heán-líce
Ignominiously, ingloriously, disgracefully, miserably,
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Ne lǽt swá heánlíce ðín haudgeweorc forwurþan let not thine handiwork so miserably perish, Hy. 7, 111; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 111: Exon. 8 a; Th. 3, 4; Cri. 31: 13 a; Th. 23, 21; Cri. 372
firwet
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Módes fyrwet mentis ardor, Hy. S. 14, 30. Ferwyt, 10, 16. take here fyrwet in Dict., and add
hǽren
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Heó gegyrede hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan, Shrn. 140, 30. Add
riht-munuc
A true monk
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A true monk Beóþ rihtmunecas gif hý libbaþ be ðam geswince heora ágenra handa R. Ben. 73, 19
Linked entry: munuc
of-geótan
to moisten by pouring, souse, soak ⬩ to put out a fire by pouring water on it
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Ofgeót hý áne niht mid wýne ðanne on morgen nim ða leáf cnuca hý . . . and ofgeót hý mid ðan ylcan wíne ðe hý ǽr ofgotene wǽron soak them a night with wine, then in the morning take the leaves, pound them . . . and soak them with the same wine that they
scyldan
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to charge, accuse Hý gán xii. sume and gescyldigen (gescylden, other MS. ) hine, L. Ath. i. 11; Th. i. 206, 3
fót-gewǽde
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Ben. 55 substitute Hæbben hý tó fótgewǽdum hosa and meón indumenta pedum pedules et caligas, R. Ben. 89, 14
á-dreógendlic
agendus, gerendus
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Lífes ádreógen(d)lices vite gerende, Hy. S. 103, 3
wiþ-æftan
Behind.
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Heó hym tó geneálǽhte wyðæftan hym, Homl. Ass. 182, 48. Hí cómon tó Wiht, and námon ðǽr ðæt him ǽr wiðæftan wæs (what had been left behind them), Chr. 1052; Erl. 183, 25.
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a-wreón
To uncover ⬩ discover ⬩ disclose ⬩ open ⬩ reveal ⬩ revelare
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Drihten awreáh rihtwísnysse hys Dominus revelavit justitiam suam, Ps. Spl. 97, 3. Awreóh Drihtne weg ðínne revela Domino viam tuam, Ps. Lamb. 36, 5
ge-médrian
To MOTHER, to adopt or to have as a son or daughter ⬩ adoptare, habere sibi filium vel filiam
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Geseah hys gemédrydan bróðor Beniamin vidit Benjamin fratrem suum uterinum, Gen. 43, 29
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spynge
A sponge
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A sponge Elpendes hýd wile drincan wǽtan gelíce and spynge déþ (tanquam spongia), Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 230, 27. Hí bewundon áne spyngan (spingan, MS. B.) mid ysopo, Jn. Skt. 19, 29 MS. A. Spingan, Mk. Skt. 15, 36. Spincgan, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 32.
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olfend
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Hire wæs áweaxen swá áheardod hýd swylce olfendan, Gr. D. 287, 5.
níþ-cwalu
Grievous destruction
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Grievous destruction Hé hý generede from níþ-cwale, and eác forgeaf éce dreámas, Exon. Th. 77, 18; Cri. 1258
ge-edwyrpan
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and add Sóna swá hý geedwyrpte (geedewyrpte, v. l.) beóð and gestrangode ubi meliorati fuerint, R. Ben. 61, 2
sár-spell
A sorrowful speech, a lament
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Th. 458, 6; Hy. 4, 96
helle-wíte
Hell-torment ⬩ punishment ⬩ hell
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Se for ðám méde onféhþ écum tintregum hellewítes æternas inferni pænas pro mercede recipiet, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 40: Hy. 6, 36; Hy. Grn. ii. 286, 36. Mid heardum hellewítum with hard pains of hell, Soul Kmbl. 94; Seel. 47: 64; Seel. 32: Andr.
fird-tiber
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hostia, properly speaking army-sacrifice [the glosser might have had the idea which is expressed in the following passage: Dysne yrming (Mars) wurðodon þá hǽþenan, and swá oft swá hý fyrdedon oððe tó gefeohte woldon, þonne offrodon hý heora lác tó weorðunge
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leód-wynn
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Joy that comes from being among one's own people Leódwynna leás, wineleás wræcca, Exon. 119 a; Th. 457, 25; HY. 4, 89
heofon-bígenged
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Wé beón éce heofonbígende simus perennes celibes, Hy. S. 36, 32. Heofan-biggende cęlibes, 5, 27
Linked entries: bí-genged heofon-lic heofon-ligende