eówd
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Ic befæste þé ꝥ eówde . . . þurh þé ic þýs eówde stýran ne mæg, Bl. H. 191, 26. Of eówedum þíuum de gregibus tuis, Ps. L. 49, 9. feminine Eówde sceápum, Ps. Th. 64, 14. Hé hét nýtenu faran tó þǽre eówode þe hí of ádwelodon, Hml. Th. ii. 514, 23.
múþ-hǽl
Salutary words pronounced by the mouth
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Salutary words pronounced by the mouth Módiges (Moses) múþhǽl(cf. éce rǽdas Moyses sægde. Th. 210, 15-17), Cd. 170: Th. 213, 14; Exod. 552
on
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On þæs arcebisceopes geméde, Cht. Th. 355, 23. Gif hé hine on bismor tó homolan bescíre, Ll. Th. i. 84, 5.
ná-hwæðer
Neither
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Dydon swá hwæðer swá hý dydon ne dohte him náwðer whichever of the two they did, neither did them any good, Bt. 29, 2; Fox 106, 2 : Exon. Th. 12, 22; Cri. 189. His rihtwísnys nolde hí neádian tó náðrum Homl. Th. i. 112, 3.
cot-líf
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landed property belonging to them; they are in almost every case the subjects of grant to the church.
hýrig-mann
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A person hired to work Ðá gewearþ ðam hláforde and ðam hýrigmannum wið ánum peninge an agreement to work for a penny was made between the lord and the workmen he had hired, Th. An. 73, 30
lim-lǽw
mutilation
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Injury to the limbs, mutilation Bendas oððe dyntas ... hwílum lim-lǽwa and hwílum líflǽsta bonds and blows ... at times mutilations of the limbs, and at times deprivation of life, L. Pen. 3, note; Th. ii. 278, 27
Linked entry: lǽw
un-hár
Very grey
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Very grey (un- seems to have here the unusual force of an intensive) Hróðgár, eald and unhár (cf. the epithets elsewhere applied to him, gamolfeax, 1220; B. 608: blondenfeax, 3586; B. 1791), Beo. Th. 719; B. 357
Linked entry: un-
ǽrendran
messengers ⬩ nuntii
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messengers; nuntii Æðele ǽrendran andswarodon [Grn. aerendracan] the noble messengers answered, Cd. 111; Th. 147, 4; Gen. 2434
barenian
To make bare ⬩ denudare
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To make bare; denudare Sand barenodon made bare the sand, Cd. 166; Th. 207, 22; Exod. 470, note
Linked entry: berian
bǽl-þræc
Force of fire ⬩ flammæ impetus
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Force of fire; flammæ impetus Æfter bǽlþræce after the fire's force, Exon. 59b; Th. 216, 19; Ph. 270
Byríne
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Birinus, the first bishop of Wessex, Chr. 649; Th. 50, 3, col. 2, 3; 51, 2, col. 1
deáþ-drepe
Death-stroke ⬩ letālis ictus
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Death-stroke; letālis ictus Ðý deáþ-drepe in the death-stroke, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 6; Exod. 495
driht-gesíþ
An associate, attendant ⬩ satelles
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An associate, attendant; satelles Nán ne feól drihtgesíþa none of the associates fell, Fins. Th. 84; Fin. 42
Linked entry: dryht-gesíþ
ellen-gǽst
A bold or powerful spirit ⬩ pŏtens spīrĭtus
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A bold or powerful spirit; pŏtens spīrĭtus Se ellengǽst the powerful spirit [Grendel ], Beo. Th. 172; B. 86
FYRN
Ancient ⬩ old ⬩ antīquus ⬩ priscus
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Ancient, old; antīquus, priscus Fyrn forþgesceaft the ancient creation, Exon. 128 a; Th. 492, 4; Rä. 81, 9
Linked entry: firn
ealu-benc
An ale-bench ⬩ scamnum cervĭsiam bibentium
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An ale-bench; scamnum cervĭsiam bibentium On ealu-bence on the ale-bench, Beo. Th. 5726; B. 2867
Linked entry: ealo-benc
linden
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Made of the lime-tree Scyld, leóht linden bord, Exon. 90 b; Th. 339, 16; Gn. Ex. 95
Linked entry: lind
niht-rest
The couch on which one rests at night
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The couch on which one rests at night Abram síne nihtreste ofgeaf, Cd. Th. 173, 18; Gen. 2863
ýþ-lád
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A way across the waves Gode þancedon ðæs ðe him ýþláde eáðe wurdon, Beo. Th. 461; B. 228