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a-heardian

(v.)
Grammar
a-heardian, p. ode; pp. od; v. intrans.

To hardengrow hardbecome inured to anythingto lasthold outenduredurareperdurareindurescere

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To harden, grow hard, become inured to anything, to last, hold out, endure; durare, perdurare, indurescere On swá mycelre geþræstnesse and forhæfednesse módes and líchoman aheardode and awunode he hardened and continued in so great contrition and restraint

afor

(adj.)
Grammar
afor, adj.

Vehementdirehatefulroughausterevehemensatroxodiosusasperausterusacerbus

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Vehement, dire, hateful, rough, austere; vehemens, atrox, odiosus, asper, austerus, acerbus Iudiþ, egesfull and afor Judith, dreadful and vehement, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 13; Jud. 257. Afrum onfengum with their dire attempts, Exon. 403; Th. 133, 15; Gú.

hungor-biten

(adj.)
Grammar
hungor-biten, adj.
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Hunger-bitten, suffering from hunger Ac ðes folces ðe be Hungire fór fela þúsenda ðǽr and be wæge earmlíce forfóran and fela hreówlíce and hungerbitene ongeán winter hám tugon but of the people that went by Hungary many thousands perished miserably there

ídel-georn

(adj.)
Grammar
ídel-georn, adj.

lazyinert

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Fond of idleness, lazy, inert Ne beó ðú tó slǽpor ne tó ídelgeorn forðan ðe slép and ðæt ýdel fét unþeáwas and unhǽlo ðæs líchoman be not too fond of sleep or idleness, for sleep and idleness nourish bad habits and bad health in the body, Prov. Kmbl.

fæsten-gewerc

(n.)
Grammar
fæsten-gewerc, fæsten-geweorc, es; n.
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Work at the repairing or construction of fortifications: one of the three obligations included in the trinoda necessitas. Bútan fæstengewerce and fyrdsócne and brycggeweorce, C. D. ii. 111, 16. Fæstengeworce, 24. Freódóm from ǽghwelcum eorðlecum þeówdómæ

ælmes-selen

(n.)
Grammar
ælmes-selen, e; f.

Alms-giving

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Alms-giving Ðæt hálige gebed and seó hlútre lufu Godes and seó ælmessylen, Wlfst. 146, 4: Dóm. L. 28, 9. Fæsten and wæccan and ælmessylena æfter úrum gemete, Bl. H. 73, 27. Tó ðám weorce ælmæssylena eleemosynarum operibus, Gr. D. 329, 13: 321, 24. Hé

ge-fylcea

(n.)
Grammar
ge-fylcea, (?), an; m.
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An ally (?) Of þǽm teóndscipe þe ús ǽr betweónum wæs ꝥ Porrus se kyning seoðþan wæs mé freónd and eallum Gréca herige, and mín geféra and gefylcea (my comrade and ally; or ? gefylcea gen. pl., my comrade and (my) troops'; the Latin is: Factus amicus

Linked entry: fylcea

gránung

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Þǽr is wánung and gránung and á singal sorh, Wlfst. 26, 8. Hǽðenra gránung and reáfera wánung, 186, 13. Nis ðǽr ádles gránung, ac þǽr is geogoð bútan ylde, 142, 27. Gránung and murnung and sworetung, Verc. Först. 121, 18. Ic swince on mínre gránunge (

swǽrmódness

(n.)
Grammar
swǽrmódness, (swár-), e; f.

Sluggishness of disposition, slowness, dullness

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Sluggishness of disposition, slowness, dullness Oft mon biþ suíðe wandigende æt ǽlcum weorce and suíðe lætrǽde, and wénaþ menn ðæt hit sié for suármódnesse and for unarodscipe, and biþ ðeáh for wisdóme and for wærscipe ( but the Latin is : Saepe agendi

hleápettan

(v.)
Grammar
hleápettan, p. te

To jump aboutskip

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To jump about, skip: Cwið seó bóc þæt hé úp ástóde and ongunne hleápettan (hleáppettan, v. l.). . . and á wæs gangende and hleápende (hleappetende, v. l.) and Dryhten herigende, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 560, 5-10

Linked entries: hleápan hleáppettan

mán-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
mán-lic, adj.
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Wicked, evil Yrre and anda ús synd forbodene, manslyht and morðdǽda and ealle mánlice þing, Hml. A. 8, 190. Hé ( Christ) ámeldode heora (the Jews' ) mánlice geþóhtas, and heora unrihtwísnysse hé him openlíce sǽde, 76, 75

an-wlǽta

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dele, and see and-wlata

Engel

(n.)
Grammar
Engel, gen. Engle; f.

Anglen in Denmark , the country from which the Angles came into Britain Angŭlus, terra quam Angli ante transĭtum in Britanniam cŏluērunt

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Anglen in Denmark the country from which the Angles came into Britain; Angŭlus, terra quam Angli ante transĭtum in Britanniam cŏluērunt Of Engle cóman Eást-Engle, and Middel-Engle, and Myrce, and eall Norþhembra cynn from Anglen came the East-Angles,

Lindisfaran

Grammar
Lindisfaran, l. Lindesfaran.
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Dele the bracket after ' Northumbria ', and add Lindesfarona landes is syfan þúsend hýda mid hǽðfeldlande, C. D. B. i. 414, 17. Myrcna þeóde and Lindesfearena (-pharona, v. l. ), Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 350, 8. Myrcna mǽgþ and Middelengla and Lindesfarena (-farona

un-tímness

(n.)
Grammar
un-tímness, e; f.

Misfortuneunhappiness

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Misfortune, unhappiness Ic sende on eówrum húsum cwealm and hungor and untímnesse and fýr, ðæt forbærnð ealle eówre welan, Wulfst. 207, 18

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bed-felt

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Tó bedreáfe (bedd-,v. l.) genihtsumige tó hæb-benne meatte and hwítel and bedfelt (lena ) and heáfodbolster, R. Ben. 91, 16. Add

un-rǽdlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-rǽdlíc, adj.

Ill-advisedfoolishvain

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Ill-advised, foolish, vain Hié hæfdon plegan and oforgedrync, and dyslíce and unrǽdlíce hálsunga. Blickl. Homl. 99, 21

frum-rípa

(n.)
Grammar
frum-rípa, an; m. [rípa a handful of corn]

First-fruitsprīmĭtiæ

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First-fruits; prīmĭtiæ Ðine teóðan sceattas, and ðíne frumrípan gongendes and weaxendes, agyf ðú Gode thy tithes, and thy first-fruits of moving and growing things, render thou to God, L. Alf. 38; Th. i. 52, 31

Linked entry: frum-grípa

Bieda

(n.)
Grammar
Bieda, an; m.
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Bieda the son of Port Hér com Port on Brytene, and his twegan sunan, Bieda and Mægla here, A. D. 501, Port came to Britain, and his two sons, Bieda and Mægla, Chr. 501; Erl. 15, 14

ge-hrorenlic

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-hrorenlic, adj.
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Perishable, transitory Þós woruld is eall for-wordenlic and gehrorenlic and gebrosnodlic and feallendlic, and eall þeós woruld is gewitenlic, Nap. 30. Sé ðe þæt þeoceð þæt hé of þysse gehrorenlican worulde þone heofonlican ríce begite, ib