warian
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(or uncertain) To beware Warat cavet, Kent. Gl. 364. Wara cave, Germ. 393, 136. Warige (warnige, v. l. ) hé ðæt hit ná forealdige, L. Edg. C. 38; Th. ii. 252, 6. trans.
dreórig
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Þæt mé ne mótan þá dreórgan deófla mínne synna on stǽlan, Angl. xi. 100, 93. of things Seón cyning swylt dreórig (or ) fornam, Ps. Th. 135, 20. In þás dreórgan tíd, Gú. 1058. bloody, gory Wæter under stód dreórig and ge*-*dréfed. . . .
hálig-nes
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Th. 59, 5. religious worship, rites or practices Fram þám bisceope hiora hálignesse þe hí ǽr beeódan a pontifice sacrorum suorum, Bd. 2, 13 ; Sch. 167, 16
greát
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Voc. ii. 41, 67, 68. coarse of grain or texture Twéntig ambra ealoð, and tú hund greátes hláfes ( coarse bread ) and þridde smales, Cht. Th. 158, 25.
sprǽc
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B. i. 446, 13. add: a matter for speech or discussion Martinus . . . wolde for sumere neóde wið þone cásere spræcan . . . þá cóm Martinus eft embe ðá ylcan sprǽce tó þám cásere, Hml. S. 31, 659.
sár-líc
sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous ⬩ causing pain, grievous ⬩ sad, mournful
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gesǽlþa sóhtan nallas þurh ðæt án ðæt hí wilnodon ðæs líchomlícan deáþes ac eác manegra sárlícra wíta hié gewilnodon multos scimus beatitudinis fructum non morte solum, verum etiam doloribus suppliciisque quaesisse, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 36, 4. expressing sorrow or
húru
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Ne wæs þæt húru fracoðes gealga, Kr. 10: Gú. 741. to a wish or prayer, on (no) account Ne ofgif þú mé húru ne elonges a me, Ps. Th. 70, 11. Ne forgit húru gódra manna stefna, 73, 22.
stów
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The word remains either alone or in composition in place-names, e. g. Stow in Huntingdonshire, Stowe in Northamptonshire, Chepstow old ceáp-stów q. v. Stów locus, Wrt.
ge-læccan
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Hé wolde Wulnóð gelæccan cucene oððe deádne take him alive or dead, Chr. 1009; P. 138, note 9. Ósréd gelæht wæs and ofslagen, 792; P. 55, 29. Daniel se wítega wearð gelæht, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 38.
innan
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</b> as adverb. local, within, inside. in reference to a place or thing Gif hé þone oxan innan betýnan nolde, Ll. Th. i. 48, 31. Sió sunne ne mæg ealle gesceafta innan geondscínan, Bt. 41, l ; F. 244, 9.
slítan
To slit, tear, rend ⬩ to tear a garment ⬩ rend ⬩ to tear, split, rend, cleave, divide ⬩ to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, ⬩ to tear, bite ⬩ irritate ⬩ to tear ⬩ to destroy, waste, consume ⬩ to carp at, back-bite ⬩ to tear ⬩ attero ⬩ to tear, split ⬩ to tear, break ⬩ scindere, lacerare, laniare, lacessere, saevire, delere ⬩ to slit, tear, break
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Hé slát stán interrupit petram 77, 18. to tear, rend, as an animal does with the teeth or feet, a bird with its beak, etc. Similar entries v. slite II., slítung Fótum ic fére, foldan slíte Exon. Th. 393, 17; Rä 13, 1.
ge-síþ
A companion ⬩ fellow ⬩ companion or follower of a chief or king ⬩ socius ⬩ comes
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A companion, fellow, companion or follower of a chief or king; socius, comes Gif mon elþeódigne ofsleá gif he mǽgleás síe healf kynincg [áh] healf se gesíþ if one slay a foreigner, if he be kinless, half the king [has], half the companion, L.
swíþ
strong ⬩ producing a powerful effect ⬩ strong, violent (of wind, stream, etc.) ⬩ strong, not easily broken ⬩ right (hand, side, etc.) ⬩ the right hand, the right ⬩ strong, quick ⬩ quick, wise
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strong, of persons or personifications Metod mihtum swíð, Cd. Th. 233, 32; Dan. 284: Andr. Kmbl. 2415; An. 1209: Exon. Th. 45, 8; Cri. 716. Ðý læs hé for wlence, mon móde swíð, of gemete hweorfe, 294, 34; Crii. 25. Hwæt wæs ðé, sǽ swíþa?
sécan
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Ðá hé ðone cyningc sóhte when he visited the king, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 10. Sárge gé ne sóhton ye did not visit the afflicted, Exon. Th. 92, 19; Cri. 1511. Hig ðæs wyrðe wǽron ðæt Godes englas hig sóhton, L. E. I. 25; Th. ii. 422, 15.
herian
To praise
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Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 4: Blickl. Homl. 89, 31. Hergaþ, Cd. 192; Th. 239, 24; Dan. 375. Heó Drihten herede she praised the Lord, Blickl. Homl. 13, 4: Lk. Skt. 16, 8.
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slápan
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Th. 3, 4:, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 178, 24: Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 30: Shrn. 106, 23. Ðonne mon wile slápan gán, Lchdm. ii. 228, 5. ' Hé wæs slápende, Mk. Skt. 4, 38 : Homl. Th. i. 566, 17.
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un-eáðe
with difficulty ⬩ grievously ⬩ hardly ⬩ unwillingly ⬩ hardly ⬩ hardly ⬩ scarcely ⬩ only just
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C.) áweg cóman turpi macie exinanitos adflictosque pestilentia dimiserit, Ors. 3, 3; Swt. 102, 10. Ríc heofna uneáðe geðolas regnum caelorum vim patitur, Mt. Kmbl.
weorþ-líc
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Weorþlícne sige vere laudandum victoriam, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 140, 3. Ðæm folce ðe on clǽnum felda weorðlícne sige gefeohtaþ his, qui per fortitudinem in campo victores sunt Past. 33; Swt. 227, 25. Weorðlícne wæstm, Ps. Th. 131, 12.
wyrm
a reptile ⬩ serpent ⬩ a creeping insect ⬩ a worm
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Froxan ... swá fela ðæt man ne mihte nánne mete gegyrwan, ðæt ðara wyrma nǽre emfela ðæm mete ranae per omnia reptantes, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 36, 28. Wyrma þreát, dracan and næddran, Cd. Th. 285, 12; Sat. 336. Wyrma slite, Exon. Th. 77, 4; Cri. 1251.
for-déman
to condemn ⬩ to condemn ⬩ sentence to punishment ⬩ to confiscate ⬩ sequestrate ⬩ decide ⬩ determine
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Ealle þá þe fordémede wǽron ... hié hit eall forgeáfon, Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 35. Fordémendra dampnatorum, i. proscriptorum, An. Ox. 3479. in a spiritual sense: Sé þe mé forsyhð ... hé hæfð hwá him déman sceal.