cyne-helm
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Án leás feówertig cynehelma, Hml. S. 11. 205. Add
wæter-tyge
An aqueduct
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An aqueduct Wætertige aquaeductus, canalis, Hpt. Gl. 418, 50
brégh
an eye-lid,
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an eye-lid, Bd. 4, 32 ; S. 611, 18
gryre-hwíl
A time of terror
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A time of terror Andr. Kmbl. 935; An. 468
clypenes
an embrace
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an embrace Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 6, note
cniht-leás
KNIGHTLESS ⬩ without an attendant ⬩ sine servo
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KNIGHTLESS, without an attendant; sine servo M. H. 113b
comp-weorod
An army ⬩ exercitus
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An army; exercitus Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 40
be-clypping
Embrace
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Embrace Beclyppincge complexu, An. Ox. 1551. Beclyppinga amplexus, 3174
sǽ
Sea . ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ a sea ⬩ a sea, lake
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Sǽ marmora, 91, 73. sea (water as opposed to air and earth) On ðæm dæge gewíteþ heofon and eorþe and sǽ, and ealle ða þing ðe on ðǽm syndon, Blickl. Homl. 91, 21.
cwylla
A well, spring ⬩ fons
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A well, spring; fons Riht súþ be eástan ðam cwyllan óþ ða wýde strǽte right south by east of the spring as far as the wide road, Cod. Dipl. 409; A. D. 946; Kmbl. ii. 265, 32
ge-wurde
wast ⬩ hast been
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Kmbl. 1100; An. 550 2nd sing. p. of ge-weorþan: ge-wurde happened, Andr. Kmbl. 1115; An. 558; p. subj. of ge-weorþan: ge-wurdon happened, Ors. 5, 10; Bos. 108, 16. p. pl. ;
grunung
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Grununga (grunnunge, An. Ox. 2387) barritus, i. mugitus, Hpt. Gl. 462, 54. Grununge (grunnunge, An. Ox. 4378) rugitus, 508, 40
horsc-lic
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Foul Horxlic fędus, An. Ox. 2, 499. Horxlices squalentis, i. sordentis (eremi ), 2430. Heora heortan horxlice wyrmas (cf. Dante's 'fastidiosi vermi') ceorfað, Dóm. L. 167. Horslice wítehúsa squalentium ergastulorum, An. Ox. 4752.
synderlic
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Add Mid synderlicum, mid díglum sequestra, i. secreta (oratione ), An. Ox. 1842. Add Wǽron on þǽre fyrde fela crístene menn, and án synderlic eórod of eásternum leódum swíþe crístene menn þám cásere folgiende, Hml. S. 28, 9
geornlíce
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Gl. 1159. with a will, with all one's power, vigorously. Cf. georne, Him se gýsel ongan geornlíce fylstan, By. 265. Heó geornlíce míne sáwle swýðe onbígdon, Ps. Th. 56, 7.
cwyrn-stán
A mill-stone ⬩ molaris lapis, mola
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Ðæt him wǽre getiged án ormǽte cwyrnstán to his swuran, and he swá wurde on deóppre sǽ besenced that an immense mill-stone was tied to his neck, and he was so sunk in the deep sea, Homl. Th. i. 514, 17: Mt. Bos. 18, 6.
Linked entry: cweorn-stán
for-weorþan
To become nothing ⬩ to be undone ⬩ to perish ⬩ die ⬩ ad nihilum devĕnīre ⬩ pĕrīre ⬩ interlre ⬩ deficére
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Ealle nýtenu neáh forwurdon nearly all the cattle died, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 31: Chr. 593; Erl. 18, 33. Ðý-læs ðú forweorþe lest thou perish, Cd. 116; Th. 151, 3; Gen. 2503. Hí forweorþan ad nihĭlum devĕnient, Ps. Th. 57, 6.
Linked entries: for-wurþan ge-forwearþan
here-gild
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promissa fuerat, ad plenum daretur, C.
ge-weorc
work ⬩ ŏpus ⬩ ŏpuscŭlus ⬩ a fort ⬩ fortress ⬩ arx
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He worhte him geweorc æt Middeltúne he wrought him a fortress at Middleton, 892; Erl. 89, 14: 894; Ed. 92, 4, 11. Ðe æt hám æt ðǽm geweorcum wǽron who were at home in the fortresses, 894; Erl. 92, 18.
Linked entries: ge-werc ge-worc geweorc-lic
HELP
HELP ⬩ aid ⬩ succour
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Ðǽr is help gearu æt mǽrum manna gehwylcum there is help ready at the hand of the mighty one for every man, Andr. Kmbl. 1814; An. 909. Gionn helpe præsta subsidium, Rtl. 71, 37. Ða ðe hine helpe biddaþ who ask him for help, Ps. Th. 118, 2: Andr.
Linked entry: hylp