FALS
FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit ⬩ falsum
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Hwí tíhþ úre hláford us swá micles falses why doth our lord accuse us of so great a fraud? Gen. 44, 7
mægen-cræft
Main force ⬩ great power or might ⬩ mighty power
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Main force, great power or might, mighty power Mægencræft ðe him meotud engla forgiefen hæfde the power which the Lord of angels had given him, Exon. 49 a; Th. 170, 1; Gú. 1105.
þel
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Þeáh man gesette án brád ísen þell ofer ðæs fýres hróf ... and þeáh man mid ðám hameron beóte on ðæt ísene þell, Wulfst. 147, 2-7.
wrigels
a covering ⬩ a garment ⬩ veil
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Be ðý wyrgelse ofer Cristes nesðyrlum, Anglia xi. 173, 9. Ðú hí onwendest swá man wrigels (operlorium) déð. Ps. Th. Surt. 101, 23. Hé his wrigels geopenode. Homl. Ass. 196, 56
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ge-leórnes
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Giliórnise hiora exitus illorum 86, 16. the anniversary of a person's death On ðone nygeðan dæg ðæs mónðes bið Sc̃e Pegean geleórnes, Shrn. 48, 38: 51, 28: 52 15, and often
leornere
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Wæs se Hálga Gást áhafen ofer þá Godes leorneras, Bl. H. 135, 3. a reader, student Lá, þú leornere o Lector, Guth. Gr. 101, 22; 102, 29.
un-bindan
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Þus ðú hine meaht of þǽre untrumnesse unbindan, Lch. i. 98, 14-22
á-blinnan
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Áblunnan desierant 26, 6. of persons, absolute, to cease, leave off, stop Ic áblinne cessam, i. desistam Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 5. Tó hwan áblinnest ðú? Bl. H. 189, 2. Ne áblinð non cessabit Kent. Gl. 799: 961.
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bodian
to declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ to preach ⬩ a person ⬩ a doctrine ⬩ belief
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Ben. 22, 17 note. of religious or moral teaching, to preach, a person Scyppend ealra gesceafta, þone ic bodige, Bl. H. 187, 9. a doctrine, belief, & c. Manige men þá godcundan láre gehýrað, and him mon þá oft bodaþ and sægþ, Bl. H. 57, 19.
ge-sleán
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And geslóg án of ðǽm esne aldormonnes ' si percutimus in gladio.' Et percussit unus ex illis seruum principis, Lk. L. 22, 49, 50. Hé geslóg breóst his, 18, 13. Mið ðý gislóg síde Petres, Rtl. 58, 7.
tóþ
A tooth ⬩ tusk
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Gif hé tóð of ásleá, Ex. 21, 27. Tóð for tóð, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 18. Téð dentes, tóða flǽsc gingivae, ða eahta forworden téð betwux tuxum adversi dentes, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 29-34.
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tácn
A token, sign ⬩ a sign, significant form ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a token, a credential ⬩ a sign, monument ⬩ a sign of the Zodiac ⬩ a sign, distinguishing mark (lit. or fig.) ⬩ a sign to attract attention, a signal ⬩ a sign of anything future, a prognostic ⬩ a sign, an action that conveys a meaning ⬩ a sign, indication, mark which shews condition or state ⬩ </b> as a medical term, a symptom ⬩ a sign, symbol, emblem ⬩ a sign which shews the truth or reality of anything, proof, demonstration, evidence ⬩ a supernatural sign, miracle, prodigy ⬩ a signal event, remarkable circumstance
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Fugles tácen the symbolical character of the phenix, Exon. Th. 232, 22; Ph. 510.
hyð
Advantage ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ benefit
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Ða ðe for lirum hwílwendlícra hyðða heófiaþ those who mourn for losses of temporary advantages, i. 550, 29. On earmra manna hyððum for the advantage of poor men, L. I. P. 19 ; Th. ii. 328, 11.
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norþe-weard
Northward ⬩ north
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Ðonne is tóemnes ðæm lande súþeweardum Sweóland, óþ ðæt land norþeweard; and tóemnes ðæm lande norþeweardum Cwéna land alongside the south of the country (Norway), up to its northern part, lies Sweden; and alongside its northern part the country of the
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pæll
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Mid háligdóme of ðæs Hǽlendes róde and of Marian reáfe and of Michaheles pelle, Homl. Skt. i. 6, 73. Volosianus ðone pæll ástrehte ðe Dryhtnes andwlytan on wæs befealden, St. And. 46, 13. iiii. pellas, and iiii. cuppan, Chart. Th. 519, 23.
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blót-mónaþ
November, the month of sacrifice, so called because at this season the heathen Saxons made a provision for winter, and offered in sacrifice many of the animals they then killed. In an account of the Saxon months, it is thus described
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[blót a sacrifice, mónaþ month] November, the month of sacrifice, so called because at this season the heathen Saxons made a provision for winter, and offered in sacrifice many of the animals they then killed.
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scipe
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[Hi nolleþ paye þet hi ssolle, and hi ofhealdeþ þe ssepes of ham þet doþ hare niedes, Ayenb. 39, 5 (the word occurs several times in this work). Withholdyng or abrigging of the schipe or the hyre or the wages of servauntes, Chauc. Persones T.
be-smítan
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Voc. ii. 61, 63. of the action of a person Ic mín fǽmnhád besmát, Hml. S. 23b, 328. þúwoldest þone besmítan þe þú nánwiht yfles on nystest. Bl. H. 85, 36.
for-swelgan
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Ben. 51, 6. denoting destructive action. of material agents Blódig regn and fýren fundiaþ þás eorþan tó forswylgenne and tó forbærnenne, Bl. H. 93, 4. of non-material agenes Se deáð hý forswylcð on écnesse mors depascet eos, Ps. Th. 48, 13.
hetol
malignant ⬩ ferocious ⬩ severe
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S. 29, 166. of appearance, having a malicious expression, that shows ill-will Se níðfulla wer wyrð geswutelod ðurh his hátheortnysse on hetolum andwlitan, Hex. 46, 31. of an animal, ferocious, Similar entries v. hetolness; II.
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