róf
Valiant ⬩ stout ⬩ strong
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Ðæt wǽron mǽre men (rófe rincas, Andr. Kmbl. 17; An. 9. Rincas wǽron rófe, randas wǽron forþ fromlíce, Cd. Th. 19, 4; Gen. 2049. Ic on morgen gefrægn módes rófan hebban herebýman, 183, 28; Exod. 98
þrym-fæst
Glorious ⬩ majestic ⬩ illustrious ⬩ mighty
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Se brego mǽra, þeóden þrymfæst ( Christ ), 29, 3; Cri. 457: Andr. Kmbl. 645; An. 323. in other connections Eorl unforcúð ... þeóden þrymfæst, Andr. Kmbl. 957; Au. 479. Þrymfæst þeóden ( Noah ), Cd. Th. 200, 27; Exod. 263.
earming
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S. 3, 382. with idea of contempt, a poor thing Gé sind earmingas gewordene, gé ðe wǽron mǽre and strange, Hml. Th. i. 64, 24. ¶ The word seems to occur in local names :-- Þrý hámas . . . þus gehátene . . . Earmingaford, C. D. iii. 60, 34.
eást-ern
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Se wer ( Job ) wæs swíðe mǽre betwux eallum Eásternum, Hml. Th. ii. 446, 15. marking direction of the wind, east, from the east Feówer heáfodwindas synd: se fyrmesta is eásterne wind, Lch. iii. 274, 13: Gen. 315
hlid
fence ⬩ a gate ⬩ door
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Hí gemétton áne mǽre þrúh . . . and ꝥ hlid (hlyd, v.l.) ðǽr tó gelimplíce geféged, 20, 82. Þrýh hlid sarcophagi tumbam, i. tumulum An. Ox. 3970. Ðonne þú cuppan wylle . . .
breóst-cearu
the heart, mind ⬩ care ⬩ The care of the heart, anxiety, grief, sorrow ⬩ ægritudo, mæror
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Grammar breóst-cearu, [breóst the heart, mind, cearu care] The care of the heart, anxiety, grief, sorrow; ægritudo, mæror Ic bitre breóst-ceare gebiden hæbbe I have suffered bitter grief, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 7; Seef. 4: 115 b; Th. 444, 9; Kl. 44
ge-regne
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Nú þá geréno and se reáda telg wíde (beóð) mǽre, Rä. 27, 15 (v. Jn. p. 188;, 4 infra). Ðǽre hálegestan hálignesse gimmas on ðǽm gerénum ðæs biscepes gierelan sanctuarii lapides in ornamento Pontificis, Past. 135, 12.
heófan
To lament ⬩ grieve ⬩ wail ⬩ mourn
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Álegdon ðá tó middes mǽrne þeóden hæleþ hiófende hláford leófne warriors lamenting laid down in their midst the great prince, the lord beloved, Beo. Th. 6275; B. 3142
land-begenga
husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ a native
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a cultivator of land, husbandman, farmer Se mǽra landbegenga [londbegengea, MS. Cott.] magnus colonus, Past. 40, 3; Swt. 293, 2.
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gnornan
To grieve ⬩ mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ mœrere
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Ic cúþlíce wát for hwon ðú gnornast scio certissime quare mæres, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 42. Gnornaþ he grieves, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 14; Seef. 92: 51 a; Th. 178, 6; Gú. 1240.
DEÓFOL
DEVIL ⬩ diabŏlus
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Ðonne wite he ðæt God gesceóp, to mǽran engle, ðone ðe nú is deófol; ac God ne gesceóp hine ná to deófle; ac ðá ðá he wæs mid ealle fordón and forscyldgod þurh ða miclan upahefednysse and wiðerweardnysse, ðá wearþ he to deófle awend, se ðe ǽr wæs mǽre
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on-timber
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Salomon árǽrde þæt mǽre hús of eorðlicum antimbre, ii. 580, 11: Wlfst. 279, 25. Sume (some adjectives) synd . . . of óðrurn antimbre, ferrum ísen, ferreus ísen, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 15, 9. Beó his calic of clǽnum antimbre geworht, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 22.
martyr
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For Agnes ðingunga þínes mǽran martyres, Hml. S. 7, 322.
út-fær
A going out ⬩ egress ⬩ exit
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Ðæt wé symle ðone mǽran gylt forfleón þurh útfære ðæs læssan, Homl. Th. i. 484, 8. Ðeáh heó nán útfær ne gemét, 4 10, 10. On útfærum heora in egressibus suis, Ps. Lamb. 143, 13
tó-foran
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add: marking relation Seó lǽs is tóforan eallum mannum gemǽne the pasture is open to all, C.D. iii. 419, 21. add Swá micele swá se heofenlica cyning is mǽrra and furðor tóforan ðám eorðlican cininge, swá micele mára bið ðín wurðmynt tóforan ðám woruldlican
scop
A poet
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Omerus wæs ðæm mǽran sceope (Virgil) magistra betst. Met. 30, 4. Gecuron him ánne scop tó cyninge ... se heora cyning ongan singan and giddian, Ors. 1, 14; Swt. 56, 29. Unweorþe scopas tragedi vel comedi, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 39.
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ge-bytlu
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Ic hire beád gymmas ... and mǽre gebytlu, Hml. S. 8, 36. Ic árǽre þá getimbrunge ꝥ hire hróf oferstíhð ealle gebytlu, 36, 72. Miht þú mé árǽran on Rómánisce wísan cynelice gebytlu?, 92. Hé hylt ealle þá gebytlu ðǽre gelaðunge, Hml.
hálsung
Supplication, beseeching, entreaty, adjuration, exorcising, exorcism, augury, greeting ⬩ supplication ⬩ omen, auspicium ⬩ greeting
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Micel is seó hálsung and mǽre is seó hálgung ðe deófla áfyrsaþ great is the exorcising and greater is the hallowing that drives away devils, L. C. E ; Th. i. 360, 28. Hálsung exorcismus, Mone Gl. 414.
brǽþ
odour ⬩ exhalation
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Mǽre brǽð þǽr stanc, swá ꝥ ꝥ wíf wundrode þæs wynsuman brǽþes, and cwæð ꝥ heó nǽfre ǽr náht swilces ne gestunce. Hml. S. 4, 347. Se brǽð on heora nosðyrlum ne áteorode, Hml. Th. ii. 98, 9. Se wynsuma brǽð beláf, 548, 7, 3.
ge-edstaþelian
to re-establish ⬩ to restore to well-being. ⬩ of things, to repair, make sound again ⬩ to restore, renew what has been exhausted, to rebuild a ruin ⬩ to repeat, establish for a second time
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Hé ( Antichrist ) geedstaðelað níwe tempel þǽr þǽr Salamon hæfde ǽr árǽred þæt mǽre tempel, Wlfst. 195, 4
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