swindan
To waste away, languish, grow languid, be consumed ⬩ tabescere, tabefieri, deficere, conticescere ⬩ to dwindle, decay, die away
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To waste away, languish, grow languid, be consumed Se synfulla swindeþ peccator tabescet, Ps. Spl. 111, 9. Sáwel heora on yfelum swand anima eorum in mails tabescebat, 106, 26.
twifealdness
doubleness ⬩ doubling ⬩ irresolution ⬩ duplicity ⬩ deceitfulness
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Se iil getácnaþ ða twiefealdnesse ðæs unclǽnan módes ðe hit symle lytiglíce ládaþ ericii nomine impurae mentis seseque callide defendentis duplicitas designatur, Swt. 241, 8
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frum-bearn
a first-born child ⬩ the eldest child ⬩ one of the first two or three children ⬩ an elder child
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Add: a first-born child, the eldest child His wíf sunu on woruld bróhte, se eafora wæs Enoc háten, freólic frumbearn, Gen. 1189: 1056. Þám yldestan eaforan, frumbearne, 1215. Hé slóh ǽghwylc frumbearn percussit omne primogenitum, Ps. Th. 104, 31.
spreót
A pole, sprit (in bow-sprit) ⬩ contus ⬩ sprit
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Ánes mannes lenge ðe healt ánne spreót on his hand and strecþ hine swá feor swá hé mæg árǽcan intó ðere sǽ statura unius hominis tenentis lignum quod Angle nominant, spreot et tendentis ante se quantum potest, Chart. Th. 318, 10.
á-wundrian
to wonder ⬩ be astonished ⬩ to wonder at ⬩ admire ⬩ magnify
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Áwundrode eall se líchama in þám wífum omne in eis corpus obrigesceret, 284, 21. Áwundradon mirabantur, Lk. L. 1, 21: 4, 22: mirati sunt, 8, 25. Áundrad wæs miratus est, 7, 9. Ꝥ hé woere áwundrad ut miraretur, Mk.
be-dirnan
to conceal
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to conceal Se hord þe þú oþ nú bedyrndest, Hml. S. 23, 662. Berníþan, bedyrnan dissimulare, i. occultare (desiderium ), An. Ox. 983. Hí synd nú bedyrnde ꝥ hí nán man ne mæg gefindan, Hml. S. 23, 290.
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weoloc-reád
Of the red colour that is got from the weoloc, scarlet, purple
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Weolocas, of ðám biþ geweorht se weolocreáda tælhg cochleae, quibus tinctura coccinei coloris conficitur Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 19. Wolcreádum coccineo, Hpt. Gl. 523, 77 : Anglia xiii. 29, 53. Weolocreáde coccineas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 30. Wolcreáde Hpt.
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sweord
A sword
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For some account of old swords, see Wright's The Celt, The Roman, and the Saxon, pp. 404-6, and Worsaae's Antiquities: see also Grmm. Gesch. D. S. p. 12
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fleógan
to fly ⬩ to flee ⬩ to avoid
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Similar entries Cf. fleón, III: Se móna næfð nánre mihte wiht ꝥ hé þǽre nihte genipu mæge fleógan (flecgan, MS. ) pallida nocturnam nec praestat luna lucernam, Dom. L. 110
ge-cýþan
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Ðet se biscop ond ðá hígen mósten mid áðe gecýðan ðet hit suá wǽre árǽden on Ǽðelbaldes dæge, C.
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wirgan
to curse ⬩ maledicere ⬩ to do evil
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Se ðe his hwǽte hýt, hiene wiergð ðæt folc, (maledicetur in populis), Past. 49; Swt. 376, 13. Gif mé mín feónd wyrgeþ (wyrigde, Ps. Spl.) si inimicus meus maledixisset mihi, Ps. Th. 54, 11. Se ðe wyrigð (woerges, Lind.: wærge, Rush.) hys fæder, Mt.
híd
familia
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Sé þe hæfí xx hída, sé sceal tǽcnan xii hída gesettes landes, Ll. Th. i. 144, 5, 8. where status is fixed by the number of hides: Gif né he geþeó búton tó healfre híde, þonne sí his wer lxxx scill, Ll. Th. i. 188, 1.
a-weorþan
To cease to be ⬩ become insipid or worthless ⬩ evanescere
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To cease to be, become insipid or worthless; evanescere Gyf ðæt sealt awyrþ if the salt become insipid, Mt. Bos. 5, 13: Lk. Bos. 14, 34. Ðú awordena raca, Mt. Bos. 5, 22
eádignes
Happiness ⬩ beatĭtndo, opŭlentia
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Exon. 108 a; Th. 413, 4; Rä. 31, 9: 83 a; Th. 313, 7; Seef. 120: Bt. 40, 4; Fox 240, 8
ge-hliþ
A lid ⬩ covering ⬩ roof ⬩ tectum
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A lid, covering, roof; tectum Sceolde he sécan helle gehliðo he must seek the roofs of hell [or gates of hell : cf. Icel. hlið a gate ], Cd. 36; Th. 47, 21; Gen. 764
ge-lagu
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A lay, layer, material spread out, a stretch of water Ofer holma gelagu, Seef. 64. [Cf. Icel. lag a layer.] Cf. licgan
inlíce
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Bitere seel hit him wyrþan forgolden, búton hé hit mid ælmessan inlíce forgilde, Wlfst. 277, 7. Þæt is heálic rǽd monna gehwylcum . . . þæt hé symle inlocast and geornlícost God weorðige, Cri 432. Add
éðel-staðol
A native settlement ⬩ patrium habĭtacūlum
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A native settlement; patrium habĭtacūlum Hú he éðelstaðolas eft gesette, swegel-torhtan seld how he might replenish the native settlements, heaven-bright seals, Cd. 5; Th. 6, 25; Gen. 94
fald-gang
Fold-going, putting sheep in fold to manure the land ⬩ secta faldæ, servĭtium, quo tĕnēbātur vassallus ŏves ipsīus ad ŏvīle dŏmĭni perdŭcĕre, fundi dŏmĭnĭcālis stercŏrandi grātia
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Fold-going, putting sheep in fold to manure the land; secta faldæ, servĭtium, quo tĕnēbātur vassallus ŏves ipsīus ad ŏvīle dŏmĭni perdŭcĕre, fundi dŏmĭnĭcālis stercŏrandi grātia. v. Spelm. Glos. Lye