sige-hréðig
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Hig ne wéndon ðæt hé sigehréðig sécean cóme þeóden they did not expect that Beowulf would come triumphant (from his fight with Grendel's mother) and visit Hrothgar, Beo.
stán-clif
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Stáncleofu, Beo. Th. 5073; B. 2540
tǽlende
prone to blame, censorious ⬩ slanderous, backbiting
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(ptcpl.) prone to blame, censorious Ne beó hé tó tǽlende, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 17: Exon. Th. 305, 18; Fä. 90. Cf. Uton beorgan ús wið tǽlnysse and wið twysprǽcnysse caveamus nobis a vituperatione et a biloquio, L. Ecg.
swellan
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Sió wund ongon swelan and swellan, Beo. Th. 5419; B. 2713. Swellende blæddran vesicae turgentes, Ex 9, 9, 10. Wiþ ǽlcre yfelre swellendre wǽtan, Lchdm. ii. 6, 26. Swellende yfele swilas, 264, 12
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un-andgitfull
Not intelligent ⬩ without understanding
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Ben. 11, 16. Ðǽm unandgytfullum ( infirmis intellectibus ) ðæt gástlíce angyt is earfoþe tó understandenne, 66, 19
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ymener
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A book of hymns; hymnare, hymnarium Thǽr synd twá Cristes béc, and i. mæssebóc, and i. ymener, and i. salter, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 660, 32.
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bróc
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Ben. 90, 8. Dele ' acc. bréc, ' and add
ge-þegnsum
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Ben. 85, 6. Malchus se geþénsuma (cf. Malchus heora ðénigmann þá þénunga heom geornlíce þénode, 239), Hml. S. 23, 4. of things Géþénsume scúras coloni nimbi, i. manna pluviae famulantes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 28
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ge-árweorþian
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Ben. 141, 5. Add
ge-campian
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Ben. 9, 102, 15
gifol
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Add: liberal, munificent Ne beó gé óðrum monnum suá gifole (giofole, v. l.) ðæt hit weorðe eów selfum tó gesuince non ut aliis sit remissio, vobis autem tribulatio, vestra abundantia illorum inopiam suppleat Past. 325, 9.
hopp-scýte
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Substitute: <b>hop-scíte, hopp-scýte</b> a bed-curtain, and add Heó (Judith) nam ꝥ heáfod and his hopscýtan abstulit conopeum eius (cf. An. Ox. 7, 365 where conopeum, occurring in the story of Judith, is glossed by wáhreft.
lustbǽre
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Ben. 55, 17
sǽ-deór
A sea-beast
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Milton's 'that sea-beast Leviathan') Hine swencte on sunde sǽdeór monig, Beo. Th. 3025; B. 1510. Hé hét his ágene men hine sændan on ðone sǽ, and ða sǽdeór hine sóna forswulgon, Shrn. 54, 27. Hý mon wearp in sǽdeóra seáþ, 133, 11.
wine-mǽg
A loving kinsman
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A loving kinsman Him his winemágas georne hýrdon, Beo. Th. 131; B. 65: Byrht. Th. 140, 50; By. 306: Elen. Kmbl. 2029; El. 1016. Hé winemága lyt, freónda hæfde, Cd. Th. 158, 31; Gen. 2625. Winemǽga hryre, Exon. Th. 287, 1; Wand. 7: 184, 2; Gú. 1338.
on-hróp
importunate clamour, importunity ⬩ abusive language, reproach
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Ben. 81, 9. abusive language, reproach Hosp ł onhróp improperium, Ps. Lamb. 68, 20
snotorness
Prudence, wisdom, sagacity
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Salomon gesette þreó béc þurh his snoternesse Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 36
fúl
A foul, common or unconsecrated place ⬩ a highway where criminals were buried ⬩ lŏcus profānus
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A foul, common or unconsecrated place, a highway where criminals were buried; lŏcus profānus Sleá mon hine and on fúl lecge let him be slain and be laid in a common place, L. Eth. i. 4; Th. i. 284, 2.
rǽd-bana
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One who contrives a person's death, but is not the actual perpetrator Gif man secge ðæt hé wǽre dǽdbana oððe rǽdbana if he be said to be the actual perpetrator of homicide, or the deviser of it, L. Eth. ix. 23; Th. i. 344, 26. Cf.
BRECAN
to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; ⬩ frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpere ⬩ to press, force, urge; ⬩ urgere ⬩ to rush into ⬩ take ⬩ by storm ⬩ in locum irrumpere, expugnare, ⬩ erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere ⬩ to break ⬩ burst forth ⬩ make a noise ⬩ crash ⬩ to sail; ⬩ navigare ⬩ To retch; ⬩ screare
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Gif hwá his áþ brece, béte swá dómbóc tǽce if any one break his oath, let him make amends as the doom-book may teach, L. Ed. 8 ; Th. i. 164, 2. Ðæt ǽnig mon wǽre ne brǽce that any man should not break the compact, Beo. Th. 2205 ; B. 1100.