noble spirit ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ noble-minded ⬩ bold ⬩ brave ⬩ courageous ⬩ proud ⬩ arrogant ⬩ hearty ⬩ earnest ⬩ impetuous ⬩ bold ⬩ headstrong ⬩ stubborn ⬩ wilful
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Se módiga (Holofernes ), Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 7; Jud. 52. Se módega mǽg Higeláces ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 1630; B. 813. Se módga ( the Phenix ), Exon. 59b; Th. 216, 3; Ph. 262. Geáta leód trúwode módgan (Beowulf's) mægnes, Metodes hylde, Beo.
wíd
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Ðæt geat is swýðe wíd and se weg is swíðe rúm lata porta et spatiosa via, Mt. Kmbl. 7, 13. Se mereweard ( the whale ) múð ontýneþ, wíde weleras . . . hí ðǽr in faraþ, óþ ðæt se wída ceafl gefylled bið, Exon. Th. 363, i. 13-27; Wal. 53-60.
án-wald
Sole power ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ rule
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Sole power, jurisdiction, rule Ðæt se Cásere eft ánwald ofer hí ágan móste that the Cæsar might again obtain power over them, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 123; Met. 1, 62.
óþ-hebban
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MSS. ) innan his geþohte eallum óðrum monnum cunctis in cogitatione se praetulit, 4, 2; Swt. 39, 15. Ða ofersettan mon sceal swá manian óæt se hiera folgoþ hí ne ðþhebbe admonendi sunt praelati, ne eos locus superior extollat, 28, 1; Swt. 189, 17
be-spirian
To inquire, trace ⬩ inquirere, investigare
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Se ðe bespyrige [bespirige, Wilk.] yrfe innan óðres land, aspirige hit út, se ðe ðæt land áge, gif he mǽge he who traces cattle into another's land, let him trace it out, who owns that land, if he can, iv. 2; Th. i. 222, 14
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be-stǽlan
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Sé þe frióne forstele, and lé hine bebycgge, and hit hym on bestǽled, ꝥ hé hine bereccean ne mæg, Ll. Th. i. 48, 6
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Breoten-wealda
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Hé wæs se eahteþa cyning sé þe Brytenw(e)alda (Bretenan, v. l.) wæs octavus rex qui rexit Bryttaniam, Chr. 827 ; P. 60, 26 note
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pistol
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Wið útsihte; þysne pistol se ængel bróhte tó Róme þá hý wǽran mid útsihte micclum geswæncte, Lch. iii. 66, 5. an epistle of the New Testament Swá swá se apostol Petrus on his pistole áwrát, Hm. A. 52, 51