swaðrian
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To retreat, withdraw, subside Geofon swaðrode . . . geótende gegrind grund eall forswealg, Andr. Kmbl. 3169; An. 1587. Hærn eft onwand . . . wædu swæðorodon, 1066; An. 533. Brimu swaþredon, ðæt ic sǽnæssas geseón mihte, Beo. Th. 1145; B. 570
neáh-gangol
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In attendance on the person of the sovereign Þ eall hí dydon for ðæs cáseres ðingon, for þon hí him ǽr on híredeswíðe neáhgangole wǽron (cf. Icel. þeir vóru svá nakvæmir konungi), Hml. S. 23, 130
Linked entry: gangel
un-gerýde
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Se egeslica swég ungerýdre sǽ eall manna mód miclum gedréfeð mare terribili confundet murmure mentes, Dóm. L. 102. Ðá gehýrde hé ungerýdelic gelýd . . . and wæs áfre swá leng swá hlúddre and ungerýddre, Vis. Lfc. 50. Add
riht-hláfordhyldu
Fidelity justly due to a lord
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Fidelity justly due to a lord Uton beón á úrum hláforde holde and getreówe ... forðam eall ðæt wé ǽfre for rihthláfordhelde dóþ, eal wé hit dóþ ús sylfum tó mycelre þearfe, Wulfst. 119, 15 : 299, 27
weorold-wela
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Worldly wealth, worldly good Se woruldwela (pompa) his frætewunga áweorpende fleáh, Gl. Prud. 52 a. Sume mægon habban ælles woruldwelan genóg huic census exuberat, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 30, 30. Hé wilnaþ hwæthweg ðises woruldwelan, 26, 2 ; Fox 94, 3. Hí geleáfan
basilisca
A basilisk ⬩ basiliscus
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A basilisk; basiliscus Ðú ofer aspide miht eáðe gangan and bealde nú basiliscan tredan super aspidem et basiliscum ambulabis, Ps. Th. 90, 13
driht-né
A dead body of a host ⬩ cadāver agmĭnis
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A dead body of a host; cadāver agmĭnis Ofer drihtnéum over the bodies of the slain, Cd. 150; Th. 188, 5; Exod. 163
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fremfull
Beneficent ⬩ profitable ⬩ bĕnĕfĭcus
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Beneficent, profitable; bĕnĕfĭcus Ða ðe ánweald ofer hig habbaþ synd fremfulle genemned qui pŏtestātem hăbent sŭper eos bĕnĕfĭci vŏcantur, Lk. Bos. 22, 25
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Scrobbesbyrig-scír
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Shropshire Ðá wæs se cyng gewend ofer Temese intó Scrobbesbyrigsctre, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 29. Hugo eorl of Scrobscíre, 1094; Erl. 230, 37
swefel-réc
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Sulphur-smoke, the smoke from burning sulphur Ríneþ ofer ða synfullan swefelréc pluet super peccatores sulphur, Ps. Surt. 10, 7. Cf. swefel-þrosm
yfel-dónde
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Evil-doing Drihtenes ondwlita bið ofer ða yfeldóndan men tó ðon ðæt hé hig forspille, L. E. I. 28; Th. ii. 424, 22
dynge
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Gewitan him þá Norþmen nægledcnearrum on dinges (dynges, dyniges, dinnes, v. ll. ) mere ofer deóp wæter Difelin sécan, Chr. 937; P. 109, 12
eáþ-módig
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Humble. [Þe edmodies monnes bonen þurlen þe weolcne, A. R. 246. O. H. Ger. ód-muotig.] Cf. ofer-módig, and v. next word
fild-burne
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A stream in a plain(?) Of ðǽm aldan felde . . .; swá ondlang bróces on ðone gemǽrhagan; ofer fild*-*burnan, C. D. iii. 393, 27
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ge-nihtian
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To become night, grow dark Þá geþýstrode hit and efne fæstlíce genihtode ( tenebrae factae sunt, Mt. 27, 45) ofer eallne middangeard, Nap. 31
Linked entry: nihtian
heáh-clif
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Add: — Swá bið eác gelíce be þám heáclifum þonne hí hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan, Wlfst. 262, 10. Cf. heáh-torr
regnian
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to rain, cause rain to fall Hé hregnað (regneð, R.) ofer sóðfæsta and unsóðfæste pluit super justos et injustos, Mt. L. 5, 45
sícan
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Sícende lactans, Ps. Rdr. p. 289, 25. Swá swá síced is ofer módur his sicut ablactatus est super matrem suam, 130, 2. Add
dropan
To drop ⬩ stillāre
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To drop; stillāre Swá swa dropan dropende ofer eorþan sīcut stillicĭdia stillantia super terram, Ps. Spl. 71, 6. Droppende, Ps. Lamb. 71, 6
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niþer-sige
A going down ⬩ setting
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A going down, setting Sunne oncneów niþersige ( occasum ) hire, Ps. Lamb. 103, 19 : 113, 3. Ofer niþersi[g]e super occasum, 67, 5