wann-fýr
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Lurid fire Wonfýres wælm, se swearta líg lurid fire's glow, the dark flame, Exon. Th. 60, 7; Cri. 966
Linked entry: wan-fýr
wróht-scipe
Crime
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Crime Hí sóhton weras tó weorce (the building of Babel) and tó wróhtscipe, Cd. Th. 100, 31; Gen. 1672
un-gewilles
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Involuntarily, not designedly Sé þe hine nódes ofslóge oððe ungewilles (qui non est insidiatus), LI. Th. i. 46, 22
Linked entry: ge-willes
sǽ-róf
Active on the sea, strong in rowing
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Active on the sea, strong in rowing Ðonne sǽrófe snelle mægne árum bregdaþ, Exon. Th. 296, 25 ; Crä. 56
wíg-gryre
Terror caused by war
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Terror caused by war Wíggryre wífes the terror inspired when a woman makes war Beo. Th. 2572 ; B. 1284
heall-wahrift
Tapestry for hanging on the wall of a hall
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Tapestry for hanging on the wall of a hall Ic geann mínum suna ánes heallwahriftes, Chart. Th. 530, 33
ge-hýran
To hear ⬩ give ear to ⬩ audīre ⬩ exaudīre ⬩ To hear ⬩ audīre ⬩ to obey ⬩ obĕdire
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Bos. 4, 12. to obey; obĕdire Hie Drihtne gehýrdon they obeyed the Lord, Cd. 196; Th. 245, 2; Dan. 456 : Exon. 62 a; Th. 228, 26; Ph. 444 : Ps. Th. 17, 42
treów-cynn
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Hé ásmeáde be ǽlcum treówcynne fram ðam heágan cederbeáme óð ðæt hé com tó ðære lytlan ysopan he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall (l Kings 4, 33) Homl. Th. ii. 578, 4.
BRÆGEN
The BRAIN; ⬩ cerebrum, cerebellum
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Brægenes ádl the disease of the brain, L. M. 2, 27; Lchdm. ii. 222, 3. On his brægn astíge his unriht in verticem ipsius iniquitas ejus descendet, Ps. Th. 7, 16
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húsel-genga
a communicant
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One who goes to the Lord's supper, a communicant Gif hé húslgengea síe, L. Win. 23; Th. i. 42, 7: L. In. 19; Th. i. 114, 11. Be húslgengum, 15; Th. i. 112, 4
Linked entry: húsel-gang
ge-rádegian
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Add: ge-rádigian to arrange a matter Ðis ðe ic tó sibbe and tó gesehtnesse betweoh þám mynstre gerádigod (þe radi god, MS. ) hæbbe (cf. the title of the charter: De aquis et molendinis constitutio regis Eadgari), C. D. B. iii. 417, 5
leóht-líce
Lightly ⬩ slightly ⬩ gently ⬩ easily ⬩ quickly
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Hí forléton ða scipo ðus leóhtlíce ... and léton ealles þeódscipes geswincg ðus leóhtlíce forwurþan they abandoned the ships thus lightly ... and let all the nation's labour thus lightly come to nought, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 10-13.
heorot
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Hé forbeád þá heortas, swylce eác þá báras, swá swíðe hé lufode þá heádeór swilce hé wǽre heora fæder, Chr. 1086; P. 221, 9. the word occurs in many place-names as the first part of a compound: On heortbróc, C. D. iii. 430, 12.
ge-spédan
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Ac hí náht ná gespéddan but they succeeded naught, Chr. 1036; Th. 293, 23, col. 2. Ac man ðǽr ne gespǽdde but they didn't succeed there, 1096; Erl. 233, 29. Ealle þinge swá hwæt swá he déþ beóþ gespédde omnia quæcunque faciet prosperabuntur, Ps.
heals-fang
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Further details concerning the healsfang in the case of the ceorl may be gained from the laws of Henry I. which show that the healsfang was part of the wer: In omni weregildo debet halsfang primo reddi, sicut were modus erit . . .
a-fæstnian
To fix ⬩ fasten or make firm ⬩ to strengthen ⬩ fortify ⬩ confirm ⬩ betroth ⬩ espouse ⬩ inscribe ⬩ munire ⬩ firmare ⬩ consignare libris ⬩ infigere
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To fix, fasten or make firm, to strengthen, fortify, confirm, betroth, espouse, inscribe; munire, firmare, consignare libris, infigere Ðæt we hí móton afæstnian on ðé that we may fix them [our eyes] on thee, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 132,31: Bt. Met.
Linked entry: a-festnian
mótan
to be allowed ⬩ may ⬩ mote ⬩ to be inferred otherwise ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must
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The infin. does not occur in any of the dialects, but in the forms which are found the conjugation is the same as that of the A.S. verb. Goth. ga-mót; p. -mósta: O. Sax. mót; p. mósta: O. Frs. mót; p. móste: O.H. Ger. muoz, móz; p. muosi, muoste.]
leóht
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear
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Light, bright, cheerful (perhaps the passages in which the word has the meaning of cheerful should be put under the next word v. leóht-mód), shining, clear Cwæþ ðæt his líc wǽre leóht and scéne he said that his body was bright and beautiful, Cd. 14;
æg-lǽca
A miserable being ⬩ wretch ⬩ monster ⬩ miser ⬩ perditus ⬩ monstrum
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A miserable being, wretch, monster; miser, perditus, monstrum Atol æglǽca the fell wretch, Beo. Th. 1188; B. 592 : Cd. 216; Th. 274, 28; Sat. 161: Andr. Kmbl. 2717; An. 1361
ge-sibsumnes
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Of þǽre offrunga þe man for gesibbsumnysse offrað de pacificorum hostiis, Lev. 7, 32. Þ wé úre gesibsumnesse and geþwǽrnesse fæstlícost ús betweónan healdon, Ll. Th. i. 246, 22. Add