þeów-racu
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Ben. 51, 13. Basilius cýdde ðæs réðan cáseres ðeówrace, Homl. Th. i. 450, 17. Uae getácnaþ hwílon wánunge, hwílon ðeówracan (þeówrace, MS. D.: þ-iwrace, MS. C.: ðíwwrace, MS. U.), hwílon wyrigunge, Ælfc, Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 17.
á-sceacan
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Ben. 98, 14. Hé of þám slǽpe ásceacen wearð, Hml. 8. 31, 891. to shake (trans.) Hé wæs hyne ásceacende eal swá earn þonne hé myd hrædum flyhte wyle forð áfleón, Nic. 14, 35
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up-stige
ascension ⬩ mounting ⬩ the ascension ⬩ an ascent ⬩ a way of ascending
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Ben. 23, 6-9. Hé becom tó ðæm heáhsetle ðære róde; on ðæm upstige (by the ascent of the cross) eall úre líf hé getremede, Blickl. Homl. 9, 36.
wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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Hé gesette ða men on ǽnne truman ðe mon hiora mǽgas ǽr slóg, and wiste ðæt hié woldon geornfulran beón ðære wrace (or under III ?
æt-somne
In a sum ⬩ at once ⬩ together ⬩ una ⬩ simul ⬩ pariter
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Beo. Th. 5687; B. 2847. Ealle ætsomne omnes pariter, Bd. 2, 13; S. 515, 38: Ps. Th. 87, 17
dynian
To make a noise, DIN, resound ⬩ fragōrem edĕre, sŏnāre, perstrĕpĕre, clangĕre
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Kmbl. 1478; An. 740: Beo. Th. 1538; B. 767: Fins. Th. 61; Fin. 30: Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 18; Jud. 23: Exon. 94 b; Th. 353, 46; Reim. 28. Dynedon scildas the shields rang, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 24; Jud. 204
eafoþ
Strength, violence, might ⬩ vis
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Him Geáta sceal eafoþ and ellen gebeódan a Goth shall offer him strength and valour, Beo. Th. 1208; B. 602. Heremódes hild sweþrode, eafoþ [MS. earfoþ] and ellen Heremod's war had ceased, his strength and energy, 1808; B. 902: 4687; B. 2349.
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EOFOR
a boar, a wild boar ⬩ ăper
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II. the figure of a boar on a helmet; signum apri sŭper găleam Swýn eal-gylden, eofer íren-heard the swine all-golden, the boar iron-hard, Beo. Th. 2228; B. 1112: 2660; B. 1328
forþ-síþ
A going forth ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ progressus ⬩ ăbĭtus ⬩ ŏbĭtus
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Hreðer innan born, afýsed on forþsíþ his spirit burned within, bent on departure. Exon. 46 b; Th. 158, 19; Gú. 911: 50 a; Th. 173, 2; Gú. 1154: 52 b; Th. 182, 34; Gú. 1320. He wæs ðár óþ Héródes forþsíþ ĕrat ĭbi usque ad ŏbĭtum Hērōdis, Mt.
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GALGA
A gallows ⬩ gibbet ⬩ cross ⬩ arbor infēlix ⬩ patĭbŭlum ⬩ crux
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He of galgan his gǽst onsend he sent forth his soul from a gallows, Exon. 70 a; Th. 261, 4; Ju1. 310 : 72 b; Th. 271, 15; Jul. 482 : Beo. Th. 4883; B. 2446.
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GANOT
A gannet ⬩ sea-fowl ⬩ water-fowl ⬩ fen-duck ⬩ ăvis mărina ⬩ fŭlix ⬩ fŭlĭca
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Ðá wearþ adrǽfed deórmód hæleþ, Óslác of earde, ofer ýþa gewealc, ofer ganotes bæþ then the brave man, Oslac, was driven away from the land, over the billows' roll, over the gannet's bath [the sea], Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 20; Edg. 46 : Beo.
mé
Me
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Hé mé habban wile dreóres fáhne, gif mec deáþ nimeþ, Beo. Th. 897, 899; B. 446, 447
méce
A sword ⬩ falchion ⬩ blade
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Méces ecge, Beo. Th. 3628; B. 1812. Mid áwendenlícum méce romphæa versatili vel volubili ancipiti, utraque parte acutus, Hpt. Gl. 433, 70. Slóh fágum méce, Judth. 10; Thw. 23, 4; Jud. 204. Scírne méce a bright blade, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 8; Crä. 65.
mirce
dark ⬩ murky ⬩ dark ⬩ black ⬩ evil
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Gang ofer myrcan mór her course o'er the dark moor, Beo. Th. 2814; B. 1405. in a metaphorical sense (of sin, crime, etc.) dark, black, evil Mircne mægencræft mánwomma gehwone dark power, each sinful stain, Exon. 26 b; Th. 78, 26; Cri, 1280.
mynster-líf
monastic life ⬩ a place in which the monastic life is lived
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Ic wille ðæt ðǽr ǽfre beó mynstrelíf and samnung ( a monastery and brotherhood ), Chart. Th. 391, 29. Similar entries Cf. Munuc-líf
god-bearn
a divine child ⬩ the Son of God ⬩ divinus filius ⬩ Dei Filius ⬩ a god-child ⬩ a god-son ⬩ filius lustricus ⬩ ex sacro fonte baptismi jam primum susceptus
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Kmbl. 1279; An. 640. a god-child, a god-son; filius lustricus, ex sacro fonte baptismi jam primum susceptus Godbearn to fela man forspilde god-children, too many of them have been destroyed, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 107, 94
godcund
Of the nature of God ⬩ divine ⬩ religious ⬩ sacred
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Godcunde béc sacred books, Cd. 123; Th. 158, 4; Gen. 2612
grimlíc
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Se légdraca grimlíc gryre the fire-drake, that fierce horror, Beo. Th. 6074; B. 3041. Ða gewin wǽron grimlícran ðonne hý nú sýn struggles were more bloodthirsty than they now are; quod crudelius graviusque erat quam nunc est, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 23
ge-beótian
To promise in a boastful manner ⬩ to vow ⬩ glōriōse pollĭcēri
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Wit gebeótedon, ðæt wit on gársecg út aldrum néðdon we two vowed that we would venture our lives out on the ocean, Beo. Th. 1076; B. 536 : 964; B. 480
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ge-sǽlan
To bind, tie ⬩ lĭgāre
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He ligeþ synnum gesǽled he lies bound with sins, 18 b; Th. 46, 12; Cri. 736: Beo. Th. 5521; B. 2764: Cd. 37; Th. 47, 23; Gen. 765: 200; Th. 248, 30; Dan. 251. Ðonne geméte gyt ðǽr eoselan gesǽlede then shall ye find there an ass tied, Blickl.
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