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drófe

(adv.)
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drófe, adv.
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Grievously, with trouble Hý ꝥ drófe onguldon, Lch. iii. 286, 14

fetelsod

(adj.)
Grammar
fetelsod, adj. (ptcpl.)
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Provided with a belt Tuéye suerde fetelsade, Cht. Th. 505, 21

Linked entry: ge-fetelsod

hornede

(adj.)
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hornede, adj.
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Provided with horns Hornede nǽdran, carastis ꝥ nǽdercyn, Nar. 13, 15

liþ-seáw

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Add: — Wiþ liþseáwe and gif liþseáw sió, Lch. ii. 12, 14

ǽren

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽren, adj.
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With oars (?) Lytel ǽren scip carabus, Gr. D. 347, 2, 4

wearn-wíslíce

(adv.)
Grammar
wearn-wíslíce, adv.

With difficulty

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With difficulty Wearnwíslíce difficile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 106, 47: 25, 53

heal-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
heal-ærn, es; n.

A house with a hall, palace

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A house with a hall, palace, Beo. Th. 156; B. 78

Linked entry: heall-ærn

ofer-drettan

(v.)

to take with violence

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to take with violence Wé oferdryttan praeoccupemus, Ps. Spl. 94, 2

Linked entries: drettan ge-drettan

swíþfromlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
swíþfromlíce, adv.

Strenuously, with great energy

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Strenuously, with great energy Suíðfromlíce naviter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 114, 58

Linked entries: swíþ-from framlíce

sige-eádig

(adj.)
Grammar
sige-eádig, adj.

Blessed with victory ⬩ victorious

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Blessed with victory, victorious Sigeeádig bil, Beo. Th. 3119; B. 1557

Linked entry: sigor-eádig

þeóh-ece

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-ece, es; m.

Thigh-ache

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Thigh-ache Lǽcedómas wiþ þeóhece. Lchdm. ii. 6, 6: 64, 26

þeór-wenn

(n.)
Grammar
þeór-wenn, es; m.

An inflamed wen, ⬩ a carbuncle(?)

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Wiþ þeórwenne, Lchdm. ii. 342, 16

Linked entry: wenn

ge-cost

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Scyttisc gecost gealdor wiþ ǽlcum áttre, Lch. ii. 10, 23. Add

þeód

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þeód, <b>I a.</b> add: 'a body of warriors, old and young, attached by personal service to the king ... the comitatus mentioned by Tacitus apparently resembled the þeód in all respects,' Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation, p. 311. Cf. pp. 156, 303, 3, 4. v. þeód-guma, -wita,
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and cf. þeóden; dryht, dryhten Hér is seghwylc eorl ... mandrihtne hold, þegnas syndon geþwǽre, þeód ealgearo, druncne dryhtguman B. 1230. Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250

tucian

(v.)
Grammar
tucian, (or túcian ?; in Piers P. (v. infra) touked occurs, but the form of the noun is tokkere as well as touker, Prol. 100 A-text, and Halliwell gives tucker = fuller as a western word); p. ode

To treat ill ⬩ to afflict ⬩ harass ⬩ vex

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Hí man swang and tó ealre yrmðe tucode they were scourged and treated to (afflicted with) every misery, i. 23, 106. Hí man tó wæfersýne tucode mid gehwilcum witum, ii. 28, 129. Swingan and tó ealre sorge tucigan, i. 23, 715.

Linked entry: ge-tucian

be-wríðan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wríðan, he -wríþ; p. -wráþ, pl. -wriðon; pp. -wriðen

To bind, bind round, begird ⬩ ligare, redimire

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Duru wundurclommum bewriðen the door bound with wondrous bands, 12 a; Th. 19, 33; Cri. 310

lifer

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Wiþ þǽre lifre swile, Lch. ii. 200, 1 (and often). His lifere iecor eius, Kent. Gl. 218. Swát ýðum weóll þurh báncofan, blód lifrum swealg (the blood streaming out brought with it parts of the inside of the body ? C f.. Add: —

weall-steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
weall-steáp, adj.

high as regards its walls ⬩ buildings, with lofty walls ⬩ with lofty cliffs, lofty.

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high as regards its walls orbuildings, with lofty walls Hié on weallsteápe burg (cf. seó steápe burh on Sennar, 102, 15; Gen. 1700) wlítan meahton, Cd. Th. 145, 7; Gen. 2402. with lofty cliffs, lofty.

ge-stund

(n.)
Grammar
ge-stund, es; n.

A noise ⬩ din

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A noise, din Hí swá ungemetlícum gestundum fóron ðæt him þúhte ðæt hit eall betweox heofone and eorþan hleóðrode ðám egeslícum stefnum they came with such immoderate noises that it seemed to him that between heaven and earth it all resounded with their

biddan

to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to

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Th. i. 158, 26. with clause Hé bæd æt Gode þæt hé móste fandian Ióbes, Hml. Th. i. 6, 10. with the person for whom request is made, (I) given by dat. with construction of III. 1 Wé ús forgifnessa (or acc. ?) biddaþ. Bl. H. 19, 29.