lyb-cræft
Magic ⬩ witchcraft
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Magic, witchcraft, skill in the use of lybb Hió him sealdon áttor drincan ðæt mid myclen lybcræfte wæs geblanden, Blickl. Homl. 229, 12
níd-faru
A journey one is forced to take ⬩ death
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A journey one is forced to take, death Fore there neidfaerae naenig uuirthit thoncsnotturra than him tharf sié, Archaeologia, vol. xxviii. p. 357
un-níþing
Not a rascal ⬩ an honest man
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Not a rascal, an honest man He beád ðæt ǽlc man ðe wǽre unníðing sceolde cuman tó him, Chr. 1087; Erl. 226, 2
Linked entry: níþing
wóperian
To wail ⬩ lament
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To wail, lament Ða cleopode seó ungesǽlige wóperiende him tó: ' Eálá, help mín, wildeór mé habbaþ forneán tó-slyten,' Homl. Ass. 196, 32
breneþ
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Eolxsecg wundað grimme, blóde breneð (brings hot blood upon ?) beorna gehwylcne þe him ǽnigne onfeng gedéð. Substitute = (?) berneþ, bærneþ. v. bærnan, and add
for-belgan
To get angry
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To get angry, get in a rage Forbealh hé hine for þon þe ꝥ hrýþer him þúhte on wédenheorte, Bl. H. 199, 10
Linked entry: belgan
ge-streccan
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Substitute for passage Bet him gestreht and wel ges[t]reht gesihð beorhtnysse getácnað lectum sibi stratum et bene stratum uiderit, claritatem significat
ge-flog
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Infectious disease Ꝥ nǽfre for gefloge feorh hé gesealde, syþðan him mon mægðan tó mete gegyrede, Lch. iii. 34, 9. Cf. on-flyge
Linked entry: -flog
in-sting
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Him mon betǽhte þá þreó land tó innstinge inn tó Defenum ( to be under the authority of Devonshire ), Cht. Crw. 19, 16. Add
máþum-fæt
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Hé bereáfode Godes templ and fela goldhordasforð mid him gelæhte, and ðá hálgan máðmfatu and ꝥ mǽre weófod, Hml. S. 25, 12. Add
ofer-tredan
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Flíhð ǽlc hors áfǽred ðurh ðá ylpas, and gif him hwá wiðstent hé byð sóna ofertreden (oftreden, v. l. ], Hex. 16, 14. Add
sáwel-leás
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Add Hé eóde him tó þæs forðfarenan mannes húse tó þǽre stówe þǽr se sáwulleása líchama ( corpus exanime) læg, Gr. D. 84, 33
sallettan
to play on the harp, sing to the harp, sing psalms
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to play on the harp, sing to the harp, sing psalms Singaþ him and salletaþ cantate ei el psallite ei, Ps. Th. 104,2
on-weorpness
A throwing on
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A throwing on Ðæt lég swíðe weóx and him nǽnig mon mid wætra onweorpnesse ( injectu ) wiðstondan meahte, Bd. 2, 7; S. 509, 20
Linked entry: weorpness
snid-ísen
A lancet
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A lancet Ðonne ðú ongite ðæt geswel hnescige and swiþrige, ðonne hrín ðú him mid snidísene and sníð listum Lchdm. ii. 208, 16
hilde-frófor
War-help, ⬩ a weapon, ⬩ sword [?], ⬩ shield [?]
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War-help, a weapon, sword [?], shield [?] Hæfde him on handa hildefrófre [MS. frore] had in his hand help for battle, Vald. 2, 12
ge-tíþian
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Add Ic getíðige praesto, Ælfc. Gr. 139, 11. to grant a request. absolute, to consent to a request (with dat. of person asking) Ꝥ hé unc getíðade (-tigðade, v. l. ), and on þæs gesíðes huus ineóde, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 568, 14. Hié bǽdon ꝥ ... Sume him getygðedon
lactuca
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Lactuca hátte seó wyrt ðe hí etan sceoldon mid ðám þeorfum hláfum heó is biter on þigene lettuce was the name of the herb that they were to eat with the unleavened loaves; it is bitter in the eating, Homl. Th. ii. 278, 26. Nim lactucan ánc hand fulle
ge-hende
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Add: local Ne mæg þǽr ǽni man gedyrstig wesan déman gehende nullus ibi confidit judice praesens Dóm. L. 170. Sume naman syndon . . . stówlice . . . propinquus gehende, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 14, 20. Gehendes proxime Germ. 388, 54. Férde hé tó gehendum burgum,
mæssian
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Take here mæssian, placed wrongly in Dict. after mæsse-hrægel, and add Sé pápa mid his ágenum handum him his pallium on sette . . . and hé syððan mid þám pallium þǽr mæssode (mæssan sang, v.l.), swá se pápa him gewissode, Chr. 1022; P. 157, l. Messode