swaþu
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The word occurs in a list giving the names of various parts of a pig: — Rysle ausungia, flicce perna, spic larda, meargh lucanica, wrót bruncus, rop jus, swína swaþu suesta, byrst seta, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 50-57. Suína suadu suesta, sivesta, Txts. 98, 972
hǽren
Made of hair ⬩ cilicius
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Made of hair; cilicius Hé hine ðá gegyrede mid hǽrenum hrægle swíðe heardum and unwinsumum he clothed himself then with a garment of hair very hard and unpleasant, Blickl. Homl. 221, 24. Wring þurh hǽrenne cláþ wring through a hair cloth, Lchdm. i. 382
gésne
Lacking ⬩ wanting ⬩ destitute ⬩ lifeless ⬩ expers ⬩ egenus ⬩ destitutus ⬩ exanimis
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Lacking, wanting, destitute, lifeless; expers, egenus, destitutus, exanimis Læg se fúla leáp gésne the foul corpse lay lifeless, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 8; Jud. 112. He funde ðá on bedde his goldgifan gǽstes gésne, lífes belidenne he then found his goldgiver
áþ-swaru
An oath-swearing ⬩ a solemn oath ⬩ an oath ⬩ juramentum
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An oath-swearing, a solemn oath, an oath; juramentum For heora áþsware because of their oath, Jos. 9, 18. Ðæt he lange gehét mid áþsware what he long had promised on oath, Cd. 170; Th. 213, 26; Exod. 558: Ps. Th. 88, 3. Áþsware pytt the well of the oath
CLYMPRE
A lump or CLUMP of metal, metal ⬩ massa metalli, metallum
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A lump or CLUMP of metal, metal; massa metalli, metallum Hefigere ic eom ðonne unlytel leádes clympre I am heavier than a huge clump of lead, Exon. III b; Th. 426, 18; Rä. 41, 75. Wyrc greáte clympran [MS. clymppan] feówur make four great lumps, Lchdm
deóre
Dearly, with great price ⬩ cāre, magno
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Dearly, with great price; cāre, magno Deóre he hit bohte vel sealde he bought or sold it dearly; care vendĭdit, Ælfc. Gl. 35; Som. 62, 84; Wrt. Voc. 28, 62. Dióre gecépte drihten Créca Troia burh the lord of the Greeks dearly bought the city of Troy,
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fen-líc
Fenlike ⬩ marshy ⬩ fenny ⬩ păluster
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Fenlike, marshy, fenny; păluster Fenlíc păluster, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 10, 4. Of ðam fenlícum adelan from the fenlike mud, Homl. Th. ii. 472, 7. Betwyx ða fenlícan gewrido ðæs wídgillan wéstenes he ána ongan eardian he began to dwell alone among the
folc-ágende
Folk-owning ⬩ păpŭlum possĭdens
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Folk-owning; păpŭlum possĭdens Bealg hine swíðe folcágende the folk-owning [man] was much irritated, Exon. 68a; Th. 253, 26; Jul. 186: Beo. Th. 6218; B. 3113. Nis se foldan sceat mongum gefére folcágendra the tract of earth is not easy of access to many
freá-wine
A dear or beloved lord ⬩ dŏmĭnus cārus
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A dear or beloved lord; dŏmĭnus cārus Syððan freáwine folca swealt when the beloved lord of people perished, Beo. Th. 4703; B. 2357: 4849; B. 2429. He of hornbogan his freáwine fláne geswencte he laid low his dear lord with an arrow from his horned bow
herung
Praising, praise
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Praising, praise Herung laudatio, Ps. Spl. 110, 11. For manna herunge for the praise of men, Homl. Th. i. 60, 33: 38, 10: 180, 20. On ðære heringe ðæs eádgan weres in praise of the blessed man, Past. 56, 7; Swt. 435, 18: Bt. 27, 3; Fox 100, 4: 30, l;
meagol-mód
Of earnest mind ⬩ earnest ⬩ strenuous
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Of earnest mind, earnest, strenuous Ic synful bydde ðæt ðú onsende in mé (mé in?) heortan meagolmód gemynd and gedéfe hreówe and sóðe ondetnesse ealra mínna synna I, sinful, pray that thou send into my heart an earnest mind, and suitable penitence, and
ge-lúcan
To shut, lock, fasten, weave ⬩ claudĕre, nectĕre
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To shut, lock, fasten, weave; claudĕre, nectĕre Ðé gelúcaþ ríce heofona quia clauditis regnum cælorum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 23, 13. He geseah segn eallgylden, hondwundra mǽst, gelocen leóðo-cræftum [or leoðo-cræftum?] he saw an all-golden ensign, greatest
ge-lystan
To please, cause a desire for anything
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with acc. of pers., gen. of thing; To please, cause a desire for anything Ðegnas ðearle gelyste gárgewinnes the thanes were very eager for the struggle, Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 3; Jud. 307 : Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 22; Wal. 23. Gúðe gelysted desirous for war
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wan-hygd
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want of mind, folly, rashness, recklessness, imprudence For wlence and for wonhygdum hí ceastre worhton, and tó heofnum up hlǽdræ rǽrdon, Cd. Th. 100, 33; Gen. 1673. Grendel for his wonhýdum wǽpna ne récceþ ; ic ðæt ðonne forhicge ðæt ic sweord bere,
wyrm-melu
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Dust of dried worms powdered (cf. 'Dry fair large earthworms before the fire, or in an oven, which when thorough dry, beat into powder,' Salmon's English Physician, quoted by Cockayne. See also: Eft angeltwæccan, gegníd swíþe, Lchdm. iii. 44. 4) Wyrc
cyne-gild
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Substitute: The fine paid for slaying a king. It consisted of two parts, the wergild, which belonged to the kindred (mágas), and the cyne-bót, of like amount, which belonged to the people (leóde) For þám cynedóme gebirað óðer swilc tó bóte on cynegilde
eolhx
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Some kind of sedge Eolxsegc papilluum, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 36. Similar entries (See other instances under secg, and v. Lch. iii. 324.) ¶ the word occurs as the name of a rune Eolxsecg eard hæfð oftust on fenne, wundað grimme beorna gehwylcne þe him ǽnigne
fáh
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exposed to the vengeance of a slain man's kin because of the murder Gif fáh mon (gefáh mon, v. l.) cirican geierne, hine seofan nihtum nán mon út ne teó if a criminal fly for refuge to a church, for seven days no one shall drag him out, Ll. Th. i. 64
grimnes
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Add Grimnes atrocitas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 38. fierceness, ferocity of a living creature Þǽra feónda grimnes, Wlfst. 186, 18. Byrenre grimnysse ursinę ferocitatis, An. Ox. 1477. severity of pain, disease, &c. Mid swíþre wealreówre grimnysse satis
wulf-pytt
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A pit for trapping wolves (?), a wolf's lair (?) Tó wulfpytte, C. D. B. i. 280, 20. On wulfputt; of þám pytte on ðá wógan ǽc, iii. 113, 31. Tó ðǽm wulfpyttæ, C. D. v. 84, 17. On ðone wulfpyt; of ðám wulfpytte, iv. 49, 7: 157, ii. Tó wulfpyttan, 343.