ofer-cuman
to overcome, vanquish, subdue ⬩ to come upon, reach, obtain
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Nánne ne sparedon cwicera manna ðe hié ofercuman mihton spared none that they could come up with Judth. Thw. 24, 41; Jud. 235. His geféran ðý ofercumendan wóle pestilentia superveniente fordilgode wǽron, Bd. 4, 1; S. 563, 26
ór
beginning, origin ⬩ front, van
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Ne can ic Abeles ór ne fóre hleómǽges síð I know not Abel's life from its beginning or its later course, Cd. Th. 61, 33; Gen. 1006. front, van Wæs on óre heard handplega, 198, 22; Exod. 326: Beo. Th. 2087; B. 1041. Heriges on óre, Andr.
hirde
A herd, ⬩ shepherd, ⬩ pastor, ⬩ guardian, ⬩ guard, ⬩ keeper
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Ne ic hyrde wæs bróðer mínes I was not my brother's keeper, 48; Th. 62, 1; Gen. 1007. Heorde, Exon. 43 b; Th. 146, 33; Gú. 719. Hiorde, Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 101. Rihtwís hyrde ofer cristene heorde a righteous shepherd over a Christian flock, L. I.
dyrstig
Daring, bold, rash ⬩ audax, ausus
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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
efen-þeówa
A fellow-servant ⬩ conservus
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Hú ne gebýrede ðé gemiltsian ðínum efen-þeówan nonne ergo oportuit te misĕrēri conservi tui? Mt. Bos. 18, 33. He gemétte hys efen-þeówan he found his fellow-servant, 18, 28. Gesáwon hys efen-þeówas ðæt his fellow-servants saw that, 18, 31
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grindel
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Guest, English Rhythms, ii. 40, note 1, observes 'As far as we can judge from the drawing which accompanies the description, the grindel was a kind of heavy iron grating, which rather encumbered the prisoner by its weight, than fixed him in its grasp.
bí-sǽce
a visit ⬩ visitatio ⬩ persecution, dispute, litigation ⬩ controversia, litigatio ⬩ to seek, visit, persecute, dispute
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Gif ðǽr hwæt bísǽces sý, seme se biscop if there be somewhat of dispute, let the bishop settle it, Const. vii; Th. ii. 258, note a
sib-ræden
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Ang. 338, where see note. See also sib-rit, sibbe-ridge, -red banns of marriage, E. D. S. Pub. B. 16.]
seonu-bend
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Thorpe's note on this passage, and his Northern Mythology, i. 86. For confusion of benne and bende see ben ). Exon. Th. 377, 19; Deór. 6. v. preceding word
telgor
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Ðeós wyrt (wild gourd ) wið ða eorðan hyre telgra tóbrǽdeþ, Lchdm. i. 324, 3 note
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twi-wintre
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Gr. 49; Zup. 287, 19 note
and-langes
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Crw. 1, 11 (see note, p. 57). Andlanges wealles, C. D. i. 1, 16. Andlanges ðǽr(e) eá, vi. 217, 5. Andlangas, iii. 172, 29. Ond*-*longes, 52, 19. Ðanone on andlanges hrycges, vi. 168, 23. Olluncges, iii. 35, 3. adv.
ge-prician
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to prick, stimulate Hé nys gepricud ( stimulatus ) on unrótnysse gyltes, Scint. 79, 8. to mark with dots Seó forme ábécédé ys bútan pricon, and seó óðer ys gepricod on þá swýðran healfe, and seó þrydde on þá wynstran healfe, Angl. viii. 332, 43. to note
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hand-gift
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[The passage seems based on Mt. i. 20: Noli timere accipere Mariam conjugem tuam; quod enim in ea natum est, de Spiritu Sancto est.
sǽ-steorra
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Sǽsteorra heó is gecweden, for ðan þe se steorra on niht gecýþeð scyplíðendum mannum hwyder bið eást and west, hwyder súð and norð, Hml. A. 117, 6-19
Bráden
broad, open, spacious ⬩ vallis, locus silvestris ⬩ BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ⬩ silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi
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BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ; silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hie cómon to Creccageláde, and fóron ðǽr ofer Temese, and námon, ǽgðer ge on Brádene, ge ðǽr ymbútan, eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton they came to Cricklade, and there they went
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þicgan
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Nolde ic mid þæm men mínne mete ðicgean cum hoc simul non edebam, Ps. Th. 100, 5. Ðicgan, Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 244, 11: 40, 13. Syle ðone wyrttruman ðam seócan þicgean ...
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flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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Nó þon lange wæs feorh æðelinges flǽsce bewunden, B. 2424. Ic beó eft mid mínum felle befangen, and ic on mínum flǽsce God geseó, Hml. Th. ii: 456, 18. Se líchama ðe Críst on ðrowode wæs geboren of Marian flǽsce, 270, 18.
fylgean
to follow ⬩ to pursue ⬩ to follow ⬩ proceed along ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ to follow ⬩ devote one's self to, diligently attend to. ⬩ to attend to ⬩ to accommodate one's self to the will of another, yield to a thing ⬩ obsequi ⬩ to try to gain ⬩ to follow, do what has already been done by another ⬩ to happen or come at a later time
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Srt. 33, 15. the subject a thing. marking association, accompaniment Ne felhð non sequetur (eum sanitas ), Kent. Gl. 1055.
macian
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S. 21, 434. to do, perform. with a noun of action as object Hí ealle sǽdon ꝥ sé is sóð God þe swilce wundra macað, Hml. S. 22, 56.