wæl-fýr
a fire that slays ⬩ deadly fire ⬩ a fire that burns the slain ⬩ a funeral pile
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Th. 5157; B. 2582. a fire that burns the slain, a funeral pile Hét Hildeburh hire selfre suna on bǽl dón ... wand tó wolcnum wælfýra mǽst, Beo. Th. 2243; B. 1119
eást-dǽl
The eastern part, the east ⬩ terræ pars orientālis, ortus
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The eastern part, the east; terræ pars orientālis, ortus Cirus, Persa cyning, hæfde mǽst eallne ðæne eást-dǽl awést Cyrus, king of the Persians, had laid waste almost all the east, Ors. 2, 4,; Bos. 43, 43: Exon. 55b; Th. 197, 20; Ph. 2.
fæder-æðelo
Fatherly nobility, origin, ancestry, fatherly honours ⬩ gĕneālŏgia păterna, nōbĭlĭtas hērēdĭtāria
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Fatherly nobility, origin, ancestry, fatherly honours; gĕneālŏgia păterna, nōbĭlĭtas hērēdĭtāria Ða ðe mǽgburge mǽst gefrunon, fæderæðelo gehwǽs those who most understand kinship, the ancestry of each, Cd. 161; Th. 200, 24; Exod. 361.
FRÁSIAN
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ tempt ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ conquīrĕre ⬩ sciscĭtāri ⬩ tentāre
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Wæs mǽst Babilón burga, óþ-ðæt Baldazar, þurh gylp, grome Godes freásade [MS. frea sæde] Babylon was greatest of cities, until Belshazzar, through vain glory, fiercely tempted God, Cd. 209; Th. 259, 22; Dan. 695
wæl
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</b> add Him þá geþúhte swelc þæt mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 14
heort-leás
cowed
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Without courage or spirit, cowed Ic bidde, man, ꝥ þú gemune hú micel bið se bróga beforan dómsetle Drihtnes þænne, stent hé (ealra hergea mǽst.
rodor
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Add Hé (Gregory) monncynnes mǽst gestriénde rodra wearde, Past. 9, 11. Bið swíðe mycel stefn gehýred on eástweardum heofones roderum erit vox magna in firmamento caeli ab oriente, Verc. Först. 122, 6
ge-lúcan
To shut, lock, fasten, weave ⬩ claudĕre, nectĕre
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He geseah segn eallgylden, hondwundra mǽst, gelocen leóðo-cræftum [or leoðo-cræftum?] he saw an all-golden ensign, greatest of hand-wonders, woven by arts of song [by magic], Beo. Th. 5531; B. 2769
ís
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Þá wæs Donua seó eá swá swíþe oferfroren þæt hié getrúwedon þæt hié ofer þǽm íse faran mehten; ac hié mǽst ealle þǽr forwurdon, Ors. 4, 11; S. 208, 2. Add
gealpettung
Noisy, boastful talking
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Noisy, boastful talking Þá hé oftost tesoword spræc in his onmédlan gælpettunga (in his arrogant talking), þá earnode hé mé þǽre mǽsta[n] gestynþo, Nap. 27
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ful-lǽst
Help ⬩ aid ⬩ support ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ subsĭdium
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Help, aid, support; auxĭlium, subsĭdium Is mægenwísa trum, fullésta mǽst, se ðas fare lǽdeþ he is a firm army- leader, the greatest of supports, who leads this expedition, Cd. 170; Th. 213, 18; Exod. 554.
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myrre
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Genim myrran and hwít récels . . . and þæs récelses and myrran sý mǽst, ii. 294, 17-25. Add
wóh-gestreón
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Ne wyrð nǽfre folces wíse wel gerǽde on þám earde þe man wóhgestreón and mǽst falses lufað ; þý sculan Godes freónd . . . ná geþafian ꝥ ðurh fals and ðurh wóhgestreón men tó swýðe forwyrcean hí sylfe, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 27-32.
æsc
ash-tree ⬩ a ship
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D. vi. 252-3 for the large number of place-names in which æsc occurs) Æsces sceal mǽst there must be most of ash, Lch. ii. 86, 8. a ship Aesc cercilus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 56. Æsc cercylus, 14, 16.
weoruld-geþyngþ
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Ús, þám þe God swá micele heálicnysse woruldge þingða forgifen hæfð, is seó mǽste þearf ꝥ wé hwílon úre mód gebígean tó gástlicum rihte, Gr. D. I. 7. Add
blód-gýte
a flowing or running of blood ⬩ sanguinis profluvium ⬩ a blood-shedding, bloodshed ⬩ sanguinis effusio
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Wǽron ða mǽstan blódgýtas there were the greatest blood-sheddings, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 67, 31. Bútan blódgýte without bloodshed, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 11
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wíd-síþ
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. ¶ the word occurs also as a name for one who has travelled much :-- Wídsíð maðolade, se ðe mǽst mǽrþa ofer eorþan, folca geondférde, Exon. Th. 318, 19; Wíd. 1
mortere
A mortar
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Se ealra mǽsta mortere girba, 42, 22: i. 20, 25. Gepuna eall tósomne on ánum mortere, Lchdm. i. 216, 13: 142, 18
be-bod
A command ⬩ mandate ⬩ decree ⬩ order ⬩ mandatum ⬩ jussum
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Ealra beboda mǽst primum omnium mandatum, Mk. Bos. 12, 28. Hí brǽcon bebodo they broke the commandments, Cd. 188; Th. 234, 28; Dan. 299
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leoþu-cræft
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Segn eallgylden hondwundra mǽst gelocen leoþocræftum [skilfully; or leóþocræftum, (cf. leóþcræft and next word) with charms, magically; cf. the Danish banner, the Raven, supposed to be woven by the daughters of Ragnar, and to which extraordinary qualities
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