fore-þencan
To distrust ⬩ despair ⬩ diffīdĕre ⬩ despērāre
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To distrust, despair; diffīdĕre, despērāre Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige, oððe for ðære réðan foreþence lest he on account of pleasant fortune should be arrogant, or on account of the affliction should despair, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238,
Linked entry: for-þencan
walu
A ridge, bank (?)
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In stán wale ; andlang ðære wale on ðone portweg, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 98, 28. Of ðam beorge súþ on ða ealdan wale . . . súþ he wale on ðære díce hyrnan, 31, 2-4. [Wale of a schyppe ratis, Parv. 514.]
nafu
A nave
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Sió nafa (nafu, Cott.) néhst ðære eaxe, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 220, 29. Sió nafu, Fox 222, 1. Se nafa, 222, 12. Fæst on ðære nafe, 222, 3, 8, 9, 11, 12
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ge-bréman
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Substitute for the passage Drihten wolde gebréman and geweorðian þá ludéiscan æfter þǽre wísan þe on ðǽre ealdan ǽbeboden wæs, Hml. A. 152, 18. Nónsanges on ðǽre endebyrdnesse sí gebrémod gebed none eo ordine celebretur oratio, R. Ben. 1. 47, 11
cealc-pytt
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A chalkpit On ðæne chelcpyt, C. D. iii. 24, 3
on-bláwness
Inspiration
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Inspiration Seó onbláwnes ðære heofonlícan onfæþmnesse, Blickl. Homl. 7, 26
grípan
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Ðæt hiera nán ne durre grípan suá orsorglíce on ðæt ríce and on ðone láreówdóm ne quique culmen arripere regiminis audeant, Past. 41, 5.
ofer-wreón
To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread
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Ðæt dysig ðæt hit ǽr mid oferwrigen wæs, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 6. Sýn oferwrigene operiantur, Ps. Lamb. 70, 13. Synna beóþ oferwrigenne for dǽdbóte, L. E. I. 36; Th. ii. 434, 22. Ðǽr stód án æmtig cýf oferwrogen, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 34.
hlǽw
a low ⬩ law ⬩ a rising ground, ⬩ an artificial as well as a natural mound, ⬩ a funeral mound; ⬩ tumulus ⬩ the interior of a mound, ⬩ a cave
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a low or law [occurring in names of places], a rising ground, an artificial as well as a natural mound, a funeral mound; tumulus Wæs ðǽr on ðam eálande sum hláw mycel ofer eorþan geworht, ðone ylcan men for feós wilnunga gedulfon and brǽcon there was
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tír
Glory ⬩ honour
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Is ðæs wuldres ful heofun and eorðe, and eall heáhmægen tíre getácnod, Elen. Kmbl. 1504; El. 754. Hwonne ús líffreá ðæt týdre gewitt tíre bewinde, Exon. Th. 3, 1; Cri. 29.
Linked entry: tyr
scealc
a servant ⬩ a man, soldier, sailor
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Hú mæg ðæt gesceádwís scealc (cf. gesceádwís mon, Bt. 28; Fox 100, 30) gereccan, ðæt hé him ðý sélra þince, Met. 15, 14. Brugdon scealcas (the Jews who defeated the Assyrians ) of sceáðum scírmǽled swyrd, Judth. Thw. 24, 38; Jud. 230.
Linked entry: scilcen
smiþ
A smith, a worker in metals or in wood ⬩ faber ⬩ faber, cudo
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. . . wið ðon ðe smiþ ðæs þýstran modes and dǽde his deáþe neálǽhte . . .
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dóhtur
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a daughter Ðære Herodiadiscean dóhtur Herodiădis fīlia, Mt. Bos. 14, 6
slápere
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A sleeper Ðæra seofon slápera gemynd, Homl. Th. ii. 424, 8
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un-gefullod
Unfulfilled
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Unfulfilled Ðære béne ungafullodre, Exon. Th. 441, 7; Rä. 60, 14
wist-gifende
fertile
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Yielding food, fertile Ðære wistgifendan opulenti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 47
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ge-incígan
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to invoke On dægi ðonne giincége ( invocavi ) ðec, Rtl. 20, 29
Linked entry: in-cígan
rusce
Rushy ground
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Tó ðære wulfruscan, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 131, 7
un-wíslíc
Unwise ⬩ foolish
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Unwise, foolish Ðæra unwíslícra geþanca, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 526
Linked entry: wís-líc
forþ-fering
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and add On dæge forðféringe in die defunctionis, Scint. 65, 8