ge-swencednes
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Add: - — Þá wearð hé geneádod ꝥ hé on his ágenre geswencednysse (-swænced-, -swencend-, v. ll. ) oncneówe hwæt hé sylf wæs compulsus est cognoscere in sua vexatione quid esset, Gr.
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gearwe
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Take here <b>geare</b> in Dict., and add: gear, goods (?) Ealle Rómáne woldon ymb xii mónað bringan tógædere þone sélestan dǽl hiora gódra geara (gearwa, v. l.)
hefig-mód
troublesome ⬩ vexatious ⬩ sad-hearted
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T. 54, 3. sad-hearted, having a heavy heart, Similar entries v. hefig; XIII. 1 a Þǽr (in heaven) him nǽfre ne hingrað, ne hé hefigmód ne bið, Nap. 36
hýra
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In l. 5 for 38 l. 88, and add: one who hires, a tenant Hýra conductor Vülck. GL. 213, 10. one who takes wages Hýrena þeáwe gé fleóð. Suá se hýrra ðonne hé ðone wulf gesiehð mercenariorum vice deserviunt, quia veniente lupo fugiunt, Past. 89, 15.
mán-swerian
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Gif hé on ungehálgedum Crístes mǽle mánswerað si in cruce non consecrata perjuraverit, Ll. Th. ii. 158, 37. Hé swáþeáh mid þám óðrum mánswerige nihilominus cum aliis perjurium facit, 19.
strang-lic
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1. add: displaying force or energy Beóð swíðe stranglicu word on heofenes roderum erit vox magna et fortis in firmamento caeli, Verc. Först. 121, 19. 2. add Þǽr wearð on dæg swíðe stranglic gefeoht on bá halfe, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 12.
wyrms
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Ǽgþer ge þá handa ge þá fét wǽron wunda fulle, emne swá þá wyrms fleówan út of þám openum wunde manus ejus et pedes versi in vulneribus fuerant, et profluviente sanie patebant, 302, 9. Add
ælmes-riht
A right or obligation in reference to alms
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A right or obligation in reference to alms (cf. Riht is ðæt man betǽce . . . þriddan dǽl (folces ælmessan) ðám þearfum,) (Ll.
á-dwelian
To wander, stray
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ærning
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Mid swíðe geswenctan horse for ærninge vehementer equo in cursu fatigato, Gr. D. 38, 30. Add
hálig-wæter
Holy water
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On háligwætre in holy water, 45, 1; Lchdm. ii. 110, 14
háwere
An observer, a spectator ⬩ spies
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An observer, a spectator Ðýlæs hie síen tó óðerra monna gefeohte holde háweras, and dón him selfe náwuht lest they be friendly spectators of other men's struggle, and themselves do nothing; ne, si in hoc præsentis vitæ stadio ad certamen alienum devoti
gás-ríc
An impetuous creature, a furious animal
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An impetuous creature, a furious animal (used of the whale ; cf. the description in Wal. 5 : Se micla hwæl biþ unwillum oft geméted frécne and ferðgrim fareðlácendum) Fisc (a whale) flódu áhóf on fergenberig; warþ gásríc grorn þǽr hé on greút giswom
ofer-druncenness
Drunkenness, intoxication, rioting
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Ne gewunigen gé tó oferdruncennisse non in ebrietatibus Past. 43, 9; Swt. 317, 18. Ða ofordruncennessa ðe hé lufode, Blickl. Homl. 195, 15
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fremsumnes
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Wé ongytaþ ꝥ hit þus byð in ðám mundbyrdum háligra martyra, ꝥ hí ná ne cýðað swá manige fremsumnesse þurh heora líchaman swá hí gód eówiað þurh heora reliquias (ut non tanta per corpora sua quanta beneficia per reliquias ostendant), Gr. D. 177, 2.
wamm-wlite
A wound on the face
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A wound on the face Swá hwylc man swá óðrum womwlite on gewyrce, forgylde him ðone womwlite, and his weorc wyrce óð ðæt seó wund hál sig quicunque homo alio vulnus in faciem inflixerit, emendet ei vulnus, et opus ejus operetur, donec vulnus sanetur,
sigor-fæst
Victorious ⬩ triumphant
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Th. 217, 18; Ph. 282. of an angel Meahtig Meotudes þegn, sigorfæst, 176, 30; Gú. 1218. of a passion Brondhát lufu, sigorfæst in sefan, 160, 3; Gú. 938
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síþ-from
Good at travelling ⬩ bold in journeying
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Good at travelling, bold in journeying Síþfrome, searwum gearwe, wígend (Beowulf and his men when ready for their homeward voyage), Beo. Th. 3630; B. 1813: Andr. Kmbl. 493; An. 247. Land Perséa sóhton síþfrome Simon and Thaddeus, Apstls.
burh-hleoþ
A fortress-height, the hill on which a city is built ⬩ clivus montis, in quo arx vel urbs sita est
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A fortress-height, the hill on which a city is built; clivus montis, in quo arx vel urbs sita est Forbærned burhhleoðu scorched fortress-heights, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 3; Exod. 70.
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for-ðam
For that ⬩ for that reason which ⬩ for ⬩ because ⬩ nam ⬩ quia
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Forðonðe sió sunne ðǽr gǽþ neár on setl, ðonne on óðrum lande, ðǽr syndon lýðran wedera ðonne on Brittannia because the sun in its setting goes nearer there than in any other land, there are milder weathers than in Britain, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 20, 32: