un-strang
Not strong ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble
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Hyra handa wǽron unstrange hine tó ácwellanne, Shrn. 117, 31. Hé ( Peter ) mid his gange getácnode ǽgðer ge ða strangan ge ða unstrangan on Godes folce. Cristes gelaðung ne mæg beón búton strangum, ne búton unstrangum.
wiþerian
to be against ⬩ be hostile ⬩ to strive ⬩ struggle ⬩ dispute ⬩ to resist ⬩ oppose ⬩ to make hostile ⬩ provoke ⬩ to become provoked
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Hig wǽron gemæste and wiðerodun (recalcitravit), Deut. 32, 15. Eal folc hine tó ðære geðincðe geceás, þeáh ðe hé mid eallum mægne wiðerigende wǽre, Homl.
hlæder
a ladder ⬩ flight of steps ⬩ stairs
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Þá wǽron þǽre hlǽdre stapas áléfede on ǽr and tóburston fǽringa, Hml. S. 31, 602. Sc̃s Petrus cyrice ... on þǽra hlǽddre twá and feówertig stæpena, Angl. xi. 4, 8: 5, 10.
herigend-lic
praiseworthy ⬩ approbation ⬩ excellent
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Hergendlice mé wǽron ðíne ryhtwísnessa cantabiles mihi erant iustificationes tuę, Ps. Vos. 118, 54. Ðás herigendlicestan gehwyrfednysse . . . þǽre árwurðan Marian, Hml.
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ildra
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Manigne mon sceamaþ ꝥ hé weorþe wyrsa ðonne his eldran wǽron imposita nobilibus necessitudo ne a majorum virtute degenerem, Bt. 30, l; F. 110, 4.
freónd
A FRIEND ⬩ ămīcus
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Heorot innan wæs freóndum afylled Heorot within was filled with friends, Beo. Th. 2040; B. 1018: 2256; B. 1126
bodian
to tell, announce, proclaim, preach ⬩ nuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizare ⬩ to foretell, predict, prophesy, promise ⬩ prædicere, promittere ⬩ to announce
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Ðæt wæs oft bodod ǽr befóran fram fruman worulde it was often foretold long before from the beginning of the world, Elen. Kmbl. 2280; El. 1141
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treów
truth to a promise or engagement, ⬩ faith ⬩ good or bad faith ⬩ to keep faith with a person ⬩ troth ⬩ truth to a person, ⬩ fidelity ⬩ fealty ⬩ loyalty ⬩ the truth of the stronger to the weaker, ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ help ⬩ an assurance of faith or truth ⬩ word (in to give or pledge one's word) ⬩ a promise ⬩ an engagement ⬩ a covenant ⬩ league ⬩ faith in something ⬩ belief ⬩ trust ⬩ confidence
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Se wæs ofslagen ofer áþas and treówa (or under I.) contra fidem jurisjurandi peremptus est, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 17.
dýfan
To dip, immerse ⬩ immergĕre
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To dip, immerse; immergĕre Mec feónda sum dýfde on wætre some enemy dipped me in water, Exon. 107 a; Th. 407, 32; Rä. 27, 3. He hine on ðam streáme sencte and dýfde he sank and immersed himself in the stream, Bd. 5, 12; S. 631, 22
sícan
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Th. 6, 5. to sigh for, long for Ðæt wǽron ða tída ðe Rómáne nú ǽfter sícaþ en tempora . . . quibus recordatio suspirat, Ors. 2, 8 ; Swt. 92, 35
ál-fæt
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A vessel that may be placed on the fire (v. ál), a cooking-vessel Gif hit ( the ordeal ) wæter sý . . . sí ꝥ álfæt ísen oþþe ǽren, leáden oþþe lǽmen, Ll. Th. i. 226, 15. Aalfatu cocula; omnia vasa coquendi sic dicuntur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 39
beren
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Beren eár 54, 11. þá hlafas wǽron berene, Hml. Th. i. 188, 4. Add:
ge-find
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., and add Þá sendon tó Læcedemonium and bǽdon ꝥ hié gefriénd wurden, þéh hié ǽr longe gefiénd wǽren Lacedaemonios quondam hostes, tunc socios adsciscunt, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 118, 13. Gefýnd (inimici) úre synt déman, Cant. M. ad fol. 31
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mán
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Þá oðswóran hié mid þǽm bismerlicestan áðe þæt hié him nǽfre on fultume nǽre, þéh þá áðas wǽren neár máne (or sbst.?] þonne sóðe turpissimam rupti foederis labem adcumulavere perjurio, Ors. 4, 3 ; S. 162, 12.
hátheort-líce
Furiously, ardently, fervently
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Hie wǽron tó ðon hátheortlíce yrre ðæt hie woldan ðone cásere cwicenne forbærnan they were so furiously angry that they wanted to burn the emperor alive, 191, 11
wín-gedrinc
Wine-drinking ⬩ wine
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Of ungemete ǽlces þinges, wiste and wǽda, wíngedrinces, Met. 25, 39. Wíngedrince nectare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 32. Hié tó ðam symle sittan eodon, wlance tó wíngedrince, Judth. Thw. 21, 12; Jud. 16
ǽlc
Each ⬩ any ⬩ every ⬩ all ⬩ quisque ⬩ quivis ⬩ unusquisque ⬩ omnis
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Ǽlc wæs on twegra sestra gemete capientes singulæ metretas binas, Jn. Bos. 2, 6. Ǽlc hine selfa begrindeþ gástes dugeðum each deprives himself of his soul's happiness, Cd. 75; Th. 91, 32 ; Gen. 1521. Ǽlc flǽsc omnis caro, Ps. Th. 64, 2.
a-wéstan
To waste ⬩ lay waste ⬩ depopulate ⬩ ravage ⬩ destroy ⬩ vastare ⬩ devastare ⬩ desertum facere ⬩ desolare
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Troia awésted wæs Troy was laid waste, 2, 2 ; Bos. 40, 28. Eall seó þeóð awést wearþ all the nation was laid waste, 3, 9; Bos. 66, 17, 19, 21. Sý wunung heora awést fiat habitatio eorum deserta, Ps. Spl. T. 68, 30.
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dæg-hwamlíc
Daily ⬩ diurnus, quotidianus
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Betwyh gehald regollíces þeódscipes and ða dæghwamlícan gýmenne to singanne on cyricean, me symble swéte and wynsum wæs ðæt ic oððe leornode, oððe lǽrde, oððe wríte inter observantiam disciplinæ regularis et quotidianam cantandi in ecclesia curam, semper
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Deniscan
The Danish men, the Danes ⬩ Dānĭci viri, Dāni
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On ðæra Deniscena healfe wæs ofslægen Eoric cyning king Eric was slain on the side of the Danes, Chr. 905; Erl. 99, 32 : 910; Erl. 100, 15