án-streces
At one stretch ⬩ with one effort ⬩ continually ⬩ sine intermissione
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At one stretch, with one effort, continually; sine intermissione And fóron on ánstreces dæges and nihtes and went at one stretch day and night, Chr. 894; Th. 170, 25
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ceolas
Cold winds, cold ⬩ anræ frigidæ, frigus
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Cold winds, cold; anræ frigidæ, frigus Ðec ceolas weorþian Fæder, forst and snáw thee, O Father, cold winds adore, frost and snow, Exon. 54b; Th. 192, 9; Az. 103
fýsian
to send forth ⬩ to drive away ⬩ relēgāre
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to send forth, to drive away; relēgāre Ðonne fýsie hí man of earde let them then be driven from the country, L. E. G. 11; Th. i. 174, 1
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sele-þegn
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A hall-thane, chamberlain Him ( Beowulf) seleþegn síðes wérgum forþ wísade, se ealle beweotede þegnes þearfe (the chamberlain who saw after everything Beowulf needed ], Beo. Th. 3592 ; B. 1794
ge-hogod
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Ic ymb sáwle eom forht, Hy. 4, 62. Cf. ge-hugod
tó-sceádedness
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Först. 101, 1
ge-drífan
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Th. i. 286, l. to force matter into something, cram. v. full-gedrifen. to carry out, effect, drive a bargain Hé hreówlíce his ceáp gedrifan hæfde, Hml. S. 23, 585
æf-ést
Envy ⬩ spite ⬩ enmity ⬩ zeal ⬩ rivalry ⬩ emulation ⬩ livor ⬩ invidia ⬩ odium ⬩ zelus ⬩ æmulatio
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Fore æfstum from envy, Exon. 43 a ; Th. 144, 27 ; Gú. 684. Æfǽstum onæled inflamed with envy, Exon. 84 a ; Th. 316, 3; Mód. 43
mann-dryhten
A lord of men ⬩ liege lord
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Hé fore his mondryhtne módsorge wæg ( of Guthlac and his disciple ), Exon. 48 a; Th. 165, 5; Gú. 1024: (cf. onbehtþegn, Th. 170, 29) 49 b; Th. 171, 10; Gú. 1124
un-sǽlig
unhappy ⬩ unblest ⬩ miserable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ bringing misery
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Hí ( the good) fore góddǽdum blissiaþ, ða hý (the wicked ) unsǽlge ǽr forhogdun tó dónne, 79, 9; Cri. 1288. Hæleð unsǽlige ( the unbelieving Jews ), Andr. Kmbl. 1122; An. 561. of things, unhappy, bringing misery Æppel unsǽlga (cf.
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riht-hamscyld
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As ham denotes a garment, it seems as if the English text might be a corrupt form of a law corresponding to the former of these two, and in the same note the following emendation is suggested: Gif man on unriht ham oððe scyld (= uestem seu scutum) þurhstinð
hwanne
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Him se reogolweord gebeóde foran tó hwonne sió tíd sié, Cht. E. 81, 13: Ll.
ge-wlitegian
To form ⬩ adorn ⬩ make beautiful ⬩ formare ⬩ decorare ⬩ exornare ⬩ speciosum vel pulchriorem reddere
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To form, adorn, make beautiful; formare, decorare, exornare, speciosum vel pulchriorem reddere Giwlitga decorare, Rtl. 105, 28. He gewlitegap æalle gesceafta he adorns all creatures, Shrn. 198, 12: Salm. Kmbl. 793; Sal. 396.
genge
Going, current, prevalent, valid ⬩ usual
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Ðæt his sóþ fore us genge weorðe that his truth be current before us, Exon. 43 b; Th. 147, 35; Gú. 737. Á ðín dóm sý gód and genge ever be thy judgment good and valid, 54 b; Th. 192, 20; Az. 109.
þri-líðe
Having three months named Líða
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Having three months named Líða, a term applied to the year in which a fourth summer month was intercalated; the passage in which the Latinized form of the word occurs is as follows: Quotiescunque communis esset annus, ternos menses solares singulis anni
witness
knowledge ⬩ witness ⬩ cognisance ⬩ knowledge ⬩ witness ⬩ testimony ⬩ a person who gives testimony ⬩ a witness
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knowledge Fore wísdóm ł witnesse propter scientiam, Rtl. 194, 37. witness, cognisance, knowledge Menigo óðro béceno worhte se Hǽlend on witnesa (in conspectu) ðara ðegna, Jn.
á-scilian
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Perhaps words of different origin have this form. As a gloss to enucleare the verb seems connected with scealu; cf. á-scealian:as a gloss to dividere, it seems cognate with Icel. skilja. Áscilian enucleare (the corresponding gloss in An.
greátnes
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</b> great bulk, swollen form :-- Swilce man siwige áne bytte and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þyrl, þonne heó tóþunden bið, on hire greátnysse, Hml. S. 34, 319
ríce
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</b> add :-- Ðonne bið ðæt ríce wel gereht, ðonne sé ðe ðǽr fore bið suíðor wilnað ðæt hé rícsige ofer monna unðeáwas ðonne ofer óðre góde menn summus locus bene regitur, cum is, qui praeest, vitiis potius quam fratribus dominatur, Past. 117, 9.
á-wreón
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Fore áwrigen obscuratum, 23, 45. Take here the passages given under á-wríhan, -wrióhan, dele -wreóhan, -wrióhan, and add: