neádung
Force or violence used against any one ⬩ compulsion ⬩ necessity
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Hé nolde geniman ús neádunge of deófles anwealde, i. 26, 30. Hine betellan swilce hé neádunge gefremode ðæt fácn to excuse himself, as if he committed that crime of necessity, H. R. 105, 26. Neádunge vim, Hpt. Gl. 435, 70
Linked entry: níding
ge-tengan
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He sóna getengde wiþ ðæs drýs he at once hastened towards the magician, 374, 4. Se þeign ðá ðǽr to geteingde the servant then hastened thither, Shrn. 14, 27
sǽl-wang
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Hé geseah síde sǽlwongas synnum gehladene, Cd. Th. 78, 14; Gen. 1293
Linked entry: sál-wang
burg-geat
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[He wende to þan burhȝate þer þe king on bure lai, Laym. 17670.] a town-gate (v. burg, II) Hé férde on ðá burg Ambinensus ... þá sæt þǽr sum þearfa æt ðǽm burggeate, Bl. H. 213, 33
lácan
to swing ⬩ wave about ⬩ to play ⬩ fight ⬩ to play
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Leólc on lyfte he took his flight through the air [of the lost angel who was to tempt Adam ], Cd. 23; Th. 29, 10; Gen. 448: Exon. 114 a; Th. 438, 15; Rä. 57, 8. Hé leólc ofer laguflód he bounded o'er the water, 75 b; Th. 283, 2; Jul. 674.
ge-sceaft
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Ðæt hé anweald hæbbe . . . ofer eallum gesceafte (cf. hé sig . . . ofer ealle gesceafta praesit . . . universae terrae, Gen. l, 26), Hex. 18, 17. a created thing, a creature Nis nán ðing on gesceaftum him bedíglod, Hml.
hweorfan
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Hwearf heo bí bence, B. 1188.
word
a word ⬩ a single part of speech ⬩ words ⬩ a written word ⬩ a word ⬩ a group of words ⬩ a saying ⬩ sentence ⬩ words ⬩ a saying ⬩ maxim ⬩ a tale ⬩ story ⬩ a report ⬩ tidings ⬩ fame ⬩ name ⬩ (good) word, ⬩ (good) report ⬩ a command ⬩ an order ⬩ ordinance ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ word ⬩ solemn statement ⬩ promise ⬩ oath ⬩ an (expressed) intention ⬩ opinion ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ words ⬩ language ⬩ style ⬩ word ⬩ word of God
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Hé com be Honorius wordum ðes pápan, Chr. 634; Erl. 25, 28. Hé wrát ða týn word, ðe Drihten him bebeád, Ex. 34, 28 : Deut. 10, 4. a message, an announcement Hé word ábeád: 'Eów hét secgan sigedrihten mín, ðæt hé eówer æþelu can, Beo.
fultum
help ⬩ aid ⬩ assistance ⬩ support ⬩ succour ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ adjūtōrium ⬩ adjūmentum ⬩ a helper ⬩ an army ⬩ forces ⬩ adjūtor ⬩ cōpiæ
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He gegaderode ðone fultum ðe he ðá mihte he gathered what forces he then could, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 1: 2, 5; Bos. 46, 27. He mid his fultume næs he was not with his army, 2, 5; Bos. 48, 15, 22: 3, 7; Bos. 59, 18
Linked entry: fultom
líc-hama
The body ⬩ the corporeal
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Hé healdeþ ða deádan líchoman ungemolsnode he keeps the dead bodies undecayed, Shrn. 82, 21
birnan
To burn ⬩ ardent ⬩ vehement
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Hé fleáh ðá biernendan (birnendan, 35) ceastre, Past. 397, 33. to suffer heat, of fire Hé (Dives) wæs eall biernende, Past. 309, 10. of inflammation His (Herod) líchama barn wiðútan mid langsumere hǽtan, Hml. Th. i. 86, 4.
lyt
Few ⬩ little
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Ne sceal hé tó lyt þancian heora ælmessan he shall not be too sparing of thanks for their alms, Blickl. Homl. 43, 13.
Linked entry: lyt-hwón
wind
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Hé fleáh ofer winda fiðeru. Ps. Th. 17, 10. Hé bebýt ge windum ge sǽ. Lk. Skt. 8, 25. wind, flatulence, v. windig, II Gif sió wamb biþ windes full, ðonne cymð ðæt of wlacre wǽtan, Lchdm. ii. 224, 23.
merigen-dæg
Morrow
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Morrow Hé ðæs mergendæges gebídan móste, Blickl. Homl. 213, 25
wirgedness
Cursing
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Cursing Hé lufode wyrgednesse dilexit maledictionem, Ps. Spl. 108, 16
Linked entry: wyrgedness
for-cnídan
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Hé forcnýdeþ hí comminuet eas, Ps. Spl. 28, 6. Add
a-bregdan
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Hé his exe úp ábrǽd, Hml. S. 31, 152. Add
æt-fæstan
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add Swá hé úre sáule ús ætfæste, Bl. H. 103
feohtere
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Feohtere hé bið bellator erit, Archiv cxxix. 20, 3. Add
cwicu
Alive, quick ⬩ vivus
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He clifu cyrreþ on cwicu wæteres wellan he turnelh the rocks to quick [living] springs of water, 113, 8