án
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Náht be ánan oððe twám ( by ones or twos ), ac swá þiclíce ꝥ hit nán mann áteallan ne mihte.
hwíl
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Næs ic nǽefre gít náne hwíle swá emnes módes, Bt. 26, I; F. go, 25. Monige hwíle bið þám men full wá, Gen. 634. Óðer hwíle aliquando Lk. L. R. 22, 32.
lyb-lác
Sorcery ⬩ witchcraft
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Wé cwǽdon be ðǽm wiccecræftum and be liblácum gif ðǽr man ácweald wǽre ... we have ordained concerning witchcrafts and sorceries, if in such cases anyone were killed..., L. Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 10. Be liblácum.
Linked entry: unriht-lyblác
MILDE
MILD ⬩ gentle ⬩ meek ⬩ benign ⬩ liberal ⬩ merciful ⬩ clement ⬩ propitious
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Spræc mildum wordum, Beo. Th. 2348; B. 1172. Mildre indulgentior, Ælfc. Gr. 43; Som. 44, 49. Manna mildost Moses ), ( Cd. 170; Th. 213, 8; Exod. 549.
un-æþele
not noble ⬩ ignoble ⬩ mean ⬩ infamous
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Sume beóþ swíðe æþele and wídcúþe on heora gebyrdum, ac hí beóþ mid wædle ofþrycte, ðæt him wǽre leófre ðæt hí wǽran unæþele ðonne swá earme, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32, 1. Æþele and unæþele nobiles, ignobiles, Bd. 5, 7; S. 621, 14.
tyge
a pull ⬩ tug ⬩ a dragging ⬩ leading ⬩ conducting ⬩ a draught of drink ⬩ a drawing of an inference ⬩ a deduction
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Ðis godspel hæfþ langne tige on his trahtnunge the exposition of this gospel might be drawn out to a great length, ii. 72, 22.
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wracnian
To be ⬩ travel in a foreign country ⬩ be a pilgrim ⬩ stranger
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To be or travel in a foreign country, be a pilgrim or stranger Ic wræcnige peregrinor, Ælfc. Gr. 25; Zup. 145, 19 note. Ic wracnode mid Labane apad Laban peregrinatus sum, Gen. 32, 4.
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wilwan
to roll ⬩ fig. ⬩ to join ⬩ compound ⬩ compose
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Similar entries v. á-, be-, ge-wilwan; wealwian
cyric-líc
Like a church, ecclesiastical ⬩ ecclesiasticus ⬩ wrote the ecclesiastical history of our island and nation in five books
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Ðæt cyriclíce stǽr úres eálondes and þeóde ic wrát on fíf béc [Bede] wrote the ecclesiastical history of our island and nation in five books, Bd. 5, 24; S. 648, 31. Cyriclíce preóstas ecclesiasíici presbyteri, L. Ecg. P. A. 5; Th. ii. 232, 17.
ge-fyllan
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Bið eal þes ginna grund gléda gefylled, Dóm. 12. Oþ þæt se wída ceafl gefylled bið, Wal. 60. Gefellede innoþas impleta viscera, Hy. S. 96, 30. Þá leóhtfatu beóð simle mid ele gefylde, Bl. H. 127, 34. Tǽnelum gefyldum fiscillis refertis, Wrt.
sittan
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<b>Ia.</b> with reflexive dative :-- Ðaa Sǽton him æt wíne, Cd. Th. 259, 23 ; Dan. 696. <b>Ib.</b> of kneeling :-- Hié for ðam cumble on cneówum sǽton, 227, 2 ; Dan. 180. <b>Ic.
Linked entries: a-sittan blód-setenn
næss
a ness ⬩ land running out into water ⬩ headland ⬩ promontory
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Earna næs Eagles-ness, Beo. Th. 6055; B. 3031, Hrones næs Whales-ness, 5603; B. 2805,,] Æt brimes næsse at the sea-headland, Andr. Kmbl. 3417; An. 1712. Beorh wæterýðum neáh, be næsse, Beo. Th. 4478; B. 2243. Gesæt on næsse cyning, 4825; B. 2417.
BREGDAN
To move to and fro, vibrate, cast, draw, drag, change, bend, weave; ⬩ vibrare, vibrare gladium, jactare, stringere, trahere, nectere, plectere ⬩ to turn into ⬩ se vertere in aliquid
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Bræegd beadwe heard feorh-geníðlan the fierce warrior dragged the mortal foe, Beo. Th. 3082; B. 1539: 1593; B. 794.
Linked entries: a-bregdan be-bregdan brægdan bredan bredende brogdettung brogdian bredan brygdan bryidan
æt-wítan
To reproach ⬩ blame ⬩ upbraid ⬩ imputare ⬩ improperare ⬩ exprobrare
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Th. 138, 15; By. 220. Siððan Gúþláf and ósláf ætwiton weána dǽl since Guthlaf and Oslaf reproached him for a part of their woes. Beo. Th. 2304; B. 1150: Ps. Th. 88, 44: 73, 17: Ps. Spl. 31, 2
Linked entry: ed-wítan
a-heardian
To harden ⬩ grow hard ⬩ become inured to anything ⬩ to last ⬩ hold out ⬩ endure ⬩ durare ⬩ perdurare ⬩ indurescere
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Ben, 68
Bægere
The Bavarians ⬩ Bavarii ⬩ the Boiari ⬩ Bajuvarii
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Hí Maroaro habbaþ, be westan him, Þyringas, and Behemas, and Bægware healfe they, the Moravians, have, on their west, the Thuringians, Bohemians, and part of the Bavarians, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 42
Cwat-brycg
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Hí gedydon æt Cwatbricge be Sæfern they arrived at Bridgenorth on the Severn, Chr. 896; Th. 173, 43, col. 1: col. 2 has Brygce. Æt Cwatbrycge, Th. 174, 1, col. 1, 2.
dyrstig
Daring, bold, rash ⬩ audax, ausus
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Hú wǽre ðú dyrstig ofstician bár quomŏdo fuisti ausus jugŭlāre aprum? Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 13: Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 25, note: Nicod. 12; Thw. 6, 23. Ðeáh ðe he dyrstig wǽre though he were daring, Beo. Th. 5669; B. 2838
eft-cyme
A coming again, return ⬩ rĕdĭtus, reversio
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A coming again, return; rĕdĭtus, reversio Ðæt eorlwerod sæt on wénum eftcymes leófes monnes the warrior band sat in expectation of the return of the dear man, Beo. Th. 5785; B. 2896: Exon. 121 b; Th. 466, 33; Hö. 130.
fóre-werd
Forward ⬩ fore ⬩ former ⬩ early ⬩ prōnus ⬩ antĕrior ⬩ prior ⬩ prīmus
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On fórewerd ðære bóc oððe on heáfde bǽc awriten is be me in căpĭte libri scriptum est de me, Ps. Lamb. 39, 9