mæðel
an assembly ⬩ a deliberative or judicial meeting ⬩ council ⬩ speech ⬩ address ⬩ harangue ⬩ conversation
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Icel. heyja þing) : -- Ðá módigan mid him mæðel gehédon (took counsel together ), Andr. Kmbl. 2100; An. 1051.
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gold
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Eall mid reádum golde his cynestól geworhte he wrought his throne all with red gold, H. R. 101, 2. Hundtwelftig mancæs reádes goldes a hundred and twenty mancuses of red gold, Th. Chart. 232, 10: 375, 28: Bt. Met.
ge-niðerian
To put down, bring low, subdue, humiliate, condemn
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Ðurh Cristes sige ealle hálige wǽron gefreólsode; swá ðonne beóþ ða synfullan genyðerade mid heora ordfruman swá he genyðerad wearþ through Christ's victory all holy people were set free; so then the sinful shall be subdued with their chief as he was
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staþol-fæst
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Mid steaðulfestum aldum cum stabilito sene, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 194, 27. Sele mé staðolfæste heortan, Anglia xi. 114, 71. Staðolfæstne geðoht, Salm.
streng
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Mid týn strengum getogen hearpe, Ps. Th. 143, 10. a bow-string Boga arcus, bogen (-an?) streng anquina (ar- ? ), Wrt. Voc. i. 35, 26. Strǽla storm strengum gebǽded, Beo.
un-ásecgendlíc
beyond the powers of language to describe ⬩ unspeakable ⬩ indescribable ⬩ ineffable ⬩ not proper to tell ⬩ not to be told
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Mid unásecgendlícre wurðmynte, Ap. Th. 10, 21. Hé hæfde fulneáh unásecgendlícne sige, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 54, 1: Homl. Th. i. 532, 1, 2. Hí námon unásecgendlíce herehúðe, Chr. 1046; Erl. 171, 1. Ða unmǽtan tyntregu and ða unásecgendlícan wíta, L. E.
wyrt
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Mid missenlícum blóstmum wyrta áfægrod variis herbarum floribus depictus, Bd. 1, 7; S. 478, 22: Exon. Th. 358, 17; Pa. 47. Gif mon sié wyrtum forboren, Lchdm. ii. 114, 8, 12. Hé getimbreþ tánum and wyrtum nest, 227, 29; Ph. 430.
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á-búgan
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Ðá nolde seó burhwaru ábúgan ac heóldan mid fullan wíge ongeán, 1013; P. 143, 27: Hml. S. 25, 119. Ðæt folc nolde Gode ábúgan Deo non cesserant. Ors. 1. 7; S. 38, 17: Hml. S. 25, 170: Hml. Th. ii. 304, 20: Wlfst. 197, 9.
á-lǽdan
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Þá þe mid him ætfleón mihton hé út álǽdde, Chr. 1072; P. 208, 27. Álǽd mé út of þyssum bendum, Bl. H. 87, 33.
eáster-dæg
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Hí woldon habban þone hálgan Eásterdæg geblódegodne mid þæs Hǽlendes blóde, Hml. A. 67, 61. of the Christian festival. a day in Easter-week Se forma Eásterdæg Easter Sunday, Guth. 82, 12. Ǽr þám drihtenlican Eásterdæge before Easter Sunday, Hml.
fǽr
a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident
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þæs mónan ylde findan mid geráde, Angl. viii. 332, 46. Hié þurh flódes fǽr (the destruction caused by the food) feorh áléton, Andr. 1631: 1532.
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ge-méde
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Ðǽr þá eádigan fundon mid ealra gemédum ( to the satisfaction of all) þás dómas, Ll. Th. i. 36, 12. Nó hér cúðlícor cuman ongunnon lindhæbbende; ne gé leáfnesword gúðfremmendra gearwe ne wisson, mága gemédu (what their pleasure might be), B. 247.
ge-cyndelic
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. ¶ used substantively :-- Gyf wíf cennan ne mæge, nime þysse wyrte wós mid wulle, dó on þá gecyndelican, 266, 9
hleóþrian
To make a sound ⬩ to sound ⬩ resound ⬩ To speak words
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Mid hleóþriendum dreáme consona armonia 2593. Dreámas hleóþriende concentus concrepantes 4914. trans. To speak words Þǽra worda gemyndig þe hé hleóðrade tó Abrahame, Ps. Th. 104, 37
cræftig
Ingenious ⬩ skilful ⬩ CRAFTY ⬩ cunning ⬩ virtuous ⬩ powerful ⬩ ingeniosus ⬩ peritus ⬩ astutus ⬩ probus ⬩ potens
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Móde ðæs cræftig with a mind so cunning Exon. 79 b; Th. 299, 6; Crä. 98. Céne and cræftig brave and virtuous Bt. Met. Fox 10, 101; Met. 10, 51; Bt. 36, 6; Fox 182, 10, 11. Sume men bióþ cræftige some men are virtuous 39, 10; Fox 228, 7.
smeálíce
searchingly, carefully, narrowly, closely ⬩ closely, deeply, acutely, with penetration ⬩ clearly, accurately, exactly ⬩ closely
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., clearly, accurately, exactly Ða ðe meahton smeálíce and scearplíce mid hiera andgite ryht geseón qui videre recta subtiliter per ingenium poterant Past. 11, 4; Swt. 69, 5.
tówendan
To overthrow ⬩ upset ⬩ subvert ⬩ overturn ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ demolish ⬩ to overthrow ⬩ destroy ⬩ to destroy by changing ⬩ to repeal a law ⬩ abrogate ⬩ abolish ⬩ overthrow ⬩ destroy
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Mid þusend-feld wrenches he þe herte towendeð, O. E. Homl. ii. 191, 26
for-swælan
to injure ⬩ destroy with heat ⬩ to consume ⬩ burn up ⬩ to scorch ⬩ pain ⬩ damage with fire ⬩ singe ⬩ To flame ⬩ burn
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L. 120, 6. of the effect of disease Hine gelæhte ádl; hís líchama barn wiðútan mid langsumere hǽtan, and hé eal innan forswǽled wæs, Hml. Th. i. 86, 5. uncertain Forswǽld, forhǽþed exustus, i. spoliatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 34.
wild-deór
A wild animal ⬩ wild beast
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Hé mid wilddeórum ( cum bestiis ) wæs, Mk. Skt. l, 13: Cd. Th. 256, 34; Dan. 650. Wildeorum, Exon. Th. 146, 21 ; Gú. 713. Wildiórum gelícran ðonne monnum, Bt. 38, 5 ; Fox 208, I. Ic áfyrre yfel wilddeór ( malas bestias ). Lev. 26, 6.
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