wirgþu
condemnation ⬩ curse ⬩ punishment ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ cursing ⬩ maledictio
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Ic hine wergðo on míne sette my curse shall be upon him, Cd. Th. 105, 19; Gen. 1755. Is Euan scyld eal forpynded, wærgða áworpen, Exon. Th. 7, 8; Cri. 98. evil, wickedness Ðé firina gehwylc feor ábúgeþ, wærgðo and gewinnes, Exon.
ád
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Hí hine tó ðǽm áde beran wyllað, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 27. Æt áde . . . bánfatu bærnan, Beo. 1114. Ád pyram, An. Ox. 2455. Ád hladan, Gen. 2901. Ád unwáclicne, helmum behongen, hildebordum, beorhtum byrnum, Beo. 3138.
hengen-wítnung
The punishment of imprisonment
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his life, let there be one of three things instead of his life, unless he obtain remission more favourably, wergild, perpetual thraldom, imprisonment, L.
in
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Preóst hine clǽnsie in his hálgum hrægle, Ll. Th. i. 40, 14. Þá hie in hyra gryregeatwum gangan cwómon, B. 324.
ymb-sirwan
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For ðæm sint tó manianne ða ðe lange ymbsieriaþ ðæt hí ongieten hú micel wíte hí sculun habban beforan ðǽm óðrum hoc ergo praecipitatione lapsis per consilium pereuntes differunt, quod, cum hi a statu justitiae peccando concidunt, plerumque simul et in
a-bredwian
To overthrow ⬩ slay? ⬩ kill? ⬩ prosternare? ⬩ occidere?
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Ðeáh ðe he his bróðor bearn abredwade [abradwade Th.] although he had overthrown [exiled? killed?] his brother's child, B. 2619
Linked entry: a-bradwian
full-georne
Full earnestly ⬩ very diligently ⬩ diligentissĭme
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Full earnestly, very diligently; diligentissĭme Ic míne earfeðu ealle fullgeorne fóre him sæcge I tell all my troubles very diligently before him, Ps. Th. 141, 2
hús-fæst
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Having a house, being a householder Ǽlc man húsfæst on his ówe land every man having a house on his own land, Chart. Th. 438, 5
ge-hola
A protector
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A protector Ðam ðe him lyt hafaþ leófra geholena to him who has for himself few dear protectors, Exon. 76 b; Th. 288, 15; Wand. 31
Linked entry: -hola
ge-lendan
To endow with land
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To endow with land Ða seofon mynstru he gelende mid his ǽgenum those seven monasteries he endowed with his own lands, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 29
Linked entry: ge-lent
un-befohten
Unfought ⬩ unopposed
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Unfought, unopposed Ðá wénde se here ... ðæt hié mehten faran unbefohtene ðǽr ðǽr hié wolden, Chr. 911; Erl. 100, 23: Byrht. Th. 133, 28; By. 57
Linked entry: be-feohtan
hwæg
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Gáthyrde gebyreð his heorde meolc ... and his dǽl hwǽges, Ll. Th. i. 438, 28
seldan
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Ðá reáferas geðenceað swíðe oft hú micel hié sellað, and swíðe seldun (-on, v. l. ) hé willað gemunan hú micel hié nimað, Past. 342, 15. Add
wæl-grǽdig
Greedy for the slain
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Greedy for the slain (an epithet of cannibals) Hæfdon hié áwriten wælgrǽdige wera endestæf, hwænne hié tó móse meteþearfendum weorðan sceoldon, Andr. Kmbl. 269; An. 135
Linked entry: wæl-gífre
bréme
Famously, notably, gloriously; ⬩ famose, solemniter, gloriose
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Famously, notably, gloriously; famose, solemniter, gloriose Is his miht ofer middangeard bréme gébledsod his might is gloriously blessed throughout the earth, Andr. Kmbl. 3434; An. 1721
Linked entry: brýmuste
rǽdels
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</b> the imaginative faculty :-- Hé (man) hine ongit þurh his rǽdelsan (imaginatio) synderlíce, þurh his gesceádwísnesse (ratio ) synderlíce, Bt. 41, 5; Fox 252, 19. a dark saying, enigma, riddle Rǽdels aenigma, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 1; Som. 8, 23.
snǽd
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Be ðám gráfe ðæt hit cymð in ðám snǽde; of ðám snǽde ðæt hit cymð in ðone norðran styfecinc in ðone swínhagan, iii. 18, 31-34. Tó stybban snáde ðǽr ðá twégen wegas tólicgað, vi. 26, 30. On timberhricges snád foreweardne, v. 71, 1.
cyst
choice, election ⬩ optio, electio ⬩ æstimatio ⬩ excellence, virtue, munificence, goodness ⬩ præstantia, virtus, largitas, bonitas
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For his micclan ciste of his great goodness, Ælfc. T. 9, 1
Linked entry: wyn
hǽtan
To heat, make hot
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Hit gelamp sume dæige ðæt ðæs swánes wíf hǽtte hire ofen and se king ðǽr big set it happened one day that the herdsman's wife heated her oven, and the king sat by, Shrn. 16, 15.
Linked entry: ge-hǽt
sundor-cræft
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Ðæt hý sundorcræfta sumne eác cunne that each have some craft of his own that he knows, L. I. P. 9; Th. ii. 314, 29.