tengan
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Æt suman cyrre tengde hé tó fyrde ongeán Persiscne leódscipe on one occasion he was hastening to march against Persia, i. 448, 32. Tengdon ða hǽþenan mid wǽpnum tó ðam ǽwfæstum heápe, and slógan ða cristenan, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 66.
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þeówan
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Ða óðre beóþ frige, ðeáh ðe hí on lífe lange ǽr ðeówdon, Homl. Th. ii. 326, 33. Ðæt hié þeówdon Godes ciricum, Blickl. Homl. 185, 29: Bd. 4, 11; S. 579, 15. Ðeówdun servierunt, Ps. Surt. 80, 7.
un-geþyldig
Impatient
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Impatient Ðæt wæs ungeþyldig heretoga ... hé wǽpn gegráp mid tó campienne, ǽr ðon ðe hé tó his líchoman leomum becóme, Blickl. Homl. 165, 33.
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wan
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Ǽr ðon ðe Drihten on heofenas ástige, þonon hé nǽfre won wæs þurh his godcundnesse miht, Blickl. Homl. 131, 17. lacking, not possessed of Wé tíres wone á bútan ende sculon ermþu dreógan, Exon. Th. 17, 15; Cri. 270. with numerals (v. læs), less.
wódness
madness ⬩ fury ⬩ frenzy ⬩ rage ⬩ blasphemy
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Wurdon áflígde deófla fram mannum, ða ðe on wódnysse ǽr wǽron gedrehte, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 199. Hé of his gewitte wearð, and hine se feónd swýþe swencte mid ðære wódnysse, Guthl. 12 ; Gdwin. 56, 15.
ymb-ryne
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course of a moving body Wǽron sume gedwolmen ðe cwǽdon, ðæt ǽlc man beó ácenned be steorrena gesetnyssum, and þurh heora ymbryna him wyrd gelimpe, Homl.
forþ-gang
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S. 26, 856. ꝥte hé é in a local sense, an exit, a passage (of part of the body) Him eóde se innoð út æt his forðgange, Hml. S. 16, 207.
ge-bregdan
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440, 19. to knot, bind Hé ne geliéfð ðæs grínes ðe hé mid gebrogden (-bróden) wyrð quo stranguletur laqueo non agnoscit, Past. 331, 20. to bring a charge against a person, braid (in upbraid) Se deófol wyle wið þínre sáwle campian and þé úp gebrédan ǽlc
ge-drinc
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Man æt ciricwæccan swíðe gedreóh sí, and ǽnig gedrinc . . . þár ne dreóge, 250, 12. Secgas mǽnað meodogáles gedrinc, Vy. 57. v. ofer-, wín-gedrinc
ge-tígan
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Add: To bind one thing to another, tie up; alligare. literal Þá folan hý gesǽlað (getígað. v. l.) ǽr hý ofer þá eá faran foetus trans flumen alligatos relinquunt, Nar. 35, 11. Hé getígde his hors ðǽr binnon, Hml. Th. ii. 136, 15.
hwíl-tídum
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S. 36, 420. at times, at intervals, as opposed to always or continuously Cwyst þú hwæþer hittó gelýfenne sý ꝥ þysum Godes þeówan mihte symble æt beón se wíte-dómes gást, hwæþer be hwíltídum ( per intervalla temporum ) his mód gefylde þæs wítedómes gást
sáwan
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Hú ne bið hé swelce hé sǽwe (sáwe, v. l.) good and him weaxe of ðǽm ǽlc yfel? peccatorum seges quasi ex virtute seminatur, 341, 7. Ðæt yfel hí ne dyrren sǽwan on óðrum monnum, 427, 18.
sac-leás
innocent ⬩ contention, unmolested, secure
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Rush. 15, 25. free from charge or contention, unmolested, secure On ðæt gerád ðæt ðes cynges men sacleás beón móston on ðám castelan ðe hí ǽr þes eorles unþances begiten hæfdon, Chr. 1091; Erl. 227, 9.
weard
ward, guard, watch ⬩ a watch, a body of men keeping watch ⬩ guardianship, protection, keeping
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ward, guard, watch Gefangen on hergiunge oþþe æt wearde utrum explorantem an in praelio raptus, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 206, 5. Healdaþ wearde dæges and nihtes die ac nocte manebitis observantes custodias, Lev. 8, 35. Weras wæccende wearde heóldon, Judth.
á-drúgian
To dry up,
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Ðeáh wé treówu for hrædlíce tó ðǽm weorce dón ne mægen for grénnesse ǽr ðǽm ðe hí ádrúgien tamen non repente in fabrica ponitur lignum, ut prius vitiosa ejus viriditas exsiccetur, Past. 445, 2.
hǽlu
Health, safety, salvation
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Health, safety, salvation Æt him is hǽlu mín ab ipso salutare meum, Ps. Th. 61, 1. Sý hǽlu úrum Gode ðe sitt ofer his þrymsetle salvation be to our God that sitteth on his throne, Homl. Th. i. 538, 18. Hǽlo, Exon. 13 b; Th. 26, 1; Cri. 411.
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on-feng
laying hold of, seizing ⬩ taking, with the idea of wrongful taking ⬩ defence, protection (cf. and-fenga) ⬩ attack, onset, assault
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Be þeófes onfenge æt þiéfþe, L. In. 28; Th. i. 120, 4.
wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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Ðam eardum becom óðer wracu siððan, Ælfc. T. Gm. 8, 14. Ǽr ðam ðe seó wracu (the destruction of Jerusalem) cóme, Homl. Th. i. 402, 24: 408, 12. Synna wracu, Exon. Th. 98, 14; Cri. 1607 : Cd. Th. 309, 18; Sat. 711.
CYFES
A concubine, handmaid ⬩ concubina, pellex, ancilla
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D. bepæcestre] pellex, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 32, 1.
wíte
punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain
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Se gást nimeþ æt Gode swá wíte swá wuldor, swá him ǽr ðæt eorðfæt geworhte, Soul Kmbl. 13; Seel. 7 : Blickl. Homl. 23, 6. In éce wíte gefeallan, 57, 21. Se ðæt wíte ǽr tó wrece gesette, Cd. Th. 295, 28; Sat. 494.