neó-bedd
A bed for a corpse
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A bed for a corpse Ic in mínum neste neóbed ceóse ' I shall die in my nest ' (A. V.), Exon. Th. 235, 7; Ph. 553. God wearp hine niðer on ðæt neóbedd ( that couch of corpses, Hell ; cf.
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nigon
nine
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Ic ofslóh niceras nigene, Beo. Th. 1154; B. 575
borh-leás
Void of security ⬩ fidejussore carens
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Void of security; fidejussore carens Gif hwá borh-leás orf habbe ... agife ðæt orf, and gilde xx oran if any one have cattle borhless [i.e. for which no borh has been given] ... let him give up the cattle, and pay twenty oran [which at 1s. 4d. each,
stán-beorh
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Stánbeorh steápne, Beo. Th. 4432; B. 2213. Sunt termini ab occasu stánbergas, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 159, 14
weorold-folgoþ
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m, A worldly service, service with an earthly lord Sceolde Sanctus Martinus néde beón on ðære geférǽdenne cininges ðegna . . . Næs ná ðæt hé his willan on ðæm woruldfolgaðe wǽre . . .
brægden
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Þǽr man gecnáwan can ꝥ þǽr bregden bið (that there has been fraud), Ll. Th. i. 390, 13. Substitute for translation of Ors. 5, 7, Marius non minore pene quam ipse praeditus erat astutia; and add
bród
a brood ⬩ breeding ⬩ hatching
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Of ðám hunige beón brédað heora bród, Hml. Th. ii. 10, 17. Bród foetibus, An. Ox. 28, 25. breeding, hatching (v. bródig) Bróde concretione (cf. cennung concretio, 136, 25), Wrt. Voc. ii. 23, 19
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heáh-cræftiga
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Heáhlǽcas oððe (heáh)cræfgan archiatros (or has architectos been read?), Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 60
under
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<b>; I</b> 3 f. add: — Hú mihte Abraham beón clǽne, ꝥ hé nǽre forligr geteald, þá þá hé hæfde cyfese under his rihtwífe ? quomodo defenditur Abraham adulterii reus non esse, dum viventi legitima uxore sua conjunctus est ancillae suae ?
sárig-mód
Sad-hearted, of mournful mood
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Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum, Beo. Th. 5876; B. 2942. Þa wes he sarimod and sorhful an heorten, Laym. 29791. Sorimod and wroþ, O. and N. 1218. Forfrigted folc and sorimod, Gen. and Ex. 3520
ono
if
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if Ono nú ðæt wíf wel gedyrstgade si igitur bene praesumsit, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 19.
or-ceápe
Without payment, without cause, for nothing, gratis, gratuitously
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Beó hé frióh orceápunga, L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 3. Hí onwunnon mé orceápunga ( gratis ), Ps. Spl. M. 119, 6. Orceápungum, Ps. Lamb. 108, 3
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oret-mæcg
A combatant, warrior, champion
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Oretmecgas (Beowulf and his band), Beo. Th. 669 ; B. 332 : 732 ; B. 363 : (Hrothgar's men), 967 ; B. 481. Orettmæcgas (the disciples), Andr. Kmbl. 1328; An. 664. Weóld Walum and Scottum and Bryttum eác byre Æðelrédes, Englum and Sexum, oretmæcgum.
hnítan
To strike, ⬩ thrust, ⬩ push, ⬩ come against with a shock
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To strike, thrust, push, come against with a shock Ðonne hniton féðan in the shock of meeting hosts, Beo. Th. 2659; B. 1327: 5082; B. 2544. Gif oxa hnite wer oððe wif si bos percusserit virum aut mulierem, Ex. 21, 28.
swátig
sweaty ⬩ bloody
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Th. i. 426, 31. bloody Sweord wæs swátig, Beo. Th. 3143; B. 1569. Sweord and swátigne helm, Judth. Thw. 26, 20; Jud. 338. Ðú meaht geseón on mínre sídan swátge wunde, Exon. Th. 89, 19; Cri. 1459
ge-reordan
To give food to, feed, take food, satisfy, refresh, feast ⬩ cibare, saturare, satiare, epulari
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We willaþ mid ðý hláfe gereorde beón pane illo refici volumus, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 22. Ðá wæs flet-sittendum fægere gereorded then were the sitters in the hall nobly feasted, Beo. Th. 3581; B. 1788.
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weorold-ríce
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Ne beó nǽnig man hér on worldríce on his geþóhte tó mó;dig, Blickl. Homl. 109, 27. For hwam winneþ ðis wæter geond woruldríce? Salm.
triumpha
A triumph
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Ðonne hié hámweard fóran, ðonne sceoldon hiera senátus rídan on cræt-wǽnum wiðæftan ðǽm consulum, and ða menn beforan him drífan gebundene ðe ðǽr gefongene wǽron, ðæt heora mǽrþa sceoldon ðý þrymlícran beón.
lufian
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Hí í II. with object a thing, to be strongly attached to, be unwilling to part with Sé ðe lufað sáuel his spildeð ł losað hiá, Jn. L.
ga-máhlic
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Th. ii. 126, 5. in a bad sense Hé fylgede þám hálgan were mid gemáglicum bedum (gemálicum bénum, v.l. importunis precibus ), Gr. D. 156, 2: Hml. Th. ii. 176, 15