cyne-word
A proper speech or word ⬩ proprium verbum
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A proper speech or word; proprium verbum Mon cýðe cynewordum, hú se cuma hátte let a man make known in fitting words, how the guest is called, Exon. 112 b; Th. 430, 29; Rä. 44, 16
ed-hwyrft
A returning, return ⬩ rĕdĭtio, rĕdĭtus
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A returning, return; rĕdĭtio, rĕdĭtus He ne wéneþ, ðæt him ðæs edhwyrft cyme he will not hope that its return may come. Exon. 89 b; Th. 336, 3; Gn. Ex. 42: Beo. Th. 2566; B. 1281
bliótan
sacrificed
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sacrificed; 3rd pl. p. of blótan to sacrifice Hú ða burhleóde on Cartaina bliótan [ = bleóton] men hira godum how the towns-people in Carthage sacrificed men to their gods, Ors. cont. 4, 4; Bos. 11, 32
ymb-strícan
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To rub round so as to smooth Gif ðæs dolges ófras synd tó heá ymbstríc mid háte ísene if the edges of the wound are too high, pass a hot iron round Lchdm. ii. 96, 5
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win-cynn
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A kind of wine Ne drinc ic heononforð of ðysum wíncynne ( de hoc genimine uitis, Mt. 26, 29) ǽr on ðám dæge þe ic eft drince mid eów níwe wín on mínes fæder ríce. Nap. 69
þráwan
To throw ⬩ To twist ⬩ rack ⬩ torture ⬩ To twist ⬩ turn round ⬩ to take a different direction ⬩ to turn round ⬩ revolve ⬩ to curl
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To twist, rack, torture Hé hét hí on hencgene ástreccan and ðráwan swá swá wiððan, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 113. Hé hér hine hón on hengene, and mid hengene ðráwan tó langere hwíle, Homl. Th. ii. 308, 31. Grammar þráwan, intrans.
fór-rídel
A fore-rider ⬩ outrider ⬩ harbinger ⬩ præcursor
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A fore-rider, outrider, harbinger; præcursor Cyning Totilla sende his afórrídel cýðan his tocyme ðam hálgan were king Totila sent his harbinger to announce his coming to the holy man, Homl. Th. ii. 168, 10
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secgend
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A speaker, relater, narrator Nǽnig tweógende secgend mé ðis sǽde non quilibet dubius relator hoc mihi narravit, Bd. 3, 15 ; S. 542, 7. Sió leásung simle deret ðǽm secggendum. Past. 35, 1 ; Swt. 237, 10
ge-frége
Known ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ nōtus ⬩ cĕlĕber ⬩ fāmōsus
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Known, celebrated, famous; nōtus, cĕlĕber, fāmōsus Lǽt ðé on gemyndum hú ðæt manegum wearþ fira gefrége keep in thy mind how that was known among many men, Andr. Kmbl. 1921; An. 963 : 2240; An. 1121
sáwlung
expiring
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wert thou, for ever hadst thou this hour (the hour of death) before thine eyes.'
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horn
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stán, drinc þurh horn þone réc, Lch, ii. 316, II: 56, II. a horn for blowing, a trumpet, v. blǽs-, swegel-, trúþ-horn Horn-bláwere cornicen, horn cornu Wrt.
ǽþm
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Hí ásprungon up mid ðám fýre . . . and þǽr slóh út ormǽte stenc mid ðám ǽðmum, ii. 350, 25. hot vapour from liquids ꝥ se ǽþm ( steam from a hot kettle ) ne mæge út, Lch. ii. 338, 18. Drince on þám baþe and ne lǽte on þone éþm, 78, 24.
in-brengan
To bring in ⬩ present
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To bring in or to, present Hú micele hefigra biþ se wénenda deáþ ðonne se inbrohta how much more grievous is death when it is expected than when it is presented to us, Shrn. 42, 31.
ofer-þrymm
Exceeding power
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Exceeding power Ǽr ðon se wlonca dæg bodige þurh býrnan brynehátne lég egsan oferþrym ere that august day (doom's day) announce by the trumpet fire burning-hot, over-powering terror, Exon. Th. 448, 10; Dóm. 52
on-bǽru
Wrong behaviour, vexation, anger ⬩ fastidium, ira, ⬩ rabies.
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Wrong behaviour, vexation, anger Hé ðæs onbǽru habban ne meahte ac hé háte lét teáras geótan he could not be vexed at it (Guthlac's death), but he shed hot tears, Exon. Th. 165, 12; Gú. 1827
wén
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably
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Wéna mé ðíne (the unsatisfied hopes of seeing thee) seóce gedydon, ðíne seldcymas Exon. Th. 380, 25; Rä. 1, 13. Sibbe oflyste, wynnum and wénum 464, 4; Hö. 82.
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un-gebyrded
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Unpolluted, uncorrupted Wæs geméted se líchama swá gesund and swá ungebyrded (-geonbyrded, v.l.) swylce him nǽfre ne gehrine ǽniges írenes snide sanum atque intemeratum corpus inventum est, ac si nulla hoc incisio ferri tetigisset, Gr. D. 199, 4
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weg-farende
Wayfaring
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Wayfaring Sum wegfarende (-férende, v. l.) man férde wið ðone feld; ðá wearð his hors gesicclod, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 204. Seó nædre ligeþ on ðam wege, and wyle ða wegfarendan mid hire tóðum slítan, Wulfst. 192, 23
on-willan
to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent
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to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent Ðá wæs eft swá ǽr ealdfeónda níþ onwylleð then again as before hot waxed the hate of former foes, Exon. Th. 125, 30; Gú. 362
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smoc
A smock, shift ⬩ interula
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Loþa, hom vel smoc colobium, dictum quia longum est et sine manicis ii. 134, 37. [Smokke interula 182, 1. Smok, schyrt camisia, interula Prompt. Parv. 461.]