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hand-smæll

(n.)
Grammar
hand-smæll, es; m.

A slap with the hand

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A slap with the hand Sealdon him hondsmællas dabant ei alapas, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 3

Linked entry: smæll

heáh-beorg

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-beorg, es; m.

A high mountaina high rocka high fell

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A high mountain Hé ðás heáhbeorgas healdeþ swylce et altitudines montium ipse conspicit, Ps. Th. 94, 4

Linked entry: heáh-torras

brengnes

(n.)
Grammar
brengnes, -ness, e; f.

An offering;

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An offering; oblatio Onsægednissa and brengnesse ðú nolde sacrificia et oblationem noluisti, Ps. Spl. T. 39, 9

bróðor-gefædred

(n.)

a brother by the same fatherfrater ex eodem patre ortus

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a brother by the same father; frater ex eodem patre ortus, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 19

bront

(adj.)

high, deep, steep, difficult

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Kmbl. 475; El. 238

ge-blissian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-blissian, part. -blissiende; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [ge-, blissian to rejoice] .

To rejoicebe gladlætārigaudēreTo maie to rejoicegladdenfill with blissblesslætĭficārebenedīcĕre

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Kmbl. 1749; El. 876: 2249; El. 1126. Ðá wæs Gúþláces gǽst geblissad then was Guthlac's spirit gladdened, Exon. 43 a; Th. 145, 14; Gú. 694: 56 a ; Th 198, 9; Ph. 7. Eálá! heofoncund prýnes, bráde geblissad geond brytenwongas oh!

geornlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
geornlíce, comp. -lícor; superl. -lícost; adv.

Earnestly, diligently, zealously, strenuously, carefully, willinglydīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, obnixe, sollĭcĭte, lĭbenter

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Kmbl. 2293; El. 1148: Salm. Kmbl. 169; Sal. 84. He geornlíce on gebede hleóþrede obnixius orātiōni incumbĕret, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 11: 3, 28; S. 560, 17. Hí bǽdon hyne geornlíce rŏgābant eum sollĭcĭte, Lk. Bos. 7, 4.

Linked entry: eornlíce

dareþ-lácende

(v.; part.)
Grammar
dareþ-lácende, deareþ-lácende; part. [daroþ, dareþ a dart, spear; lácende, part. of lácan to play]

Playing with a dart, dart-brandishing telo ludens

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Kmbl. 1298; El. 651. Deareþlácende stæðe wícedon the dart-players bivouacked on the shore, 73; El. 37

wlisp

(adj.)
Grammar
wlisp, wlips; adj.

Speaking inarticulatelylispingstutteringstammering

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Stamerum and wlipsum balbis et blaesis, Hpt. Gl. 478, 15: blessis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 42

matt

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Tó bedreáfe genihtsumige tó haebbenne meatte and hwítel and bedfelt and heáfodbolster stramenta lectorum sufficiant matta et sagum, lena et capitula, R. Ben. 90, 15.

forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, forhtigan, forhtigean, forhtegean; to forhtianne; part. forhtiende, forhtigende; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [forht affrighted, and the terminations -an, -anne, -gan] .

To be afraid or frightenedtremblepăvēretrĕmĕretrĕpĭdāreformīdāreTo fearbe frightened atdreadtĭmēre

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Ðǽr hig forhtodon mid ege illic trĕpĭdāvērunt tĭmōre, Ps. Lamb. 52, 6. He bæd ðæt ne forhtedon ná he bade that they should not be afraid, Byrht. Th. 132, 25; By. 21.

Linked entries: frohtian ge-frohtian

ǽtren-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽtren-mód, adj.

Venom-mindedmalitiosus

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Ex. 163

Linked entry: átren-mód

burg-sittend

(n.)
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Kmbl. 552; El. 276

feber-ádl

(n.)
Grammar
feber-ádl, e; f.

A fever-diseasefeverfebris

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A fever-disease, fever; febris Forleórt ða of feberádlum dimīsit eam febris, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 8, 15

hríðer-heord

(n.)
Grammar
hríðer-heord, e; f.
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A herd of cattle Eówre sceáp and eówer hrýðerheorda oves tuæ et amenta tua, Gen. 45, 10

Linked entry: HEORD

lár-smiþ

(n.)
Grammar
lár-smiþ, es; m.

a counsellor

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Kmbl. 406; El. 203. Lársmeoþas, Andr. Kmbl. 2441; An. 1221

ge-treówfullíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-treówfullíce, adv.

Faithfullyconfidentlyfīdūciālĭter

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Faithfully, confidently; fīdūciālĭter Ge-treówfullíce ic déme on ðam fīdūciālĭter ăgam in eo, Ps. Spl. 11, 6

ge-sæt

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-sæt, pl. -sǽton

sat, sat down,

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Kmbl. 1732; El. 868; p. of ge-sittan

þeód-cwén

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-cwén, e; f.
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Kmbl. 2310; El. 1156. v. next word

þurh-bitter

(adj.)
Grammar
þurh-bitter, adj.

Very bitterexasperating

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Very bitter, exasperating Þweor mǽgþ and tyrwiende ł þurhbitter generatio prava et exasperans, Ps. Lamb. 77, 8