DYHTIG
Doughty, strong ⬩ vălĭdus
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Doughty, strong; vălĭdus Sweord ecgum dyhtig a sword doughty of edges, Beo. Th. 2578; B. 1287. Dihtig, Cd, 93; Th. 120, 11; Gen. 1993
ofer-gylden
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Gilded, covered with gold Gif hé begytaþ ðæt hé hæbbe byrne and helm and ofergyldene (cf. golde fæted, ll. 8-9) sweord, L. Wg. 10 ; Th. i. 188, 21
HYPE
The HIP ⬩ haunch
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Dó his sweord tó his hype ponat vir gladium super femur suum, Past. 49, 2; Swt. 383, 2. Hypas clunes, Ælfc. Gl. 74; Som. 71, 70; Wrt. Voc. 44, 52
án-ecge
One-edged ⬩ having one edge ⬩ unam habeas aciem
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One-edged, having one edge; unam habeas aciem Án-ecge sweord a one-edged sword; machæra, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 66, 48; Wrt. Voc. 35, 36
ambeht-þegen
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Hé sealde his sweord ombihtþegne, B. 673. Byrlas, ombeht*-*þegnas, An. 1536. Add
ge-scǽned
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Sweord swíðe gescǽned, Salm. Kmbl. 444; Sal. 222. Cf. on ðæm scennum scíran goldes, Beo. Th. 3392; B. 1694. Grein compares with O. H. Ger. giskeinan, and translates made bright; Kemble, again, translates sheathed
ymb-wrítan
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to cut round, circumscribe Hine eác ymbwrít mid sweorde on .iiii. healfa, Lchdm. ii. 346, 26
Linked entry: be-wrítan
hígung
Striving ⬩ endeavour ⬩ effort
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Striving, endeavour, effort Se flǽscbana hæfde ꝥ getogene sweord on his handa and mid stranglice hígunge (nisu forti) áhóf þone earm upp in heánesse and mynte sleán þone Godes wer, Gr. D. 254, 34
hún-spuran
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Húnspuran, 25, 66. v. hand-sporu, stæf-sweord
wriþen-hilt
Having a kilt bound round
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Having a kilt bound round ['In some specimens of swords the handles are wound round with gold wire,' Worsaae's Primeval Antiquities, p. 29] Ðæt sweord, írena cyst, wreoþenhilt and wyrmtáh, Beo. Th. 3400 ; B. 1698
Linked entry: wreoþen-hilt
gemme
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aGEM; gemma Sweor-gemme a neck-gem or -lace; monile, Cot. 170
Linked entry: ge-gymmod
efen-scearp
Equally sharp ⬩ æque acūtus
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Equally sharp; æque acūtus Hí heora tungan teóþ sweorde efen-scearpe exăcuērunt ut glădium linguas suas, Ps. Th. 63. 3
byrdu-scrúd
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The covering of a shield, a shield; clypei tegmen, clypeus Unc sceal sweord and helm, byrne and byrduscrúd bám gemǽne sword and helmet, armour and shield, shall be common to us both, Beo. Th. 5313; B. 2660
gylden-hilt
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Golden-hilted Hé an ii. gyldenra róda and ii. gyldenhiltra sweorda, C. D. 8. iii. 74, 27
sceáþ
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Sweord of sceáþe átugon ða synfullan gladium evaginaverunt peccatores, Ps. Spl. 36, 14: Judth. Thw. 22, 26; Jud. 79. Of scéþe, Byrht. Th. 136, 37; By. 162. Ða sweord on heora sceáðum behýdde wǽron gladii reconduntur in vaginas, Prud. 72 a.
Linked entry: scéþ
wind-ǽdre
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A windpipe Góma palatum, sweora collum, hracan fauces, windǽddran arteriae, þrotu guttur Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 35-39
sin-here
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An immense army Besæt sinherge sweorda láfe he besieged the fugitives with an immense army, Beo. Th. 5864 ; B. 2936
sylian
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To sully, soil, pollute, defile Hé on unscyldgum eorla blóde his sweord selede (cf. besyled, Bt. 16, 4; Fox 58. 18), Met. 9, 60. Sió sugu hí wille sylian on hire sole æfter ðæm ðe hió áðwægen biþ, Past. 54; Swt. 419, 27
hype-seax
a dagger
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A knife hanging at the hip, a dagger, short sword Lytel sweord vel hypesex pugio vel clunabulum, Ælfc. Gl. 52; Som. 65, 50; Wrt. Voc. 35, 37. Helm oððe hupseax, Exon. 79 a; Th. 297, 6; Crä. 64. Helmas and hupseax, Judth. 12; Th. 26, 15; Jud. 328
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