wiþer-dúne
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Se weg is swíðe neara and wiðerdýne, Gr. D. 322, 20. Neara and wiðerdéne is se hálega weg, swá swá Dryhten sylf cwæð, Nap. 69
feorh-ádl
A mortal disease ⬩ fatal sickness ⬩ fatālis morbus
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A mortal disease, fatal sickness; fatālis morbus Biþ his feorhádl getenge his fatal sickness is near, L. M. 3, 22; Lchdm. ii. 320, 20.
endung
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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. From endung a perfeccione, Lk. p. 2, 15. Æt þæs godspelles endunge qua perlecta, R. Ben. 35, 21. Add
ymb-cirran
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To turn about, to revolve round Hí ðære eaxe útan ymbhwerfaþ (-eþ, MS.) ðone norðende, neáh ymbcerraþ (-eþ, MS.), Met. 28, 14.
sǽ-grund
The depth of the sea,
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Sǽgrunde neáh (cf. ðis fis (the whale) wuneð wið ðe se grund,Misc. 16, 517), Beo. Th. 1133; B. 564. Þurh ðone sǽgrund (profundum maris, cf. tó sǽs grunde, l. 18, and on sǽs grund,Mt. Kmbl. 18, 6) is getácnod hira ende, Past. 2; Swt. 31, 20.
ræfnan
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Neáh is Drihten eallum ðe his willan hér wyrceaþ georne and his hyge swylce elne ræfnaþ, Ps. Th. 144, 19. Hié ðæt ófstum miclum ræfndon, Judth. Thw. 21, 9; Jud. l1. Ræfn elne ðis, ðæt ðú nǽfre fǽcne weorð freónde ðínum, Exon.
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ge-hlinian
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L. 17, 7. of; things, to rest, lie Ðám godwebbe ðióstro ne magon cxxtigum míla neáh gehleonian darkness cannot lie within a hundred and twenty miles of that curtain . Sal. K. 152, 20
on-beran
To diminish, enfeeble, impair, destroy
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Wæs ðam báncofan neáh geþrungen breósthord onboren wæs se blíða gǽst fús on forþweg disease pressed the body hard, the mind was enfeebled, the glad spirit was eager for departure, Exon. Th. 158, 29; Gú. 917.
neahhige
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Ús neahge wearð gecýðed hú Gúðlác his in Godes willan mód gerehte, Gú. 64. Add
hǽmed-þing
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Add: with no sense of criminality Þes bisceop sǽde... ꝥ hé nǽfre on his lífe ne cóme neáh wífe þurh hǽmedþing, ac heóld his clǽnnysse, Hml. S. 3, 204.
deáhl
Dark, secret ⬩ obscūrus, secrētus
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Dark, secret; obscūrus, secrētus Ðære deáhlan neahte of the dark night, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 13
niht-wacu
A night-watch
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A night-watch Mec oft bigeat nearo nihtwaco æt nacan stefnan, Exon. Th. 306, 13; Seef. 7
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Bráden
broad, open, spacious ⬩ vallis, locus silvestris ⬩ BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ⬩ silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi
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BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ; silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Hie cómon to Creccageláde, and fóron ðǽr ofer Temese, and námon, ǽgðer ge on Brádene, ge ðǽr ymbútan, eall ðæt hie gehentan mehton they came to Cricklade, and there they went
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wilder
A wild beast
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A wild beast þan deoren,and duden of þan wilden al heora willa, Laym. 1129. At þe fyrst quethe of þe quest quaked þe wylde, Gaw. 1150. Went we to wod the wilde for to cacchne. Destr. Tr. 2347. Þurh ðæs wildres ( the panther's ) mflð, Exon. Th. 358, 10
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stoppa
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'The holy-water stoppe was a vessel containing holy-water placed near the entrance of a church, and was sometimes made of lead' Stoppa situla, Wrt. Voc. i. 25, 10 : bona (?)
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be-nemnan
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L. 9, 9, to appoint, settle On þám mónðe hý bleóton á; ꝥ is þæt hý betǽhton and benemdon (-nemn-don, v.l.) hyra deófolgyldum þá neát þá þe hý woldon syllan, Mart. H. 198, II.
rót
glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ noble, excellent
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Se yela swá hé oftor on ðære fandunge ábrýð, swá hé forcúðra biþ, and deófle neár, óþ ðæt hé færþ of ðisum lífe tó ðam écan wíte, Homl. Th. i. 268, 26-31. Drihten cwæþ, ðæt wé sind miccle róttran ðonne ða fugelas (cf.
weax
Wax
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Swá weax melteþ, gif hit byð wearmum neáh fýre gefæstnad sicut cera liquefacta, Ps. Th. 57, 7: 67, 2: Exon. Th. 61, 23; Cri. 989. Swá swá eles gecynd bið ðæt hé beorhtor scíneþ þonne wex on sceafte, Blickl. Homl. 129, 1.
gader-tang
Contiguous, conjoint, in contact or connexion ⬩ continuous
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Se maga biþ neáh þǽre heortan . . . and geadortenge (connected with) þám bræg[en]e, 176, 3. of non-material things, continuous Sóþe lufe gædertange hæbbende caritatem continuam habentes, Scint. 1, 4.