geán-dýne
Steep ⬩ arduous
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Steep; fig. arduous (cf. uphill) Þis is mid sumum mannum swýþe geándýne þing and earfoðlic þing hoc apud nonnullos res ardua est et difficilis Ll. Th. ii. 134, 6. Cf. dún, æf-dýne
Linked entry: -dýne
slítere
a waster, destroyer ⬩ a consumer of food, a glutton
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a waster, destroyer 'Hwæt is seó ungesǽlige sáwel?' Ðá sǽde hé him, ðæt hé wǽre cyrican slítere Wulfst. 235, 24. a consumer of food, a glutton Slíteras lurcones Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 26
Sodomisc
Of Sodom
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P. iv. 68, 5; Th. ii. 228, 16
ge-swógen
Senseless ⬩ inanimate ⬩ swooned
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Senseless, inanimate, swooned Se læg geswógen betwux ðám ofslegenum he lay in a swoon amongst the slain, Homl. Th. ii. 356, 27: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 66, 324, Similar entries v. ge-swówung
hold-rǽden
Faithfulness, ⬩ loyalty, ⬩ faithful discharge of duty to a superior
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Faithfulness, loyalty, faithful discharge of duty to a superior Hire hyrdeman þurh holdrǽdene sume ác ástáh her herdsman in the discharge of his duty had ascended an oak, Homl. Th. ii. 150, 30
Linked entries: hyld-rǽden treów-ræden
fremfullíce
to profit ⬩ advantage
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Add: to profit or advantage Drihten ealle gód him fremfullíce ( to his profit ) tówearde dyde, Lch. iii. 436, 22. Fremfullíce (only fremfi is left in MS.) effica[citer ], R. Ben. I. 1, 5
ge-týme
A team ⬩ yoke ⬩ jŭgum
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A team, yoke; jŭgum Ic bohte án getýme oxena jŭga boum ēmi quinque, Lk. Bos. 14, 19. Fýf hund getýmu oxena quingenta jŭga boum, Job. Thw. 164, 5: Homl. Th. ii. 372, 23
windwian
To winnow ⬩ ventilare ⬩ literal ⬩ figurative
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Ic windwade (ventilabam) in mé gást mínne, 76, 7
Linked entries: a-windwian windung
hrif
The womb ⬩ belly ⬩ uterus ⬩ venter
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Bán biþ funden on heortes heortan hwílum on hrife a bone is found in a hare's heart, sometimes in its belly, L. Med. ex Quadr. 2, 17; Lchdm. i. 338, 6.
Linked entry: in-gehrif
stæl-wirðe
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[In later English the word seems used more in the sense of the modern stalwart = strong :-- Ic em hal and fere and strong and stelewurðe, ȝet ic mei longe libben, O. E. Homl. i. 25, 12.
forhtian
To fear
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Swíðe forhtigende þæt hí his fandian dorston in great fear because they had dared to try him, Hml. Th. ii. 168, 19. Frohtende timens, Mt. R. 25, 25: metuens, Mk. p. 2, 11. Ondo frohtendes (pauescentis) Petres, Lk. p. 4, 18.
ge-leáfful
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Voc. ii. 129, 54. Þone geleáffullan geleáfan catholicam fidem, Ath. Crd. 1. Seó emniht is on .xii.[^m]ᵃ kl. April., swá swá þá geleáffullan rǽderas ( orthodox scholars ) hit gesetton, Lch. iii. 256, 21. Geleáfulra catholicorum (patrum ), An.
ge-tucian
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in vestitu deaurato circumamicta varietate, Ps.
for-niman
to comprehend ⬩ carry off ⬩ do away with ⬩ defraud ⬩ consume
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Add: to seize and hold. lit. of a criminal or captive Ic eom mid racenteágum fornumen, Hml. Th. i. 462, 31. Ðis wíf fornumen is (deprehensa est) in dernegiligro, Jn.
Linked entry: for-nǽman
gód
GOOD ⬩ bonus
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M. ii. 65, 1; Lchdm. ii. 292, 10. Me is on gómum gód and swéte ðín ágen word quam dulcia faucibus meis eloquia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 103. Gód is ðæt man Drihtne andette bonum est confiteri domino, 91, 1: 134, 1.
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hlýdan
To sound, ⬩ make a loud noise, ⬩ to clamour, ⬩ vociferate
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To sound, make a loud noise, to clamour, vociferate Ic hlýde strepo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 63. Ic hlýde garrulo, 36; Som. 38, 29.
eáster
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Substitute: <b>Eástre,</b> an (es in North); pl. an, on, un. [In W.
rysc
A rush
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Ricsa wyrttruman, Lchdm. ii. 234, 8. Rixum juncis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 21. Ðá heó geseah ðone windel on ðám rixum (in papyrione) Ex. 2, 5
HEL
HELL ⬩ the place of souls after death ⬩ Hades ⬩ the infernal regions ⬩ the place of the wicked after death
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In ðæt háte hof ðam is hel nama into that hot abode whose name is hell, Cd. 217; Th. 276, 24; Sat. 193.