wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Ne mæg mon ǽnne wræccan his cræftes beniman, 10, 38. Heó áhredde ða húþe, and tó hám bedrǽf wreccan (the hapless wight?) ofer willan. Exon. Th. 413, 6 ; Rä. 30, 10.
heorþ-pening
A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]
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Peter's mass day: and he who shall not have paid by that time, let him be led to Rome, and in addition thereto pay xxx pence, and then bring a certificate that he has there paid so much.
hwer
A kettle ⬩ pot ⬩ basin ⬩ caldron ⬩ cooking-vessel
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Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan and hé clypte ða hweras and cyste ða pannan ðæt hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig pots and pans had been put in there, and he embraced the pots and kissed the pans, so that he was all black and sooty, Shrn. 69, 27
un-stillness
absence of rest ⬩ motion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ noisiness ⬩ clamour ⬩ tumult ⬩ bustle ⬩ commotion ⬩ disturbance ⬩ breach of peace ⬩ restlessness ⬩ unruliness ⬩ disquietude ⬩ disturbance of mind ⬩ trouble
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Voc. ii. 99, 55. disturbance, noisiness, clamour Gif hé ðurhwunaþ cnucigeode, ðonne áríst se hírédes ealdor for ðæs óðres onhrópe, and him getíðaþ ðæs ðe hé bitt, ná for freóndrǽdene, ac for his unstilnysse, Homl. Th. i. 248, 33.
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fillan
throw down ⬩ to fell ⬩ destroy
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Hé cwealde Crístne men, circan fylde, Jul. 5. Hé sum deófolgild bræc and fylde . . . hié mid heora handum þá ídlan gyld fyldon, Bl. H. 223, 15, 21. Hét ic ceorfan ðá bearwas and þone wudu fyllan jubeo cedi nemus.
æ-gype
Trifling ⬩ worthless ⬩ nugalis
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Trifling, worthless; nugalis Forðon hí dydan Drihtnes sprǽce ǽghwæs ægype quia exacerbaverunt eloquium Domini, Ps. Th. 106, 10
a-sworetan
To sigh ⬩ draw a deep breath ⬩ suspirare
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To sigh, draw a deep breath; suspirare He hefiglice asworette graviter suspiravit, Bd. 3, 11 ; S. 536, 33
bealu-clom
A dire chain ⬩ dirum vinculum
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A dire chain; dirum vinculum Under bealuclommum under dire chains, Exon. 120 b ; Th. 463, 5 ; Hö. 65
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eldre
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omne Ne dyde he áhwǽr swá eldran cynne non fēcit tālĭter omni nātiōni, Ps. Th. 147, 9
fyren-ligerian
To commit fornication ⬩ fornĭcāri
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To commit fornication; fornĭcāri Hí fyrenligeredon on begímingum his fornĭcāti sunt in adinventiōnĭbus suis, Ps. Spl. 105, 36
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menniscu
Humanity ⬩ state of man
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Humanity, state of man Hé forleás his mennisce ut homo esse perderet, Past. 4, 2; Swt. 39, 24
món-seóc
Lunatic ⬩ epileptic
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Sax.) hé is lunaticus est, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 15. Mónsékæ lunaticos, 4, 24
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niht-feormung
Entertainment for the night
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Entertainment for the night Hé (Lot) ðám rincum (the angels ) beád nihtfeormunge, Cd. Th. 147, 2; Gen. 2433
ge-scý
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Tó preósta gescý finde man biccene heorðan ... nimon hí heora gescý on Nouembre, Chrd. 48, 25-28. Add
be-streówian
To BESTREW ⬩ superspargere
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To BESTREW; superspargere Hí mid duste heora heáfod bestreówodon sparserunt pulverem super caput suum Iob Grn. 2, 12
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ge-met-fæstlíce
Modestly ⬩ modeste
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Modestly; modeste He swá gemetfæstlíce hine sylfne beheóld ita se modeste gerebat, Bd. 5, 19; S. 637, 4
súsl-bana
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A torturing destroyer, one who tortures while he destroys Swarte súslbonan ( devils ), Cd. Th. 305, 1; Sat. 640
templ-geat
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The gate or door of a temple Hé æt sumum sǽle stód æt ðam tempelgeate, Wulfst. 49, 25
teónd
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One who draws Heó behealdende wæs hwylcum teónde hé upp áhafen wæs, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 34
úf
The uvula
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The uvula Múðes hr-of palatum, úf sublingua, Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 59. Cf. Undertungan sublinguae, 282, 79