ylp
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Se micela ylp . . . ondrǽt him forþearle, gif hé gesihð án mús, Hml. A. 63, 285. Add
fore-wyrdan
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Add: to settle terms, agree Eal swá mín swestar hit ér foræwyrde, C.D. iii. 274, 12
bisceop-weorod
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a bishop's band Mid ealle his biscopweorode (campwerede, v. l. ), Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 11
ende-byrdnes
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Preóstas hyra endebyrdnessa ( ordines suos ) sceolon healdan eal swá hig geendebyrde synt, Chrd. 9, 16. Add
riht-westende
The extreme western limit
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The extreme western limit Hire ryhtwestende ultimus finis ad occidentem, Ors. 1, 1 ; Swt. 8, 32
Linked entry: west-ende
on-geflogen
Attacked with disease
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Attacked with disease Gif men his leoþu acen oððe [hé] ongeflogen sý, Lchdm. i. 86, 21
Linked entries: ge-flogena on-flyge
forþ-weg
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Hé his gást ágeaf on Godes wære, fús on forðweg (desirous to depart), Men. 218. Add
á-wéstness
destruction ⬩ devastation
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Áwéstnesse his góda ðæt tácnað, 176, 5
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HELM
HELM ⬩ helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ the top ⬩ overshadowing foliage of trees ⬩ a covering
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Hire hyrdeman sume ás ástáh and his orf læswode mid treowenum helme her herdsman had ascended an oak and was feeding his cattle with its woody crown, Homl. Th. ii. 150, 31.
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geóguþ
YOUTH, the state of being young ⬩ juventus, juvenilis ætas vel status ⬩ the youth, young persons ⬩ juventus, juvenes
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Se férde on his iúgoþe fram his freóndum he went in his youth from his friends, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 95, 3. the youth, young persons; juventus, juvenes Eall sió gióguþ ðe nú is on Angelcynne all the youth now in England, Past. Pref; Swt. 7, 10; Hat. MS.
Linked entry: eógoþ
un-dón
To undo ⬩ to undo that which is closed ⬩ to open ⬩ to undo that which is bound ⬩ to release ⬩ to release ⬩ absolve ⬩ to undo that which closes ⬩ to open a door ⬩ to undo that which binds or fastens ⬩ to undo a bolt, a knot ⬩ to undo what has been done ⬩ to abrogate ⬩ destroy
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Ðá undyde hira án his sacc aperto sacco, Gen. 42, 27. Hé undyde his múð, Homl. Th. i. 548, 14. Ðá undydon wé úre saccas aperuimus saccos nostros, Gen. 43, 21.
hleów
A shelter, ⬩ protection, ⬩ covering, ⬩ refuge;
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Hé him beád his recedes hleów he offered them the shelter of his house, Cd. 112; Th. 147, 18; Gen. 2441.
swégan
To sound. ⬩ to make a noise ⬩ with the idea of movement, to move violently with noise, to roar, rush, crash ⬩ without the idea of movement ⬩ of regulated, modulated sound, of speech, tone, music ⬩ to signify
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Ærðan ðe ðæt scearpe swurd swége tó his hneccan descend with a crash upon his neck, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 185. Swégende tumultuans, Hpt. Gl. 528, 43. Com seó sǽfǽrlíce swégende, Homl. Th. i. 566, 7.
nyten-ness
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Ꝥ hé on his ylde of ðám yfelan slǽpe his ǽrran nytennysse áríse, Hml. A. 53, 81: Hml. S. 14, 36 : 25, 788. Þý lǽs þe ǽnig ungecyrred woroldman mid his nytnesse and ungewitte regules geboda ábrǽce, Lch. iii. 442, 2.
brǽþ
odour ⬩ exhalation
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Þes brǽð is of Críste, 42. hot vapour Ðá brǽðas ðæs flǽsces stigon up eall swilc hit mist wǽre. Hml. S. 23, 36. in a medical sense: Ne æppla ne wín nis tó sellanne, for ðon ðe hié habbað hátne brǽþ.
fillan
throw down ⬩ to fell ⬩ destroy
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: Ic wiht (bellows) geseah . . . þegn folgade . . . and micel hæfde geféred þǽr hit felde (when he made the swollen bellows subside ?), Ra. 38, 4. fig. to be a stumbling-block to Gif honde þíne fælleþ þec, Mt.
ge-þeówan
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Lch. i. 354, 9. to produce by pressure the shape of something, make impress of, stamp Swilce mannes fótlásta fæstlíce on ðám stáne geðýde (cf. swá hié on wexe wǽron áðýde, Bl.
galdor
a song, poem. ⬩ an incantation, a charm. ⬩ the sound
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Cf. galan, (3) Hié Hygeláces horn nad býman gealdor ongeáton, B. 2944
swicol
deceitful, false, treacherous, crafty ⬩ occasioning offence ⬩ subdolus ⬩ treacherous
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Swicolost, 268, 17. of things Ðis líf is swá swicol, ðæt hit symble bepǽcþ, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 65. Ne sceole wé ná besettan úrne hiht on ðissum swicelum lífe, Homl. Th. i. 162, 18.
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