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bróc

(n.)
Grammar
bróc, es; pl. brócu; n: bróc, gebróc,

Affliction, misery, tribulation, trouble, labour, adversity, a disease, malady, sicknessafflictio, miseria, tribulatio, labor, adversitas, morbus, ægritudo

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Ðæt biþ swíðe hefig bróc it is a very severe labour; gravis labor est, 61, 1; Hat. MS.; Eucharius wæs þearle geswenct mid langsumum bróce Eucharius was much afflicted with a protracted disease, Homl. Th. ii. 24, 16: 176, 32. Brócu miseriæ, Lye

sacu

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Add Swá micele hefigre sace geþanca flǽsclicra wé synd ofsette quanto graviore tumultu cogitationum carnalium premimur, Scint. 31, 18. Ne flít hé . . . ne sace ne ástyreð . . . þá beóð Godes bearn þá þe gesibsume beóð and sace ne ástyriað . . .

on-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
on-liþian, on-leoþian
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D. 222, 4. figurative In hefigum wísum ealle þá (various faults) after deáðe hefigiað, gif hí nǽron ná ǽr gebétte ne ná onleoðode þá hwíle þe se man wæs in þissum lífe quae cuncta etiam post mortem gravant, si adhuc in hac vita positis minime fuerint

Linked entry: on-leoþian

swǽr

(adj.)
Grammar
swǽr, swǽre, and swár; adj. [Halliwell gives sweer unwilling as a Northumbrian word, and swere dull, heavy, as a Durham one. In Jamieson's Dictionary the forms sweir, swere, sweer, swear are given with meanings lazy, indolent; unwilling; unwilling to give.]
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Ðæt hé swǽre áhweorfe hæftnéd hefige, Ps. Th. 125, 1. Ðú þolades swár gewin, Exon. Th. 86, 22 ; Cri. 1412. Geswencean mid swárum wítum, Homl. Skt. i. 4, 181. Ða swáran (swǽran, other MSS .) wíta onfón, 19, 46.

Linked entry: swár

wermód

(n.)
Grammar
wermód, es; m.
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Wermód drincan sace hefige getácnaþ to drink wormwood in a dream betokens grievous strife, 198, 24

bindan

to bindto fasten toknit

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Voc. ii. 53, 30. to bind, tie up in a bundle Gadriað þone coccel and bindað (alligate) sceáfmǽlum, Mt. 13, 30. to fasten to, on Hig bindað hefige byrðena, Mt. 23, 4. Beágas bundan boias (in collo) nectunt, Wrt.

swǽr

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add: — Sum mann wæs gebunden onbútan ꝥ heáfod for his hefigum gylte, sé cóm tó þám hálgan, and his swára heáfodbend sóna tóbærst, Hml. S. 21, 423.

on-settan

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Add: to impose, place one object on another; imponere, superponere Gif mon on níwne weall hefigne hrôf onsett structuris recentibus si tignorum pondus superponitur, Past. 383, 33. Onsettað on (ofer, R. ) scyldrum imponit in umeros, Lk. L. 15, 5.

un-wítnod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wítnod, adj.

Unpunished

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Ða ðe him biþ unwítnode eall hiora yfel on ðisse worulde habbaþ sum yfel hefigre ðonne ǽnig wíte sié, ðæt is, ðæt him biþ unwítnod hiora yfel improbi cum supplicio carent, inest eis aliquid ulterius mali, ipsa impunitas, 38, 3; Fox 200, 25-28.

Linked entries: un-gewítnod wítnian

geoc

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hefig geoc hé beslépte on ealle þá þe on his tídum libbende wǽron, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 16. Eálá ofermódan!

ge-þweran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þweran, p. -þwær, pl. -þwǽron; pp. -þworen, -þuren

To stirbeat or mix togetherto churnmake thick [as butter from cream]poeticallyto forgecudere

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Eorþe is hefigre óðrum gesceafum þicre geþruen earth is heavier than the other elements, more closely compacted, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 267; Met. 20, 134

ge-þeódan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þeódan, he -þeót; p. -þeódde; pp. -þeóded, -þeód

To joinconnectuniteassociateapplyadjusttranslatejungĕreadjungĕreconjungĕrecōpŭlāresŏciāreaptāre

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Ðá wæs geþeóded hefig gefeoht conserto grăvi prælio, 2, 20; S. 521, 10: 4, 21; S. 590, 12. Ðæt bearn fæderlícum setle ys geþeód quod partus păternæ sēdi jungĭtur, Hymn. Surt. 89, 32.

fen

mudmiredirtfen

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Wá ðǽm ðe gaderað an hine selfne ðæt hefige fenn (densum lutum) . . . ðæt ðicke fenn, 329, 18, 19. fen Cenum, i. luti vorago vel lutum sub aquis fetidum, i. wáse vel fæn, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 75.

hæft-níd

(n.)
Grammar
hæft-níd, e; f. ; es; n.
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Hæftnéd hefige, 125, 1. Þá graman hæftnéd, 84, 1. Hé hí on hæftnýd heán gesealde, 77, 61. On heaftneád and on þeówdóm, Angl. xi. 2, 51.

Linked entries: hæfte-neód hæft-néd

byrgen

(n.)
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Seó hefige byrþen þǽre byrgenne, Bl. H. 75, 8. Tó þǽre hálgan byrigene, Hml. S. 7, 291. Nyman of þám byrgene þone arceƀ, Chr. 1023; P. 156, 10. Ferede man ánes cnihtes líc tó byrgene, Hml. Th. i. 490, 31. Of ðǽm byrgenne de monumento, Jn. L. 20, 2.

on-bregdan

(v.)
Grammar
on-bregdan, -brédan; p. brægd, -brǽd, pl. brugdon, -brudon.

To move quicklyTo move (oneself) quickly, to start (from sleep)

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Swá hé of hefigum slǽpe onbrude, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 27

ríht

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</b> add :-- Gif ꝥ riht tó hefig sý, séce þá líhtinge tó þám cynge, Ll. Th. i. 266, 11. add Nathan lícette swelce hé ymb sumes ðearfan ryht sprǽce, and sóhte ðæs cyninges dóm, Past. 185, 19.

hruse

(n.)
Grammar
hruse, an; f.

The earthground

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Ligeþ him behindan hefig hrusan dǽl there remains behind the heavy earthy part, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 107; Met. 29, 53.

ge-brecan

(v.)
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To break into, interrupt ꝥ þé ne þúhte tó hefig ꝥ þú ongunne hwæthugu gebrecan in þone wísdóm þǽre gerecenysse neque pro hac re interrumpere expositionis studium grave videatur, Gr. D. 7, 34

a-hreddan

(v.)
Grammar
a-hreddan, p. -hredde; pp. -hreded, -hred [a from, hreddan to rid]

To ridliberateset freedeliverrescueliberareeripereeruere

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Ahrede me hefiges nídes feónda mínra eripe me de inimicis meis, Ps. Th. 58, 1. Ahrede me hearmcwidum heánra manna redime me a calumniis hominum, 118, 134. Ic ahredde eruo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 3; Som. 30, 55, 63

Linked entries: a-reddan a-riddan