sépan
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Hyssas heredon Drihten for ðam hǽðenan folce, sépton (MS. stepton) hié sóðcwidum, and him sǽdon fela sóðra tácna, Cd. Th. 244, 10; Dan. 446
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hræd-hýdigness
Precipitancy ⬩ hastiness
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Ðonne oncann hé hiene selfne for ðære hrædhýdignesse ðe hé ǽr tó fela sealde occasionem contra se impatientiæ exquirit, 4; Swt. 325, 16. For hrædhýdignesse præcipiti festinatione, 49, 1; Swt. 375, 16
láðian
hateful ⬩ loathed
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To be hateful or loathed Heora fela wǽron mid olfendes hǽrum tó líce gescrýdde and ðǽr láðode sóftnys many of them were clad with camel's hair next to the body, and there softness was hateful, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 24.
líc-tún
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Gif þonne ou hwylcere stówe swá fela þǽra byrgena sý ꝥ hit to earfoðlic sý tó dónne, þonne lǽte man þá stówe tó líctúne, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 2-15
scenc
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Cweðað gé ꝥ gé þus fela scencea (þus manige calicas fulle, v. l.) ne gedruncon? numquid tot calices non bibistis?, Gr. D. 127, 11. Se abbud scencende mid syndrigum scencum ( potibus ), Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Scencum gedruncenum, 733.
on-drǽdendlíc
To be feared, terrible
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Ðises godspelles geendung is swíðe ondrǽdendlíc : 'Fela sind gelaðode, and feáwa gecorene,' ii. 82, 3
neán
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from a time near at hand. v. feorran Fela wítegan mid heora wítegunge bodedon Drihten tóweardne, sume feorran, sume neán ( some prophesied long before the event, some when it was near), Hml. Th. i. 358, 7.
on-sǽge
Falling upon, assailing, attacking
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Falling upon, assailing, attacking Wé ǽr ðysan oftor brǽcan, ðonne wé béttan, and ðý is ðisse þeóde fela onsǽge. Ne dohte hit nú lange inne ne úte, ac wæs here and hunger, bryne and blódgyte on gewelhwylcon ende, Wulfst. 159, 7: 128, 14: 243, 2.
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eorþ-styrung
An earth-stirring, earthquake ⬩ terræ mótus
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An earth-stirring, earthquake; terræ mótus Eorþstyrung fela burhga ofhreas . . . þreóttyne byrig þurh eorþ-styrunge afeóllon an earthquake has overthrown many cities ... thirteen cities fell through an earthquake, Homl. Th. i. 608, 27, 29: 244, 17.
drý-man
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Fela sǽdon þá drýmen þurh deófles cræft, Iamnes and Mambres, 17, 114. Drýmen þe mid dydrunge farað, Hml. Th. ii. 330, 27. Þurhdrýmanna dydrunge, Hml. S. 21, 474. Antecríst hæfð mid him drýmen, Wlfst. 194, 17; Hml. Th. ii. 472, 14
sand-corn
a grain of sand
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Swá fela welena swá ðara sondcorna beóþ be ðisum sǽclifum quantas pontus versat arenas, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 27. Hí beóþ ofer sandcorn manige super arenam multiplicabuntur, Ps. Th. 138, 16
ofer-mód
pride, arrogance, over-confidence ⬩ a high style ⬩ superbia
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Ðá se eorl ongan for his ofermóde álýfan landes tó fela láðere þeóde, Byrht. Th. 134,25; By. 89. [Gif hwa nulle for his ouermoð, oðer for his prude . . . his scrift ihalden, O. E. Homl. i. 9, 30.] a high style (?) Ofermód coturnus Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 5
mægen-strengþu
Great strength ⬩ power
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Ic siges mihte and mægenstrengþe swá micele eów sille ðæt gé eów tó gamene feónda áfillaþ swá fela swá gé reccaþ I will give you so great victorious might and power, that it shall be sport to you to slay as many foes as you can count, Wulfst. 132, 19
missere
A period of half a year
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Fela missera many a year, 309; B. 153: 5234; B. 2620: Cd. 145; Th. 180, 23; Exod. 49. Hé forþ gewát misserum fród ( well stricken in years ), 83; Th. 104, 30; Gen. 1743. Missarum fród, 107; Th. 141, 16; Gen. 2345
un-gewilde
Not in subjection
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Gif ǽnig leódscipe wæs ungewylde ðam Cásere, ðonne send hé him tó swá fela eóroda ðe mihton gebígan ðæt mennisc him tó, Jud. Thw. p. 161, 35. Hé underþiédde him selfum monege þeóda ðe ǽr wǽron Rómánum ungewilde, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 284, 6
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feorh-ádl
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Full oft þá sweltendan men on heora feorhádle secgað beforan fela þinga swá hit æfter ágǽþ plerumque morientes multa praedicunt, Gr. D. 296, 21. Hé læg on his feorhádle and hit wæs swíðe neáh hís lífes ænde ad extreme, vitae veniens, 314, 3. Add:
scucca
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Se feónd hæfde him mid fela óðre sceoccan, Hml. S. 6, 304. ¶ in a local name :-- Ubi dicitur Scuccanhláu, C. D. i. 196, 1. Add
Púnice
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The Carthaginians Him cómon ongeán Púnice mid swá fela scipa eo Carthaginienses cum pari classe venerunt, Ors. 4, 6 ; Swt. 176, 11 : 172, 25: 180, 5. Wæs geendad Púnica ðæt æfterre gewinn bellum Punicum secundum finitum est, 4, 11 ; Swt. 202, 31.
ende-mann
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Fela hálige menn fram frymðe middaneardes wǽron beforan ús, þám wé nú endemenn geefenlǽcan ne magon, Hml. S. 12, 281
sealt
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Dó háliges sealtes fela on, Lch. ii. 344, 14. Dó on hwít sealt, 94, 8: 124, 10. metaphorical 'Ge sind þǽre eorðan sealt.' Láreówum gedafenað þæt hí mid wísdómes sealte geleáffulra manna mód sylton, Hml. Th. ii. 536, 17.