un-áræfnedlíc
Intolerable ⬩ impossible to bear
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Þurh ða lond ðe ða unárefnedlícan cyn nædrena in wǽron in execrabilia serpentum genera, Nar. 6, 22
fleótan
to float ⬩ to swim ⬩ to flow
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Fleótende fluitans, Germ. 401, 12. of fish, to swim Eall fleótendra fixa cyn and fleógendra fugla, Shrn. 65, 31, Þæt heó gesáwe fleótende fixas and fleógende fugelas, Wlfst. 3, 5. to flow Ðá streámas ðe on neorxna wange fleótað, Sal. K. 190, 26
wǽr
A covenant ⬩ compact ⬩ agreement ⬩ pledge
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Se cyng mid his folce hiene gesóhte. Ac Agothocles gedyde untreówlíce wið hiene, ðæt hé hiene on his wǽrum (MS. L. has warum) beswác and ofslóg rex pactus est cum Agathocle communionem belli.
wearg
Evil, vile, malignant, accursed,
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Manna cynn and eác werigra gásta, Blickl. Homl. 83, 12. of things Ðone werigan sele that accursed hall (Hell), Cd. Th. 285, 4; Sat. 332
hefe-líc
Weighty ⬩ heavy ⬩ grievous ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ tedious ⬩ wearisome
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Se cyng lét beódan mycel gyld and hefelíc the king had a great and grievous tax proclaimed, 1083; Erl. 217, 34. Ðæs ilcan geáres wæs swíðe hefelíc geár it was a very grievous year that same year, 1085; Erl. 219, 18.
deóre
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Se cyng sealde his land tó male swá hé deórost mihte. Chr. 1086; P. 218, 12. with kindness, as holding a person dear Dém þú þín folc deóre mid sóðe judica populum tuum in tua justitia, Ps. Th. 71, 2 : 117, 24.
Harold
Harold, second son of Cnut ⬩ Harold, son of earl Godwin
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Hér forþférde Harold cyng on Oxnaforda in this year king Harold died at Oxford, 1039; Erl. 167, 12.
ge-sǽgan
To lay low, cast down ⬩ prosternĕre, incurvāre
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To lay low, cast down; prosternĕre, incurvāre Hæfdon ealfela Eótena cynnes sweordum gesǽged they had laid low full many of the Jutes' race with their swords, Beo. Th. 1772; B. 884: Judth.12; Thw. 25, 36; Jud. 294.
stirnlíce
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Welig spycþ styrnlíce diues affabitur rigide, Scint. 78, 18. inflexibly, rigorously Cyning sceal eallum Godes feónd*-*um styrnlíce wiðstandan, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 304, 20
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un-gesewen
Unseen ⬩ invisible
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Unseen, invisible Ðá ðá ða tungel-wítegan ðone cyning gecyrdon, ðá wearð se steorra him ungesewen, Homl. Th. i. 108, 29. Ðone ungesewenan ( invisibilem ) engel, Past. 36; Swt. 257, 8. Óðre ungesawene þing mon mót mid áðe gewyrðan, L. O.
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frý
Free ⬩ líber
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Gif hwylc swíðe ríce cyning næfde nǽnne frýne mon on eallon his ríce if some very powerful king had not any free man in all his realm, Bt. 41, 2; Fox 244, 25
Parthe
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Partha cyning, 5, 11 ; Swt. 236, 3. Partha gewin, Swt. 236, 26. Hié hæfdon gewin wið Parthe, 6, 13; Swt. 268, 6, 8. Hé com ǽrest tó Parþum, Bt. 18, 2 ; Fox 64, 12
wiþer-bróga
Terror caused to an adversary
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Nú sind duguþum bidǽled deófla cempan; ne meahtan wiþerbrógan, wíge spówan (they could not succeed in being terrible to their adversaries, could not succeed in war ), siþþan wuldres cyning hilde gefremede wiþ his ealdfeóndum, Exon.
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gedwol-þing
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Wið ǽlces cynnes gedwolþing, 290, 16
ge-edfreólsian
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To re-enfranchise, to restore to freedom Þis is ealra þára landa freóls þe Eadgár cyning geedfreólsade Wulfríce his þegene on éce yrfe (cf. ego, Eádgár, . . . cuidam ministro . . .
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út-lagian
To outlaw ⬩ banish ⬩ proscribe
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Wið ðam ðe hí ǽfre ǽlcne Denisc[n]e cyning útlagede of Englalande gecwǽdon, 1014; Erl. 150, 15
weccan
To wake, waken. ⬩ to rouse from sleep ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to enliven, stimulate, refresh ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to excite, stir up ⬩ to raise what is depressed ⬩ to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise
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Kmbl. 1699; An. 852. to rouse from the sleep of death Býman weccaþ of deáðe eall monna cynn, Exon. Th. 55, 21; Cri. 887. Ic gǽ ðætte of slépe ic wecce hine, Jn. Skt. Rush. 11, 11.
þríste
Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless
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Ic ǽnig ne métte þrístran geþóhtes, mægþa cynnes, Exon.
Egiptisc
Belonging to Egypt, Egyptian ⬩ Ægyptius
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Se Egiptiscea cyng the Egyptian king, Ex. 1, 17. Befóran ðam Egiptiscean folce before the Egyptian people, 3, 21, 22. þurh Egiptisce galdru through Egyptian enchantments, 7, 11. Ðæt Egiptisce folc the Egyptian people, ll, 7.
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ge-myntan
To determine, resolve ⬩ stătuĕre, decernĕre
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To determine, resolve; stătuĕre, decernĕre Gregorius gemunde hwæt he gefyrn Angel-cynne gemynte Gregory remembered what he of old had determined for the English race, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 25. He befran hwam ða gebytlu gemynte wǽron.
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