mæcg
A man
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Mæcgum ( the children in the fiery furnace ), 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265. Adam iécte siððan mægþum and mæcgum mǽgburg síne Adam afterwards increased his family with daughters and sons, 55; Th. 68, 26; Gen. 1123
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BINDAN
To BIND, tie ⬩ ligare, alligare
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Fæste binde swearte wealas I bind the swart strangers fast, Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 21; Rä. 13, 3. Hrusan [MS. hruse] bindeþ wintres wóma the winter's violence binds the earth, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 21; Wand. 102.
ge-hreósan
To rush ⬩ fall ⬩ glide away ⬩ to fail ⬩ ruere ⬩ cadere ⬩ labi ⬩ deficere
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Móna niðer gehreóseþ the moon shall fall down, Exon. 21 b; Th. 58, 22; Cri. 939. Swíðe oft se micla anweald ðara yfelena gehríst swíðe fǽrlíce very often the great power of the wicked falls very suddenly, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 8.
wer-genga
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A stranger who seeks protection in the land to which he has come Deóra gesíð, wildra wærgenga, Nabochodonossor the beasts' comrade, the stranger that sought shelter among wild beasts, Nebuchadnezzar, Cd. Th. 257, 25; Dan. 663.
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bóc-land
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Voc. ii. 152, 18. ¶ used figuratively: Gif þú (the wealthy man) wéne, þæt hit þín bóc-land (land exempt from the claims of charity) sý, þæt þu on eardast, and on ágene ǽht geseald, Wlfst. 260, 3. Add
ge-háwian
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Add: to notice, observe an object Ǽlc man ðára þe æágan heft ǽrest háwað þæs ðe hé geseón wolde oð ðone first þe hé hyt geháwað Þonne hé hyt geháwad heaft, ðonne gesyhð hé hit, Solil. H. 27, 7. Þæt ic þé geháwian mæge ut aspiciam te, 11, 18.
heonu
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(In the last three instances the h is written above the line.) Eonu porro (gewisslíce, W. S. s=odlíce l uutedlíce, L. Mt. 8, 27), Wrt, Voc. ii. 72, 32. Eno nú hwæt wæs seó Salomones ræste elles?, Bl. H. n, 19. Eno ic þé gecýþe, Andreas, 237, 4.
on-innan
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Þenden þé wunað gást oninnan, Gen. 909. Ofne oninnan, Dan. 259. Wel bið þám eorle þe him oninnan hafað rúme heortan, Alm. 1. Hit him oninnan cóm, Gen. 723. Burgum oninnan, B. 1968 : Jul. 691 : Gú. 1341: El. 1057
staþol
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Heó cwæð ꝥ þæs gyfe genihtsumode þe þǽre sáwle stadol unwemme geheóld she said that his grace sufficed who kept the state of the soul stainless, Hml. S. 23 b, 717. <b>III a.
strídan
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'Ecce uenit saliens in montibus et transiliens colles' 'here he cumeð stridende fro dune to dune, and ouerstrit þe cnolles,' O. E. Hml. ii. 111, 34.] Þe leome gon striden a seoue strengen, Laym. 17982. Towarde þe autere gon he stride, C. M. 10235.
solor
An upper chamber, a soler ⬩ flat roof of a house ⬩ an upper room ⬩ solarium, coenaculum
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Garytte, hey solere specula 187. ] Wicklif (Jos. 2, 6) uses the word for the flat roof of a house
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híréd-mann
A member of a 'híréd:' —
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His hírédmen férdon út mid feáwe mannan of ðam castele and geslógen and gelǽhton fíf hundred manna the members of his household sallied out with few men from the castle, and slew and captured five hundred men, Chr. 1087; Erl. 224, 29.
æger-felma
Film of an egg ⬩ membrana vitellum complectens
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Film of an egg; membrana vitellum complectens Gením ðonne ægerfelman then take film of egg, L. M. 1, 11; Lchdm, ii. 54, 21
a-steápan
To deprive ⬩ bereave ⬩ as children of their parents ⬩ orbare ⬩ orphanum ⬩ reddere
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To deprive, bereave, as children of their parents; orbare, orphanum reddere Síen bearn his asteápte fiant filii ejus orphani, Ps. Surt. 108, 9
a-stemnian
To proceed from a foundation ⬩ to found ⬩ build ⬩ erect ⬩ condere
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To proceed from a foundation, to found, build, erect; condere Ðe hí sylf astemnedon which they themselves built, Bd. Pref; S. 472, 17
fierdleás
Without a force or army ⬩ unprotected ⬩ exercĭtu cărens
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Without a force or army, unprotected; exercĭtu cărens Hit ðonne fierdleás wæs it was then without a force, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 13
for-sceamian
To be greatly ashamed ⬩ erŭbescĕre
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Hie forscamige let it shame them, Past. 21, 1; Hat. MS. 29 a, 26
for-scúfan
To cast down ⬩ amŏvēre ⬩ dispellĕre
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To cast down; amŏvēre, dispellĕre Wlance forsceáf mihtig engel a mighty angel cast down their pride, Cd. 153; Th. 190, 25; Exod. 204
mann-mirring
Destruction of men
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Destruction of men Ac man þǽr ne gespǽdde bútan manmyrringe they did not succeed without loss of men, Chr. 1096; Erl. 233, 29
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biscop-heáfod-lín
a bishop's head linen, an ornament which bishops wore on their heads ⬩ infula
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a bishop's head linen, an ornament which bishops wore on their heads; infula Biscop-heáfod-lín infula, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 10
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