midl
a bit ⬩ curb ⬩ the thong which bound the oar to the pin
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[Cf. in the same list of words connected with ships ár-wiððe struppus, 56, 37.]
Linked entry: ge-midlige
mis-micel
Wanting in greatness or quantity(?) ⬩ few
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of many kinds when reckoned up, more so than men know ), Cd. 161; Th. 201, 16; Exod. 373
ge-wadan
To wade ⬩ go ⬩ vadere ⬩ ire ⬩ To pervade ⬩ go through
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To pervade, go through Flód blód gewód blood pervaded the flood, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 6; Exod. 462: Elen. Kmbl. 2378; El. 1190
be-wrecan
to exile, send forth ⬩ pellere, propellere ⬩ to strike or beat around, afflict ⬩ circum pulsare ⬩ to drive or bring to ⬩ appellere
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Ða us bewrǽcon they have sent us forth, Cd. 189; Th. 235, 12; Dan. 305. to strike or beat around, afflict; circum pulsare We land gesóhton wære bewrecene we sought the land beaten round [afflicted] with the sea, Andr.
ge-frinan
To learn by asking ⬩ find out ⬩ hear of
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Kmbl. 1; An. 1 : Cd. 184; Th. 230, 19; Dan. 235. Me ðǽr dryhtnes ðegnas gefrunon the Lord's servants found me there, Rood Kmbl. 151; Kr. 76. Hie hæfdon gefrunen they had learned, Beo. Th. 1392; B. 694 : 4797; D. 2403
Linked entry: ge-frunon
ge-nípan
to darken, become dark ⬩ cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri ⬩ to rise as a cloud, to creep up or come suddenly upon one ⬩ obrēpĕre, sŭpervĕnīre alĭcui
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been, Exon. 77 b; Th. 292, 8; Wand. 96. to rise as a cloud, to creep up or come suddenly upon one; obrēpĕre, sŭpervĕnīre alĭcui Him ongén genáp atol ýþa gewealc the terrible rolling of the waves rose as a cloud against them [came suddenly upon them], Cd
Linked entry: nípan
scrift-bóc
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Th. 430, 20; cf. L. Ælfc. P. 44 ; Th. ii. 384, 2. Swá hwylc swá ðás scriftbóc tilige tó ábrecanne quicunque Confessionale hoc violare conatus fuerit, L. Ecg. P. Addit. ; Th. ii. 238, 8.
swamm
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Ðes swam hoc tuber (cf. tubera taddechcse (= toadstool), Wfllck. Gl. 618, 4), Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Zup. 44, 1. Nym hláf and sealt and swamm, and cnuca hit eal tógadere, Lchdm. iii. 94, 21. Syle etan gebrǽdne swam, 142, 11. Sinwealte swammas volvi, Wrt.
þurh-þyrelian
to pierce through ⬩ make a hole through ⬩ perforate
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Cum fodissem parietem, Past. 21; Swt. 153, 17. Ðæt mon ðurhðyrelige ðone weall ... Hé cuæð: 'Ðá ic hæfde ðone weall ðurhðyrelod, Swt. 155, 1-3. Þurhþyrlige his hláford his eáre dominus perforabit aurem ejus (Ex. 21, 6), L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 10.
Linked entry: þyrelian
þurstig
Thirsty
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Þurstige þræcwíges, Cd. Th. 189, 9; Exod. 182. Heolfres þurstge, Exon. Th. 373, 24; Seel. 114
Linked entry: þyrstig
þorfend
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Cf. þearfende, and see preceding and following words
un-fæger
Not fair ⬩ not beautiful ⬩ foul ⬩ ugly ⬩ horrid
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Se unfægera larbata (cf. hreófe larbatos, 86, 64: egisgríma larbula, 112, 21), Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 68
un-mann
a bad man ⬩ an inhuman person ⬩ one who is not a mere man ⬩ a hero
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[Cf. O. H.
wer-fǽhþ
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Slaying, in pursuing the feud, under circumstances that call for the payment of wer [cf. L. Alf. pol. 42 : Be fǽhðum . . .
wiþer-steall
Resistance ⬩ opposition
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Færð ðæt fýr ofer eall, ne byð ðǽr nán wiðersteall ( Similar entries cf. foresteall, Dóm. L. 146, where the Latin is : Ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis), ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne dó, Wulfst. 138, 6.
Linked entry: wiþ-steall
wudu-bearu
A grove of trees ⬩ a wood
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Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 350, 7. Da wudubearwas nemora, Nar. 22, 15. Drihten sende ceferas, ða ádilegedan ealle wudebeorwas. Wulfst. 221, 17
bláwung
inflation
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Th. ii. 216, 2. inflation, Similar entries cf. bláwan, II. 3 Ealle þá bláwunge and þá welmas þá þe beóþ gehwǽr geond þone líchoman, Lch. ii. 204, 14
bócere
a bookman ⬩ an author ⬩ a scholar
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Mið boecerum (bókerum, R.) cum scribis, Mt. L. 27, 41
cille
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., lampades; cf. leóhtfatu, 43, 18), Gr. D. 44, 14
cnoll
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Wæs se cnoll swá hit nú cúð is ꝥ se munt is mycel úteweard, Bl. H. 207, 26. Þæs muntes cnoll, 203, 8. On þǽm heán cnolle sumes muntes, 197, 18. Tó brynes cnolle, Cht. E. 267, 3. Tó Húnes cnolle, 381, 19. On cnolle in vertice, i. in summitate, An.