gripe
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Hé hæfde him on handa hilde frófre (frore, MS.), gúðbilla gripe he had in his hand aid for war, for the assault of battle-bills, Vald. 2, 13. non-material Þǽr is wyrma slite and ealra wǽdla gripe, Wlfst. 209, 18. grasp, power, control, mastery, by persons
seowian
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Álces mannes miht þe on módignysse færð is þám gelic swilce man siwige áne bytte, and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þyrl þonne heó tóþunden bið on hire greátnysse, þonne tógǽð seó miht, Hml. S. 34, 316. Add
swég-cræft
The art of playing on a musical instrument,
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The art of playing on a musical instrument, Ðá ongunnon ealle ða men hí herian on hyre swégcræft . . . Apollonius cwæð. 'Ic ongite ðæt ðín dohtor gefeól on swégcræft, ac heó næfþ hine ná wel geleornod, ' Ap. Th. 16, 17-24
rǽs
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Hit ofslóh mínra þegna xxvi. áne rǽse ( in one onslaught ), Nar. 15, 25. Ðá wearð líg tólýsed, leád wíde sprong, hæleþ wurdon acle for ðý rǽse, Exon. Th. 277, 27; Jul. 587. Hé gúðe rǽs mid his freádryhtne fremman sceolde, Beo. Th. 5246; B. 2626.
Linked entry: rǽs-bora
ge-wiht
Weight ⬩ pondus
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See Turner's Hist. Anglo-Sax. ii. Appendix ii
brǽþ
odour ⬩ exhalation
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Þes brǽð is of Críste, 42. hot vapour Ðá brǽðas ðæs flǽsces stigon up eall swilc hit mist wǽre. Hml. S. 23, 36. in a medical sense: Ne æppla ne wín nis tó sellanne, for ðon ðe hié habbað hátne brǽþ.
fillan
throw down ⬩ to fell ⬩ destroy
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: Ic wiht (bellows) geseah . . . þegn folgade . . . and micel hæfde geféred þǽr hit felde (when he made the swollen bellows subside ?), Ra. 38, 4. fig. to be a stumbling-block to Gif honde þíne fælleþ þec, Mt.
wíglere
A diviner ⬩ soothsayer ⬩ augur ⬩ sorcerer
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Ðes and ðeós wiglere hic et haec augur Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22 ; Zup. 49, 2. Nú cwyð sum wíglere, ðæt wiccan oft secgaþ swá swá hit ágǽð mid ððum ðincge, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 108. On gellcnysse wígleres and rǽdendes ( arioli et coniectoris ), Scint. 75, 12.
Linked entry: weohlere
un-gemetlíce
immoderately ⬩ beyond measure ⬩ excessively ⬩ too (much) ⬩ immensely ⬩ exceedingly ⬩ very greatly
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Ongan hió hine lufian, and hiora ǽgþer óþerne swíþe ungemetlíce, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 25. Ðæt hé ðæt ryht tó swíþe and tó ungemetlíce ( nimie et inordinate ) ne bodige, Past. 15; Swt. 95, 17.
Linked entries: ge-metlíce ungemetelíce un-metlíce
ge-bǽtan
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Hæfð se alwealda ealle gesceafta gebǽt mid his brídle (cf. mid his brídle befangene, Bt. 21; F. 74, 6), 11, 23. v. next word
hand-geweorc
Work of the hand, handiwork
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His handgeweorc the work of his hands [Adam and Eve], Cd. 13; Th. 16, 11; Gen. 241: Ps. Th. 18, 1. Gerece úre handgeweorc opus manuum nostrarum dirige, 89, 19.
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Æðelrǽd
Ælhelred ⬩ Æthelréd ⬩ Æthelrédus
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His wife simply writes, — Ego Æthelflæd consensi, Th. Diplm. 136, 23. Ríxiendum ussum Dryhtene ðæm Hǽlendan Crist.
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nón
the ninth hour ⬩ hora nona ⬩ the service held at the ninth hour ⬩ nones
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Hí him tó gewunon náman ðæt hí fæston tó nónes ( ad horam nonam ), Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 9. Tó huíl nónes ad horam nonam, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 27, 45, 46. On tíde nónes, Mk. Skt. Rush. 15. 33, 34. Tó underne and tó nóne ... and tó middæge.
un-nyt
a vain thing ⬩ vanity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ iniquity
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Ðonne mæg hé ongitan ðæt yfel and ðæt unnet, ðæt hé ǽr on his móde hæfde, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 154, 26. Hwý gé ymb ðæt unnet swincen? Met. 10, 21. Hwí smeágaþ hí unnytt quare meditati sunt inania, Ps. Th. 2, 1.
wermód
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Gif hit sié sumor, dó wermódes sǽdes dust tó . . . gif hit sié winter, ne þearft þú ðone wermód tó dón, 180, 27. Grénne wermód oððe drígne, 206, 24: 296, 13. Wring on wermód wearmne, 310, 10. Nim wermód nioþoweardne, 326, 10. Wærmód, i. 206, 10.
án-dæge
For one day ⬩ lasting a day ⬩ diurnus ⬩ unius diei
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Ðe hire ándæges eágum starede who daily gazed on her with his eyes, Beo. Th. 3874; B. 1935
folc-gefeoht
Folk-battle ⬩ a great battle ⬩ pitched battle ⬩ publĭca pugna ⬩ plēnum prælium
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Folk-battle, a great battle, pitched battle; publĭca pugna, plēnum prælium Ða Sciððie noldon hine gesécan to folcgefeohte the Scythians would not attack him in a pitched battle, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 46, 5.
níd-wís
Necessary ⬩ due
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Þances hit ágylde neadwíse grates rependat debitas, Hy. Surt. 27, 21. Loft neádwíse laudes debitas, 86, 33
rempan
to go headlong (like an animal butting with its horns (?), ⬩ be precipitate
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Voc. ii. 15, 68 be precipitate Oft mon biþ suíðe rempende and rǽsþ suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce and ðeáh wénaþ men ðæt hit síe for arodscipe and for hwætscipe saepe praecipitata actio velocitatis efficacia creditur, Past. 20, 1;Swt. 149, 12
deóp-lic
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Hit wile þingcan ungelǽredum mannum tó deóplic, Lch. iii. 244, 10. Deóplicu (depp-, MS.) is seó ácsung and winsumu tó witanne þám þe hyt witan mæg, Shrn. 191, 20. God geswác ðæs dihtes ðæs deóplican cræftes, Hex. 20, 15.