biter
painful ⬩ acrimonious ⬩ ill-natured
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Add: bitter to the taste Biter wyrtdrenc picra, Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 18. Ðonne se lǽce bietre wyrta déð tó hwelcum drence, . . . ðonne bið se deáðbǽra wǽta ofslægen mid ðǽm biteran drence, Past. 303, 12-17. Bitrum rancidis, Wrt.
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ealdor-scipe
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Th. i. 342, 30. Add
gebed-hús
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Th. ii. 582, 6. Add
rún-stæf
a rune
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On the subject of Runes see Kemble's paper in Archaeologia, vol. xxviii; the Preface to Dr. George Stephens' Handbook of Runic Monuments; Dr. Isaac Taylor's Greeks and Goths, and the same writer's work 'The Alphabet.'
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ofer-féran
to pass over or through, to cross, traverse ⬩ to come upon or across, meet with
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to pass over or through, to cross, traverse Ic oferférde transiviIordane, Gen. 32, 10. Seó sǽ ðe se Hǽlend oferférde, Homl. Th. i. 182, 25. Oberfoerde emenso, Wrt. Voc. ii. 107, 22. Oferférde, 29, 33.
on-beran
To diminish, enfeeble, impair, destroy
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Ðá wæs hord rásod onboren beága hord the hoard was explored, the treasure of rings rifled, Beo. Th. 4557; B. 2284.
ge-þeahting
Counsel ⬩ consultation ⬩ deliberation ⬩ agreement ⬩ consilium ⬩ consultātio ⬩ consultum ⬩ consensus
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Se geþeahtingum hafaþ in hondum heofon and eorþan who by his counsels holdeth in his power heaven and earth, Exon. 43 a; Th. 140, 31; Gú. 618. To geþeahtunge ad consulta, Bd. 1, 27; S. 497, 43. Mid geþeahtunge cum consensu, Ps. Th. 54, 13.
for-swíþan
to overcome ⬩ conquer ⬩ to surpass ⬩ excel ⬩ to drive away ⬩ force away
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Th. ii. 152, 1
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in-gang
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Th. i. 502, 16. Fram þǽre heortan inngange ( ostio ), Gr. D. 35, 18. In þám ingange (cafortúne, v.l.) hire húses in hospitii sui vestibulo, 69, 26. On þǽre cyricean inngange in ecclesiae ingressu, 97, 33. Tó ingangum ad fauces, ad introitum, An.
un-geþwǽre
not in harmony ⬩ at variance ⬩ discordant ⬩ not in agreement ⬩ given to discord ⬩ quarrelsome ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ troublesome ⬩ vexatious
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Th. 15, 2. given to discord, quarrelsome Ðætte on óðre wísan sint tó manianne ða geðwǽran (cf. ða gesibsuman, 6) on óðre ða ungeðwǽran (cf. ða ungesibsuman, 6) quomodo admonendi sunt discordes et pacati, Past. 46; Swt. 344, 5. disagreeable, troublesome
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wicu
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Tuwa on ucan (wucan, v.l.: wico, Lind.: wica, Rush.) bis in sabbato, Lk. Skt. 18, 12. Ða fullan wican (wucan, v.l. ) ǽr Sc̃ta Marian mæssan, L. Alf. pol. 43; Th. i. 92, 7. Ymb wucan after a week, Cd. Th. 88, 14; Gen. 1465 : 167, 21 ; Gen. 2769.
eorþ-lic
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On ealra eorþlicra gebedrǽdenne þe Crístene wǽron, 45, 37. Dryhten clipode eorðlice menn tó geleáfan Dominus vocavit terram, Ps.
hleahtor
a laugh
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Ic (the devil) þá róde ne þearf hleahtre herigean, El. 920: An. 1705. as an expression of contempt, scorn Gif þú mid þan þeáwe tǽlendra mé hleahtrige, warna þé sylfne þǽr þú þé hleahtres (leóhtes ?)
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þrymm
a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur
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Eác wé gelýfaþ ðæt Drihten sylf hire tógeánes cóme all the heavenly host would rejoice at her advent. We believe, too, that the Lord himself would come to meet her, Homl. Th. i. 442, 13.
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hí-réd
A household, ⬩ house, ⬩ family, ⬩ the body of domestic retainers of a great man or king, ⬩ a court, ⬩ the members of a religious house, ⬩ a company, ⬩ band of associates
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Se hálga hýréd wæs wunigende ánmódlíce on gebedum the holy company continued with one accord in prayers, Homl. Th. i. 314, 4: Cd. 226; Th. 302, 1; Sat. 592: 221; Th. 288, 5; Sat. 376. Se hírd on Seynt Eádmundsbiri the brotherhood at Bury St.
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feówer
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Gange hé feówra sum tó, and beó him sylffífta, Ll. Th. i. 286, 18. Hé from feówrum wæs geboren, Mk. L. R. 2, 3. in apposition to a noun. Similar entries Cf.
ge-hwirfan
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Take here <b>ge-hwyrfan</b> in Dict. and add trans. to cause to go, to transfer from one place to another Hé hine áscéd of ðǽm worldríce and hine gehwirfde (-hwyrfde, v. l. ) tó ungesceádwísum neátum, Past. 38, 23.
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hálig-dóm
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Peter's Minster at Exeter ) lét dón . . . eallum þám tó hylpe þe þá hálgan stówwe þe se haligdóm on is mid geleáfan gesécað. Nú wille wé eów segcan . . . hwæt se háligdóm is . . . Ǽrost . . . C. D. B. ii. 389, 19-39.
EÁÐE
Easy, smooth ⬩ făcĭlis, lēvis
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Easy, smooth; făcĭlis, lēvis Gode þancedon ðæs ðe him ýþ-láda eáðe wurdon they thanked God for that the wave-paths had been easy [ = smooth] to them, Beo. Th. 462; B. 228.
scylf
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a peak, crag, tor (in local names) Ðonon ofer ealne ðone hǽþfeld tó Hnæfes scylfe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 130, 37. Tó byrnan scylfe, 38, 36. Sticule scylpas scabri murices, Germ. 399, 446. Scylfa scopulorum, Hpt.