þeáh-hwæðere
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. ¶ combined with swá :-- And swá þeáhhwæþere óþ ðone deáþ hé hine tintregaþ, Blickl. Homl. 59, 30. Ac swá ðeáhhwæðere seó menniscnys wæs ǽfre forestiht, Homl. Th. ii. 364, 25. Nolde ic cwic ǽfre swá þeáhhwæðere ðíne gewitnesse forlǽtan, Ps.
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wirp
A change for the better ⬩ recovery ⬩ improvement
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Gé sceolon dreógan deáþ and þýstro, nǽfre gé ðæs wyrpe gebídaþ never will that lot be bettered, 140, 11; Gú. 608. Se mon ne þearf tó ðisse worulde wyrpe gehycgan man need not look to this life to mend his lot, 105, 5; Gú. 18.
ge-teón
To make ⬩ form ⬩ frame ⬩ appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ ordain ⬩ assign ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ constĭtuĕre ⬩ decernĕre
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Þurh hwelces monnes hond mín ende wǽre getiód by what man's hand my death was determined; cujus mortem percussoris manu cavendam habeam, Nar. 31, 19: Th. Ch. 483, 15
wiþer-sacian
to blaspheme ⬩ to be apostate
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Gospel of Nicodemus c. 4, v. 7) ðam Cásere, hé byþ deáþes scyldig, Nicod. 10; Thw. 5, 23. Wiþersacendra blasphemantium, Scint. 209, 5. to be apostate Wiðersaca[n]dan apostataverant, Hpt. Gl. 510, 49. Wiðersacedan apostatarent, 513, 24.
BERAN
to BEAR ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bear or carry a sacrifice ⬩ offer ⬩ bear off ⬩ carry out ⬩ extend ⬩ wear ⬩ support ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ ferre ⬩ portare ⬩ afferre ⬩ offerre ⬩ deferre ⬩ proferre ⬩ extendere ⬩ gerere ⬩ tolerare ⬩ to BEAR ⬩ produce ⬩ bring forth ⬩ facere ⬩ ferre ⬩ edere ⬩ parere
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Ðæt wæs deáþes beám se bær bitres fela that was the tree of death which bare much of bitter, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 2; Gen. 479 : 30; Th. 40, 26; Gen. 645. Gif he to ðæm ríce wæs on rihte boren if he to that kingdom was rightly born, Bt. Met.
Linked entries: a-beran æðel-boren aweg-beran bær bearn be-beran be-boren-inniht berend borettan beoran berende biereþ ge-byrd
blác
bright, shining ⬩ lucidus, splendidus ⬩ BLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in death ⬩ pallidus, de moribundis et mortuis ⬩ pallidus, subalbus
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BLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in death; pallidus, de moribundis et mortuis Biþ his líf scæcen, and he blác his life is departed, and he pale, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 28; Vy. 41. Scylfing hreás blác Scylfing fell pale, Beo.
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ge-sceáwian
To spew, manifest, exhibit ⬩ exhibere, monstrāre, manifestāre ⬩ To see, behold, view, look round upon ⬩ videre, perspicere, circumspicere ⬩ To see, consider ⬩ videre, considerare
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Ðæt deáþ ne gesceáwige qui non videbit mortem, Ps. Th. 88, 41. Mínre heortan gehygd gesceáwa view the thoughts of my heart, 138, 20. Hord ys gesceáwod the hoard has been seen, Beo. Th. 6161; B. 3084.
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fǽr-lic
sudden ⬩ sudden ⬩ fortuitous
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Gif hit gewyrþe þæt on þeódscipe becume fǽrlic coþa oþþe fǽrlic deáþ, Wlfst. 172, 19. Fǽrlic ende, Bl. H. 113, 8. Hwæt þis ǽfre beón sceole fǽrlices whatever can this sudden change be, Hml. S. 23, 516.
á-wreccan
to raise up ⬩ to arouse, ⬩ to arouse ⬩ excite
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Wurdon ðá óðre áwrehte mid þám sange, ii. 518, 30. from death Ðú áwrecst ðá deádan, Hml. S. 24, 93. Beóð ealle áwrehte of þæs deáðes slǽpe, Hml.
hlísa
Sound, ⬩ rumour, ⬩ report, ⬩ reputation, ⬩ renown, ⬩ fame, ⬩ glory
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Hí wilnodon ðæs hlísan æfter heora deáþe, 18, 4; Fox 68, 9.
fóran
Before ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ in front ⬩ before all ⬩ opposite ⬩ over against ⬩ Before ⬩ Beforehand ⬩ before ⬩ before ⬩ Before ⬩ in front of
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His gebídan ne magon burgsittende, ungesǽlige men hine (death) ǽr willað foran tó sciótan (will anticipate death), Met. 27, 19. tó . . . foran before, to the presence of: Þá þrý cómon tó þeódne foran. Dan. 93: 434. wiþ. with acc.
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hryre
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Oð þæt him cwelm gesceód . . . oð þæt him God wolde þurh hryrehreddan heá ríce, Dan. 671. of violent death in battle, &c. Hryre excidium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 40. Æfter deófla hryre after the fall of Grendel and his mother, B. 1680.
DIM
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Drihten sealde him dimne and deorcne deáþes scúwan the Lord gave them death's shadow, dim and dark, Cd. 223; Th. 293, 14, note; Sat. 455.
Æðelbryht
Ethelbert king of Kent ⬩ Ethelbert the second ⬩ Æthelbryhtus
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This Ethelbert, after the lapse of 239 years from the death of Ethelbert the first in 616, became king of Kent, Essex, Surrey, and Sussex, for five years, from 855 to 860; he succeeded to Wessex on his brother's death, in 860, and reigned five
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rícsian
to exercise or have power ⬩ to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ reign ⬩ to domineer ⬩ dominate ⬩ tyrannize ⬩ exercise violence ⬩ to prevail
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Deáþ him furðor ne biþ rícsend mors illi ultra non dominabitur, Rtl. 26, 33.
gyrnan
To desire ⬩ beg ⬩ yearn
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Ðæt mǽden hire deáþes girnde the maiden desired to die, Apol. Th. 2, 24: 3, 8. Ne gyrne gé ðæt eów man Láreówas nemne vos nolite vocari Rabbi, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 8. Gyrnende orontes, Mk. Skt. 11, 24
latian
To be slow ⬩ to linger ⬩ loiter ⬩ delay
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Deáþ ne lattaþ mors non tardat, Rtl. 11, 7. Eall líchoma hefegaþ and latiaþ ða fét all the body grows heavy, and the feet are sluggish, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 216, 23. Ic latode distuli, Cant. M. ad f. 27.
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séfte
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Ðone deáþ hé him gedéþ séftran ðonne óðrum monnum, Bt. 39, 10 ; Fox 228, 10. <b>IVa.
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swefan
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Swefan on slǽpe, 1695; An. 851. of the sleep of death Se fǽge þegn æfter billes bite swefeþ, Beo. Th. 4127 ; B. 2060. Se wyrm ligeþ, swefeþ sáre wund, 5485 ; B. 2746. Swefaþ ða ðe beadogríman býwan sceoldon, 4505 ; B. 2256.
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wundorlíce
Wonderfully
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Hié wundorlíce deáþ geþrowodan for Godes naman, Blickl. Homl. 171, 31. Wundurlíce heó hǽleþ, Lchdm. i. 194, 22. Wundorlíce, 220, 20. Hí wurdon wundorlíce áfirhte timuerunt valde, Gen. 20, 8.