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stæl

(n.)
Grammar
stæl, es; n.

a placeplacesteadsteadsituationcondition

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wanede, ðe hyt swá on stæle stóde, ðe hyt swá dyde, swá hyt ǽr dǽð on ðisse weorulde, óðre hwíle weóxe óðre hwíle wanode (cf. 200, 17-19), Shrn. 199, 26-30

Linked entry: æt-steal

ge-bǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bǽtan, p. -bǽtte; pp. -bǽted, -bǽt [ge, and bǽtan to bridle]

To bitbridlecurbfrēnum ĕquo vel ăsĭno injĭcĕrefrēnāre

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He gebǽtte his ágen weorc he curbed his own work, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 152; Met. 11, 76. Hæfþ se Alwealda ealle gesceafta gebǽt mid his bridle the Almighty has restrained all creatures with his bridle, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 45; Met. 11, 23

earfoþ-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
earfoþ-síþ, earfeþ-síþ, es; m.

A laborious journey, misfortune, calamity mŏlestum ĭter, infortūnium, calămĭtas

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A laborious journey, misfortune, calamity; mŏlestum ĭter, infortūnium, calămĭtas Weorn geferaþ earfoþsíða ye travel plenty of laborious journeys, Andr. Kmbl. 1355; An. 678: Cd. 72; Th. 89, 5; Gen. 1476.

Linked entry: earfeþ-síþ

BLÁT

(adj.)
Grammar
BLÁT, comp. blátra; superl. blátast; adj.

Livid, pale, ghastlylividus, palliduslivor

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Livid, pale, ghastly; lividus, pallidus Þurh ðæs beornes breóst blát weóll waðuman streám a livid stream bubbled in waves through the man's breast, Andr. Kmbl. 2560; An. 1281.

Linked entry: ǽ-blǽte

rempan

(v.)

to go headlong (like an animal butting with its horns (?),be precipitate

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Voc. ii. 15, 68 be precipitate Oft mon biþ suíðe rempende and rǽsþ suíðe dollíce on ǽlc weorc and hrædlíce and ðeáh wénaþ men ðæt hit síe for arodscipe and for hwætscipe saepe praecipitata actio velocitatis efficacia creditur, Past. 20, 1;Swt. 149, 12

wlacian

(v.)
Grammar
wlacian, p. ode.

to beget lukewarmto make lukewarm

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Swá swá ðæt cealde ǽrest onginð wlacian, ǽr hit ful wearm weorðe, swá eác ðæt wearme wlacaþ, ǽr hit eallunga ácealdige sicut a frigore per teporem transitur ad calorem, ita a calore per teporem reditur ad frigus, Past. 58; Swt. 447, 4. to make lukewarm

foreþanclíce

(adv.)

carefully

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with forethought, carefully Ðá gódan weorc ðe hé longe ǽr foreðonclíce timbrede quidquid diu labore provida construxit, Past. 215, 18. Ðæt hí foreðonclíce ongieten ut provide perpendant, 429, 3.

leornung-mann

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Þæs láreówes hǽs and þæs leornincgmannes weorc, R. Ben. 20, 6. Þæra fíf bóca andgit geopenode se Ælmihitiga Láreów his leorningmannum, Hml. Th. ii. 396, 12. Add

socian

(v.)
Grammar
socian, p. ode

to soakto steep in a liquidto soakto lie in a liquid

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Dweorge dwostlan weorp on weallende wæter, lǽt socian on lange 240, 7: iii. 14, 17

un-deór

(adj.)
Grammar
un-deór, (-deóre?); adj.

Not dearcheapcommon

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Ðæt hié mon ná undeórran weorðe móste lésan ðonne hié mon be ðam were geeahtige, L. Alf. pol. 32; Th. i. 82, 1.

ár-weorþ

Grammar
ár-weorþ, -wierþe (u, y).
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Þæt árwyrðe weófod, 207, 15. Móder árwyrðe mater honorificata, Rtl. 45, 25: veneranda, 66, 21. Árweorðra (-wierð-, v. l. ) monna mód, Past. 128, 25. Hé geceás árwurðe weras electis viris strenuis, Ex. 18, 25. Árwyrþran prestantiorem, An. Ox. 1112.

daroþ

(n.)
Grammar
daroþ, daraþ, dareþ,es ; m. [derian to hurt]

DART, spear, javelin, weapon telum, jaculum, hasta

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Daroþas wǽron weó ðære wihte darts were an affliction to the creature, 114 a; Th. 438, 8 ; Rä. 57, 4. Þurh daroþa gedrep through the stroke of darts, Andr. Kmbl. 2886; An. 1446. Dareþa of darts, Chr. 937; Th. 207, 11; Æðelst. 54.

Linked entry: daraþ

scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
scrýdan, p. de.
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Gif æcyres weód God scrýt, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30. Scrýtt, Lk. Skt. 12, 28. Hé ní fédan scolde and scrýdan, Chr. 1012 ; Erl. 147, 11. Hingrigendumger. dum mele syllan and nacode scrýdan, Blickl.

Linked entry: -scrid

þyle

(n.)
Grammar
þyle, es; m.

An oratorspokesman

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Th. 320, 5; Víd. 24 : -- Þyle weóld Rondingum. ¶ In Beowulf the þyle of the Danish king is mentioned : -- Húnferþ þyle, Beo. Th. 2335; B. 1165. Þyle Hróðgáres, 2917; B. 1456.

Linked entries: þele þyl-cræft

un-wérig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wérig, adj.

Not wearyfresh

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Gif mon on mycelre ráde weorðe geteorad, nime betonican...; ðonne bið hé sóna unwérig, Lchdm. i. 76, 8.

ne

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Ðeáh ic nú ðis recce, næ (ne, v.l. ) tǽle ic ná micel weorc, 41, 2. Add Ðonne ne léten hié nó hié eallinga on ǽlce healfe gebígean, ne furðum nó áwecggan, Past. 306, 4

reste-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
reste-dæg, es; ;m.;

A day of rest, a day when no work is to be done, a Sabbath

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Se seofoþa dæg ys Drihtnes restedæg : ne wirc ðú nán weorc on ðam dæge, Ex. 20, 8-10. Mannes sunu ys restedæges hláfurd, Mt. Kmbl. 12, 8. On ánum ðara restedaga se nú Sunnandæg is nemned, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 30

mann-slege

(n.)
Grammar
mann-slege, es; m.

Man-slayinghomicide

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Man-slaying, homicide Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes and hé weorðe ðǽr ofslegen, ne síe hé ( the slayer ) ná mansleges scyldig. Gif hé æfter sunnan upgonge ðis déþ, hé biþ mansleges scyldig, and hé ðonne self swelte, L.

Linked entry: slege

un-geornful

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geornful, un-geornfull; adj.

Not diligentnegligentcarelessremiss

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Ðý læs hine se wærscipe gelǽde on ealles tó micle hátheortnesse, oððe eft sió ánfealdnes hine tó ungeornfulne gedoo tó ongietanne, ðý læs hé weorðe besolcen quatenus nec seducti per prudentiam calleant, nec ab intellectus studio ex simplicitate torpescant

wlite-scíne

(adj.)
Grammar
wlite-scíne, adj.

Of brilliant beautysplendidbeauteous

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Weorud wlitescýne. Exon. Th. 31, 9; Cri. 493: 35, 6; Cri. 554. Seó wlitescýne wuldres condel (Juliana), 269, 22; Jul. 454. Wlitesciéne wíf (Eve), Cd. Th. 33, 28 ; Gen. 527. On mǽrum dǽge ł on wlitescénan dæge insigni die, Ps. Lamb. 80, 4.