fǽr-lic
sudden ⬩ sudden ⬩ fortuitous
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Mín Drihten, ne lǽt mé nǽfre fǽrlicum deáðe of þissum lífe gewítan, Angl. xii. 499, 5. For his fǽrlican áweggewitennysse, Hml. S. 30, 225. Férlican ógan repentino terrore, Kent.
a-sundrian
To put asunder ⬩ to sunder ⬩ separate ⬩ disjoin ⬩ sever ⬩ separare
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To put asunder, to sunder, separate, disjoin, sever; separare Se deáþ asundraþ líc and sáwle death separates body and soul, Exon. 98 a ; Th. 367, 7 ; Seel. 4 : 50 a ; Th. 172, 27; Gú. 1150. Asundrod fram synnum separated from sins, Elen.
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níþ-cwealm
Violent death ⬩ destruction
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Violent death, destruction Heora neát niþ-cwealm forswealh jumenta eorum in morte conclusit, Ps. Th. 77, 50
un-deáþlíce
Immortally ⬩ to immortality
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Immortally, to immortality Úre Drihten on ðam ðriddan dæge undeáþlíce of deáðe árás, H. R. 5, 24
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feorh-lege
Life-law ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ vītæ lex ⬩ fātum ⬩ mors
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Life-law, fate, death; vītæ lex, fātum, mors Ðæt on ðone hálgan handa sendan to feorhlege fæderas usse that our fathers lay their hands on the holy one unto death, Elen. Kmbl. 913; El. 458.
bergan
to taste ⬩ gustare
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to taste; gustare Ða ðe ne bersaþ deáþ qui non gustabunt mortem, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 16, 28
orlæg-gífre
Eager to cause death
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Eager to cause death (?) Ismahel biþ unhýre orlæggífre wiðerbreca wera cneórissum, Cd. Th. 138, 6; Gen. 2287
morþ-weorc
An act which causes death
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An act which causes death (by witchcraft or poison), Hǽðenscipe biþ ðæt man ... wiccecræft lufige oððe morþweorc gefremme ( causes death by witchcraft or poison, Similar entries v. morþ. III), L.C.S. 5; Th. i. 378, 21.
sticels
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Þú of swýðdum deáðe(s) sticelse ( de uicto mortis aculeo) geopnodest rícu heofona, Hymn ad Mat. 17. Add
sáwel-hús
the body
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Deáþ sóhte sáwelhús, 170, 19; Gú. 1114
forþ-geleóredness
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Departure, decease, death For þǽre báde his ændes and forþgeleórodnesse pro expectatione sui exitus, Gr. D. 282, 11
hírsum
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Hérsum oð tó deáðe obediens usque ad mortem, Rtl. 21, 26. Take here hýrsum in Dict., and add
on-swornod
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confused Þonne stent ðæt deáde flæ̂sc onswornod (â-, v. l. ) and ne mæg nân andwyrde syllan, Nap. 7
ge-endung
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</b> ending of life, death :-- Hé ábád þæs óðres geendunge, Hml. Th. ii. 152, 18. On ðám endlyftan geáre his geendunge in the eleventh year since his death, 31. Se sunu sceolde fón to þám háde æfter his fæder geendunge, Hml.
metod-sceaft
Decree of fate ⬩ doom ⬩ fate after death
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Heó metodsceaft ( the death of her kinsmen ) bemearn, 2158; B. 1077
cleweða
A clawing, scratching ⬩ scalpturigo, scalpurigo
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Oth. clæweða] biþ swíðe rów, and ðeáh-hwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, he wundaþ, and wund sáraþ the itch is very free from pain, and the scratching is very comfortable, and yet if it be kept up too long, it produces a wound, and the wound is painful
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freoðu-webbe
A peace-weaver ⬩ woman ⬩ pācis textrix ⬩ conciliatrix ⬩ mŭlier
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A peace-weaver, woman; pācis textrix, conciliatrix, mŭlier Ne biþ swylc cwénlíc þeáw, ðætte freoðuwebbe feores onsæce leófne mannan such is no feminine usage, that a peace-weaver deprive a dear man of his life, Beo. Th. 3888; B. 1942.
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EARFEÐE
Hardship, labour, difficulty, trouble, suffering, woe ⬩ lăbor, mŏlestia, tribŭlātio
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Earfoða dǽl a deal of sufferings, Cd. 9; Th. 12, 4; Gen. 180
hæfenleást
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Take here hafenleást in Dict. and add Genóh wǽre þám wǽdlan his untrumnys, þeah ðe hé wiste hæfde ; and eft him wǽre genóh his hafenleast, ðeáh ðe he gesundful wǽre, Hml. Th. i. 330, 17. Þis earme wíf mé gesóhte . . .
mislíce
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Ðeáh ðe hié mon manigfealdlíce and mislíce styrede, Past. 306, 5. Men móston ǽr Móyses lage mistlíce libban men might live according to various systems of law before the law of Moses, Ll. Th. ii. 368, 13.