sáwel
The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature
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Ðæt hé gefriðie heora sáwla fram deáþe, and hí féde on hungres tíde, Ps.
Linked entry: sáwel-leás
ge-hlot
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Hí preóstas an Grécisc clericos hátað, for þan hig synt getalode tó Drihtnes gehlote, oððe ꝥ heora Drihten sý heora gehlot, ealswá hit gewriten is, 'Ic eom,' cwyð Drihten, 'heora yrfewerdnys,' Chrd. 75, 30-33
el-reord
Foreign-speaking, barbarous ⬩ barbărus
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Foreign-speaking, barbarous; barbărus Wǽron heó mid elreordre dysignesse onbláwne inflāti ĕrant barbăra stultĭtia, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 13: 1, 5; S. 4. 76, 11: 1, 14; S. 482, 12: Ps. Surt. 113, 1
Linked entries: æll-reord æl-reord eall-reord ell-reord ell-reordig el-riord el-reordig -reord
feorh-berende
Life-bearing ⬩ living ⬩ vītam fĕrens ⬩ vīvens
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Life-bearing, living; vītam fĕrens, vīvens Heó wile gesécan ǽghwylcne feorhberendra it will seek each of those bearing life, Exon. 110 a; Th. 420, 19; Rä. 40, 6: Cd. 92; Th. 117, 17; Gen. 1955
for-sceppan
To transform ⬩ transformāre
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To transform; transformāre Heó alle forsceóp Drihten to deóflum the Lord transformed them all to devils, Cd. 16; Th. 20, 14; Gen. 308. Scinnan forscepene [their] beauty transformed, Cd. 214; Th. 269, 12; Sat. 72
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ge-resta
One who rests with another, consort
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Heó Balan sealde Iacobe to gerestan Bilham dedit Iacobo quacum concumberet, Gen. 30, 4
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for-drencan
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Heó gelaðode þá cwelleras swilce for cýððe and fordrencte hí mid wíne. Hml. S. 29, 327. Holofernis fordræncte hine sylfne mid þám strangum wíne ... and ealle his þegnas wǽron fordræncte, Hml. A. 111, 294. Add:
mægen-fæst
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Þes eard nis eác ealles swá mægenfæst hér on úteweardan þǽre eorðan brádnesse swá swá heó is tómiddes on mægen-fæstum eardum, þǽr man mæg fæstan freólícor þonne hér, Hml. S. 13, 106-109. Add
sceand-hús
a brothel
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A house of ill fame, a brothel Ðá heó ðæt nolde, ðá hét hé hí nacode lǽdan to sumum scandhúse ... Ðæs burh*-*geréfan sunu wolde rǽsan on hí on ðæm scandhúse. Shrn. 56, 7-11
web-geweorc
Weaving
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Heó wolde beón fram ðære þriddan tíde óð ða nigoþan tíd ymbe hyre webb-geweorc, Homl. Ass. 127, 348
súsl-cwalu
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A destruction or death accompanied by torment Ða árleásan geseóþ heora wíte and heora súselcwale hym tóweard, Wulfst. 238, 23. Ðú scealt habban súselcwale á on écnysse, 241, 13
wær-scipe
Prudence, caution, circumspection, wisdom,in a bad sense, cunning, astuteness
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Dumbe bestes habbeð þeos warschipe, þet hwon heo beað asailed, heo þrungeð alle togederes, A. R. 252, 6. Warschipe aȝaines unþeawes, H. M. 41, 7. Warsipe and wisedom wið deuel, Misc. 14, 426.]
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á-teón
to draw (out), ⬩ to protract ⬩ to deal with, ⬩ to treat a person ⬩ to employ property ⬩ time ⬩ talents
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D. 43, 3. to employ property, time,talents Heó áteáh ealle þá niht in wópum in fletibus noctetn ducens, Gr. D. 215, 21. Eal hé on onlíc weorc áteáh, Bl. H. 215, 5. Þá ǽhta Steóh hú þé lícige. Hml. S. 9, 44.
ildu
an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ age ⬩ ætas ⬩ age ⬩ senectus
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Mid ðí ðe heó bicom tó giftelícre yldo when she arrived at a marriageable age, Th. Ap. 1, 10.
ge-wuna
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Æfter heora gewunon hié God gebǽdon, Bl.
wiþ-gán
to go against ⬩ act in opposition to ⬩ in contravention of
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Similar entries Cf. wiþ, II. 13 Nǽfre míne lástweardas geðrístlǽcen ðæt heó hit (a grant ) onwenden oððe ðon wiðgǽn, Chart. Th. 29, 14. v. next word
á-hredding
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Saving, rescue, deliverance Heó bæd God ꝥ hé hire gewissode his folce tó áhreddinge on þǽre frecednysse, Hml. A. 111, 281. Ús tó fullan fultume and tó áhreddingge gyf ús neód byð, Cht. E. 230, 11
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heals-fæst
defiant ⬩ unsubmissive ⬩ proud ⬩ contemptuous
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With unbending neck, defiant, unsubmissive, proud, contemptuous Hire (Hagar) mód ástáh þá heó wæs magotimbre eácen worden, ongan æfþancum ágendfreán halsfæst herian (cf. Agar concepisse se videns despexit dominam suam, Gen. 16, 4), Gen. 2238.
swín
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Þá semninga geféldon hí án swýn ( porcum ) yrnende hider and þider betwyh heora fótum, ꝥ sum ꝥ swýn heora hwylc gefélde ... sóhte ꝥ swín þá duru þǽre cyrcan ... and ne mihte hit nán man geseón, and swá þeáh hí hit mihton gefélan, Gr. D. 236, 1-6.
nǽnig-dǽl
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not a particle Ꝥ heó æt nýhstan nǽnigdǽl (nǽnigne dǽl, v. l.) leóhtes scíman geseón mihte ut ne minimam quidem lucis alicuius posset particulam uidere Bd. 4, 10; Sch. 401, 10. Cf. sumdǽl; nǽnig-, nán-wiht