forðmest
First
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First Cueð tó ðǽm apostolum and biscopum æfter him forðmest, Mt. L. 10, 8 note
frum-dysig
First folly
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First folly Þá módigan and þá ungehýrsuman sóna on þám frumdysige swinge man, Nap. 26
Linked entry: dysig
scír-
Having a bright (cutting ? cf. sceran) edge
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Having a bright (cutting ? cf. sceran) edge Swurd scearp and scírecg, Lchdm. i. 390, 7
scitol
Purgative
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Purgative Mettas ðe late melten and swá ðeáh ne synd scitole, Lchdm. ii. 178, 1
searu-fáh
Curiously ⬩ cunningly coloured
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Curiously, cunningly coloured (cf. gold-fáh) Herebyrne síd and searofáh, Beo. Th. 2892; B. 1444
wíg-wǽpen
A weapon of war
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A weapon of war Ǽlce wígwǽpna and ǽghwylce woruldsaca lǽte man stille, Wulfst. 170, 8
ge-cwémlic
pleasing, and add: suitable, fit
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pleasing, and add: suitable, fit Gecwémlíce congruam, R. Ben. I. 78, 5. For pleased read
Linked entry: cwém-lic
ge-eglan
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Hý mon band on wilde fearras and ðá hyre ne geegledon, Shrn. 133, 12. Add
grið
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peace limited to place or time, truce, protection, security, safety. [The word comes into use during the struggles with the Danes. Icel. grið (v. Cl. and Vig. Dict.) means first home, domicile, then in pl. truce, peace, pardon; friðr is the general word
a-bád
expected ⬩ waited
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expected, waited And abád swá ðeáh seofon dagas expectavitque nihilominus septem alios dies, Gen. 8, 12
fore-þýstrian
To darken ⬩ obscūrāre
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To darken; obscūrāre He sende þýstru and foreþýstrede mīsit tĕnebras et obscūrāvit, Ps. Spl. 104, 26
for-heardian
To harden ⬩ become hard ⬩ indūrăre
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To harden, become hard; indūrăre He forheardaþ and fordrugaþ indūret et arescat, Ps. Lamb. 89, 6
hundeahtatig-wintre
Eighty years old
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Eighty years old Hundeahtatigwintre and sixwintre wæs Abram ðá ðá Ager ácende Ysmael, Gen. 16, 16
íren-byrne
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An iron byrnie Námon írenbyrnan, heard swyrd hilted, and his helm, Beo. Th. 5965; B. 2986
Linked entry: ísern-byrne
mán-sceatt
Usury ⬩ unjust gain
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Usury, unjust gain Of mánsceatte and of máne ex usuris et iniquitate, Ps. Th. 71, 14
meolc-teónd
A suckling
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A suckling Of múðe cilda and milcdeóndra ex ore infantium et lactentium, Ps. Surt. 8, 3
mis-scrence
Shrivelled up ⬩ distorted
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Shrivelled up, distorted Hí ( demons ) hæfdon wóge sceancan and misscrence tán, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 36, 1
bilgst
art angry, is angry
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art angry, is angry; Similar entries 2nd and 3rd pers. pres. of belgan to be angry
bóc-léden
book-language, and as most books were written in Latin, hence Latin
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book-language, and as most books were written in Latin, hence Latin, Chr. Erl. 3, 3
ge-fellan
To fill ⬩ fulfil
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To fill, fulfil Se gefelde xx daga he had fulfilled twenty days, St. And. 4, 23