festlíce
Firmly ⬩ vigorously ⬩ firmĭter
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Firmly, vigorously; firmĭter Hí on ða burh festlíce feohtende wǽron they were vigorously fighting against the town, Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 11
ge-men
Men
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Men Wǽron ðǽrin gemanna hand twelftig ðúsenda there were therein a hundred and twenty thousand men, Salm. and Sat. Kmbl. 186, 1
Linked entry: ge-manna
wísfæst-líc
Wise
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Wise Hé him wísfæstlíc word onsende, þurh ðæt hí hrædlíce hǽlde wǽron misit verbum suum et sanavit eos, Ps. Th. 106, 19
bleáþ
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Siþþan hié welegran wǽron, hié eác bleáðran gewurdon aurum Persicum prima Graeciae virtutis corruptio fuit, Ors. 2 5; S. 84, 22. Add
burgwaru-mann
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Aaron and lulius wǽron burhwarumen (burhwaru, burhwealdan) on Ligeceastre Aaron et Iulius Legionum urbis ciues, Bd. 1. 7; Sch. 27, 17. Add
forþ-feran
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Ðá ðe wǽron forðférede for hund geárum oððon gyt firnor, Wlfst. 96, 7
nægel
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Of þám scipe wǽron þá næglas forlorene ( clavi perditi ) and þá þylinge tóslægene, Gr. D. 248, 23. v. hand-, wer-nægel. Add
ongeán-cyme
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Add: ágeán-cyme Ealle wǽron swíðe blíðe his ongeáncymes, Hml. S. 30, 292. Forbodenne ágeáncyme, ágeáncyrdincge (-cyrrincge (?)) interdictum postliminium, An. Ox. 2721
óstig
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Þá þá man þá gyrda heóld hí wǽron hearde and hóstige; þonne man slóh, sóna hí hnexodon, Hml. S. 35, 192. Add
tór-cirre
Hard to turn ⬩ hard to convert
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Hard to turn, hard to convert Ða ðe wǽron ǽr swýðe heardes módes and swýðe tórcyrres tó Crystes geleáfan, Shrn. 99, 1
á-súgan
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Ic hét hié gebindan ðæt hié on niht wǽron from þǽm wyrmum ásogone ut nocte a serpentibus consumerentur, Nor. 16, 26. Add
folce-firen
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Perhaps the passage given here might be read Wǽrlogona sint folca firene hefige (folca being taken as parallel to wǽr-logona, and each referring to the people of Sodom and Gomorrah: cf. on þissum folcum, 1. 2499, þás folc, 2506) of the traitors, of the
wer
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Wær, L. Edm. B. 4; Th. i. 254, 16. Iósep, Marian wer (wær, Rush., virum ), Mt. Kmbl. 1, 16. Hié noldan heora wera ræstgemánan sécean, Blickl. Homl. 173, 16.
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balsam
Balsam ⬩ balm ⬩ balsamum
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Héddern ða balsamum on wǽre a store-house in which was balm, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 19, note
lóf
hand ⬩ the palm of the hand
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Hæfde sigora weard on ðam wangstede wǽre betolden leófne leódfruman mid lófe sínum, Andr. Kmbl. 1978; An. 991, Grimm A. u. E. 989 would translate 'lóf' hand, comparing Goth. lófa : Icel. lófi (Scott. loof) the palm of the hand.
lof-georn
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Desirous of praise Se ðe wǽre lofgeorn for ídelan weorþscype weorþe se carfull hú hé swýðast mǽge gecwéman his drihtne he that was eager for praise on account of empty honour, let that man be careful how best he may please his Lord, Wulfst. 72, 10.
mid-wyrhta
One who works with others ⬩ a co-operator
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One who works with others, a co-operator On ðæt gerád ðæt hé wǽre his midwyrhta ǽgðer ge on sǽ ge on lande on the condition that he would co-operate with him by sea and by land, Chr. 945; Erl. 116, 31: Past. 38, 8; Swt. 279, 25.
swíþ-ferhþ
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Hwæt swíðferhðum ( the Danes ) sélest wǽre tó gefremmnanne, 348; B. 173. of violent mind, violent, impetuous Geswearc ðá swíðferð ( Juliana's father ), Exon. Th. 247, 13; Jul. 78. Oft bemearn swíðferhðes ( Sigemund ) síð snotor ceorl monig, Beo.
un-tódǽled
Undivided ⬩ unseparated
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Willnade se cyning ðæt se wer him syndriglíce untódǽlede geférscipe ( individuo comitatu ) láreów wǽre, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 3
bisceop-hám
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On ǽlcon bisceopháme ǽlcon men freót þe wíteþeów wǽre, Cht. Crw. 23, 28. Sæ bisceop him dó hira fullan fóstær of his bisceophámum episcopus eos de suis propriis episcopalibus uillis pleniter pascat, C. D. v. 219, 4
Linked entry: hám