mære
A night-mare ⬩ a monster oppressing men during sleep
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Menn hans fóru til, ok vildu hjálpa honum; en er þeir tóku uppi til höfuðsins, þá trað hón fótleggina swá at nær brotnuðu. Þá tóku þeir til fótanna, þá kafði hón höfuðit, svá at þar dó hann') Mære faecce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 44: incuba, 111, 46.
telgian
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To put forth shoots, to flourish Treów telgade tír welgade good faith flourished, glory abounded, Exon. Th. 353, 57; Reim. 34
ymb-lǽr(i)gian
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to surround, encompass Sýn emblǽrg[ede] ambiuntur (cf. ymb-hammen, which is a gloss to tie same passage ), Anglia xv. 207, 289. (?)
út-gefeoht
Foreign war
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Foreign war Ðætte Bryttas sume tíd gestildon fram útgefeohte ut Brittones, quiescentibus ad tempus exteris bellis, Bd. 1, 22; S. 485, 11
prica
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Seó tíd stent on feówer pricon, gyf ǽlcum geáre ǽnne prican, þonne gýt þǽr byð án tó láfe, 309, 2-4
geóguþ-hádnes
The state of youth, youth ⬩ ădŏlescentia
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The state of youth, youth; ădŏlescentia On ða ǽrestan tíd mínre geóguþhádnesse cum prīmævo ădŏlescentiæ tempŏre, Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 36
hyge-bend
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A tie or bond which is furnished by the mind Hygebendum fæst fixed firm by the mind's chains, Beo. Th. 3761; B. 1878
ge-mearcian
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On þám dæge ys seó forme tíd prima geháten, on þǽre sceolon gemearcode cnihtas geornlíce tó Gode clypian, Angl. viii. 319, 42. Add
ealdor-lang
Life-long ⬩ sempĭternus
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Life-long; sempĭternus Hí ealdorlangne tír geslógon æt sæcce they won life-long glory in the battle, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 3; Æðelst. 3
ge-sélig
Happy ⬩ fēlix
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Happy; fēlix Gebed dón geséligran tíman getácnaþ to be repeating prayers betokens a happier time, Lchdm. iii. 208, 23. Similar entries v, ge-sǽlig
of-niman
to fail ⬩ to decrease, wane
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P. i. tit. 3; Th. ii. 170, 6
dreórig
bloody, gory, glorious ⬩ cruentus, cruentātus, gloriōsus ⬩ sad, sorrowful, pensive, DREARY ⬩ mœstus
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On ðas dreórgan tíd in this sorrowful tide, Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 10; Gú. 1058
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preówt-hwíl
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The time taken to close and open the eye, the twinkling of an eye Preówthwíle, beorht (bearhtme?) atomo (έν άτομω in an instant.
Linked entry: be-prenan
betera
BETTER ⬩ melior
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Ða betran tída the better times, 4, 9; Bos. 92, 18. To beteran tíde to a better time, Bd. 3. 14; S. 539, 39. Wítodlíce micle má mann ys sceápe betera? hou moche more is a man betre than a sheep? Mt.
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tow-cræft
Skill in weaving or spinning
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Heó wolde beón fram ðære þriddan tíde óð ða nigoþan tíd ymbe hyre webbgeweorc, Homl. Ass. 126, 339. Cf. 132, 545 sqq.
Linked entry: tow-hús
for-ildan
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Ðæt hié ne forielden ðone tíman ðe hié teola on dón mægen, Past. 281, 19
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earmian
To commiserate, feel pity ⬩ misĕrēri
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To commiserate, feel pity; misĕrēri Hwam ne mæg earmian swylcere tíde who cannot feel pity for such a time? Chr. 1087; Th. 354, 2
myl
dust
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dust Ðát ðære ylcan stówe myl wið fýre wæs freomigende ut pulvis loci illius contra ignem voluerit, Bd. 3, 10, tit.; S. 534, 16
wícnung
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P. iii. 8, tit.; Th. ii. 194, 32
be-bycgung
Selling
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Selling Bibycgong distra(c)tio (cf. gloss of same passage: Distractio, i. venditio tódál, An. Ox. 4002), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 36: 26, 65
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