eornoste
in earnest, earnestly, seriously, courageously, strongly ⬩ sērio, strēnue, sēdŭlo, vĕhĕmenter
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Hió onginþ eorneste racentan slítan she will begin in earnest to sever her chains, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 56; Met. 13, 28: 16, 44; Met. 16, 22
for-liger
A fornicator ⬩ adulterer ⬩ fornĭcātor ⬩ ădulter
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He is forlír he is an adulterer, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 17. God fordémþ ða dyrnan forlíras God condemns secret adulterers, ii. 324, 7
fyrd-gestealla
A comrade in arms ⬩ martial comrade ⬩ expĕdītiōnis bellĭcæ sŏcius ⬩ commīlĭto
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A comrade in arms, martial comrade; expĕdītiōnis bellĭcæ sŏcius, commīlĭto Nealles folc-cyning fyrdgesteallum gylpan þorfte the peoples king needed not to boast of his comrades in arms, Beo. Th. 5739; B. 2873.
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eard-fæst
Earth fast, settled, established in a place, abiding ⬩ sŏlo fixus, habĭtans
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Earth fast, settled, established in a place, abiding; sŏlo fixus, habĭtans Ðe eardfæst byþ on Hierusalem qui habĭtat in Hierusalem, Ps. Th. 124, l: Exon. 44 a; Th. 149, 8; Gú. 758: Cd. 136; Th. 171, 27; Gen. 2834: Bt. Met.
lætemest
Last
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Last In ðæm lætemestan dæge in novissimo die, Jn. Skt. Rush. 6, 44: 39, 40. Stówe ða lætemestu novissimum locum, Lk. Skt. Rush. 14, 9, 10.
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gemót-ærn
A meeting-place, senate-house, hall ⬩ conveniendi locus, aula
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Gemótern in pretorio, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 27
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wrǽþþu
wrath ⬩ anger ⬩ injury
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Erl. 253, 14. injury Ðú in wrǽððo giscildnise tu in injuria defensio, Rtl. 105, 9
efen-wiht
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, fellow, associate Sceóte man ælmessan . . . hwílum be mannes efenwihte, hwílum be freótmen, hwílum be healffreón sometimes in the case of a man's equal (?), sometimes in that of the freedman or the half-free, Wlfst. 171, 4.
ge-gíman
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Take here <b>ge-géman</b> in Dict., and add: to take care with, correct Gegémes corrigens, Mt. p. 12, 13. to take care of medically, cure Alle in untrymnisse gegémde cunctos infirmitate curavit, Mk. p. 2, 13: Lk. p. 6, 9: p. 8, 9.
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hand-plega
Fighting
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Hí nǽfre wyrsan handplegan on Angelcynne ne gemitton ðonne Ulfcytel him tóbrohte they had never had more disastrous fighting in England than in their engagement with Ulfcytel, Chr. 1004; Erl. 138, note 7
hlutor-ness
Clearness, ⬩ purity
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Clearness, purity Hú heora gecynd bútan ǽlcre besmitennysse on écere hluttornysse þurhwunaþ how their nature continues without any pollution in eternal purity, Homl. Th. i. 538, 29.
tó-fleón
To flee in different directions, ⬩ be dispersed in flight, ⬩ flee away
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Lchdm. i. 188, 8. þa cnihtes alle weoren wide tofloȝen ut of þan wiðeruehte, Laym. 28668
tó-hladan
To disband, ⬩ disperse
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dispersed in troops, Cd.
fúl-líce
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Similar entries v. fúl-lic. in a moral sense Gýfernys fúllíce (turpiter) on gálnysse tólǽtt, Scint. 106, 13. Fúllícor turpius, 98, 1
smirwan
To smear, anoint ⬩ unctus ⬩ to anoint
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Smire mid Lchdm. ii. 132, 1 (and often) Smyre i. 216, 5 (and often) Smyra ðín heáfod unge caput tuum Mt. Kmbl. 6, 17. þweah ǽr ðú hit smeruwe Lchdm. ii. 156, 2. Gníde and smerwe 186, 7.
a-líhting
Enlightening ⬩ illuminatio
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Enlightening; illuminatio On alihtinge [MS. alíh-tincge] andwlitan ðínes in illuminationem vultus tui, Ps. Th. 89, 8
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and-wís
Expert ⬩ skilful ⬩ gnarus ⬩ expertus
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Expert, skilful; gnarus, expertus Yfeles andwís expert in evil, Exon. 69 a; Th. 257, 8; Jul. 244
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Bylges leg
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BISLEY, in Gloucestershire Hí cómon to Bylges lege they came to Bisley, Chr. 1055; Erl. 190, 15
clústor-cleófa
A prison-chamber, cell ⬩ carceris cubiculum
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A prison-chamber, cell; carceris cubiculum On clústorcleófan in the prison-chamber, Andr. Kmbl. 2041; An. 1023
cwyc-ǽht
live stock
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live stock On cwycǽhturn in live stock, L. Alf. pol. 18 Th. 1, 72, 12, note 28