heard
firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ resolute ⬩ bold ⬩ resolute ⬩ obdurate ⬩ rigid ⬩ unyielding ⬩ oppressive ⬩ rigorous ⬩ strict ⬩ harsh
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Þeán ðe þæt wíte hwéne heardre and strengre gedón sié cum paulo districtius agitur, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 66, 16. Wíta heardost, Kr. 87. ꝥ hé onfó þæs heardestan þeów-dómes, Bl.
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here-geatu
military equipment ⬩ heriot
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military equipment Hí willaþ eów tó gafole gáras syllan ǽttrynne ord and ealde sword ða heregeatu ðe eów æt hilde ne deáh they will give you as tribute spears, the poisoned point and the swords they inherit, equipment for war that will not profit you
lám
Clay ⬩ mud ⬩ mire ⬩ earth
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Láme bitolden covered with earth [buried], Exon. 64 a; Th. 235, 11; Ph. 555: 50 a; Th. 173, 27; Gú. 1167: 117 b; Th. 451, 5; Dóm. 99.
be-sleán
to strike ⬩ smite ⬩ to strike ⬩ dash ⬩ inflict ⬩ to strike ⬩ to strike
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M. 77, 13. fig. to strike with disease Hé gewende mid snáwhwítum hreóflan beslagen, Hml. Th. i. 400, 29. to deprive by a stroke (lit. or fig.) of something (gen. inst.)
feþer
a feather ⬩ a wing ⬩ a pen ⬩ quill
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Feðra earnes pennas aquilae, Mt. p. 9, 17. a wing of an army (?): Here exercitus, getrimmed féða cuneus, féþe (printed fedes, but see Angl. viii. 450. Should feþre be read? or is féþe plural of féþu q. v.?) alae, Wrt.
hæft-níd
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. ¶ pl. with force of sing. :-- Wæs sum wyln gehæft tó swinglum, and læg on hæftnédum, Hml. S. 21, 167. Hé ús áhredde fram deófles hæftnýdum, Hml. Th. i. 338, 4
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wecgan
To wag (trans.), ⬩ move, shake
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Þeáh hit wecge (cf. ástyroð, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 19) wind, Met. 7, 35. [Swa þe hæȝe wude þenne wind weieð hine, Laym. 20137
BRIDEL
A BRIDLE ⬩ frenum
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Mid his bridle with his bridle, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 6: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 45, 57, 157; Met. 11, 23, 29, 79; 24, 73; Met. 24, 37.
on-cunnan
To accuse a person (acc.) of something (gen., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge
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., clause beginning with ðæt or with prep, be, for), to blame, charge, lay to a person's charge Ðonne oncann hé hiene selfne for ðære hrædhýdignesse ðe hé ǽr tó fela sealde occasionem contra se im- patientiae enquirit, Past. 44, 4; Swt. 325, 16.
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líc
A body
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Bæþ wið ðam miclan líce a bath for elephantiasis, L. M. 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 18. Mynte ðæt hé gedǽlde ánra gehwylces líf wið líce meant to part the life of each one from the body, Beo. Th. 1470; B. 733.
ge-neálǽcan
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., appropinquasset) hé áhsude hine, Lk. 18, 40. with dative Mid ðý ꝥ fýr him geneálǽcte cum ignes cdpropinquassent, Bd. 3, 19; Sch. 279, 10. Þá hé geneálǽhte (ge-neolécte, L.) þǽre ceastre gate. Lk. 7, 12. with prep.
til
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Til sceal mid tilum the good shall be associated with the good, 334, 28 ; Gn. Ex. 23. Ðæt hió ðære cwene oncweðan meahton swá tiles swá tráges, swá hió him tó sóhte, Elen. Kmbl. 649; El. 325.
un-gesǽlig
Unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ unhappy ⬩ suffering ⬩ misfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ suffering want of moral good ⬩ causing unhappiness ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ calamitous ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ evil
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Ára mé, ungesǽligost ealra wífa, Blickl. Homl. 89, 22. suffering want of moral good Deófol sǽwð unwísdóm and gedéð þurh ðæt, ðæt ungesǽlig man wísdómes ne gýmeþ, Wulfst. 52, 27 note.
heofone
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Seó heofone ús winð wið þonne heó ús sendeð styrnlice stormas, Wlfst. 92, 16. Þǽre heofenan wæterþeótan wǽron geopenode, Gen. 7, II: 8, 2.
lǽfan
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Hí nymað ǽlc wiht, and uneáðe hí ám þearfiendum lytles hwæt lǽfað, Ll. Lbmn. 476, 11. Hí náman æt heora mágon sceattas genóge . . . and á spendon and dǽldon hafenleásum mannum . . .
hearh
A temple, an idol ⬩ lucus, nemus, fanum, delubrum, ara
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Ne wirc gé eów hearga ne ágrafene godas ... eówre hearga ic tóbrece ye shall make you no idols rear graven image ... I will cut down your images, Lev. 26, 1, 30
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hláford
A LORD; ⬩ dominus. ⬩ herus
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Hláforda wín honorarium vinum, Ælfc. Gl. 32; Som. 62, 1; Wrt. Voc. 27, 67. Heó [Hagar] gewát hire hláfordum [Abram and Sara], Cd. 104; Th. 138, 21; Gen. 2295
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ge-wríþan
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[Twælf swine mid wiðen ywriðen al togadere, Laym. 25974.] with idea of compulsion. the subject a person, to bind with bonds Ic eom gebunden mid fýrenum racenteágum fram Crístes englum . . .; hé úrne ealdor myd fýrenum bendum gewráð, Hml.
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wilde
Wild ⬩ wild ⬩ not domestic ⬩ not tamed ⬩ not broken in ⬩ wild ⬩ not cultivated ⬩ wild ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ uninhabited ⬩ wild ⬩ turbulent ⬩ ungoverned
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Lind. 13, 27. of places, wild, uncultivated, uninhabited Licgaþ wilde móras emnlange ðæm býnum lande, Ors. l, I; Swt. 18, 27.
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