smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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B. ii. 600, 9. slender, thin, not thick Swiora smæl a slender neck Exon. Th. 486, 15; Rä. 72, 15. Him ne hangaþ nacod sweord ofer ðam heáfde be smalan þrǽde Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 28.
mǽg
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<b>III a.</b> of illicit intercourse :---
welig
Wealthy ⬩ rich ⬩ opulent
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Welegost Bt. 26, 1; Fox 92, 7. of places where wealth is accumulated On ðære welegan byrig (Rome) Met. 1, 37. Wícstede weligne Beo. Th. 5207; B. 2607. Hé wolde oferwinnan sume welige burh, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 532.
Linked entry: wealig
fæger
FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet ⬩ pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis
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On hrusan ne feól fæger foldbold the fair earthly dwelling fell not on the ground, Beo. Th. 1550; B. 773: 2278; B. 1137. Biþ swá fæger fugles gebǽru the bird's bearing is so pleasing, Exon. 57 b; Th. 206, 11; Ph. 125.
micel
Mickle ⬩ great ⬩ magnus ⬩ much ⬩ many ⬩ multus ⬩ great
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On hyra mandryhtnes miclan þearfe, Beo. Th. 5691; B. 2849. Mǽre ł miclu weorc drihtnes magna opera domini, Ps. Lamb. 110, 2. Se lícette litlum and miclum, gumena gehwylcum, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 72; Met. 26, 36.
swá
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Th. i. 160, 8. 2 b. add: — Suá (swǽ, v. l. ) nytt suá unnyt suæðer hié beóð, Past. 97, 1
on-fón
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<b>IV c.
gripe
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: 953. by things In gléda gripe, Jul. 391.
Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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Then went Ælfric to his archiepiscopal see, and when he came thither, he was received by those men in orders, who of all were most distasteful to him, that was, by clerks, Chr. 995; Th. ii. 106, 20-24.
teóna
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Ðæt behýded wæs tó teónan cristenum folce the cross had been hidden to the detriment of Christians, Elen. Kmbl. 1973; El. 988.
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a-driógan
to bear
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to bear, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 22; MS. Cott. The Bodl. MS. has a-drióhan
æf-weardnes
Absence ⬩ removal ⬩ posterity ⬩ absentia
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Absence, removal, posterity; absentia For ðínre æfweardnesse because of thy absence, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 28
ǽrer
Before
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Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, note 8
aldor-leás
deprived of parents ⬩ orphanus
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Aldorleás [MS. aldoras], Beo. Th. 30; B. 15
aldor-þægn
A principal thane ⬩ chief
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A principal thane, chief, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 36; Sat. 66: Beo. Th. 2620; B. 1308
Angel-cyning
An Angle or English king
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An Angle or English king, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 8: 3, 9; S. 533, 8
a-spédan
To speed ⬩ prosper ⬩ prosperare
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To speed, prosper; prosperare Wítum aspédde made prosperous by their sufferings, Andr. Kmbl. 3261; An. 1633
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áncor-líf
An anchoret's or hermit's life ⬩ a solitary life ⬩ anachoretica vita
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An anchoret's or hermit's life, a solitary life; anachoretica vita, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 11
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Arrian
Arius ⬩ Arrianus
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Arius; Arrianus Arrianes gedwola the heresy of Arius, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 80; Met. 1, 40
beácnung
a BECKONING ⬩ nodding ⬩ nutus ⬩ a speaking by tropes or figures ⬩ tropologia
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a BECKONING or nodding; nutus, Cot. 139. a speaking by tropes or figures; tropologia, Cot. 201