betst
Best, the best, first ⬩ optimus, primus
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He sealde ðæt betste hors he gave the best horse, Bd. 3, 14; S. 540, 16. Ðara betstena sumes of some one of the best, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 110, 5
bitre
Bitterly, sharply, cruelly ⬩ amare, acriter, atrociter
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Hí gebléndon bittre tosomne unswétne drync ecedes and geallan they mingled bitterly together an unsweet drink bf vinegar and gall, Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 11; Cri. 1438: 119 a; Th. 457, 4; Hy. 4, 78
ge-hirstan
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Gáte blǽdre áhyrste, sele etan, sume swá gehyrste gegnídaþ tó dúste, Lch. ii. 88, 26.
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leornere
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Wæs se Hálga Gást áhafen ofer þá Godes leorneras, Bl. H. 135, 3. a reader, student Lá, þú leornere o Lector, Guth. Gr. 101, 22; 102, 29.
oróþ
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Þá þá hé sceolde álǽtan ꝥ níhste oroð and ágyfan his gást . . . in þám breóste ánum fnæs hwylchugu líflic hǽtu þæs oreþes cum exfremum spiritum ageret. . in solo tantummodo pectore vitalis calor anhelabat, Gr. D. 324, 15-19.
sige
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Sige gerǽcan, gesleán, gewinnan to gain the victory, 3, 1 ; Swt. 96, 33 : Bd. 1, 16 ; S. 484, 22 : Num. 21, 1. Sige niman, onfón to obtain the victory, Chr. 800 ; Erl. 60, 9 : 845 ; Erl. 66, 24 : Bd. l, 16 ; S. 484, 21.
hleótan
to cast lots ⬩ to obtain by lot, ⬩ get a share, ⬩ share in, ⬩ participate, ⬩ obtain
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Hé sceolde þurh deáþes cyme dómes hleótan he was to gain glory through the coming of death, Exon. 47 a; Th. 160, 18; Gú. 945: 48 a; Th. 164, 20; Gú. 1014: 74 b; Th. 280, 1; Jul. 622: Runic pm. 1; Kmbl. 339, 6. Leánum hleótan to obtain rewards,.
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LÆS
Less ⬩ lest
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Cýð ðis folc ðæt hig ne gán ofer ða gemǽro ðé læs hig swelton contestare populum ne forte velit transcendere terminos et pereat, Ex. 19, 21, 24: Ps. Th. 68, 14. Ðé lea ne, Kent. Gl. 161.
Linked entry: læsast
torn
Violent emotion of anger ⬩ grief ⬩ anger ⬩ indignation ⬩ wrath ⬩ unrighteous anger ⬩ rage ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ distress
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Violent emotion of anger or grief (cf. teran, and Goth. ga-taura a rent; ga-tauman to be torn). of anger, where there is just cause, anger, indignation, wrath Gewát torne gebolgen dryhten Geáta (Beowulf when the dragon ravaged the country), Beo.
hæc
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A hatch, heck, [hatch a gate or wicket; a flood-gate or sluice; a contrivance for trapping salmon: heck a grating or frame of parallel bars . . . used to catch fish at a weir, N. E. D.]
stæf
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Add Álecge þonne his wǽpna, and nime stæf him on hande, and gá bærfót, Ll. Th. ii. 286, 19. <b>I a.
leóht
Light ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ quick ⬩ ready ⬩ nimble ⬩ fickle ⬩ easy
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Hý habbaþ ðæs ðe leóhtran gang they shall walk the easier for it, L. Med. ex Quad. 3, 15; Lchdm. i. 342, 12. Se hæfde moncynnes leóhteste hond he had of all men the readiest hand, Exon. 85 b; Th. 323, 1; Wíd. 72
wé
We. ⬩ used of more than one person, ⬩ dual ⬩ plural ⬩ used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors ⬩ used of one person, ⬩ by a writer or speaker ⬩ by a prince
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We. used of more than one person, dual Ic and ðæt cild gáð unc tó gebiddenne and wé syððan cumaþ eft tó eów, Gen. 22, 5. Wé willaþ ðæt ðú ús dó swá hwæt swá wé biddaþ (cf. wyt magon, v. 39), Mk. Skt. 10, 35. plural Hwí fæste wé (woe, Lind.)? Mt.
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HORN
A HORN, a drinking-horn, a cupping-horn, a trumpet, the horn-shaped projection on the gable-end of a house [v. Dasent's translation of Njála, plate 3, p. cvii], a pinnacle ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet, husk ⬩ cornu, tuba ⬩ a horn, drinking-horn, trumpet; a corner ⬩ n. cornu, tuba, promontorium
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Syððan hie Hygeláces horn and býman galan ongeáton, Beo. Th. 5879; B. 2943. ii hnæppas and iiii hornas two bowls and four drinking-horns, Chart. Th. 429, 31. Ne býman ne hornas, Exon. 57 b; Th. 206, 30; Ph. 134.
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FECCAN
FETCH ⬩ bring to ⬩ draw ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ tollĕre ⬩ afferre ⬩ haurīre
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Se ðe ys uppan hys húse, ne gá he nyðer ðæt hé ǽnig þing on his húse fecce qui in tecto, non descendat tollĕre alĭquid de dŏmo sua, Mt. Bos. 24, 17: L. Edg. C. 67; Th. ii. 258, 20.
æt-beran
To bear or carry to ⬩ bring forward ⬩ produce ⬩ bear away or forth ⬩ afferre ⬩ proferre ⬩ efferre
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Ðæt [wǽpen] to beadu-láce ætberan meahte might bear forth that [weapon] to the game of war, 3127; B. 1561
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feówer-féte
Four-footed ⬩ quadrŭpes
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Four-footed; quadrŭpes Se ælmihtiga God eallum mancinne forgeaf ða feówerfétan deór the almighty God gave to all mankind the four-footed beasts, Ælfc. T. 8, 26.
Linked entries: feðer-fóte fiér-féte fiówer-féte fiðer-féte fyðer-féte
metod-sceaft
Decree of fate ⬩ doom ⬩ fate after death
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Gást onsende Matheus his tó metodsceafte ( to the fate appointed to it ), in écne gefeán, Menol. Fox 342; Men. 172.
ge-edcucian
To requicken ⬩ revive ⬩ revīviscĕre
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His gást wearþ geedcwicod revixit spirĭtus ējus, Gen. 45, 27. Geedcwycode brought to life again, Nicod. Thw. p. 18, 15
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screncan
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Healden hié ðæt hié ða ne screncen ða ðe gáþ on ryhtne weg tóweard ðæs hefonríces ne ad ingressum regni tendentibus obstaculum fiunt, 9; Swt. 59, 19