wæl-wulf
a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolf ⬩ a fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf
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as an epithet of a warrior, a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolf Wódon wælwulfas, wícinga werod, Byrht. Th. 134, 38; By. 96. as an epithet of a cannibal, a fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf Wælwulfas bánhringas
on-drincan
to drink of
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to drink of (with gen.) Ða ðe on wege weorðaþ wætres æt hlimman deópes ondrincaþ de torrente in via bebet, Ps. Th. 109, 8. Ðá ondranc se ðæs wætres, and sealde hit ðæm bréðer . . . and se ondranc eác ðæs wætres, Shrn. 64, 11-12. Bæd ðæt hé him ousende
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torn-wyrdan
To address abusive words to ⬩ to vituperate
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To address abusive words to, to vituperate Hiera wíf him ongeán iernende wǽron, and hié swíþe tornwyrdon, and ácsedon, gif hié feohtan ne dorsten, hwider hié fleón woldon; ðæt hié óðer gener næfden búton hié on heora wíf hrif gewiton (the Latin, however
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tó-sceácerian
To waste, ⬩ devastate, ⬩ scatter
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To waste, devastate, scatter Nú is eall mín heord tósceácerod nunc omnis grex meus vastatus est; they were scattered (Ezek. 34, 5), L. Ecg. P. iii. 16; Th. ii. 202, 28. Ðá wurdon hí ealle ðearle áfyrhte, and heora gesomnunga ealle wurdon sóna tósceácerode
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fóster-nóþ
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Fósternoð pulmentum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 66, 13. Wæs neódþearf ꝥ heom wǽre bútan yldinge gegearwod se mete and fóstornoð (-nað, v.l.) þǽre dæghwámlican andleofne necesse erat ut quotidiani sumtus laborantibus sine dilatione praeberentur, Gr. D. 251, 16. Sceáp
full-fremedlic
Perfect
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Perfect Fulfremedlicre apologitica (as in the glossary the three words which precede apologitica and the three that follow it occur in Ald. 38, 23: 39, 2: 39, 3: 40, 30: 40, 32: 40, 37 respectively, it seems certain that fulfremedlicre is a gloss to
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be-tweoh
between ⬩ among ⬩ between ⬩ among
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Add: with dat. between. local, of position within certain limits Weall tó settonne betweoh (-tuh, v. l. ) ðám wítgan and ðǽre byrh, Past. 164, 10. of extent between limits Eall hira land betwuh (-tweoh, v. l. ) dícum and Wúsan, Chr. 905; P. 94, 2. Betuh
cídan
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Add: to chide, reprove, rebuke. with dat. Wið ðone ðe him cít contra corripientem, Past. 185, 14. Mid eáðmóde ingeðonce ðú mé cíddesð humili intentione reprehendis, 23, 10. Seó menigu . . . cíddon ðám blindan, Hml. Th. i. 156, 10. Cíd him increpa illum
grymetan
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Take here <b>grimetan</b> in Dict., and add Ic grimette (grymetige, [grimmete, 12 cent.] v. ll.) fremo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 168, 1. Grymetteþ frendit, i. stridet dentibus, rugiet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 55: gemit, clamat, 59. Grymettende irascens, frendens
hyhtan
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Add: [forms as from hyhtian occur. ] to look (mentally) with expectation and desire, look forward with hope to Wé tó þínum hidercyme hopodan and hyhtan, Bl. H. 87, 12. Uton tó þám beteran hycgan and hyhtan let us turn our thoughts and hopes to the better
wild-deór
A wild animal ⬩ wild beast
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A wild animal, wild beast Wilddeor fera Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 39. Ðis wilddeór (wildeór, v. l. ) well fremaþ, Lchdm. i. 330, 7. Wildeór fera Wrt. Voc. i. 77, 76. Ne mæg hit wæter ne wildeór beswícan, Salm. Kmbl. 571; Sal. 285. Wildiór leena Kent. Gl. 989.
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a-smorian
To smother ⬩ choke ⬩ strangle ⬩ suffocate ⬩ suffocare
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To smother, choke, strangle, suffocate; suffocare Asmoraþ ðæt word suffocat verbum, Mt. Rush. Stv. 13, 22. Hí hine on his bedde asmoredan and aþrysemodan they smothered and stifled him on his bed, Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 5. Ðæt ge ne blód ne þicgen, ne
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andgit-fullíc
Fully or clearly understood ⬩ intelligible ⬩ omnino intellectus ⬩ intelligibilis
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Fully or clearly understood, intelligible; omnino intellectus, intelligibilis Ǽlc stemn is oððe andgitfullíc oððe gemenged. Andgitfullíc stemn is ðe mid andgite biþ geclypod, swá swá is, Ic hérige ða wǽpnu, and ðone wer arma virumque cano, — every voice
axe
Ash ⬩ ashes ⬩ cinis
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Ash, ashes; cinis Swá swá dust oððe axe as dust or ashes, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 9: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 211; Met. 20, 106. On ðære stówe ðe man ða axan gít in loco in quo cineres effundi solent, Lev. 1, 16. Bearwas wurdon to axan and to ýslan the groves became
Fariseisc
Pharisean ⬩ Phărĭsæus
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Pharisean; Phărĭsæus Bæd hine sumFariseisc man ðæt he ǽte mid him rŏgāvit illum quĭdam Phărĭsæus ut prandĕret ăpud se, Lk. Bos. 11, 37. Ongan se Fariseisca on him smeágan and cweðan Phărĭsæus cæpit intra se repŭtans dīcĕre, 11, 38. Cómon to him ða bóceras
folc-bearn
A folk-child ⬩ a child of man ⬩ pŏpŭli fīlius ⬩ hŏmĭnis fīlius
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A folk-child, a child of man; pŏpŭli fīlius, hŏmĭnis fīlius Swilc biþ mǽgburh menigo ðínre, folcbearnum frome such shall be the family of thy people, excellent in children, Cd. 100; Th. 132, 16; Gen. 2194. Þurh ðé eorþ-búende ealle onfóþ, folcbearn,
fúl
A foul, common or unconsecrated place ⬩ a highway where criminals were buried ⬩ lŏcus profānus
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A foul, common or unconsecrated place, a highway where criminals were buried; lŏcus profānus Sleá mon hine and on fúl lecge let him be slain and be laid in a common place, L. Eth. i. 4; Th. i. 284, 2. Hine man on fúlan lecge let one lay him in a common
gát-hyrde
A GOAT-HERD ⬩ caprārius
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A GOAT-HERD; caprārius Be gát-hyrde : gát-hyrde gebýreþ his heorde meolc ofer Martinus mæssedæg, and ǽr ðam his dǽl hwǽges, and anticcen of geáres geógoþe, gif he his heorde wel begýmeþ de caprario : caprārio convĕnt lac grĕgis sui post festum Sancti
lǽce-feoh
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A physician's fee, money paid to a doctor Swá hwylc man swá óðrum wonwlite ongewyrce forgylde him ðone womwlite and his weorc wyrce óþ ðæt seó wund hál sig and ðæt lǽcefeoh ðam lǽce gylde, quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem inflixerit, emendet ei vulnus
land-sittende
Occupying land
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Occupying land Hé létt gewrítan hú mycel ǽlc man hæfde ðe landsittende wæs innan Englalande on lande oððe on orfe and hú mycel feós hit wǽre wurþ he [William I.] caused to be written how much every man that was in the occupation of land in England, had