úr
A kind of ox ⬩ a bison ⬩ urus
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(The rune is written without representing a word, Exon. Th. 284, 32; Jul. 706.)
ge-strúdan
To destroy ⬩ plunder ⬩ rapere ⬩ spoliare
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To destroy, plunder; rapere, spoliare Godes cwide helle gestrúdeþ God's word destroyeth hell, Salm. Kmbl. 148; Sal. 73. Feoh gestrúdaþ they destroy the cattle, Salm. Kmbl. 310; Sal. 154.
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sige-folc
A victorious or triumphant people
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A victorious or triumphant people Heó (Judith) ðæt word ácwæþ tó ðam sigefolce (the Jews who were about to destroy the Assyrians), Judth. Thw. 23, 32; Jud. 152. Ðá wæs þeód on sǽlum, sigefolca swég, Beo. Th. 1292; B. 644: Menol. Fox 593; Gn. C. 66
a-smiðian
To forge ⬩ make ⬩ work as a smith ⬩ fabricare
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To forge, make, work as a smith; fabricare Asmiðod fabricatus, Cot. 82
ge-ǽðelian
To render celebrated ⬩ renowned ⬩ excellent ⬩ to ennoble ⬩ improve ⬩ nobĭlĭtāre
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Ðú eart geæðelod geond ealle world thou art renowned throughout all the world, 7, 26; Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 26
infangeneþeóf
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In 369, 13 the word occurs in an Anglo-Saxon charter. See also Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 227, 9, where is the form 'mid infangenum þeófe.'
under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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Abraham undernam hefiglíce ðás word dure accepit hoc, Gen. 21, 11. Ðis sind ðæra apostola word, undernimaþ hí mid carfullum móde, Homl. Th. i. 236, 4: H. R. 7, 29. Ne underfóð ealle menn ðis word ...
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feðer-geweorc
Feather-embroidered work ⬩ plūmārium ŏpus
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Feather-embroidered work; plūmārium ŏpus Feðergeweorc besiwed ŏpus plūmārium intextum, Cot. 145
bealcettan
To belch ⬩ utter ⬩ send forth ⬩ emit ⬩ eructare ⬩ dicere ⬩ emittere
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Bealcetteþ heorte mín word gód eructat cor meum verbum bonum, Ps. Spl. 44, 1. Bealcettaþ weleras míne lofsang eructabunt labia mea hymnum, Ps. Spl. 118, 171
geápes
In width ⬩ wide ⬩ lāte
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So Bouterwek takes it, but the word is rather a neuter genitive after 'eall;' cf. vv. 2548-9
rǽde
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rǽdran rǽd gemittan ðonne hé ðíne wísan word gehealde in quo corrigit junior viam sitam? in custodiendo sermones tuos, Ps. Th. 118, 9. Rǽdan (?) biionges exercitationis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 59
stefna
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-stefn, and next word
cócnunga
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Sume of rigenum melwe wyrceað bríwas and cócnunga mid sealte, 236, 10. v. next word
milite
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of-tredan
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sceam-full
Modest, chaste
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Chaucer uses the word in its modern sense ignominious As shamful deeth as herte may deusye Come to these Juges, C. T. Group C. 290
wælt
apparently some part of the thigh ⬩ a sinew
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As regards the form of the word, it might be compared with O.H.Ger. walza decipula, pedica.)
gleáw-hýdig
Wise of thought ⬩ heedful ⬩ prudent ⬩ sagacious
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Glæd man gleáwhýdig seteþ sóðne dóm þurh his sylfes word jucundus homo disponet sermones suos in judicio, Ps. Th. 111, 5