hearh
A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara
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Cwæþ ðæt his hergas hýrran wǽron and mihtigran mannum tó friðe ðonne Israéla éce drihten he said that his idols were greater and more mighty for the protection of men than the eternal Lord of the Israelites, Cd. 210; Th. 260, 25; Dan. 715.
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MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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MAIN, might, strength, force, power, vigour, efficacy, virtue, faculty, ability Úrum líchoman cymþ eall his mægen of ðam mete ðe wé þicgaþ all its strength comes to our body from the food that we take, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 34.
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sendan
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Hé úsic sendeþ ðæt wé sóðfæstra mód oncyrren, Exon. Th. 261, 34; Jul. 325. Ða twegen leorningcnihtas ðe Crist sende æfter ðam assan, Homl. Th. i. 206, 23. Ðá sendon hí him hyra leorningcnihtas tó, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 16.
be-swícan
to decoy ⬩ ensnare ⬩ beguile ⬩ to betray ⬩ to defraud ⬩ supplant ⬩ to circumvent ⬩ to seduce ⬩ mislead
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Cnut gewende him út, and wearð þet earme folc þus beswican þurh hine, 1014; P. 145, 22
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ge-yppan
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Hit þurh ǽnne þeówne mon geypped wearð existente quadam ancilla indice Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 31. Eall heora sprǽc wearð geypped and gewýdmærsod, Nic. 8, 25
scrífan
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Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽlc preósta scrífe and dǽdbóte tǽce ðam ðe him andette, L. Edg. C. 65; Th. ii. 258, 9. Ofer ealle ða scíre ðe hé (scrift) on scrífe, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 314, 5.
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ge-writ
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Bringað hý Gode on gewrite ealle þæt wé gedóð, Wlfst. 233, 7. Hí þurh ǽrendrakan and þurh gewrite atíwdon hwí hí ðǽr beón ne mihton, Chr. 1074; P. 204, 6.
Dorn-sǽte
Inhabitants or men of Dorsetshire, people of Dorsetshire in a body, DORSETSHIRE ⬩ Dorsetenses, Dorsetia
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Hí up eódon into Dorsǽton [Dorsǽtan, Th. 247, 19] they went up into Dorsetshire, 998; Th. 246, 19: Cod. Dipl. 1302 ; A. D. 1006; Kmbl. vi. 155, 6: 1334; A. D. 1046; Kmbl. vi. 195, 31. On Dorsǽtan in Dorsetshire, Cod.
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líhtan
To shine ⬩ lighten
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Wedercondel (the sun) wearm weorodum lýhteþ, 58 b; Th. 210, 18; Ph. 187. Ne hér dæg lýhteþ day shines not here, Cd. 215; Th. 271, 14; Sat. 105. Líhte auroresceret, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 54. Ðá dæg lýhte at dawn, 180; Th. 225, 23; Dan. 158: Andr.
reáfere
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Ueriatus wæs micel þeófmon and on ðære stalunge hé wearð reáfere Viriathus latro, primum infestando vias, deinde vastando provincias, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 216, 8.
BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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An old military weapon, with a hooked point, and an edge on the back, as well as within the curve, a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion.
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searu-cræft
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Swíðe forsyngod þurh swicdómas and þurh searacræftas, 164, 3. art, skill, cunning, a cunning art (in a good sense, v. next word) Wuldres ealdor gesweotula þurh searocræft ðín sylfes weorc, Exon. Th. 1, 16; Cri. 9.
slídan
To slide ⬩ slip ⬩ fall ⬩ to slide ⬩ glide ⬩ to make a mistake ⬩ to fail ⬩ err ⬩ to fall ⬩ into an unhappy condition ⬩ to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ perishable
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Þer on geð him one in one sliddrie weie, he slit & falleþ sone ; and ter monie goð togederes, . . . gif eni uoð on uorte sliden, be oðer breideð hine up er þen he allunge ualle, A. R. 252, 10-12. Mony folk slod to helle H.
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þeahtian
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Weras þeahtedon, Elen. Kmbl. 1091; El. 547. Hí þeahtedon ongén hine, hú hí hine fordón mihton consilium faciebant aduersus eum, quomodo eum perderent, Mk. Skt. 3, 6. Hí ðeahtodon embe ðæra apostola forwyrd, Homl. Th. i. 572, 30.
tweónung
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Went nú moncyn on tweónunga men will be in doubt, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 18. Hí búton ǽlcere tweónunge sceolon on écnesse forwurðan, Homl. Ass. 145, 37. Bútan twýnunge absque ambiguitate, Ælfc. Gr. 272, 13: sine dubitatione, R. Ben.
wrenc
a trick ⬩ artifice ⬩ wile ⬩ stratagem ⬩ a stratagem ⬩ a modulation of the voice
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Tó fela manna wearð mid þyllícan wrencan þurh deofol forlǽred, Wulfst. 54, 12. Tógeánes ðæs deófles wrencum, 198, 12.
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cíle
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And þec ceolas weorðian, forst and snáw, winterbiter weder, Az. 103. v. céle, cýle (l. cele, cyle) in Dict. and at cýle dele foreign forms in bracket
dugan
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and add: subj, prs. dyge, duge. absolute Biþ se wela þý wyrsa, gif sé ne deáh þe hine áh, Bt. 27, 2; F. 98, 15. Gif þú hunig tó dést, ꝥ deáh. Lch. ii. 30, 22. Ne dohte hit nú lange inne ne úte, ac wæs here and hunger, Wlfst. 159, 7.
ge-wítnian
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Gode ic hæbbe ábolgen; for þon ic þus bittre wearð gewítnad, Hy. 4, 79. Þá þe gewítnode beóð for hiora scyldum, Ps. Th. 44, 16: Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 6. <b>I b.</b> </b> with noun Wommum gewítnad, B. 3073.
hoh-full
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Hé ðá swíðe hohful wearð and feól tó his fótum flówendum teárum (cf. provolutus ejus pedibus fusis cum gemitu lacrimis. Vit. Cuth. c. 28), Hml. Th. ii. 152, 10. Nelle þú leng beón hohful be þínre déhter. Hml.