be-tweonum
BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio
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Hluton hell-cræftum, hǽðengildum teledon betwinum they cast lots, counted, with hellish arts, amid heathen gods, Andr. Kmbl. 2207; An. 1105. Gif ge habbaþ lufe eów betwynan si dilectionem habueritis ad invicem, Jn. Bos. 13, 35.
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tyslian
To dress
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máre embe ða sceandlícan tyslunge búton ðæt ús secgaþ béc ðæt se beó ámánsumod ðe hǽðenra manna þeáwas hylt on his lífe and his ágen cynn unwurþaþ mid ðam I tell you, brother Edward, that you do wrong to forsake the English customs that your fathers held
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sáwel
The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature
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Drihten ða hálgan sáuwla ðonon ( from Hell ) álǽdde, 67, 19
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bídan
to wait ⬩ remain ⬩ to await ⬩ experience
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Hél. 4829-30), Gen. 39. with a clause Ic bíde . . . hwonne gæst cume, Rä. 16, 9. Hi bídaþ, hwæt him déman wille tó leáne, Jul. 706: Cri. 802. Bídan, hwæs him cyning unnan wolde, An. 145.
ge-liþian
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Mæg se biscop þæs mannes syngrína þurh Godes þafunge þe swýðor geliðian þe þus wile georne helpan him sylfan, Wlfst. 155, 26. Seó hálige sáwl wæs álysed and geleoðod of þám líchaman sancta illa anima carne soluta est, Gr. D. 282, 17.
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galan
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Gehyrde heó hearm galan (tell his woes) helle deófol . . . ' Wá mé forworhtum . . . ' Jul. 629. in incantation Ic galdor-wordum gól, Reim. 24.
hleówþ
Shelter, ⬩ protection, ⬩ warmth
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Gé hyra hulpon and him hleóþ géfon ye helped them [the poor] and gave them shelter, Exon. 27 b; Th. 83, 11; Cri. 1354
scín-lǽca
A magician ⬩ necromancer ⬩ sorcerer
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On helle beóþ ða scínlǽcan, ða ðe galdorcræftas begangaþ, Blickl. Homl. 61, 23. Ða fǽmnan ðe gewuniaþ onfón gealdorcræftigan and scínlǽcan (-lácan, MS. H.) and wiccan, ne lǽt ðú ða libban, L. Alf. 30; Th. i. 50, 10
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weorþ-full
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Th. 6189; B. 3099. having honour with others, held in honour, honoured, esteemed, prized, dear Se bið on eallum þingum wurþfull (cf. weorþ mannum, 162, 1), Lchdm. iii. 158, 3.
ge-nip
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Tír á byð on færelde ofer nihta genipu, Rún. 17. (1 a) of the darkness to which the sun seems to sink Færeð sunne in þæt wonne genip under waetra geþring, Sch. 79. of a place without light In þissum neowlan genipe ( Hell ), Sat. 102.
hálig-nes
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</b> 2 Ðurh þæs hálgan fulluhtes hálignesse, Wlfst. 154, 19. an object held sacred Ic hálsige þe þurh ealle hálignyssa ( sanctitates ) þe synt on heofonan and on eorðan, and þurh þæne fulluht and Crístendóm þe þú underfangen hæfst, Ll.
rind
Rind. ⬩ of a tree ⬩ the bark ⬩ crust ⬩ rind
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Andlang ðæs piþan and andlang ðære rinde óþ ðone helm, Bt. 34, 10 ; Fox 150, 3. Of corntreówes rinde de cortice corni, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 6.
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sár-líc
sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous ⬩ causing pain, grievous ⬩ sad, mournful
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Sárlíc síþfæt (the journey to hell) 446, 20; Dóm. 25. Se sárlíca cwide: 'Terra es et in terram ibis' that sad sentence, 'Dust thou art and to dust thou shalt return,' Blickl. Homl. 123, 7. Mid sárlícre sceame confusione, Ps.
HOLT
a HOLT, ⬩ wood, ⬩ grove, ⬩ copse ⬩ wood; ⬩ lignum
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Ful oft unc holt wrugon wudubeáma helm, Exon. 129 a; Th. 496, 1; Rä. 85, 7.
tó-glídan
To glide in different directions, ⬩ glide away ⬩ to be dissipated, ⬩ dispersed, ⬩ dispelled, ⬩ to disappear, ⬩ vanish, ⬩ pass away ⬩ to fall to pieces, ⬩ collapse ⬩ to slip away
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Gúðhelm tóglád, gomela Scylfing hreás the war-helm slipped off, the aged Scylfing fell. Beo. Th. 4967; B. 2487. Þeo luue þat ne may her abyde . . . hit schal toglide, Misc. 94, 43. O. Sax. te-glídan to pass away, come to nought
hát
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Æt helle durn dracan eardigað háte on hreðre, Sat. 99: 281. Is onbærned þín yrre fýre hátre, Ps.
feax
a bush
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Hí habbað beardas oþ cneów and feax oð hélan (comas usque ad talos), Nar. 35, 2. Monig man hæfð micel feax on foranheáfde, and weorð fǽrlíce caluw, Prov. K. 42. Fexa, hǽra cincinnorum, An. Ox. 1199: 4172. Feaxum comis, Wrt.
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róf
Valiant ⬩ stout ⬩ strong
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Valiant, stout, strong (used only in poetry) Róf oretta, heard under helme ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 5070; B. 2538. Róf rúnwita ( Guthlac ), Exon. Th. 167, 30; Gú. 1068. Wís hæleþ, maga móde róf, Andr. Kmbl. 1249; An. 625.
tó-bláwan
to blow in different directions, ⬩ scatter by blowing, ⬩ blow away ⬩ to inflate, ⬩ puff up, ⬩ distend with wind, ⬩ swell, ⬩ to cause the breast to swell
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On ðam (helle)fýre gé beóþ tóbláwene, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 139. to inflate, puff up, distend with wind, swell, lit. v. next word Gif se maga biþ tóbláwen. Lchdm. iii. 58, 13. Himm wærenn fet and þeos tobollenn and toblawenn.
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wénunga
Perhaps ⬩ haply ⬩ by chance
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Nymðe mé Drihten gefultumede, wénincga mín sáwl sóhte helle nisi quia Dominus adjuvasset me, paulominus habitaverat in inferno anima meat Ps. Th. 93, 16. Woenunga forte Mk. Skt. Lind. 11, 13: Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 9, 13. Woenunge Mk. Skt.