girwan
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Ðonne ðú feorme gierwe, Past. 323, 22. to prepare, make ready for a purpose by some process Se háta sumor hæleða bearnum giereð and drígeð sǽd and bléda, Met. 29, 59.
rúh
rough, hairy, shaggy ⬩ rough, untrimmed, uncultivated ⬩ rough, knotty ⬩ rough, undressed
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Ðá gesáwe wé rúge (pilosos ) wífmen and wǽpnedmen, wǽron hié swá rúwe and swá gehǽre swá wildeór, Nar. 20,3-5. Ða rúwan ( pilosae ) handa wǽron swilce ðæs yldran bróður, Gen. 27, 23.
hlǽw
a low ⬩ law ⬩ a rising ground, ⬩ an artificial as well as a natural mound, ⬩ a funeral mound; ⬩ tumulus ⬩ the interior of a mound, ⬩ a cave
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Hátaþ hlǽw gewyrcean se sceal tó gemyndum mínum leódum heáh hlifian on Hrones næsse, ðæt hit sǽlíðend syððan hátan Biówulfes biorh bid them make a mound; it shall as a memorial to my people tower high on Hronesness, so that hereafter may seafarers call
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híréd
a family ⬩ a family ⬩ house ⬩ the family ⬩ court
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Gif hig (priests) hwylc árwyrðe hýredes fæder tó his húse gelaðige, sé þe wyle mid his wífe and mid bearnum on gástlicum gefeán blissian, ii. 410, 21. Hé sette swá swá scép heóredas posuit sicut oves familias, Ps. Vos. Srt. Rdr. 106, 41.
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sum
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Ánra gehwylc hæfþ syndrige gyfe fram Gode sume furðor ðonne some alius sic, alius vero sic, R. Ben. 64, 10. Sume hí beóton sume hí ofslógon quosdam caedentes, alias uero occidentes, Mk. Skt. 12, 5.
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ÆLMESSE
ALMS ⬩ almsgiving ⬩ eleemosyna
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ALMS, almsgiving; eleemosyna Ðæt ofer sí and to láfe sellaþ ælmessan quod superest date eleemosynam, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 30.
and-lang
On length ⬩ ALONG ⬩ by the side of ⬩ in longum ⬩ per
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Andlang ðara nægla along the nails, Bd. 3, 17; S. 544, 30. Ðæt wæter wyrþ to eá, ðonne andlang eá to sǽ the water runs to the river, then along the river to the sea, Bt. 34, 6; Fox 140, 20.
a-wéstan
To waste ⬩ lay waste ⬩ depopulate ⬩ ravage ⬩ destroy ⬩ vastare ⬩ devastare ⬩ desertum facere ⬩ desolare
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Eall seó þeóð awést wearþ all the nation was laid waste, 3, 9; Bos. 66, 17, 19, 21. Sý wunung heora awést fiat habitatio eorum deserta, Ps. Spl. T. 68, 30.
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bégan
to bow ⬩ bend ⬩ turn ⬩ flectere ⬩ inflectere ⬩ deprimere ⬩ to bow to ⬩ to settle ⬩ inflectere ⬩ insistere
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stabilitæ a juventute sua Ps.
fætels
μαρσύπιoν
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Seó mǽgþ gebrohte heáfod blódig on ðam fætelse the woman brought the bloody head in the bag, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 78; Jud. 127.
for-liger
Fornication ⬩ adultery ⬩ fornĭcātio ⬩ adultĕrium
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S. 4; Th. i. 246, 5. Se óðer heáfodleahter is gecweden forliger the second chief sin is called fornication, Homl. Th. ii. 220, 3. Innan of manna heortan cumaþ forligeru ab intus de corde hŏmĭnum procēdunt forĭcātiōnes, Mk. Bos. 7, 21.
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freó-dóm
FREEDOM ⬩ liberty ⬩ lībertas ⬩ emancĭpātio
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Freódóm onféngon libertātem recēpērunt, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 46: 4, 26; S. 602, 31
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ful-neáh
Full nearly ⬩ very nearly ⬩ almost ⬩ prŏpe ⬩ fĕre
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Fulneáh [fullneáh, Th. 175, 39, col. 1] tú swá lange very nearly twice as long, Chr. 897; Th. 174, 42; 175, 39, col. 2.
FYLL
a FALL ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ death ⬩ cāsus ⬩ intĕrĭtus ⬩ a FALL ⬩ case ⬩ inflection in grammar ⬩ cāsus ⬩ inflectio
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Gr. 14; Som. 17, 23
fylmen
A film ⬩ thin skin ⬩ prepuce ⬩ præpūtium ⬩ omentum
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Se werhádes man, ðe ne byþ ymsniden on ðam flǽsce hys fylmenes, his sáwul biþ adilegod of his folce mascŭlus, cūjus præpūtii căro circumcīsa non fuĕrit, delēbĭtur ănĭma illa de pŏpŭlo suo, 17, 14: Homl. Th. i. 94, 32.
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Galiléisc
Galilean ⬩ Galilæus
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Galilean; Galilæus Pilatus acsode hwæðer he wǽre Galileisc man Pilātus interrŏgāvit si hŏmo Galilæus esset, Lk. Bos. 23, 6 : 22, 59 : Mk. Bos. 14, 70 : Jn. Bos. 7, 52. Of ðære Galileiscan Bethsaida a Bethsaida Galilææ, Jn. Bos. 12, 21.
hefe-líc
Weighty ⬩ heavy ⬩ grievous ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ tedious ⬩ wearisome
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Se cyng lét beódan mycel gyld and hefelíc the king had a great and grievous tax proclaimed, 1083; Erl. 217, 34. Ðæs ilcan geáres wæs swíðe hefelíc geár it was a very grievous year that same year, 1085; Erl. 219, 18.
HEG
Hay ⬩ grass ⬩ fœnum
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Ðá bebeád se hǽlend ðæt ðæt folc sǽte ofer ðæt gréne hig præcipit illis ut accumbere facerent omnes super viride fœnum, Mk. Skt. 6, 39. Heig [Rush. heg] fœnum, Jn. Skt. Lind. 6, 10.
IFIG
Ivy
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Ifies seáw juice of ivy, 1, 3 ; Lchdm. ii. 40, 26. Weal se is mid ifige bewrigen a wall that is covered with ivy, Shrn. 139, 27
inweard-líce
Inwardly ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ heartily ⬩ earnestly
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Se ðe æfter rihte mid gerece wille inweardlíce æfterspyrian swá deóplíce ðæt hit tódrífan ne mæg monna ǽnig quisquis profunda mente vestigat verum, cupitque nullis ille deviis falli, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 3 ; Met. 22, 2.
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