þeód-fruma
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A prince of a people, a lord, ruler Ðæt hí þiówien swilcum þiódfruman (hláforde, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 29), Met. 29, 94. Cf. land-fruma
under-neoþemest
lowest
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Cf. sió eorðe is nioþor ðonne ǽnig óðru gesceaft, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 20), Met. 20, 135
Linked entries: neoþemest under-niþemæst
un-befohten
Unfought ⬩ unopposed
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Th. 133, 28; By. 57
Linked entry: be-feohtan
wlite-seón
A sight to gaze on ⬩ a spectacle
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A sight to gaze on, a spectacle; Wæs be feaxe on flet boren Grendles heáfod, and ðære idese mid, wliteseón wrǽtlíc. Beo. Th. 3304; B. 1650
ylpen-bǽnen
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Ylpenbánene eburna, Germ. 403, 19. v. elpen(d)-bǽnen (where these passages should be put)
Linked entries: elpend-bǽnen bǽnen
á-cígan
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Fram deáþes ðrescwalde wæs ácígende mortis limite revocans Bd. 5, 6; S. 618, 34. Tó giriord áceigido aron ad coenam vocati sunt Rtl. 70, 37. Add
eár-slege
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A blow that strikes off an ear Be eárslege. Gif him mon ásleá óðer eáre of, geselle .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte, Ll. Th. i. 92, 21
eást-portic
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An east porch or portico Þæt eástportic wæs on lenge twéntig fæðma be þæs temples wídnysse and wæs týn fæðma wíd, Hml. Th. ii. 578, 12
for-druncnian
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To be made drunk Forgange hé wín, ꝥ is ǽlces cynnes drinc þe man mæg foredruncnigan (potu quo quis inebriari possit), Ll. Th. ii. 134, 21
Linked entry: fore-druncnian
fór-þearlíce
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Substitute: <b>for-þearllíce, -þearlíce;</b> adv. Very sternly or severely Hé bið forþearlíce áworpen ipse reprobus invenietur, R. Ben. 11, 19
gearo-wyrde
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., loquela promtus ), sé þe ǽr wæs dumb, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 561, 2
Linked entry: -wyrde
ge-bén
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Dele Ben. Lye. and add: — Waciað . . . on gebedum, and gif seó cyrce bið geopenad þurh eówre gebéna, habbað hí eów siþþan ǽfre, Hml. S. 3, 331
ge-wesness
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Controversy, dissension Þá sóhte Colmanus tó þisse gewesnisse and þisse unsibbe lǽcedóm quaesiuit Colmanus huic dissensioni remedium, Bd. 4, 4 ; Sch. 369, 17. Cf. ge-wesan
syndrig
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Add Hé ǽnlýpig áwunode on syndrige (-re, v. l.) stówe fram þǽre cyrican in remotiore ab ecclesia loco solitarius manebat, Bd. 4, 30; Sch. 535, 14
unriht-wilnung
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Add: ambition Þætte nǽnig bisceopa hine óþrum forbere þurh unrihtwillnunge (unrihte willunge, v.l.) nullus episcoporum se praeferat alteri per ambitionem, Bd. 4, 5 ; Sch. 378, 18
eáþe
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add: (2 a) that may be easily moved to do something Munuc eáþe and hræd on hlehtre ( facilis ac promptus in risu ), R. Ben. 30, 9
wǽpen-strǽl
An arrow to be used as a weapon
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An arrow to be used as a weapon Synd mé manna bearn mihtigum tóðum wǽpenstrǽlas filii hominum dentes eorum arma et sagittae, Ps. Th. 56, 5
gagolbǽr-nes
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Sé ðe eall his mód bið áflogen tó gæglbǽrnesse qui totis cogitationibus ad lasciviam defluens, Past. 73, 11. Add
Linked entry: gagol-bǽre
gúþ-plega
War-play ⬩ battle
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Th. 133, 35; By. 61: Exon. 16a; Th. 36, 8; Cri. 573; Apstls. Kmbl. 43; Ap. 22: Andr. Kmbl. 2737; An. 1371
heáðu-sigel
The sun
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The sun [the prefix seems to be used from seeingthe sun rise or set over the sea], Exon. 126 b; Th. 486, 17; Rä. 72, 16