mere
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Add: the female of the horse Þ mǽden wæs swá forbroden swylce heó án myre wǽre, Hml. S. 21. 475. Gif man of myran folan ádrífð, Ll.
ge-witan
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Hió wolde gewitan ( dignoscere ) mid hire eárum æt his nosþyrlum hweþer ǽnig líflic oroð him inne wǽre, 276, 16
weald-leðer
A rein
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Heó wæs on gyldenum scryd, and æt ðam wǽron gyldene hors, and on ðám wǽron ða wealdleðer swá up getíged, swá swá hig urnon tó heofenum up, Shrn. 156, 12.
castel-men
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Castle-men; castellani Ða castelmen ðe wǽron on Engla lande him togeánes cómon [MS. comen] the castle-men who were in England came against him, Chr. 1075; Erl. 213, 18
biliþ
An image, a representation, resemblance, likeness, pattern, example ⬩ imago, effigies
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An image, a representation, resemblance, likeness, pattern, example; imago, effigies Biliþe wǽron eorlas Ebréa the men were the images [likenesses] of the Hebrews, Cd. 187; Th. 232, 7, note a
stán-cræftiga
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A skilled worker in stone Ðæt wǽron .iiii. stáncræftigan ... and nǽron náne óðre him gelíce; hý gesénodon ǽlce morgen heora íserngelóman, and ðonne nǽron hý ná tóbrocene, Shrn. 146, 13
þungenness
Excellence ⬩ virtue
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Excellence, virtue Mid hú monigum médum mín fæder and mín móder mé [wǽron] biddende, ðæt ic forléte míne (ge-?) þungenesse ( the speaker wished to become a monk ), Shrn. 36, 26
woffung
Raving ⬩ blasphemy
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Ðás word wǽron geþúhte beforan him swá woffung (deliramentum), Lk. Skt. 24, II. Hwæt is ðes ðe sprycþ woffunga (blasphemia), 5, 21
blíþ-nes
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Hié mid micelre blíðnesse þæt wín drincende wǽron, Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 17. Add
ge-tintregian
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Hí ætforan mannum getintregode wǽron, Hml. Th. i. 544, 4
Linked entry: tin-tregian
á-þerscan
to thresh out
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to thresh out Sum tún wæs þe ǽlce geáré wæs áwést þurh hagol, swá ꝥ heora æceras ǽr wǽron áþroxene ǽr ǽnig ryftere ꝥ gerip gaderode, Hml. S. 31, 1217
em-sárig
Equally sorry ⬩ æque tristis
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Equally sorry; æque tristis Hí woldon ðæt ða óðre wíf wǽran emsárige heom they wished the other women to be equally sorry with themselves. Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 1
Linked entry: emn-sárig
un-sigefæst
Not victorious ⬩ unsuccessful
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Not victorious, unsuccessful Ða ðe God wurðodon sigefæste wǽron symle on gefeohte; ða ðe fram Gode bugon tó bysmorfullum hæðenscype wurdon gescynde and á unsigefæste, Homl. Skt. i. 18, 44
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eár-hring
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Wǽron þá eáran him þurhþyrelode and eárhringas on hongedon of mænigfealdan gimcynne geworhte perforatis auribus, ex quibus uniones dependebant, Nar. 26, 31. Add
hirde-cnapa
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And þá hyrdecnapan . . . ymbe ꝥ wǽron, Hml S. 23, 417-421
snáw-hwít
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Geseah hé mycele weorud swylce on gangdagon, and þá wǽron ealle mid snáwhwítum reáfe gescrýdde, Vis. Lfc. 12. Wé habbað cynehelmas. . . snáwhwíte swá swá lilie, Hml. S. 34, 115. Add
burg-ræced
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A city-dwelling, house surrounded by a wall or rampart of earth; urbanæ ædes, circumvallata domus Beorht wǽron burgræced bright were the city-dwellings, Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 9; Ruin. 22
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cynde
Natural, innate, inborn ⬩ naturalis, innatus, ingenitus
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Natural, innate, inborn; naturalis, innatus, ingenitus Cniht weóx and þág swá him cynde wǽron the boy waxed and thrived as to him was natural, Cd. 132; Th. 167, 26; Gen. 2771
þrýþ-word
A brave word ⬩ noble speech
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A brave word, noble speech Ðá wæs eft swá ǽr (cf. word wǽron wynsume, 1228; B. 612) inne on healle þrýðword sprecen, ðeód on sǽlum, sigefolca swég, Beo. Th. 1290; 643
ýþ-gebland
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Wǽron ýðgebland eal gefǽlsod, eácne eardas, 3244; B. 1620