wilwan
to roll ⬩ fig. ⬩ to join ⬩ compound ⬩ compose
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Hé hí swá nacode hét wylian on ðam fýre. Homl. Skt. i. 8, 170. fig. Sibb áflýmð saca, anda tógædre wilaþ hí pax effugat discordias, inuidia copulat eas, Scint. II, 8. Hé hine sylfne betweox ðises andweardan middangeardes (wǽlum?)
dún
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Þǽm gelícost þe ic sitte on heáre dúne and geseó on sméðum felda fela fýra byrnan quasi de specula montis adspectans, nihil in magno campi spatio praeter innumeros focos cernam, 3, 11; S. 142, 14.
of-þyncan
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<b>II a</b> :-- Ðonne hé hit eft ofman, ðonne ofðyncð him ðæs ilcan ðe hé ǽr forbær, and bið eft onǽled mid ðý fýre ðæs sáres, Past. 225, 19.
teart
Tart, sharp (of pain, punishment, etc.) ⬩ severe; acer, asper
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Ús ðincþ swíðe teart wíte ðæt án úre fingra on fýr becume, Homl. Th. ii. 590, 32. Ðæt hé ne ðurfe becuman tó ðam teartum bryne, 592, 17. Hé álýsþ mé fram teartum worde ( a uerbo aspero ), Ps. Lamb. 90, 3. Beó him gesǽd ða teartan wítu, Homl.
here-beácen
a war-signal ⬩ a beacon ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a lighthouse
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Similar entries Cf. fýr-tor Herebeac[n] farus, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 2: 41, 45. Herebécn heál cum sǽnesse forus in edito promontorio, An. Ox. 575. Herebeacn, 1701
hægel
hail ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon rune RUNE = h, the name of which letter is hægl
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hail Fýr, forst, hægel and gefeallen snáw ignis, glacies, grando, nix, Ps. Th. 148, 8. Hægl, Exon. 56 b; Th. 201, 22; Ph. 60. Cymeþ hægles scúr a shower of hail cometh, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 13; Gen. 808.
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seóþan
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Ðú mé sude mid ðam fýre monegra earfoþa swá swá gold igne me examinasti, Ps. Th. 16, 3. to subject to great pain, to afflict grievously Mé elþeódige searonet seóþaþ me barbarian snares afflict (?), Andr. Kmbl. 127; An. 64.
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BEORNAN
To BURN ⬩ be on fire ⬩ ardere ⬩ exardere ⬩ comburi ⬩ To BURN ⬩ urere ⬩ comburere
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To BURN; urere, comburere Swá fýr wudu byrneþ sicut ignis comburit silvas Ps. Th. 82, 10
strúdan
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Strúd-ende fýr, Cd. Th. 154. 15 ; Gen. 2556
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yfemest
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Ðæt fýr is yfemest ofer eallum ðissum woruldgesceaftum, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 38: Met. 20, 84. Yfmest, 24, 20. Saturnus yfemest wandraþ ofer eallum óðrum steorrum, 24, 23.
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feolan
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Þæt fýr fiólan ne mæg eft æt his éðle (cf. ne mæg cuman tó his earde, Bt. 33, 4; F. 130, 32), Met. 20, 154
hǽðen-scipe
Heathenism, paganism
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Hǽðenscipe biþ ðæt man ídola weorðige ðæt is ðæt man weorðige hǽðene godas and sunnan oððe mónan fýr oððe flód wæter-wyllas oððe stánas we earnestly forbid all heathenism : heathenism is to worship idols, that is to worship heathen gods, and sun or moon
án-dæge
For one day ⬩ lasting a day ⬩ diurnus ⬩ unius diei
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Sǽ-weall astáh, uplang gestód án-dægne fyrst the sea-wall arose, [and] stood erect one day's space, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 9; Exod. 304. Ðe hire ándæges eágum starede who daily gazed on her with his eyes, Beo. Th. 3874; B. 1935
bryne
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</b> a conflagration, fire :-- Tó miclum bryne sceal wæter unlytel, gif man þæt fýr sceal tó áhte ácwæncan, Wlfst. 157, 8.
swá
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D. 308, 20. 1. add: with clause contracted Þa Walas flugon þá Englan swá fýr (swá man flúcð fýr, v. l. ). Chr. 473 ; P. 14, 5. 2. Add Hé cwæð swá seó ilce wíse þá manigum men cúþ wæs be his sage aiebat sicut tunc res eadem multis innotuit, Gr.
brastlian
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Fýren líg bláweð and braslad reád and réðe ignea sonitus perfundet flamma feroces, Dóm. L. 151 : Wlfst. 138, 8. Bærstlaþ crepuerit. Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 12. Brastlade crepuit, i. sonuit, 136, 71.
sacan
to fight, strive, contend ⬩ to disagree, ⬩ to wrangle ⬩ to bring a suit ⬩ to accuse, blame ⬩ to refuse, deny.
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Gód sceal wið yfele, líf sceal wið deáþe, leóht sceal wið þýstrum, fyrd wið fyrde, feónd wið óðrum, láð wið láðe ymb land sacan, Menol. Fox 568; Gn. C. 53. Sceal fǽge sweltan and dógra gehwam ymb gedálsacan middangeardes, Exon. Th. 335, 4; Gn.
þrǽstan
to twist ⬩ writhe ⬩ roll about ⬩ to torture ⬩ torment ⬩ harass ⬩ plague ⬩ afflict ⬩ to press ⬩ constrain
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Hé misenlícum styrenessum ongan his limu ðrǽstan diversis motibus coepit membra torquere, 3, 11; S. 536, 15. to torture, torment, harass, plague, afflict Ǽnne of ðám mannum ðe hí on ðam fýre bærndon anð ðrǽston unum de eis quos in ignibus torrebant,
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hátian
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Cf. hát; Úre líchama oft of ðám fýre hatað ðe him on wunað, Hex. 22, 24. of the effects of strong feeling, to be excited, troubled, &c., cf. hát; I Mín gást mé hátað spiritus meus aestuat Först. Verc. 137, 10.
wíc-stów
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Ðá hét ic ða fyrd wícian; wæs seó wícstów on lengo xxes furlonga long, Nar. 4, 15. Hé of ðære wícstówe áfór, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 13. Bútan ðære wícstówe extra castra, Lev. 4, 21: 8, 17: Num. 11, 32: 12, 15; Ex. 33, 11. Bútan híra wícstówe, 33, 7.