on-innan
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Þonne þǽr micel stán . . . oninnan fealþ, Bt. 6; F. 14, 29 : B. 71 : 2089. as prep. preceding the governed word Gefealden oninnan ðæs synfullan monnes ingeðonce, Past. 243, Hí hira yfel helað oninnan him selfum, 449, 9. following the governed word Hire
fracoþ
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Tó helle faran for fracodum dǽdum, Hml. S. 26, 250. Tarquinius hira eallra fracoþast wæs, Ors. 2, 2; S. 66, 28. Þá fúlan forligeras þæs fracodostan mennisces Sodomitiscra ðeóda. Hml. S. 13, 191. Add
á-forhtian
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To become afraid of something Helle áforhtian gehennam expavescere , R. Ben. I. 21, 3. Deáð áforhtigende mortem pavescens , Hy. S. 139, 21. to be afraid of doing something Ic áforhtige tó secgenne hwæt mé becom, Hml.
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FEN
FEN ⬩ marsh ⬩ mud ⬩ dirt ⬩ pălus ⬩ lŭtum ⬩ līmus ⬩ sordes
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Se ðe móras heóld, fen and fæsten who held the moors, the fen and fastness, Beo. Th. 208; B. 104. Hió wyrcþ ðæt fenn ðe man háteþ Meotedisc it forms the fen which is called Mæotis, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 15, 19.
inne-weard
Inward ⬩ internal ⬩ interior ⬩ intestines ⬩ viscera
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Hú héh and deóp hell inneweard seó, 228; Th. 309, 10; Sat. 707 : Beo. Th. 2000; B. 998. Tó inneweardum ðam wéstene ad interiora deserti, Ex. 3, 1.
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neósan
to search out ⬩ find out by enquiry ⬩ to seek ⬩ visit ⬩ to seek with hostile intent
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Þýstra, wíta neósan to seek hell, 275, 23; Jul. 554 : 280, 18; Jul. 631. Hámes niósan, Beo. Th. 4722; B. 2366: 4765; B. 2381. Éce staðulas neósan, Cd. Th. 207, 30; Exod. 474. a person Úser neósan, Beo. Th. 4155; B. 2074.
híwan
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Hína gemǽre boundary of land held by the híwan (?), 24. Gif mon his heówum in fæsten flǽsc gefe, Ll. Th. i. 46, 9. Hí áxodon æt þám híwum hwæðer Petrus ðǽr wununge hæfde, Hml. S. 10, 111.
ge-líhtan
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D. light; 7) Cóm þegen Hílendes hám tó helle . . . segde ús þætte seolfa God wolde helwarum hám gelíhtan. Árás þá ánra gehwylc . . . wǽron ealle þæs fægen, þæt Drihten wolde him tó helpe hám gesécan, Sat. 426-436. to come to a place, approach (v.
sceaþa
a criminal, wretch, miscreant, an enemy ⬩ fiend, devil ⬩ a spoiler, robber ⬩ a warrior
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Helle hæftling, scyldigne sceaþan, Salm. Kmbl. 257 ; Sal. 128 . Sceaþan (the fallen angels ) hwearfdon earme æglécan geond ðæt atole scref, Cd. Th. 269, 13; Sat. 72 . In ðæt sceaþena scræf hell, 304, 20 ; Sat. 633 .
fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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H. 35, 13. fire of hell Manna gítsung is swá byrnende swá ꝥ fýr on þǽre helle, Bt. 15; F. 48, 19. On þám écan fýre mid deófle, C. D. iv. 52, 9. On éce fýr sendan, Bl.
dǽlan
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Sceal þín hrá dǽlan, An. 954. to separate one's self from another, to part, depart (cf. sie fan iró drohtine délian skoldun, Hel. 4774) Ic feor gewíte, fleáme dǽle elongavi fugiens, Ps.
ildra
A parent ⬩ ancestor ⬩ father ⬩ forefather ⬩ predecessor ⬩ elder
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Úre ieldran ða ðe ðás stówa ǽr hióldon hié lufodon wísdóm our forefathers who formerly held these places, loved wisdom, Past. Pref.; Swt. 5, 14 : Exon.47 a ; Th. 160, 20; Gú. 946.
wraþu
A prop ⬩ stay ⬩ support ⬩ support ⬩ assistance
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Mæg secgan se ðe wyle sóð sprecan, ðæt se mondryhten, . . . ðonne hé gesealde helm and byrnan healsittendum, . . . gúðgewǽdu, wraðe (armour that ought to have proved of assistance to him; or wraðe; adv. ?) forwurpe, Beo. Th. 5736; B. 2872.
tó-brítan
to break in pieces, ⬩ crush, ⬩ bruise (lit. and fig.) ⬩ to crush with feelings of sorrow, ⬩ to make contrite
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Ðæt God úre helpe and tóbrýte ðisne here, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 350. Ic bebeóde mínum þeówum þæt hí hí (the idols) ealle tóbrýton, i. 5, 236. Tóbrýtendes confringentis, Ps. Lamb. 28, 5. Tóbrýtendne (conterentem) deóful, Hymn. Surt. 115, 15.
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ge-nerian
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Th. 58, 2. to protect against Nǽfre þú mé wið swá heardum helle wítum ne generedest, Seel. 48. Wuldres God hié generede wiþ þám níðhete, Dan. 279. Álýs mé and genere wið lagustreámum, Ps. Th. 143, 8.
éþel
fatherland
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Wǽron gesóme þá þe swegl buán, wuldres éðel, Gen. 83. of hell Atolan éðles, Sat. 327. Ic móste in þeossum atolan oeðele gebídan, 108. used in poetry of the sea as the home of fishes or birds Fisces éðel, Dóm. 39. Ofer hwæles éðel.
hægtesse
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Ac þyllice sceandas sceolan síðian tó helle . . . Crístene men sceolan forhigian þá hǽtsan, M. 164. [O. H. Ger. hagazissa (-ussa) furia; házus(-is) strihia, erynnis: Ger. hexe.] Cf. heáh-rún
mægen
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Add Þæt eorðlice mægn þe þú hér samnast. . . eall þis mægn wát, þe hér tó gemóte cóm, þæt bín heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 13-18. v. full-, god-, heáfod-, helle-, níd-, stíþ-mægen
þeówetling
A (poor) slave
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Þearfena helpan and þeówetlingan beorgan, L. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 318, 26. Þeówetlingum servulis, Hymn. Surt. 25, 18. Þeówtlingas servulos, 124, 13: 125, 5
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ETAN
EAT, consume, devour ⬩ ĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre
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To EAT, consume, devour; ĕdĕre, cŏmĕdĕre, mandūcāre, vescĕre Ðú scealt greót etan thou shalt eat dust [grit ], Cd. 43; Th. 56, 9; Gen. 909: 43; Th. 57, 28; Gen. 935. Seó leó bringþ hungregum hwelpum hwæt to etanne the lioness brings to hungry whelps