ende-deáþ
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Substitute: Perhaps however the passage should read Líf bútan deáþe or líf bútan ende; either form would suit the metre better, and (the former especially) would be parallel with the contrasts that follow, gioguð bútan ylde, hǽlu bútan sáre, &c
scrúd
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Se gýtsere hæfð ǽnne líchaman and menigfealde scrúd, 66, 1
or-dál
- L. Edg. C. 24 ;
- Th. ii. 248, 28 .
judicial decision, judgment ⬩ a decision which follows an appeal to the Deity
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In the sense of judicial decision, judgment the word is used by O. Frs. O. Sax. O. H. Ger. (v. Richthofen, the Heliand and Graff), but in A. Sax. it is found only in the special sense, which belongs also to the O. Frs., of a decision which follows an
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teartness
Sharpness, severity, asperity
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Sharpness, severity, asperity Drihten herede Iohannem for ðære teartnysse his reáfes, forðan ðe hé wæs mid olfendes hǽrum gescrýd wáclíce and stíðlíce, Homl. Th. i. 330, 1. For ðæs wyntres teartnysse, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 152.
ge-wrixlung
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gewrixlunge þǽra feówer tíman . . . ꝥ ǽlc heora hæfð þrý mónðas three changes of season, spring to summer, summer to autumn, autumn to winter, occur at intervals of three months, . . . so that each season has three months, Angl. viii. 319, 5
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raxan
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to stretch oneself after sleep Hé þá se ylca man, swá hé of hefegum slǽpe raxende áwóce, and hé eft tó his hǽlo féng ipse velut qui de aestuantis gurgitis fluctibus ad portum deducitur, longa suspiria imo de pectore trahens ad pristinam salutis valetudinem
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á-dwelian
To wander, stray
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Ðá hrægel from hǽlo gife ne ádweledon indumenta a gratia curandi non vacarunt, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 6. trans. Similar entries (in Dict.) v. next word
segnung
Blessing ⬩ consecration
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Wæs hé lǽded tó Brytta biscopum and hé nǽnige hǽle ne frófre þurh heora segnunge (þegnunge ?) onféng qui cum oblatus Brittonum sacerdotibus, nil curationis vel sanationis horum ministerio perciperet, Bd. 2, 2; S. 502, 26
á-bláwung
A blowing or swelling up, inflation
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Sió áþenung ðæs magan and sió ábláwunge hǽto, 192, 17. Sealf gód wið swelcre ábláwunge quinsy 48, 11. Hé onfindeþ swile and ðæt ðá óman beóð inne betýnde þurh ðá ábláwunge, 174, 23
hefig-líc
Grievous ⬩ troublesome
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Gif se líchoma hwǽr mid hefiglícre hǽto sý gebysgod if the body be anywhere troubled with inflammation, Herb. 2, 6; Lchdm. i. 82, 8
un-gewealden
Not under control ⬩ disordered
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Ðonne se man mete þigð, ðonne áwyrpð hé eft and hæfð ungewealdene wambe and ða micgean, 204, 10
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stǽr
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A history; historia Tó eallum ðe ðis ylce stǽr becyme úres cynnes tó rǽdanne omnes ad quos haec eadem historia pervenire poterit nostrae nationis legentes, Bd. pref.; S. 472, 33. Ðæt getæl ðæs hálgan stǽres and spelles ...
batian
to get better
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Grasu . . . sumu neát batigað fore, sumu cuelað herbae, quae haec animalia nutriunt, alia occidunt, Past. 173, 20
un-rihtlíce
Unrighteously ⬩ unjustly ⬩ wickedly ⬩ wrongfully
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Ǽlc ðe hǽmð búton rihtre ǽwe, hé hǽmð unrihtlíce, Homl. Th. ii. 208, 16
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un-gestæððigness
Unsteadiness ⬩ levity ⬩ want of firmness
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Unsteadiness, levity, want of firmness Se hæfð singalne sceabb se ðe nǽfre ne blinð ungestæððignesse jugem habet scabiem, cui carnis petulantia sine cessatione dominatur, Past. 11; Swt. 70, 3.
eolhx
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.) ¶ the word occurs as the name of a rune Eolxsecg eard hæfð oftust on fenne, wundað grimme beorna gehwylcne þe him ǽnigne onfeng gedéð, Rún. 15. See Wimmer, Runenschrift, p. 132. Substitute:
ge-félness
sensitiveness, sensation
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Welmes hǽto mid gefélnesse ... áheardung þæs magan mid gefélnesse and mid sáre ... heardung þǽre lifre bútan gefélnesse and bútan sáre, 198, 11-14. Þone dǽl þe git hwilcehwega gefélnesse hæbbe, 84, 1. Add
earnian
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Ǽlc hæfð be þám andefnum þe hé hǽr æfter æarnað, Solil. H. 65, 27. Gé earnigaþ (-iaþ, v. l. ) þæs and forseóþ þá cræftas eówres ingeþonces, Bt. 18, 4; F. 66, 23.
a-ídlan
To become idle ⬩ free from ⬩ vacare ⬩ To profane ⬩ profanare
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To become idle, free from; vacare Ðá gegyrelan from hǽlo gife ne a-ídledon indumenta a gratia curandi non vacarunt, Bd. 4, 31; S. 611, 6. v. trans.
hǽmed
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Ǽulic hǽin. . ed legitimum conubium, An. Ox. 416. Hǽmeda matrimonii, 3617. Hǽrnedu (hǽmedru, Hpt.