mere
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Add: the female of the horse Þ mǽden wæs swá forbroden swylce heó án myre wǽre, Hml. S. 21. 475. Gif man of myran folan ádrífð, Ll.
wilde
Having power ⬩ powerful ⬩ strong
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Having power, powerful, strong Hit næs þeáw ðæt mon ǽnig wæl on ða healfe rímde ðe ðonne wieldre wæs mos est, ex ea parte quae vicerit occisorum non commemorare numerum Ors. 4, l; Swt. 156, 22.
ge-brýdian
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To marry Wæs óðres cempan wíf . . . seó wæs án geár gebrýdod and feówer mónað, Shrn. 84, 31. Seó wæs twám werum gebrýdad, and hwæþre heó wæs clǽne fǽmne. Ǽrest heó wæs gebrýdad Tondberhte and æfter þǽm heó wæs seald Ecgferðe tó cwéne, 94, 18-21
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hind
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Hió cwaeð ꝥ hió his ná máran ne gyrnde þonne hire hind útan ymbe yrnan wolde þe hire ealne weg beforan arn ðonne hió on ráde wæs . . . Hió ðá hind swá dyde ꝥ hió him beforan hleápende wæs, and hí hyre æfter filigende wǽron, Lch. iii. 426. 23-32.
geáp-ness
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Cleverness, cunning, astuteness Wær geápnes argumentum (cf. argumento orðonce, gleáwnesse, 2, ll), Wrt. Voc. ii. 125, I
riht-líc
right, just ⬩ right, fitting, adapted to due requirements ⬩ adapted, fitted, entitled ⬩ right, in accordance with reason ⬩ right as regards conduct, ⬩ righteous
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eallon his ríce, ac wǽron ealle þeówe.
sundor-hálga
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Ða wǽron of sundorhálgon, Jn. Skt. 1, 24
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ge-dwimorlic
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D. 123, 16-124, ll.. seó kycene forburne; ac hit . . . wæs þæs deófles dydrung . . . Ðá gebróðra wǽron mid ðám gedwymorlicum fýre gebysgode, Hml. Th. ii. 166, 4-11
wyn-líc
Delightful ⬩ pleasing ⬩ agreeable ⬩ charming
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Wæter wynlíco, Exon. Th. 194, 9; Az. 136. Hé gemon tó oft wynlícran wíc, 444, 24; Kl. 52
rignan
- Cf.
- Piers P. 14, 62.
to rain, to cause rain to fall ⬩ to rain, to fall (of rain)
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to rain, to cause rain to fall, with the agent expressed Ic ríne pluo, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 30, 53. Hé rýnde ofer synfullan grin, Ps. Spl. 10, 7. Hit ágan rínan xl. daga and xl. nihta tósomne ðæm mǽstan réne, and seó eorþe rínde ealswá swíðe of hire eásprencgum
hreóf
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Seó fágung wæs tóbrǽded geond eallne his líchaman, ꝥ hé wæs geþúht swylce hé hreóf wǽre ita ut diffusa in corpore ejus varietas leprae morem imitari videretur, Gr. D. 159, 2.
hólunga
In vain, ⬩ to no purpose, ⬩ without cause, ⬩ without intent
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Ðære tíde wæs ðæt mǽste wæll geworden on Norþanhymbra þeóde and cyrican.
nóþ
temerity ⬩ presumption ⬩ boldness ⬩ daring ⬩ an adventurous band
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Semninga on sealtne wǽg mid ða nóþe ( the sailors who have landed on the whale thinking it an island) niþer gewíteþ gársecges gæst (the whale ), 361, 31; Wal. 28
fóster-nóþ
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Wæs neódþearf ꝥ heom wǽre bútan yldinge gegearwod se mete and fóstornoð (-nað, v.l.) þǽre dæghwámlican andleofne necesse erat ut quotidiani sumtus laborantibus sine dilatione praeberentur, Gr. D. 251, 16. Sceáp fóstornoþes ( pascue ) his, Ps.
tó-weard
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wilnode ꝥ him tóweard beteran wǽron ille promisit futura meliora, Ors. 2, 5; S. 86, 6. 2.
fruma
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Hí on fruman tó Godes híwunga gesceapene wǽron, Bl. H. 61, 7.
cild-ildu
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Childhood, infancy Lengtentíma ys wǽt and wearm, ꝥ lyft ys wǽt and wearm. Cildyld byð wǽt and wearm, and hyra blód byð wǽt and wearm, Angl. viii. 299, 28
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tó-wesness
separation ⬩ dissolution ⬩ divorce ⬩ difference ⬩ disagreement ⬩ discord ⬩ dissension
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Se se ðæt wæter út forléte wǽre fruma ðære tówesnesse seminantur stimuli, oriuntur rixae, accenduntur faces odiorum . . . Qui dimittit aquam, caput est jurgiorum. Past. 38; Swt. 279, 9-13.
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mæsse
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Wæs his gewuna þæt hé wolde ǽlce dæge habban twá mæssan, bútan hit má wǽre . . . Ðá cwæð hé tó his geféran ꝥ hit betere wǽre ꝥ hig þá mæssan hæfdon, Vis. Lfc. 63-67. <b>I b.
ofer-seolfrian
to cover with silver
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to cover with silver Hié eall heora wǽpn ofersylefredan deargentatis armis, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 138, 31. Eall heora wǽpn wǽron ofersylefreda, 3, II; Swt. 146, 23. Ofersylfrede (-seolfrade, Ps. Lamb. ) deargentatae, Ps. Spl. 67, 14