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steng

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Th. ii. 300, 24. Þá Walas ádrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum stængum. Chr. pref.; P. 5, 11 n. Add

wæl-gim

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-gim, wæl-gimm, es; m.
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The word seems to be an epithet for the sheath of a sword, which is called in the riddle the sword's byrne Byrne is mín (a sword's) bleófág, swylce beorht seomað (-d, MS.) wír ymb ðone wælgim, ðe mé waldend geaf, Exon. Th. 400, 20; Rä. 21, 4

heáh-flód

(n.)
Grammar
heáh-flód, es; m.

High tide [as opposed to neap tide], deep watera high flood-tide

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Lét fleógan hrefn ofer heáhflód he let a raven fly over the deep water [of the deluge], Cd. 71; Th. 87, 1; Gen. 1442

wíg-rád

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-rád, (?), e; f.

A war-roadroad along which an army passes

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v. wíg-trod) wiðer-trod seen láðra monna Abraham betook himself to the way where the foe had gone and saw the track of their retreat Cd. Th. 125, 24; Gen. 2084

fulwiht

(n.)
Grammar
fulwiht, es; n.

Baptismbaptismus

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Ceadwalla fór to Róme, and fulwihte onféng from ðam pápan Ceadwalla went to Rome, and received baptism from the pope, Chr. 688; Erl. 42, 6: 878; Erl. 80, 18: Exon. 99 b; Th. 372, 3; Seel. 86: Andr. Kmbl. 3258; An. 1632: Elen. Kmbl. 383; El. 192.

líhting

(n.)
Grammar
líhting, e; f.

Lightingshiningillumination

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God geworhte ðæt máre leóht ðæs dæges líhtinge, Gen. 1, 16. Ða steorran sint nihtlícere líhtinge gesceapene, Homl. Th. i. 110, 15. Mid sóðre sunnan líhtincge úre heortan álíhte, Btwk. 196, 17.

Linked entries: a-líhting leóhting

neádunga (-inga)

(adv.)
Grammar
neádunga (-inga), adv.

Forciblynot willinglyunder compulsionof necessity

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Forcibly, not willingly, under compulsion, of necessity Hé nolde niman mancyn neádunga of ðam deófle búton hé hit forwyrhte he would not have taken mankind by force from the devil, unless he had forfeited it, Homl. Th. i. 216, 5.

be-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wyrcan, -weorcean, bi-wyrcan; p. -worhte, pl. -worhton; pp. -worht

To work, work in, insert, make, build, cover, adornelaborare, immittere, facere, ædificare, inducere, exornare

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Ne wát ic mec beworhtne wulle flýsum I know not that I was made with fleeces of wool, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 11; Rä. 36, 3. He lǽmen fæt biwyrcan hét he commanded to make an earthen vessel, 74 a; Th. 277, 3; Jul. 575.

bión

(v.)
Grammar
bión, ic bió, bióm, he bióþ, pl. bióþ, bieþ, biaþ; subj. bió, bie

to beesse, existere, fieri

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to be; esse, existere, fieri Ic bió swíðe fægn I shall be very glad, Bt. 40, 5; Fox 240, 24. Bióm, Jn. Rush. War. 7, 34. Hwæt iów ðý bet bió oððe þince what is or appears to you the better? Bt. Met. Fox 10, 130; Met. 10, 65: Beo.

sige-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-fæst, adj.
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Th. 460, 26 ; Hö. 23. Þurh cynincges wísdóm folc wyrð gesǽlig, gesundful and sigefæst, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 306, 5. Hé ofslóh mid ðam sigefæstan here eall ðæt mennisc, Jos. 10, 40. Hí sigefæste ofer sǽ férdon, Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 481, 15.

stapol

(n.)
Grammar
stapol, (-el, -ul), es; m.
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healle gong, stód on stapole, geseah Grendles hond ( the hand had been laid in the hall ), Beo. Th. 1856; B. 926

þyle

(n.)
Grammar
þyle, es; m.

An oratorspokesman

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He is the only one of the courtiers who is actually stated to have addressed Beowulf, so that the duty of leading the conversation seems to have fallen to him. If a gloss in Wrt.

Linked entries: þele þyl-cræft

un-gecyndelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gecyndelíc, adj.

unnaturalnot in accordance with the nature of a thingnot naturalsupernaturalunnaturalcontrary to naturemonstrous

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Gecyndelícra synna oþþe ungecyndelícra, L. de Cf. 6; Th. ii. 262, 24: Anglia xi. 98, 19. On ungecyndelícum þingum in rebus naturae contrariis, L. M. I. P. 40; Th. ii. 276, 7: Anglia xi. 3, 78.

cyre

(n.)
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Þæt folc hæfð cyre ceósenne þone cyninge þe him sylfum lícað, Hml. Th. i. 212, 7. free will in a theological sense Hwí wolde se Scyppend þone mannan his ágenum cyre lǽtan cur homo factus est in liberum arbitrium?, Angl. vii. 24, 232: An.

eáþe-lic

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Bring ús bet be hláf . . . for þon þe þá hláfas wǽron swíðe eáðellice þe ús gyrstanǽfen cómon, 469. of an abstract object, slight, trifling Mód ástyred þeáh hit for gehwǽdum and eáþelicum þincge sié animum commotum quamvis modice, R. Ben. 131, 4

Linked entry: íþe-lic

reccan

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Add Þá þe wé ne magon ongytan in þám godcundan dóme wé sculan ús þe má ondrǽdan þonne elcor reccan ea quae in divino examine comprehendere non possumus, timere magis quam discutere debemus, Gr. D. 301, 12.

swín

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Genim swínes scearu þæs þe on dúnlande and wyrtum libbe, Lch. ii. 62. 27. Æðelsige forstæl Æðelwines swín ... ðá ridon his men and tugon út ðæt spic of Æðelsiges húse, and he oðbærst wuda, C.D. iii. 291, 15.

hálgian

(v.)
Grammar
hálgian, p. ode; pp. od

To hallow, make holy, consecrate, sanctifyconsecrare

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Sý hálgad noma hallowed be thy name, Exon. 122 a; Th. 468, 19; Hy. 5, 2

hatian

(v.)
Grammar
hatian, hatigean; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed

To hate

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P. 2; Th. ii. 304, 19: Beo. Th. 4627; B. 2319

Linked entry: hættende

ge-freógan

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Þá þe ǽhtborene synt and for þám ánum gefreóde, R. Ben. 138, 21. Hér geswutelað on ðisse Crístes béc ðæt Ælfríc Scot and Ægelríc Scot synt gefreód for Ælfsiges abbodes sáwle écan freóte, C. D. vi. 209, 13 : 211, 2.