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mǽg-rǽs

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-rǽs, es; m.

An attack by men upon their kinsmen

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An attack by men upon their kinsmen Wearþ ðes þeódscype swýðe forsyngod þurh morðdǽda and þurh mándǽda . . þurh mǽgrǽsas and þurh manslihtas this nation is sunk in sin through deeds fell and foul . . through attacks of kinsmen upon kinsmen and through

ge-hyldra

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hyldra, m. e; f. n; compar. of geheald(?)

Safer

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Ðohtan ðæt him wíslícre and gehyldre wǽre they thought that it would be wiser and safer for them, Bd. 1, 23; S. 485, 31. On gehældran stówe in tutiore loco, Bd. 2, 2; S. 503, 39

Linked entry: ge-heald

geómor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
geómor-líc, adj.

Sad, sorrowful ⬩ mæstus, flēbĭlis

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Sad, sorrowful; mæstus, flēbĭlis Biþ geómorlíc gomelum eorle to gebídanne, ðæt his byre ríde giong on galgan it is sad for an aged man to experience that his child hang young on the gallows, Beo. Th. 4879; B. 2444: Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 31

un-gewunelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-gewunelíce, adv.

Unusually ⬩ in an unwonted manner

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Unusually, in an unwonted manner Cometae synd gehátene ða steorran ðe fǽrlíce and ungewunelíce æteówiaþ, Lchdm. iii. 272, 4.

Linked entry: ge-wunelíce

wiþer-méde

(adj.)
Grammar
wiþer-méde, adj.

contrary-minded ⬩ contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ opposed ⬩ opposed ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved

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Gif huoelc uiðirmoedo (contraria) sindon in húse esnes ðínes, Rtl. 123, 12. opposed to good, perverse, depraved Ic (Eve ) wæs wiþerméde and unwísum nétenum gelíc geworden, Blickl. Homl. 89, 9

Linked entry: wiþer-mód

wópig

(adj.)
Grammar
wópig, adj.

Mournful ⬩ doleful

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Skt. ii. 23 b, 601

bótian

(v.)
Grammar
bótian, p. ode
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.), Lch. iii. 56, 13. Gefélde ic mé bótiende (e before o erased in one MS.) and wyrpende me melius habere sentiebam, Bd. 5, 6; Sch. 581, 5

Linked entry: beótian

broc

(n.)
Grammar
broc, es; n.

Use ⬩ advantage

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Sécen hí him broc on on-ráde and on wǽne let them seek to benefit themselves by riding on horseback and in a carriage, Lch. ii. 184, 13

Linked entry: bróce

dihtere

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The Latin translated at 4, 23 is: Prout a dictantibus idoneis testibus audivi

eafoþ

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Nú is þínes mægnes blǽd; eft sóna biþ þæt þec ádl oððe ecg eafoðes getwǽfeð, 1763. Wé frécne genéðdon eafoð uncúðes; úðe ic þæt þú hine selfne geseón móste, 960. Hine God mægenes wynnum, eafedum stépte, 1717. Cf. afol. Add

ge-meltan

(v.)
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Mín heorte is gemolten swá þæt weax factum est cor meum tamquam cera liquescens, Ps. Th. 21, 12. Gemolten liquefacta, Bl. Gl. to digest (intrans. ) Tácn ádeádodes magan, hú ꝥ ne gemylt ꝥ hé þigeþ, Lch. ii. 158, 15: 186, 21

hasu

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Add: — Wegas syndon drýge, haswe herestrǽta (perhaps herestrǽta here is used as in An. 200 of watery ways, and haswe might be equivalent to glaucus (cf. the passage under haswe), an epithet of waves, glaucae undae), holm gerýmed, Exod. 284.

healseta

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The opening in a tunic for the head to pass through, the neck of a tunic. The Latin of the original narrative is: Evenit ei, ut coluber per caput eius inter tunicam et ventrem irreperet et latus suis morsibus laniaret, Mart. H. 238. Add:

Linked entry: healsed

íren-gelóma

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Sealde hé him írengelóman ꝥ is háten wudubiil (ferramentum quod falcastrum vocatur), Gr. D. 113, 18. Hé hét weorpan írengelóman (ferramenta) in þæs mynstres wyrtgeard, þá írengelóman wé hátaþ spadan and spitelas, 201, 19.

sealt

(adj.)
Grammar
sealt, adj.
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Add Seó Asia on ǽlce healfe heó is befangen mid sealtum wætere búton on eásthealfe, Ors. 1, 1; S. 12, 12. Andlang strémes west ábútan þane sealtan mersc, C. D. B. i. 296, 33. Add Ðonne þú sealt flǽsc wille, Tech. ii. 125, 1

-worþig

(suffix)
Grammar
-worþig, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Túnes, worþiges fundi, i. ville, An. Ox. 4843. Wordias, croftas praedia, 3790. Add In þám worþige (platea) beforan þǽre cytan dura stódon . ii. þreátas singende, Gr. D. 285, 21.

wraþu

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Se ilca in þissere byrig fylgeþ þám wraðum (stipendiis) þises hwílendlican lífes mid þám ylcan lǽcecræfte, 344, II

sǽ-ríric

(n.)

a reed-bed in the sea (?), an ait

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a reed-bed in the sea (?), an ait; — Swylce wórie bí ófre sondbeorgum ymbseald sǽrýrica mǽst, swá ðæt wénaþ wǽglíþende ðæt hý on eálond sum eágum wlíten (the reference is to the whale, which mariners mistake for an island), Exon.

æf-éstian

(v.)
Grammar
æf-éstian, -éstigan.

to envy ⬩ to grow envious

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Substitute: to envy Hit þweora manna þeáw is ðæt hí æfæstiað óþra manna góddǽde mos pravorum est invidere aliis virtutis bonum Gr. D. 117, 4. to grow envious Æfestian libescant Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 41.

hand-hwíl

(n.)
Grammar
hand-hwíl, e; f.

A moment ⬩ in a moment of time

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A moment Nis ná eów tó gewitenne ða tíd oððe ða handhwíle ðe mín Fæder gesette þurh his mihte it is not for you to know the hour or the moment that my Father hath appointed through his might, Homl. Th. i. 294, 26