fremfulnes
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Th. 9, 25, Hé behét þám þe hine funden micelne wurðscipe and fremfulnesse, Hml. S. 30, 229. usefulness, beneficial operation
strand
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Seó sǽ getácnað þás andwerdan woruld, and þæt strand getácnode ðá écan staðolfæstnysse þæs tówerdan lífes, Hml Th. ii. 288, 27-31. Seó landfyrd cóm ufenon and trymedon hig be ðám strande, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 18.
Deniscan
The Danish men, the Danes ⬩ Dānĭci viri, Dāni
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D. 835, Ecgbryht, king of the West Saxons, routed both the Welsh and the Danes, Chr. 835; Th. 116, 13-23, col. 1, 2.
fyrmest
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Man sealde Godwine his eorldóm swá full and swá forð swá hé fyrmest áhte they gave Godwin his earldom with all the rights and powers that he had ever possessed, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 30
for-dón
to do for ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre ⬩ dēlēre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ to seduce ⬩ defile ⬩ corrupt ⬩ sedūcĕre ⬩ scĕlĕrāre
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Ðǽr wæs cirm micel, fordénera gedræg there was a great noise, a tumult of the defiled, Andr. Kmbl. 85; An. 43. Seóðeþ swearta lég synne on fordónum the swart flame of sin shall seethe on the corrupted, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 2; Cri. 995. [O.
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heard-heort
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Jóseph wearð áhred swá ꝥ þá heardheortan (the Jews) his næfdon nán þing, Hml. A. 79, 173. Þá unstillan and þá heardheortan abbud sceal þreágean indisciplinatos et inquietos debet arguere, R. Ben. 13, 12
wín-burh
a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, ⬩ a chief town ⬩ a walled vineyard
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Th. 79, 12
a-getan
To seize ⬩ take away ⬩ destroy ⬩ corripere ⬩ eripere ⬩ delere
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To seize, take away, destroy; corripere, eripere, delere Sumne sceal gár agetan the spear shall take one away, Exon. 87a; Th. 328, 11; Vy. 16: Andr. Grm. 1144: Exon. 127b; Th. 491, 3; Rä. 80, 8.
a-solcennys
Idleness ⬩ sloth ⬩ slothfulness ⬩ sluggishness ⬩ laziness ⬩ ignavia ⬩ desidia ⬩ pigritia
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Se sixta heáfodleáhter is asolcennyss the sixth chief sin is slothfulness, 218, 22. Þurh úre asolcennysse through our sluggishness, Th. Diplm. A. D. 970; 240, 12: Homl. Th. i. 602, 8
niht
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H. 127, 35. as a division or period of time Ǽr þan ðe þæs dæges lenge oferstíge þá niht, Lch. iii. 256, 13.
wiþer-weard
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Hié wurdon him selfum wiðerwearde þęt hié hit ǽfre ongunnon, and Scribanianus ofslógon they became opposed to themselves, that they had ever attempted it, and slew Scribonianus ; exercitus conversus in poenitentiam, Scribonianum interfecit, Ors. 6,
slíþen
Cruel, hard, evil
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On ða slíþnan tíd at that dread hour (of death) 161, 27; Gú. 965. In ða slíþnan tíd in the evil days of the present life 316, 22; Mód. 52
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ge-niðle
Enmity, hate, fierceness
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Enmity, hate, fierceness Fram hungres geníðlan from the fierceness of hunger, Elen. Kmbl. 1398; El. 701: 1216; El. 610. Ic onféng feonda geníðlan I received the hate of foes, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 15; Cri. 1440
andet-nes
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Wé byddaþ þé ꝥ þú sylle andetnysse Gode, Nic. 10, 28. Mid andetnessum eallra þǽra mǽrða, Hml. S. 25, 505. Add
riht-wirþe
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Fultuma mé þæt ic simle þone rǽd árædige ðe þé lícwyrðe sí, and mé for þám lýfum best and rihtwyrðost sí, Solil. H. 13, 25
bet-líc
Good-like, excellent ⬩ eximius
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Good-like, excellent; eximius Bold wæs betlíc the mansion was excellent, Beo. Th. 3854; B. 1925. Betlícast, Exon. 8 b; Th. 5, 7; Cri. 66
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ge-scyldru
The shoulders
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The shoulders Me on gescyldrum on my shoulders, Exon. 111 b; Th. 428, 4; Rä. 41, 103: 125 b; Th. 483, 17; Rä. 69, 4
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út-hleáp
The fine for allowing a culprit to escape
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The fine for allowing a culprit to escape (cf. L. In. 36; Th. i. 124, 14) Úðleáp, Chart. Th. 411, 30: 359, 3 (printed -leaw)
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glíwian
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An. 1110); on mé glíwedon wrǽtlic weorc smiða me then a man enclosed between sheltering boards, stretched a covering of skin, went on to adorn me with gold; on me played the fair work of smiths (referring to the sound made by the metal ornaments and clasps
dreórig
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Th. i. 60, 15: 62, 28. Dreórge, Jul. 482. Dǽle man frófer þám dreórigum, Wlfst. 74, 5.