wirgan
to curse ⬩ maledicere ⬩ to do evil
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Gif mé mín feónd wyrgeþ (wyrigde, Ps. Spl.) si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi, Ps. Th. 54, 11. Se ðe wyrigð (woerges, Lind.: wærge, Rush.) hys fæder, Mt. Kmbl. 15, 4; Homl. Th. ii. 36, 10.
LÓCIAN
To LOOK ⬩ see ⬩ gaze ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ take heed ⬩ look (to) ⬩ belong ⬩ pertain
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Lócæ feónd mínne respice inimicos meos, Ps. Spl. T. 24, 20. Lóca nú receive thy sight, Blickl. Homl. 15, 26. 'Lóca hider;' ðá lócade hé ðider, Wulfst. 236, 20. Lóciaþ bráde and nán þing gecnáwaþ look far and wide, and understand nothing, 47, 13.
bismer
Filthiness, pollution, abomination, disgrace, infamy, mockery, reproach, contumely, blasphemy, calumny ⬩ ludibrium, pollutio, abominatio, infamia, opprobrium, contumelia, blasphemia, calumnia ⬩ opprobrium
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Ðæt he dóþ to bysmore ðínum feóndum he makes that for a reproach to thine enemies, 8, 3. Ge gehýrdon his bysmer audistis blasphemiam, Mk. Bos. 14, 64. Ðæt ðú mǽge þolie bysmor on ǽlcne tíman ut omni tempore calumniam sustineas, Deut. 28, 29
be-cweþan
to say ⬩ to urge ⬩ press ⬩ to speak for ⬩ pray for ⬩ to bequeathe ⬩ grant by will
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Cweþað him þæt edwít feóndas þíne, fæste ætwítað; and þæt þínum críste becweþað swíðe quod exprobraverunt inimici tui; quod exprobraverunt commutationem christi tui, Ps.
eges líc
Fearful, terrible, dreadful, terrific, horrible, awful ⬩ terrĭbĭlis, terrĭfĭcus, horrĭbĭlis, horrendus
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Ðæs egeslícan ðæt ðú dó feóndes aídlian awyrgede syrwunga horrendi făcias hostis văcuisse (?) malignas insĭdias, Hymn. Surt. 47, 24.
wraþu
A prop ⬩ stay ⬩ support ⬩ support ⬩ assistance
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Ðæt hý wraþe sécen, frófre tó feóndum, 362, 12; Wal. 35. Ðǽr dú wraðe findest, Elen. Kmbl. 168; El. 84. Him Freá ælmihtig fultum tióde, wíf áweahte, and ða wraðe sealde leófum rince, Cd. Th. 11, 13;Gen. 174.
irsian
to be angry ⬩ to rage ⬩ to make angry ⬩ to anger ⬩ provoke
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Swá him yrsade se for ealle spræc feónda mengu so did he, who spake for all the multitude of fiends, rage against him [Guthlac], Exon. 35 a ; Th. 114, 11 : Gú. 171. Moises ðá yrsode and áxode iratusque Moyses ait, Num. 31, 14.
Linked entry: eornigende
hreówan
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or used absolutely. to affect with sorrow, to distress, grieve, vex. with pronoun (in apposition to clause) as subject Þæt mé on mínum hyge hreóweð, þæt hié heofonríce ágan, Gen. 426. with clause as subject Mec ongon hreówan þæt mín hondgeweorc on feónda
fæste
shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Wearð sé hálga wong þurh feóndes searo fæste bitýned Ph. 419. so as to make secure.
Linked entry: fæstlíce
murnan
To mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ be anxious ⬩ To mourn ⬩ lament ⬩ to care about ⬩ regard
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Kmbl. 971; Sal. 485. to care about, regard Se ðe hiora welt ne murnþ náuþer ne friénd ne fiend ðé má ðe wédende hund he that rules them regards neither friend nor foe any more than he would a mad dog (cf. se hláford ne scrífþ freónde ne feónde, Met.
be-swícan
to decoy ⬩ ensnare ⬩ beguile ⬩ to betray ⬩ to defraud ⬩ supplant ⬩ to circumvent ⬩ to seduce ⬩ mislead
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Beswícan circum-venire, 24, 68. ꝥ hié móston ðára feónda seora beswícan and ofercuman Bl. H. 201, 29.
