hól
Vain speech, ⬩ evil speaking without cause, ⬩ calumny, ⬩ slander
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Ðæs deópne áþ Drihten áswór and ðone mid sóðe swylce gefrymede ðæt hé hine for hóle ǽr ne áswóre gehét Dauide swá hé him dyde syððan juravit Dominus David verítatem, et non frustrabitur eam, Ps. Th. 131, 11; cf. Grff. iv. 849, huolian
heard-lic
bold ⬩ warlike ⬩ resolute ⬩ stern ⬩ dire ⬩ grievous ⬩ harsh ⬩ severe ⬩ pitiless
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Heom þúhte heardlic (durum) ꝥ hí wǽron genýdede on ealdum móde ꝥ hí scoldon níwe wísan hycgan. Gr. D. 104, 21. Silla wið Marius heardlice gefeoht þurhteáh and hiene gefliémde Sulla gravissimo praelio vicit, Ors. 5, 11; S. 236, 21.
mere
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Add Hé hám cymeð . . . nefne him holm gestýreð, mere hafað mundum, Gn. Ex. 107. add: a natural pool Æt Finchámstede án mere blód weóll, Chr. 1098; P. 234, 22. Hí þá hálgan geléddon tó ánum brádum mere. . . se mere wæs mid forste oferþeaht, Hml.
mód-sefa
The inner man
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Ne sceal se Dryhtnes þeów in his módsefan (in his heart) máre gelufian eorþan ǽhtwelan, Exon. 38a; Th. 125, 22; Gú. 358: 66b; Th. 247, 1; Jul. 72. Man cweþeþ on his módsefan dicet homo, Ps. Th. 57, 10. On módseofan, 115, 2.
leásung
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Hí tieligeað ðæt hié ne sculen leásunga secgan ( falsa dicere ), Past. 237, 8. vain or foolish speech Leásung famfaluca Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 75. deceitful action Gereónung, leásung factio, mendacium An. Ox. 2243.
mǽg-wlite
Appearance ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ species ⬩ forma ⬩ aspectus
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Ne mégulit (mégwlit, Rush.) his geségon neque speciem ejus vidistis, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 37. Mégwlite, Rtl. 2, 7. Mégewlit Godes majestatem Dei, 1, 19.
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rípan
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Heofonan fuglas ne sáwaþ ne hig ne rípaþ (rioppas, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 6, 26. Eal manna bearn sorgum sáwaþ, swá eft rípaþ, Exon. Th. 6, 19; Cri. 86. Ða hié heora corn ripon, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 188, 27.
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be-þeccan
To cover, cover over, conceal ⬩ tegere, contegere, operire
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To cover, cover over, conceal; tegere, contegere, operire Ða róde earme beþeahte he covered the cross with his arm, Elen. Kmbl. 2470; El. 1236: Cd. 185; Th. 230, 26; Dan. 239.
ende-líf
An end of life, death ⬩ vīta fīnīta, mors
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An end of life, death; vīta fīnīta, mors Wurdon hie deáþes on wénan, ádes and endelífes they were in expectation of death, of the funeral pilē and end of life, Elen. Kmbl. 1166; El. 585
frum-weorc
An ancient work ⬩ the work of the creation ⬩ ŏpus priscum ⬩ res in princĭpio creāta
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An ancient work, the work of the creation; ŏpus priscum, res in princĭpio creāta Woldon hie ædre gecýðan frumweorca fæder they would at once proclaim the father of creation's works, Andr. Kmbl. 1607; An. 805
seonoþ-bóc
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A book containing the decrees of a synod Hié on monegum senoþum monegra menniscra misdǽda bóte gesetton, and on monega senoþbéc hý writon, hwǽr ánne dóm, hwǽr óðerne, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 15
rýung
Roaring, groaning, grunting
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v. rýan) hié meahte áfyrhton quorum grunnitas timere bestias noveram, Nar. 21, 26. Hríung (?) suspirium, Wrt. Voc, i. 19, 34
rídan
to ride on horseback ⬩ equitare ⬩ to ride ⬩ to ride ⬩ to swing ⬩ rock
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Nalæs rídende on horse, ac on his fótum gangende, 3, 28; S. 560, 33. Ðes rídenda here hic equester exercitus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Som. 10, 2. Hé ásent rídendne here, Wulfst. 200, 21.
byrþen
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Hié underlútað mid hira sculdrum óðerra byrðenna humerum opprimendus ponderibus submittit alienis, 53, 1. (2 a) a charge :-- Sé ðe bryðene underféhð, and ꝥ gecwéme ne déð, Cht. Th. 606, 18
notian
to make use of ⬩ employ ⬩ enjoy ⬩ to discharge an office
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Gold and seolfor sind góde, gif ðú hí wel notast : gif ðú sylf yfel bist, ne miht ðú hí wel notian, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 8-9. Grammar notian, case undetermined Man ða reáf nime, ðe hé ǽr notode, R. Ben. l01, 24.
á-scirpan
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His mód and his ondgit ðæt gecynd áscirpð. . . his ondgit bið áscirped, Past. 69, 8, 13. Áscearptun exacuerunt, Ps. Srt. 63, 4. Add
grin
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Ox. 961. a noose Hé ácwealde hine sylfne on heálicum grine, Hml. S. 19, 212
ǽtren
Poisonous ⬩ venenosus
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Him æt heortan stód ǽtterne ord [sc. gáres] the poisonous point[ the spear] stood in his heart. Byrht. Th. 136, 4; By. 146: Frag. Kmbl. 37; Leás. 20: L. M. 1, 45; Lchdm. ii. 112, 24
a-feormian
To cleanse ⬩ clean thoroughly ⬩ purge ⬩ wash away ⬩ mundare ⬩ emundare ⬩ permundare ⬩ diluere
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Hit afeormaþ of ealle ða nebcorn it will cleanse away all the face pimples. Herb. 22, 3; Lchdm, i. 118, 24
a-scúnian
to avoid ⬩ shun ⬩ fly from ⬩ evitare ⬩ reprobare ⬩ to hate ⬩ detest ⬩ odisse ⬩ detestari ⬩ to accuse ⬩ reprove ⬩ convict ⬩ arguere
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Ðá ascúnodon híg hine oderant eum, Gen. 37, 4. to accuse, reprove, convict; arguere Hwylc eówer ascúnaþ me for synne quis ex vobis arguet me de peccato? Jn. Bos. 8, 46