gryre
Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful
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Him ðæs egesa stód gryre fram ðam gáste terror was upon him therefore, horror from the spirit, Cd. 201; Th. 249,6; Dan. 526: Exon. 116a; Th. 446, 12; Dóm. 21:116b; Th. 447, 22; Dóm. 43. Wæs se gryre læssa the horror was less, Beo. Th. 2569; B. 1282.
a-loten
prone ⬩ submissive ⬩ bent down ⬩ supplex
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prone, submissive, bent down; supplex, Ælfc. Gr. 10; Som. 14, 42
wyn-wyrt
A pleasant plant
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A pleasant plant Ðǽr wynwyrta weóxon and bleówon, Dóm. L. 5
gebed-stów
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Ic synful breóst míne beáte on gebedstówe, Dóm. L. 30. Add
á-scylfan
to throw down ⬩ destroy
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to throw down,destroy Wíbed áscylfan aram pessumdare, Germ. 393, 49
wéþe
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Sweet, gentle, mild, pleasant Ðone swég ðæs swétan (wéþan, MSS. O. T.) sanges sonum cantilenae dulcis Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 23. Ðone scýnan wlite, wéðne mid willum, Exon. Th. 57, 9 ; Cri. 916. Wegas wéþe pleasant paths 102, 15; Cri. 1673
geond-scínan
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Ðone ðe ðone folgað ðurh ðá sunnan goodes weorces giendscínan (geond-, v. l. ) wille, Past. 337, 17. Add
weorold-wís
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Ðonne hé gesyhð ða welegan and ða weoruldwísan sweltan cum viderit sapientem morientem, Ps.
hræd-líce
Quickly ⬩ hastily ⬩ speedily ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ forthwith
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Gif ðú wille mildheortnesse ús dón sæge ús ðæt hrædlíce if thou wilt do us kindness, tell us so at once, Blickl. Homl. 233, 19.
wéning
supposition ⬩ doubtful thought ⬩ doubt ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ chance
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of God ought not to think of the morrow, lest it should come to pass, that through it he should put off any of the good that he might do then on the day, and through the doubt whether he may live to see the morrow Blickl.
wiþer-steall
Resistance ⬩ opposition
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Færð ðæt fýr ofer eall, ne byð ðǽr nán wiðersteall ( Similar entries cf. foresteall, Dóm. L. 146, where the Latin is : Ignis ubique suis ruptis regnabit habenis), ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne dó, Wulfst. 138, 6.
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hád-brice
An injury done to persons in holy orders, a violation of holy orders ⬩ ordinis infractura, sacri ordinis violatio
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An injury done to persons in holy orders, a violation of holy orders; ordinis infractura, sacri ordinis violatio Gif hwá hádbryce gewyrce, gebéte ðæt be hádes mǽðe if any one do an injury to a person in holy orders, let him make amends for it according
M
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Original m, generally speaking, is preserved in Anglo-Saxon, and is found corresponding to m in the Gothic and other cognate dialects, e.g. mé, manna, dóm; Goth. mik, manna, dóms.
hreódiht
Reedy
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Reedy On ðone hreódihtan mór, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 121, 20
hyrwend
A blasphemer
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A blasphemer Léd út ðone hirwend educ blasphemum, Lev. 24, 14
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ge-leáfleás
Unbelieving
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Unbelieving Ðone geleáfleásne ent the unbelieving giant, Swt. Rdr. 66, 323
un-gelíclíce
Improperly
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Improperly Hú ðone cealdan magan ungelíclíce lyste, Lchdm. ii. 160, 7
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weg-reáf
Booty taken on the high road, robbery done on a road
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Booty taken on the high road, robbery done on a road Gif wegreáf sí gedón, .vi. scillingum gebéte. Gif man ðone man ofslæhð, .xx. scillingum gebéte, L. Ethb. 19, 20; Th. i. 8, 1-2. Ðeówæs wegreáf sé . iii. scillingas, 89; Th. i. 24, 16
wilde
Having power ⬩ powerful ⬩ strong
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Beó á seó mildheortnys wyldre ðonne se rihta dóm semper superexaltet misericordiam judicium R. Ben. 118, 27. Ðæt ðæt gesceád beó wylldre ðonne seó yfele gewilnung, Basil admn. 3; Norm. 40, 3.
heard-sǽlþ
A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct
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Ic wolde gewýscan gif ic mihte ðæt hí næfdon ða heardsǽlþa ðæt hí mihton yfel dón uti hoc infortunio cito careant, patrandi sceleris possibilitate deserti, vehementer exopto, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 4.