heofonisc
Heavenly
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Heavenly Hú ðæt heofenisce fýr forbærnde ðæt lond on ðæm wǽron ða twá byrig on getimbred Sodome and Gomorre how fire from heaven consumed the land in which were built the two cities Sodom and Gomorrah, Ors. tit. 3; Swt. 1, 6
un-áswundenlíce
Not languidly ⬩ not slowly ⬩ promptly
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Not languidly, not slowly, promptly Ðá ðóhte hé ðæt hé sceolde weorulde wiþsacan, and ðæt unáswundenlíce swá gedyde ( non hoc segniter fecit ), Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 23. Heó ðæt weorc unáswundenlíce gefylde opus non segniter implevit, 4, 23; S. 593, 36
Linked entries: a-swunan á-swundenlíce
ýting
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A being out, away from home, a journey Ða ðe on ýtinge faraþ áhwyder hi qui in via diriguntur . . . Ða ðe on ýtinge faraþ exeuntes in viam, R. Ben. 90, 8-12. Crist wolde on ýtinge beón ácenned, Homl. Th. i. 34, 13
ge-fædlíce
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Miht ðú ásmeágan hú gefædlíce ( in how orderly a manner ) seó sunne gesíhð on þám dægmǽle, eall swylce sum getýd wer sitte and sum metervers mid his feðere áwríte, Angl. viii. 317, 21. Add
heoru-sceorp
Warlike dress
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Warlike dress, Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 20; Hö. 73
trahtnian
To expound ⬩ explain ⬩ to give as explanation of (be) something ⬩ to treat of
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Nú wille wé be ðyssere freólstíde trahtnian, Homl. Th. i. 104, 9. Wé woldon gefyrn trahtnian be ðam lambe, ii. 278, 11
burg-waran
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Inhabitants of a city, citizens; urbis incolæ, cives Ealle burgwaran all the city-inhabitants, Exon. 121b; Th. 467, 6; Hö. 134: 120b; Th. 462, 23; Hö. 56. Burgwarena fruma the chief of the citizens, Scóp Th. 182; Wíd. 90
Linked entry: burh-waran
leóma
Light ⬩ radiance ⬩ sheen ⬩ splendour ⬩ lightning ⬩ ray
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Seó sunne behýdde hire hátan leóman the sun hid its hot beams, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 34
Linked entries: sunnan-leóma ge-leómod
leác
a leek
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.], an alliaceous plant [v. compounds],a leek Ðis léc hoc cepe: ðis leác hoc porrum, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 32, 35. Leác ambila, Wrt. Voc. 284, 24: Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 49. Láec, Ep. Gl. 2 d, 8. Leáces heáfod cartilago, 17, 40.
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mære
A night-mare ⬩ a monster oppressing men during sleep
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Menn hans fóru til, ok vildu hjálpa honum; en er þeir tóku uppi til höfuðsins, þá trað hón fótleggina swá at nær brotnuðu. Þá tóku þeir til fótanna, þá kafði hón höfuðit, svá at þar dó hann') Mære faecce, Wrt. Voc. ii. 108, 44: incuba, 111, 46.
earm-cearig
Miserable and sad ⬩ mĭser et tristis
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Miserable and sad; mĭser et tristis Hú ic, earm-cearig, íscealdne sǽ, winter wunade how I passed a winter, miserable and sad, on the ice-cold sea, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 27; Seef. 14: 76 b; Th. 287, 26; Wand. 20
lǽste
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A shoemaker's last Læste musticula ['mustricola machina ad stringendos pedes, hoc est, ad calceum suendum qui pedes tegit et stringit: forma in qua calceus suitur,' Ducange]. Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 25; Wrt. Voc. 26, 24. Lǽste vordalium [?], Wrt.
ge-wyrþan
To be ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri
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To be, become, happen; fiĕri Hú mihte ðæt gewyrþan how might that happen? Andr. Kmbl. 1145; An. 573. Cúþ ðæt gewyrþeþ it shall be known, Elen. Kmbl. 2381; El. 1192: 2548; El. 1275. Hú gewyrþ ðis quomĕdo fiet istud? Lk. Bos. 1, 34
hrenian
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Lye' substitute: to smell of something Ǽfæst nǽfre wín hrenige, ꝥ hé ná gehýre þæt þeódwitan: 'Ꝥ nys coss rǽccean ac scencan' religiosus nunquam uinum redoleat, ne audiat illud philosophi: 'Hoc non est osculum porrigere, sed propinare,' Scint. 106, 5
þwang
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a strip of skin Befleh ǽnne þwang ( corrigiam ) þám biscope fram þám hneccan oþ þone hóh, Gr. D. 198, 4. a shoelace 'Cum and unscó mé' . . Þá þwangas þára scóna ongunnon heom sylfe tóslúpan, Gr. D. 221, 22
weorold
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Þá gebróðra áhton mycele feohspéda for worulde multas pecunias in hoc mundo possederant, Gr. D. 273, 2. Wæs Tilman mǽre wer and for worulde (weorulde, v.l.) eác swylce æþelra gebyrda vir inlustris et ad saeculum nobilis, Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 604, 12.
weá-dǽd
A deed of woe ⬩ an ill-deed
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Domine, ne statuas illis hoc peccatum, Acts 7, 60), Elen. Kmbl. 987; El. 495. Árísaþ weádǽda, Fins. Th. 15 ; Fin. 8
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hǽte
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ǽgþer ge þurst ge hǽte besides this their being so thirsty and hot injured them.
sárigness
Sadness
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Homl. i. 103, 22. Þer wes sarinesse (wowe, 2nd MS.), sorreȝen inoȝe, Laym. 27560. In eche sorinesse, O. E. Misc. 76, 125. [Wiþ muchel sorinesse, Horn. 922]
of-lícian
to displease, be displeasing
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to displease, be displeasing Gode swýðe oflícaþ heora ceorung, Homl. Skt. i. 21, 240. Swá hwæt swá him oflícaþ ðeáh hit hálig sý hié hit lǽtaþ unálýfed whatever they do not like, though it be holy, they profess that it is not permitted R.
Linked entry: lícian