dryht-líc
Lordly, noble, distinguished ⬩ princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius
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Cwæþ drihtlecu mǽg, brýd to beorne his noble mate, his wife, spoke to the chief, 133; Th. 168, 12; Gen. 2781. Drihtlíce cempan hyra sweord getugon the noble warriors drew their swords, Fins. Th. 29; Fin. 14 : Beo. Th. 2320; B. 1158.
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ramm
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Beorgas wǽron blíðe swá rammas, Ps. Th. 113, 6. Bringaþ him eówra ramma bearn, 28, 1 : Ps. Spl. 65, 14. Twentig rammena arietes viginti, Gen. 32, 14. Rammum gelíce, Ps.
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ge-trúwian
to trust ⬩ hope ⬩ confidere ⬩ sperare ⬩ to make a treaty ⬩ sancire
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Beorges getrúwode wíges and wealles in his hill he trusted, in his war and his wall, 4634; B. 2322. Ic on ðínum wordum getrúwade in verba tua speravi, Ps.
wír
Wire ⬩ metal thread
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Icel. víra-virki filigree work Beorht seomað (-ad, MS.) wír ymb ðone wælgim, Exon. Th. 400, 20; Rä. 21, 4. Hæleð gierede mec (a book) mid golde, for ðon mé glíwedon wrǽtlíc weorc smiþa wíre bifongen, 408, 19; Rä. 27, 14.
hát
Hot, fervent, fervid, fierce [of pain, punishment, etc.] ⬩ a fever
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Wæs him seó Godes lufu tó ðæs hát and tó ðæs beorht on his heortan the love of God was so fervent and bright in his heart, Blickl. Homl. 225, 36.
on-feng
laying hold of, seizing ⬩ taking, with the idea of wrongful taking ⬩ defence, protection (cf. and-fenga) ⬩ attack, onset, assault
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Secg wundaþ beorna gehwylcne ðe him ǽnigne onféng gedéþ sedge cuts every one that lays hold of it, Runic pm. 15 ; Kmbl. 342, 14. taking, with the idea of wrongful taking Be wuda onfenge (andfenge, MS. H.: anfenge, MS. B.) bútan leáfe, L.
hlinc
a link, ⬩ linch, ⬩ rising ground ⬩ 'agger limitaneus, parœchias, etc, dividens,' ⬩ a hill, ⬩ rising ground
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Publications, and Halliwell's Dict. a hill, rising ground Beorgas ne muntas steápe ne stondaþ ne stánclifu heah hlifiaþ ne dene ne dalu ne dúnscrafu hlǽwas ne hlincas nec tumulus crescit nec cava vallis hiat, Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 13; Ph. 25.
feld-more
A parsnip ⬩ carrot ⬩ pastĭnāca
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Feldmoru biþ cenned on sandigum stówum and on beorgum parsnip is produced on sandy places and on hills, Herb. 82, 1; Lchdm. i. 186, 3: L. M. 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 26. Feldmore niðeweard the nether part of parsnip, L. M. 1, 40; Lchdm. ii. 104, 14
bí
By, near to, at, in, upon ⬩ juxta, prope, apud, in ⬩ Of, about ⬩ de, quoad ⬩ By, through, because of, after, according to, in comparison with ⬩ per, secundum, pro, ex
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dat. By, near to, at, in, upon; juxta, prope, apud, in Arás bí ronde oretta the champion arose by his shield, Beo. Th. 5069; B. 2538. He bí sesse geóng he went by the seat, 5506; B. 2756. Bí staðe fæste fast by the shore, Exon. 96 b; Th. 361, 11; Wal
fús
ready ⬩ eager ⬩
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Se wonna href fús ofer fægum, B. 3025. where the movement or readiness refers to departure from this world Beór*-*scealca sum fús and fǽge, B. 1241. Fród and fús, El. 1237. Fús sceal féran, fǽge sweltan, Gn. Ex. 27.
Eást
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Þæt hé ymbsáwe súð, eást, and west, Met. 10, 5. of relative position, east, to the east, in the east Þá beorgas onginnað westane . . . and endiað eft eást in Dalmatia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 22, 21.
gréne
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Grénum vernantibus (gemmis ), ii. 85, 26. covered with herbage or foliage. of land Beorg sceal on eorðan gréne standan, Gn. C. 35. Grénes gehæges uernantis prati, An. Ox. 550. Se munt is sum mid grénum felda oferbrǽded, Bl. H. 207, 28.
timbran
to build (lit. or fig.) ⬩ construct ⬩ to instruct, ⬩ edify ⬩ to cut timber
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Ne mæg fira nán wísdóm timbran (timbrian, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 11, 8, 10), áǽr ðǽr woruldgítsung beorg ofer-brǽdeþ, Met. 7, 12. Uton timbrian ús ceastre faciamus nobis civitatem, Gen. 11, 4: Ps. Th. 128, 2.
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ge-metlíce
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Hé beór ne drince, and gemetlíce wín and eala, Lch. ii. 88, ii. Ne gémdon hié nánes fyrenlustes, búton swíþe gemetlíce þá gecynd beeódan ; ealne weg hí ǽton ǽne on dæg Bt. 15 ; F. 48, 7.
blódig
BLOODY ⬩ sanguineus, cruentus
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Se bræd of ðæm beorne blódigne gár he plucked the bloody dart from the chief, Byrht. Th. 136, 21; By. 154. Geseoh nú swá ðín swát ageát, blódige stíge behold now where thy blood poured forth, a bloody path, Andr. Kmbl. 2883; An. 1444.
á-hwæþer
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Add: ,áwþer, ówþer, áuþer, áþor Either. pronoun Ne can þára idesa ówðer beorna neáwest, Gen. 2466. Ǽr þára folca áþer fluge, Ors. 4, 10; S. 198, 25. Sieððan hé hit mid ðára áwðrum (áþrum, Cott. MSS.) cýð, Past. 157, 21.
cíle
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Þec hergen byrnende fýr and beorht sumor, wearme wederdagas . . . And þec ceolas weorðian, forst and snáw, winterbiter weder, Az. 103. v. céle, cýle (l. cele, cyle) in Dict. and at cýle dele foreign forms in bracket
glitnian
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Add: of light or of that which emits light Glitenaþ hálig dæg and beorht þearle rutilat sacrata dies et splendida valde, Hy. S. 47, 6. Betwux þæs heortes hornum glitenode gelícnys þǽre hálgan róde breohtre þonne sunnan leóma, Hml. S. 30, 42.
swíþ
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Ofgeót ðás wyrte mid swíþe beóre . . . wyl on swíþum beóre, 358, 14, 18. Stenc swíþra swæcca gehwylcum, Exon. Th. 358, 15; Pa. 46. Gif ðú wolde ðæt sió sealf swíðre sié, Lchdm. ii. 84, 8. Wylle swíþre medo . . .
nimþe
Unless ⬩ except
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Ne sceal nǽfre his torn tó rycene beorn ácýðan, nemþe hé ǽr ða bóte cunne, Exon. Th. 293, 9; Wand. 113. Nymþe mé Drihten gefultumede, wénincga mín sáwl sóhte helle, Ps. Th. 93, 16 : Beo. Th. 3321; B. 1657.
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