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
hólian
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Goth. af-hólón in Lk. 19, 8]. cf. hélan
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 entries: un-forworht for-worhta
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.
neowol-ness
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Under þám ylcan eáhþyrle geonode mycclu neolnes (niwelnes, v.l. ), 159, 25. of the lower regions Seó grániende neowelnys and seó forglendrede hell, Wlfst. 187, l. Þá átuge míne sáwle of neolnessum ( ab inferis), Ps. Th. 29, 2
rómian
with gen. To strive after
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To strive after Is ðes ænga stede (hell) ungelíc swíðe ðam óðrum ðe wé ǽr cúðon on heofonríce ... ðeáh wé hine for ðam Alwealdan ágan ne móston rómigan úres ríces though we are prevented by the Almighty from possessing our former place and from striving
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
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
ge-fultumend
A helper
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A helper Ðú eart mín alýsend, and mín gefultumend liberator meus, adjutor meus, Ps. Th. 17, 2
Linked entry: fultumend
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
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
A place where a meeting (v. þing, II)is held
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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 Cf. tó Bethania þeóden his þegna gedryht gelaðade; hý ðæs láreówes word ne gehyrwdon, hyra sincgiefan
heolra
The scale of a balance ⬩ a balance[?]
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Similar entries v. helur-blæd, heoloran
Linked entry: holor
ge-fultuma
A helper ⬩ adjūtor
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A helper; adjūtor Driht gefultuma mín and alýsend mín Dŏmĭne adjūtor meus et redemptor meus, Ps. Spl. 18, 16
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scyltumend
A helper
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A helper Drihten is mín scyltumend and mín gescyldend Dominus adjutor meus et protector meus, Ps. Th. 27, 8
ge-fetian
To fetch ⬩ bring ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ accīre ⬩ afferre
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He of helle húþe gefette sáwla manega he from hell fetched spoils, many souls, Hy. 10, 30; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 30 : Gen. 24, 11. Ða men of Lundenbyrig gefetodon ða scipu the men of London brought away the ships, Chr. 896; Erl. 94, 17.
hæft-níd
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. ¶ with gen. of person or thing by which one is held captive Hé mancynn of deófles hæftnýde álýsde, Ll. Lbmn. 413, 6. Of deófles onwalde and of helle hæftnéde, Bl. H. 87, 13.
Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd
þeóstre
Dark ⬩ without light ⬩ of absence of spiritual or mental light, or of cheerfulness
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In ðam þýstran hám (hell), in ðam neólan scræfe, Exon. Th. 283, 21; Jul. 683. Þýstre land (hell) Cd. Th. 46, 1; Gen. 737. Sume ðara ðýstra gásta quidam spirituum obscurorum, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 40. Þeóstrum nihtum, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 28.
ge-fremman
To promote ⬩ perfect ⬩ perform ⬩ commit
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Ðás ongunnenan ðing ðurh Godes fultum gefremmaþ perform the things begun with God's help, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 4. Swá hwæt swá he on mycclum gyltum gefremede whatsoever he bath committed in great sins, Blickl, Homl. 107, 14 : 189, 22.