brédan
To cherish ⬩ nourish
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Fugelas ne týmað swá swá óðre nýtenu, ac ǽrest hit bið ǽig, and seó módor siððan brét þæt ǽig tó bridde, Hml. Th. i. 250, 24. Been týmað heora teám mid clǽnnysse, of ðám hunige hí brédað heora bród, ii. 10, 17
endung
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Swá hwæt swá þé on eáge byreð æfter tíde cymð seó endung (fulfilment), Lch. iii. 154, 22. Neár worulde endunge, Past. 213, 6. On endungce in consummatione, Ps. L. 58, 14. On heora endunge þonne hié endiaþ, Bt. 16, 3; F. 56, 26.
hǽþ-feld
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Forheregian swá swá fýres lég déð drígne hǽþfeld, Bt. 16, 1; F. 50, 4. ¶ For the word as local name see C. D. vi. 294
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méd
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Swá hwæt swá hé begit his swinces tó médes, 36, 43. v. mǽþ-, weorold-méd. Add
æf-weard
absens
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Hé ðá word ðára æfweardra swá geara wiste swá ðára andweardra, Guth. 70, 4: Gr. D. 311, 1. Hé sægde ðá æfweardan þing andweardum mannum praesentibus absentia nuntiare coepit, 126, 11: Guth. 86, 9. Add
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ge-mane
Having a mane ⬩ a mane
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Having a mane Ðara hǽfda beóþ gemona swá leóna hǽfdo their heads have manes like lions' heads, Nar. 35, 29
un-forcúþlíce
Nobly ⬩ excellently
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Nobly, excellently Metode geþungon Abraham and Loth unforcúdlíce, swá him from yldrum æðelu wǽron, Cd. Th. 103, 9; Gen. 1715
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eall-rihte
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Quite directly, exactly Ealswá yfel anda lǽt tó helle, ealrihte swá gód anda lǽt tó Gode, R. Ben. 131, 13
fæder-swica
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A traitor to a father Swá geendode se fæder*-*swica (Absalom) mid his feore his unrǽd, Hml. S. 19, 224
un-geþyld
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Ná swá þeáhhwæþre þás brocu Romulan mód gelǽddon tó ǽnigre (ǽnigum, v.l.) ungeþylde (-þyldo, v.l. ), Gr. D. 284, 5. Add
lange
Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far
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Leng swá swíðor, Cd. 47; Th. 60, 30; Gen. 989. Swá leng swá swíðor, Exod. 19, 19. Ná leng heó ne gebád ðonne hit dæg wás she waited only till it was day, Apol. Th. 19, 2.
raðe
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Ðæt hine mon slóge swá raðe swá mon hiora fiénd wolde that they should kill him as soon (with as little compunction) as they would their enemies, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 52, 35. Ða men wǽron swá raðe deáde swá ðæt yfel him an becom, 4, 5; Swt. 166, 7.
fel-tún
An enclosed place ⬩ garden ⬩ privy ⬩ dunghill ⬩ secessus ⬩ latrīna ⬩ sterquĭlīnium
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An enclosed place, garden, privy, dunghill; secessus, latrīna, sterquĭlīnium Se wisdóm and óðre cræftas licgaþ forsewene swá swá meox under feltúne wisdom and other virtues lie despised like dirt on a dunghill, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 11.
fór-oft
Very often ⬩ persæpe
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Swá swá we sylfe fóroft gesáwon as we ourselves have very often seen, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 12, 9; Lchdm. iii. 260, 2: Wrt. popl. science 11, 8; Lchdm. iii. 256, 16
lapian
To lap ⬩ lick
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Gedó ðonne on glæsfæt and ðonne mid hláfe oððe mid swá hwilcum mete swá ðú wille lapa on then put it into a glass vessel, and then, with bread or with whatever food you will, lap it up, L. M. 2, 6; Lchdm. ii. 184, 24.
lobbe
A spider
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A spider Úre gǽr swá swá lobbe oððe rynge beóþ ásmeáde anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur [cf. Ps. Th. 89, 10, anlícast geongewefran ðonne hió geornast biþ ðæt heó áfǽre fleógan on nette], Ps. Lamb. 89, 9.
mere-grot
A pebble ⬩ stone of the sea ⬩ a pearl
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Gefrætwod swá swá mid meregrotum, Homl. Th. i. 596, 8
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méting
A painting ⬩ picture
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Swá swá on métinge biþ forsewen seó blace anlícnys, ðæt seó hwíte sý beorhtre gesewen, Homl. Th. i. 334, 12. On óðre wísan wé sceáwiaþ métinge, and on óðre wísan stafas. Ne gǽþ ná máre tó métinge búton ðæt ðú hit geseó and herige, 186, 5-7
þeaht
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Counsel Sum bisceop tó him férde, efne swá swá hé wǽre mid heofonlícre þeahte gelǽred, ðæt hé tó ðære sprǽce férde ðæs Godes mannes, Guthl. 17; Gdwin. 70, 8. Hí rǽddon ðæt man hine gebunde, and óð deáð swunge.
þeáw-líc
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usual, customary Sum wít mid sealfe his fét smyrode, swá swá hit þeáwílc wæs on ðære þeóde, Homl. Ass. 41, 439. moral, figurative Þeáwlíc[r]e spǽce tropologiae, figurati sermonis, Hpt. Gl. 432, 13.