hring-weorþung
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Honouring by the gift of a ring Ne mægþ habban on healse hringweorþunge no maiden's neck shall be graced with a ring, Beo. Th. 6027; B. 3017
hwearf
A crowd ⬩ troop
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A crowd, troop, band of people Hwearfum þringan to press in crowds, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 8; Jud. 249: Exon. 36 a; Th. 118, 3; Gú. 234
lǽs
A letting
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A letting [of blood] Blódes lǽs bloodletting, L. M. 3, 47, cont; Lchdm. ii. 302, 23. Cf. Þurh ða blódlǽse geclǽnsad, 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 210, 18;
líget-sliht
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A flash of lightning Ðá com þunerrád and légetsleht and ofslóh ðone mǽstan dǽl ðæs hǽðnan folces, Shrn. 57, 35. Légeðslæht fulgor, Lk. Skt. Lind. 10, 18
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lim-leás
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Without limbs His (Christ's) gástlíca líchama, ðe wé húsel hátaþ, is of manegum cornum gegaderod, búton blóde and báne, limleás and sáwulleás, Homl. Th. ii. 270, 22
medu-scenc
A draught or cup of mead
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A draught or cup of mead Meoduscencum hwearf geond ðæt healreced (cf. Ymbeode ides Helminga óððæt heó Beówulfe medoful æt bær, 1244-), Beo. Th. 3965; B. 1980
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platung
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A plate, thin piece of metal Platung (? platum, Btwk.), smǽte gold obrizum, Hpt. Gl. 489, 34. Platungum brateolis, laminis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 17. v. preceding word
self-cwalu
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Self-slaughter, suicide Sum sceal ful earmlíce ealdre linnan . . . and hine tó sylfcwale secgas nemnaþ speak of him as committing suicide, Exon. Th. 330, 24; Vy. 56
mid
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VIII b.</b> add Wið eágena hǽte ..., níwe gáte cýse ofergeseted mid þá eágbrǽwas ( laid on by means of the eyelids ), Lch. i. 352, 6
be-serian
To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive ⬩ spoliare, fraudare
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To rob, plunder, deprive, deceive; spoliare, fraudare He hine feore [MS. fere] beserode he deprived him of life, Ps. C. 50, 22; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 22
bi-leósan
To bereave, deprive ⬩ orbare, privare
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To bereave, deprive; orbare, privare Ðá afyrhted wearþ ár, elnes biloren then the messenger was affrighted, bereft of courage, Exon. 52 a; Th. 181, 30; Gú. 1301
ge-bróc
Affliction ⬩ sorrow ⬩ dŏlor
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Affliction, sorrow; dŏlor Ðéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebróca on becume though only a little of such sorrows comes upon you, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 26
ge-gild
A guild ⬩ society ⬩ club ⬩ societas ⬩ fraternitas
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A guild, society, or club; societas, fraternitas We for his lufon ðis gegyld gegaderodon for love of him we have gathered this guild, Th. Diplm. 608, 7
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GERD
A yard, rod, reed, twig, young shoot ⬩ virga, arundo
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A yard, rod, reed, twig, young shoot; virga, arundo,Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 7: 12, 20. Sex foður gerda six fothers of faggots Th. Chart. 104, 27
teón-smiþ
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A worker of hurt or wrong, an evil-doer Wǽron teónsmiðas ( the evil spirits that persecuted Guthlac ) tornes fulle, . . . earme andsacan, Exon. Th. 114, 21; Gú. 176
þeód-mægen
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A tribal force Þridde þeódmægen ( the tribe of Simeon, which came third ), Cd. Th. 199, 21; Exod. 342. Cf. folcmægen fór æfter óðrum, 199, 31; Exod. 347
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þrym-cyning
The king of glory ⬩ the Deity
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The king of glory, the Deity Ðú, sigora waldend, þeóda þrymcyning, Met. 20, 205. Þrymcyning rícne, Exon. Th. 317, 7; Mód. 62: Elen. Kmbl. 986; El. 494
þrístling
A bold person
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A bold person; found in the local name which occurs in the following passage On þrístlinga dene; of þrístlinga dene ufeweardre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 82, 28
un-tweónigende
Not to be doubted ⬩ indubitable
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Not to be doubted, indubitable God untwýnigendre mildheortnesse God of mercy which must not be doubted (but the Latin is: Deus inestimabilis misericordie), Anglia xi. 115, 45
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un-scyldiglíc
Innocent ⬩ not obnoxious ⬩ unobjectionable
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Innocent, not obnoxious, unobjectionable Ungerisnre bysene ðú hátest hié wítnian, ah mé þynceþ unscyldiglícre ðæt him man heáfod of áceorfe búton óðrum wítum, Blickl. Homl. 189, 32
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