forþlíce
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In a slate of forwardness Swá hit ǽfre forðlícor beón sceolde swá wearð hit fram dǽge tó dǽge lætre and wyrre, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 37
hwæg
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Gáthyrde gebyreð his heorde meolc ... and his dǽl hwǽges, Ll. Th. i. 438, 28
seldan
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Ðá reáferas geðenceað swíðe oft hú micel hié sellað, and swíðe seldun (-on, v. l. ) hé willað gemunan hú micel hié nimað, Past. 342, 15. Add
wæl-grǽdig
Greedy for the slain
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Greedy for the slain (an epithet of cannibals) Hæfdon hié áwriten wælgrǽdige wera endestæf, hwænne hié tó móse meteþearfendum weorðan sceoldon, Andr. Kmbl. 269; An. 135
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bréme
Famously, notably, gloriously; ⬩ famose, solemniter, gloriose
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Famously, notably, gloriously; famose, solemniter, gloriose Is his miht ofer middangeard bréme gébledsod his might is gloriously blessed throughout the earth, Andr. Kmbl. 3434; An. 1721
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rǽdels
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</b> the imaginative faculty :-- Hé (man) hine ongit þurh his rǽdelsan (imaginatio) synderlíce, þurh his gesceádwísnesse (ratio ) synderlíce, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 19. a dark saying, enigma, riddle Rǽdels aenigma, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 1; Som. 8, 23.
ge-myndig
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Gif hwilc mon sié on ondyrstlecum wísum. and hé sý mínes naman gemyndig (remembers my name and calls upon it ), Drihten, gefriða ðú hine, Shrn. 101, 31. Hé wæs þíera worda gemyndig . . . and his fole lǽdde, Ps. Th. 104, 37.
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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He soon put away his wife, and renounced Christianity. Athelstan prepared to attack him for rejecting his sister, but Sihtric died, when Anlaf his son fled to Ireland, and Athelstan added Northumbria to his dominions.
LEÐER
Hide ⬩ skin ⬩ leather
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Hide, skin, leather
ǽn-líc
ONLY ⬩ singular ⬩ incomparable ⬩ excellent ⬩ beautiful ⬩ elegant ⬩ unicus ⬩ egregius ⬩ elegans ⬩ pulcher
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Cynn Fabiane forðan hit ealra Rómána ǽnlícost wæs because the Fabian family was the highest in rank of all the Romans, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 43, 28
mennisc
Human
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Mennisce handa hit ne mihton tówurpan, Homl. Th. ii. 510, 13. Hæleþa forlor, menniscra morþ, Cd. 33; Th. 45, 5; Gen. 722
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sundor-cræft
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Ðæt hý sundorcræfta sumne eác cunne that each have some craft of his own that he knows, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 29.
un-fǽcne
Without deceit ⬩ without fraud
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Hæbbe hé him twégen oþþe þreó unfácne ceorlas tó gewitnesse, L. H. G. 16; Th. i. 34, 4
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un-forcúþ
Not despicable ⬩ not ignoble ⬩ not wicked ⬩ honourable ⬩ noble ⬩ good
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Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse þince eal unforcúþ, Exon. Th. 315, 14; Mód. 31. Cweðan ealle ðæt unforcúðe ðe him on standeþ egsa Dryhtnes dicant qui timent Dominum, Ps. Th. 117, 4
un-gerisene
unsuitable ⬩ inappropriate ⬩ unseemly ⬩ indecent
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Ungerisnre bysene ðú hátest hié wítuian you order them to be punished in a way that inflicts indignity upon them, Blickl. Homl. 189, 31. Ungerysenre æfsna indecens obscenitas, Hpt. Gl. 492, 62
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un-gedafenlíce
Unbecomingly ⬩ unseasonably ⬩ inordinately ⬩ in an unseemly manner ⬩ indecently
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Unbecomingly, unseasonably, inordinately, in an unseemly manner, indecently Óðer ðara irsunga bið tó ungemetlíce and tó ungedafenlíce átyht on ðæt ðe hió mid ryhte irsian sceall illa ira in hoc, quod debet, inordinate extenditur, Past. 40; Swt. 293,
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ege
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Wíf ic lǽrde ꝥ hié heora weras lufedan and him ege tó wiston, Bl. H. 185, 23: Wlfst. 220, 27. Add
heán-lic
paltry ⬩ common ⬩ vile ⬩ contemptible ⬩ base
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Þá áscedan hiene his þegnas hwý hé swá heánlice word be him selfum gecwǽde, ꝥ hé oferwunnen wǽre, 4, 1; S. 156, 29
hafen-leás
Lacking means, poor, indigent ⬩ inops
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Se ðe spéda hæfþ and ða áspendan nele hafenleásum bréðer he that hath riches and will not expend them for his brother who lacks, 318,11 : 484, 33 : 178, 19
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tó-nama
A surname, ⬩ cognomen
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A surname, cognomen His tónama wæs Cambises gecweden, Homl. Ass. 103, 25. 'Huætd ðé tónoma (or tó noma (dat.)?; Rush. has noma) is?' And cuoeð tó him: 'Here tónoma mé is' quod tibi nomen este? Et dicit ei: 'Legio nomen mihi est,' Mk. Skt.
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