for-grípan
To grasp ⬩ snatch away ⬩ seize ⬩ assail ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ corrĭpĕre ⬩ comprehendĕre ⬩ apprehendĕre ⬩ vim afferre ⬩ obruĕre
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To grasp, snatch away, seize, assail, overwhelm; corrĭpĕre, comprehendĕre, apprehendĕre, vim afferre, obruĕre Ádle forgripen languōre correptus, Bd. 5, 7; S. 620, 40, note.
mild-heort
kind-hearted ⬩ of gentle disposition ⬩ meek ⬩ merciful ⬩ compassionate ⬩ gracious ⬩ clement
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Surt. 86, 29: Ors. 6, 30; Bos. 126, 39 note. Hé wæs eallra monna mildheortast he was most compassionate of all men, 5, 12; Swt. 242, 20
nearulíce
narrowly ⬩ within narrow limits ⬩ briefly ⬩ oppressively ⬩ grievously ⬩ narrowly ⬩ exactly ⬩ strictly
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[He nule nout so neruhliche demen ase ȝe siggeð, A. R. 334, 14.]
Linked entry: nearu-þanc
ge-earnian
To earn ⬩ deserve ⬩ enjoy ⬩ mereri ⬩ promereri ⬩ frui
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Ðæt se man sceolde ða myrhþe ge-earnian that man should enjoy the pleasure [gaudium], Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 23. Hie ne mágon geearnigan ðæt gé heora wundrigen they cannot deserve that ye should admire them, Bt. 13; Fox 40, 8.
Linked entries: ge-ærnian ge-arnian ge-gearnian
for-leósan
to lose ⬩ to destroy
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Titus sǽde þæt hé þone dæg forlure þe hé nóht tó góde on ne gedyde, Chr. 81; P. 8, 8. with dat. (inst.) Hé nǽfre forlýst ðám leánum, Bt. 36, 7; F. 184, 25. Forliést, 37, 2; F. 188, 25. Hé dóme forleás, B. 1470. Þæt hé elne forleóse, Gn. Ex. 188.
sǽ-líc
Of the sea
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Drihten gegaderode ða sǽlícan ýða fram ðære eorþan brádnysse, Hexam. 6; Norm. 10, 16. Ða sǽlícan nýtenu ( two seals ), Homl. Th. ii. 138, 15
hádian
To ordain
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Hine hádigean tó bysceope in episcopatus consecrare gradum, 3, 7; S. 529, 9, note. Sende hé hine tó hádiganne misit eum ordinandum, 3, 28; S. 560, 8. Hádigenne, L. Ælf. C. 17; Th. ii. 348, 26.
Linked entry: ge-hádian
hæg-weard
A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground, ⬩ agellarius
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The following note is given on this word, p. 234 'Bp.
slícian
To make sleek, smooth, or glossy
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Parv. 458, note 2, where 'to sleek clothes' is quoted from Kenneth, and a passage from Walter de Bibelesworth is given (v. also Wrt. Voc. i. 172, 13): la dame ge ta koyf luche (slike).] Til sleuth and slepe slyken his sides Piers. P. 2, 98.
tó-hlídan
To yawn, ⬩ gape, ⬩ open, ⬩ crack ⬩ split ⬩ asunder
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Gimmas tóhlidene, Wulfst. 263, 8 note
settan
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Se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian ne sceall hé hit nó settan up on ðone héhstan cnol ( must not take the top of a hill as a site for his house ) . . . and eft se ðe wille fæst hús timbrian, ne sette hé hit on sondbeorhas. Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 7-11.
Linked entry: on-settan
ELLEN
Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitude ⬩ vis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo
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Ne lǽt ðín ellen gedreosan let not thy strength sink, Wald. 10; Vald. 1, 6: Beo. Th. 1208; B. 602: Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 7; Hö. 66: Apstls. Kmbl. 6; Ap. 3. Ellen fremman to do a deed of valour, Andr. Kmbl. 2418; An. 1210: Beo. Th. 6 ; B. 3.
irsian
to be angry ⬩ to rage ⬩ to make angry ⬩ to anger ⬩ provoke
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Ðonne ús ðara manna mód yrsade and ús wiðerwearde wǽron cum irasceretur animus eorum adversum nos, 123, 3.
Linked entry: eornigende
lǽstan
to follow ⬩ attend ⬩ accompany ⬩ to do ⬩ perform ⬩ observe ⬩ carry out ⬩ execute ⬩ discharge ⬩ to continue ⬩ last
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Him se líchoma lǽstan nolde the body would not do him service [of Grendel powerless in the grasp of Beowulf], Beo.
lang-sum
Long ⬩ prolix ⬩ long-enduring ⬩ long-suffering
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The Jew said 'It will not be so long,' Homl. Skt. 3, 585. Ðonne seó áheardung ðære lifre tó langsum wyrþ when the hardening of the liver lasts too long, L. M. 2, 22; Lchdm. ii. 210, 4: Beo. Th. 268; B.134: Homl. Skt. 4, 128.
tídre
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Gl. 436, 59. of immaterial things, frail, not lasting, fleeting Hú lytel hé (fame) biþ, hú lǽne, hú tédre and hú bedǽled ǽlces gódes quam sit exilis et totius vacua ponderis, Bt. 18, 1; Fox 60, 29.
borh
payment ⬩ suretyship ⬩ security ⬩ loan ⬩ debt
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Þá þe on festendagum willað hiora borga manian (call in their loans) . . . gé ásécað ealle eówre borgas (loans, not debtors as in Dict. ), Ll. Th. ii. 438, 33-36. Scytte man mína borgas, Cht.
geat
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Nor. 10, 16. a passage between hills Swá Dor scadeþ, Hwítan wylles geat, Chr. 942; P. 110, 15. the barrier which closes the opening: — Helle geatu and hire þá ǽrenan scyttelas hé ealle tóbræc, Bl. H. 85, 6
ge-wil
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Þá þe nellað þǽra þinga géman þe man heom bodað, ac willað forð on wóh and gewill dráfan those who will not heed what is told them, but will persist in error and do what they wish, Wlfst. 304, 13.
hearga
a grove ⬩ a temple ⬩ fane ⬩ an idol
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[For pl. hearga; f. substitute: a place sacred to a god, with an idol and an altar. a grove Hearga lucum (the word occurs among glosses to Aldhelm between one on Ald. 50, 25 and another on 50, 27: in the text between these lucum does not occur), Wrt.