searu-níþ
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Swá wæs Biówulfe, ðá hé biorges weard sóhte, searoníþas (the wily hostilities of the dragon, who used poison to destroy his foe, cf. áttorsceaþa, 5670, and is called inwitgest, 5333.
biter-nys
BITTERNESS ⬩ amaritudo
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Nolde his onbyrian for ðære biternysse he would not taste it for its bitterness, Homl. Th. ii. 254, 18, 19
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ge-bod
A command ⬩ order ⬩ mandate ⬩ jussum ⬩ mandātum
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Fox 457; Men. 236. Be ðæs cyninges gebode by the king's command, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 13. Gif preóst ofer arcediácones gebod mæssige if a priest celebrate mass against the archdeacon's command, L. N. P. L. 7; Th. ii. 290, 25: Chr. 901; Erl. 98, 3.
ge-manian
To admonish, exhort, prompt, remind, remember ⬩ admonere, hortari, suggerere, in memoriam rei reducere, recordari
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Se ánwealda hæfþ ealle his gesceafta mid his bridle getogene and gemanode the Ruler has with his bridle restrained and admonished all his creatures, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 7 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 47; Met. 11, 24.
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ge-þrýn
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/b> to bind a book :-- Eðiluald ðis bóc úta giðrýde ... and Billfrið gismioðade ðá gihríno ðá ðe útan on sint and hit gihrínade mid golde (cf. the riddle on a book: Mec (the parchment ) wráh hæleð hleóbordum, hýde beþenede, gierede mec mid golde; for
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rétan
To cheer, gladden, comfort
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Ealle ða óðru gód óleccaþ ðam móde and hit rétaþ, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 84, 24 note. Hú sewísdóm hine eft réte and rihte mid his andsworum, tit. 5; Fox x, 10. Ðæt dolh rét mid ferscre buteran, Lchdm. ii. 354, 5.
sárian
to feel pain for, feel sorry for ⬩ to be sore ⬩ to grieve, be sad
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to feel pain for, feel sorry for Heó is má tó sárianne magis dolendum, Bd. 1, 27; S. 496, 40. to be sore Similar entries (v. sár; adj. ), of physical pain Hé (the disease) wundaþ and sió wund sáraþ the wound gets painful, Past. 11; Swt. 71, 20.
gástlíce
spiritually ⬩ spiritually
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Tódál þǽra metta wé ne healdaþ, for þon þe ealle þá gástlíce (spiritaliter) wé understandaþ, An. Ox. 40, 27. Gástlíce typice II, 103.
of-talu
The successful defence made against a claim
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Icel. bera kvið á einn, af einum to give a verdict for, against a person) Chart. Th. 302, 14-22
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a-grýndan
To ground ⬩ to descend to the earth ⬩ ad solum descendere
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Fox 220; Men. 111
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a-slúpan
To slip away ⬩ elabi
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Fox 13, 18 ; Met. 13, 9
a-wyrcan
To do ⬩ effect ⬩ facere ⬩ agere
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Ðæt ðú me gewissige bet ðonne ic awyrhte to ðé that thou wouldest direct me better than I have done towards thee, Bt. 42; Fox 260, 6
bærnet
a combustion ⬩ burning up ⬩ combustio ⬩ arson ⬩ incendium
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a combustion, burning up; combustio He wudu gelogode to his sunu bærnytte he laid in order the wood for the burning of his son, Gen. 22, 9. arson; incendium Húsbryce and bærnet ... is bótleás bootless is ... house-breaking and arson, L.C.S. 65; Th.
capitol
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On ðam ende ðises capitulan in the end of this chapter, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 33
be-hindan
Behind ⬩ back ⬩ a tergo ⬩ pone ⬩ post
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Fox 24, 58; Met. 24, 29
cyt-wér
A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap ⬩ kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos
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A weir with a kiddle or a cut for a fish trap; kidellus, machina piscatoria in fluminibus ad salmones, aliosque pisces intercipiendos On Sæuerne xxx cytwéras thirty 'cyt-wérs' on the Severn, Cod.
culpian
To humiliate, cringe ⬩ humiliare
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Bt. 32, 1 ; Fox 114, 15
eáster
Easter ⬩ paschālis
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Fox 142; Men. 72
Embene
The inhabitants of Amiens, Amiens, in Picardy, France ⬩ Ambiānum
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The inhabitants of Amiens, Amiens, in Picardy, France; Ambiānum Hér for se here up on Sunnan to Embenum, and ðǽr sæt án geár in this year [A.D. 884] the army went up the Somme to Amiens, and remained there one year, Chr. 884; Erl. 82, 17
frécenful
Harmful ⬩ dangerous ⬩ perilous ⬩ perīcŭlōsus
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P. frécenful] for ðæs fýres sceótungum thunder is harmful from the shootings of the fire, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 280, 14; Wrt. popl. science 19, 27. Of frecenfulre forliðennysse perīcŭlōso naufrăgio, Mone B. 685, 686
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