þrostle
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Add: — Sum swýþe sweart and lytel fugel, sé is on folcisc þrostle geháten nigra parvaque avis, quae vulgo merula nominaiur, Gr. D. 100, 19
-swara
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a swearer
weder-candel
The candle of the open air, the sun
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The candle of the open air, the sun Wedercandel swearc, Andr. Kmbl. 744; An. 372. Wedercondel wearm weorodum lýhteþ, Exon. Th. 210, 17; Ph. 187
ofer-geþyld
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On helle bið fýr sweart and unádwǽscedlic, and ðǽr bið cele and brene and broga, áttor and ofergeþyld, Sal. K. 84, 24
Linked entry: ge-þyldo
wæter-steal
Standing water, a pool
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Standing water, a pool Ðǽr synd unmǽte móras, hwílon sweart wætersteal, hwílon fúle eáríþas yrnende sometimes black stagnant water, sometimes foul streams running, Guthl. 3;Gdwin. 20, 5
dwolma
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Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw and dwolma sweart tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 106: Wlfst 137, 10. Dwolma cahus ( = chaos, Lk. 16, 26), Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 65: 17, 56. Dwolman (in antiquum) chaos, An.
sumsende
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humming, sounding (of falling rain) Hí ( the storm-clouds ) feallan lǽtaþ sweart sumsendu (suinsendu? v. swinsian) seáw of bósme, wǽtan of wontbe, Exon. Th. 385, 19; Rä. 4, 47
a-swerian
To swear ⬩ jurare
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To swear; jurare Ðæs deópne áþ Drihten aswór juravit Dominus veritatem, Ps. Th. 131, 11. Ðæt he hine for hóle ǽr ne aswóre non frustrabitur eam, 131, 11
racu
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, cloud, storm Ic wille ǽhta and ágend eall ácwellan ða beútan beóþ earce bordum ðonne sweart racu ( the black clouds that overspread the sky at the Deluge ) stígan onginneþ, Cd. Th. 81, 34; Gen. 1355
ge-þuxian
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To grow dark, get obscured by clouds Bið eac úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, swíþe geþuxsað (and swíþe geþuhsod, Wlfst. 137, 9), deorc and dimhíw tristius et coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 105
ebbian
To ebb ⬩ recēdĕre, refluĕre
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To ebb; recēdĕre, refluĕre Will-flód ongan lytligan eft, lago ebbade sweart under swegle the well-flood began again to lessen, the water ebbed dark under the firmament, Cd. 71; Th. 85, 12; Gen. 1413
-mǽre
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Swearm þá mæran mǽdo bereáfað examen amoena prata popiilatur, 137
ge-ǽþan
to make oath concerning, confirm by oath ⬩ to administer an oath to, swear
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Th. ii. 296, 9), and to the validity of which he was not to swear (falsely)), Ll. Th. ii. 258, 4. to administer an oath to, swear a person
ǽr-woruld
The former world ⬩ pristinus mundus
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The former world; pristinus mundus Ðonne weorþeþ sunne sweart gewended, on blódes hiw, seó ðe beorhte scán ofer ǽrworuld then the sun shall be turned swart, to hue of blood, which shone brightly over the former world, Exon. 21b; Th. 58, 17; Cri. 937
salu-pád
Dark-coated
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Dark-coated Ða sind blace swíde, swearte, salopáde, Exon. Th. 439, i; Rä. 58, 3
ísig
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On ðǽm clife hangodan on ðǽm ísgean bearwum manige swearte sáula be heora handum gebundne, Bl. H. 209, 35. Add
wann-fýr
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Lurid fire Wonfýres wælm, se swearta líg lurid fire's glow, the dark flame, Exon. Th. 60, 7; Cri. 966
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sac
Accused, charged, guilty
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Accused, charged, guilty Swerian ðæt hig nellan nǽnne sacleásan man forsecgean ne nǽnne sacne forhelan let them swear that they will not bring a charge against an innocent man, nor conceal one who is justly charged, L. Eth. iii. 3; Th. i. 294, 5
fnæd
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Þone munuc sum sweart cniht teáh út be þám fnæde his hrægles (per vestimenii fimbriam), Gr. D. in, 28: Hml. Th. ii. 160, 23. Heó hrepode his reáfes fnædu, 394, 12. Fnæda, Hml. 8, 31, 570. Sume heora fnada (fimbrias) gemiccliaþ, R. Ben. 135, 26. Add
hreów-cearig
Troubled ⬩ anxious ⬩ sorrowful
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Troubled, anxious, sorrowful Hreðer innan swearc hyge hreówcearig his soul grew dark within, his mind distressed, Exon. 48 a; Th. 165, 9; Gú. 1026: 73 b; Th. 274, 21; Jul. 536: Rood Kmbl. 49; Kr. 25.