cyne-helm
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Add: a crown Cynehelme palma, i. corona, An. Ox. 3093. Ꝥ Vashti cóme tó him mid hire cynehelme, swá swá heora seodu wæs ꝥ seó cwén werode cynehelm on heáfode, Hml. A. 93, 37. Þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 32. Ðone écean cynehelm
earglíce
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Add:to earhlíce Earhlíce ł níðlíce muliebriter (i. enerviter, An. Ox. 744), Hpt. Gl. 424, 1. Gé tófesede swíðe áfirhte oft litel werod earhlíce forbúgað fugistis nullo persequente, Wlfst. 133, 6. Hé eóde in earhlíce ( fearfully ), Jud. 4, 18: Hml. S.
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fǽge
fey ⬩ damned
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Add: doomed to death, fey Þonne ꝥ wíf seó mid bearne . . . cweþe heó: ' Ic gonge . . . mid cwican cilde, nalæs mid cwellendum, mid fulborenum, nalæs mid fǽgan (with one that will be born alive, not with one that is to be still-born), Lch. iii. 66, 30
fealo
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Falu gilvus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 69. Fealu rubeum, rubicundum, 15, 80: busius, 126, 76. Feala, 12, 57. Sió fealwe fægernes fulva venustas (pavonis), 89, 61: 33, 40. Nim þonne ꝥ seax þe þæt hæfte sié fealo hryþeres horn, Lch. ii. 290, 22. Þæs fealewan flava
fleax
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Fleax linum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 53. Flex, An. Ox. 1379. Hié námon treówu and slógon on óþerne ende næglas, and hié mid flexe bewundon and onbærndon hit, and beþýddan hit on þone elpend hindan, þæt hié fóran wédende for þæs flexes bryne, Ors. 4, i; S. 158
ge-bisnian
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Add: to set an example, serve as a model Hé þá leóde gebígde tó Godes geleáfan, and him wel gebysnode mid weorcum, Hml. S. 26, 73. Heó hym eallum gebysnode mid góddre gedrohtnunge tó Godes þeówdóme, 2, 125. Swá swá úre Hǽlend þurh hine gebysnode (-bisnode
griþ-bryce
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Add: a breach of 'griþ' Griðbryce ( De militum rapinis ). Gif hwá on fyrde griðbryce fulwyrce, þolige lífes, Ll. Th. i. 408, 21. the fine for such breach, the revenue derived from such fines Ic cýðe eów ꝥ ic hæbbe geunnen him ꝥ hé beó his saca and sócne
menigu
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Hú micel menigu ðǽra getreówfulra byð, Past. 403, 21. Mengeo (menigu, v. l. ), 5, 11. Seó ungemetlice mengeo þæs folces, Ors. 2, 5 ; S. 80, 11. For ðǽre menige (menge, v. l. ) ðæs folces, Past. 113, 19. Ðæt mon ðá godcundan sprǽce ðǽre menigo (mengio,
meox
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Add: manure Ne forhtige gé for ðæs fyrnfullan þreátum, for ðan þe his wuldor is wyrms and meox, Hml. S. 25, 261. Hit ys bysmorlic dǽd ꝥ ǽnig man . . . þone múð ufan mettum áfylle and on óðerne ende him gange ꝥ meox út fram, E. S. viii. 62, 16. Ic hine
on-hrínan
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Add: with gen. or uncertain Is wén ðæt sió (fennege) hond ðá óðre besmíte gif hió hire anhrínð, Past. 77, 1. Gif his mon onhrinð mid buccan blóde, 271, 3. Heó mid hire ýtemestan fingrum þǽre lenticula onhrán, Hml. S. 23 b, 715. Ær ðú his onhriéne (-hríne
openian
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Add Byrigen opengende ( patens ), Ps. Rdr. 5, 11. add: to spread apart, expand Openiendum þé hand þíne, Ps. L. 103, 28. to make an opening in Hí openodon þone hróf, Mk. 2, 4. to disclose, declare, make known Þone cyning þǽm þe hé þæs heofonlican ríces
plega
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Add Leóþwís (? lewis-, MS.) plega celeuma (v. gladung), idem et toma, i. leta cantatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 20. Heora biscepas sǽdon þæt heora godas bǽdon ꝥ him man worhte anfiteatra, ꝥ mon mehte þone hǽðeniscan plegan þǽrinne dón suasere pontifices,
sagu
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Add Adames sagu wearð of gemynde æfter ðám flóde the story of Adam passed out of mind after the flood, Wlfst. 3, 37. Gif seó hringe nele úp . . . þonne ne sceall hé þínre sage gelýfan, Hml. S. 21, 48. Æt þises sage (narratione) ic geleornode ꝥ . . .
spircan
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Substitute: to sparkle. of fire Spircende (-re, Hpt. Gl. 429, 42) blasan scintillante facula, An. Ox. 974. Spyrcendum scintillantibus (favillis), 3961. of that which is set on fire Spircendum scintillante (ita ut atrae picis offulas et resinae fomentum
tó-sleán
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1 a. Add Ne þúhte þæs tweó ꝥ gif ꝥ stánclif feólle, ꝥ hit ne tóslóge ꝥ scræf ( specum destrueret ), Gr. D. 213, 21. Syndon hús tóslægene (-slag-) eversae domus, 134, 8. Add Hé tóslóh (tóbræc, v.l.) þá locu þǽre cyste claustra arcae comminuit, Gr. D.
un-geleáffull
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Add: infidel, adjectival Ungeleáful wiþer-cwyda incredulus, i. infidelis negator, An. Ox. 1892. (l a) with gen. Hml. Th. i. 234, 20 (in Dict.). (l b) with dat. :-- Þa wearit hÉ un-geleáfful þæs engles bodungum, Hml. Th. i. 202, 5. (l c) with prep. Hml
un-lust
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Add Unlust mé wæs tó lifianne vivendi mihi taedium est, Verc. Först. 140, 5. Se ylca fæder wæs geswænced mid unluste (gedréfednesse, v.l.) his swíðlican geornnesse idem pater nimietatis ejus taedio affectus, Gr. D. 156, 6. Add Hé þone unlust (synlust
mann-rǽdenn
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Him micelum sceamode þæs deófles manrǽdenne þe hé on wæs oþ ꝥ, Hml. S. 31, 1197. Hí léton tó rǽde ꝥ hí woldon ábúgan þám heretogan tó his mannrǽdene omnes una voce: 'Sponte tradamus nos omnes populo Holofernis,' Hml. A. 108, 182. Geoffra þíne lác Apolline
scearp-líc
Sharp, keen, searching, effectual
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Sharp, keen, searching, effectual Hwæt is sió þyrelung ðæs wáges búton scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes ðæt mon onlúce ða heardan heortan quid est parietem fodere, nisi acutis inquisitionibus duritiam cordis aperire? Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 1
wæl-not
A fatal mark ⬩ a mark that brings death ⬩ a rune that brings death,
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A fatal mark, a mark that brings death, a rune that brings death, v. Kemble in Archæologia, vol. 28, p. 336. See for baleful influence of runes, Egils Saga, c. 75: Grettis Saga, c. 81; see also Corpus Poeticum Boreale, vol. i. pp. 40, 41, for the virtues
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