aspide
An asp ⬩ viper ⬩ serpent ⬩ aspis ⬩ ĭdis ⬩ άσπίs ⬩ ίδοs
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An asp, viper, serpent; aspis, ĭdis; f. = άσπίs, ίδοs; f. a sort of serpent remarkable for rolling itself up in a spiral form: a negative, and σπίζω to extend, Scapulæ Lexicon Aspidas aspides, Ps. Th. 139, 3.
ge-cýþnes
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Witan hwæt sý betwux ðám twám gecýðnessum; ðáre ealdan ǽ ǽr Crístes tócyme and þáre níwan gecýðnesse under Crístes gife. Ll. Th. ii. 368, 10-12. Gecýþnessa testamentorum (duorum), An. Ox. 1547
ge-titelian
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Án getitelod Ī, getácnað án þúsend, and twéyen ías getitelode, ĪĪ, getácniað twá þúsend, 282, 10-12
eal-weald
All-powerful, almighty ⬩ omnĭpŏtens
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All-powerful, almighty; omnĭpŏtens Ǽrende ealwealdan Gode wæs sprecen a message was spoken to the all-powerful God, Andr. Kmbl. 3239; An. 1622
weder-burh
A town exposed to storms, a weather-beaten city
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A town exposed to storms, a weather-beaten city Him Dryhten bebeád, ðæt hé ða wederburg wunian sceolde, Andr. Kmbl. 3390; An. 1699
snel-líc
moving rapidly, swift ⬩ quick in action, ready, bold ⬩ strenuus
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moving rapidly, swift Snellíc sǽmearh Andr. Kmbl. 533; An. 267. quick in action, ready, bold Monig snellíc sǽrinc Beo. Th. 1384; B. 690
mǽne
mean ⬩ wicked ⬩ false ⬩ evil
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Hygeleáse mǽne mad and false (the rebel angels), Cd. 4; Th. 4, 11; Gen. 52. Þurh mǽnra hand searonettum beseted. Andr.
Linked entry: mán
leahter
a crime ⬩ fault ⬩ offence ⬩ sin ⬩ vice ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ reproach ⬩ opprobrium ⬩ blame ⬩ disgrace ⬩ disease ⬩ disorder ⬩ hurt ⬩ malady
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Bysmrian leahtrum belecgan to revile and load with opprobrium, Andr. Kmbl. 2591; An. 1297. Hé begann tó lufienne leahtras tó swíðe he began to love vices too much, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 13. Leahtras noxas(cf. gylt uoxam, 50), Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 41.
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ge-cýþan
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., display. to perform an action Hé feala tácna gecýðde, An. 711. Manigfeald wundor ... wǽron and gyt beóð æteówed and gecýðed, Bl.
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sang
song, singing ⬩ a singing, chanting ⬩ song, poetry, ⬩ a song ⬩ a poem
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Dǽr wæs sang and swég samod ætgædere ... gomenwudu gréted, gid oft wrecen, Beo. Th. 2130; B. 1063: 180; B. 90. Ðǽr wæs singal sang and swegles gong, wlitig weoroda heáp, Andr. Kmbl. 1737; An. 871. Ðǽr is engla song, eádigra blis, Exon.
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mynecenu
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Godes þeówas, munecas and mynecena, preóstas and nunnan, L. Eth. v. 4; Th. i. 304, 26. Munecas and mynecena, canonicas and nunnan, vi. 2; Th. i. 314, 17: L. C. E. 6; Th. i. 364, 7. Be mynecenan.
mircels
a sign ⬩ mark ⬩ token ⬩ a mark to aim at ⬩ a signet ⬩ seal ⬩ an ensign ⬩ a trophy ⬩ a marked spot
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Insegle, mercelse signaculo, 504, 37. an ensign, a trophy Ðá hét se hǽðena cyning his heáfod of ásleán and his swíðran earme, and settan hí tó myrcelse, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 99, 135.
ge-dwola
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Sé þe him (the apostles and wise teachers) wiðcwyð and heora gesetnessum, hé byð gedwola, 22, 199 : Hml. S. l, 19. Valens wæs on Críste gefullod, ac hé ne cúþe his geleáfan, ac folgode gedwylde . . . Se gedwola, 3, 299.
ídel-ness
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Hwǽr beóþ þá symbelnessa, and þá ídelnessa, and þá ungemetlican hleahtras ?, Bl. H. 59, 18. <b>II a.</b> a vain, false religion :-- Ýdelnysse superstitions, An. Ox. 4429. Ýdelnysse super-stitione, i. uanitate, 4021.
of-gifan
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Mec ( the cuckoo in the egg ) deádne ofgeáfan fæder and móder, Rä. 10, 1. to give up a place, quit a position Se fugel ofgiefeð eard and éðel, Ph. 426. Abraham nihtreste ofgeaf, Gen. 2863. Næs ofgeáfon hwate Scyldingas, B. 1600.
wealdend
one who exercises power over persons or things, ⬩ a controller ⬩ master ⬩ one who exercises dominion ⬩ a ruler ⬩ governor ⬩ sovereign ⬩ applied to the Deity ⬩ a possessor ⬩ master ⬩ lord
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Kmbl. iii. 350, 25. applied to the Deity Án sceppend is and se is wealdendheofones and eorþan and ealra gesceafia,Bt.21 ; Fox 72, 29 : 35,3 ; Fox 158, 25 : 39, 12;Fox 232, 11. Wealdend Drihten Dominus, Ps. Th. 65, 16.
helm
a helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ diadem ⬩ the top ⬩ crown ⬩ cover ⬩ concealment ⬩ a covering
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Þǽr wæs helm monig, eald and ómig, B. 2762. Helm sceal cénum, On. Ex. 205. Wæs of þǽm hróran helm and byrne álýsed, B. 1629. Wæs his helm þyrl, Fin. 45. Helmes cassidis, Wrt. Voc. ii 103, 34: 13, 61: 129, 25: An. Ox. 2, 417.
Ine
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D. 688 to 726 Hér Ine féng tó Wesseaxna ríce and heóld xxxvii wint., Chr. 688; Erl. 42, 4. Hér Ine férde tó Róme and ðǽr his feorh gesealde, 728 [726, MS E] ; Erl. 44, 33. Ine wæs Cénréding. pref; Ert. 4, 10.
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mæst
Mast ⬩ fruit of forest trees
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Mid wude and mid felde mid mæste cum sylva et cum agro, cum porcorum esca, iv. 202, 2. Micle beámas ða ðe mæst and wæstm mannum bringaþ ligna fructifera, Ps. Th. 148, 9
pic
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Heó smirode hine mid tyrwan and mid pice, Ex. 2, 3. Ðá hét se cásere meltan on hwere leád and scipteoran and pic, Shrn. 91, 7 : Lchdm. ii. 318. 4