plegan
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</b> to play (for something), strive after :-- Ðis is se ilca ðe ðú longe for his deáþe plegodest this is the same for whose death thou hast long played, Blickl. Homl. 85, 19. to play on an instrument Plægiendra (plegiyndra, Ps. Spl.
a-scúfan
To drive away ⬩ expel ⬩ banish ⬩ repel ⬩ shove away ⬩ expellere ⬩ pellere ⬩ abigere ⬩ extrudere ⬩ emittere
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To drive away, expel, banish, repel, shove away; expellere, pellere, abigere, extrudere, emittere Forþ ascúfan to drive forward, Exon. 129b; Th. 498, 1; Rä. 87, 6.
Engla land
The land of the Angles or Engles
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D. 731, from the present Lincolnshire to the Frith of Forth, on the south of which Æbber-curníg is located
leód-rúne
A witch ⬩ pythonissa
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M. 375 on the forms of feminine names in -rín, -rúna]:-- Wið ǽlcre yfelre leódrúnan ... eft óðer dust and drenc wið leódrúnan, L. M. 1, 64; Lchdm. ii. 138, 23, 26. Cockayne translates the word 'heathen charm.' Cf.
under-smúgan
To creep under ⬩ come upon unawares ⬩ surprise
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Ðæt ǽnig þinc ne undersmuge on wege gesyhðe ne quid forte subripuerit in via visus, 113, 11. Swá hý nǽfre mid oferfylle undersmogene and beswicene ne weorðan ne subrepat satietas aut ebrietas, R. Ben. 64, 19
lust
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Hú manige þú forléten hæbbe þisse worlde lusta for Gode, Solil. H. 23, 4, 7.
læssa
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Nalæs hí hine lǽssan lácum teódan, þeódgestreónum, þonne þá dydon þe hine æt frumsceafte forð onsendon, B. 43. with respect to importance or interest Ne sceolde hé nán ðing forgýman ðe ǽfre tó note mehte; ne forða ( = furþum) músfellan; ne ꝥ gít lǽsse
swégan
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Æt ðam forman gedelfe swégde út ormǽte wyllspring, Homl. Th. i. 562, 14. Swégde swíðlíc wind of ðam wéstene, ii. 450, 18. Ða wæterburnan swégdon and urnon, Dóm. L. 3: Ps. Spl. 45, 3.
ge-wildan
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For ðǽm bið se sige micle mára . . . for ðǽm sió gesceádwísnes hæfð ofercumen ðæt mód and gewielð, swelce hé self hæbbe hiene selfne gewildne melior est qui dominatur animo suo expugnatore urbium . . .
ge-síþ
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Gif gesíþcund mon þingaþ wið cyning for his inhíwan, náh he náne wíterǽdenne, se gesíþ if a 'gesithcund' man compound a suit with the king for his household, he, the 'gesith,' shall not have any fee, 50; Th. i. 134. 5.
syndrig
separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each
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; Hé (Hannibal) com tó Alpis ðǽm muntum . . . and ðone weg geworhte ofer munt Iof (munti fór MS. C.).
bót
mending ⬩ repair ⬩ remedy ⬩ improvement ⬩ help ⬩ amendment ⬩ amends ⬩ reparation ⬩ repentance ⬩ penance
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Th. i. 256, 4. ꝥ he hine sylfne inlagige tó bóte (i. e. make himself entitled to offer bót for a crime, which, but for the king's grace, would be bótleás (v. 81)) . . . Gif hit þonne tó bóte gegá, 340, 13-16.
DRÍFAN
DRIVE, force, pursue ⬩ pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui ⬩ To drive, rush with violence ⬩ ruĕre
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ToDRIVE, force, pursue; pellĕre, mināre, impellĕre, persĕqui Se geréfa hie wolde drífan to ðæs cyninges túne the reeve would drive them to the king's vill, Chr. 787; Erl. 56, 13.
hróf
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</b> something which in form or function may be compared to the covering of a house :-- Helmes hróf the covering which the helmet forms, B. 1030. Beorges hróf the roof which the hill makes for the cave in its side, 2755.
hwíl
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. ¶ in oblique cases, alcne or with other words, with adverbial force. acc. alone Ne racantégum hwíle ( jam ) ǽnig mon hine mæhte gibinda, Mk. R. L. 5, 3.
swíðe
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Swíþost hé fór ðider for ðæm horschwælum it was chiefly on account of the walruses that he went thither, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 35. Swíðost hys spéda hý forspendaþ mid ðam langan legere, 21, 8.
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frófor
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Ic eów mid wunige forð on frófre I will remain on with you consoling you, Cri. 489: 1361.
a-dýdan
To put to death ⬩ to destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ mortify ⬩ perdere ⬩ occidere
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Ðæt ic náteshwon nelle heonon forþ eall flǽsc adýdan mid flódes wæterum that I will not, by any means, henceforth destroy all flesh with the waters of a flood, Gen. 9, 11.
CLÚT
CLOUT, patch ⬩ plate ⬩ pittacium, commissura, lamina
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Wurdon forþaborene ísene clútas iron plates were brought forth, Homl. Th. i. 424, 19. Lecgaþ ða ísenan clútas háte glówende to his sídan lay the iron plates glowing hot to his side, Homl. Th. i. 424, 35
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franca
A javelin ⬩ lance ⬩ lancea ⬩ frămea ⬩ hasta
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He ðone forman man mid his francan ofsceát he shot the foremost man with his javelin, 134, 1; By. 77. Francan wǽron hlúde the javelins were loud, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 20; Gen. 1982 v. Grm. Gesch. D. S. p. 359