bisene
Blind
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He áwrít róde tácen ofer þæs bysenan (blindan, v. l. ) mannes eágan, and seó nine þǽre blindnysse gewát fram hám eágum, 77, 28. Tuoege bisene ł blinde duo caeci, Mt. L. 9, 27. Bisena, 28. Biseno geseáð caeci vident, 11, 5
tó-gán
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Add Se Hǽlend betǽhte Thóman him hám tó hæbbenne and hí swá tóeódon, Hml. S. 36, 50. Add Hetelíce ástreccað ealle his lima ꝥ þá liþa him tógaan, Hml. S. 37, 99.
hungor-biten
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Hunger-bitten, suffering from hunger Ac ðes folces ðe be Hungire fór fela þúsenda ðǽr and be wæge earmlíce forfóran and fela hreówlíce and hungerbitene ongeán winter hám tugon but of the people that went by Hungary many thousands perished miserably there
fird-wíc
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Wíf ne sceal faran tó wera fyrdwícum, ac wunian æt hám, 31, 1096. Hé ástyrede his fyrdwíc movit castra, Jos. 3, I. Take here fyrd- wíc, and add
ge-nípan
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Exod. 454' substitute Him ongén genáp atol ýða gewealc: ne þǽr ǽnig becwóm herges tó háme the horrid waves grew dark as they rolled on to meet them; not one of that host got back to his home, Exod. 454.
here-bleáþ
Fearful in fight, ⬩ timorous
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Fearful in fight, timorous Flugon forhtigende woldon herebleáþe hámas findan fearful they fled and shunning the battle would find their homes, Cd. 166; Th. 206, 17; Exod. 453
þrili
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ðrili trilex, Txts. 35, 29; drili triplex, 115, 158; þrielig hrægil triligium, Wrt. Voc. i. 289, 53
Linked entry: þrilig
Huntan-dún
Huntingdon
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And ðá se firdstemn fór hám ðá fór óðer út and gefór ða burg æt Huntandúne and hie gebétte and geedneowade ðǽr heó ǽr tóbrocen wæs be Eádweardes cyninges hǽse, Chr. 921; Erl. 106, 16: 107, 31. Tóward Huntendúne porte, 656; Erl. 31, 19
ge-ferian
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Hám geferian, bringan tó bolde, Sae. 148. Hé wæs gefered excipitur, An. Ox. 4698. Geferod vectus, Wülck. Gl. 254, 10. Gefered wæs heáfod his in disc allatum est caput ejus in disco, Mt. L. 14, ii. Geferedne delatum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 80, 75.
reónig
Mournful, sad, gloomy, weary;
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In ðam reóngan hám ;in that gloomy dwelling (hell),; Exon. Th. 274, 8; Jul. 530
hláford-leás
Lordless, ⬩ not having a lord
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Lordless, not having a lord Ætwítan mé ðæt ic hláfordleás hám síðie to taunt me that I return home without my lord, Byrht. Th. 139, 8; By. 251: Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 35; Rä. 21, 22: Beo. Th. 5863; B. 2935: Andr. Kmbl. 810; An. 405.
mór-heald
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Wǽron land heora lyfthelme beþeaht mearchofu mórheald, Cd. 145: Th. 181, 14; Exod. 61. = placed on a mountain slope, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 71, (?)
Linked entry: heald
ge-líhtan
To alight ⬩ approach ⬩ come
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Segde ðætte sealfa god wolde helwarum hám gelíhtan said that God himself would come home to the dwellers in hell, Cd. 222; Th. 291, 16; Sat. 431
dæg-wist
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Him syððan sig dægwistes (wegnestes, v. l. ) getíðod, gif hig þæs gewilnion, and swá hám gecyrran, R. Ben. 102, 22. Cf. dæg-mete
snǽsan
To spit, run through with a pointed implement or weapon ⬩ to spit
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T.) ham þuruhut A. R. 212, 22.]
ælmes-mann
An alms-man ⬩ one supported by alms, a bedesman or a beggar
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Ðonne wille ic ðæt man nime tó ǽlcan ðissa háma twelf ælmesmen, and gif hwæt hera ǽnigan getíde, sette man ðǽr óþerne tó, C. D. B. iii. 75, 38
spíder
a spider
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Hér com in gangan in spíder wiht, hæfde him his haman on handa, Lchdm. iii. 42, 11. The passage is the beginning of a charm
freoðu-webbe
A peace-weaver ⬩ woman ⬩ pācis textrix ⬩ conciliatrix ⬩ mŭlier
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Widsíþ mid Ealhhilde, fǽlre freoðuwebban, hám gesóhte Eormanríces Widsith with Ealhild, faithful peace-weaver, sought the home of Ermanric, Exon. 84 b; Th. 319, 2; Wíd. 6. v. Grm. And. u. El. 144
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tún-scipe
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The inhabitants of a tún Cýþe hé hit ðonne hé hám cyme; and gif hit cuce orf biþ mid his túnscipes gewitnysse on gemǽnre lǽse gebringe. Gif hé swá ne déð ǽr fíf nihtum, cýþan hit ðæs túnes men ðam hundredes ealdre, L. Edg. S. 8; Th. i. 274, 26.
mund
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Lida bið longe on síðe . . . hám cymeð, gif hé hál leofað, nefne him holm gestýreð, mere hafað mundum (unless the sea has him in its clutches), Gn. Ex. 107. <b>III a.