súþ-weard
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Southward, south Þæt þridde heáfodríce wæs þæt Affricanum, and on súðweardum, Ors. 2, 1; S. 60, 4. v. súþe-weard
wiht
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Hæfð Ælfréd gehaldene Herewinne on ǽghwelcre wihte ðæs ð hió an geworden wæs, C. D. B. ii. 46, 29. Add
winter-getæl
A number of years
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A number of years Ða ágán wæs winter-geteles (-tæl-,v. l.) seofon and twéntig, Chr. 973; Erl. 124, 22
ofer-froren
frozen over
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frozen over Ðá wæs Donua seó eá swíðe oferfroren, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 208, 1: 1, 1; Swt. 21, 17
on-unwísdóm
Folly, ignorance
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Folly, ignorance Ic wæs unwísum nétenum gelíc geworden. Ac ðú Drihten onunwísdómes ne wes ðú gemyndig, Blickl. Homl. 89, 10
béc-rǽding
Reading of books
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Reading of books Se biscop in bécrǽdinge (bóca rǽdinge,v. l. lectioni) geornfull wæs, Bd. 4, 3; Sch. 354, 15
Linked entry: bóc-rǽding
æt-rihte
Rightly or justly at ⬩ near ⬩ at hand ⬩ almost ⬩ pæne ⬩ haud multum abest quin
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Wæs him endedógor ætryhte his final day was near, Exon. 49 b; Th. 171, 12; Gú. 1125: 47a; Th. 162, 4; Gú. 970
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dyrodine
Scarlet dye or colour ⬩ coccus = κόκκos
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Scarlet dye or colour; coccus = κόκκos On ðæs sacerdes hrægle wæs dyrodine twegera bleó on the priest's raiment there was twice-dyed scarlet, Past. 14, 6; Hat. MS. 18 b, 1.
Linked entry: derodine
hwem-dragen
Sloping
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Sloping, not perpendicular Wæs ðæt ilce hús hwemdragen nalas æfter gewunan mennisces weorces ðæt ða wagas wǽron rihte ac git swíðor on scræfes onlícnesse ðæt wæs æteówed that same house had sloping walls, not at all after the custom of men's work so
wirpan
To recover
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Sóna ic wæs wyrpende and mé sél wæs statim melius habere incipio, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 34. Ðá sóna gefélde ic mé b[e]ótiende and wyrpende (batiende and werpende, Bd. M. 404, 1) confestim me melius habere sentirem, 5, 6; S. 620, 12
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eálá
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Eálá reówlic tíd wæs þæs geáres, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 26. Eálá hú leás is þysses middaneardes wela, 219, 6. Eálá men þá leófestan, mycel wæs þes ǽrendwreca, Bl. H. 9, 12. Eáwlá, Ps. Srt. 117, 25. Add
ge-cwedrǽden
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Hé oferbræc heora gecwedrǽdenne, þæt wæs ꝥ hié hæfdon gecweden þæt ..., 108, 8. Add
sceanca
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Add Gyf þú hosa habban wylle, þonne stríc þú uppweard on þinum sceancum mid þínum twám handum, Tech. ii. 127, 13. add: a leg His scanca (þeóh, v. l. coxa) wæs tóbrocen, ꝥ ꝥ bán wæs tódǽled on twá stycca, Gr. D. 81, 26.
beadu-rǽs
A battle-rush ⬩ onset ⬩ pugnæ impetus
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A battle-rush, onset; pugnæ impetus Biter wæs se beadurǽs the onset was bitter, Byrht. Th. 134, 68; By. 111
engel-líc
Angelic ⬩ angĕlĭcus
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Angelic; angĕlĭcus He ge-earnode ðæt he wæs brúcende engellícregesihþe angĕlĭca mĕruit vīsīone perfrui. Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 13
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fíf-flére
Five-floored ⬩ five-storied ⬩ quinque tăbŭlātis constans
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Five-floored, five-storied; quinque tăbŭlātis constans Se arc wæs fífflére the ark was five-floored, Boutr. Scrd. 21, 6
freónd-laðu
A friendly invitation ⬩ invītātio fămĭliāris
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A friendly invitation; invītātio fămĭliāris Him wæs freóndlaðu bewægned a friendly invitation was offered him, Beo. Th. 2389; B. 1192
Linked entry: laðu
freoðo-leás
Peaceless ⬩ pāce cărens
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Peaceless; pāce cărens Swylc wæs ðæs folces freoðoleás tácen such was the people's peaceless token, Andr. Kmbl. 58; An. 29
in-weorud
a household
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A band of domestics or courtiers, a household ÐDæt wæs innweorud Earmanríces, Exon. 86 b ; Th. 325, 13; Víd. 111
giestron
yesterday ⬩ hesterus
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yesterday; hesterus Ic giestron wæs acenned I was yesterday brought forth, Exon. 111 a; Th. 426, 24; Rä. 41, 44