un-gemódigness
Dissentiousness
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Dissentiousness Ðæt wæs ungerím, ðæt þurh deófles ungemódignesse intó helle behreás, Wulfst. 8, 15 note
Linked entry: ge-módigness
weá-gesíþ
A companion in misery or in wickedness
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Hé ðone deófol on helle mid his weágesíðum ofþrihte, Wulfst. 145, 4. Ða deorcan and ða dimman stówe helle tintrego, ðe deófol an wunaþ mid his weágesíþum and mid ðám áwergdum sáulum, 225, 33
ge-líhtan
To alight ⬩ approach ⬩ come
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Segde ðætte sealfa god wolde helwarum hám gelíhtan said that God himself would come home to the dwellers in hell, Cd. 222; Th. 291, 16; Sat. 431
hyge-méþe
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Wedra helm lie meahte on þám feorhbanan fǽhðe gebétan, 2465), evilly done, with a breast filled with sad thoughts (i. e. the slayer was bitterly grieved for the dreadful act he had perpetrated?), B. 2442
or-læg
Fate ⬩ to 'dree' one's 'weird'
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Hé ðonne á tô ealdre orleg dreógeþ he then for ever and ever undergoes his fate in hell (cf. Icel. drýgja örlög, to 'dree' one's 'weird'), Exon. Th. 446, 29 ; Dóm. 29
ge-þwǽrnes
Concord ⬩ agreement ⬩ mildness ⬩ concordia ⬩ mansuetudo
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He ðæt ríce heóld on gódre geþwǽrnesse and on micelre sibsumnesse he held the kingdom in great peace and tranquillity, Chr. 860; Erl. 70, 23: 827; Erl. 64, 8. Geþwǽrnysse mansuetudinem, Ps. Spl. 44, 6: Prov. Kmbl. 23
un-wærness
Heedlessness ⬩ want of caution ⬩ imprudence
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Heedlessness, want of caution, imprudence Þurh ðás unwærnysse hé gebringð hine on helle, Wulfst. 299, 7
Linked entry: wærness
súsl
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In ðæt swearte súsl ( hell ), Exon. Th. 142, 4; Gú. 639. Ða ungeendodan súslo ðú byst þrowigende, Nicod. 29; Thw. 17, 12. Helle súslu inferni supplicia, Scint. 27, 8. where the word is feminine Ðeós hellíce súsl hic tartarus, Ælfc.
Linked entry: helle-súsl
dryht-folc
A nation, multitude ⬩ pŏpŭlus, multĭtūdo
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Dryht-folca helm a protector of nations, 107 a; Th. 408, 24; Rä. 27, 17. Wæs deáþe gedrenced drihtfolca mǽst the greatest of nations was drenched with death, Cd. 144; Th. 179, 26; Exod. 34 : 160; Th. 198, 13; Exod. 322 : 171; Th. 216, 2; Exod. 589
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grimman
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to rage, roar, make a loud noise; fremere Ðú hie grimman meaht gehýran thou mayest hear it [hell] rage, Cd. 37; Th. 49, 17; Gen. 793. Hwæl-mere hlúde grimmeþ the whale-mere [the sea] rages loudly, Exon. 101 a; Th. 382, 3; Rä. 3, 5. [Cf. O.
Linked entry: gúþ-mód
be-hreósan
To rush down ⬩ fall ⬩ ruere ⬩ corruere ⬩ incidere
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To rush down, fall; ruere, corruere, incidere Behreósaþ on helle incidunt in gehennam Lupi Serm. 5, 8
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
gríma
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a mask, visor, helmet Gylden gríma a golden helm, Elen. Kmbl. 249; El. 125, Gríma a mask, Gl. Mett. 504. He míne sáwle swylce gehealde wið ehtendra egsan gríman ut salvam faceret a persequentibus animam meam, Ps. Th. 108, 30.
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þing-stede
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A place where a meeting (v. þing, II) is held On ðam þingstede ( in the place to which Christ had summoned his disciples to speak with them for the last time.
wíte-þeów
One who had been condemned to slavery for crime ⬩ one in hell
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Grammar wíte-þeów, figurative, one in hell Bring ús hǽlo líf wérigum wíteþeówum, Exon. Th. 10, 12; Cri. 151
á-grísan
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Ondrǽde man dómdæg and for helle ágríse, Wlfst. 75, 6. Ágrýse, 179, 16. v. a-grise in N. E. D. Add
grǽdig
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Helle grǽdige and gífre hell greedy and ravenous, Cd. 37; Th. 49, 16; Gen. 793: 217; Th. 276, 21; Sat. 192. León-hwelpas sécaþ ðæt him grǽdigum ǽt God gedéme catuli leonum ... quærant a Deo escam sibi, Ps. Th. 103, 20.
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fór-wyrcan
To work or place before ⬩ obstruct ⬩ barricade ⬩ oppōnére ⬩ obstruĕre
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Synt ðissa heldóra wegas fórworhte the ways of these hell-doors are obstructed, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 21; Gen. 381
Linked entry: un-forworht
leás
Falsehood ⬩ falseness
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Falsehood, falseness Hí ongietaþ ðæt ðæt wæs leás and ídelness ðæt hí ǽr heóldon they perceive that that was falsehood and vanity that they formerly held; deprehenderint falsa se vacue tenuisse, Past. 58, 1; Swt. 441, 18. Ðæt leás, Elen.
wíte-hús
A house of punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ prison ⬩ an amphitheatre in which the Christians were martyred ⬩ hell
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On wítehúse in amphitheatrum (the passage is: In amphitheatrum sanctos ferreis collariis connexos cruentus carnifex imperat duci, Ald. 49), 489, 69. hell Hé héht ðæt wítehús wræcna (the fallen angels ) bídan, Cd. 3, 21; Gen. 39 : 304, 11 ; Sat. 628.