heard-lic
bold ⬩ warlike ⬩ resolute ⬩ stern ⬩ dire ⬩ grievous ⬩ harsh ⬩ severe ⬩ pitiless
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Heardlic eornost and wíslic wærscipe and stydefætst módstaþol . . . bið witena gehwilcum weorðlicre micle, þonne hé his wísan fágige tó swíðe, Ll. Th. ii. 318, 37. hard to bear, dire, grievous.
on-styrian
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Ic wæs swîðe mid hleahtre onstyred magno risu sum dissolutus, Nar. 19, 7.
þanc
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Add Mé is swíðe mycel þanc þæt þú mé gehátst. Solil. H. 26, 11. <b>III c.</b> add :-- Þis is mé on þance gratias agimus, Gr. D. 203, 9.
rihtlíce
rightly, justly, with justice or quity ⬩ rightly, in a manner which suits the circumstances of a case ⬩ rightly, in accordance with rules or regulations, regularly ⬩ rightly as regards conduct
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Him getímode swíðe rihtlíce ðæt hí mid hiora árleásan hláforde ealle forwurdon, Homl. Th. i. 88, 30.
rúm
roomy, spacious, ample, extensive ⬩ roomy, open, unencumbered. ⬩ long, extended ⬩ ample, great, liberal ⬩ unrestricted, clear, free from conditions ⬩ lax ⬩ ample, far-reaching ⬩ liberal. ⬩ great, noble, august
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Ðære sunnan ryne is swíðe rúm, and ðæs mónan ryne is swíðe nearo, Lchdm. iii. 248, 7. Rúme ríce a realm far-reaching, Cd. Th. 254, 13; Dan. 611. Rúmes spatiosae, ampli, Hpt. G1. 434, 45 : 493, 29.
searu
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Ðá funde hé swíðe yfel geþeaht and searwa ymb hira líf contra eorum vitam consilium praebuit, Past. 54, 4; Swt. 423, 15. Gif hwá ofsleá his ðone néhstan þurh searwa, L. Alf. 13 ; Th. i. 48, 1: Blickl. Homl. 83, 33.
hraþe
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Ðá gecýðde hé swíðe hræðe æfter ðǽm paulo post adjunxit, 465, 18. Sume hé bereáfaþ hiora welan swíðe hraþe þæs ðe hí ǽrest gesǽlige weorþaþ some he strips of their wealth very soon after they have begun to be fortunate, Bt. 39, 11; F. 228, 22.
ge-neahhe
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Is úre sáwl swíðe gefylled mid edwite oft and geneahhe, and ús oferhýdige forseóð oft and gelóme, Ps. Th. 122, 5. Sendan swíðe geneahhe ofer waðema gebind wérigne sefan, Wand. 56.
lácan
to swing ⬩ wave about ⬩ to play ⬩ fight ⬩ to play
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to swing, wave about, move as a ship does on the waves, as a bird does in its flight, as flames do Ic láce mid winde I wave about with the wind, Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 17; Rä. 31, 1.
emne
Equally, even, exactly, precisely, just ⬩ æquālĭter, æque, omnīno
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Equally, even, exactly, precisely, just; æquālĭter, æque, omnīno Sió sunne and se móna habbaþ todǽled betwuht him ðone dæg and ða niht swíðe emne the sun and the moon have divided the day and the night very equally between them, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234,
hrace
The throat
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Swille ða hracan let him swill the throat, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 27. Stinge him on ða hracan ðæt hé máge spíwan, 1, 18; Lchdm. ii. 62, 12. Hire man bestang sweord on ða hracan, Shrn. 56, 14.
leahtrian
impeach ⬩ accuse ⬩ blame ⬩ revile ⬩ reproach ⬩ to corrupt ⬩ vitiate
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Man godfyrhte lehtreþ ealles tó swíðe godfearing men are reviled far too much, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 110, 163. Ða ðe ða tída úres cristendómes leahtriaþ hi qui de temporibus Christianis murmurant, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 62, 33.
mann-líca
A human form ⬩ image of a man ⬩ statue
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Twegen manlícan ( images in the sick man's eyes of the observer ) beóþ on mannes eágum; gif ðú ða ne gesihst, ðonne swilt se man, and biþ gewiten ǽr þrím dagum, Salm. Kmbl. p. 206, 11. v. Grmm. D. M. 1133
be-stelan
To steal away or upon ⬩ fugere, obrepere
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Ðá he nihtes on ungearwe hí on bestæl, and hí swíðe forslóh and fordyde then he stole upon them unawares by night, and grievously slew and destroyed them, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 33.
un-sceþþig
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Culfran sind swíðe unscæððige fuglas, i. 142, 8. Hí ða deór swá getemedon, ðæt hí mid him unscæððige ( harmless ) wunodon, ii. 492, 14. Betwuh ðám unscæððigum inter innocentes, Ps. Th. 25, 6: Homl. Th. i. 88, 33
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be-swápan
to sweep ⬩ to wrap up ⬩ cover up
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Hé bií besuápen mid swíðe wlitige ofer-brǽdelse on bǽm sculdrum quanta in utroque humero superhumeralis pulchritudine tegatur, 21
ece
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Beþe tó fýre swíðe þone ece, 70, 4. Ne sceal mon þisne drincan sellan on foreweardne ( in the early stage of ) þone ece and þá ádle, ac ymb fela nihta, 256, 19. Hé mid sáre geswenced bið, mid mislicum ecum, Bl.
ge-libban
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L. 10, 28. trans. to have as part of one's life, to experience Ne ondrǽd ðú ðé deáð tó swíðe; ne geleofað man náht miriges ðá hwíle ðe mon deáð ondrǽt life hath no mirth while death is feared, Prov.
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ge-belgan
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III in Dict.)swíðe eorlíce wið hire sunu, Cht. Th. 337, 24. Hié hié gebulgon indignatione permoti, Ors. 2, 8 ; S. 92, 11. construction uncertain. of persons Hé wæs swýþe gebolgen for þǽre smerenesse, Bl. H. 75, 21.
hordere
A treasurer, steward, chamberlain ⬩ treasurer
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Cynges hordera oððe úra geréfena swilc, L. Ath. 1, 3; Th. i. 200, 23, see note. Nán man ne hwyrfe nánes yrfes bútan ðæs geréfan gewitnesse ... oððe ðæs horderes, 9; Th. i. 204, 19