bald
BOLD ⬩ audacious ⬩ adventurous ⬩ confident ⬩ audax ⬩ confidens
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Kmbl. 369; Sal. 184: Hilde calla bald bord upahóf the bold war-herald raised his shield, Cd. 156; Th. 193, 27; Exod. 253. Wǽron hí ðe baldran gewordene confidentiores facti, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 17
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fæstan
firm, entrust, commit, commend ⬩ firmāre, commendāre ⬩ FAST ⬩ jējūnāre
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War. 23, 46. some have taught and now teach that he who fasts properly, fastens or secures his salvation, hence, perhaps,- To FAST; jējūnāre Ne mágon hí fæstan non possunt jējūnāre, Mk. Bos. 2, 19
hridder
A sieve
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Ðá ábæd his fóstormóder án hridder ... Benedictus genam ða sticcu ðæs tóclofenan hriddores ... hí ðæt hridder up áhéngon æt heora cyrcan geate, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 16-24
un-wáclíce
not weakly ⬩ resolutely ⬩ without faltering ⬩ not meanly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly
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Th. 245, 25; Jul. 50. not meanly, nobly, splendidly His aferan eád bryttedon unwáclíce, Cd. Th. 258, 12; Dan. 674
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irfeweardness
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'Donne God sylð his leófum slǽp, þæt is Drihtnes yrfwyrdnys (hereditas).' Þonne Godes gecorenan becumað tó deáðe, ðonne gemétað hí yrfwyrdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 526, 29. Tóhopa ðǽre écan ierfeweardnesse (hereditatis), Past. 391, 30.
DRAGAN
DRAG, draw ⬩ trahĕre ⬩ To draw oneself, to draw, go ⬩ se conferre, ire
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Hí me drógon, and is hit nyste ... hit mon drægþ swá hit ne gefret traxērunt me et ego non sensi ... trahĭtur et nequaquam sentit, Past. 56, 2; Hat. MS.
gamen
amusement, mirth ⬩ jest, game ⬩ game ⬩ a game, pastime
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Hý sceolon habban him gomen on borde, Gn. Ex. 183. Hé álegde gamen and gleódreám, B. 3021. jest, game (in to make game of) Ic sceal habban mé ðæt tó gamene subsannabo, Past. 249, 1. Þæt hí him tó gamene gedydon what they made a jest of Hml.
mund-cræft
Power of hand ⬩ power to protect
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Power of hand or power to protect Cunne ic his mihta, his mægen, and his mihta, and his mundcræftas, Lchdm. i. 384, 13
neáh
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Add Hié selfe neáh forwurdon, Ors. 2, 6 ; S. 88, 16. Þá gemétte heó hire hwǽte ealne beón neáh (pene) gedǽledne fram hire ágenum suna, Gr. D. 68, 23. Add Ealle ðá clifu þe neáh þǽm sǽ wǽron, Ors. 5, 4 ; S. 226, 4.
ofer-gitan
to forget, neglect
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Hí ofergéton (-geáton, MS. A. ) obliti sunt ðæt hí hláfas ne námon, Mk. Skt. 8, 14. Hié ofergeáton Godes dómas. Cd. Th. 155, 32; Gen. 2581. Spec . . . ðæt hié ofergieton (sýn ofergytende,MS. B.) ðisse sǽwe ege, St. And. 8. 15.
á-þeówan
to drive away ⬩ force away ⬩ to press out ⬩ thrust out ⬩ squeeze out ⬩ to press into
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Hí ne nihton ǽnigne eles wǽtan út áþýn, 250, 14. Út áþýde elisi, i. expressi, Wrt. Voc. ii. 143, II. Hí (the eyes) wǽron út áðýde (printed-dyde) of þám eáhhringum, Hml. S. 21, 279. to press into Swá hié on wexe wǽron áðýde, Bl. H. 205, I
cyst-leás
Fruitless, reprobate ⬩ reprŏbus
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Fruitless, reprobate; reprŏbus Him [God] ðá se cystleása [Cain] cwealmes wyrhta andswarode then the reprobate [man] Cain, the worker of murder, answered God, Cd. 48; Th. 61, 28; Gen. 1004
mǽþrian
To shew respect to ⬩ honour
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,and hé him ðæs weorþscipes geunne, L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 15
eár-hring
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Wǽron þá eáran him þurhþyrelode and eárhringas on hongedon of mænigfealdan gimcynne geworhte perforatis auribus, ex quibus uniones dependebant, Nar. 26, 31. Add
séþan
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Secgende and séðende ꝥ him swá gelumpen, for ðan ðe hé Godes templ tawode tó bysmore, Hml. S. 25, 541. Add
stán-weall
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Þæt wæter stód him on twá healfa swilce óðer stánweall, Hml. Th. ii. 194, 22. Úp oð ðone ealdan stánweall . . . on stánwealles bróc, C. D. iii. 416, 12-22. Add
rihtwíslíce
Rationally ⬩ justly
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Rationally justly Hú mæg ǽnig man ryhtwíslíce and gesceádwíslíce ácsigan, gif hé nán grot rihtwísnesse on him næfþ Bt. 35, 1 ; Fox 156, 5 : Met. 22, 45. v. preceding word
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wil-spell
Welcome news ⬩ glad tidings
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Welcome news, glad tidings Wæs him frófra mǽst æt ðam willspelle (the news of the finding of the cross), Elen. Kmbl. 1985; El. 994. Wilspella mǽst gesecgan, 1965; El. 984
ful-fremman
To fulfil ⬩ perfect ⬩ practise ⬩ perfĭcĕre
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He his mód went to ðám yflum and hí fulfremeþ he turns his mind to the vices and practises them, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 20. Of múþe cildra and súcendra ðú fulfremedest lof ex ōre infantium et lactentium perfēcisti laudem, Ps. Lamb. 8, 3: Ps.
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stician
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Andlang weges ðæt hit sticaþ on norðeweardum cynges steorte. . . andlang weges ðæt hit sticaþ æt wíchám, 48, 8-11. Ðonne swá forð ðæt hit sticaþ on miclancumb; and of miclancumbe ðæt hit sticaþ on litlancumb, 405, 30.