on-bryrdan
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Add On twá wísan bið se man onbryrd ; ǽrest hé him ondrǽt hellewíte, and bewépð his synna, syððan hé nimð eft lufe tó Gode, Hml. Th. i. 140, 17. add Se Hálga Gást onbryrt úre mód tó ǽlcre gódnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 42, 10.
bed-reáf
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Hió becwið eal ðæt bedréf ðe ðǽrtó gebyreð, vi. 133, 10. Búrþénon his beddreáf, Fulcris, thoris, lectis vel heáfodbolstrum vel bedreáfum, Cht. Crw. 23, 30. Wülck. Gl. 245, 30. Munecas bedreáf (lectisternia) onfón æfter heora drohtnunge gemete, R.
Cynewulf
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An Anglo-Saxon poet, who has preserved his name in Runes, in his poem on Elene's Recovery of the Cross. Mr.
ymb-gyrdan
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Th. ii. 564, 25. to serve as a girdle Ymbgyrde hine gyrdilse sóðfæstnises circumcinxit eam zona justitiae, Rtl. 79, 5. to surround, encompass, enclose Ymbgyrdeþ ambit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 61. Mid ðyssum gemǽrum hi synd útan ymbgyrde, Cod. Dip.
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ge-cwéme
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For his gecwémum feó accepto pretio, Gr. D. 341, 1
sealm-lofian
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to sing psalms Singaþ him and sealmlofiaþ him cantate ei et psallite ei, Ps. Lamb. 104, 2
mægden-cild
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Beó hit hysecild, beó hit mǽdencild sit masculus infans, sit femina, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 22. Add
hýnan
To abuse ⬩ humiliate ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correct ⬩ despise ⬩ oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ ill-treat
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Of ðæs handum ðe hine hýnan wolde from the hands of him that would have laid him low, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 23. Hé sceal rýperas and reáferas hatian and hýnan robbers and plunderers he must hate and humble, L. I. P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 20.
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un-gewittig
mad ⬩ insane ⬩ foolish ⬩ senseless ⬩ not having reason ⬩ irrational
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his geréfa forwyrht biþ?
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for-speca
One who speaks for another ⬩ a defender ⬩ advocate ⬩ advŏcātus ⬩ patrōnus
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Slaga sceal his forspecan on hand syllan, and se forspeca mágum the slayer shall give pledge to his advocate, and the advocate to the kinsmen, L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 14, 15, 16. Ðe hire forsprecan [-specan MS. B.] synd who are her advocates, L.
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hopian
To hope, ⬩ have hope or confidence [in a person], ⬩ expect, ⬩ watch for [with gen.]
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Ic hopige tó him swá gódan and swá mildheortan ðæt hé hit nylle sylf dón I have confidence in him, so good and merciful, that he himself will not do it, Chart. Th. 548, 20.
neáh-þeód
A neighbouring people
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Ǽgðer ge hié self wéndon ge ealle ða neáhþeóda ðæt hié ofer hié ealle mehte anwald habban, 3, 1; Swt. 96, 6
GÝMAN
To care for ⬩ take care of ⬩ take heed to ⬩ heed ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ keep
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Se ðe ne giémeþ hwæðer his gǽst síe earm ðe eádig who heeds not whether his spirit be miserable or blessed, Th. 95, 6; Cri. 1553.
rǽd-þeahtung
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Counsel Hé wæs gemǽrsad ofer ealle óðere cyningas ǽgðer ge mid his miclan fultume ge mid his rǽdþeahtunge ge mid his wígcræfte ob magnitudinem virium consiliorumque summam belli nomenque traduxit, Ors. 4. 1; Swt. 154, 27
ofer-swingan
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to strike through Ꝥ húru æt his ænde seó biternes and hreówsung oferswunge and geþreáde his mód for his ágenre scylde ut saltem in morte de culpa sua mentem ipsius amaritudo transverberet, Gr. D. 344, 33
tó-stregdan
To disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ destroy ⬩ spargere ⬩ aspergere ⬩ dispergere ⬩ disperdere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ dispertire ⬩ destruere ⬩ To be dispersed ⬩ not to keep within proper bounds
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Tóstregd hié disperde illos, Ps. Surt. 53, 7: disperge, 58, 12. Tóstrigden (-stregdyn, Ps. Spl. C.) wé hié disperdamus eos, 82, 5. Hé ne tóstrugde hié ne disperderet eos, 105, 23. Tóstrogden biþ dispertiatur, Mk. Skt. Rush. Lind. 3, 25.
ge-swígian
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Geðreádon hine þte gesuigade, hé micle mára cliopade, Lk. L. 18, 39.
ge-weorpan
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III. where an object is moved to a position of rest, to lay :-- Hæfdon mid him dumbo, blindo . . . and geworpen (lægdun, R. projecertini) hiá tó fótum his, Mt. L. 15, 30.
lange
Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far
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Ná leng heó ne gebád ðonne hit dæg wás she waited only till it was day, Apol. Th. 19, 2. Ðone aldormon ðe him lengest wunode the alderman that stopped with him longest, Chr. 755; Erl, 48, 21
cempa
A soldier, warrior, CHAMPION ⬩ miles, bellator, athleta = ἀθλητής
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We his þegnas sind, gecoren to cempum we are his thanes, chosen to [be his] warriors, Andr. Kmbl. 647; An. 324. Alǽten cempa a soldier who has served his time, a veteran; emeritus, Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 62; Wrt. Voc. 18, 15.
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