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al-wihta

(n.)

all-beings

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all-beings, Cd. 227; Th. 303, 20; Sat. 616: Exon. 18; Th. 43, 11; Cri. 687: Ps. C. 50, 100; Ps. Grn. ii. 279, 100

be-irnan

(v.)
Grammar
be-irnan, impert. be-irn; p. -am, pl. -urnon; pp. -urnen

To come or run into ⬩ incurrere

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To come or run into; incurrere Ne be-irn ðú on ða inwitgecyndo do not run into their guilty nature Salm. Kmbl. 660; Sal. 329

Linked entry: be-yrnan

dæg-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
dæg-líc, adj.

Daily ⬩ quotidianus

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Daily; quotidianus Twá dæglíc fæsten oððe þreó dæglíc is genóh to healdenne biduanum vel triduanum sat est observare jejunium, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 8

hreówig

(adj.)
Grammar
hreówig, adj.

Sad ⬩ mournful

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Sad, mournful Nú wit hreówige mágon sorgian for his síþe now may we mournful sorrow for his journey, Cd. 38; Th. 49, 29; Gen. 799

land-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
land-scipe, es; m.

region

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A tract of land, region Ic á ne geseah láðran landscipe never saw I a more hateful region, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 11; Gen. 376

Linked entry: land-sceap

lyðre

(adv.)
Grammar
lyðre, adv.

Badly ⬩ vilely

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Badly, vilely Habbaþ wé alle for ðínum leásungum lyðre geféred we have all fared miserably for thy falsehoods, Cd. 214; Th. 268, 29; Sat. 62

ge-clungen

(v.; part.)
Grammar
ge-clungen, pp. of geclingan

dried up ⬩ shrivelled ⬩ contractus

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Kmbl. 609; Sal. 304 : Exon. 59 a; Th. 213,17; Ph. 226

Linked entry: ge-clingan

ge-lésan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lésan, p. de; pp. ed

To redeem ⬩ save ⬩ spare

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To redeem, save, spare Gilésdes usig redemisti nos, Rtl. 29, 19. Ic gilése scíp míno ego parcam oves meas, 10, 3. Giléseno redemti, 24, 38

folc-sóþ

(n.)
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Ic secge hér beforan eów eallum folcsóð I say here before you all the plain and simple truth, Hml, S. 23, 666

Linked entry: sóþ

ge-freósan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-freósan, p. pl. -fruron
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To freeze Gefruron swá swá weallas wæteru, gefruron ýþa on middele sǽs gelauerunt tamquam muros aquae, gelauerunt fluctus in media maris, Ps. Rdr. 281, 8

heardung

(n.)
Grammar
heardung, e; f.

A hardening

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A hardening, a being or becoming hard: Heardung þǽre lifre butan gefélnesse and bútan sáre, Lch. ii. 198, 13. Be þǽre lifre heardunge, 160, 21

mónaþ-fyllen

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(These and Hpt. 525, 63 all refer to the same passage.)

swegel-befealden

(adj.)
Grammar
swegel-befealden, adj.

Heaven-surrounded, with heaven around

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Th. 301, 28; Sat. 588

sealmian

(v.)
Grammar
sealmian, p. ode

To play on the harp (and sing)

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To play on the harp (and sing) Ic singe and sealmige cantabo et psallam (I sal sing and salme, Ps.), Ps. Spl. M. 107, 1

síd-land

(n.)
Grammar
síd-land, es; n.

A broad ⬩ spacious land

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Sǽs and sídland, 148, 3; Gen. 2451

Linked entry: síd

slarige

(n.)
Grammar
slarige, an; f.

Clary ⬩ salvia sclarea

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Slarian sǽd, 72, 8. Slarian gódne dǽl, ii. 58, 11

fracoþ

(adj.)
Grammar
fracoþ, fracuþ, fracod, fraced; adj.

Vile ⬩ filthy ⬩ unseemly ⬩ hateful ⬩ abominable ⬩ worthless ⬩ useless ⬩ turpis ⬩ detestābilis ⬩ indĕcōrus

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Salm. Kmbl. 702; Sal. 350. Wæs úre líf fracuþ and gefrǽge our life has been vile and infamous, Exon. 53 a; Th. 186, 23; Az. 24. Hí fracuðe and earme wǽron they were worthless and wretched, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 26.

BLÍCAN

(v.)
Grammar
BLÍCAN, ic blíce, ðú blícest, blícst, he blíceþ, blícþ, pl. blícaþ; p. ic, he blác, ðú blice, pl. blicon; pp. blicen; v. n.

to shine, glitter, dazzle, sparkle, twinkle ⬩ lucere, fulgere, coruscare, micare ⬩ to shine by exposure, as the bones ⬩ denudando in conspectum dari ⬩ apparere ⬩ pallescere ⬩ fulgere ⬩ pallescere ⬩ I shine ⬩ to shine

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Kmbl. 289; Sal. 144

Linked entry: BLÆC

eástor-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eástor-líc, adj.

Easter, paschal ⬩ paschālis

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Easter, paschal; paschālis On ðære sylfan eástor-lícan symbelnesse on the same easter-feast. Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 23: 3, 24; S. 557, 40

forþ-ongangan

(v.)

to go forth ⬩ proceed ⬩ procēdĕre

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to go forth, proceed; procēdĕre Hie gesáwon fyrd Faraonis forþongangan they saw the host of Pharaoh go forth, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 25; Exod. 156