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ge-fæstnian
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Hié mé on beorg ásetton, gefæstnodon mé ( the cross ) þǽr feóndas, Kr. 33. Ðæt hí hiora tóhopan gefæstnigen tó ðǽm écum gódum ut spem in bonis perennibus figant, Past. 393, 31. Hé lét his líchoman on róde mid næglum gefæstnian, Bl. H. 85, 2.
neáh-west
nearness ⬩ neighbourhood ⬩ the being with another ⬩ presence ⬩ society ⬩ fellowship
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Hwelc is ǽngum men máre daru ðonne hé hæbbe on his geférrǽdenne and on his néweste feónd on freóndes anlícnesse, 29, 2; Fox 106, 14. Þincþ his neáwist ( the presence of the dead body ) láþlíco and unfæger, Blickl. Homl. 111, 30.
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sittan
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Him cóm ongǽn se ealda feónd sittende on ánum múle on lǽces ansýne, Gr. D. 161, 1. <b>I b.</b> add :-- Hié hiene méðigne on cneówum sittende métton, Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, 31. <b>I d.
lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Hú moniga dígla costunga ðæs ealdan feóndes lutigeaþ on ðýs andweardan lífe quanta in hujus vitae itinere tentamenta antiqui hostis lateant, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 159, 24.
ealdian
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Ic ealdode ( inveteravi ) betweox feóndum mínum, Ps. Spl. 6, 7. Þe lǽs þe hí þurh eorþlice dǽda á ealdodon (áealdodon ?: hí ne ealdodon nǽfre, v.l.) fram hyra módes níwnysse ne per humanos actus a novitate mentis veterascerent, Gr. D. 6, 32.
on-secgan
to sacrifice, offer ⬩ to deny, renounce, abjure
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Ongunnan heora bearn blótan feóndum, sceuccum onsæcgean immolaverunt filios suos, et filias suas daemoniis, Ps. Th. 105, 27. Onsægd síe turificatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 51. [Cf. O. H.
torht
Bright, ⬩ splendid ⬩ of the brightness of light, ⬩ of splendid appearance ⬩ bright ⬩ beautiful ⬩ splendid ⬩ splendid, ⬩ glorious, ⬩ noble, ⬩ illustrious, ⬩ having splendid qualities or properties, ⬩ bright, ⬩ clear
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Hé benam his feónd torhte tíre, 4, 23; Gen. 58. Ða hálgan duru heofona ríces torhte ontýnan. Salm. Kmbl. 75; Sal. 38. Abraham wordum God torhtum cígde, Cd. Th. 108, 16; Gen. 1807. Noldan hí ða torhtan tácen (Christ's miracles) oncnáwan, Exon.
wegan
to move, bear, carry, bring, transport ⬩ to bring, cause ⬩ to bear, support ⬩ to bear, carry, ⬩ to have ⬩ bear ⬩ wear ⬩ to have ⬩ to be under the influence of ⬩ have ⬩ bear ⬩ to bear, submit to ⬩ to weigh, ⬩ to put something in a balance ⬩ to be equal to ⬩ To move
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Ðone (a dog) on teón wigeþ feónd his feónde, 433, 28 ; Rä. 51, 3. Hám wegaþ advehunt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 1, 5. Hé ða frætwe wæg ofer ýða ful, Beo. Th. 2419 ; B. 1207. Hé com tó ðam forwundodum, and wæh hine hám tó his inne, Homl. Ass. 47, 559.
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frófor
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Hié him frófre and fultomes wilnodan, ꝥ hié móston ðǽra feónda searo ofercuman, Bl. H. 201, 28. Se engel cwóm on fultum and on frófre, 203, 21: B. 1273.