weá-mód
Angry, wrathful, choleric, passionate
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Pellican is a leane fowel, so weamod and so wreðful þet hit sleað ofte uor grome his owune briddes, A. R. 118, 8.]
ælmes-mann
An alms-man ⬩ one supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar
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An alms-man (v. N. E. D.), one supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar Ðeáh se man nime ǽnne stán and lecge on fúl slóh, ðæt se ælmesman mæge mid ðám óðrum fét steppan on ðá clǽnan healfe, Wlfst. 239, 10. On ælmesmannes híwe, Hml. S. 23, 562.
morþor
murder ⬩ mortal sin ⬩ great wickedness ⬩ torment ⬩ deadly injury ⬩ great misery
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Ðeáh hié (cannibals) morþres feala gefremed habben, Andr. Kmbl. 1950; An. 977. Morþres on luste, 2282; An. 1142. Draca morþre swealt the dragon perished by the sword, Beo. Th. 1789; B. 892.
Linked entry: morþ
for-niman
to comprehend ⬩ carry off ⬩ do away with ⬩ defraud ⬩ consume
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Ragu and meós fornymð (consumet) ealle wæstmas, Deut. 28, 42. Fýres gecynd is þæt hit fornimð swá hwæt swá gehende bið, Hml. Th. i. 320, 27. ꝥ fýr be fornam ne án hǽr heora feaxes, Hml. S. 30, 464. Tó fornimene voraturos (ardores), An. Ox. 3979.
Linked entry: for-nǽman
DEORC
DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad ⬩ tenebrōsus, obscūrus
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Feónd seondon réðe, dimme and deorce our foes are fierce, dim and dark, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 13; Sat. 105: Ps. Th. 73, 19: 113, 12.
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be-héfe
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Þing þe behéfuste synt tó witanne, Angl. viii. 321, 40
hlutor
clear ⬩ bright ⬩ shining ⬩ splendid ⬩ bright ⬩ untroubled ⬩ peace ⬩ clear ⬩ splendid ⬩ glorious ⬩ illustrious ⬩ brilliant ⬩ guilt ⬩ deceit ⬩ pure ⬩ sincere
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Hé hæfde hlúttre lufan, An. 1065. Hé þæt hlúttre mód in þæs gǽstes gód trymede, Gú. 77. Háligra hlúttre sáule, Az. 151. Mid clǽnre heortan and mid hlútrum gebedum, Bl. H. 81, 17
Linked entry: hlútor-líce
brycg
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Wé magon swýþe micele þearfe and ælmessan ús sylfum gedón, gif wé willað bricge macian and þá symle bótettan, 303, 8. Add
lim-rǽden
cealre
calmaria, gabalacrum
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Nim súr molcen, wyrc to cealre,and beþ mid ðý cealre take sour curds, work them to a jelly, and foment with the jelly, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 98, 25, 26.
dryht-scipe
Rulership, lordship, domination, dignity ⬩ domĭnātus, dignĭtas
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Rulership, lordship, domination, dignity; domĭnātus, dignĭtas Ðara dóm leofaþ and hira dryhtscipe their dignity and their lordship shall live, Elen. Kmbl. 899; El. 451.
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lah-bryce
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Wearþ ðes þeódscipe swíðe forsyngod þurh lahbrycas and þurh ǽswicas þurh hádbrycas and þurh ǽwbrycas, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 109, 147
mæstling
A kind of brass ⬩ aes ⬩ aurichalcum ⬩ electrum ⬩ a vessel made of the metal
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'Plater, disse, cop and maseline) Calicea frymþa and ceáca and árfata and mæstlinga baptismata calicum et urceorum et eramentorum et lectorum, Mk. Skt. 7, 4. Gedón on cyperen fæt oððe mæstling [-fæt?] oððe bræsen, Lchdm. iii. 292, 17
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eác
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., tó-eác', and add Swíðulf biscop and Ceólmund ealdormon ... and Eádulf cynges þegn ..., and manige eác him (tó eácan him, v. l. ), Chr. 897; P. 90, 9. Monige eác him (eác tó him, eác mid him, v. ll. ), 905; P. 94, 10, 15.
ge-læccan
To take ⬩ catch ⬩ seize ⬩ apprehend ⬩ comprehend ⬩ capere ⬩ arripere ⬩ comprehendere
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An. 22, 5. Germanus gelæhte ðone pistol æt Gregories ǽrendracan and hine totær Germanus took the letter from Gregory's messenger and tore it to pieces, Homl. Th. ii. 122, 29. Hét sóna gelæccan Stranguilionem he bade seize Stranguilio at once, Th.
heorr
a hinge
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Æfter þám feówor heorren heofenes and eorðan, Lch. iii. 84, ii. an essential point Heorr cardo. i. finis, Germ. 388, 3.
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smirwung
anointing, unction ⬩ an ointment
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And. 28, 17. Smerwunga wyrce of ele and of wermóde Lchdm. ii. 182, 16
tó-nemnan
To name separately, ⬩ distinguish by name into parts
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To name separately, distinguish by name into parts Hié ða þrió dǽlas on þreó tónemdon, Asiam, Europem, and Affricam they distinguished the three parts by the three names, Asia, Europe, and Africa, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 8, 4.
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fangen
taken ⬩ captus
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taken; captus Hér beóþ fangene seólas and hrónas here are caught seals and whales, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 16; pp. of fón to take
gastlíc
Hospitable ⬩ ready for guests ⬩ hospĭtālis
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Hospitable, ready for guests; hospĭtālis Neorxna wang stód gód and gastlíc paradise stood good and ready for guests, Cd. 11; Th. 13, 27; Gen. 209