ellen-róf
Remarkably strong, powerful, daring, brave ⬩ rōbustus, strēnuus, fortis
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Remarkably strong, powerful, daring, brave; rōbustus, strēnuus, fortis Strang oððe ellenróf rōbustus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Som. 10, 52. Beó ðú gestrangod and ellenróf confortāre et esto rōbustus, Jos. 1, 7, 9: Cd. 89; Th. 110, 26; Gen. 1844: Beo. Th. 685
íren
Iron ⬩ a sword ⬩ blade
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Iron, an iron weapon [cf. use of steel in modern English], a sword, blade Ðæt swurd, drihtlic íren, Beo. Th. 1788; B. 892. Gif ðæt gegangeþ ðæt ádl oððe íren nimeþ ealdor ðínne if it come to pass, that disease or sword take off thy prince, 3700; B.1848
bold-wéla
a dwelling of wealth or happiness ⬩ prædium, opes domesticæ ⬩ paradise, heaven ⬩ paradisus ⬩ cœlum
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a dwelling of wealth or happiness; prædium, opes domesticæ Ne mæg ðé adón ðínne boldwélan thou mayest not take thee thy dwelling of wealth or happiness, Soul Kmbl. 118; Seel. 59. paradise, heaven; paradisus = παράδεισos, cœlum Ðé is neorxna wang boldwéla
ge-bróðor
brethren ⬩ fratres conjuncti
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brethren, used as the pl. of bróðor, bróðer for brothers collectively; fratres conjuncti Begen ða gebróðor both the brethren, Andr. Kmbl. 2053; An. 1029: Ps. Th. 98, 6. Ic seah vi gebróðor I saw six brethren, Exon. 104 a; Th. 394, 12; Rä. 14, 2: 98 a
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scip-hlæst
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the body of (fighting) men on a ship Claudius se consul fór an Púnice and him Hannibal út on sǽ ongeán com and ealle ofslóg búton .xxx. sciphlæsta ða óþflugon tó Libeum ðæm íglande Claudius consul contra hostem profectus superatus est. Et ipse quidem
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þriwa
Thrice ⬩ three times
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Thrice, three times Þriwa (þreowa) ter, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Zup. 285, 14: 38; Zup. 232, 7: Exon. Th. 207, 20; Ph. 144. Þriwa on gére tribus vicibus per singulos annos, Ex. 23, 14: ter in anno, 17. Ne sint ðæt þreó godas þriwa genemned, ac is án God, Hy. 10
a-fligan
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and add Ic áflíge fugo , Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 53. Þá unclǽnan gástas þú áflígst, Hml. S. 24, 92. Sibb áflígð ungeðwǽrnysse, Hml. Th. i. 606, 6. Sume menn áflýað þá áwyrgedan gástas fram ofsettum mannum, 344, 28. Áflýgde abigit, repellit , An. Ox. 50,
blódig
bloodthirsty
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Add Blódge cruentos, þǽm blódigum cruentis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 7, 8. of the nature of blood Ríneþ blódig regn, Bl. H. 91, 34. His micgge bið blódreád swilce hió blódig sié, Lch. ii. 198, 20. Swilce blódig wæter, 202, 2. Mid blódigum ríþum sanguineis
gegninga
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Substitute: Directly, straightway, of motion, without deviating Hý gongað gegnunga tó Hierusalem, Gú. 785. of time, at once Embe hand, hrædlíce sóna þǽrrigte, génunga jam jam, cito, Germ. 388, 73. Sé þe gelíð, raðe hé styrfð oððe génunge hé áríseð,
ge-dreóg
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suitable, fit, meet Cneówien him on gedreógere stówe ( in loco congruo). An gedreóhre stówe. Hí sceolon an gedreógum húse (in competenti hospitali ) ælmesmanna fét þweán. Nap. 29. quiet, orderly. of persons, serious in behaviour; gravis. Cf. ge-dreóg
sirwan
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dele last passage, and add: to devise a plan Serwi(ende) molientes (aliud argumenti genus) An. Ox. 2939. to lie in wait for, to ambush Hér seó ungeþwǽrnes þá mægnu syrwde and gehæfte discordia virtutibus insidiatur et capitur, Prud. 78a. (1 a) with
wín-burh
a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, ⬩ a chief town ⬩ a walled vineyard
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a town where wine is drunk, where there is feasting, where a prince feasts his followers, a chief town. Cf. medu-burh, wín-ærn, III. Wínburge cyning (the king of Babylon; cf. Belshazzar's feast) Cd. Th. 255, 11; Dan. 622. Wuna in ðære wínbyrig salu sinchroden
twi-béte
Needing double compensation
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Needing double compensation; a term applied to an offence when from special circumstances the bót was twice that to be paid in an ordinary case Gif hwá nunnan mid hǽmedþinge oþþe on hire hrægl oþþe on hire breóst bútan hire leáfe gefó, sié hit twybéte
frécednes
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Dreórilic frécednys triste periculum, Germ. 402, 66. Of þǽre wídgyllan sídan þæs muntes wæs swíðe hefgu frécednys ( frécenes, v.l.) for ege þám niþerstígendum e devexo montis latere erat grave descendentibus in timore periculum, Gr. D. 112, 20: Hml. Th
ge-swícan
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Add: to cease, stop, absolute Ne geswíceð non tricaverit (tricare cessare, Migne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 1. to cease from proceeding, to retire, retreat Gecier lá and gesuíc, ne folga mé recede, noli me persequi, Past. 295, 15. to cease from action, (ill
flyge
A flying ⬩ flight ⬩ vŏlātus
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A flying, flight; vŏlātus Se fugel flyges cunnode the bird made trial of his flying, Exon. 17a; Th. 40, 28; Cri. 645. Wið flyge gáres against an arrow's flight, 79a; Th. 297, 11; Crä. 66. Ic sceal on flyge earda neósan I shall in flight visit lands,
freá-wine
A dear or beloved lord ⬩ dŏmĭnus cārus
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A dear or beloved lord; dŏmĭnus cārus Syððan freáwine folca swealt when the beloved lord of people perished, Beo. Th. 4703; B. 2357: 4849; B. 2429. He of hornbogan his freáwine fláne geswencte he laid low his dear lord with an arrow from his horned bow
meagol-mód
Of earnest mind ⬩ earnest ⬩ strenuous
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Of earnest mind, earnest, strenuous Ic synful bydde ðæt ðú onsende in mé (mé in?) heortan meagolmód gemynd and gedéfe hreówe and sóðe ondetnesse ealra mínna synna I, sinful, pray that thou send into my heart an earnest mind, and suitable penitence, and
pundar
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a plumb-line Pundar perpendiculum, modica petra de plumbo, quam ligant in filo quando aedifeant parietes, Txts. 112, 36. [Cf. punder librilla, ' librilla est baculus cum corrigia plumbata, ad librandum carnes,' Prompt. Parv. 416. Halliwell
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ge-wǽtan
To wet ⬩ to make wet
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To wet, to make wet Onsend Ladzarus ðætte he gewǽte his ýtemestan finger on wættre send Lazarus, that he may wet the tip of his finger in water, Past. 43, 1Swt. 309, 6Hat. MS. Strengas.; gurron wædo gewǽtte the ropes creaked wet with the waters, Andr
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