fit
Strife ⬩ a fight ⬩ contest ⬩ rixa ⬩ pugna ⬩ certāmen
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Strife, a fight, contest; rixa, pugna, certāmen He slóh and fylde feónd on fitte he struck and felled the enemy in fight, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 33; Gen. 2072
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BERA
A BEAR ⬩ ursus
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Sceall gyldan án beran fel shall pay one bear's skin, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 37. Bera ursus, Ælfc. Gl. 21; Som. 59, 69 : L. Ecg. P. iv. 28; Th. ii. 212, 22
a-streccan
To stretch out ⬩ to extend ⬩ prostrate ⬩ lay low ⬩ to prostrate oneself ⬩ bow down ⬩ extendere ⬩ expandere ⬩ prosternere ⬩ se prosternere ⬩ adorare
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He neowol astreaht feól on ða flóre he fell stretched prostrate on the floor, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 159; Met. 1, 80. Ðá feóll Abram astreht to eorþan cecidit Abram pronus in faciem, Gen. 17, 3. Astrehte hine to eorþan adoravit in terram, Gen. 18, 2 : Mt.
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bed-reda
One BEDRIDDEN ⬩ clinicus
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Ðá ðá se sunderhálga Iosias ðæt tácn geseah on ðam bedredan [def. adj.] men, ðá feól he to ðæs apostoles fótum when the pharisee Josias saw that miracle in the bedridden man, then fell he at the apostle's feet, ii. 422, 11.
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hentan
To pursue ⬩ follow after ⬩ seize[?]
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Gif hé man tó deáþe gefylle beó he ðonne útlah and his hente mid hearme ǽlc ðara ðe riht wille if he fell a man to death, let him then be an outlaw, and let every one that desires right pursue him with hue and cry [?], L. E. G. 6; Th. i. 170, 10: L.
un-mann
a bad man ⬩ an inhuman person ⬩ one who is not a mere man ⬩ a hero
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a bad man, an inhuman person Swá fela ðúsend engla mihton eáðe bewerian Crist wið ðám unmannum ( those who came to seize Jesus ), gif hé ðrowian nolde sylfwilles for ús, Homl. Th. ii. 246, 30. [Cf. O. H.
fore-gísel
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Hié him þǽr foregíslas saldon, swá fela swá hé habban wolde, and micle áþas swóron, and þá gódne friþ heóldon, 877; P. 74, 20.
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styrung
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1. add: convulsive movement of a person Heó ongann mid swá fela styrungum beón onstyred coepit tot motibus agitari, Gr. D. 74, 2. quaking, shaking of an inanimate body Beóð eorðan styrunga erunt terrae motus, Mt. 24, 7. <b>II c.
wyrt
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Swá swá wyrta felda ł blǽda wyrtena quemadmodum olera herbarum, Ps. L. 36, 2. <b>I a.</b> add :-- Gehwylce wyrte (þá wyrta, v.l. olera) þe hé ǽr mid stale gewilnode, hé him ꝥ sealde, Gr. D. 25, 15.
on-hǽle
Secret, hidden
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Wíd is ðes wésten, wræcsetla fela, eardas onhǽle earmra gǽsta, 121, 7; Gú. 268: 123, 13; Gú. 322. Wið onhǽlum ealdorgewinnum against secret and deadly foes, 134. 9: Gú. 505
fugel-cynn
a kind or species of birds
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Saga mé hú fela is fleógendra fugelcynna? Ic ðé secge, iiii and fíftig, Sal. K. 190, 18. Add:
gor
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Dung, dirt; fimus, lutum, coenum Ðæs cealfes flǽsc, and fell, and gor ðú bærnst úte bútan fyrdwícon carnes vituli, et corium, et fimum combures foris extra castra, Ex. 29, 14.
Grécas
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The Greeks; Græci Ðá gefélde he his líchoman healfne dǽl mid ða ádle geslægene beón, ðe Grécas nemnaþ paralysis, we cweðaþ lyft-ádl then felt he that the half of his body was struck with the illness which the Greeks call paralysis, we call lift-ill,
hlýdan
To sound, ⬩ make a loud noise, ⬩ to clamour, ⬩ vociferate
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Se tympano biþ geworht of drygum felle and ðæt fell hlýt ðonne hit mon sliehþ in tympano sicca et percussa pellis resonat, Past. 46, 2; Swt. 347, 5. Ðíne fýnd hlýdaþ inimici lui sonaverunt, Jud. 5; Thw. 156, 1: Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 14; Cri. 883.
ge-sǽlig-líc
Happy, fortunate ⬩ fēlix, fortūnātus
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Happy, fortunate; fēlix, fortūnātus Ðam ðe líf forgeaf gesǽliglíc to him who gave him a happy life, Cd. 137; Th. 172, 14: Gen. 2844: Exon. 23 b; Th. 66, 29; Cri. 1079
lagu
sea ⬩ water
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Lagu land gefeól lyft was onhréred sea fell to earth, air was stirred [of the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea], Cd, 167; Th. 208, 12; Exod. 482. Ðá gesundrod wæs lago wið lande, 8; Th. 10, 27; Gen. 163.
Eorman-ríc
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He searo-níðas fealh Eormenríces he fell into the guileful enmity of Ermanric, Beo. Th. 2406 ; B. 1201. For the anachronisms and inconsistences I would refer to W.
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mis-dón
to act wrongly ⬩ offend ⬩ transgress
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Tó fela is ðæra ðe misdydan, Wulfst. 270, 30. [Durste nán man misdón wið óðer on his tíme, Chr. 1135; Erl. 261, 7.]
namian
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Add Swá swá Abraham dyde . . . and ꝥ wíf Anna . . . and fela óðre men ðe wé ne magan namian, Hml. A. 34, 261. substitute: to call by some title or epithet Hwí namode Críst on his godspelle Abel rihtwísne tóforan óðrum ?
gold-geweorc
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goldgeweorc eall todreás swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre there was an image of the sun made of gold, and it was on a golden chariot, and there were golden horses to the chariot ... then came there a horrible devil out of the goldwork, and the goldwork all fell