stirnlíce
sternly, hardly, harshly ⬩ inflexibly, rigorously
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sternly, hardly, harshly Hé him ondwyrde and him suíðe stiernlíce stiérde fregit eos responsionibus, Past. 28, 6; Swt. 197, 19.
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móna
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Ðæs mónan ryne is swíðe nearo for þan þe hé yrnð ealra tungla niðemest and þǽre eorðan gehendost . . . þis is þæs mónan geár; ac his mónað is máre, ꝥ is þonne hé gecyrð níwe fram þǽre sunnan oð ꝥ hé eft cume hyre forne ágeán . . . and eft þurh hí beó
wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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Ða wríteras and ða ðe hí ymbe writon, Bt. 18, 3 ;Fox 66, l.
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a-firran
To remove ⬩ take away ⬩ put away ⬩ expel ⬩ elongare ⬩ amovere ⬩ auferre
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To remove, take away, put away, expel; elongare, amovere, auferre Ðæt he him afirre frécne geþohtas that he put away from him wicked thoughts. Cd. 219; Th, 282, 9; Sat. 284. Crist heó afirde Christ expelled them, 214; Th. 269, 3; Sat. 67: Ps. Spl.
beorhtian
to shine ⬩ brighten ⬩ clarere ⬩ to sound clearly or loudly ⬩ clare sonare
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to shine, brighten; clarere Ðǽr his geearnunge oft miclum mægenum scínaþ and beorhtigaþ there his earnings often shine and brighten, with great virtues Bd. 3, 19; S. 550, 17. to sound clearly or loudly; clare sonare Beorhtode bencswég the bench-noise
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CALAN
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To be or become cool or cold; algere, frigescere Ðonne him cælþ, he cépþ him hlywþe when he is cold, he betakes himself to shelter, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 22. Hwæðer ða wélgan ne ne cale do the rich never become cold? Bt. 26, 2; Fox 92, 34
clepung
A calling ⬩ vocatio, clamor
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Clepung mín on ansýne oððe on gesihþe his ineóde to his eárum clamor meus in conspectu ejus introivit in aures ejus, Ps. Lamb. 17, 7
FANN
FAN, implement for winnowing grain ⬩ vannus, ventilābrum
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Ðæs fann ys on his handa, and he afeormaþ his þyrscelflóre cujus ventilābrum in mănu sua, et permundābit āream suam, Mt. Bos. 3, 12: Lk. Bos. 3, 17
for-dwínan
To dwindle away ⬩ vanish ⬩ evānescĕre
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Se sceocca fordwán of his gesihþe Satan vanished from his sight, ii. 504, 4
in-hírness
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A belonging to any one Ðe Æðelréd cyning geúðe God elmihtigum and his hálgan apostolan Petre and Paule on éce inhýrnesse which king Ethelred granted to Almighty God and to his holy apostles Peter and. Paul to belong to them for ever, Cod. Dipl.
god-þrym
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Divine majesty He geseah ðone hǽlend silfne standan on his godþrimme he saw the Saviour himself stand in his divine majesty, Shrn. 32, 2.
ge-weorþan
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</b> add Hæfð Ælfréd gehaldene Herewinne on ǽghwelcre wihte ðæs ðe hió an geworden wæs ðæs ðe hió seulf geðafigan wolde A. has maintained H. in every bit of what she had come to feel she would herself consent to, C.D.B. ii. 146, 29
be-wríðan
To bind, bind round, begird ⬩ ligare, redimire
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To bind, bind round, begird; ligare, redimire Meotud bewríþ mid his wuldre eall eorþbúend the Creator shall wreathe with his glory all earth's inhabitants, Exon. 18 a; Th. 45, 12; Cri. 718.
big-standan
To stand by or near one, to support ⬩ stare cum aliquo, adstare, adjuvare
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Ða ðe him bigstódon those who stood by him, Byrht. Th. 137, 7; By. 182: Beo. Th. 6086; B. 3047
bisceop-ríce
A BISHOPRIC, diocese, province of a bishop ⬩ episcopi provincia, diœcesis
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Seaxulf his biscopríce onféng Saxulf succeeded to his bishopric, 4, 6; S. 573, 35
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repel
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A rod, staff For þárn þe hé næfde nǽnne repel hine mid tó þersceanne (gyrde hine mid tó sleánne, v. l.), þá gelæhte hé þone fótscamul. . . and beót Libertinum on ꝥ heáfod quia virgam qua eum ferire posset minime invenit, comprehenso scabello ei caput
un-wyrd
Bad fortune ⬩ misfortune
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Bad fortune, misfortune Gyf him þince ðæt hé leád habbe, sum unwird him byð tóweard, Lchdm. iii. 170, 5. Ðæt mé nú þyncþ ðætte ic ðás unwyrd áræfnan mæg ðe mé on becumen is ut jam me imparem fortunae ietibus non arbitrer, Bt. 22, 1; Fox 76, 13
hand-gewrit
What is written by the hand, a deed, contract ⬩ chirographum
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Sum man wrát his handgewrit ðam áwyrgedan deófle a certain man put his hand to a contract with the accursed devil
heáhdeór-hund
A stag-hound, deer-hound, a dog for hunting great game
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A stag-hound, deer-hound, a dog for hunting great game Twegen hafocas and ealle his heádórhundas two hawks and all his deer-hounds, Chart. Th. 501, 7. Twegen and twegen fédan ǽnne heádórhund duo et duo pascant unum molossum, L. R.
brægd-boga
to draw, bend, ⬩ deceit ⬩ a bow ⬩ A drawn ⬩ bent bow ⬩ a deceitful or fraudulent bow ⬩ arcus incurvatus vel fraudulentus
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A drawn or bent bow, a deceitful or fraudulent bow; arcus incurvatus vel fraudulentus He in folc Godes forþ onsendeþ of his brægdbogan biterne strǽl he [the devil] sendeth forth, amongst God's people, the bitter arrow from his deceitful bow, Exon. 19