hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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God gelácnað his gecorenra gyltas mid mislicum brocum; and þeáh ðe hit hefigtýme sý ðám ðrowigendum, Hml. Th. i. 472, 19. by a dat. infin. Þuhte mé hefigíme þé tó tiþienne þæs, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 6.
on-drǽdan
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Ne geleofað man náht miriges ðá hwíle ðe mon deáð ondrǽt, Prov. K. 16. Hé ná syþþan ǽnige hyre yfelan weorc ondréd (-drǽd, v. l. ), Lch. i. 176, 2.
ÁR
An OAR ⬩ remus
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Sǽrófe árum bregdaþ ýþbord [MS. yþborde] neáh brave seamen draw the vessel near with oars, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 26; Crä. 57
Cénréd
Cenred
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Ingeld wæs Ínes bróðor, and hí, begen bróðra, wǽron [MS. wareon] Cénrédes suna: Cénréd wæs Ceoldwalding Ingeld was Ine's brother, and they, both brothers, were Cenred's sons: Cenred was son of Ceolwald, Text. Rof. 61, 12-18
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cyne-gód
Excellent, noble ⬩ præstans, nobilis
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Him ðá cynegóde on Carran æðelinga bearn eard genámon then the noble children of men took them a dwelling in Harran, 83; Th. 104, 16; Gen. 1736: 182; Th. 228, 2; Dan. 196: 195; Th. 243, 8; Dan. 433: Exon. 85b; Th. 321, 34; Wíd. 56
Ecg-bryht
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Hér, A.D. 837 [MS. 836], Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, se rícsode xxxvii wintra and vii mónþas here, A.D. 837, king Egbert died, who reigned thirty-seven years and seven months, Chr. 836; Th. 117, 25, col. 1
fǽcne
Deceitful, fraudulent, guileful, wicked ⬩ subdŏlus, dŏlōsus, mălignus, nēquam
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Deceitful, fraudulent, guileful, wicked; subdŏlus, dŏlōsus, mălignus, nēquam Swá oft sceaða fǽcne forféhþ eorlas as oft the guileful robber surprises men, Exon. 20 b; Th. 54, 20; Cri. 871.
fæst-hafol
Fast-having, sparing, miserly ⬩ tĕnax, parcus, sordĭdus
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MS. Fæsthafod oððe uncystig tĕnax, Wrt. Voc. 76, 5
fóre-þanc
Forethought ⬩ consideration ⬩ considĕrātio
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Ða hát-heortan hie mid náne fóreþance nyllaþ gestillan the furious will not calm themselves with any consideration, Past. 40, 6; Cot. MS
forud
Broken ⬩ fractured ⬩ worn out ⬩ decayed ⬩ fractus ⬩ contrītus
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MS. On ðisum þrím stelum stynt se cynestól, and gif án biþ forud, he fylþ adún sóna the throne stands on these three pillars, and if one is decayed, it soon falls down, Ælfc. T. 41, 6
freom
Firm ⬩ strong ⬩ powerful ⬩ firmus ⬩ strēnuus ⬩ fortis
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Se wæs má on cyriclícum þeódscypum gelǽred, ðonne he freom wǽre in weoroldþingum măgis ecclesiastĭcis discĭplīnis instĭtūtum, quam in sēcŭli rēbus strēnuum, Bd. 4, 2; S. 566, 18
Fresisc
Of or belonging to Friesland ⬩ Frisian ⬩ Frīsĭcus
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Ðǽr wearþ ofslægen Lucumon, and ealra monna, Fresiscra and Engliscra, lxii there was slain Lucumon, and of all the men, Frisian and English, sixty-two, Chr. 897; Erl. 96, 4
hreófla
Leprosy ⬩ scabbiness
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Skt. 5, 13: Mt. Kmbl. 8, 3: Homl. Th. i. 120, 15. Swá micel hreófla tanta scabies, Bd. 5, 2; S. 614, 44. Geseah ðæt hirelíchama wæs áfylled mid hreóflan eam vidisset perfusam lepra, Num. 12, 10.
in-stæppan
To step in ⬩ enter
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On unscyldignysse mínre instæppende ic eom in innocentia mea ingressus sum, 25, 11. Hí sume gesáwon englas instæppende some of them saw angels entering, Homl. Th. ii. 546, 23
mangung
Trade ⬩ traffic ⬩ business ⬩ commerce ⬩ dealing ⬩ merchandise
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Mid mangunge ł gestreóne commercio, 478, 31. Fram mangunge a negotio, Ps. Lamb. 90, 6. Hig férdun, sum tó his túne, sum tó his manggunge (negotiationem), Mt. Kmbl. 22, 5. Se færþ embe his mangunge (cf. sume tó heora ceápe, l. 9), Homl. Th. i. 524, 12
pæþþan
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Sume fótum twám foldan peþþaþ, sume fiérféte, Met. 31, 10. Ic mearcpaþas træd, móras pæþde, Exon. 485, 8 ; Rä. 71, 10
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Peohtas
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Mid ðý Peohtas wíf næfdon ... ðæt is mid Peohtum healden ... Ðridde cynn Breotone onféng on Pehta dǽle, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 17-25. On Peohta gereorde, S. 474, 4. Pehta cynn, 5, 24; S. 646, 33. Hí sceoldon feohton wið Pyhtas (Pihtas, MS. A.).
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rárian
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Rárende ł bellende rugiens, Mt. Kmbl. p. 9, 14. Ðære rárigendan bombosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 8
glengan
To adorn ⬩ trim ⬩ deck ⬩ compose ⬩ set in order ⬩ ornare
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Glengdon heora leóhtfatu ornaverunt lampades suas, Mt. Skt. 25, 7: Exon. 94 a; Th. 353. 14; Reim. 12. Glenged adorned, 352, 30; Reim. 3. Glengede word composita verba, Lye
glæsen
Made of glass ⬩ grey ⬩ vitreus
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Sǽ glæsen mare vitreum, Mt. Kmbl. p 10, 3