sweora
a neck ⬩ of land, a hause ⬩ a col ⬩ the neck, the declination of a mountain near the summit; the most level spot between two hills, ⬩ the local name of a neck-shaped ridge in western Iceland. ⬩ of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least
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Ðeáh hé him ðone stíðan swioran (swiran, Hatt. MS.) fortrǽde, Past. 33; Swt. 228, 9. Hé wýscte ðæt ealle Rómáne hæfden ǽnne sweoran ( unam cervicem ), Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 256, 27: Judth. Thw. 23, 5; Jud. 106.
god-webb
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Genim þone aeppel and hine bewind on weolcreádum godwebbe, and seóð eft mid sceáte óþres godwebbes, Lch. i. 332, 5. Hæfð hé ánforlǽten ðæt twégea bleó godwebb ðæt hé habban sceolde on ðǽm hálgan hrægle ...
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ge-met
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H. 119, 8. Næs his gemet, P hé hine costode it was not for him to tempt him, 29, 34. Mfn gemet is, ꝥ . 187, 17. Ǽghwylces mennisces monnes gemet is, ꝥ . . . 163, 35 : 205, 23.
lácan
to swing ⬩ wave about ⬩ to play ⬩ fight ⬩ to play
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Is ðæt frécne stream ýða ofermǽta ðe wé hér on lácaþ perilous is the stream, huge the waves, on which here we toss, 20 a; Th. 53, 24; Cri. 855. Hie ofer feorne weg ceólum lácaþ Andr. Kmbl. 506; An. 253.
middan-eard
The middle dwelling ⬩ the abode of men ⬩ the earth ⬩ the world ⬩ the world ⬩ mankind
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Ðú miht on ánre hand befealdan ealne middaneard, Hy. 7, 120; Hy. Grn. ii. 290, 120. the world, mankind Ealle ðé heriaþ ... eall middaneard, 9, 38; Hy. Grn. ii. 292, 38. Middaneardes Hǽlynd salvator mundi, Jn. Skt, 4, 42.
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hǽþen-scipe
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A. 70, 131. the condition of being heathen Heó nolde his sanda brúcan for his hǽðenscipe ( on account of his being a heathen ), Hml. A. 110, 271.
dim-hofe
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A lurking-place, hiding-place; latĭbŭlum, lātēbra He gesette þýstru dymhofan oððe dymnes oððe behýdednesse his pŏsuit tenĕbras latĭbŭlum suum, Ps. Lamb. 17, 12. Dimhofan latēbræ, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 21. Dimhofum latĭbŭlis, Mone B. 85.
Læsting
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Hé gewát tó his mynsterscire ðæt is on Læstinga eá, 5, 19; S. 639, 14. On Læstinge, 4, 3; S. 566, 28
ge-heálgian
To consecrate ⬩ hallow ⬩ consecrāre ⬩ sacrāre
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Ðǽr se bisceop towearp and fordyde ða wigbed ðe he sylf ǽr geheálgode ubi pontĭfex polluit et destruxit eas quas ipse sacrāvĕrat āras, 2, 13; S. 517, 18
síþe
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Hé sceal habban . . . síþe, Anglia ix. 263, 5
teld-sticca
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Hé geseah hwár Sisara læg and se teldsticca sticode þurh his heáfod tulit Iahel clavum tabernaculi ... et clavum defixit in cerebrum ... vidit Sisaram jacentem et clavum infixum in tempore ejus, Jud. 4, 21, 22
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þrǽsting
Torment ⬩ affliction
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Torment, affliction Swá hé sceal etan ðætte hiene sió gewilnung ðære gífernesse of his módes fæstrǽdnesse ne gebrenge, ne eft sió ðrǽsting (ðrǽsðing, Hatt.
un-brýce
Useless ⬩ unprofitable
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Nyle hé ða dærstan him dón unbrýce faex ejus non est exinanita, Ps. Th. 74, 8. [But calleth hym yn the gospel ryche, As unkynde and unbryche, Halliwell's Dict. Goth. unbrúkjai skalkós servi inutiles, Lk. 17, 10.]
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un-gestæððigness
Unsteadiness ⬩ levity ⬩ want of firmness
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Gif hé eallunge forberan ne mæg for hira ágnum unðeáwum and for hiera ungestæððignesse qui pro infermitate sese abstinere vix possunt, 28; Swt. 199, 9
weorold-sprǽc
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Hyne sylfne ǽgðer ge wið woroldsprǽce ge wið worold*-*dǽda warnige hé and healde, L. E. I. 21; Th. ii. 414, 38
á-dǽlan
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H. 169, 6. Add
blissian
to rejoice at
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Hé sæt mid þám gebeórum blissigende samod, Hml. S. 26, 327. to rejoice at (with gen.) His fýnd þæs micelum wundrodon and blissodon, Hml. Th. ii. 26, 11. Ðis folc micclum blissigan wile mínes deáðes, i. 86, 32
burg-weall
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Pharao hét hí wyrcan his burhweallas (cf. hig getimbrodun Pharaones eardungburga urbes tabernaculorum, Ex. 1, 11), Hml. Th. ii. 190, 34. Add
crycc
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Se biscop slóh mid his cricce on ðá eorðan, Shrn. 70, 14. Hé mid twám criccum creáp him tó Wynceastre, Hml. S. 21, 101. Seó ealde cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum, 431. Add:
efnan
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Hí his bebodu efnedan custodiebant praecepta ejus, 98, 8. Þæt heó his word efnan ( faciant ), 102, 17. Þá þe þíne ǽ efnan nellað contra legem agentes, 70, 3: 88, 27. Dómas efnan judicium custodire, 105, 3.