smítan
to daub, smear, smudge ⬩ to defile, pollute ⬩ to smear, anoint ⬩ to cast ⬩ linere ⬩ strike
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Nymon of his blóde and smíton on ǽgðer gedyre Ex. 12, 7.
ge-þwǽrian
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Voc. i. 50, 12. to agree with another in act or thought Hé bæd hié ꝥ hí on ánnesse sibbe and in gehylde rihtra eástrena geþwǽrede (-þwǽredon, -hwǽredon, v. ll.) mid þá Crístes cyricean obsecrans eos unitatem pacis et catholicae obseruationis cum ea ecclesia
wilder
A wild beast
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Ðæt fiǽsc, ðæt wildro ábiton carnem, quae a bestiis fuerit prae-gustata Ex. 22, 31. Weorpan on wildra líc, Met. 26, 76: Exon. Th. 356, lo; Pa. 9: Cd. Th. 257, 25 ; Dan. 663. Spédig man on wildrum, Ors. l, I ; Swt. 18, 9
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LÆS
Less ⬩ lest
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Hé ríxode twá læs xxx geára, Chr. 641; Erl. 27, 16. Óðrum healfum læs ðe xxx wintra, 901; Erl. 96, 24. Ðý ilcan sumera forwearþ nó læs ðonne xx scipa that same summer no less than twenty ships were lost, 897; Erl. 96, 14.
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be-scerian
To deprive, separate, defraud ⬩ privare, separare, fraudare
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He bescyraþ hine sylfne fram ðære écan méde he separates himself from the everlasting reward, Homl. Th. ii. 534, 34. Ná bescyreþ of gódum hí ða gangendan on unscyldignysse non privabit bonis eos qui ambulant in innocentia, Ps. Spl. 83, 13.
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eges ful
Fearful, terrible, wonderful ⬩ tĭmōre plēnus, terrĭbĭlis, admīrābĭlis
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Bera sceal on hǽþe, eald and egesfull the bear shall be on the heath, old and terrible. Menol. Fox 519; Gn. C. 30: Beo. Th. 5850; B. 2929. Drihten ys mǽre God and mihtig and egefull Dŏmĭnus est Deus magnus et pŏtens et terrĭbĭlis.
gærs-stapa
A GRASS-STEPPER ⬩ locust ⬩ lŏcusta
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Gærstapan hit fretaþ eall lŏcustæ devŏrābunt omnia, Deut. 28, 38 : Num. 13, 33 : Ex. 10, 12 : Jud. 6, 5 : Mt. Bos. 3, 4. Se byrnenda wind brohte gærstapan ventus ūrens levāvit lŏcustas, Ex. 10, 13, 19 : 10, 4
stillíce
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Gif stillíce ǽnig gebitt eác seó stefen geswíge si tacite quis orat et uox sileat, Scint. 32, 17. Þe lǽs þe þænne hé on cyricean specan ongynð, stillíce gehwilc andswarige, 'Hwý þás sylf þú ná dést ?
CYRTEL
KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat ⬩ palla, tunica
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Lind.] lǽt him tó ðínne wǽfels ei qui vult tecum judicio contendere et tunicam tuam tollere, dimitte ei et pallium, Mt. Bos. 5, 40; to hym that wole stryue with thee in dome, and take awey thi coote, leeue thou to hym and thin ouer clothe, Wyc.
dǽd-hwæt
Deed quick or active, strenuous, bold ⬩ promptus et expeditus ad agendum, acer, strenuus
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Kmbl. 584; El. 292: Exon. 13 a; Th. 24, 15; Cri. 385. Ða dǽdhwatan geond ðone ofen eódon the bold of deed went through the oven, Cd. 191; Th. 238, 12; Dan. 353
fægnung
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Mid blisse and mid fægnuncge in laetitia et exultatione, Ps. Th. 44, 16. Ongan for ðon gefeán (fægnunge, v. l.) weópan coepit ex gaudio flere, Gr. D. 216, 20. Þæt folc mid micelre faegnunge and singalre herunge hí gelǽddon tó ðǽre stówe, Hml.
hleápere
a landleaper ⬩ vagrant ⬩ a horse-man
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E. D.), vagrant Fífte cyn is wídscriþelra hleápera (circum-cellionum ), R. Ben. 135, 20. one who mounts a horse, a horse-man, Similar entries v. hleápan ; II a Hleáperas (-es, MS.), rǽdehere, cerethi An. Ox. 775.
scear
A plough-share
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Gefæstnodon sceare and cultre mid ðære syl confirmato vomere et cultro aratro, 19, 19. Hé sceal habban scear, culter and eác gádíren, Anglia ix. 263, 4
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mearh
A horse ⬩ steed
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Kmbl.109; El. 55. Cyninges mearh, 2383; El. 1193. Se swifta mearh burhstede beáteþ, Beo. Th. 4521; B. 2264. Hwǽr cwom mearg, hwǽr cwom mago, Exon. 77 b; Th. 291, 34; Wand. 92.
FYRHTO
Fear ⬩ FRIGHT ⬩ dread ⬩ terror ⬩ trembling ⬩ tĭmor ⬩ păvor ⬩ formīdo ⬩ terror ⬩ trĕmor
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Ex. 15, 19; Thw. 30, 19. Fyrhto oððe bifung trĕmor, Ps. Lamb. 47, 7. Ðeós firhtu [fyrhtu, MS. D.] hæc formīdo, Ælfc. Gr. 36; Som. 38, 50: Ps. Th. 54, 4. Egsa me and fyrhtu forcwómon tĭmor et trĕmor vēnērunt sŭper me, Ps. Th. 54, 5.
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óra
Ore, metal in an unreduced state
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Hit is eác berende on wecga órum áres and ísernes leádes and seolfres quae etiam venis metallorum, aeris, ferri, et plumbi et argenti faecunda, Bd. l, l; S. 473, 23. Seó eorþe is cennende wecga óran terra parens metallorum, Nar. 2, 15.
Constantīnus
Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
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Kmbl. 15; El. 8. Ðá sige forgeaf Constantino cyning ælmihtig þmrh his róde then the king Almighty gave victory to Constantine through his cross 289; El. 145. Mid Constantíne with Constantine Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 127, 42. Also dat.
wíg
fight ⬩ battle ⬩ war ⬩ conflict ⬩ valour ⬩ troops
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Kmbl. 2362; El. 1182. Hé mid wíge ácwealde ðone cyning and ðæt folc percusserunt urbem et omnes habitatores ejus Jos. 10, 30. Hí mid wíge ácwealdon eall ðæt hí ðǽr fundon percussit in ore gladii universas animas, quae in ea fuerant 10, 37.
CÍGAN
To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summon ⬩ vocare, nominare, invocare, convocare ⬩ To cry, call ⬩ clamare, vocare
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Ðone [MS. þonne] niða bearn nemnaþ and cígaþ Pentecostenes dæg which children of men name and call the day of Pentecost, Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 15; Edg. 7. He cígde hunger ofer eorþan vocavit famem super terram, Ps. Spl. 104, 15.
æt-bredan
To take away ⬩ withdraw ⬩ set at liberty ⬩ to enlarge ⬩ release ⬩ rescue ⬩ tollere ⬩ eripere
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Ðæt ðe he hæfþ him biþ ætbroden quod habet auferetur ab eo, Mt. Bos. 13, 12: 21, 43: Ex. 22, 10. Ðe hys wealas him ætbrudon quem abstulerant servi ejus, Gen. 21, 25
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