cwelman
To torture, torment, destroy, kill ⬩ trucidare, cruciare
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He wæs ðæt folc cwilmende he tortured the people, Ors. 1, 12 ; Bos. 36, 25. He eorþ-cyningas yrmde and cwelmde he oppressed and slew the kings of the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 9, 94; Met. 9, 47.
hú-meta
How ⬩ quomodo
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Ðú sǽdest ðæt ðú ne mihte witan húmeta hé his weólde oððe hú hé his weólde you said that you could not see in what manner or by what means he governed it [the world ]; quibus gubernaculis mundus regatur, Bt. 35, 2; Fox 156, 25
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for-sceamian
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Be his synnum forsceamigean de peccatis propriis erubescere, Scint. 40, 9. with clause Hé forscamað ꝥ [hé] hit ánan men andette, Angl. xii. 513, 29. Eall þæt hé forsceamode þæt hé ǽnigum men gecýdde, Wlfst. 138, 1. with infin.
ge-tǽse
An advantage; ⬩ commodum
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advantage when ye were both in the body and thou hadst every good and he had every evil; he cannot now do more for thy advantage than thou wouldest then do for his, Shrn. 202, 31-4.
for-weorpan
to throw away ⬩ to throw out ⬩ cast out
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Ꝥte ðone diówl hé forwurpe ( eiceret ), Mk. L. R. 7, 26
a-hládan
To draw out ⬩ draw forth ⬩ exhaurire ⬩ educere
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He of hæfte ahlód folces unrím he drew forth from captivity numberless people, Exon. 16a; Th. 35, 34; Cri. 568
cínu
A chink, fissure ⬩ rima, fissura
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Gemétte he ðæt fæt swá gehál ðæt ðǽr nán cínu on næs gesewen he found the vessel so whole that there was no chink seen in it, Homl. Th. ii. 154, 22
cyric-sang
A church-song ⬩ ecclesiasticum carmen
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He wæs on cyric-songe se gelǽredesta qui cantandi in eeclesia erat peritissimus, 2, 20; S. 522, 25
feorm-fultum
Food-support ⬩ purveyance ⬩ victus auxĭlium ⬩ commeātus ⬩ prōcūrātio
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Food-support, purveyance; victus auxĭlium, commeātus, prōcūrātio Ðæt him nán man ne þearf to feormfultume nán þingc syllan, bútan he sylf wille that no man need give him anything as purveyance, unless he himself be willing, L. C.
fleswian
To mutter ⬩ whisper ⬩ susurrāre
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To mutter, whisper; susurrāre Mid ðý he ðá geswippre múþe líccetende ǽrend rehte [MS. wrehte] and leáse fleswede when he then told a feigned message with his crafty mouth, and falsely whispered; cum sĭmŭlātam lēgātiōnem ōre astūto volvĕret, Bd. 2, 9;
Franc-ríce
The kingdom of the Franks ⬩ Francōrum regnum
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The kingdom of the Franks; Francōrum regnum He hæfde ǽrendo sum to Breotone cyningum of Francríce he had an errand to the kings of Britain against the kingdom of the Franks, Bd. 4, 1; S. 565, 1, MS. B: Chr. 1060; Erl. 193, 32
eád-nes
Happiness, prosperity ⬩ beatĭtūdo
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Ongan he wurþigan eádnysse and hýrsumnysse he began to esteem happiness and obedience, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 18, 16
ge-bridlian
To bridle ⬩ restrain ⬩ frēnāre
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To bridle, restrain; frēnāre He ða gesceafta nú gebridlod [MS. gebridlode] hæfþ he has now bridled the creatures, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 32. Ðæt hí hira mód gebridligen that they bridle their mind, Past. 33, 1; Swt. 215, 7; Hat. MS. 41 a, 8
ge-onbyrdan
To bear against, strive against, resist
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To bear against, strive against, resist Gif he on ðone geonbyrde ðe hine slóg if he strove against him who slew him, L. In. 76; Th. i. 150, 18: L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 13: L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 11
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un-clǽnlíce
Impurely
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Impurely Swá hwilc man swá Godes weorc clǽnlíce wirceþ, hé bið écelíce gehealden. Se ðe hit unclǽnlíce wyrceþ, hé bið áwyrged intó helle, Homl. Ass. 168, 121.
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be-rǽsan
attack
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Add: to rush upon, attack Hé him on berǽsde irruit super eos, Gen. 14, 15. to rush into (extremes) Berǽst hé on ungemetlice cuéminge inordinate ad mollitiem rapitur, Past. 143, 6.
fǽran
to terrify
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Add: to terrify Ðæt hé swá egesige ðá ofermódan ðæt hé ðá eáðmódan tó swíðe ne fǽre (ut timidis non augeatur metus), Past. 453, 19. [v. N. E. D. fear, vb.] to take by surprise, seize quickly (?) Uulfes férende lupi rapaces, Mt. L. 7, 15
for-dician
To barricade
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To barricade, block up a path Hé wilnað ðæt hé ús ðone weg fordíkige (-dícige, v. l.), ðæt wé ne mægen ástígan iter ascensionis abscidit, Past. 361, 4.
rǽding-grád
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Þonne hé þæder geclypod cume . . . ætforan þám bisceope and þám preósthírede, þonne ástrecce hé hine on eorðan ætforan þám rǽdinggráde (ante absidam). Cf. absidam grece sedem episcopalem; ante absida, ante sedem episcope, Ld. Gl.
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scirpan
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Þá þá hé wæs eallinga eft scyrped vestitus, 343, 19. to equip for a journey Hé hine hám wel scyrpan wolde, Bd. 5, 19; Sch. 659, 25