sceaþan
To scathe, hurt, harm, injure
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Ðæt éce níþ ældum scód, 346, 5; Gn. Ex. 200. Ús hearde sceód freólecu fǽmne ( Eve ), Cd. Th. 61, 15; Gen. 997: 245, 17; Dan. 464. Sió hæleþum sceód ( punished? ), Elen. Kmbl. 1415; El. 709. Him ða cwyðe frécne scódon, Cd. Th. 96, 20; Gen. 1597.
tó-gán
to go in two different directions, ⬩ to part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to be sundered, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go in many different directions, ⬩ to disperse, ⬩ go away
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Engl. Stud. xi. 65, 23. Hé slóh mid ánre gyrde on ða sǽ, and heó tóeode on twá, Wulfst. 293, 15: Homl. Th. ii. 194, 19. Seó eá on emtwá tóeode, 212, 22. Ðá tóeodon ða stánas, and geopenode ðæt get, H.
wearn
A multitude, a great number or quantity, a great deal
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Fol oft mon wearnum (or from wearn; f.) tíhð eargne ðæt hé elne forleóse full often the coward is freely (or with difficulty) accused of losing his courage, Exon. Th. 345, 13; Gn. Ex. 187
Linked entries: un-wearnum wirn worn
Cnut
Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035
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D. 1037 Erl. 167, 1
wáwa
Woe ⬩ misery
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Woe, misery On dære wǽron áwritene heófunga and leóð and wáwa (scriptae erant in eo lamentationes et carmen et uae) . . . se wáwa getácnaþ ðone écan wáwan, ðe ða habbaþ on hellewíte, ðe nú God forseób, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Zup. 279, 1-8.
Linked entry: weá
hádian
To ordain
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To ordain Tó ðan ðet hé hine hádian sceolde in order that he might ordain him, Chr. 1048; Erl. 177, 20. Léton hig hádian tó bisceopum they got themselves ordained bishops, 1053, Erl. 188, 14.
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fird
A force ⬩ army ⬩ expedition ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio
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A force, army, expedition; exercĭtus, expĕdītio Ne mehte seó fird hie ná hindan offaran the force could not overtake them, Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 7: 895; Erl. 93, 22: 905; Erl. 98, 19.
liðs-
a sailor
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a sailor Ða liðsmenn [the Danes], Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 14. Litsmanna, 1047; Erl. 175, 11
ælf-ádl
Elf-disease ⬩ ephialtæ morbus
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Elf-disease; ephialtæ morbus Wið ælfádle against elf-disease, L. M. 3, 62; Lchdm, ii. 344, 20
ege-nys
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Substitute: <b>eg-ness</b> (eg- ? cf. égan), e; f. Fear Egnesse formidinem
a-gangan
To go or pass by or over ⬩ to happen ⬩ befal ⬩ præterire ⬩ evenire
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To go or pass by or over, to happen, befal; præterire, evenire Ðá wæs agangen, geára hwyrftum, tú hund and þreó there were passed, in the circuits of years, two hundred and three, Elen. Kmbl. 1; El. 1: Chr. 974; Th. 224, 33; Edg. 10.
Linked entry: a-gongen
cýpan
To sell ⬩ vendere
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Gáþ to ðám cýpendum and bycgaþ eów ele ite ad vendentes et emite vobis oleum, Mt. Bos. 25, 9: Gen. 47, 20
deóp-líce
DEEPLY, profoundly, thoroughly ⬩ profunde, subtīlĭter
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Ðe deóplícost Dryhtnes gerýno reccan cúðon who most profoundly could relate the Lord's mysteries, Elen. Kmbl. 559: El. 280
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miscian
To mix ⬩ to mix in due proportion
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To mix, to mix in due proportion Hé of ðæm heán hrófe hit eall gesihþ and ðonan miscaþ and metgaþ ǽlcum be his gewyrhtum qui, cum ex alta providentiae specula respicit, quid unicuique conveniat, agnoscit, et, quod convenire novit, accommodat, Bt. 39,
ge-eácnian
To increase ⬩ conceive ⬩ become pregnant ⬩ augēri ⬩ concipĕre ⬩ augēre
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To increase, conceive, become pregnant; augēri, concipĕre, augēre Ic hine bletsige and geeácnige benedīcam ei et augēbo eum, Gen. 17, 20. Efnenú geeácnode unrihtwísnesse ecce partŭri injustĭtia, Ps. Lamb. 7, 15.
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ge-heaðorian
To restrain ⬩ control ⬩ compress ⬩ cohĭbēre ⬩ coartāre ⬩ coangustāre
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He eft semninga swíge gewyrþeþ, in nédcleofan nearwe geheaðrod it [the wind] again suddenly becomes silent, narrowly compressed in its close bed, Elen. Kmbl. 2550; El. 1276
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wérigian
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M. 78, 22), eall ðæt is of untrumnysse ðæs gecyndes esurire, sitire, aestuare, algere, lassescere, ex infirmitate naturae est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 15. Ðá ongan his hors semnninga wérian (wérgian, Bd.
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ge-hnǽgan
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Ic eom gesǽged and gehnǽged and swíðe geeáðméd incurvatus sum et humiliatns sum usquequaque, Ps. Th. 37, 8. Hiora ríce wæs gehnǽged inclinata sunt regna, 45, 5. Fleáh fǽgegást, folc wæs geh[n]ǽged, Exod. 169
hring
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hring, denoting sound may be inferred from the compounds bel-, nón-hring, it is hardly with this meaning that the word occurs in the phrase wópes hring; for the epithet blát (An. 1281) is not applicable to sound, and the parallel phrase, hát heáfodwylm (El
leáf
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Þonne hé hæfð Drihtnes leáfe, 10, 67. what is right as being permitted [Mennisc]lice léfe fas humanum (contra jus divinum et fas humanum Ald. 72, 32), An. Ox. 5070