fromlíce
Strongly ⬩ stoutly ⬩ boldly ⬩ strenuously ⬩ promptly ⬩ speedily ⬩ audācĭter ⬩ strēnue ⬩ prŏpĕre
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Ic sceal fromlice féðemundum þurh steápne beorg strǽte wyrcan I shall strenuously work with my feet a road through a steep mountain, Exon. 104 b; Th. 397, 9; Rä. 16, 17: Cd. 95; Th. 123, 23; Gen. 2050: Bd. 5, 7; S. 620, 41.
FÚL
Foulness ⬩ impurity ⬩ guilt ⬩ offence ⬩ fault ⬩ illŭvies ⬩ impūrĭtas ⬩ culpa
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Sleá man of ða hand ðe he ðæt fúl mid worhte let the hand be struck off with which he wrought that offence, i. 14; Th. i. 206, 21
ge-fyrn
Formerly ⬩ long ago ⬩ of old ⬩ of yore ⬩ olim ⬩ pridem
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Ðú mid Fæder ðínne gefyrn wǽre efenwesende thou with thy father of old was co-existent, Exon. 12 b; Th. 22, 10; Cri. 349 : 12 a; Th. 19, 16; Cri. 301. Gefyrn hí dydun dǽdbóte on hǽran and on axan olim cĭlĭcio et cĭnĕre pænĭtentiam egissent, Mt.
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hǽlan
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Ic offrige míne lác Hǽlendum Criste I will present my offerings to Jesus Christ, Homl. Th. i. 416, 17. Hí hrædlíce hǽlde wǽron sanavit eos, Ps. Th. 106, 19
hand-cræft
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Mid his handcræfte with his manual skill [in tent-making], i. 392, 16. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc tó-eácan láre leornige handcræftgeorne we enjoin that every priest besides book-learning diligently learn a handicraft, L. Edg.
hand-seten
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., a signature, sign manual Ðas trymeþ se forespecena kyng mid Cristes róde tácne and his weotena hondsetena his geofa thus the aforesaid king confirms his gifts with the sign of Christ's cross and the signature of his witan, Cod. Dipl.
heard-heort
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Hard-hearted, stiff-necked Heardheort biþ se mann ðe nele þurh lufe óðrum fremigan ðǽr ðǽr hé mæg that man is hard of heart who will not from love benefit others when he can, Homl. Th. i. 252, 19.
here-teám
plundering ⬩ spoiling ⬩ devastation ⬩ taking part in a 'here,' ⬩ what is got by an army ⬩ plunder ⬩ booty ⬩ spoil
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Gewát hám síþian mid ðý hereteáme ðe him se hálga forgeaf departed home with the spoil that the holy man gave him, 98; Th. 130, 19; Gen. 2162
here-wæsmun
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Leo and Heyne connect with a root meaning rage, fury, v. Leo. 494.
hrepung
Touch ⬩ touching
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Hé mihte mid his worde hine gehǽlan búton hrepunge ac hé geswutelode ðæt his hrepung is swíðe hálwende geleáfullum he could have healed him with his word without touching; but he shewed that his touch is very salutary to believers, Homl.
hréd-eádig
Glorious ⬩ noble ⬩ triumphant
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Sum biþ on huntoþe hréðeádigra deóra drǽfend one is more famous in hunting, a chaser of wild beasts, 78 b; Th. 295,23; Crä. 37. [Thorpe and Grem take hréðeádigra as gen., but see Th. 298, 1; Crä. 78 for another comparative.]
hús-bonda
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Ðá wearþ Eustatius uppon his horse and his gefeoran uppon heora and férdon tó ðam húsbundon and ofslógon hine binnan his ágenan heorþa one of his men wanted to stop at a man's house against his will, and wounded the man of the house, and the man of the
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íg
An island
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An island Wulf is on iége ic on óðerre fæst is ðæt églond fenne biworpen sindon wælreówe weras ðǽr on íge the wolf is on one island, I on another; closely is that island surrounded with fen, fierce men are there on the island, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 6
lǽce-hús
A hospital
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[The translator seems not to have kept close to the text, but to have rendered the passage in accordance with the part played by the Good Samaritan.
leás-líc
False ⬩ vain ⬩ frivolous
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Mid leáslícum wordum hí hine beswícaþ with false words they deceive him; blandientes sermone ut decipiant eos, Nar. 37, 5. Ða leáslícan ceápas binnan ðam Godes húse geþafedon they allowed false bargains within God's house, Homl. Th. i. 406, 15
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Lindisfaran
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Name of people settled in part of Northumbria (the word occurs generally with eá or eá-land) Óswald Aidanum on Lindesfarona eálonde biscopsetl forgeaf (in insula Lindisfarnensi): on Lindesfearona eá, Bd. 3, 3; S. 525, 20, 35.
on-sagu
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A charge brought against a person, accusation Á biþ andsæc swíðere ðonne onsagu, i.e. in a case where a charge is brought against a person, and it is met with a denial attested by the proper legal formalities, the case against him fails, L.
on-þeón
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to prosper Se wæs wreccena wíde mǽrost ofer werþeóde wígendra hleó ellendǽdum; hé ðæs ǽr onþáh ( so at first he prospered ), Beo.
óþ-sacan
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(with gen.). to deny (a statement) Hwá óþsæcþ ðæs ? Bt. 26, 2 ; Fox 92, 21. Ne mæg ic ðæs óþsacan, forðam ðe ic his wæs ǽr geþafa, 34, 3; Fox 138, 15: 33, 1; Fox 122, 2: 34, 9; Fox 146, 34.
ge-nihtsumnes
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Ðære eorþan wæstmbǽrnysse and genihtsumnysse we nellaþ habban us to lífes brícum, ac to oferflówednyssum the fruitfulness and abundance of the earth we will not have for the uses of life, but as superfluities, Homl. Th. ii. 540, 10: 64, 35
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