yfes-drype
Eaves-drip
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Eaves-drip Ðǽr ne gebyreþ an ðam lande an folcæs folcryht tó léfænnæ rúmæs bútan twígen fýt tó yfæsdrype, Chart. Erl. 141, 16, where see note
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spong
A spongy excrescence (?)
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Gif on eágan weaxen reáde sponge drýpe on hát culfran blód . . . óþ ðæt ða sponge áweg synd, Lchdm. ii. 308, 17 : 300, 5
á-sincan
to sink down
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to sink down Bufon ðám wætere ðǽr þæt ísen ásanc, Hml. Th. ii. 162, 13. Tóbærst seó eorðe and ꝥ tempi ásanc, Hml. S. 4, 378
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atollíce
Horribly
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Hwæt is atelícor geðúht on menniscum gecynde þonne is ðæs hreóflian líc?, 336, 31
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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irnan
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Tó ðǽm gebanne ðæs tóhopan nán man ne mæg cuman, bútan hé ðider irne (ierne, v. l. ) mid ánmódnesse, Past. 344, 20. of a course of action Ðæt mód iernð on ðá unáliéfedan unðeáwas, and hit swá ðeáh ne onwæcneð tó ðon ðæt hit eft on ierne mid hreówsunga
efen-edwistlíc
Consubstantial, of the same substance ⬩ consubstantiālis
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Consubstantial, of the same substance; consubstantiālis Se Hálga Gást is ðæs Fæder Gást and ðæs Suna, him bám efenedwistlíc the Holy Ghost is the Spirit of the Father and of the Son, consubstantial with them both. Homl. Th. ii. 362, 27.
rǽde-here
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Earnulf gefeaht wið ðæm rǽdehere (ráde-, MS. B.: rád-, MS. D.), Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 2
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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
seld-
Little known ⬩ strange ⬩ wonderful ⬩ unfamiliar
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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.
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stíþe
strongly, very much, effectively ⬩ hardly, harshly, sternly, severely ⬩ austerely, strictly
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Him ðæt stíðe geald fædera Lothes, Cd. Th. 125, 15; Gen. 2079. austerely, strictly, Homl. Th. ii. 146, 7
wlitigian
to make beautiful ⬩ to grow beautiful
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Simle ðæt unwlitige wlitigaþ ðæt wlitige ever the beautiful beautifies the unbeautiful, Shrn. 165, 35. Hit worulde wlitigaþ, Exon. Th. 493, 17; Rä. 81, 32.
ge-hagian
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D. v. 137, 15. to be within the means or power of a person Swá hwylc mínra fædrenméga swá ðæt sió, ðæt hine tó ðan gehagige, ðæt hé dá óðora lond begeotan mæge and wille, ðonne gebycge hé ðá lond, C. D. ii. 120, 26.
trem
a step
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a step Ic ðæt geháte ðæt ic heonon nelle fleón fótes trym I vow that I will not flee hence one footstep (cf. ðæt he nolde fleógan fótmǽl landes, 139, 57; By. 275), Byrht. Th. 138, 68; By. 247. Fótes trem, Beo. Th. 5044; B. 2525.
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gifeðe
Given ⬩ granted [by fate] ⬩ datus ⬩ concessus
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Given, granted [by fate]; datus, concessus Gief ðæt biþ him gifeðe if that be granted him, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 50, 2: Th. Chart. 470, 1: 472, 3.
wís-dóm
wisdom ⬩ discretion ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ wisdom ⬩ knowledge ⬩ learning ⬩ philosophy
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Ðæt hé ða yldestan lǽrde ðæt heó wísdómes word oncneówan ut senes prudentiam doceret, Ps. Th. 104, 18. Iosue wearð gefilled mid wísdómes gáste (spiritu sapientiae) Deut. 34, 9.; Exon. Th. 273, 15; Jul. 516. Gleáwhýdig, wísdómes ful, Elen.
BLEOH
A colour, hue, complexion ⬩ color, species
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Geseah ic ðæt beácen wendan bleóm I saw the beacon change in colours, Rood Kmbl. 43; Kr. 22: Elen. Kmbl. 1515; El. 759
tál
evil-speaking, calumny, slander, vituperation, detraction ⬩ evil-speaking in reference to the Deity, blasphemy ⬩ scorn, mock, derision, reproach ⬩ blame, censure, reproof
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Nán man ne beó swá dyrstig, ðæt hé ǽnig word oððe ǽnig (ǽnige?) tál cweðe ongeán eówerum Gode, ii. 20, 28. scorn, mock, derision, reproach Tál and gebismerung subsannatio et illusio, Ps. Lamb. 78, 4.
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