of-teón
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Ðonne him micles oftogen bið si multa sibi subtrahit, Past. 325, 15. add: with same government as Gif hié feoh habbað and his ðonne him oftióð . . . hié oftióð ðǽre láre ðǽm synfullum bróðrum, Past. 377, 2-5.
rím-cræft
The science of numbers ⬩ arithmetic
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Hæfðon hié on rímcræfte áwriten wera endestæf hwænne hié tó móse meteþearfendum weorðan sceoldon they (the cannibal Mermedonians) had numbered the days of their captives who were to be food to satisfy their hunger, Andr. Kmbl. 268 ; An. 134
ellor-gást
A spirit living or going elsewhere, a departing spirit ⬩ spīrĭtus ălĭbi dēgens
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Hie gesáwon twegen ellorgǽstas they saw two spirits living elsewhere, 2702; B. 1349
Finns buruh
Finnsburg
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This Finnsburg is no doubt the same as the Finnesham mentioned by Beowulf, — Swylce hie æt Finnes hám findaa meahton such as they might find at Finnesham, Beo. Th. 2316; B. 1156
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be-sincan
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Hwonne hié on þá eorþan besuncene wurden, 2, 6; S. 88, 14. Add
of-drǽd
terrified, afraid
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Hié beóþ mid ðæm ymbeþonce ofdrǽdde, Past. 35, 2; Swt. 238, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 23, 300
oftrǽd-líc
Frequent
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Hié Alexander uneáðe oferwonn ǽgðer ge for ðære sumorhǽte ge eac for ðǽm oftrǽdlícan gefeohtum, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 132, 32. Oftrǽdlíca gefeoht crebra bella, 6, 30; Swt. 282, 31
slidorian
To slither ⬩ to slide, slip ⬩ labo ⬩ labor
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To slither (in various dialects; Dryden uses sliddering), to slide, slip Ðonne hié on monigfealdum wordum slidrigaþ dum per multiplicia verba dilabuntur Past. 38, 6;Swt. 277, 5. Míne fét ne slideredon non sunt infirmata vestigia mea Ps. Th. 17, 35.
ge-wítan
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Hiera wíf ácsedon . . . hwider hié fleón woldon; þæt hié óðer gener næfden, búton hié on heora wífa hrif gewiton quaerentes, num in uteros uxorum vellent refugere, Ors. 1, 12; S. 54, 4. (1 c) with the idea of abandonment Se here forlét þæt geweorc, and
same
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Ǽlc hiera bið on óðres nytte swǽ sama (some, v. l. ) swǽ on his selfes, Past. 232, 5. Add
of-tyrfan
to stone
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to stone; — Hiene oftyrfdon his ágene geféran ab exercitu suo lapidibus coopertus interiit, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 172, 28
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on-cnáwan
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Ðæt hié oncnáwæn tó hwǽm hiera ágen wíse wirð ut ad cognitionem sui revocentur, Past. 265, 23. Þæt hié oncnéwen hú God þá rícu sette, Ors. 2, 1; S. 63, 35. Add Oncneáwu ł ongæt intelligit, Mt. L. 13, 19. Oncnǽw, 23.
méd-sceatt
payment in reward of service done ⬩ a reward ⬩ wages ⬩ fee ⬩ payment for service or favour expected ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ a bribe
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Swelce hié ða métsceattas rímen ðe hié Gode sellen ... Ac hié sceoldongehiéran ðone cwide ðe áwriten is: 'Se ðe médsceattas gaderaþ hé legeþ hié on þyrelne pohchan.'
hungor
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Hié þæs hungres ne mehte hié gerestan fames Urbem corripuit, 2, 4; S. 70, 9. Hié for þǽm hungre þá burh werian ne mihton, Bl. H. 79, 16. Biðon monncwalmo and hungro erunt pestilentiae et fames, Mt. L. 24, 7 : Lk. L. 21, 11.
un-treówlíce
With bad faith ⬩ perfidiously
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With bad faith, perfidiously Agothocles gedyde untreówlíce wið hiene, ðæt hé hiene on his wárum beswác and ofslóg per Agathoclem insidiis circumventus, occisus est, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 170, 9. Ðá bæd hé ðæt mon dyde beforan him ðone triumphan.
ag-lác
Misery ⬩ grief ⬩ trouble ⬩ vexation ⬩ sorrow ⬩ torment ⬩ miseria ⬩ dolor ⬩ tribulatio ⬩ molestia ⬩ tristitia ⬩ cruciatus
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Ðǽr hie ðæt aglác drugon where they suffered that torment, Cd. 185; Th. 230, 25; Dan. 238
for-hwerfan
To transform ⬩ pervert ⬩ transformāre ⬩ pervertĕre
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Eówra sáwla má forhwerfdon ðonne hie gerihton they have perverted more of your souls than they have directed, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 56, 18
in-gelǽdan
To lead ⬩ bring in ⬩ introduce
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To lead or bring in, introduce Ingelédde ofer hie Drihten weter séwe the Lord brought upon them the water of the sea, Cantic. Moys. 23; Thw. notæ, p. 30. Óþ ðæt ic ðé ingelǽde on mínes Fæder hús until I bring thee into my father's house, Blickl.
pǽcan
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To deceive Swylce hié mid sceare and munuces hiwe God pǽcen (pǽcean, MS. T.) as if deceiving God with the tonsure and the appearance of a monk, R. Ben. 9, 15.
ge-dæftlíce
Fitly ⬩ seasonably ⬩ opportūne ⬩ commŏde
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Fitly, seasonably; opportūne, commŏde Ic ðé beóde ðæt ðú stande on ðissum wordum, and hie lǽre ǽgðer ge gedæftlíce ge ungedæftlíce I charge thee to abide by these words, and teach them both seasonably and unseasonably, Past. 15, 6; Swt. 96, 15; Hat.
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