missere
A period of half a year
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Hé forþ gewát misserum fród ( well stricken in years ), 83; Th. 104, 30; Gen. 1743. Missarum fród, 107; Th. 141, 16; Gen. 2345
neó-bedd
A bed for a corpse
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God wearp hine niðer on ðæt neóbedd ( that couch of corpses, Hell ; cf. Milton 'that fiery couch'; and Icel. ná-strönd the place where the dead came, who had not fallen in battle ), Cd. Th. 22, 19; Gen. 343
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spearnlian
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Se sticca him eode út þurh ðæt heáfod in tó ðære eorðan and hé ætforan hire spearnlode mid fótum the nail went through his head into the earth, and he (Sisera) struck out with his feet before her, Jud. 4, 21. Cf. spurnan
un-gesib
not related ⬩ strange ⬩ not at peace at variance
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Ic ( the cuckoo ) under sceáte ungesibbum wearð eácen gǽste, Exon. Th. 391, 20; Rä. l0, 8. not at peace at variance Ða twá mǽgþa ða ðe betwih him ungeþwǽre and ungesibbe wǽron provinciae quae ab invicem discordabant, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 32: Blickl.
á-fyrhtan
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Wearð hé áfyrht and áfǽred, Lch. iii. 424, 36. Áfyrhted, Bl. H. 185, 36. Woeron áfryhtad periclitabantur , Lk. L. 8, 23. Áfyrhte altoniti , Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 19. Mon ongitan mehte hú hié áfyrhtede wǽron. Ors. 4, 10; S. 194, 10. Add
ár-fæst
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Wearð Nerua, swíðe árfæst man, tó cásere gecoren, Hml. Th. i. 60, 6. Mid árfæsððes (-fæstes, v. l.) ingeðonces láre pia intentione, Past. 167, 7. merciful, gracious, clement Þæt hé híwige swylce hé árfæst sý, Wlfst. 59, 19.
eald-gewyrht
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old, a deed of old Wuldres beám þe God on þrowode for mancynnes manegum synnum and for Adames ealdgewyrhtum, Kr. 1100. what has been deserved of old, desert for deeds of old Ic wát geare þæt nǽron ealdgewyrht þæt hé ána scyle gnorn þrowian I know well
freó-bearn
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Hú þé ( Christ ) rodera weard æt frymðe genóm him tó freóbearne, Cri. 223. Cf. freó-dohtor
swipu
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Ðonne þú swype habban wille, þonne wege þíne fýst swylce þú swingan wille, and rǽr úp þíne twǽgen fingras, Tech. ii. 122, 13.
ofer-stige
Astonishment, extasy
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Astonishment, extasy Hé cwæþ tó him sylfum: ' Nú ic wæs of ðam rihtan wege mínes ingeþances, ac betere hit biþ ðæt ic eft fare út of ðysum porte, ðý læs ðe ic tó swíðe dwelige ... gewislíce ic hér ongyten hæbbe ðæt mé hæfþ gelǽht fæste mínes módes oferstige
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clyne
A mass ⬩ lump ⬩ ball ⬩ metal ⬩ massa ⬩ sphæra ⬩ metallum ⬩ σφαῖρα
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Ǽlces cynnes wecg, vel óra oððe clyna metallum Ælíc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 8; Wrt. Voc. 34, 67. Clyne;clyno massa, metallum Cot. 132: 182. Sile hym áne clyne give him one lump Lchdm. iii. 134, 33. Trendel, clyne sphæra Mone B. 3465.
bedding
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Him wearð gebeddod mid hnescre beddinge, 37, 191: 205. Uppan mínre beddincge super stratum meum, Ps. L. 62, 7. Hé læg on his beddinge (in lectulo), Gr. D. 326, 8. Add
éþel
fatherland
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Wé sculon cuman of þisse worolde tó úres fæder oeðle, ꝥ is tó heofonríce, Ors. 5, 14: S. 248, 28. Wé wǽron on þysne wræcsíþ sende, and nú eft sceolon óþerne éþel sécan, swá wíte, swá wuldor, swá wé nú geearnian willaþ, Bl. H. 23, 6.
god-spell
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Th. ii. 594, 19. contained in books written by others Monige werun ðá ðe godspellas ( evangelia ) áwritton, Mt. p. 7, 1. the gospel, as used in the services of the church Wé gehýrdon þá þæt hálige godspel rǽdd wæs, Bl. H. 161, 9.
hogian
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Nú sceole wé hogian mid mycelre gýmene ꝥ úre líf beó swá gelógod ꝥ úre ende endige on God, Hml. S. 16, 5. Wé sceolon carfullíce hogian þæt wé tó ðǽre écan freólstíde becumon, Hml.
lendenu
The loins ⬩ reins
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Beóþ eówre lændenæ ymbgirde ... on ðá lendenum is getácnad swá swá wé leorniaþ on bócum seó fúle gálnes, L. Ælfc. P. 13-14; Th. ii. 368, 32-35. Begyrdaþ eówer lendenu renes vestros accingetis, Ex. 12, 11: Homl. Th. ii. 264, 8.
cyne-scipe
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. ¶ as a form of address, majesty, royal highness :-- Stópon in tó ðám cásere ðá yldestan . . . and þus sprǽcon: 'Ealra manna hláford, wé biddað þínne cynescipe ꝥ þú ne beó dreórig . . .
ge-ceápian
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Th. i. 580, 20. to obtain by payment (material or non-material) Wé sint on þǽm friþe geborene þe hié þá uneáðe hiera feorh mid geceápedon, Ors. 5, 1; S. 214, 22. Hæfde seó earme wudewe mid ánum feórðlinge þæt éce líf geceápod, Hml. Th. i. 582, 21.
hrepung
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Wé sceolon áwendan úre handa and ealne líchaman fram fúllicum and leahterlicum hrepungum, Hml. Th. ii. 374, 7. <b>I a.</b> sexual contact :-- Clǽne hrepunga flǽsclicre mundus contactu carneo, Hy. S. 42, 37. <b>I b.
hwætlíce
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Nú wé hwætlíce þis habbað gegaderod, þæt is on Lýden actiuum opus, Angl. viii. 330, 35. of the operation of things, e.g. diseases Hwæt[líce] perniciter (quos lethale virus perniciter prostraverat), An.