þædres
Thither
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MSS.) hither and thither, Past. 22; Swt. 169, 13
Linked entry: þideres
for-þindan
To swell up
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To swell up Gif men sié maga ásúrod and forþunden, Lch. ii. 356, 11
Linked entries: þindan for-þunden
grandor-
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Guileless Geong grondorleás young and guileless, Exon. 69 b; Th. 258, 26; Jul. 271
á-steóran
To steer ⬩ guide ⬩ govern
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To steer, guide, govern Þú ástýrst and wildest æallum þís middangearde, Shrn. 168, 9
Linked entry: á-stýran
áweg-ádrífan
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In this verb and in others with the same prefix áweg should be separated
Æðel-wulf
Æthelwulf ⬩ Æthelwulfus
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Æthelwulf; Æthelwulfus; eldest son of Egbert and father of Alfred the Great. Æthelwulf was king of Wessex, from A. D. 837 (v. Ecg-bryht) -855 A.D. 837 [MS. 836], hér, Ecgbryht cyning forþférde, and féng Æðelwulf his sunu to Westseaxna ríce here, A.
FÝST
A FIST ⬩ pugnus
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On ðone eádgan andwlitan helfúse men hondum slógun, folmum areahtum, and fýstum eác wicked men struck on the blessed visage with their hands, with outstretched palms, and with fists also, Exon. 24 a; Th. 69, 24; Cri. 1125; Blickl. Homl. 23, 33; Mk.
popig
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Popig ... ðe Grécas moecorias and Rómáne papauer album nemnaþ and Engle hwít popig hátaþ, Lchdm. i. 156, 17-20. Him is tó sellanne lactucas and súþerne popig inneweard, ii. 212, 12
Linked entry: papig
weornian
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Seó sáwul, gif heó næfð ða hálgan láre, heó bið weornigende and mægenleás, Homl. Th. i. 168, 33
burg-geat-setl
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R.A. 804) Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, cirican and kycenan, bellhús and burhgeatsetl, Ll. Th. i. 190, 16
for-lǽran
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Far nú geond þǽra manna hús ðe þú mid þínum drýcræfte forlǽrdest, and gebíg hí eft tó heora Drihtne, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 16. Þá beswác deófol and forlǽrde his (Adam's) wíf, and heó hine, Wlfst. 9, 8. Þæt nǽnig eów forlǽre (seducat), Mt. R. 24, 4.
ge-spelia
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Add: ge-speliga a vicar Crístes gespelia hé (the abbot) is and his note and spelinge on mynstre healt abba Christi agere vices in monasterio creditur, R. Ben. 10, II. Þ hé (the king) sý on ware and on wearde Crístes gespeliga. Ll. Th. ii. 304, 24.
mǽst
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Alexandreas ealra rícost monna cynnes and hé mǽst geþah þara þe ic ofer foldan gefrægen hæbbe, Víd. 16. Þeáh leahtras bysigen monna módsefan mǽst and swíðost. Met. 22, 31: 62. Mǽst and fyrmest, Ps. Th. 121, 7.
swica
a deceiver ⬩ one who fails in fidelity or fealty, a traitor
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Seó smyltnys is stulor and dígele swica, Homl. Th. ii. 392, 25. one who fails in fidelity or fealty, a traitor Him man wearp on, ðæt hé wæs ðes cynges swica and ealra landleóda that he was a traitor to his king and country, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 4.
Linked entry: ǽ-swíca
hyldu
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Ic wæs ðínum fæder fullíce hold on móde and on mægene, and ðé ǽfre on fullum hyldum hold and on fulre lufe, C.
læc
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Taking the word to be independent, and retaining the reading of Hickes, we may compare it with Icel. lakr lacking, defective, and render it by weak, failing (from wounds), wounded.
Linked entry: lacra
smyltness
Quiet, calm, serenity, tranquillity ⬩ of physical calm ⬩ the quiet of evening, evening ⬩ gentleness, quietness in action ⬩ quiet, silence ⬩ placidity, calmness ⬩ peace, tranquillity, quiet ⬩ calmness, composure
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Swefn smyltnysse and glædnysse gehátaþ 156, 14.
un-besacen
unmolested by litigation ⬩ not made the subject of litigation ⬩ uncontested
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of persons, unmolested by litigation Ðǽr se bónda sæt uncwyd and unbecrafod, sitte ðæt wíf and ða cild on ðam ylcan unbesacen, L. C.
á-dwǽscan
to extinguish fire, light ⬩ to put an end to, put dawn, suppress a practice, doctrine, &;c. ⬩ to put down, suppress, destroy a person
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H. 93, 18: Angl. viii. 315, 38. Ádwǽscedum extirpatis (fomitibus ), An. Ox. 1134. to put an end to, put dawn, suppress a practice, doctrine, &;c. Seó sunne ðá þeóstre ádwǽscþ, Bt. 4; F. 6, 33.