fore-þencan
To distrust ⬩ despair ⬩ diffīdĕre ⬩ despērāre
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To distrust, despair; diffīdĕre, despērāre Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige, oððe for ðære réðan foreþence lest he on account of pleasant fortune should be arrogant, or on account of the affliction should despair, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238,
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fore-wrégan
To accuse strongly ⬩ valde accūsāre
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To accuse strongly; valde accūsāre He bútan leahtrum wæs clǽne geméted ðara þinga ðe hine mon forewrégde he was found without crimes clean of the things of which he was accused; absque crīmĭne accūsātus fuisse inventus est, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 30
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helle-god
A god of the infernal regions
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A god of the infernal regions Orfeus wolde gesécan hellegodu and biddan ðæt hí him ágeáfan eft his wíf Orfeus would visit the gods of the infernal regions and pray them to give him his wife again, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 13
mete-láf
A remnant of food
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A remnant of food Dǽlon ealle ða meteláfe let them distribute all the remnants of food, L. Æðelst. v. 8, 1; Th. i. 236, 7. On ðíne meteláfa in reliquias ciborum tuorum, Ex. 8, 3. Ða metláfo reliquias, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 14, 20
ge-byrd-tíd
Birth-tide ⬩ time of birth ⬩ natale tempus
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Birth-tide, time of birth; natale tempus Se dæg com Herodes gebyrdtíde dies accidit Herodis natalis, Mk. Bos. 6, 21 : Gen. 40, 20, Fram gebyrdtíde brémes cyninges from the birth-tide of the glorious king, Chr. 973; Th. 224, 36; Edg. 12
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ge-háda
One of the same state or order ⬩ qui ejusdem stătus vel ordĭnis est
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One of the same state or order; qui ejusdem stătus vel ordĭnis est Mid twám his gehádan with two of his fellow ecclesiastics, L. Eth. ix. 19, 20; Th. i. 344, 14, 16 : L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 12, 15
weorold-bisegung
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P. iii. 8; Th. ii. 198, 21. care of this world, anxiety of this life Ða strongan stormas weoruldbisgunga, Met. 3, 4
dirige
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The first word of the antiphon (v. Ps. 5, 8) at Matins in the Office of the Dead, used as a name for that service Dirige for forþférdum vigilia pro defunctis, Angl. xiii. 433, 975: 444, 1131. [v. N. E. D. dirge.]
for-hrepian
to catch
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The strong form of the participle might be formed on the analogy of a verb like drepan), Jn. p. 5, 8
ge-ríþe
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A small stream, rivulet Of deópan cumbe on cweiiena brðce; of cwenena bróce up be ðám geríðe (geride, C. D. B. iii. 37, 24; but see on dá ðá eá, 27, wid ( = wið, 29) tó íám neorgan, C. D. iii. 430, I
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ge-tácnigendlíce
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'þá hwelpas etað of ðám crumon þe feallað of heora hláfordes mýsan.' Swíðe getácnigendlíce spræc þis wíf. Seó mýse is seó bóclice lár . . . æfter gástlicum andgite þá hwelpas etað ðá cruman, Hml. Th. ii. 114, 23-29
hlynnan
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Hlynde of heofone (Dryhten) intonuit de celo Dominus, Ps. Rdr. 17, 14. Hlende in-sontierit, An. Ox. 1647. Scyl wæs hearpe, hlúde hlynede, Reim. 28. Gif þunorráde bið hlynende of eástdǽle, Archiv cxx. 47, 18. Add:
wæscestre
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One who washes. used of a man Iobinus wæs mín wæscestre (fullo), Gr. D. 191, 23 : 192. of a woman Hé wæs lufigende his wæscestran (presbyteram) swá swá his ágne swuster . . . þá þá hine geseah seó his wæscestre, Gr. D. 276, 1-14
walu
A ridge, bank (?)
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Of ðam beorge súþ on ða ealdan wale . . . súþ he wale on ðære díce hyrnan, 31, 2-4. [Wale of a schyppe ratis, Parv. 514.]
wearrihtness
Hardness of skin, roughness of skin as in leprosy
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Hardness of skin, roughness of skin as in leprosy Rúh wærhitnys callositas, wearrihtnys, rúh wærihtnys scabredo (leprosi, quos dira cutis callositas elephantino tabo deturpans, Ald. 49), Hpt. Gl. 490, 33-36.
gum-rinc
A man
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Dysiges folces gumrinca gyden a goddess of the foolish people, of men, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 105; Met. 26, 53; Cd. 75; Th. 93, 27; Gen.1552
brún-ecg
brown ⬩ an edge ⬩ Brown-edged ⬩ nigra acie præditus
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[brún brown, ecg an edge] Brown-edged; nigra acie præditus Byrhtnóþ bræd bill of scéðe, brád and brúnecg Byrhtnoth drew his battle-axe from its sheath, broad and brown of edge, Byrht. Th. 136, 38; By. 163: Beo. Th. 3096; B. 1546
hlín-duru
A door formed of lattice-work, ⬩ a grated door
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A door formed of lattice-work, a grated door Helle hlínduru [cf.Icel.Hel-grindr], Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 29; Wal. 78. Geseh hé fore hlíndura hyrdas standan he saw guards standing before the grated door [of his prison]. Andr. Kmbl. 1985; An. 995
elcian
To put off, delay ⬩ mŏrari, differre, cunctāri, tempus trăhĕre
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To put off, delay; mŏrari, differre, cunctāri, tempus trăhĕre Ic latige on sumere stówe, oððe ic elcige mŏror, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 27, 14. Ðæt he leng ne elcode to his geleáfan that he no longer delayed his belief, Homl. Th. ii. 26, 1
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stricel
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v. strícan, ), a breast that gives milk, a fount Of stricele ubere Germ. 390, 67. Of feówer stricelum bis binis de fontibus Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 39
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