lettan
hinder ⬩ impede ⬩ delay
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Gyf ðonne ðissa þreóra þinga ǽnig hwylcne man lette, ðæt hine tó ðam fæstene ne onhagie if any of these three things hinder any man, so that the fast be inconvenient to him, Wulfst. 285, 4.
Linked entry: ge-lettan
lóh-sceaft
A bolt ⬩ bar
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Gaderode mé kigelas and stuþan sceaftas and lóhsceaftas, Shrn. 163, 6
Linked entry: sceaft-lóha
reóc
Fierce, savage
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Fierce, savage [Grendel] grim and grǽdig, reóc and réðe, Beo. Th. 244;B. 122
un-gecyndelíce
Unnaturally
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Unnaturally And sǽ hé déð beón ungemetlíce and ungecyndelíce swíþe ástyrode, Wulfst. 196, 3
ofer-welig
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Exceedingly rich Ðá forlegeran and þá godwracan and þá ofe[r]welgan, Nap. 50
clústor-cleófa
A prison-chamber, cell ⬩ carceris cubiculum
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A prison-chamber, cell; carceris cubiculum On clústorcleófan in the prison-chamber, Andr. Kmbl. 2041; An. 1023
hyge-blíðe
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Glad at heart, Andr. Kmbl. 3378; An. 1693: Exon. 107 a; Th. 408, 31; Rä. 27, 20
lár-smiþ
a counsellor
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Lársmeoþas, Andr. Kmbl. 2441; An. 1221
magu-rǽdend
One who advises men
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Andrew ) mód oncyrran, Andr. Kmbl. 2920; An. 1463
sinc-gifu
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A gift of treasure, costly gift Ðú golde eart, sinc*-*gife sýlla, Andr. Kmbl. 3016 ; An. 1511
un-tweód
Not inspired with doubt ⬩ unwavering
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Not inspired with doubt, unwavering Hé hæfde him on innan ellen untweódne, Andr. Kmbl. 2485; An. 1244
Linked entry: tweógan
galdor
a song, poem. ⬩ an incantation, a charm. ⬩ the sound
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Cf. galan, (l a) Sié þæs gemyndig sé ðe lufige þisses galdres begang, þæt hé geóce mé fricle, Hpt. 33, 73, 14. an incantation, a charm. Cf. galan, (1 b) Deóflices galdres necromantiae, i. demonum invocationis An. Ox. 1927 : 2021.
pínian
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To torment, torture Ðá píneden hié hiene mid ðæm ðæt hié his hand forbærndon, ánne finger and ánne, Ors. 2, 3; Swt. 68, 22. Pínedon excruciabant, 6, 11 ; Swt. 266, 15.
bletsung
benediction
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Maria bróhte eallum geleáffullum bletsunga and éce hǽlo, Bl. H. 5, 30
hwettan
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Z. 167, l. to sharpen the edge of an imple-ment (lit. or fig.) Se lǽce hýt his seax and hwete (hwæt, v. l. ), Past. 166, 6. Þá undeádlican wyrmas hwettað hyra téð tó þon ꝥ hig. . . úrne líchoman slítan, Ll. Th. ii. 396, 6.
torfian
to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; ⬩ to throw. ⬩ to throw at an object, ⬩ strike with a missile, ⬩ to stone a person ⬩ to throw, ⬩ cast,
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In the first instance to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; so Icel. has tyrfa með grjóti ok með torfi, and Swed. tyrva med stenom.
Linked entries: a-torfian ge-torfian
stille
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Wǽte þicce and stille, Lchdm. ii. 138, 13. of sound, silent Ðeáh ðú stille sý and unrót though thou be silent and sad, Ap. Th. 15, 17. Se fæder hit gemǽnde stille pater rem tacitus considerabat, Gen. 37, 11.
hreód-bedd
A reed-bed
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Heó ásette hyne on ánum hreódbedde be ðæs flódes ófre exposuit eum in carecto ripæ fluminis, Ex. 2, 3. Ðeós wyrt biþ cenned on dícon and on hreódbeddon this plant [lion-foot] is produced in dikes and reed-beds, Herb. 8, 1; Lchdm. i. 98, 13
brim-nesen
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Gen. 1341) and gesundne síð settan mósten if they came safe from the sea, and might make a prosperous passage, El. 1004. and substitute
elpend
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On horsum and on, múlum and on olfendum and on elpendum equis et mulis et elephantis et camelis, Nar. 9, 15. Add