brosnian
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Heó (Rome) weosnath; and brosnaþ (marcescet) in hire sylfre. Gr. D. 134, 2. Nǽfre his líchama ne fúlode ne ne brosnode, Angl. xi. 1, 6. Add
scipian
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to take shape Ðonne gelimpþ ðæræ ( the mother ) manigfeald sár ðonne ðæs byrþres líc on hire innoþe scypigende biþ, Lchdm, iii. 146, 15
irlíce
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Angrily Heó gebealh heó swíðe eorlíce wið hire suna with fierce anger was she incensed against her son, C. D. iv. 54, 30
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morgen-gifu
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Þá geúþe Ælféh hire hire morgengife (concessit Ælfegus illi viduæ donum dotis suæ tantum quad ei dederat Eadricus, quando eam primum accepit uxorem), Cht. E. 212, 19. (The Latin version is of much later date than the English.)
þurh-faran
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quia enim secreta ejus adhuc perfecte non penetrant, Gr. D. 138, 29
þeówen
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Se fæder hire sealde áne þeówene ( servam ), Gen. 29, 29. Ðióenne famulam, Rtl. 104, 2: 34, 10 (see Skeat's collation). Ðióen, 25. Sca Affra and hire þreó ðeówena ... Sió Affra wæs ǽrest forlegor wíf mid hire þeówenum, Shrn. 115, 3-5.
fior
Far ⬩ at a distance ⬩ prŏcul ⬩ longe
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Far, at a distance; prŏcul, longe Hió biþ swíðe fior hire selfre beneoðan she is very far beneath herself, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 443; Met. 20, 222
un-fricgende
not questioning
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not questioning Mé sægde ðæt wíf hire wordum selfa unfricgendum the woman of her own accord told me without my asking, Cd. Th. 160, 12; Gen. 2649
neáhlǽcung
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Seó tówearde woruld mid hire neálǽcunge byð gecýþed, Gr. D. 330, 26. Sé þe ne blissað on neálǽcunge middan-geardes geendunge, Hml. Th. i. 612, 23. Add
úþ-wita
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Weoruldlice úðwitan (sapientes mundi) sǽdan ꝥ seó tunglene heofon feólle for hire swiftnysse gif þá seofon dweligendan steorran hyre ryne ne wiðhæfton, Angl. vii. 12, 110. Add
duru-weard
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Férde hé tó hire húse and forbeád ðǽm duruweardum ꝥ heó hine hire gesægde, Shrn. 86, 16. Add
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frum-cenned
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Dele last passage, and add: first-born Næs þæt cild for ðí gecweden hire frumcennede cild swilce heó óðer ácende, ac for ðí þe Críst is frumcenned of manegum gástlicum gebróðrum, Hml. Th. i. 34, 24.
wealca
a roller ⬩ a wave ⬩ billow ⬩ a garment that may be rolled round a person ⬩ a muffler ⬩ wrap ⬩ veil.
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Similar entries v. wealcian Ðá dyde heó of hire wydewan reáf and nam hire walcan (theristrum), Gen. 38, 14
wundor-wyrd
A wondrous case
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A wondrous case Be ðám næglum frignan ongan cwén, Cyriacus bæd, ðæt hire gástes mihtum ymb wundorwyrd willan gefylde, Elen. Kmbl. 2139; El. 1071
fulwa
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A fuller Hire bróhte Godes engel swylcne gerelan swylcne nǽfre nǽnig fulwa, þæt is nǽnig webwyrhta, þæt mihte dón on eorðan, Shrn. 56, 9
tyllan
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to pay toll Halwun freóde Hægelflǽde hire wīman and tilde (cf. Ælfríc nam þæt toll for þæs kynges hand, 31), Cht. E. 253, 16
rýan
To roar, rage
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Seó leó gif heó blódes onbirigþ heó gemonþ ðæs wildan gewunan hire eldrana onginþ ðonne rýn and hire racentan slítan (cf. the corresponding passage in the Metres : Onginþ racentan slítan, rýn, grymetigan, Met. 13, 29) si cruor horrida tinxerit ora, resides
lǽrestre
an instructress ⬩ preceptress
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Siððan clypode heó hire tó ða ylcan lǽrestran, Homl. Th. ii. 543, 8
sealticge
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A dancer Hét Herodes ðæt heáfod beran on disce and sellan ánre sealticgan ( the daughter of Herodias who danced before Herod) hire plegan tó méde, Shrn. 123, 2
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wíte-leás
Not having to pay a fine
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Not having to pay a fine Gelǽste ǽlc wuduwe ða heregeata binnan twelf mónðum, búton hire ǽr tó onhagige, wíteleás, L. C. S. 74; Th. i. 416, 18