þreát
a troop ⬩ band ⬩ crowd ⬩ body of people ⬩ swarm ⬩ press ⬩ throng ⬩ violence ⬩ compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ oppression ⬩ punishment ⬩ ill-treatment
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Godes ǽ forgǽgan for his gramlícan ðreáte, 25, 220. Ne forhtige gé for ðæs fyrnfullan þreátum ( cruelties, or(?) troops ), 25, 260.
sǽ
Sea . ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ a sea ⬩ a sea, lake
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Beútan eallum sǽwum, 138, 7. sea (as opposed to water inland) For hwí ne fixast ðú on sǽ? (cf. ic wyrpe max míne on eá, 23, 9). Hwílon ic dó, ac seldon, for ðam micel réwyt mé ys tó sǽ, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 1-5.
slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Hé tihte ðæt folc tó ðæs Hǽlendes slege Homl. Th. i. 292, 6: 216, 15. Hé is gelǽd tó slege swá swá scép ii. 16, 20. Hí heora swuran gearcodon sylfwylles tó slege they voluntarily prepared their necks for the fatal stroke Homl. Skt. i. 5, 47.
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ǽstel
A tablet ⬩ a table for notes ⬩ a waxed tablet ⬩ indicatorium ⬩ astula ⬩ pugillaris
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A tablet, a table for notes, a waxed tablet; indicatorium, astula, pugillaris.
Æðelbryht
Ethelbert king of Kent ⬩ Ethelbert the second ⬩ Æthelbryhtus
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years more over these five counties, from 860 to 865 ; he was therefore king for ten years, from A.D. 855-865: A.
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stund
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Nó ic ða stunde bemearn, ne for wunde weóp that (hard) time I bewailed not, nor wept for the wound, Exon. Th. 499, 12; Rä. 88, 14.
un-riht
wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ a defect
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Bt. 39, 9; Fox 224, 28. Unrihtes feala iniquitates, Ps. Th. 54, 3. Gé ðe unrihtes wyrceaþ qui operantur iniquitatem, 52, 5: 58, 2: 70, 3. Ða ðe unrihtes þenceaþ, 140, 11: Blickl. Homl. 111, 1.
un-rím
A countless number ⬩ an incalculable number or amount
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Eác ðám wæs unrím óðres mánes (cf. ðæt wæs tó-eácan óþrum unárímedum yflum, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 11), Met, 1, 44. Ðǽr wæs wunden gold on wán hladen, ǽghwæs unrím, Beo. Th. 6261; B. 3135.
ge-beorgan
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Gyf hé for slǽwðe his hláfordes forgýmð, ne bið his ágnum wel geborgen, 440, 16 : Dan. 436. to protect an object (acc.) from (wiþ ) Hí wið cyle and wið hǽton hí sylfe geburgon, Hml. S. 23, 420.
on-scunian
to regard with loathing, to abhor, detest, execrate ⬩ to regard with disfavour, to refuse, reject, shun ⬩ to regard with fear ⬩ to irritate
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Gl. 55, 18. to regard with disfavour, to refuse, reject, shun Ǽlc gesceaft onscunaþ ðæt ðæt hire wiðerweard biþ quae sunt adversa, depellit, Bt. 16, 3; Fox 56, 4.
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æ-teorian
To fail ⬩ be wanting ⬩ deficere
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To fail, be wanting; deficere Æteorode se heofonlíca mete the heavenly food [manna] failed, Jos. 5, 12
cép-man
A chapman, merchant ⬩ mercator
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A chapman, merchant; mercator Híg fóron mid óðrum cépmannum they went with other merchants, Gen. 42, 5
eow
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Eow, fiðerfóte fugel griffin, a four-footed bird; griffes [=gryphus], Ælfc. Gl. 18; Wrt. Voc. 22, 44
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felofor
A species of water-fowl ⬩ the sultana-hen ⬩ porphyrio ⬩ πoρφυρίων
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A species of water-fowl, the sultana-hen; porphyrio = πoρφυρίων Felofor porphyrio, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 161, 36
féðu
a band on foot ⬩ a host ⬩ lĕgio
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a band on foot, a host; lĕgio, Ælfc. GL 7; Som. 56, 73; Wrt. Voc. 18, 25
posling
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A pill Wyrc lytle poslingas feówer make four little pills, Lchdm. i. 76, 23. v. preceding word
unrǽd-síþ
A foolish ⬩ unprofitable way
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A foolish, unprofitable way Ic unrǽdsíþas óþrum stýre nyttre fóre, Exon. Th. 393, 2; Rä. 12, 4
faldian
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To make a fold Me mæig on sumera . . . faldian, fiscwer and mylne macian, Angl. ix. 261, 12
fiþer-ecgede
Four-edged
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Four-edged [Genim twégen] sticcan feðerecgede, and wrít on ǽgðerne sticcan án paternoster, Lch. i. 388, 5
fore-timbrigende
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Gemétton wé ús ǽghwanon gelícne storm foran onsettende and foretimbrigende inuenimus nos undiqueuersum pari tempestate praeclusos. Add
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