ge-lýfan
To make dear
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To make dear [leóf] Dryhtne gelýfde endeared to the Lord [faithful to the Lord,] [Th.], Exon. 32 a; Th. 100, 22; Cri. 1645
for-sewenlíce
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Forsewenlice deáð þrowian, Mart. H. 156, 20. Hý habbað mé swýðe forsewenlíce útan ymbstanden projicientes me circumdederunt me, Ps. Th. 16, 10. Add
cwic
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On þám tíman ðe Eádwerd cing wes cucu and deád after King Edward's lifetime, C.D. iv. 233, 5: 13. Add
wæl-píl
A deadly dart ⬩ death-pang
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A deadly dart, death-pang Wæs his mondryhtne endedógor, ... áwrecen wælpílum wló ne meahte oroð up geteón, Exon. Th. 171, 15; Gú. 1127
ge-swelgan
To swallow ⬩ devour ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ deglutīre
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To swallow, devour; devŏrāre, deglutīre Ða mægenþreátas meredeáþ geswealh the sea-death swallowed those mighty bands, Cd. 169; Th. 210, 9; Exod. 512
máðum-ǽht
A costly possession ⬩ valuable ⬩ treasure
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A costly possession, valuable, treasure Ne nom hé máðmǽhta má, ðeáh hé monige geseah, búton ðone hafelan and ða hilt somod since fáge more things of price he took not, though many he saw, than the head and the hilt gay with gold, Beo.
mús
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Se micela ylp . . . ondrǽt him for þearle, gif hé gesihð áne mús, ðeáh ðe seó mús ne mage his micelnysse derian. Hml. A. 64, 258. Wiþ weartum, genim hundes micgean and múse blód, meng tósomne, smire mid, Lch. ii. 322, 12.
sott
Foolish ⬩ stupid ⬩ a fool
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Ne biþ se ná wita, ðe unwíslíce leofaþ, ac biþ open sott, ðeáh ðe him swá ne þince, Homl. Skt. i. 13, 132
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níd-faru
A journey one is forced to take ⬩ death
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A journey one is forced to take, death Fore there neidfaerae naenig uuirthit thoncsnotturra than him tharf sié, Archaeologia, vol. xxviii. p. 357
secge
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Speaking, speech Mé náwðer deág secge ne swíge neither speech nor silence will avail me, Exon. Th. 12, 23 ; Cri. 190. Cf. secga
wíg-fruma
A leader in war ⬩ a chieftain
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Æfter wígfrumian after the chieftain's death 4514; B. 2261
a-swebban
To sooth ⬩ appease ⬩ set at rest ⬩ put to death ⬩ destroy ⬩ sopire ⬩ sedare ⬩ necare ⬩ dolere
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Sweordum aswebban to put to death with swords, Andr. Kmbl. 143; An. 72. He his ealdordóm synnum aswefede his eldership he had destroyed by sins, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 9; Exod. 336
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drúsan
To sink, become low, slow, inactive, to DROWSE ⬩ cadĕre, lentum vel segnem esse
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He drúsende deáþ ne bisorgaþ he cares not for death when he becomes inactive [by age], Exon. 61 a; Th. 223, 31; Ph. 368: 52 b; Th. 184, 33; Gú. 1353
fús
A hastening ⬩ progress ⬩ festīnātio ⬩ progressus
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A hastening, progress; festīnātio, progressus Se de leófra manna fús feor wlátode who beheld afar the dear men's progress, Beo. Th. 3836; B. 1916
cucon
alive ⬩ quick ⬩ vivas
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alive, quick; vivas Ðæt he Wulfnóþ cuconne oððe deádne begytan sceolde that he should take Wnlfnoth alive or dead Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 3
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slit-cwealm
death by the tearing of animals
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death by the tearing of animals Neát ðe slitcwealm begéte animalia quae lacerationem mortiferam nacta sunt L. Ecg. C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 24
secg-róf
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Cwóman wóldagas swylt eall fornom secgróf wera death carried off the host of men, Exon. Th. 477, 20 ; Ruin. 27
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ge-défelíce
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Hú mæg ic ðé ána gedéfelíce deáð þénunga gegearwian ?, Nap. 16, 35. Add
drencan
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Swelcum mannum deáh ꝥ hié hié selfe drencen, Lch. ii. 224, 1. to plunge into water Heó þǽre róde tácn on þá wætru drencte, Hml. S. 23 b, 684. <b>II a.</b> to plunge, sink :-- Þæt hý wið deáða duru drencyde wǽran, Ps.
récan
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Hí ne reccað (-eað, v. l. ) ðeáh menn wénen ðæt hié yfel dón, 179, 9