réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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Wearð him on slǽpe gecýðed ðætte ríces gehwæs réðe sceolde gelimpan eorðan dreámas ende wurðan ;on sleep was made known to him that of every kingdom a terrible end should befall, an end be of the joy of earth,; 223, 4; Dan. 114.
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sib
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Gé hý mid sibbum sóhtun ye visited the sick with kind attentions, 83, 22 ; Cri. 1360. peace, the opposite of war Ǽgðer ge on sibbe ge on gewinne, Bt. 24, 2 ; Fox 82, 11.
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Ælfred
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years
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Ealdfriþ] æfter Ecgfriþe to ríce, se mon wæs se gelǽredesta on gewrítum, se wæs sæd ðæt his bróðor wǽre Oswies sunu ðæs cyninges Ecgfrith was succeeded in the kingdom by Alfred, who was said to be his brother, and a son of king Oswy, and was a man most
irming
A poor ⬩ mean ⬩ wretched ⬩ miserable person ⬩ a wretch
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Ðá ða iermingas ðe ðǽr tó láfe wurdon út of ðǽm holan crupon ðe heó on lutedan when the wretched people that remained crept out of the holes that they had lurked in, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 29.
líf-dæg
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A day of life, any portion of the time that a person lives Ðín geleáfa in lífdæge úrum móde þurhwunige may belief in thee while we live continue in our hearts, Hy. 6, 8; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 8. Swá his lífdagas lǽne syndon, Ps. Th. 102, 14.
á-geótan
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Guth. 44, 23. to cast, found (of metal); in pp. molten (image) Cræt of golde ágoten, Hml. Th. ii. 494, 23, 24. Godas ágotene of áre, Hml. S. 7, 132. Ágo-tene oððe ágrafene, 4, 136. to consume, destroy Hé ágeát gylp wera, Exod. 514.
swǽslíce
properly ⬩ of persons, kindly, in a gracious, friendly manner, blandly; of things, agreeably, pleasantly. ⬩ friendlily ⬩ familiariter
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Tó fela manna is ðe þurh hiwunge eal óðer specaþ, óþer hý þencaþ . . . and swá geráde mánswican on ða wísan swǽslíce swiciaþ ( deceive under an appearance of friendliness . v. swǽslǽcan, swǽsness), Wulfst. 55, 6.
burg-wígende
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City-warring; used substantively, city-warriors; ex arce belligerentes, cives belligeri Swylce Húna cyning meahte abannan to beadwe burgwígendra whomsoever of city-warriors the king of the Huns might summon to the fight, Elen. Kmbl. 68; El. 34
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dryre
Fall, decline, ceasing ⬩ cāsus, lapsus, cessātio
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Fall, decline, ceasing; cāsus, lapsus, cessātio Hrímes dryre a fall of rime, Exon. 56 a; Th. 198, 27; Ph. 16. Ðǽr wæs ne dreámes dryre there was no ceasing of joy, 44 b; Th, 152, 1; Gú. 802
steornede
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Having a big forehead; fig. bold, active Steornede (the word occurs in a list of adjectives denoting the possession of physical characteristics) frontalis vel calidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 45, 36. Steorrede (steornede ?) frontialis, ii. 38, 55: 151, 25
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á-hátian
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Sé cymð of þám swíðe ácólodan magan oþþe of þám tó swíðe áhátodan, Lch. ii. 60, 19
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eorþ-hele
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A covering of the ground(?) Wæs þæt deáw swilce hit hagoles eorðhele wǽre the dew was as if there were a covering of hail upon the ground; ros jacuit. . . in similitudinem pruinae super terram, Ex. 16, 14. Substitute:
wæl-cræft
A deadly power ⬩ power which causes death
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A deadly power, power which causes death Ðonne mín hláford wile láfe þicgan ðara ðe hé of lífe hét wælcræf[tum] áwrecan (of those whom he has ordered to be slain), Exon. Th. 498, 11; Rä. 87, 11
breahtum-hwæt
Swift as the twinkling of an eye ⬩ celer ut oculi nictus
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Swift as the twinkling of an eye; celer ut oculi nictus Dec lígetta hérgen, bláce, breahtum-hwate may the lightnings praise thee, pale, swift as the twinkling of an eye, Exon. 54 b; Th. 192, 16; Az. 107
Wiht-ware
The people of the Isle of Wight
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The people of the Isle of Wight Cantware and Wihtware (-wara, v. l.), Chr. 449; Th. i. 20, col. I. Hé bróhte Wiht-warum (-an, v. l.) fulwiht ǽrest, 661; Th. i. 54, col. I. v. preceding word
gorst
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Ðá hét ualerianus gebindan ðysne ypolitum on wildu hors ðæt hyne drógon on gorstas and on þornas then bade Valerian to bind this Hypolitus on wild horses that they might drag him into the brambles and thorns, Shrn. 117, 13.
ge-brǽdan
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Gebrǽdde ǽgru, 100, 11. fig. of fiery trial Se gebrǽdda fisc getácnode þone Hǽlend þe wæs on ðǽre earfoð *-*nysse his ðrowunge gebrǽd, 292, 5-7. Háligne líchaman on weófode róde gebrǽdne sacrum corpusculum in ara cruets torridum, Hy. S. 82, 13
Deór-hám
DERHAM, Gloucestershire, DEREHAM, Norfolk ⬩ lŏcōrum nōmen in agris Glocestriæ et Norfolciæ
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On ðysum geáre Wihtburge líchama wearþ gefunden eal gehál and unformolsnod æt [MS. a] Deórhám, æfter fíf and fífti geáran ðæs [MS. þas] ðe heó of ðysum lífe [MS. liue] gewát in this year [A.
ende-dógor
The final day, day of one's death ⬩ finālis dies, mortis dies
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Ðæt eorlwerod sæt on wénum ende-dógores the warrior band sat in expectation of the final day [death ], Beo. Th. 5784; B. 2896. Nis nú swíðe feor ðam ýtemestan endedógor it is now not very far to the utmost final day.
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eofor-fearn
A species of fern, polypody ⬩ polypŏdium vulgāre
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Genim eofor-fearnes mǽst take most of polypody, L. M. 1, 15; Lchdm. ii. 56, 20: 1, 59; Lchdm. ii. 130, 9.: iii. 74, 4. Eoforfearn dó on hunig pat polypody into honey, L. M. 1, 60; Lchdm. ii. 130, 24: 1, 87; Lchdm. ii. 154, 17: iii. 56, 19
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