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Ben. 119, 4
hreám
A cry ⬩ outcry ⬩ hue ⬩ crying ⬩ tumult ⬩ uproar
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Ðam hálgan were wæs geþuht ðæt ðæs gefeohtes hreám mihte beón gehýred geond ealle eorþan it seemed to the holy man that the uproar of the conflict could be heard over all the earth, Homl. Th. ii. 336, 17: Cd.166; Th. 206, 10; Exod. 449: Beo.
Linked entry: hrýman
hopa
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Þá þe yfele dón ná geswícað mid ídelum hopan ( uana spe ) forgyfenysse be Codes miltsunge séceað, Scint. 130, 13. Hé ealle his geþóhtas and hopan on God beset, R. Ben. 3, 24. <b>I a.
Finnas
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Not Finland, but the Fins' land; for how could Beowulf, in his swimming-match with Breca, be borne by the sea to Finland?
ge-samnung
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assembling :-- Þæt wé sendan and wilnian fultum be swá manegum mannum swá ús cinelic þince . . . ꝥ þám forworhtum mannum beó þe mára ege for úre gesomnunge (or under ), Ll. Th.
wénan
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Ic wundrige hwí ðú éfre þæs wénan mahte be mannum sáwlum þæt hý nǽran ǽcan, 62, 23. (4 a) :-- Ðý lǽs men wénan ðæt ðú náne næbbe, Prov. K. 76. Tó þám ꝥ sceolde beón wéned ꝥ hé wǽre se cyning ut rex esse putaretur. Gr. D. 131, 15. I.
a-fúlian
To become foul ⬩ to putrefy ⬩ be defiled ⬩ putrescere ⬩ putrefieri ⬩ inquinari
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To become foul, to putrefy, be defiled; putrescere, putrefieri, inquinari, Scint. 66: 17
byst
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art, shalt be, Lk. Bos. l, 76: Ælfc. Gr. 25; Som. 26, 12
morþ-sliht
Murder ⬩ assassination
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Murder, assassination Be morþslihtum, L. Æðelst. iv. 6; Th. i. 224, 11, 12
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geopenian
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Wille wé eów geopenian be ðám húsle, Hml. Th. ii. 262, 20. Add
sulh-ælmesse
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Plough-alms, a contribution of one penny to be paid for every sulh
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wulf-seáþ
A wolf-pit
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A wolf-pit Be eástan ðæm wulfseáðe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 264, 5
ge-rendrian
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Cf. be-rindran
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stǽnen
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Be ðǽre díc tó ðǽre stǽnenan bricge, C. D. iii. 449, 23. Add
cúþ-lic
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Hé cýð gecýðnysse swíþe cúðlice be mé, Nap. 77. (Cf. cúþ; II.) Add
lysu
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What is depraved [v. preceding word] Gif cyning æt mannes hám drincæþ and ðær man lyswæs hwæt gedó ii bóte gebéte if the king be entertained at a man's house, and any evil be done there, let a double fine be paid, L. Ethb. 3; Th. i. 4, 2.
drinca
Drink ⬩ potus
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He wolde beran drincan his gebróðrum he would bear drink to his brethren, Homl. Th. ii. 180, 5. He bæd hint drincan and heó him blíðelíce sealde he asked for drink and she gave it him gladly, Jud: 4, 19: Basil admn. 4; Norm. 42, 24.
gneáð
Sparing ⬩ frugal ⬩ stingy ⬩ scanty ⬩ small ⬩ parcus
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Sparing, frugal, stingy, scanty, small; parcus Næs hió to gneáð gifa she was not too sparing of gifts, Beo. Th. 3864; B. 1930.
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swíge
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Ðú worn fela, wine mín Húnferð, beóre druncen ymb Brecan sprǽce, 1064; B. 530), Beo. Th. 1964; B. 980. silent, not making a noise, still Wind wédende færeþ, and eft semninga swíge gewyrðeþ, Elen. Kmbl. 2548; El. 1275.
wíce
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Ben. 84, 19