eácen-cræftig
Exceedingly strong ⬩ vălĭdus, pollens, ingens
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Exceedingly strong; vălĭdus, pollens, ingens Wæs ðæt yrfe eácencræftig that heritage was exceedingly strong, Beo. Th. 6095; B. 3051: 4549; B. 2280
ná-hwanon
From nowhere
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From nowhere Sió his gesǽlþ him náhwonan útane ne com, ac wæs simle on him selfum, Bt. 34. 7; Fox 144, 20
Linked entry: á-hwanon
searu-céne
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Bold in arms or skilfully daring Wæs Dauid æt wíge sóð sigecempa, searocýne man, cásere creaftig, Ps. C. 10. Cf. searu-grim
Linked entry: céne
genge
A GANG, flock, company ⬩ grex ⬩ a host, retinue
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A GANG, flock, company; grex Ðæt wæs Hereweard and his genge that was Hereward and his followers, Chr. 1070; Erl. 207, 29
Linked entry: sceadd-genge
un-mǽge
Not of kin ⬩ not related ⬩ alien
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Not of kin, not related, alien Ic wæs unmǽge gyst módor cildum factus sum hospes filiis matris meae, Ps. Th. 68, 8
Linked entry: -mǽge
an-wealda
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Hé wæs swá milde swá him nán onwald (an-wealda, v. l. ) næs ǽr þǽm, Ors. 6, 2; S. 254, 22. Add
brego
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Sum árleás cynincg, Cosdrue geháten, wæs swá upáhafen, and swá árleás brega, ꝥ hé wolde beón God, Hml. S. 27, 27. Add
for-scúfan
To drive away
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To drive away, drive to destruction Werud (the Israelites) wæs wígblác, oð þæt wlance (the Egyptians) forsceáf mihtig engel, Exod. 204. Substitute:
ge-cyssan
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Hé gecyste þone man þe wæs egeslíce hreóf. Shrn. 147, 6. ꝥte gecyste hine ut oscularetur eum, Lk. L.R. 22, 47. Add
ge-deorfsum
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Ðis wæs swíðe gedyrfsum geár hér on lande þurh wæstma forwordenessa and þurh þá mænigfealde gyld, Chr. 1105; P. 240, 4. Add
leás-gewita
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A false witness Þá leásgewitan lédon heora hacelan ætforan fóturn sumes geonges cnihtes, sé wæs gecíged Saulus, Hml. Th. i. 46, 35
un-gehrinen
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Add: — Óðer dǽl hire wæs forbærned, óþer dǽl wunode ungehrinen and ungedered (pars altera intacta remanebat), Gr. D. 340, 22. Hé é
sceanc-forod
Broken-legged
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MSS.) wæs, Past. 17, 9 ; Swt. 123, 9. Scancforedum men, Lchdm. ii. 66, 21
Linked entry: forod
hand-geswing
Stroke given by the hand
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Stroke given by the hand Ðǽr wæs heard handgeswing there were hard blows dealt by the hand, Elen. Kmbl. 229; El. 115
Linked entry: ge-swing
ofer-lǽdan
to oppress ⬩ opprimo ⬩ oppressor ⬩ oppressio
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to oppress Ðá wæs se munt mid mycelum brógan eall oferlǽded; and unhiérlíc storm of ðæm munte ástág, Blickl. Homl. 203, 7
Linked entry: ofer-lád
sorh-byrðen
a burden of sorrow, a grievous trouble
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a burden of sorrow, a grievous trouble Ðæt (the drowning of a number of people) wæs sorgbyrðen, Andr. Kmbl. 3063; An. 1534
swilc
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Add Him þá geþúhte swelc ꝥ mǽste wæl swelc hié oft ǽr for nóht hæfdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 14. <b>III a.
eardung
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D. 184, 26. of beasts, v. eardian, 3 Úre fór wæs þurh þá lond and stówe þe missenlicra cynna eardung in wæs nǽdrena and wildeóra per bestiosa serpentiosaque loca nobis iter erat, Nar. 10, 5.
yrre
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Se cyning wæs yrre wið mé iratus rex servis suis, Gen. 41, 10. of an animal Siþþan hé ( an elephant) irre wæs and gewundod, Ors. 4, I; S. 156, II
be-teón
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Sum wer wæs betogen ꝥ hé wǽre on stale, Hml. S. 21, 265