morþ-dǽd
A deed which causes destruction ⬩ deadly sin ⬩ evil deed
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Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 11. of the soul, deadly sin, evil deed Hé gewenede swá hine sylfne tó heora synlícum þeáwum and tó márum morþdǽdum mid ðam mánfullum flocce . . .
staþol
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Heó cwæð ꝥ þæs gyfe genihtsumode þe þǽre sáwle stadol unwemme geheóld she said that his grace sufficed who kept the state of the soul stainless, Hml. S. 23 b, 717. <b>III a.
slíþen
Cruel, hard, evil
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Hú slíþen biþ sorg tó geféran how cruel is care as a comrade Exon. Th. 288, 12; Wand. 30. Hé him feorgbona þurh slíþen searo weorþeþ a destroyer of life through cruel craft to him he becomes 362, 25; Wal. 42.
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þíxl
a beam or pole of a waggon ⬩ temo ⬩ constellation, the Bear ⬩ a pole
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Of ðære ác in ða heortsole; of ðære sole in ða þísle; of ðære þísle eft in ða mýðan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 380, 6
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symblan
To feast
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Symblendra swég sonus epulantis, Ps. Th. 41, 4
Linked entry: symblian
HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Heó wæs ǽror ðam cynge hire suna swíðe heard she had been before very hard to the king her son, Chr.1043; Erl. 168, 36: Cd. 103; Th. 136, 20; Gen. 2261.
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byrgen
tumulus ⬩ A burying, grave, sepulchre, tomb ⬩ sepulcrum, monumentum, tumba ⬩ cremation ⬩ the burning ⬩ a body
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Small flat stones, the largest less than a foot square, had been laid over the graves at Hartlepool, each bearing a cross, and the name of the person it commemorated; some engraved in Anglo-Saxon runes, and some in the Roman letters of the seventh century
-a
A person ⬩ an agent ⬩ actor
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Some abstract nouns, and words denoting inanimate things, end in -a; and these words, having the same declension as those which signify Persons or actors, are masculine; as Hlísa, an; m. fame: Tíma, an; m. fame: Líchama, an; m. a body: Steorra, an; m.
drý-cræft
Magical art, magic, sorcery ⬩ ars magĭca
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Sum man wæs mid drýcræfte bepǽht some man was deceived by magic, Homl. Th. i. 448, 13. Warna ðé ðæt ðú ne gíme drýcræfta ne swefena ne hwatena nec inveniātur in te, qui ariolos sciscĭtētur et observet somnia atque augŭria, Deut. 18, 10.
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ge-ascian
To find out by asking ⬩ learn ⬩ hear ⬩ fando accĭpĕre ⬩ discĕre ⬩ audīre
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We geascodon ðæt úre geferan sume to eów cómon we have heard that some of our fellows have come to you, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 14 : Exon. l00 a; Th. 378, 24; Deór. 20.
leccan
To moisten ⬩ wet
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Sumu twigu hé lehte mid wætere some twigs he watered, Past. 40, 3; Swt. 293, 7. His eágospind mid teárum leohte wetted his cheeks with tears, Guthl. 20; Gdwin 82, 4. Leohte ðæt líðe land lago yrnende, Cd. 12; Th. 13, 30; Gen. 210.
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lesan
To lease ⬩ gather ⬩ collect
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.], gather, collect Se eorþlíca anweald nǽfre ne sǽwþ cræftas ac lisþ and gadraþ unþeáwas earthly power never sows virtues, but collects and gathers vices, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, 25.
mǽnan
To tell of ⬩ relate ⬩ declare
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Ðý læs ðæt weras gieddum mǽndan be mé lifgendum lest men should tell of it in songs during my lifetime, 50 b; Th. 176, 9; Gú. 1206, Ic mæg singan and secgan, spell mǽnan, hú me cynegóde cystum dohten, 85 b; Th. 321, 32; Wid. 55: Beo.
ge-freoðian
To protect ⬩ guard ⬩ free ⬩ keep
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Gefreoða hyre protect it [the soul], Exon. 118 b; Th. 456, 3; Hy. Grn. ii. 284, 61. Gefreóde and gefreoðade folc freed and protected the people, Exon. 16 a; Th. 37, 4; Cri. 588. Gefreoðode, Andr. Kmbl. 2083; An. 1043.
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ge-hwǽr
On every side ⬩ everywhere ⬩ undique ⬩ ubique
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Gehwár hí syn hefige gehwár eác medeme in some places they are heavy, in others moderate, Th. Ll. i. 434, 4
sáre
Sorely, grievously, bitterly
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Mé ðæt cynn hafaþ sáre ábolgen that race hath angered me sore, 76, 14; Gen. 1257. Forgrípan gumcynne grimme and sáre heardum mihtum, 77,15 ; Gen. 1275. Sum sáre angeald ǽfenreste one paid a heavy price for his night's rest, Beo. Th. 2507; B. 1251.
sibbian
To make people friends ⬩ make peace between disputants ⬩ reconcile
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Wé lǽraþ, ðæt nán sacu, ðe betweox preóstan sí, ne beó gescoten tó worldmanna sóme, ac séman and sibbian heora ágene geféran, L. Edg. C. 7; Th. ii. 246, 4. Ðá wǽron on ðam tíman ungeþwǽre preóstas, ða hé wolde sibbian, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 5
FELA
Many ⬩ much ⬩ multum ⬩ multa ⬩ many things ⬩ much ⬩ very ⬩ multa ⬩ multum ⬩ in primis ⬩ cum maxĭme ⬩ so many ... as ⬩ tot ... quot
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Bos. 6, 34. so many ... as; tot ... quot Ic ne mæg swá fela [gefón], swá fela swá ic mæg gesyllan non possum tot căpĕre, quot possum vendĕre, Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 27
fóre-áþ
A fore-oath ⬩ an oath first taken ⬩ antejūrāmentum ⬩ præjūrāmentum ⬩ præjūrātio
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A fore-oath, an oath first taken; antejūrāmentum, præjūrāmentum, præjūrātio So called because it was that by which every accuser or plaintiff commenced his accusation or suit against the accused or defendant.
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