for-sacan
renounce ⬩ abandon ⬩ forsake
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gefréde ǽr hé hit geseó, for ðǽm hé wénð, gif hé hit ǽr geseó, ðæt hé hit wille forsacan ut secantem gladium sentiret aeger antequam cerneret, ne, si ante cerneret, sentire recusaret, Past. 187, 11. to refuse to do what one is called upon to do Hé hine ful
sceaga
A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket ⬩ Shaws broad belts of underwood ⬩ Shaw a natural copse of wood
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In a schaȝe (the reference is to the gourd under which Jonah sat) þat schade ful cole, Allit. Pms. 105, 452. Wodschaweȝ, 9, 284. For love of hym thou lovedst in the shawe, I mene Adon, Tr. and Cr. 3, 671.
hearm-beorg
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Furn. 373
innemest
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Innemyste his fulle synd fácne interiora eius plena sunt dolo, Scint. 19, 14. Add
ǽfen-geweorc
Evening-work
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Evening-work Sele bollan fulne tó gedrin-canne æfter ǽfengeweorce, Lch. ii. 190, 3
dop-enid
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Doppaenid (dop-) fulix, Txts. 65, 936. Dop*-*ened, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 20. Add
brémel-þorn
A bramble
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A bramble Andlanges furh on brémelþornan on ðá ealdan díc, C. D. iii. 10, 22
wlitig-fæst
Beauteous ⬩ glorious
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Beauteous, glorious Swá se æþela fugel wlitigfæst wunaþ wyllestreámas, Exon. Th. 204, 29; Ph. 105
cwic-rind
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Cwicrinda hand fulle, 358, 15
ge-cryppan
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To crook a finger, close the hand Genim gecrypte hand fulle, Lch. ii. 276, 13
Linked entry: cryppan
deáþ-berende
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Áttres uoercdédo deáðberendo viri operationes mortiferas, Rtl. 125, 37. (1 a) figurative :-- Hé cwæð ðæt sió tunge wǽre deáðberendes átres (veneno mortifero ) full, Past. 281, 7.
ge-heápod
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Gód gemet and full, geheápod mensuram bonam confertam et coagitatam Lk. 6, 38: Wrt. Voc. ii. 133, 13. to accumulate, get a large amount of Geheápað coacervat (divitias usuris), Kent, Gl. 1045, Gihappia ( = ?giheápie) accumulet Rtl. 85, 29.
ge-líc
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Maniges þinges hí wilniaþ þe full gód ne biþ, ac hit hæfþ ðeáh hwæthwegu gelíces goode, Bt. 34, 7; F. 142, 33.
sam-tinges
immediately, forthwith, ⬩ continuo
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In close connection (as regards time), immediately, forthwith, continuo Meahtest ðé full recen on ðæm rodere upan siððan weorþan, and ðonne samtenges æt ðæm ælcealdan steorran, Met. 24, 18.
Linked entries: -tinges sæm-tinges
wíd-scop
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Fugla and deóra wornas wídsceope swá wæter bibúgeþ. Exon. Th. 356, 3; Pa. 8
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fénix
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Án fugel fæger Fénix geháten, E. S. viii. 475, 21 (and see pp. 474-477). Add
un-gemetfæst
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Hý wǽron ungemetfæste on eallum tídum heora lífes and oferhýdo tó fulle. Wlfst. 255, 3. Add
BÓSUM
The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts ⬩ sinus, gremium, pectus, interna ⬩ sinus
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Án man mihte faran ofer his ríce, mid his bósum full goldes, ungederad a man might go over his kingdom, with his bosom full of gold, unhurt, Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 4.
þearllíce
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.), Lchdm. i. 70, 10. violently Swá biþ be ðám heáclifum and torrum, ðonne hí hlifiaþ feor up ofer ða óðre eorðan, hý ðonne feallan onginnaþ and full þeaclíce hreósan tó eorðan ( come with a great crash to the ground ).
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bealo
hurt ⬩ mischief ⬩ destruction ⬩ malice
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Hé wæs bealwes full, Hml. S. 7, 396. Gebealh hine Acitofel and mid bealwe wearð áfylled, 19, 208: Ps. Th. 58, 2