wuldor-cyning
The king of glory ⬩ the Deity
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Fáh wið wuldorcyning, Exon. Th. 364, 7 ; Wal. 67
smedema
Fine flour, meal
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Mid hwǽtes smedeman with the fat of kidneys of wheat (A. V.); cum medulla tritici: cf. óþ smedeman ad medullam Hpt. Gl. 410, 28. Ðá hláfas wǽron berene. Bere is swíðe earfoþe tó gearcigenne, and ðeáhhwæðere fét ðone mann, ðonne hé gearo biþ.
cringan
To yield ⬩ CRINGE ⬩ fall ⬩ perish ⬩ die ⬩ occumbere ⬩ mori
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To yield, CRINGE, fall, perish, die; occumbere, mori Sume on wæl crungon some had fallen in the slaughter Beo. Th. 2231; B. 1113. Hí sceoldon begen crincgan on wælstówe they should both fall on the battle-field Byrht. Th. 140, 23; By. 292; Andr.
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smicer
Fair, fine, beautiful, elegant ⬩ elegans, delicatus
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Fair, fine, beautiful, elegant Smicre elegans, loquax Txts. 59, 737: elegans Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 22. Smicerre ansíne eleganti forma 30, 26. Smicere leóþe carmine rithmico 23, 24.
efn-éðe
Equally easy ⬩ æque făcĭlis
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Equally easy; æque făcĭlis Is efnéðe up and of dúne to feallanne foldan ðisse it is equally easy for this earth to fall up and down, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 333; Met. 20, 167
wlita
face ⬩ countenance ⬩ beauty
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face, countenance Hleór vel wlita frons, wlitan frontes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 4-5. beauty Wlitan (or from wlitu? Similar entries v. wlite) decore (in pulcherrimo pubertatis decore, Ald. 71), Hpt. Gl. 520, 22
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hind-cealf
A fawn
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A fawn Hindcealf hinnulus, Ælfc. Gl. 19; Som. 59, 26; Wrt. Voc. 22, 67: 78, 29. [Halliw. Dict. hind-calf, a hind of the first year: O. H. Ger. hrat-kalb hinnulus, damma, dammula. ]
up-riht
upright ⬩ erect ⬩ lying with the face turned upwards.
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Th. i. 276, 4. lying with the face turned upwards. Upriht ástreht supinus, Hpt. Gl. 457, 33
frum-talu
First words of witnesses ⬩ first accusation ⬩ prīma testium dicta ⬩ prīma delāta
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First words of witnesses, first accusation; prīma testium dicta, prīma delāta We willaþ ðæt frumtalu fæste stande we will that first words of witnesses stand fast, L. N. P. L. 67; Th. ii. 302, 6
æt-slídan
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Add: To slip up, fall Ætslád se hálga wer on ðám grádum swá þæt hé forneán eal wearð tócwýsed, Hml. Th. ii. 512, 10. Þá ætslídendan (printed -slidan) beheald labentes respice , Hy. S. 7, 13
ge-byrd
birth ⬩ origin ⬩ beginning ⬩ parentage ⬩ family ⬩ lineage ⬩ nativitas ⬩ origo ⬩ stirps ⬩ genus ⬩ nature ⬩ quality ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ natura ⬩ qualitas ⬩ conditio ⬩ sors ⬩ fatum
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Be ðam gebyrdum concerning parentage, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 19. nature [what a man is natu by birth, or to what he is natus born], quality, state, condition, lot, fate; natura, qualitas, conditio, sors, fatum God ána wát ymb ðæs fugles gebyrd God alone
fæste
fast, firmly ⬩ fixe, firme ⬩ fastly, quickly ⬩ cĕlĕrĭter
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fast, firmly; fixe, firme Sceát he mid his spere ðæt hit sticodefæste on ðam hearge he shot with his spear that it stuck fast in the temple, Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 12. Cd. 8; Th. 10, 14; Gen. 156: Jos. 6, 1.
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fyl
A fall ⬩ ruin ⬩ ⬩ cāsus ⬩ intĕrĭtus
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A fall, ruin, ; cāsus, intĕrĭtus Hy ðam feore fyl gehéhton they threatened destruction to his life, Exon. 40 b; Th. 135, 7; Gú. 520: Byrht. Th. 133, 57; By. 71: 139, 35; By. 264
burg-riht
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Substitute: Town-right, law in a town Ne sceall hé ( the bishop ) geþafian ǽnig unriht ... ac hit gebyreð ꝥ be his rǽde fare ǽghwilc lahriht, ge burhriht ge landriht, Ll. Th. ii. 312, 20
hreósend-lic
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Add: ready to fall. v. hreósan; Hreósendlice cassabundum, i. corruendum (stipitem ), An. Ox. 2237. v. hreósan; Hreósendlic cassabundus, i. corruendus (in tartarum ), An. Ox. 686. v. hreósan; Hreósendlicum scúrum ruituris imbribus, An. Ox. 3973
segnung
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Benedictus áþenede his handa and áwrát Crístes róde tácn, and ꝥ fæt mid þǽre ylcan sénunge hé tóbræc extensa manu Benedictus signum crucis edidit, et vas eodem signo rupit, Gr. D. 105, 4. Add
on-slápan
To sleep, fall asleep
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To sleep, fall asleep Heó hwón onslép, forðon ðe heó wæs on ðære sǽ swíðe geswenced, Shrn. 60, 17. Andreas ásette his heáfod ofer ǽnne his discipula and hé onslép, Blickl. Homl. 235, 13
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gilp
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Bið wén láðlicre scome . . . geótende gielp there will be chance of foul shame, good fame will befalling Fä. 41. Gítsung gilpes, Met. 7, 15. Gelpes, 10, 13. Gif ic wiste hú wið þám áglǽcan elles meahte gylpe ( with glory ) wiðgrípan, B. 2521.
bǽran
To bear ⬩ bear oneself ⬩ ferre ⬩ transferre
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To bear, bear oneself; ferre, transferre He ne geþafode, ðæt ǽnig man ǽnig fæt þurh ðæt templ bǽre, Mk. Bos. 11, 16; he suffride not, that ony man schulde bere a vessel thurȝ the temple, Wyc
bi-hlǽnan
acclinando circumdare
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To surround or beset by leaning anything against another; acclinando circumdare Lǽmen fæt wudu-beámum, holte bihlǽnan [bilænan MS.] an earthen vessel with forest trees, with wood beset, Exon. 74 a; Th. 277, 7; Jul. 577
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