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deófol-gild

(n.)
Grammar
deófol-gild, deóful-gild, diófol-gild, -geld, -gield, -gyld, es; n. [deófol, gild tribute, worship]

Devil-worship, sacrifice to devils, idolatry, an idol, an image of the devildiabŏli vel dæmōnum cultus, idololatrīa = είδωλoλατρεία, idōlum, simulacrum

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Ecg. C. 38; Th. ii. 162, 22, note 6. Betwih deófolgyldum lifdon inter idōla vīvĕrent, Bd. 3, 30; S. 562, 19 : Exon. 68 a; Th. 251, 25; Jul. 150. Beóþ deófolgyld dysigra þeóda gold and seolfur simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, Ps.

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DEÁD

(adj.)
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DEÁD, def. se deáda; seó, ðæt deáde; adj.

DEAD mortuus

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Kmbl. 1299; El. 651: 1887; El. 945. Be deádum for the dead, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 27; Seef. 98. Mid ðám deádum fellum with the dead skins, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 29. Ne dó hý to deádan ne occidĕris eos, Ps. Th. 58, 10: 61, 3: Ex. 21, 35, 36.

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múþa

(n.)
Grammar
múþa, an; m.

the mouth of a riveran openingdoor

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On ða hí tugon up hiora scipu óþ ðone weald, iiii míla fram ðæm múþan útanweardum, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 25-32. Ǽlc ceápscip friþ hæbbe ðe binnan múþan cuman, L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 284, 20; ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 6.

Carendre

(n.)
Grammar
Carendre, an; f, A province of Germany, now the duchy of
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Be eástan Carendran is Pulgara land to the east of Carinthia is the country of the Bulgarians, 1, 1; Bos. 19, 1

reód

(adj.)
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reód, adj.

Red

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Ðá Moises hæfde gefaren ofer ða Reódan Sǽ, Ex. 15, 1. Hié wǽron sume reóde sume blace sume hwíte quaedam rubentibus scamis erant quaedam nigri et candidi coloris, Nar. 13, 17

wyrcend

(n.)
Grammar
wyrcend, es; m.

a workerlabourera makera doer.

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Heó wǽron ðám wyrcendum gelíce similes illis fiant qui faciunt ea, Ps. Th. 113, 17. a doer. Similar entries v. wyrcan, III Þurh ða unrótnesse ðe is deáðes wyrcend, Anglia xi. 113, 43.

for-hátan

to renounceoutlawproscribe

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Th. 173, 6) Se forhátena (the devil who tempted Eve) spræc, Gen. 609

fiscere

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Add: Wæs ðǽm cyninge (Xerxes) swíþe ange on his móde . . . þæt hé ofer ðá cuman ne mehte . . . Him þá tó cóm án fiscere and hiene ánne ofer bróhte piscatoria scapha trepidus transit, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 10.

ge-blǽdfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
ge-blǽdfæstness, e ; f.
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Ego autem accipiens, tres ex eis panes comparavi, et hoc accepi benedictioni mei itineris congruos), Glostr. Frg. 108, 26 (see note, p. 115); Hml. S. 23 b, 492

neát

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Rdr.) homines et iumenta, Ps. Vos. Srt. Cam. 35, 7. Add

bridels

(n.)
Grammar
bridels, es; m.

A bridlefrenum

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Kmbl. 2348; El. 1175: 2367; El. 1185: 2396; El. 1199

Linked entry: brydyls

bysmerian

(v.)
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bysmerian, bysmrian, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmrigan, to bismrienne, bysmrigenne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [bismer, bysmer mockery, blasphemy]
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HÍ sellaþ hine þeódum to bysmrigenne tradent eum gentibus ad illudendum, Mt. Bos. 20, 19. Ðæt he me bysmrode ut illuderet mihi, Gen. 39, 17. Ðæt he bysmorode us ut illuderet nobis, 39, 14. Ðú, Drihten, bysmrast hí tu, Domine, deridebis eos, Ps.

freónd

(n.)
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freónd, friónd, es; pl. nom. acc. freóndas, frénd, frýnd, freónd; gen. freónda; dat. freóndum; m. [freónde loving, part. of freón,

A FRIENDămīcus

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Kmbl. 1904; El. 954: Exon. 43 a; Th. 144, 33; Gú. 687. Mánfulra and synfulra freónd publicānōrum et peccātōrum amīcus, Mt. Bos. 11, 19: Lk. Bos. 7, 34. He wæs Godes freónd he was the friend of God, Chr. 654; Erl. 29, 12: 656; Erl. 32, 28.

a-scúnian

(v.)
Grammar
a-scúnian, p. ode; pp. od; v. a. [a away, scúnian to shun] .

to avoidshunfly fromevitarereprobareto hatedetestodissedetestarito accusereproveconvictarguere

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Ed. 4; Th. i. 162, 6. to hate, detest; odisse, detestari Esau ascúnode Iacob oderat Esau Jacob, Gen. 27, 41.

fór-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
fór-wyrcan, -wyrcean; p. -worhte; pp. -worht [fór before, wyrcan to work, do]

To work or place beforeobstructbarricadeoppōnéreobstruĕre

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To work or place before, obstruct, barricade; oppōnére, obstruĕre Se cing geháwode hwǽr man mihte ða fórwyrcan [fór-wyrcean, col. 2] the king observed where the river might be obstructed, Chr. 896; Th. 173, 36, col. 1.

Linked entry: un-forworht

teón-rǽden

(n.)
Grammar
teón-rǽden, teón-rǽdenn, e; f.
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eác earfeþa and teónrǽdena (injurias ) forberaþ, R. Ben. 27, 1, 21

dwolma

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Dwolma chaos (abstrusum, et torpens confusio rerum, Ald. 150, 10), i. tenebre, An. Ox. 17, 9. Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw and dwolma sweart tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 106: Wlfst 137, 10.

ettan

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Eal þæt his man áþer oððe ettan oððe erian mæg (all of it that can be grazed or ploughed), þæt líð wið ðá sǽ, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 25, Substitute

nealles

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Þæt áttor nales þæt án (nalæs ꝥ ón, v.l.) eallum middan-geardes ciricum þæt hé strægd, ac hit eác swylce in ðis eáland becóm. uirus non solum orbis totius, sed et insularum ecclesiis aspersit, Bd. l, 8; Sch. 29, 14

neowol-ness

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Add: of a deep place on earen Ofer þá stówe ufon wæs hangiende unmǽte stánclif, and eác beneoðan swíþe deóp neowelnys (niwolnys, niolnes, v.ll.) ginode in loco ingens desuper rupes eminet, et profundum subter praecipitium patet, Gr. D. 52, 18.