hræd-líce
Quickly ⬩ hastily ⬩ speedily ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ forthwith
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Hé wæs æfter ðam swíðe hrædlíce gehálgod tó cyninge very soon after that he was consecrated king, 979; Erl. 129, 30. Hrædlícor ocius; hrædlícost ocissime, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 42, 9.
hweogul
A wheel
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Ðæt unstille hweól ðe Ixion wæs tó gebunden ðæt óþstód, 35, 6; Fox 168, 31. Ðæs hweohles [hweoles, MS. Cott.] felga, 39, 7; Fox 222, 19. On hweóhle in rota, Ps. Spl. 76, 17. Hwél in hwélum rota in rota, Mt. Kmbl. p. 9, 20
hwítel
A WHITTLE ⬩ a cloak ⬩ mantle ⬩ blanket
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Ðá eode ðes bróðor sume dæge ðæt hé wolde his reówan and hwítlas ða ðe hé on cumena búre brúcende wæs on sǽ wacsan and feormian hic cum quadam die lenas sive saga quibus in hospitale utebatur in mari lavasset, Bd. 4, 31; S. 610, 10
mál
an action ⬩ suit ⬩ cause
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an action, suit, cause Mál clasma (cf. clasma clam oððe wed oððe wæra. 'This barbarous word meant in medieval Latin, an action at law, for a bond or other obligation,' 21, 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 42 : Hpt. Gl. 496, 4. [Icel. mál an action : O. H.
ge-trýwe
TRUE ⬩ faithful ⬩ fīdus ⬩ fĭdēlis
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TRUE, faithful; fīdus, fĭdēlis Beó blíðe, ðú góda þeów and getrýwa; forðamðe ðú wǽre getrýwe ofer lytle þing, ic gesette ðé ofer mycle euge, serve bŏne et fĭdēlis; quia sŭper pauca fuisti fĭdēlis, sŭper multa te constĭtuam, Mt.
gif
If ⬩ though ⬩ whether
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Frægn gif him wǽre niht getǽse asked whether the night had been pleasant to him, Beo. Th. 2643; B. 1319. Ðú wást gif hit is swá we secgan hýrdon thou knowest if it is as we heard say, 550; B. 272
ge-hefigian
To make heavy or sad ⬩ to load ⬩ burden ⬩ weigh down ⬩ increase the weight of ⬩ aggravate ⬩ gravare ⬩ contristare ⬩ vexare ⬩ deprimere ⬩ aggravare
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Wæs mid swá mycelre untrumnesse his líchoman gehefigad tanta erat corporis infirmitate depressus, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 26 : Lk. Bos. 9, 32: Num. 11, 17. Heora synn ys swíðe gehefegod peccatum eorum aggravatum est, Gen. 18, 20
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ge-reord
A meal, refection, food
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Óððæt ðæt gereorde gefylled wæs until the meal was finished, Bd. 5, 4; S. 617, 26. Cyninga gereordo regum convivia, Cot. 93.
un-weder
Bad weather ⬩ tempest
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Eall ðæt geár wæs swíðe hefigtýme on unwæderum, Chr. 1041; Erl. 169, 9
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æt-wíndan
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Án sceáp him ætwunden wæs, Hml. Th. i. 340, l. to escape, evade what is unpleasant, absolute Se þe áfealð earfoðlíce hé ætwint ( evadet ), Lch. iii. 150, 2, 4. Ætwand evasit . An. Ox. 4392.
be-scúfan
to thrust
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On dimhofe wæs bescofen in latibulum truditur, An. Ox. 3769. Sý þú on besceofen detrudere, on besceofene detrusis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 139, 41-43. Besceofene fraecipitata, Wülck.
cirm
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Æt middere niht cirm ( clamor ) geworden wæs, Mt. R. 25, 6. Se forhta ceorm (cyrm, v. l. ) and þǽra folca wóp, Wlfst. 186, 18. Cyrm strepitus tonitruum, Wrt.
for-berstan
exhausted ⬩ to fail ⬩ break down
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Him wǽre leófre ðæt hé . . . þonne se áð forburste. Cht. Th. 171, 26. Þa cende he tern and let þone forberstan (let it go by default), 206, 28
for-ildan
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Se sláwa ágǽlð and forielt (-ielð, v. l.) ðæt weorc ðe him niédðearf wǽre tó wyrcanne piger necessaria agere negligit, Past. 283, 25.
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for-lǽdan
destruction ⬩ betray
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., betray: Þér hé wæs ǽrost geswenced mid grimmum gefeohte and micelne dǽl his heres forlǽdde (ubi acerba primum pugna fatigatus, deinde . . . non paruum numerum . . . disperdidit, Bd. 1, 2), Chr. P. 5, 6.
ge-reáfian
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Mið ðý gehreáfod hús wæs nudato tecto, Lk. p. 4, ac
gleáwe
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Ic wát and can þæt þú mín God gleáwe wǽre agnovi quoniam Deus meus es tu, 54, 8. Eart þú edneówe, earne gelícast, on geogoðe nú gleáwe geworden, 102, 5
hild
grace ⬩ safe keeping ⬩ preservation ⬩ safety
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Folc wæs on lande; hæfde wuldres beám werud gelǽded on hild Godes, Exod. 568. things Onbyhtscealcas þe on Godes húse gearwe standað, and on cafertúnum Crístes húses, úres þæs hálgan Godes, held begangað (-eð, MS.) who ore caretakers in the house of God
ná-hwæþer
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Hé wæs mid þám sáre geswenced þæt hé náðer þára ne gesittan ne standan mihte ( ut sedere out stare nequivisset ), Guth. 153. 14
þǽr
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Add Hé stǽleð fǽhðe in firene, þǽr þe hié écne anwaldan oft forgeáton, Sat. 641. add Þǽr þe þis god ne wǽre, nǽnige þinga úra goda on hyra onsýne gefeóllon, Verc. Först. 100, 5. Eálá þǽr hig hogodon utinam saperent, Cant. M. ad fil. 29