þreax
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Se fótcops áwende wundorlíce tó þrexe and eall tó dúste þurh Drihtnes mihte, Hml. S. 35, 150. Add
un-áwendedlic
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Add: unmoved, immoveable Se stán wunode fæst and unáwendedlic (unwendedlic, v.l.) lapis immobilis mansit, Gr. D. 123, 3
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un-onwendedlic
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Add: immoveable Hé ealle niht staþpolfæst and unonwendedlic þurhwunode immobilis permansit, Gr. D. 112, II. See next word
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un-staþolfæstness
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Add: unsettledness Of sleacnesse byð ácenned . . . unstaðolfæstnes stówe and wórung of stówe tó stówe, Verc. Först. 177. 4
endebyrdlíce
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Endebyrdlíce secundum ordinem, Chrd. 45, 33: disposite, 47, 32. Wel and endebyrdlíce bene atque ornate, 57, 9. Add
wæter-burne
A stream of water
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A stream of water Ic ána sæt innan bearwe . . . ðǽr ða wæterburnan swégdon and urnon, Dóm. L. 3
hand-wyrst
The wrist
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The wrist Fæðm betwux elboga and handwyrste cubitum, Ælfc. Gl. 72; Som. 70, 125; Wrt. Voc. 43, 51
swát-swaþu
A bloody track
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A bloody track Wæs sió swátswaþu Sweóna and Geáta, wælrǽs wera, wíde gesýne, Beo. Th. 5884; B. 2946
twilíc-brocen
Woven of double thread and parti-coloured (?) or embroidered (?)
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Woven of double thread and parti-coloured (?) or embroidered (?) Hió becwið hyre twilíbrocenan cyrtel, Chart. Th. 537, 23
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þǽr-onuppan
Thereupon ⬩ thereon
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Thereupon, thereon Ða hǽþenan byrnende gléda streáwodon, and ðǽronuppan deófle offrodon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 35 : 13, 25
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Beormas
The Biarmians
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The Biarmians. - The Biarmians inhabited the country on the shores of the White Sea, north-west of the river Dwina. Alfred calls them Beormas. They were called Biarmians by Icelandic historians, and Permiaki by the Russians, and now Permians. In the Middle
FÝR
FIRE ⬩ a fire ⬩ hearth ⬩ ignis ⬩ fŏcus
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FIRE, a fire, hearth; ignis, fŏcus Búton he hæbbe swá scearp andget swá ðæt fýr unless he have an understanding as sharp as the fire, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 28. Fýr ignis, Wrt. Voc. 284, 11 : Mk. Bos. 9, 44, 46 : Ex. 22, 6 : Lev. 10, 2 : Ps. Spl. 49, 4.
scrín
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a chest, coffer, casket, box in which precious things are kept: — Scrín arca vel scrinium, Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 49 : capsella, 33, 62: arca, 80, 79. Ðæt hálige scrín the ark of the covenant. Homl. Th. ii. 214, 35: Jos. 4, 7. Godes scrín, 7, 6: Num. 14, 10
wlacu
Lukewarm ⬩ tepid
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Lukewarm, tepid Mid wlæcre tepida (lepida,MS.), Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 43. Grammar wlacu, in a physical sense Gedó ðæt sió wyrt wlacu (blacu, MS.) sý, and þyge hý, Lchdm. i. 80, 13. Wlece hyt, ðæt hyt wlæc beó, and habbe on hys múþe swá wlac, iii. 106, 2
ge-rím
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Add: number, measurement that determines how many Of geríme geteald (beón) laterculo dinumerari, An. Ox. 3227. Þa hig wǽron on gehríme scortum cum essent numero brevi, Ps. L. 104, 12. Heora tel oferstíhð sandceosles gerím, Hml. Th. i. 536, 35. gerímes
ge-défe
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Add: suitable, fitting, seemly Hé má lufedon dióra drohtað, swá hit gedéfe ne wæs, Met. 26, 92. Tó forðspównesse gedéfore heánesse ad profectum debiti culminis, Bd. 2, 4; Sch. 127, 5. Gedéfum gafule debita pensione, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 22. Gedéfum debitis
Constantīnus
Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
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Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor, A. D. 306-337. He is said to have been converted to Christianity, about 312, by the vision of a luminous cross in the sky, on which was the inscription ἐν τούτωι, νίκα by this, conquer. In 330 he removed the seat
tó-berstan
to burst asunder, ⬩ to break (intrans) in two, or in pieces, ⬩ be rent asunder ⬩ to break out in sores, ⬩ to break out
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to burst asunder, to break (intrans) in two, or in pieces, be rent asunder Ic tó-berste crepo, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 138, 5. Se heofon tóbyrst from ðæm eastdǽle óþ ðone westdǽl, Blickl. Homl. 93, 22. Tóbirsteþ, Exon. Th. 420, 7; Rä 39. 7. Se sceaft tóbærst
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LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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LONG, tall Hé sǽde ðæt ðæt land síe swíðe lang norþ ðonan he said that the land stretches thence far to the north, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 4. Se wudu is eástlang and westlang hundtwelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, measuring from east to west, is
hálig-dóm
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Add: holiness, sanctity. of human beings. Cf. hálig; <b>A. III, V</b> Háligdóm is fullneáh ásprungen and sóðfæstnes swýðe gelytlod defecit sanctum, diminutae sunt veritates, Ps. Th. II, l. Háligdómes sanctimonie (Christus, zelotypus sanctimoniae