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in-cofa

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Eóde Martinus ánes mannes húse. Þá ætstód hé fǽrlíce ætforan þám þrexwolde, cwæð ꝥ hé egeslicne feónd on þám incofan gesáwe, Hml. S. 31, 530. [] incofu[m] [ad cordis] penetralia, An. Ox. 5407. Add

heáfod-bán

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-bán, es; n.

Head-bone, skullskull

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Head-bone, skull Monnes heáfodbán bærn ahsan burn a man's skull to ashes, L. M. 1, 53; Lchdm. ii. 126, 2. Wulfes heáfodbán bærn swíðe burn a wolf's skull thoroughly, 61; Lchdm. ii. 132, 3

on-blandan

(v.)

to intermingle, to infect (with moral evil)

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to intermingle, to infect (with moral evil) Hé lungre áhóf wóðe wiðerhýdg weán onblonden he raised at once his voice, hostile and harmful (cf. the use of geblanden in similar phrases) Andr. Kmbl. 1350; An. 675

barian

(v.)

to lay bareremove a coveringto stripdespoil

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Substitute: to lay bare, remove a covering Twégen diáconas barian (nudent) ꝥ weofud, Angl. xiii. 417, 749. to strip, despoil Leódhatan þe þurh mansylene bariað þás þeóde, Wlfst. 310, 5. Similar entries v. á-, ge-barian

ǽwisc

(n.)
Grammar
ǽwisc, e; f.

A dishonourdisgraceoffencededecusscandalum

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A dishonour, disgrace, offence; dedecus, scandalum Cwæþ ðæt him to micel ǽwisce wǽre said that it would be much disgrace to them, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 86, 26. On ǽwisce in scandalum, Ps. Th. 68, 23

Linked entry: ǽwisc-berende

dréfednes

(n.)
Grammar
dréfednes, drefed-ness, drefed-nyss, e; f.

Vexation, affliction, tribulationvexātio, afflictio, tribulātio

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Vexation, affliction, tribulation; vexātio, afflictio, tribulātio Syððon cómon [comen MS.] ealle dréfednysse [MS. dræuednysse] and ealle ifele to ðone mynstre after that all troubles and all evils came to the monastery, Chr. 1066; Erl. 203, 31

Dor

(n.)
Grammar
Dor, es; m.

DORE, Derbyshire loci nomen in agro Derbiensi

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DORE, Derbyshire; loci nomen in agro Derbiensi Ecgbryht Wesseaxna cyning lǽdde fierd to Dore wið Norþan Hymbre Egbert king of the West Saxons led an army to Dore against the Northumbrians, Chr. 827; Erl. 64, 7

deófulgyld-hús

(n.)
Grammar
deófulgyld-hús, es; n.

A heathen templepaganōrum templum

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A heathen temple; paganōrum templum Constantinus hét ðæt man cyricean timbrede, and ðæt man belúce ǽlc deófulgyldhús Constantine ordered churches to be built, and every heathen temple to be closed, Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 127, 36

Linked entry: deófolgyld-hús

fǽr-níþ

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-níþ, es; m.

A sudden or pernicious hostility, mischief pernĭciōsa hostīlĭtas

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A sudden or pernicious hostility, mischief; pernĭciōsa hostīlĭtas Sorh is me to secganne hwæt Grendel hafaþ fǽrníða gefremed it is sorrow for me to say what sudden mischiefs Grendel has perpetrated, Beo. Th. 956; B. 476

nacian

(v.)
Grammar
nacian, p. ode

To strip

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To strip (the clothes off a person) Ðá hé ðæt nolde hé wæs nacod and on carcern onsænded when he would not do that (deny Christ), he was stripped and sent to prison, Shrn. 51, 12

bliótan

(v.)
Grammar
bliótan, for bleóton

sacrificed

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sacrificed; 3rd pl. p. of blótan to sacrifice Hú ða burhleóde on Cartaina bliótan [ = bleóton] men hira godum how the towns-people in Carthage sacrificed men to their gods, Ors. cont. 4, 4; Bos. 11, 32

un-ár

(n.)
Grammar
un-ár, e; f.

Dishonour

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Dishonour unáre to the dishonour (of God), Anglia xi. 98, 45. Hé wépende mǽnde ða unáre ðe him mon búton gewyrhton dyde deplorans injurias suas, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 240, 9: Ps. Th. 68, 7

be-wrixlan

(v.)

to changeto exchange

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Grammar be-wrixlan, be-wrixlian. to change Hé bewrixlede þǽre stówe eard*-*unge habitationem mutavit loci. Gr. D. 119, 21. to exchange þú ús bebohtest and bewrixledest vendidisti populum tuum sine pretio, Ps. Th. 43, 14

eáþ-begeáte

(adj.)
Grammar
eáþ-begeáte, (? cf.
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Easy to get Gyf þý æfteran dæg sunne scýneþ, þonne byð on Ængelcynne gold eáðbegeáte, Lch. iii. 166, 1. Þás wýrta sindon betste þon and eáðbegeátra[n], ii. 226, 25

fore-sceáwodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
fore-sceáwodlíce, adv.

Consideratelywith due considerationwith foresight

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Considerately, with due consideration, with foresight God swýþor yrsunge unbesceáwudlíce hí forþ clypian þænne foresceáwudlíce synna forgyfenyssa innlaþian Deum potius ad iracundiam inconsiderate prouocent, quam provide ad peccaminum ueniam inuitent

simble-gemaca

(n.)
Grammar
simble-gemaca, an; m.
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One of a pair of living creatures, a mate Ic gegaderige in þé of deórcynne and of fugelcynne symblegemacan (symble gemacan ?), þæt hí eft fóstre beón, Hml. Th. i. 20, 35. Cf. sin-híwan

riht-hláfordhyldu

(n.)
Grammar
riht-hláfordhyldu, indecl. -hyld, e; f.

Fidelity justly due to a lord

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Fidelity justly due to a lord Uton beón á úrum hláforde holde and getreówe ... forðam eall ðæt wé ǽfre for rihthláfordhelde dóþ, eal wé hit dóþ ús sylfum mycelre þearfe, Wulfst. 119, 15 : 299, 27

ofer-blíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-blíðe, adj.

Over-cheerful

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Over-cheerful Ðǽm oferblíðum laetis is cýðanne ða unrótnessa ðe ðǽræfter cumaþ, and ðám unblíðum sint cýðanne ða gefeán ðe him gehátene sindon, Past. 27; Swt. 187, 15: 189, 4: 61; Swt. 455, 22

ge-niman

(v.)
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</b> treówe geniman to give one's word to (cf. take = give) :-- For þám treówum þe þú genumen hæfdest Abrahame, Dan. 313. intrans. To go (cf. take = go in M. E.)

a-bracian

(v.)
Grammar
a-bracian, p. ode; pp. od

To engraveembosscælare

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To engrave, emboss; cælare Abracod cœlatum, Cot. 33