CNIHT
A boy ⬩ youth ⬩ attendant ⬩ servant ⬩ KNIGHT: ⬩ puer ⬩ juvenis ⬩ adolescens ⬩ servus
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To cwale cnihta for the destruction of the youths Cd. 184; Th. 229, 32; Dan. 226. Cnyhta of the youths Exon. 55a; Th. 195, 32; Az. 165.
lár-spell
A discourse ⬩ sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ treatise
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A discourse, sermon, homily, treatise God cwæþ be láreówum on his lárspelle God said of teachers in his sermon, Homl. Th. ii. 320, 25. Se bisceop ðam folce sǽde lárspell, Homl. Skt. 3, 141.
mid-hrif
The mid-riff ⬩ the diaphragm ⬩ separating the heart from the stomach ⬩ the entrails
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On ðam uferan hrife oððe on ðam midhrife, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm ii. 260, 20. Of ðam midhrife, se is betweox ðære wambe and ðære lifre, 2, 56; Lchdm. ii. 278, 10
un-dǽd
An ill deed ⬩ evil action ⬩ a crime ⬩ misdeed
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An ill deed, evil action, a crime, misdeed On yfelan geðance and on undǽde, Wulfst. 165, 5. Ðá Helmstán ða undǽde gedyde ðæt hé Æðerédes belt forstæl when Helmstan committed the crime of stealing Æthered's belt, Chart. Th. 169, 19, 28.
horh
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Dracontjan wiþ fúle hóras on men, ii. 174, 5. Add
munuc
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Nú wille wé úre sprǽce áwendan tó þám iungum munecum þe heora cildhád habbað ábisgod on cræftigum bócum, Angl. viii. 321, 26. Add
styrian
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</b> of non-material objects Swá styrigende is seó sáwul ꝥ heó furðon on slǽpe ne gestylþ, Hml.
þeáw
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Ðæs cocces ðeáw is ðæt hé micle hlúdor singð on úhtan ðonne on dægred gallus profundioribus horis noctis altos edere cantus solet, cum vero matutinum tempus in proximo est, minutas ac tenues voces format, Past. 461, 2. <b>II c.
Rómáne
The Romans
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Rómána ríce, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 66, 7. Ealra ðara Rómána wíf, Swt. 66, 29. Wǽron ealle Italie Rómánum on fultume, 4, 11; Swt. 208, 7
rómian
with gen. To strive after
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after our former power (cf.
mearcian
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Ox. 2492. to make with the hand the sign of the cross on an object Hé mearcode him on heáfde hálig róde-tácen and on his gúðfanan, Hml. Th. ii. 304, 14. Mearciað róde tácen on eówrum foreheáfdum, i. 466, 20. <b>V a.
burh-scír
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A city-boundary, city-liberty; urbis territorium Ða yfelan leóda fíf burhscíra ðæs Sodomítisces eardes the evil people of the five city-boundaries of the Sodomitish land, Ælfc. T. 7, 20: Jos. 13; Thw. 152, 9: Cot. 148
deáþ-denu
The valley of death ⬩ mortis vallis
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The valley of death; mortis vallis In ðisse deáþ-dene in this valley of death, Exon. 12 b; Th. 21, 33; Cri. 344. In ðas deáþdene in this death-vale, Exon. 61 b; Th. 226, 35; Ph. 416
heofon-fugol
A bird of the air ⬩ fowl of heaven
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A bird of the air, fowl of heaven Heofon-fugelas healdaþ eardas volucres cæli habitabunt, Ps. Th. 103, 11: Cd. 192; Th. 240, 16; Dan. 387: 74; Th. 91, 21; Gen. 1515: 10; Th. 13, 11; Gen. 201
incge
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Ing occurs in stanza 22 of the Runic poem, and Ing-winas is a name of the Danes in Beowulf
un-swéte
Unsweet ⬩ bitter ⬩ sour ⬩ offensive ⬩ fetid
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Unsweet, of taste, bitter, sour Hí mé geblendon bittre tósomne unswétne drync ecedes and geallan, Exon. Th. 88, 12; Cri. 1439. of smell, offensive, fetid Ðonne ne biþ se þost tó unswéte tó gestincanne, Lchdm, ii. 48, 14
bícnend
the forefinger
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of persons, one who shows, indicates Bícnigend (index) rihtwísnysse hé ys he sheweth forth righteousness (Prov. 12, 17), Scint. 135, 14. of things, the forefinger Bécnend index, Wrt. Voc. ii. 46, 35: i. 283, 20. Býcniend, 64, 80
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hetollíce
violently ⬩ fiercely ⬩ severely
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of action, violently, fiercely Se wælreówa deófol wolde geniman þone cnapan of Basilius handum hetolíce teónde, Hml. S. 3, 443. severely.
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brecþ
to break ⬩ A broken state, fracture, used figuratively of mental contrition, grief; ⬩ fractio, ærumna
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A broken state, fracture, used figuratively of mental contrition, grief; fractio, ærumna Ðæt wæs wrǽc micel wine Scyldinga, modes brecþa that was great wretchedness to the friend of the Scyldings, his mind's griefs, Beo. Th. 344; B. 171
ge-tíþian
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Sume him getygðedon, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 16. God þé getíþige and þíne béne gehýre, Angl. xii. 515, 13. with gen. of request and dat. of person Gif wé þæs biddað þe ús tó écere hǽlþe fremiað, ús getíðað þæs se heofenlica Fæder, Hml. Th. ii. 528, 20.