on-sceortian
to grow short
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to grow short Swá ða dagas forþ onsceortiaþ as the days go on shortening, Shrn. 96, 3
sceacan
to shake (intrans.), quiver ⬩ to flee, hurry off, go forth ⬩ to move quickly, to be flung, be displaced by shaking ⬩ to pass, proceed, depart ⬩ to shake (trans.) ⬩ to weave
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Lind. 11, 7. but generally used of rapid movement, of living creatures, to flee, hurry off, go forth (cf. (?)
un-rótness
Sadness ⬩ sorrow ⬩ trouble ⬩ gloominess
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Ðætte sió unrótnes, ðe hé for ðæm yflan weorcum hæbbe, gemetgige ðone gefeán ðe hé for ðǽm gódan weorcum hæfde, Past. proem.; Swt. 24, 3. Unrótnyss ( tristitia ) gefylde eówre heortan, Jn. Skt. 16, 6.
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wræc-síþ
travel in a foreign land ⬩ peregrination ⬩ pilgrimage ⬩ exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ misery ⬩ wretchedness
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Wén ic ðæt gé for wlenco, nalles for wræcsíðum, Hróðgár sóhton, Beo. Th. 682; B. 338.
ge-hild
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Ne mihte ic gangan tó eástdǽlum for Rómwarena cempena neáhhergunge and for [Persisc]ra gehældum, Hml. A. 200, 174. <b>I a.</b> a watch, period during which watch is kept :-- Swé swé gehaeld (custodia ) in næht, Ps. Srt. 89, 4.
cuman
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Gif seó lád forð cume . . . gif heó forð ne cume, 394, 22, 23. to happen to Hit cymð him sáre, Ps. Th. 7, 14. Cymen mé mildse ðíne veniant mihi miserationes tuae, Ps.
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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Bunda might be banda as well as bonda, for a is often used for o, as mon for man a man. The early use of hús-bunda, -bonda would at once indicate that it was not likely to be of Norse or Icelandic origin.
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streón
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[Crist is his sune, Noht after chesunge ac after strene; for þan he him strende, alse þe sunne streneð liht, O.E. Homl. ii 19, 24.
mægen-strengo
Main strength ⬩ great force
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Main strength, great force Gúþcyning (Beowulf) mægenstrengo slóh hilde bille with mighty force the warrior-king smote with his battle-blade, Beo. Th. 5350; B. 2678.
mann-fultum
Military force ⬩ troops
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Hié gegaderodon máran monfultum ðonne Philippus hæfde they got together a greater force than Philip had, 3, 7; Swt. 118, 16
irgþ
Sluggishness ⬩ cowardice ⬩ timorousness ⬩ pusillanimity
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For eówre forhtnysse and yrhþe ðe eów eglaþ propter cordis tui formidinem, qua terreberis, Deut. 28, 67.
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lǽce-finger
The leech-finger
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P. 291 note the reason for the name is given differently.
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brýce
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Sé ðe wíf hæfð for lícumlícre frófre, and ðeáh for ðǽm bryce (v. brúcan,(I c)) and for ðǽre lufe hine ne áwent from bettrum weorcum qui sic per uxorem carnali consolatione utitur, ut tamen numquam a melioris intentionis rectitudine ejus amore flectatur
hú-hwega
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Nú for ánum .xii. nihtumhúhugu (hwæthwega, v. l.) swá (neálíce for twelf dagum, v. l.) ante dies fere duodecim, Gr. D. 79, 12.
a-reaht
put forth ⬩ spoken ⬩ explained
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put forth, spoken, explained,Exon. 24 a ; Th. 69, 23 ; Cri. 1125: Bt. 36, 2 ; Fox 174, 3 ;
feówrtig
Forty ⬩ quadrāginta
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Forty; quadrāginta Ceorliscum men feówrtigum scillingum gebéte cŏlōni quadrāginta sŏlĭdis emendet, L. Alf. pol. 10; Wilk. 37, 23
lǽd-ness
production
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A bringing forth, production On ðæs tuddres lǽdnysse in prolis prolatione, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 21 note
leód-werod
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The host formed by a people Wolcen lǽdde leódwerod [the Israelites], Cd. 146; Th. 182, 17; Exod. 77
ge-leógan
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Först. 80, 25
eall-meaht
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Omnipotence On mihtigre handa and on eallmihte earmes in manu forti et brachio excelso, Ps. Th. 135, 12