wig-smiþ
An idol-smith ⬩ a maker of idols
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An idol-smith, a maker of idols Deófulgild . . . ða hér menn worhtan, wígsmiðas mid folmum simulacra. . . . opera manuum hominum Ps. Th. 113, 12
spícing
A spike
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A spike (? Halliwell gives spiking a large nail, as a northern word) Spícyngas gadirian oððe wyrcean, geswinc hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 200, 24
ge-stitian
To dispose ⬩ order ⬩ dispōnĕre
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To dispose, order; dispōnĕre Ða he gestitode to Abrahame quod dispŏsuit ad Abraham, Ps. Spl. C. 104, 8: Ps. Spl. T. 102, 12
hilde-nædre
A war-adder, ⬩ an arrow, ⬩ dart, ⬩ warlike missile
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A war-adder, an arrow, dart, warlike missile, Elen. Kmbl. 238; El. 119: 281; 61. 141: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 34; Jud. 222
be-feón
To deprive of property ⬩ to confiscate
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Gl. 480, 53) infiscaretur, i. fraudaretur, An. Ox. 3157
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sécan
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Add Hé healdeð Meotudes ǽ. . . and gebedu séceð, Ph. 458. Hý fæsten lufiað . and gebedu sécað, Gú. 781. Secge wé . . . ꝥ þá beón fordóne þe ðæne drýcræft sécað, Hml. S. 17, 113. Ðú symle furðor feohtan sóhtest, Vald. 1. 18.
sæc
Strife, contest, conflict
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Æt wígge spéd, sigor æt sæcce, Elen. Kmbl. 2363; El. 1183. Hé feorg gesealde æt sæcce, Apstls. Kmbl. 117; Ap. 59. Ic ofslóh æt ðære sæcce ( the battle with Grendel's mother) húses hyrdas, Beo. Th. 3334; B. 1665.
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lád
excuse
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Gebyreþ ðæt mon óðrum riht wyrce ge at láde ge æt ǽlcre sprǽce ðe him betweox biþ it is proper for men to do right to one another both as regards clearing themselves of charges and as regards any suits that there are between them, L. O.
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FÆTT
FAT, fatted ⬩ pinguis, săgīnātus, crassus
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Mára ic eom and fættra ðonne amæsted swín I am larger and fatter than a fattened swine, Exon. 111 b; Th. 428, 8; Rä. 41, 105. Bringon eall ðæt ðǽrinne fættest sí offĕrent quidquid pinguēdĭnis est intrinsĕcus, Lev. 3, 3
blót-mónaþ
November, the month of sacrifice, so called because at this season the heathen Saxons made a provision for winter, and offered in sacrifice many of the animals they then killed. In an account of the Saxon months, it is thus described
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[blót a sacrifice, mónaþ month] November, the month of sacrifice, so called because at this season the heathen Saxons made a provision for winter, and offered in sacrifice many of the animals they then killed.
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ge-mǽrsian
To magnify, glorify, celebrate ⬩ magnĭfĭcāre, glorĭfĭcāre, celebrāre
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Ðú Sunnan dæg sylf hálgodest and gemǽrsodest hine manegum to helpe thou thyself didst sanctify Sunday and didst glorify it for help to many, Hy. 9, 26; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 26.
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bóc-lic
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bile-wit
plausible
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Hlútre móde and bylewite (-hwite, v. l.) simplici ac pura mente, Bd. 4, 24; Sch. 491, 9. Sume ðe wǽron bylewyte and góde, Nic. 3, 25. Ðá bilwitan (bili-, 6, bile-, 7) simplices, Past. 237, 4. Þá bilewittan mansueti, Bl. Gl.
gnornian
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., and add: to feel grief, regret, &amp;c. Ic gnornige contristatus sum, Ps. Th. 54, 2. Á mæg gnornian sé þe nú fram þís wígplegan wendan þenceð, By. 315. Grnorniendum merentibus, Kent. Gl. 1129. <b>I a.
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wearg
a villain, felon, scoundrel, criminal ⬩ of other creatures, a monster, malignant being, evil spirit
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Ic am unwurð as weri (v. l. wari) þet is anhonged, A. R. 352, 21. Ich wulle hine anhon haxst alre warien, Laym. 28215
heáp
a band ⬩ company ⬩ the clergy ⬩ a choir ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a troop ⬩ company ⬩ a crew ⬩ a collection ⬩ in company ⬩ together
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L. 67, 14. a choir Heápum classibus (v. Ald. 35, 28), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 58. secular, an army, a host Heáp (the host of the Huns) wæs gescyrted, láðra lindwered; lythwón becwóm Húna herges hám eft þanon, El. 141.
twégen
Two ⬩ absolutely ⬩ distributively
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Hé sende hí twám and twám, Homl. Th. ii. 528, 27: 530, 1. Ða wuniaþ twám and þrím ætgædere bini aut terni R. Ben. 9, 15.
þeón
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; p. þáh and þeáh, pl. þigon and þugon; p. pr. þíende and þeónde; pp. þigen and þogen To thrive, grow, flourish, prosper Þíhþ cluit, pollet, viget, nobilitat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 75. Þáh pubesceret, 66, 22. Þeó vigeat, Wülck.
ræps
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A response (in the service of the church) Ǽfengebed vespertinum officium, reps responsorium, rǽding lectio, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 32. Sý án rǽding gerǽd, and án swýðe scort ræps æfterfylige, R. Ben. 34, 53. Án rǽding, æfter ðam reps (ræps, MSS. O.
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ge-winna
An enemy ⬩ adversary ⬩ a foe ⬩ rival ⬩ hostis ⬩ inĭmīcus ⬩ æmŭlus
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Kmbl. 2500; An. 1251: 2603; An. 1303. Beóþ ðé hungor and þurst hearde gewinnan hunger and thirst will be hard adversaries to thee, Exon. 36 b; Th. 118, 28; Gú. 246. Heora gewinnan hí éhtan insĕquĭtur hostis, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 23: 1, 23; S. 483, 13.