Frysisc
Of or belonging to Friesland ⬩ Frisian ⬩ Frīsĭcus
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Ðǽr wearþ ofslegen Lucuman, and ealra manna, Frysiscra and Engliscra, lxii there was slain Lucuman, and of all the men, Frisian and English, sixty-two, 897; Th. 176, 34, col. 2; 177. 34
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hefig-ness
Heaviness ⬩ slowness ⬩ weight ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction
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Heaviness, slowness, weight, grief, affliction Nán hæfignes ðæs líchoman ne mæg eallunga átión of his móde ða rihtwísnesse no heaviness of the body can altogether take away rectitude from his mind, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 29: 156, 12.
leóht-fæt
A lamp ⬩ light ⬩ lantern
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Surt.) micel geworhte fecit luminaria magna, Ps. Th. 135, 7: Hymn. Surt. 126, 12
ge-freógan
To free ⬩ make free
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To free, make free Ðonne mót hine se hlaford gefreógan then must the lord free him, L. In. 74; Th. i. 148, 18 : L. Ælfc. C. 20; Th. i. 48, 25 : Ps. Th. 93, 1. Gefreóde freed, Exon. 16 a; Th. 37, 4; Cri. 588.
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ge-gaderung
A gathering ⬩ congregation ⬩ assembly ⬩ crowd ⬩ congregatio ⬩ turba
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Rihtwísra manna gegaderung is gecweden heofenan ríce a gathering of righteous men is called the kingdom of heaven, Homl. Th. ii. 72, 25
un-drifen
Not driven
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Not driven Ǽlc ceápscip frið hæbbe, ðe binnan múðan cuman[mæg?], þéh hit unfriðscyp sý, gyf hit undrifen bið (si non sit abacta tempestatibus (Lat. vers.).
cwician
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S. 31, 504. to make alive Se fæder ðá deádo cuicað ( vivificat ), Jn. L. 5, 21. Þǽre sáwle mægen cwicaþ þone líchoman, Gr. D. 268, 18
ge-wilwan
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D. 101, 13, 18. to roll together, band together Hí drífað þá dráfe crístenra manna fram sǽ tó sǽ út ðurh þás þeóde gewylede (-wil-, -wel-, v. ll. ) tógædere, Wlfst. 163, 6. v. wilwan
gód-dǽd
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Þeáw is ꝥ hi æfæstiað óþra manna góddǽda mos est invidere aliis virtutis bonum, 117, 5. a benefit; Ps. Th. 77, 13
helle-fýr
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On hwylc gerád is hit tó gelýfanne ꝥ ꝥ líchamlice hellefýr mage geniman þá unlíchamlican wísan þǽre sáwle ?, Gr. D. 303, 18. Hweþer hit sý tó gelýfanne ꝥ sý án hellefýr (unus gehennae ignis) . . . witodlíce án hellefýr is, 333, 13-16.
hryscan
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Substitute: <b>hrýscan</b> to make a creaking, grating, whirring noise; stridere Ðǽre hristendan (hríscendan? v. hrýscung) tó swége (this is almost certainly a gloss to Ald. 65, 15: Ad stridulae buccinae sonum) ad stridulae, Wrt.
orþung
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Betwux wordum his ( the old man's) orðung áteórað, Hml. Th. i. 614, 15. Orþunge alitum, Germ. 398, 220. Orþunga halitus, 402, 77. inspiration of a spirit Þurh orðunge þæs Hálgan Gástes, Hml. Th. ii. 524, 12. See preceding word
riht-gifu
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a lawful gift, a gift that is rightfully made.
sárigness
Sadness
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Sadness Hwæt mæg beón wóp oððe sárignys, gyf ðæt næs se mǽsta ǽgðres, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 102. Hé hig funde slǽpende for unrótnesse (later MS. sárignesse) dormientes prae tristitiam, Lk. Skt. 22, 45. Tristicia þet is þissere worlde sarinesse, O. E.
un-wittig
Without wit or understanding,
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Ass. 29, 122. in a bad sense Wel déd se ðe unwittigum stýrð mid swinglum, gif hé mid wordum ne mæg. Hit is áwriten:'Ne bið se stunta mid wordum gerihtlǽced' Homl. Th. ii. 532, 13. Þeówian unclǽnum deóflum and ðám unwittigum heargum, Homl.
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heals
The neck, the prow of a ship ⬩ collum, amplexatorium ⬩ neck, part of the bow of a ship
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Lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals he let his weapon pass through the man's neck, Byrht. Th. 135, 60; By. 141
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hearm-cwide
Injurious, abusive speech, calumny, blasphemy, a sentence pronouncing harm or sorrow ⬩ calumnia
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Áhrede mé hearmcwidum heánra manna redime a calumniis hominum, Ps. Th. 118, 134: Exon. 24 a; Th. 69, 15; Cri. 1121
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Cynewulf
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ᚠ [feoh] ǽghwam biþ <b>F</b> [wealth] will be for every man lǽne under lyfte, failing under the heaven, landes frætwe the ornament of the land gewítaþ under wolcnum. will depart under the welkin. Elen. Kmbl. 2512-2541; El. 1257-1272.
hyht
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' Gyrstanǽfen nán man ne mihte Crístes naman nemnian mid hihte,' Hml. S. 23, 534. Hé (Abraham) forð gebád langsumne hiht (cf. fide obtulit Abraham Isaac, Heb. ll, 17), Exod. 405. <b>II a.
weder
weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.
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Þeah nine (a sick man) mon on sunnan lǽde, ne mæg hé be ðý wedre wesan (he can't stand the weather), þeáh hit sý wearm on sumera, Exon. Th. 340, 18 ; Gn. Ex. 113. Hé ús giefeþ weder líþe, Exon. Th. 38, 12; Cri. 605.