hlot
A lot, ⬩ portion, ⬩ share
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Sel mé dǽl ł hlodd [hlott, Rush.] striónes da mihi portionem substantiæ, Lind. 15, 12. Hie sendon hlot him betweónum they cast lots among them, Blickl. Homl. 229, 5. Hlotu wurpon mittentes sortem, Mk. Skt. 15, 24: Lk. Skt. 23, 34
wirnan
to refuse ⬩ refrain from granting ⬩ to prevent ⬩ prohibit ⬩ keep from
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Sele him scearpne wyrtdrenc, wyrne him metes, Lchdm. ii. 46, 25. For hwan ðú woldest ðínre gesihðe mé wyrnan? Ps. Th. 87, 14. to prevent, prohibit, keep from absolute Gif hǽto oþþe meht ne wyrne, lǽt him blód, Lchdm. ii. 254, 4.
ing
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In the Runic poem 22 ; Kmbl. 343, 27 it is taken as the name of a prince of the East Danes Ing wæs ǽrest mid Eást Denum gesewen secgum ; óþ hé siððan eft ofer wǽg gewát. Ðus heardingas ðone hæle nemdon. This name [cf. Gothic form] may be the same as
gneáð
Sparing ⬩ frugal ⬩ stingy ⬩ scanty ⬩ small ⬩ parcus
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He self lifde on gneáðum woroldlífe án tunece wæs his gegerela and ðæt wæs hǽren and beren hláf wæs his gereorde he himself lived a frugal life in the world, one tunic was his raiment, and barley bread was his food, Shrn. 110, 4: 77, 4.
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siwen-íge
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MSS. ) ðonne his mód and his andgit ðæt gecynd áscirpþ and hé hit ðonne self gescint mid his ungewunan lippus vero est, cujus quidem ingenium ad cognitionem veritatis emicat, sed tamen carnalia opera obscurant.
swíge
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Nis mín sele swíge, ne ic sylfa hlúd, 494, 1; Rä. 82, 1
ymb-cirran
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Saturnus hæfð ymb þrítig wintergerímes weoruld ymbcyrred, 28, 26. to turn one's self round Ymbcerred wæs on bægcgling conuersa est retrorsum, Jn. Skt. Lind.
CRÁWE
a CROW ⬩ cornix ⬩ a raven ⬩ corvus
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Voc. 29, 31; 62, 29; 280, 34. a raven; corvus Se selþ nýtenum mete heora, and briddum cráwan cígendum hine qui dat jumentis escam ipsorum, et pullis corvi invocantibus eum Ps. Spl. T. 146, 10
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for-þencan
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Wurdon hié swá swíþe forþóhte þætte ... hié him heápmǽlum selfe on hand eódon, 4, 5; S. 170, 5
á-cwelan
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Ðý lǽs hié selfe ácwelen ne ipsi moriantur, Past. 371, 11. Ðæt hé þurh hungres scearpnesse ácwǽle, Hml. Th. i. 58, 32. Ðæs hearperes wíf sceolde ácwelan, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, 4. Ðý lǽs hié selfe ácwelen, ðǽr ðǽr hié ðá óðre lácniað, Past. 371, 11.
leóf-líc
Lovely ⬩ beautiful ⬩ delightful ⬩ pleasant ⬩ lovable ⬩ dear
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Hié Sarran wlite heredon óð ðæt hé lǽdan héht leóflíc wíf tó his selfes sele, Cd. 89; Th. iii. 16; Gen. 1856. His sweord leóflíc íren his sword, weapon of price, Beo.Th. 3622; B. 1809.
rǽw
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Sele ðonne drincan sume on (on sume, MS.) ráwe nigon dagon nine days in succession, Lchdm. ii. 238, 10. Cf. He sende hem so muche honger and luþer geres a-rewe, R. Glouc. 252, 2. Is seid of euerich on a-rewe, A. R. 90, 10.
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wiþ-bregdan
To withhold ⬩ restrain ⬩ check ⬩ hold back
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Godes feónd wiðbrítt ðæm untruman móde ðære sibbe (dilectionem proximorum vulneratis cordibus subtrahens ) ðe hé self forlét, 47; Swt. 361, 2.
drohtian
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Git hé self drohtað on ðám eorðlicum tielongum si in terrenis negotiis ipse versatur, Past. 133, 4. Menn wéndon ðæt hé ǽfæsðlíce drohtode ( degere religiose ), 24. Lifde oððe drohtode degebat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 47.
feoh-gód
cattle
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Property consisting of cattle, cattle considered as property Mid .ix. sciłł. gebéte, and ꝥ sié on cwicǽhtum, feógodum, and mon nǽnigne mon on ꝥ ne selle (i. e.the fine was to be paid in live*-*stock, but cattle only, not human beings (slaves)), Ll.
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on-drǽding
Dread, terror
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Dread, terror Hié selfe wǽron on ðære on-drǽdinge hwonne hié on ða eorþan besuncene wurden, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 14. Hé sume hwíle wénde ðæt hine mon gefón sceolde, and hé for ðære ondrǽdinge ðæs ðe swíðor on ðæt weorod þrong, 5, 12; Swt. 244, 12
swán
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Icel. sveinn) Ne gefrægn ic nǽfre wurðlícor æt wera hilde sixtig sigebeorna sél gebǽran, ne nǽfre swánas swétne medu (swa noc hwitne, Hickes) sél forgyldan, Fins. Th. 78; Fin. 39
á-cwilman
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Sélre ús ys ðæt wé ús sylfe ofsleán, ðonne hig ús yfelum deáðe ácwylmon, Hml. A. 185, 138. Hé hét Pilatum ðám fúlestan deáðe ácwylman, 190, 257. Titus and Vespasianus hig habbað yfelum deáðe ácwylmede, 191, 293
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deór-fald
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Voc. ii. 129, 64. [ a deer-park Se king rád in his dérfald, Chr. 1123; P. 251, 5. þis wæs segon on þe selue derfald in þá tune on Burch and on ealle þá wudes, 1127; P. 258, 21. ]
háwere
An observer, a spectator ⬩ spies
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An observer, a spectator Ðýlæs hie síen tó óðerra monna gefeohte holde háweras, and dón him selfe náwuht lest they be friendly spectators of other men's struggle, and themselves do nothing; ne, si in hoc præsentis vitæ stadio ad certamen alienum devoti