ge-risenlic
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Ðeáh ðe ful monige mid gerisenlicum weorcum (honesta actione) árísen from eorðan, 157, 8. v. un-gerisenlic
þǽr
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D. 148, 17. (1 b) marking place in a series :-- Sume úre ðéningbéc onginnað on Aduentum Domini; nis ðeáh þǽr for ðý ðæs geáres ord, Hml. Th. i. 98, 27. 1.
róf
Valiant ⬩ stout ⬩ strong
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Ðeáh hé (róf síe níþgeweorca, 1369; B. 682. Rófne randwígan restan lyste, 3590; B. 1793. Fýrdraca rǽsde on ðone rófan, 5373; B. 2690. Hæleþas heardmóde, rófe rincas ( the fallen angels ), Cd. Th. 19, 4; Gen. 286.
scegð
A light, swift vessel
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Eáðre mé þincþ ðeáh myd scéðþe on lande tó farande, ðonne mé þynce mid ðám eágum bútan ðære gesceádwísnesse ǽnigne creft tó geleornianne, Shrn. 175, 11-15. Scehð liburnam, navim, Hpt. Gl. 406, 51.
fácen-ful
Deceitful, crafty ⬩ fraudŭlentus, dŏlōsus
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Deceitful, crafty; fraudŭlentus, dŏlōsus Se fácenfulla [MS. fakenfulla] fægere word sprecþ the deceitful man speaks fair words, Basil admn. 5; Norm. 46, 5. Múþ ðæs fácenfullan ofer me geopened is os dŏlōsi sŭper me ăpertum est, Ps. Lamb. 108, 2. Fram
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nefne
Unless ⬩ except ⬩ Except
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Ðæt unc ne gedǽlde nemne deáþ ána ówiht elles, Exon. Th. 442, 34; Kl. 23 : Andr. Kmbl. 1327; An. 664. Grammar nefne, prep. Except Nemne feáum ánum, Beo. Th. 2167; B. 1081
á-bǽdan
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Ys fíra ǽnig ðára ðe . . . an man áge deáð ábǽde, ǽr se dæg cyme is there any man whom death can claim before the appointed day comes? (? the passage seems corrupt), Sal. 478
ÆPPEL
an APPLE ⬩ fruit generally ⬩ malum ⬩ pomum ⬩ what is round as an apple ⬩ the apple of the eye ⬩ a ball ⬩ bolus ⬩ pill ⬩ quidvis globosum ⬩ pupilla ⬩ globus ⬩ bolus ⬩ pilula
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Æppel unsǽlga, deáþ-beámes ofet the unblest apple, fruit of the tree of death, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 10; Gen. 637. Ða reádan appla the red apples; mala Punica, Past. 15, 5; MS. Hat. 19b, 28.
gæst
a GUEST ⬩ hospes ⬩ sŏcius ⬩ a stranger ⬩ an enemy ⬩ vir aliēnĭgĕnus ⬩ hostis
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Hwonne gæst cume to dúrum mínum, him biþ ðeáþ witod when a stranger comes to my doors, death is decreed to him, Exon. 104 b; Th. 396, 26; Rä. 16, 10
hell-heort
Faint-hearted
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For ðám egsan þæs engles ansýnes þá weardas wǽron áfǽrede and hellheorte, and efne swá forhte gewordene swá heó deáde wǽron, Nap. 37
smeoru-mangestre
A butter-woman, woman who deals in butter and cheese
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A butter-woman, woman who deals in butter and cheese Smeremangestre que mangonant in caseo et butiro L. Eth. iv. 2; Th. i. 301, 5
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for-demman
To shut or dam up ⬩ obtūrāre
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To shut or dam up; obtūrāre Swá swá nædran deáfe, and fordemmende eáran heora sīcut aspĭdis surdæ, et obtūrantis aures suas, Ps. Spl. T. 57, 4
ancor
An anchor ⬩ ancora
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An anchor; ancora Ðín ancor is git on eorþan fæst thine anchor is yet fast in the earth, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 5. On ancre fæst fast at anchor, Beo. Th. 611; B. 303. On ancre rád rode at anchor, 3771; B. 1883. Ða ancras the anchors, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 10, 13:
un-lifigende
Not living ⬩ dead ⬩ defunct
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Not living, dead, defunct Unlifigendes fét and folma, Beo. Th. 1492; B. 744. Heáfod Holofernus unlyfigendes, Judth. Thw. 24, 9; Jud. 180. Unlifgendes, Elen. Kmbl. 1754; El. 879. Siteþ eorl ofer óðrum unlifigendum ( Beowulf ), Beo.
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ge-cígnes
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Ofer mínre gecígnesse þú gesettest ealle þíne apostolas tó mínre byrgenne on the occasion of my call (when the time of my death was announced to me), thou didst appoint all thy apostles to attend my burial (cf.
M
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The form of the rune accompanying the Runic poem is ᛗ Kmbl. plate 16, fig. 11, and the verse attached to it the following Man byþ on myrgþe Men will be cheerful, his mágan leóf dear to their friends, sceal ðeáh ánra gehwylc shall yet each one óðrum swícan
feorh-bealo
Life-bale ⬩ mortal affliction ⬩ deadly evil ⬩ vītæ mălum ⬩ lētāle mălum
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Life-bale, mortal affliction, deadly evil; vītæ mălum, lētāle mălum Gúþdeáþ fornam, feorhbealo frécne, fyra gehwylcne leóda mínra war-death, a cruel life-bale, has taken every man of my people, Beo. Th. 4492; B. 2250.
mere-streám
A sea-stream ⬩ the sea ⬩ water of the sea
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Merestreám ne dear ofer eorþan sceát eard gebrǽdan (cf. sǽ, Bt. Fox 74, 26), Bt. Met. Fox 11, 130; Met. 11, 65: 20, 228; Met. 20, 114. Óþ merestreámas unto the waters of the sea, Cd. 199; Th. 247, 27; Dan. 503: Bt. Met. Fox 28, 65; Met. 28, 33.
neáh-lǽcan
To draw nigh ⬩ approach
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Deáþ neálǽcte, 170, 16; Gú. 1112. Hé neálǽhte accessit, Gen. 27; 27. On ðære tíde ðe neálǽhte niðða bearnum, Cd. Th. 77, 32; Gen. 1284 : Judth. Thw. 21, 25; Jud. 34. Hí neáhlǽhton tó ðære ceastre adpropinquantes civitati; Bd. 1, 25; S. 487; 21.
stræclíce
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Hwílum líðelíce tó ðreátigenne hwílum suíðlíce and stræclíce tó ðráfianne aliquando leniter arguenda, aliquando autem vehementer increpanda, 21, 1 ; Swt. 151, 12. violently, forcibly Swá swá deáð streclíce ásyndraþ sáwle fram lícham*-*an ealswá lufu