alor
An ALDER- tree ⬩ alnus ⬩ alnus glutihosa
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Its favourite station is by the side of rivulets, or in the elevated parts of marshy land where the soil is drained. Its juice contains a great abundance of tannin, which renders the bark valuable for tanning, and the young shoots for dyeing.
an-gin
A beginning ⬩ attempt ⬩ resolve ⬩ purpose ⬩ design ⬩ undertaking ⬩ opportunity ⬩ initium ⬩ principium ⬩ conatus ⬩ inceptum ⬩ cœptum ⬩ occasio
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Th. 138, 59; By. 242: Cd. 178; Th. 223, 26; Dan. 125: R. Ben. 69
cyne-dóm
royal dominion or power, kingdom, realm ⬩ imperium, regnum, sceptrum, potestas
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Claudius Orcadas eáland to Rómwara cynedóme geþeódde Claudius Orcadas insulas Romano adjecit imperio, Bd. 1, 3; S. 475, 7: Chr. 47; Erl. 6, 26. He ðone cynedóm ciósan wolde he would choose the kingdom, Beo. Th. 4741; B. 2376: L.
Linked entry: cyning-dóm
for-cúþ
Perverse ⬩ bad ⬩ infamous ⬩ wicked ⬩ perversus ⬩ mălus ⬩ nēquam
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Bod.] gehealden they have lost the best part of humanity, and kept the worst [worse ], Bt. 37, 3; Fox 192, 4.
Linked entries: fercúþ for-cúþlic fracoþ
hreówsian
To be sorry ⬩ grieve ⬩ repent ⬩ do penance
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To be sorry, grieve, repent, do penance Ðæt hé ǽfre ne beþence ymbe ða hreówsunge ðe hé ǽr hreówsade deque pœnitentia qua antea pœnituit nunquam cogitare, L. Ecg. P. i. 7; Th. ii. 174, 26.
Linked entry: hrýwsian
líhtan
To shine ⬩ lighten
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Sumre niwre gyfe líhtendre nova quadam relucente gratia, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 26
óþ-wítan
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Ne meaht ðú ðínre wyrde náuht óþwítan ne ðin líf nó getǽlan, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 3: Beo. Th. 5983; B. 2995. Cf. æt-wítan
blódig
BLOODY ⬩ sanguineus, cruentus
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Th. 136, 21; By. 154. Geseoh nú swá ðín swát ageát, blódige stíge behold now where thy blood poured forth, a bloody path, Andr. Kmbl. 2883; An. 1444. He byreþ blódig wæl he will bear off my bloody corpse, Beo. Th. 900; B. 448.
ge-hiwian
to form ⬩ fashion ⬩ make ⬩ transform ⬩ transfigure ⬩ formāre ⬩ plasmāre ⬩ fingĕre ⬩ fĭgūrāre ⬩ transfĭgūrāre ⬩ to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ pretend ⬩ sĭmŭlāre
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Bos. 17, 2.
Linked entries: ge-heowian ge-hiowian ge-hywian hiwian
ge-leáfful
Full of belief ⬩ believing ⬩ faithful ⬩ holy ⬩ fĭdēlis ⬩ crēdŭlus
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Ða beorhtan steorran getácniaþ ða geleáffullan on Godes gelaðunge the bright stars betoken the faithful in God's church, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 4, 4; Lchdm. iii. 238, 4
steort
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Ðære helle hund ongan fægenian mid his steorte, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 17. Nym hyre ( the adder's) steort (caudam ), Ex. 4, 4. Sume wyrmas wǽren and sume fiscas ðe hæfden án heáfod and monigne steort.
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tǽl
Evil speaking, calumny, detraction
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Ic bí mé secge ðis sárspell ... Ic for tǽle ne mæg ǽniene moncynnes gelufian, Exon. Th. 458, 1-26; Hy. 4, 93-106. Ðæt heó mec tǽle gerahte (-rǽhte? cf. ðæt hé ða hálgan weras hospe gerahte (-rǽhte?)
Linked entry: tál
þunor-rád
Thunder ⬩ a peal of thunder
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Gif lígette and ðunorráde ( tonitrua ) eorþan and lyfte brégdon, Bd. 4, 3; S. 569, 12. Þuneráda, Hpt. Gl. 509, 22. Ðunorráda hlynn, Wulfst. 186, 3. Mycel mægen liégetslyhta and þuneráda, Lchdm. iii. 374, col. 2.
un-gerisene
inconvenience ⬩ disagreeableness ⬩ unseemliness ⬩ indignity ⬩ disgrace
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inconvenience, disagreeableness Hit ðé biþ oððe ungetǽse oððe frécenlíc, eall ðæt ðú ofer gemet dést ... seó ofering ðé wurþ oþþe tó ungerisenum oþþe tó plió, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 42, 16.
wíc-geréfa
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From the Latin words which are translated by wícgeréfa, it seems that the official so denominated was concerned in collecting taxes, and from a passage in the laws that it was one of his duties to act as witness at sales.
ymb-settan
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Mid hwilcum feóndum heó ymbset bið, Homl. Th. i. 410, 9. Emset glomeratus, circumseptus Hpt. Gl. 422, 47.
earc
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'Áhóh hringas on ðá hyrnan ðǽre earce . . . and sting stengas út þurh ðá hringas bí ðǽre earce sídan . . .' Hwæt mæg seó earc tácnian?, Past. 169, 19-171, 2. Ðerh aerca cýðnisse per arcam testamenti, Mt. p. 8, 6. Ðá aerce, Rtl. 194, 15
earn
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Þonne him þynce ꝥ his earn éhte, þæt bið deáð, Lch. iii. 168, 20. Se earn úp gewít bufan þá wolcnu styrmendum wederum, ꝥ him þá stormas derian ne mahan, Bt. 7, 3; F. 22, 4.
fæc
distance ⬩ room
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Voc. ii. 50, 27. local, distance On óþere healfre míle fæce unius miliarii et dimidii spatio, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 556, 5: 5, 4; Sch. 567, 11. space of two or three dimensions.
folc-leásung
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But perhaps the public character of the crime, indicated by folc, may consist in the false and slanderous statements being made to a court of law. Cf. L. Hen.