léf
Weak ⬩ injured ⬩ infirm
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Oft him feorran tó laman liomseóce léfe cwómon oft from far to him the paralytic, the cripple, the infirm came, Elen. Kmbl. 2426; El. 1214. See note to Grmm. A. u. E. p. 166
searu-níþ
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Swá wæs Biówulfe, ðá hé biorges weard sóhte, searoníþas (the wily hostilities of the dragon, who used poison to destroy his foe, cf. áttorsceaþa, 5670, and is called inwitgest, 5333.
Sciððeas
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The Scythians or (using the name of the people where now the name of the country would be used) Scythia Ða Sciððeas, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 64, 10.
sín
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Næfde sellícu wiht sýne ne folme, 415, 3 ; Rä. 33, 5. the instrument of sight, the eye Sýne pupillam, Hpt. Gl. 487. 54
sǽ-grund
The depth of the sea,
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The depth of the sea, the bottom of the sea Ne mé forswelge sǽgrundes deóp neque obsorbeat me profundum, Ps. Th. 68, 15. Paulus áwrát be him sylfum, ðæt hé ǽnne dæg and áne niht on sǽgrunde ádruge, Homl. Th. ii. 574, 14.
sǽlan
to fasten with a cord ⬩ to restrain, repress, confine
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Sǽlde sǽgrundas the bound sea-depths (in contrast with the relaxing of the bonds which held the sea, when a passage was made through it for the Israelites), Cd. Th. 196, 9; Exod. 289
brid
The young of any of the feathered tribe; ⬩ pullus
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The young of any of the feathered tribe; pullus Earnes brid an eagle's young, Exon. 59 a; Th. 214, 7; Ph. 235. Þurh briddes hád through the state of a young bird, 61 a; Th. 224, 7; Ph. 372.
apostata
An apostate ⬩ apostata
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Thes. ii. 105, 1
fyren-lust
Luxury ⬩ luxŭria
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Luxury; luxŭria Ne gémdon hie nánes fyrenlustes they cared not for any luxury, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 7
in-bewreón
To cover up
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To cover up Heora andwlitan inbewrigenum with their faces covered up, Cd. 77; Th. 95, 28; Gen. 1585
Linked entry: be-wreón
ge-feaxen
Having hair ⬩ haired ⬩ cŏmātus
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Having hair, haired; cŏmātus Ða syndon gefeaxene swá frihteras they have hair as soothsayers have, Nar. 37, 1
ge-grówan
To grow ⬩ succrescere
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To grow; succrescere Ne gegréwþ hit ðǽr it will not grow there, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 27
Linked entry: ge-gréwþ
ge-hiérsum
Obedient ⬩ obĕdiens
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Obedient; obĕdiens Hie him alle gehiérsume dydon they made all obedient to him, Chr. 853; Erl. 68, 11
trog-hrycg
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a ridge where there is a trough of water (?) On troh*-*hrycg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 79, 17
wín-sæl
A wine-hall ⬩ a hall where there is feasting
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A wine-hall, a hall where there is feasting Wóriaþ ða wínsalo, Exon. Th. 291, 6; Wand. 78
Linked entry: sæl
ge-wit
wits ⬩ senses ⬩ [right] mind ⬩ mind ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ consciousness
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Se Hǽlend wódum monnum gewitt forgeaf the Saviour gave reason to the insane, Homl. Th. i. 480, 14: H. R. 105, 3: Andr. Kmbl. 69; An. 35: Bt. Met. Fox 26, 200; Met. 26, 100.
Linked entry: wit
gást
breath ⬩ spirit, ghost, principle of life ⬩ spirit ⬩ the immaterial part of man ⬩ a person ⬩ soul ⬩ an incorporeal thing ⬩ an incorporeal being, a spirit, ⬩ divine spirit ⬩ the soul of a deceased person
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Cf. similar use of soul Duru sóna onarn þurh handhrine háliges gástes (at the touch, of St. Andrew's hand ), An. 1002 : 1623. Gewít þú mid híwum on þæt hof (the ark) gangan, gásta werode, Gen. 1346.
HORS
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Ða hors óþbær it bore away the horses, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 20; Rä. 23, 10
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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king's hall, then was he thenceforth worthy of thane-right, L.
Linked entry: ciorl