wíg-cræft
war-craft ⬩ military skill ⬩ a warlike art ⬩ a warlike engine ⬩ warlike force ⬩ military power
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Mid scotum, ge mid stána torfungum, ge mid eallum heora wígcræftum vis magna telorum 3, 9 ; Swt. 134, 16. Wígcræftum machinis Wrt.
on-hildan
to lean, incline, recline, bend down ⬩ with the idea of favourable disposition towards a person or thing, to incline ⬩ to bow, bend ⬩ to turn from the right course ⬩ to cause to sink ⬩ To decline, deviate, incline, sink
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Onhelded wið ðæs gecyndes, Met. 13, ll. with the idea of subjection, to bow, bend Mid hwelcum monnum mágon gé onheldon eówra feónda swyrbán, Shrn. 86, 22. to turn from the right course Hié onhældon in ðé yfel declinaverunt in te mala Ps.
ge-þungen
Grown ⬩ thriven ⬩ advanced [morally ⬩ mentally ⬩ etc.] ⬩ excellent ⬩ pious ⬩ noble ⬩ perfect
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Sum ǽfast mann and geþungen veracem ac religiosum hominem, 3, 19; S. 549, 24. Sum geþungen and gedéfe sacerd sacerdos quietus, Nar. 37, 25. Mód geþungen mens sobria, Ps. Stev. ii. 202, 7.
Linked entry: ge-þingan
be-fleón
To flee ⬩ flee away ⬩ escape ⬩ fugere ⬩ effugere ⬩ evitare
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Hwider mæg ic ðínne andwlitan befleón a facie tua quo fugiam? Ps. Th. 138, 5 : 61, 6. Nó ðæt ýðe byþ to befleónne it is not easy to flee from that, Beo. Th. 2010; B. 1003
Linked entry: bi-fleón
fór-word
A fore-word ⬩ stipulation ⬩ agreement ⬩ præcautio ⬩ pactum
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Ðis synd ða fórword ðe Æðelréd cyng and ealle his witan wið ðone here gedón habbaþ these are the agreements which king Æthelred and all his counsellors have made with the army, L. Eth. ii. prm; Th. i. 284, 6
hell-waru
The body of inhabitants in hell
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The body of inhabitants in hell On ðam mycelan dóme ðǽr heofonwaru and eorþwaru and helwaru beóþ ealle gesomnode in magno judicio ubi cælicolæ et terricolæ et inferi omnes congregabuntur, L. Ecg.
Linked entry: hell-ware
seonu-bend
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A bond made of sinews (?) Siððan hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende (Grein would read -benne, which is more in accordance with the story in the Edda, that Völund had the sinews of the knees cut: v.
syn-grin
the toil ⬩ snare which a sin constitutes
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Ðonne mæg se biscop ðæs mannes syngrina ( the toils of sin in which he is involved ) þurh Godes þafunge ðe swýðor gelíðian, Wulfst. 155, 26
þweora
Crossness ⬩ peevishness
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I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 33) and yflum wordum gehealdan debet os suum a malo vel pravo eloquio custodire, R. Ben. 18, 7
Linked entry: þweorh
un-bleoh
Not coloured ⬩ clear ⬩ bright ⬩ splendid
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Hwæt mæg beón heardes hér on lífe wið ðam ðú móte gemang ðam werode eardian unbleoh on écnesse (but there is no corresponding word in the Latin, which is: Quid durum saeclo consetur in isto, utque illas inter liceat habitare cohortes?), Dóm. L. 302
fird-tiber
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A sacrifice made when military operations were to be undertaken (?) Hostia, proprie fyrdtimber (-tiber ?)
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frætwung
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Hwá mæg ðǽre heofenan freatewunge ásecgan?, Hml. Th. i. 286, 18. Frætwunga crepundia, i. insignia, indicia, cunabula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 70. Frætewunge, preónas lunulas, An. Ox. 2204. Fræte[wunge] ornamenta, 540. Frætewunga, Prud. 52.
ge-hálsian
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Add: to make a solemn appeal to Þá áxode hine se ealdorbiscop and mid áðe gehálsode, þæt hé openlíce sǽde gif hé Godes sunu wǽre ( princeps sacerdotum ait: 'Adjuro te per Deum vivum, ut dicas nobis si tu es Christus filius Dei, Mt. 26, 63), Hml.
ge-menged
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Add: mixed, composite, not simple Lyft is gemenged . . . nis þæt nán wundor, þæt hió sié wearm and ceald, Met. 20, 79. in which distinction is not made Gemenged promiscuum, An. Ox. 3854.
ge-þynnian
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Add: to make or to become thin (of a person) Hé ne oncneów hí ná, for þám heó wæs swíðe geþynnod, Hml. S. 33, 236. to lessen, diminish, wither Smyre mid gáte geallan, ealle þá nebcorn hé áclǽnsað and ealne þone wom hé geðynnað, Lch. i. 348, 26.
gleáwscipe
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Ben. 52, 14. an argument, proof, calculation On þrím geárum ne mæg þes gleáwscipe standan, Angl. viii. 327, 16
on-teón
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to withdraw, pull away, extract Ðonne þû wîn habban wille, þonne dô þû mid þînum twâm fingrum swilce þû tæppan of tunnan onteón wille, Tech. ii. 120, 10. to pull apart, untie Gewunedon þá þwangas . . . of mycclum dæ̂le ontogone (un-, v. l.) magna ex
solian
To make or to become foul ⬩ made filthy
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To make or to become foul Searo hwít solaþ sumur hát cólaþ eorðmægen ealdaþ ellen cólaþ the armour or implement that was bright grows rusty, summer that was hot grows cool, earthly might grows old, strength grows chill Exon. Th. 354, 57; Reim. 67.
Linked entry: sol
ge-þyldigean
To be patient ⬩ to bear patiently ⬩ endure ⬩ to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ sustinere ⬩ patientiam habere ⬩ tolerare ⬩ pati
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To be patient, to bear patiently, endure, to bear, endure, sustain; sustinere, patientiam habere, tolerare, pati He ne mæg geþyldgian ðæt he ðæt forhele he cannot bear to conceal it, Past. 33, 2; Swt. 216, 6, 8. Geþyldega patientiam habe, Mt.
swíðan
to make strong, give strength to, strengthen, support ⬩ to be strong, exercise strength, prevail
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to make strong, give strength to, strengthen, support Leng ne woldon Elami*-*tarna aldor swíðan folcgestreónum, Cd. Th. 119, 16; Gen. 1980. Ongan Abimæleh Abraham swíðan woruldgestreónum, 164, 18; Gen. 2716.