æt-strengan
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To deforce, withhold wrongfully Gif hláford gelómlíce his gafoles myngað, and geneátman áheardað and hit þencð tó ætstrengenne, Ll. Th. i. 270, 21
Linked entry: strengan
á-cwacian
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To quake, tremble Ácwacode seó eorðe contremuit terra, Ps. Th. 17, 7. Eall se líchama ðæs cnihtes ácwacode ( contremuit ), Gr. D. 166, 12
Linked entry: cwacian
be-spǽtan
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To spit upon (v. N. E. D. be-spete) Hí hine bespǽtton (coeperunt conspuere eum, Mk. 14, 65), Hml. Th. ii. 248, 24
Linked entry: spǽtan
be-reáfigend
A spoiler ⬩ robber
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A spoiler, robber Eálá þú sǽ, manna be-reáfigend and unscæððigra beswtcend, Ap. Th. ll, 10. Cf. Bereafgende grassatrix, An. Ox. 7, 136
Linked entry: reáfigend
drync-leán
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Take here drince-leán, and add Drynceleán, Ll. Th. i. 422, note 1. The word occurs under the heading: De officiis domino debitis
for-sewenlíce
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Forsewenlice deáð þrowian, Mart. H. 156, 20. Hý habbað mé swýðe forsewenlíce útan ymbstanden projicientes me circumdederunt me, Ps. Th. 16, 10. Add
ge-biterian
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Ð á cempan him budon drincan gebitrodne windrenc . . . þes gebiteroda drinc hæfde getácnunge his deáðes biternysse, Hml. Th. ii. 254, 14-19. Add
glida
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Add: Glioda miluus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 18. Sé ðe reáflác lufað, hé bið glida, and ná culfre, Hml. Th. ii. 46, 16
gnorne
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Complainingly León hwelpas grymetigað gnorne (or adj.?), georne sécað the lion's whelps roar their complaints, seek eagerly, Ps. Th. 103, 20. Cf. grorne
hláf-weard
A steward ⬩ major-domo
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A steward, major-domo, Hé sette hine on his húse tó hláfwearde (printed hálf-) constituit eum dominum domus suae Ps. Th. 104, 17
Linked entries: healf-weard hláford
langsum-lic
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Too long, tedious Langsumlic bið ús tó gereccenne and eów tó gehýrenne ealle ðá deópnyssa ðæs Fulluhteres bodunge, Hml. Th. i. 362, 32
mæsse-ǽfen
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Leóhtgesceotu þriwa on geáre, ǽrest on Eásterǽfen, óðre síðe on Candelmæsseǽfen, þriddan síðe on Ealra Hálgena mæsseǽfen, Ll. Th. ii. 256, 28. Add
leás-wyrcend
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A deceiver, a doer of what is false Deófol is yfeltihtend and leáswyrcend, synna ordfruma and sáwla bepǽcend, Hml. Th. i. 102, 1
Linked entry: wyrcend
molde
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Add Moldum sablonibus, An. Ox. 7, 99. Add Men ne mihton þá moldan búgian for ðeówracan sweartra deófla, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 32
riht-líf
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Add: a life of lawful matrimony Fón mágas tó and weddian heora magan tó wífe and tó rihtlífe, Ll. Th. i. 254, 20
riht-racu
A correct account
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A correct account Ðá lýfde hé ðæt hé móste beón ryhtes wyrðe for mí[n]re forspǽce and ryhtrace Chart. Th. 170, 4
út-gemǽre
An extreme boundary
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An extreme boundary Of eorðan útgemǽrum a finibus terrae, Ps. Th. 60, 1. Óþ ðysse eorðan útgemǽru ad terminos orbis terrae, 71, 8
wacollíce
Watchfully ⬩ vigilantly
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Watchfully, vigilantly Hé (Gregory) wæs swíðe wacol on Godes bebodum, and hé wacollíce ymbe manegra ðeóda þearfe hogode, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 15
wǽg-þreát
A wave-host ⬩ the waters of the deluge
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A wave-host, the waters of the deluge Ic wille mid wǽgþreáte ǽhta and ágend eall ácwellan, Cd. Th. 81, 29; Gen. 1352
wæl-fyll
Abundance of slain
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Abundance of slain Grendel on reste genam þrítig þegna; ðanon eft gewát tó hám faran mid ðære wælfylle. Beo. Th. 250; B. 125