be-smiþian
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Nim þás næglas and heó besmiþian hát on þínes sunu brídle take these nails and order them to be set in thy son's bridle (cf. þú þás næglas hát . . . on his brídels dón, El. 1175. The Emperour dyde doo sette the nayles in his brydel, H.
tunge
a tongue ⬩ tongue ⬩ the person who speaks with the tongue ⬩ words ⬩ speech ⬩ language ⬩ a language ⬩ speech ⬩ power of speaking ⬩ a tongue-shaped thing
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Ðá betǽhte Ecgferð on hálre tungan (in plain language) land and bóc Dúnstáne, Chart. Th. 208, ii: 272, 5. Wið andan and wið ða micelan mannes tungan, Lchdm. i. 384, 22. Mid ðæm sueorde hiera tungna tǽlinge, Past. 28; Swt. 199, 6.
be-hátan
To promise ⬩ vow ⬩ threaten ⬩ spondere ⬩ pollicere ⬩ vovere ⬩ comminari
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To promise, vow, threaten; spondere, pollicere, vovere, comminari Ðæt ðú me behǽtst quod polliceris Gen. 38, 17. Behét he mid áþe cum juramento pollicitus est Mt. Bos. 14, 7. Ðonne ðú behát behǽtst Drihtene cum votum voveris Domino Deut. 23, 21. Drihten
Linked entry: be-hǽtst
ge-metlǽcan
To moderate
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To moderate We hit eft gemetlǽcaþ we afterwards moderate it, Past. 16, 2; Swt. 101, 12; Hat. MS
á-healdan
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to hold Hál from suǽ hwælc unhǽlo uére áhaldan sanus a quocumque languore tenebatur , Ju. L. 5, 4
Linked entry: healdan
earfoþ-sǽlig
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Add:, having hard fortune. After moldan add: þæt hine se árgifa ealles bescyrge módes cræfta. Cf. heard-sǽlig
flot-herge
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Se flothere (the Danes that had killed Edmund) férde eft té scipe, Hml. S. 32, 130. and add
fnǽstian
pant
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To breathe hard, pant Þá men beóð mægre . . . fnǽstiað swíþe (breathe with great difficulty), Lch. ii. 242, 7
Linked entry: fnæstiaþ
slipung
Viscidity
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the text has slipegrum wǽtum. v. slipig) wǽtan ðæs miltes Lchdm. ii. 166, 24
ge-þyldelíc
Patient
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Patient Crist us onstealde geþyldelíce bysene Christ has set us an example of patience, Blickl. Homl. 75, 29
ge-cope
Fit ⬩ proper ⬩ congruus ⬩ opportūnus
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Hwæt him gecopust sié what is most fit for them, 13, 2; Swt. 77, 26; Hat. MS. 17 a, 1; Swt. 275, 18
appel
An apple
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An apple Ða reádan appla the red apples; mala Punica, Past. 15, 5; Hat. MS. 19 b, 28
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a-þreát
Irksomeness ⬩ disgust ⬩ tædium
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Irksomeness, disgust; tædium Eów wæs lungre aþreát you had soon disgust [at this], Elen. Kmbl. 736; El. 368
Linked entry: a-þrǽt
ge-notian
To use, consume
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To use, consume Hie hæfdon hiora mete genotudne they had consumed their provisions, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 31
wulf-hliþ
A hill where the wolf has its den
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A hill where the wolf has its den Hié dýgel lond warigeaþ, wulfhleoþu, Beo. Th. 2720; B. 1358
dwǽs-líce
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Foolishly, stupidly Sé ðe wylle drincan and dwǽslíce hlýdan, drince him æt hám, Ll. Th. ii. 357, 40
fore-feax
forelocks
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The hair growing on the front of the head, forelocks Forefex antiae, crines, Hpt. Gl. 526, 43, 44
lang-gestreón
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Treasure that had existed long, ancient treasure Wénde hé þæt hé lytel fæc longgestreóna brúcan móste, B. 2240
briht-líce
Clearly ⬩ brightly ⬩ clare ⬩ splendide
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Hat. 8, 25
or
without ⬩ original, early
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It has the meaning without, e. g. or-mód ; also that of original, early, e. g. or-eald