éhtend
A persecutor ⬩ persĕcūtor
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Ic his éhtendas ealle geflýme I will put all his persecutors to flight, Ps. Th. 88, 20
éstfulnes
Fulness of liberality, devotion, zeal ⬩ dēvōtio
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Fulness of liberality, devotion, zeal; dēvōtio Hí leorniaþ mid fulre éstfulnesse ða sóðan gód to sécanne they learn to seek the true good with full devotion, Past. 58, 1; Hat. MS.
mál-dæg
An agreement ⬩ covenant ⬩ settlement ⬩ a day on which terms are fixed ⬩ a day when the dowry was settled
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Ger. mahal-tag dies sponsionis) a day when the dowry was settled Ic an míne wífe al þe þing þe ic haue on Norfolke so ic hire gaf tó mund and to máldage, Chart. Th. 574, 1
mann-bryne
A fire in which men lose their lives
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[Thorpe with previous translators renders the word by fever; Earle would read mánbryne = destructive fire. If mánbryne be taken perhaps an incendiary fire is meant.]
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ge-lác
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In An. 1904 the word seems used in the sense of the compound lind-gelác, the guards having died in conflict with St.
ge-gyrnan
To desire ⬩ seek ⬩ desīdĕrāre ⬩ pĕtĕre
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To desire, seek; desīdĕrāre, pĕtĕre Ic friþ wille æt Gode gegyrnan I will desire peace from God, Exon. 36 a; Th. 117, 24; Gú. 229.
strange
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Ðeáh ðe ðæt wíte heardor and strangor dón sý cum districtius agitur, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 12. strongly, violently Seó sǽ strange geondstyred on staþu beáteþ, Met. 6, 15; . Soul Kmbl. 89; Seel. 45
un-gelimplíc
Unseasonable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate
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Wé oft ongytaþ ðæt áríseþ þeód wiþ þeóde and ungelimplíco gefeoht ( unhappy wars ) on wólícum dǽdum, Blickl. Homl. 107, 28
ange
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Anxiously, painfully, with anxiety Blind sceal his eágna þolian . . . þæt him biþ sár in his móde, onge þonne hé hit ána wát, Gn. Ex. 42. Þú eart bitere ætfæsted, ænge and yfele, Ps. Th. 136, 8
fild-denu
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a valley with a flat bottom(?) Andlang bróces on fildena wyllan, C. D. iii. 15, 30. Of hlǽwe on fildena weg; andlang weges on ðone ealdan ford, 289, 3. Ondlong longan hylles on fildena weg; ðonan on holan dene, 400, 15.
for-legis
an adulteress ⬩ a prostitute
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Eówer nebb sint swǽ scamleáse swǽ ðára wífa ðe bióð forelegissa, 206, 9. Forlegesum prostitutis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 87, 23. Forlísum, An. Ox. 8, 324. Add:
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forst
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Se mere wæs mid forste oferþeaht, and se winterlica wind wan mid þám forste, Hml. S. ii. 143. hoarfrost, rime In forste in pruina, Ps. Srt. 77, 47
ge-mettan
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One that eats with another, a guest, and add Maximus gelaðede for oft þone árwurðan wer . . . ꝥ hé wǽre his gemetta; þá forhæfde hé hine ǽfre fram his gebeórscipe, cwæð ꝥ hé ne mihte his gemetta beón þe ánne cásere ofslóh and óþerne áflýmde, Hml.
regolian
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to draw lines with a ruler Regoles tácen is ꝥ þú wecge þíne hand and strýce mid þínum scytefingre andlang þínre wynstran handa, swylce þú regolige, Tech. ii. 122, 10.
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wǽdl
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</b> with gen. describing kind of wane :--- Add
scenn
A plate of metal on the handle of a sword
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(Worsaae, Primeval Antiquities, pp. 29, 49, notes that the handles of some of the early swords were covered with plates of gold. v. hilt) Waes on ðǽmscennum scíran goldes þurh rúnstafas rihte gemearcod, hwam ðæt sweord geworht ǽrest wǽre, Beo.
ofer-flédan
to overflood, overflow, inundate, cover with water
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to overflood, overflow, inundate, cover with water Seó eá Nilus oferflétt (-fléd, MS. M.: -flét, MSS. P.
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holm-þracu
The violence of the sea, ⬩ the tossing of the waves, the ocean,
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Ðú geworhtest heofon and eorþan and holmþræce thou didst make heaven and earth and the sea with its tossing waves. Elen. Kmbl. 1453; El. 728; Exon. 17b; Th. 42, 25; Cri. 678: 57b; Th. 205, 19; Ph. 115
tiriaca
A medicine, ⬩ properly an antidote for poison,
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Voc. i. 20, 20 Tyriaca is gód drenc wiþ eallum innoðtýdernessum, and se man se ðe hine swá begǽþ swá hit hér on segþ, ðonne mæg hé him miclum gehelpan . . . Nime áne lylte snǽd ðæs tyriacan, Lchdm. ii. 288, 23-290, 3
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spynge
A sponge
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A sponge Elpendes hýd wile drincan wǽtan gelíce and spynge déþ (tanquam spongia), Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 230, 27. Hí bewundon áne spyngan (spingan, MS. B.) mid ysopo, Jn. Skt. 19, 29 MS. A. Spingan, Mk. Skt. 15, 36. Spincgan, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 32.
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