rǽde-here
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Earnulf gefeaht wið ðæm rǽdehere (ráde-, MS. B.: rád-, MS. D.), Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 2
Linked entries: rád-here rǽde-cempa ríde-here
seld-
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Little known, strange, wonderful, unfamiliar Se seldcúþa tungel gebícnode ðæs sóðan cyninges ácennednysse, Homl.Th. i. 106, 27. Hé wæs oflyst ðæs seldcúþan sónes ( the sound of Orpheus' harp ), Bt. 35, 6 ; Fox 168, 23.
Linked entry: -síne
stíþe
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Him ðæt stíðe geald fædera Lothes, Cd. Th. 125, 15 ; Gen. 2079. austerely, strictly, Homl. Th. ii. 146, 7
þurh-smeágan
to search through ⬩ inquire into ⬩ examine into ⬩ investigate
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Hé ríxade ofer Englæland, and hit mid his geápscipe swá þurhsmeáde ( made such a thorough inquisition ), ðæt næs án híd landes innan Englælande, ðæt hé nyste hwá heó hæfðe, oððe hwæs heó wurð wæs, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, l0.
sam-mǽle
Agreed, come to an agreement
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Ðæt dóm stande ðár þegenas sammǽle beón, L. Eth. iii. 13 ; Th. i. 298, 3. Hér swutelaþ on ðisum gewrite hú Wulfríc and Ealdréd wǽron sammǽle ymbe ðæt land at Clife, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 300, 5.
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hláford-swice
Treachery to a lord, ⬩ treason
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Treachery to a lord, treason Ealra mǽst hláfordswice se biþ on worulde ðæt man his hláfordes sáwle beswíce and full mycel hláfordswice eác biþ ðæt man his hláford of lífe forrǽde oððe of lande lifigendne drífe the greatest treachery in the world against
hearh
A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara
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Siððan hé fór tó ðæm hearge ðe Egypti sǽdon ðæt hé wǽre Amones heora godes inde ad templum Jovis Ammonis pergit, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 126, 23.
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un-eáðe
with difficulty ⬩ grievously ⬩ hardly ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ hardly ⬩ hardly ⬩ scarcely ⬩ only just
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Hé uneáðe áwæig com, and him ðǽr micel forférde, Chr.1052; Erl. 181, 18. Swíðe strang gyld, ðæt man hit uneáðe ácom, 1040; Erl. 166, 21. Ða lufe mon mæg swíðe uneáþe oððe ná forbeódan, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 11.
hreów
Sorrow ⬩ regret ⬩ penitence ⬩ penance ⬩ repentance
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Ic ðec lǽdan sceal tó ðam hálgan hám dær nǽfre hreów cymeþ I shall lead thee to that holy home where sorrow never comes, Exon. 32 b; Th. 102, 20; Cri. 1675: Beo. Th. 4645; B. 2328.
ídel
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Wá þám þe cyrican mid ídele sécað: þæt syndan þá ungesǽligan þe ðǽr fleardiað mid ídelre spǽce and hwílum mid ídelre ðǽde, Wlfst. 279, 5-8. Ðonne ongitt ðín sáwl ðæt ðú sylf lufodest ídel, Hex. 50, 22. ¶ on ídel.
ge-þringan
To press ⬩ oppress ⬩ comprimere ⬩ contendere ⬩ opprimere
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Hú he þurh ðæt folc geþrang how he pressed through the people, Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 30. Geþrincgas to ingeonganne contendite intrare, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 24. Hæfde ðá se æþeling in geþrungen then had the noble one pressed in, Andr.
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wæterian
To water, supply with water, ⬩ give drink to living creatures ⬩ to water plants ⬩ to irrigate
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Án wyll ásprang of ðære eorðan wætriende ( irrigans) ealre ðære eorðan brádnysse . . . Ðæt flód . . . tó wætrienne (ad irrigandum) neorxena wang, Gen. 2, 6, 10
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be-gríwan
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To steep in, of profound knowledge Hé wæs on ðǽre ealdan ǽ getogen, and mid micelre gecnyrdnysse on ðǽre begriwen wæs (was deeply versed in it), Hml.
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æt-sittan
To sit by ⬩ to remain ⬩ stay ⬩ wait ⬩ adsidere
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To sit by, to remain, stay, wait; adsidere Ðá ætsǽton ða Centiscan ðǽr beæftan then the Kentish men remained there behind, Chr. 905; Th. 180, 31, col. 1
andetta
One who confesses ⬩ a confessor ⬩ an acknowledger ⬩ confessor
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One who confesses, a confessor, an acknowledger; confessor Se ðæs sleges andetta síe who is a confessor of the slaying, L. Alf. pol. 29; Th. i. 80, 7
a-slacigendlíc
Remissive ⬩ remissivus
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Remissive; remissivus Sume [adverbia] syndon remissiva, ðæt synd aslacigendlíce [lytlum paulatim, softe suaviter, etc.] some [adverbs] are remissiva, that is remissives, etc. Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 40, 29
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an-spilde
Anti-destructive ⬩ salutary ⬩ salutaris
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Anti-destructive, salutary; salutaris Ðæt biþ anspilde lyb wið eágena dimnesse that is a salutary medicine for dimness of eyes, L. M. I, 2; Lchdm. ii. 30, 14
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be-ginnan
To BEGIN ⬩ incipere
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To BEGIN; incipere Nóe ðá began to wircenne ðæt land Noe tunc cæpit exercere terram Gen. 9, 20 : 18, 27 : Hy. 10, 36; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 36
axiendlíc
Interrogative ⬩ inquiring ⬩ inquisitive ⬩ interrogativus
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ðon biþ se [hwá quis] interrogativum, ðæt is axigendlíc, Ælfc. Gr. 18; Som. 21, 27
atul
Dire ⬩ terrible ⬩ horrid
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Dire, terrible, horrid In ðæt atule hús into that dire house, Exon. 40 b ; Th. 136, 1 ; Gú. 534 : Andr. Kmbl. 106; An. 53 : Ps. Th. 118, 123