twifealdlíce
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Se biþ twyfealdlíce deád, se ðe on gódnysse unwæstmbǽre biþ, and on yfelnysse wæstmbǽre, 406, 18
un-árlíc
dishonourable ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ shameful ⬩ unkindly
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dishonourable, disgraceful, shameful Ðín módor gewíteþ of weorulde þurh scondlícne deáð and unárlícne and heó ligeþ unbebyrged in wege fuglum tó mete and wildeórum mater tua miserando turpissimoque exitu sepultura carebit, iacebitque in uia praeda auium
be-standan
to surround
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S. 28, 104, to attend the dead, perform funeral rites for Heó forðférde and Abraham hig bestód þá ealdan wísan mortua est, venitgue Abraham, ut plangeret et fleret eam, Gen. 23, 2. ) þá wíf behwurfon hire líc oþþæt heó bebyrged wæs, swylce hí for ðan
blód
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Deád blód cruor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 57. Heó sǽde ꝥ hire blód forlǽten wǽre on earme, Bd. 5, 3; Sch. 563, 2. Swíðe unwíslíce gé dydon, þæt gé sceoldon on feówernihtne mónan blód lǽtan, Sch. 564, 6: Lch. iii. 184, 11.
holh
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Gif þonne seó nǽdre befleáh hine in hwylc holh, gif hé þonne gebletsode þæs hóles múð mid þǽre halgan róde tácne, sóna ofer ꝥ wæs seó nǽdre getogen deád of þám hóle quem si quando serpens in foramine fugerit, signo cruces os foraminis benedicit, statimque
ofer-bídan
to outlast, outlive, survive
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to outlast, outlive, survive Gif hwylces weres forme wíf biþ deád, ðæt hé be leáfe óðer wíf niman móte; and gif hé ða oferbýt wunige hé á syððan wífleás, si supersit ei L. Ecg. P. ii. 20; Th. ii. 190, 3. Yldo oferbídeþ stánas, Salm.
from-swícan
To withdraw ⬩ desert ⬩ desciscĕre ⬩ desĕrĕre
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To withdraw, desert; desciscĕre, desĕrĕre Ðeáh ðe he him fromswice though he had withdrawn from them, Cd. 46; Th. 58, 31; Gen. 954. Ða leóde him fromswicon the nations deserted him, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 18; Gen. 1981
secg
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A sword Wit sculon secge ofersettan, gif hé gesécean dear wíg ofer wǽpen, Beo. Th. 1372 ; B. 684. Secgum ofslegene, Cd. Th. 120, 27 ; Gen. 2001. [Cf. Icel. ] Cf. secg sedge, and sagu; and see secg-hwæt, -plega
ge-ryd
Prepared, ready, usual ⬩ paratus
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Prepared, ready, usual; paratus Ðeáh se graf geryd sí though the grave be prepared, Lchdm. iii. 355, 2, col. 1; Shrn. 184, 20. Moises dyde on geryde orcas Moses put it into the usual basons, Ex. 24, 6
un-pleólíce
Without danger ⬩ without risk ⬩ safely
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Without danger, without risk, safely Ða óðre apostoli be Godes hǽse leofodon be heora láre unpleólíce; ac ðeáh hwæðere Paulus ána nolde ða álýfdan bigleofan onfón, ac mid ágenre teolunge his neóde foresceáwode, Homl. Th. i. 392, 20
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eorþ-hele
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Wæs þæt deáw swilce hit hagoles eorðhele wǽre the dew was as if there were a covering of hail upon the ground; ros jacuit. . . in similitudinem pruinae super terram, Ex. 16, 14. Substitute:
ge-swǽs
Dear ⬩ familiar ⬩ kind ⬩ cārus ⬩ fămĭliāris ⬩ blandus
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Dear, familiar, kind; cārus, fămĭliāris, blandus He geceás Iudan him, geswǽs frumcynn elēgit trĭbus Juda, Ps. Th. 77, 67. Iohannes mid geswǽsum wordum ðæt folc tihte John exhorted the people with kind words, Homl. Th. i. 70, 34
mæger
Meagre ⬩ lean
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Meagre, lean Ða men beóþ mægre and bláce on onsýne ðeáh ðe hié ǽr fætte wǽron the men will be lean and pale of aspect, though before they were fat, L. M. 2, 36; Lchdm. ii. 242, 3
níd-niman
To take by force ⬩ ravish
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To take by force, ravish Ðeáh heó nýdnumen (neád-, MS. B.) weorðe, þolige ðæra ǽhta, búton heó fram ðam ceorle wille eft hám ongeán and nǽfre eft his ne weorðe, L. C. S. 74 Th. i. 416, 13
ge-leóf
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Dear, affectionate, loving one another Mid geleófre férrǽdene contubernali sodalitate, Hpt. Gl. 461, 66. On þǽre fíftan cneórysse geleófe men hig móton gesamnigan in quinto propinquitatis gradu licet caris hominibus in matrimonium ire, Ll.
un-geleáffull
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S. 23b, 16 (in Dict.). substantival Þone sylfan deáð fram ungeleáffullum and Crístes feóndum ( ab infdelibus et inimicis Chrísti) ic ðrowode, Bd. 2, 6; Sch. 137, 8. incredible Ungeleáfulne lehter inauditum, i. incredibile crimen, An. Ox. 2785
crundel
a barrow, mound raised over graves to protect them ⬩ tumulus
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Ðonan on morþcrundle; of morþcrundle on ðone brádan herpæþ [MS. herpaþ] thence to the death-barrow [to the tumulus of the dead]; from the tumulus of the dead to the broad military road Cod. Dipl. 543; A. D. 968; Kmbl. iii. 23, 34, 35.
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dýre
dear, beloved ⬩ cārus, dilectus ⬩ dear of price, precious, costly
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dear, beloved; cārus, dilectus Se wæs him dýre he was dear to him, Lk. Bos. 7, 2: Gen. 44, 5: L.
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dolg-slege
A wounding blow ⬩ vulnĕrans ictus
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Ðeáh he sáres swá feala deópum dolgslegum dreógan sceolde although he must suffer so much pain through deep wounding blows; 2489; An. 1246
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carbunculus
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. , . ðeáh ðe ðæt gecynd ðæs carbuncules hine úp áhebbe, his blióh hine gescent, Past. 411, 27-32