hæfen
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Se bróðor þe mid swǽrra gylta hæfene bið gedered frater qui gravioris culpe noxa teneatur, 49, 13. concrete, what is possessed Sé ðe eallunge ðá eorðlican gestreón forlǽtan ne mæg . . . fremige hé hafenleásum mid his hæfene, Hml. Th. ii. 400, 2.
god-webb
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D. 13, 18. made of silk or cotton Of ealseolcenum, sidenum olosericis, godewebbum, sidenum bombicinis (the passage is: Olosericis et bombicinis indutum vestibus. Perhaps godewebbum might be intended to represent bombicinis vestibus.
ládian
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In l. 3 read 241 for 244, and add: to clear, excuse, defend a person Manigra manna gewuna is ðæt hié hié mid ðissum wordum ládiað and cueðað: 'Wé brucað úres ǽgnes, ne gítsige wé nánes óðres monnes,' Past. 337, 19: 439, 21.
út-laga
An outlaw
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Wé beódaþ ðæt útlagan Godes and manna of earde gewítan, L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 11. Riht is ðæt ða útlagan weorþan, ðe tó Godes rihte gebúgan nellan, Wulfst. 269, 5. Útlagan exules, Hymn. Surt. 5, 25
wacol
Watchful ⬩ vigilant
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Ða ðe cariaþ mid wacelum móde hú hí óðra manna sáwla Gode gestrýnan, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 2. Gewinn wið ðone wacolan feónd, 560, 28. Wacele (-ole) beón on gódum weorcum, Homl. Ass. 53, 86. Wacule (-ole), R. Ben. 2, 7.
wincian
to wink ⬩ make a sign ⬩ to close the eyes ⬩ blink
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to wink, make a sign Ic wincie annicto vel annuto, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 27. to close the eyes, blink Ic wincige conniveo, Wrt. Voc. i. 34, 14:Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5; Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5Ælfc. Gr. 26, 5.
rihtlǽcan
To make right, rectify, correct, amend
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To make right, rectify, correct, amend Gif hé ðonne swá ne béte and rihtlǽce, hé sý of ðam ealdorscype áworpen, after punishment R. Ben. 46, 19. Se ðe ǽr ðysum misdyde, ðæt hé hit georne gebéte and rihtlǽce hine sylfne, Wulfst. 277, 2.
grút
GROUT ⬩ the wet residuary materials of malt liquor ⬩ condimentum cerevisiæ ⬩ grounds, dregs ⬩ porridge
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Lchdm. iii.28, 9; f.GROUT, the wet residuary materials of malt liquor; condimentum cerevisiæ Wyrc clam of súrre rigenre grút oððe dáge work a paste of sour rye grout or of dough, L. M. 3, 59; Lchdm. ii. 342, 17.
hǽmed-þing
Carnal intercourse, venery, matrimony
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Be hǽðenra manna hǽmedþincge de gentilium hominum matrimonio, L. Ecg. C; Th. ii. 128, 27. Gif hí him betwynan hǽmedþing fremmen si inter se fornicationem commiserint, 16; Th. ii. 144, 9.
or-gete
To be perceived, manifest
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Ic eów secgan mæg sóþ orgete, 1702 ; An. 853. Ðú meaht geseón orgete on mínre sídan swátge wunde, Exon. Th. 89, 17 ; Cri. 1458
spreót
A pole, sprit (in bow-sprit) ⬩ contus ⬩ sprit
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Ánes mannes lenge ðe healt ánne spreót on his hand and strecþ hine swá feor swá hé mæg árǽcan intó ðere sǽ statura unius hominis tenentis lignum quod Angle nominant, spreot et tendentis ante se quantum potest, Chart. Th. 318, 10.
for-sweorcan
to grow dark ⬩ to make dark
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. ¶ a wk. form occurs, to make dark (?) Forsweorced fuscatus (velut Aethiopica nigritudine,Ald. 66, 23), An. Ox. 2, 369. (Cf. Wrt. Voc. ii. 152, 7 supra.) For Prov. 7 substitute Kent. Gl. 185, and add
cempa
A soldier, warrior, CHAMPION ⬩ miles, bellator, athleta = ἀθλητής
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Se cempa oferwon frécnessa fela the champion overcame many perils, Exon. 35a; Th. 113, 2; Gú. 151: Andr. Kmbl. 922; An. 461: Byrht. Th. 135, 17; By. 119: Beo. Th. 2629; B. 1312.
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list
Art ⬩ skill ⬩ craft ⬩ cunning ⬩ artifice
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Hé fela onginþ leornian lista many arts doth he learn, 28, 153; Met. 28, 77: Cd. 13; Th. 16, 5; Gen. 239. Mid listum speón idese on ðæt unriht with wiles he lured the woman to that wrong, 28; Th. 37, 12; Gen. 588: 32; Th. 43, 8; Gen. 687.
Gota
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The Goths Unrím mánes se Gota fremede the Goth perpetrated an excess of wickedness, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 89; Met. 1, 45. VISIGOTHS or West Goths, under Alríca, q. v. A.
sige
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Sige onsendan to make victorious, Salm. Kmbl. 487 ; Sal. 244. Heó bád ðone écan sige, Bd. 4, 23 ; S. 593, 14. Sigas triumphos, Hymn. Surt. 47, 20 : victorias, 129, 24 : trophea, 131, 22. <b>IIa.
sumer
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On ðone nygeþan dæg ðæs mónðes ( May ) biþ sumeres fruma. Se sumor hafaþ hundnygontig daga, Shrn. 83, 33. Sumor biþ sunwlitegost, Menol. Fox 473; Gn. C. 7. Beorht sumor, Cd. Th. 239, 23; Dan. 374.
þeór
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Drenc wiþ þeórádle ... gif hé on þam innoþe biþ þonne ádrífþ hine ðes drinc út (hé and hine may, perhaps, be taken as referring to þeór, as ádl is fem. ), 118, 1-12. The meaning, too, is doubtful.
car-ful
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Add: of persons, filled with anxiety, anxious, troubled Ðú eart carful and bysig ymbe fela ðing thou art careful and troubled about many things (Lk. 10, 41), Hml. Th. ii. 440, 8. Ne beó ðú carful ymbe woruldlicum gestreónum, 344, 2.
réðness
Fierceness ⬩ rage ⬩ cruelty ⬩ severity. ⬩ ferocitas ⬩ austeritas ⬩ feritas, i. crudelitas, inclementia, duritia ⬩ furor ⬩ feria, insania ⬩ savageness ⬩ fierceness ⬩ ferocity ⬩ harshness ⬩ severity
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Homl. 43, 29. of justifiable severity Ðæt hé his hiéremonna yfelu tó hnesclíce forberan ne sceal ac mid miclum andan and réðnesse him stiére subditorum mala, quae tolerare leniter non debent, cum magna zeli asperitate corrigere, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 16,