earmung
Misery, poverty ⬩ mĭsĕria
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Misery, poverty; mĭsĕria Hió biþ eádgum leóf, earmunge tǽse [earmum getǽse, Grn.] she is dear to the rich, benevolent to poverty, Exon. 128 a; Th. 492, 28; Rä. 81, 22
brega
A governor, ruler, prince ⬩ imperator, princeps
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A governor, ruler, prince; imperator, princeps Dá se brega mǽra geladade leóf weorud when the great prince assembled the dear company, Exon. 14a; Th. 29, note 1; Cri. 456, note
á-þindung
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Ꝥ deáh wið ábláwunge þæs miltes. Gif þonne sió áþindung þæs windes semninga cymð, þonne ne magon þás þing helpan, (the swelling up from wind) Lch. ii. 248, 5. Add
weorold-stund
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Time spent in this world Mé ne woldon folc oncnáwan, ðeáh ic fela for him æfter woruldstundum ( in the hours I spent on earth ) wundra gefremede, Elen. Kmbl. 725 ; El. 363
un-gewil
Displeasing ⬩ not with the good will of a person
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Displeasing, not with the good will of a person Se arcebiscop leáfe æt ðam cynge nam, ðeáh hit ðam cynge ungewill wǽre, ðæs ðe men léton, Chr. 1097; Erl. 234, 16
bétende
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v. bétan, I (1), burh-bót, ge-bétung) Brosnade burgsteal bétend crungon the buildings were in ruins, those who should have repaired them were dead, Ruin. 28. Substitute:
healseta
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Se ealdormon rád þurh sumne wudu ðú rǽsde án næddre of holum treowe æt ðam healsetan him on ðone bósm and hyne tóslát ðæt hé wæs sóna deád, Shrn. 144, 27
cwilman
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</b> cwilman tó deáþe to put to a cruel death :-- Cwylm hig ealle tó deáðe, Hml. A. 188, 197
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wæl-gífre
eager to slay ⬩ eager to prey on the dead
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Deáð, wiga wælgífre, Exon. Th. 231, 8; Ph. 486: 162, 7; Gú. 972. of things Wǽpen wælgífru, Exon. Th. 292, 16; Wand. 100. eager to prey on the dead Se grǽga mǽw wælgífre wand. Andr. Kmbl. 743; An. 372. Se wanna hrefn, wælgífre fugel, Judth.
Linked entries: hrá-gífre wæl-grǽdig
ge-hú
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Substitute: In every way, in all sorts of ways Ðeáh ðe seó sǽ sý gebýged gehú ( is bent in all sorts of ways ), heó wunað swá ðeáh on ðǽre eorðan bósme binnan hyre gemǽrum. Hex. 10, 30.
ge-leáfleás
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Ic eom begoten mid deáwe . . . and þá geleáfleásan forswǽlede, 7, 231. Add
be-byrian
To bury ⬩ sepelire
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To bury; sepelire Ðæt hí móston ða deádan bebyrian that they might bury the dead, Ors. 3,1; Bos. 54, 29. Hine árlíce bebyride eum honorifice sepelivit, Bd. 4, 22 ; S. 591, 20
ge-rúma
A room, place, space ⬩ lŏcus, spătium
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A room, place, space; lŏcus, spătium Ic his bídan ne dear réðes on gerúman I dare not await him fierce in my place, Exon. 104 b; Th. 397, 7; Rä. 16, 16
ende-þrǽst
An end ⬩ destruction
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An end, destruction Heó þrowað deáð bútan deáþe and ásprungennesse and ændeþrǽste bútan ænde þæs wítes mortem sine morte, et defectum sine defectu, et finem sine fine patitur, Gr. D. 337, 9
heáwan
to hack ⬩ gash ⬩ to hew ⬩ to cut off
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To strike with a cutting weapon, deal blows Hí on healfa gehwone heáwan þóhton, B. 800. trans.
dǽglan
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of dǽgol = dígol
ge-swebban
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</b> of the sleep of death, to cause to die, deprive of life :-- Crist wæs mid deáðe geswefod on þǽre róde Christus in mice dormivit, Ang. vii. 22, 215. þis mǽden inne læg on deáðe geswefod. of things, to calm, quiet Gelíþewǽhte, geswefede sopita
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or-dál
- L. Edg. C. 24 ;
- Th. ii. 248, 28 .
judicial decision, judgment ⬩ a decision which follows an appeal to the Deity
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In the sense of judicial decision, judgment the word is used by O. Frs. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. (v. Richthofen, the Heliand and Graff), but in A. Sax. it is found only in the special sense, which belongs also to the O. Frs., of a decision which follows an
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sneorcan
To shrivel ⬩ to wrinkle the face in displeasure (?) ⬩ to draw up the nose in contempt or displeasure
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To shrivel Ic gesnerc swé swé deád from heortan excidi tamquam mortuus a corde Ps. Surt. 30, 13. [Cf. ꝥ te hude swartete as hit snarchte (shrivelled with the heat) Marh. 18, 14.]
be-clemman
To fetter ⬩ bind ⬩ tie ⬩ inclose ⬩ glue together ⬩ BECLAM ⬩ vincire ⬩ includere ⬩ glutinare
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To fetter, bind, tie, inclose, glue together, BECLAM; vincire, includere, glutinare Ðeáh he hie mid fíftigum clúsum beclemme though he inclose it. with fifty bonds, Salm. Kmbl. 143; Sal. 71. Beclæmed glutinatus, Lye
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