a-byrgan
To taste ⬩ gustare
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Se wulf for Gode ne dorste ðæs hæfdes abyrian the wolf durst not, for God, taste the head, Homl. Brit. Mus. MSS. Cot. Julius, E. 7, fol. 203, Bibl. Bodl. MSS. Bodley 343
be-lisnian
To evirate ⬩ emasculate ⬩ castrate ⬩ castrare ⬩ belisnod ⬩ belistnod ⬩ emasculated ⬩ A eunuch
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Gl. 2; Som. 55, 53; Wrt. Voc. 16, 26. Grammar be-lisnian, Used as a noun A eunuch Belisnod spado, eunuchus Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 32.
CWALU
A quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction ⬩ nex, cædes, exitium
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A quelling with weapons, torment, a violent death, slaughter, destruction; nex, cædes, exitium Se cyning Eádwine mid árleásre cwale ofslegen wæs rex Æduini impia nece occisus, Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 32: 2, 12; S. 513, 9, 12, 16.
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dysegian
to be foolish, act foolishly, err ⬩ ineptīre, errāre ⬩ to talk foolishly, blaspheme ⬩ blasphĕmāre
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He dysegaþ, se ðe wile sǽd óþfæstan ðám dríum forum he does foolishly, who will sow seed in the dry furrows, 5, 2; Fox 10, 30. Ðæt ða dysegien that they are foolish, 24, 4; Fox 86, 9, MS. Bod. Ðæt hí on heortan hyge dysegedon hi errant corde, Ps.
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ECED
ACID, vinegar ⬩ acētum
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Se Hǽlend onféng ðæs ecedes the Saviour received the vinegar, Jn. Bos. 19, 30. Onféng ðe Hǽlend ðæt æced, Jn. Rush. War. 19, 30. Drync ecedes a drink of vinegar, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 13; Cri. 1439. Mid ecede with vinegar, Ps. Th. 68, 22.
freóls-dæg
A feast-day ⬩ festival-day ⬩ festus dies
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Gl. 56; Som. 67, 23; Wrt. Voc. 37, 13
fulluht-ere
A baptizer ⬩ the Baptist ⬩ baptista
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Sume secgeaþ Iohannem ðone Fulluhtere ălii dīcunt Joannem Baptistam, Mt. Bos. 16, 14: Mk. Bos. 8, 28
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húsel-gang
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Se ðe hit singþ æt his endedæge ðonne forstent hit him húselgang he who sings it at his last day, for him it shall stand instead of receiving the Eucharist, Lchdm. iii. 288, 16. Gearwige tó húslgange oft and gelóme gehwá hine sylfne, L.
ísen
Iron
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Gr. 5 ; Som. 4, 58. Seó gyrd wæs eal ísen the rod was all iron, Homl. Th. ii. 312, 17. Hig hyne on ánum ýsenum scrýne gebrohton on ðære byrig Damascus they brought him in an iron chest to the city of Damascus, St. And. 38, 8.
módig-ness
Pride ⬩ Highmindedness ⬩ magnanimity ⬩ greatness of mind which does not resent injury
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Se eahteoða heáfodleahter is módignyss (þe ehtuðe sunne is ihatan superbia, þet is on englisc modinesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 33), Homl. Th. ii. 218, 22. Flǽsces tóbryte módignesse carnis terat superbiam, Hymn. Surt. 9, 22.
morþ-dǽd
A deed which causes destruction ⬩ deadly sin ⬩ evil deed
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Ath. i. 6; Th. i. 202, 11. of the soul, deadly sin, evil deed Hé gewenede swá hine sylfne tó heora synlícum þeáwum and tó márum morþdǽdum mid ðam mánfullum flocce . . .
ge-fultuman
To help ⬩ assist ⬩ help to ⬩ supply
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He wæs godcundlíce gefultumad divinitus adjutus, Bd. 4, 24; S. 596, 41
ge-hreósan
To rush ⬩ fall ⬩ glide away ⬩ to fail ⬩ ruere ⬩ cadere ⬩ labi ⬩ deficere
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Swíðe oft se micla anweald ðara yfelena gehríst swíðe fǽrlíce very often the great power of the wicked falls very suddenly, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 8. Gehreósaþ labuntur, Exon. 95 a; Th. 354, 34; Reim. 55
ge-lýfed
One who believed, faithful ⬩ religiosus, fidus, fidelis
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Com se árwurþa Swíþhun to sumum gelýfedan smiþe on swefne the venerable Swithun came to a certain religious [lit. faithful] artisan in a dream, Glostr. Frag. 2, 5. Wæs sum cyning gelýfed swíðe on God there was a king firmly believing on God, Swt.
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ge-meltan
To melt, digest
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Ne gemealt him se módsefa his courage did not fail, 5249; B. 2628. On hyre bryne gemultan ealle ða anlícnessa togædere in its burning all the statues melted together, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 101, 21. Eorðe is gemolten liquefacta est terra, Ps. Th. 74, 3.
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geoc
a YOKE ⬩ jugum ⬩ a yoke of oxen ⬩ boum jugum, boves jugo juncti ⬩ conjux
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Spl. 2, 3. Utan aweorpan heora geocu of us projiciamus a nobis juga ipsorum, Ps. Th. 2, 3. a yoke of oxen; boum jugum, boves jugo juncti Se ceorl hæfþ óðres geoht [geoc: B. oxan] ahýrod the ceorl has hired another's yoke, L. In. 60; Th. i. 140, 8.
seód
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Skt. 12, 33. Seádo loculos , Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 6. Seódas, Blickl. Homl. 69, 11
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scrid
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Ðá héht se cásere gesponnan fiówer wildo hors tó scride and hine gebundenne in ðæt scrid ásetton . . . Hió gelǽddon ðæt scrid on heá dúne, Shrn. 71, 34. Heó wæs on gyldenum scryd, 156, 11. Screoda siex hun[dred]a six hundred chariots (cf.
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stípan
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Se feónd (Nero) his diórlingas duguþum stépte (cf. hé weorþode his deorlingas mid miclum welum, Bt. 28 ; Fox 100, 29) dabat improbus verendis patribus indecores curules, Met. 15, 8.
þrǽd
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Se gyldna ðrǽd bratea fila, ii. 89, 37: 12, 3. Þrǽd mé ( a coat of mail ) ne hlimmeþ, ne æt mé hrisil scríþeþ, Exou. Th. 417, 18; Rá. 36, 6. Cnyte mid ánum ðrǽde, Lchdm. i. 218, 20. Mid ánum reádum þrǽde, 100, 19. Mid wyllenan þrǽde, ii. 310, 22.