hreów-lic
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Add: exciting pity, lamentable Him tó hreówlic þúhte ꝥ man swá geongne man cwealde . . . swá hé geáxod hæfde þe man gehwǽr dyde, Ll. Th. i. 240, 25. suffering distress, hapless, miserable Hreówlice calamitosum (uulgus ), An. Ox. 4868
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mis-rǽdan
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Add: To misread a riddle, give a wrong answer to, misinterpret Swá hwilc man swá mínne rǽdels riht árǽde, onfó sé mýnre dohtor tó wífe, and sé ðe hine misrǽde, sý hé beheáfdod, Ap. Th. 3, II
un-þancol
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For hwan wǽrðu swá unþancul þínre onlýsnesse ? . . . Tó hwan eart ðú mé swá unþancul mínra góda and mínra gifa ?, Nap. 66. v. un-geþancfull
Sodome
The people of Sodom
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The people of Sodom Hí lǽrdon hira synna swá swá Sodome dydon . . . Gif Sodome hira synna hǽlen Past. 55; Swt. 427, 28. Sodoma lande (eorðe Sodominga, Rush.) Mt. Kmbl. 10, 15. On Sodomum (Sodomingum, Rush.) 11, 23
tó-dreósan
To fall to pieces, ⬩ fall away, ⬩ decay
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To fall to pieces, fall away, decay Ðæt goldgeweorc eall tódreás, swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre, Shrn. 156, 15. He schal todreosen so lef on bouh, Misc. 94, 48. Alle þe bones beoþ todrore, 152, 182
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lamb
A lamb
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Swá swá lamb sicut agni, Ps. Spl. 113, 4. Swá sceóne lambru, Ps. Th. 113, 4, 6. Lambra, Ps. Spl. 113, 6. Mid lamba rysle cum adipe agnorum, Deut. 32, 14. Abram gesette seofon lamb on sundron statuit Abram septem agnas seorsum, Gen. 21, 28.
heáh
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17. of mental operations Þú hyt séest hwílum swá heá, hwílum swá deópe.
man
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Þæt man drince swá swá him ne derede, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 36 : Past. 189, 9. Swá swá scyp brincð man ofer sǽ; syððan hé tó lande cymð, þonne forlǽt hé ꝥ scyp, Solil.
þeótan
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Hwílum hí ðuton eall swá wulfas, Shrn. 52, 29: Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 36. Sume hí tó wulfum wurdon ... hió þióton ongunnon, Met. 26, 80. Ðeótende swá swá wolf, Homl. Th. i. 374, 9.
móna
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Add Swá hwǽr swá þe móna byð feówertýne nihta eald, Lch. iii. 244, 11
astíðian
To become hard ⬩ dry ⬩ dry up ⬩ wither ⬩ indurare ⬩ arescere
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To become hard, dry, dry up, wither; indurare, arescere Astíðude swá swá tigle miht mín my strength dried up as a tile, Ps. Spl. 21, 14. Hit astiðaþ and drugaþ induret et arescat, 89, 6
steóre
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swá beón nelle swá ic beboden hæbbe and on úrum gewritum stent, L. Ath. v. 11; Th. i. 240, 17
wertacen
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Ióhannis sóðum wordum wíslíce and wærlíce swá se wertacen (a later rendering of the passage has swa se wyrhte cann, 476, 66, as if the word = werhta cann), Engl. Stud. viii. 478, 75
blǽc-ern
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Þǽra eágan scínað nihtes swá leóhte swá blǽcern (lucernae), Nar. 34, 14. Blǽcernum lichinis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 75. Add:
wer-hád
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Ðæt hí heora clǽnnesse healdan be heora háde, swá werhádes swá wífhádes, swá hwæðer swá hit sý, L. Edm. E. 1; Th. i. 244, 11
be-irfeweardian
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Þí lǽs hé ús beyrfewerdige (-weard-, v. l. ), swá swá fæder déþ his bearn, R. Ben. l, 16
un-gebyrded
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Unpolluted, uncorrupted Wæs geméted se líchama swá gesund and swá ungebyrded (-geonbyrded, v.l.) swylce him nǽfre ne gehrine ǽniges írenes snide sanum atque intemeratum corpus inventum est, ac si nulla hoc incisio ferri tetigisset, Gr. D. 199, 4
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assa
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.: onagri) býð ákende, þá habbað swá micle hornas swá oxan, Nar. 34, 15
EFES
Eaves of a house, a brim, brink, edge, side ⬩ margo, lătus
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Bí swá hwaðerre efese [MS. efes] on whichever side, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 13
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mægen-strengþu
Great strength ⬩ power
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Ic siges mihte and mægenstrengþe swá micele eów sille ðæt gé eów tó gamene feónda áfillaþ swá fela swá gé reccaþ I will give you so great victorious might and power, that it shall be sport to you to slay as many foes as you can count, Wulfst. 132, 19