daroþ
DART, spear, javelin, weapon ⬩ telum, jaculum, hasta
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Ða ne dorston dareþum lácan who durst not play with javelins, Beo. Th. 5689; B. 2848
Linked entry: daraþ
for-lǽdan
To mislead ⬩ lead astray ⬩ seduce ⬩ sedūcĕre
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Hie forlǽddon swǽse gesíþas they misled their dear associates, Beo. Th. 4084; B. 2039. Forlǽdd be ðám lygenum misled by lies. Cd. 28; Th. 37, 31; Gen. 598.
for-swígian
To pass over in silence ⬩ keep silent ⬩ conceal ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrire ⬩ To be silent ⬩ retĭcēre
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-bec] suppressum testāmentum, Ælfc. Gl. 13; Som. 57, 104; Wrt. Voc. 20, 43. v. intrans. To be silent; retĭcēre He rícum mannum nó for áre ne for ege nǽfre forswígian wolde nunquam dīvĭtĭbus hŏnōris sīve tĭmōris grātia retĭcēbat, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 10
Linked entries: for-sweógian for-swúgian for-sýgian
mǽnan
To tell of ⬩ relate ⬩ declare
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Ðý læs ðæt weras gieddum mǽndan be mé lifgendum lest men should tell of it in songs during my lifetime, 50 b; Th. 176, 9; Gú. 1206, Ic mæg singan and secgan, spell mǽnan, hú me cynegóde cystum dohten, 85 b; Th. 321, 32; Wid. 55: Beo.
earfoþnes
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Be þisse worlde earfoþnessum about the troubles of this world, 109, 6. Manega earfoðnessa hié þé magon on gebringan, ah áræfne þú þá ealle, 237, 7. Add
hliþ
A slope, ⬩ declivity. ⬩ hill-side, ⬩ hill
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A slope, declivity. hill-side, hill Of hliþes nósan from the promontory, Beo. Th. 3789; B. 1892: Exon. 123 b; Th. 473, 28; Bo. 22. Beneoþan ðæm hliþe under the hill, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 52, 15. Swá tó ðám westhliþe, 123, 5.
Linked entry: hleoðo
steáp
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Worhton mid stánum ánne steápne beorh him ofer congregaverunt super eum acervum magnum lapidum, Jos. 7, 26. Steápne hróf, Beo. Th. 1857; B. 926. Þurh steápne beorg strǽte wyrcan, Exon. Th. 397, 11; Rä. 16, 18. Steápe dúne, Cd.
wiþer-saca
an adversary ⬩ opponent ⬩ enemy ⬩ a rebel ⬩ an adversary at law ⬩ a prosecutor ⬩ one who renounces ⬩ denies ⬩ apostate
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Gl. 471, 74. a rebel Ne beó hé ná sacerd geteald, ac Godes wiðersaca non sacerdos sed rebellio judicetur, R. Ben. 112, 13. an adversary at law, a prosecutor (?)
á-dreógan
to bear off ⬩ suffer, endure ⬩ to bear with, tolerate ⬩ to pass, spend time ⬩ to carry out, perform
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Add: to bear off Ic ádreóge digero, An. Ox. 18 b, 22. with the idea of pain :-- Hárnessa ádreóhende canos (suos) ducentes (ad inferos), 3368. to bear what is painful, suffer, endure :-- Ic ádreáh mycel broc, Bl. H. 175, 12.
Linked entry: á-dreósan
wirp
A change for the better ⬩ recovery ⬩ improvement
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Se snotera bád hwæþre him Alwalda ǽfre wille æfter weáspelle wyrpe gefremman make his lot better, Beo. Th. 2635; B. 1315. v. next word
on-wreón
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God bæd ꝥ hé him geswutelode be ðæs sceoccan gylpe, and him gewislícor onwrige þæs áwyrgedan saga, Hml. S. 6, 323.
huntaþ
Hunting ⬩ game ⬩ venatio
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On ðæt gerád ðet ðenne ðæs neód bíþ his meu beón gearuwe tó huntoþe on the condition that, when there shall be need for it, his men may be ready for hunting Chart. Th. 148, 3.
ge-orwénan
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D. 338, 29. to despair of (be) Ne scealt þú ná georwénan be þíra synna forgyfenesse, Archiv cxxii. 257, 20
tó-sǽlan
To happen amiss to a person (dat.) in respect to something ⬩ to be lack of something for a person
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Ic beom strong ðæs gewinnes gif ic stille weorþe gif mé ðæs tósǽleþ hí beóþ swíþran ðonne ic I (the anchor) am strong for the struggle if I keep still; if I fail in that they will be stronger than I, 398, 9; Rä. 17, 5. Tósǽle, Prov. Kmbl. 65
líðian
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To be, become, or make líðe [q. v.] Miltsige man for Godes ege and líðige man georne let mercy be shewn for fear of God, and let kindness be diligently shewn, L. Eth. vi. 53; Th. i. 328, 28.
Linked entry: líðan
mete-cú
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Be oxanhyrde . . . his metecú mót gán mid hláfordes oxan. Be cúhyrde . . . gá his metecú mid hlafordes cú, Ll. Th. i. 438, 12-20. Add
ge-ǽsce
Inquiry
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Inquiry Wé witon swíþe lytel þæs þe ǽr ús wæs búton be gemynde and be geáscunge (geǽscum, v. l.), Bt. 42 ; F. 256, 26
Linked entry: ǽsce
ád-fær
The pile-way ⬩ the way to the funeral pile ⬩ iter rogi
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The pile-way, the way to the funeral pile; iter rogi Ðæt we hine gebringen on ádfære that we may bring him on the way to the pile, Beo. Th. 6012; B. 3010
ǽr-gód
Good before others ⬩ of prime goodness ⬩ præ ceteris bonus
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Beo. Th. 260; B. 130: 2662; B. 1329. Íren ǽrgód iron of prime goodness, 1982; B. 989
Linked entry: gód
án-wíg-gearo
Prepared for single combat ⬩ ad singulare certamen paratus
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Prepared for single combat; ad singulare certamen paratus Wæs þeáw hyra, ðæt hie oft wǽron ánwíggearwe it was their custom, that they oft were for single combat prepared, Beo. Th. 2499; B. 1247