wang-stede
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Andrew was unseen as he passed across the space (wang) between the sea and the town. Cf. stede-wang)) Hæfde ðá se sæðeling in geþrungen carcerne néh, Andr. Kmbl. 1975 ; An.990
searwian
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Searw[a] ð[ú] insidieris , Kent. Gl. 935. Searwiende machinans, 151. Hé cwæð him tó særwigendum móde ( insidiously ), Homl. Th. ii. 308, 6. v. sirwan and next word
under-delfan
to dig under ⬩ undermine ⬩ dig out ⬩ suffocare
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Seáþ hé geopnode and hé underdealf ðæne lacum aperuit et effodit eum, 7, 16. Hé nolde geþafigan ðæt man hys hús underdulfe non sineret perfodi domum suam, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 43: Lk. 12, 39.
ge-horsod
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Add: provided with or possessed of a horse Hé sceal beón gehorsad ꝥ hé mæge tó hláfordes seáme ꝥ syllan equum habeat quem ad summagium domini sui prestare possit Ll. Th. i. 436, 6.
ge-brítan
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Genim . . . gebærned sealt tó swýþe smalan dúste gebrýt, 216, 4. fig- God eall heora wǽpn gebrýt Dominus confringet arma. Ps. Th. 45, 8. þára synfulra mægen þú gebrýttest dentes peccatorum conteruisti, 3, 6. God ealle his fýnd gebrýtte, 46, arg.
écan
EKE, increase, prolong, add ⬩ augēre, appōnĕre
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Hwæt biþ ðé ealles seald oððe éced swá from ðære inwitfullan yflan tungan quid dētur tĭbi aut quid appōnātur tĭbi a lingua dŏlōsa? 119, 3
ge-féran
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Þá hí hæfdon heora síðfæt geféredne peracto itinere, Bd. 4, 25 ; Sch. 497, 18. to travel a road, traverse a surface (land, sea) Þone gársecg nǽnig mon mid scipe geféran ne meahte, Nar. 20, 18 : Bt. 18, 2 ; F. 62, 9 note.
mengan
to mix ⬩ mingle ⬩ combine ⬩ to mingle together ⬩ stir up ⬩ disturb
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Fífleáfon seáw mencg (mængc, MS. B) tó wíne, Herb. 3, 6; Lchdnl. i. 88, 112. Menge mon wið áseowen hunig, L. M. 2, 26; Lchdm. ii. 220, 10. Nánne wǽtan hí ne cúþon wið hunige mengan, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 10. Mengan, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 48; Met. 8, 22.
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be-tweonum
BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio
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Friþ freóndum bitweon peace between friends, Exon. 32 a; Th. 101, 15; Cri. 1659. sometimes the case is placed between be and tweonum, as, Be sǽm tweonum between the seas, Cd. 163; Th. 205, 28; Exod. 442 : 170; Th. 214, 1; Exod. 562
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Iotas
The Jutes
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The Jutes Ðá cómon ða men of þrím mégðum Germanie of Ald-Seaxum of Anglum of Iotum.
bisceop-scír
the province of a bishop, a diocese ⬩ episcopi provincia, diœcesis = διoίκησιs, parochia = παρoικία ⬩ the office of a bishop, episcopate ⬩ episcopatus
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He todǽlde on twá biscopscíre West-Seaxna mǽgþe he divided the province of the West Saxons into two dioceses, 3, 7; S. 530, 6, 10. the office of a bishop, episcopate; episcopatus Seó biscopscír Wihte ðæs eálondes belimpeþ to Daniele Wintan ceastre bisceope
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sweorcan
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On hú grundleásum seáðe swiaceþ ðæt sweorcende mód quam praecipiti mersa profundo mens hebet, Met. 3, 2. of that which causes sadness, to become grievous, troublesome, saddening Ne hine wiht dereþ, ádl ne yldo, ne him inwitsorh on sefan sweorceþ nor
HRÍM
RIME
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Wineleás guma gesihþ him beforan baðian brimfuglas brǽdan feðra hreósan hrím and snáw hagle gemenged the friendless man sees before him the sea-birds bathe, and spread their wings, sees rime and snow fall mingled with hail, 77 a; Th. 289, 14; Wand. 48
módigian
to be or become proud ⬩ to glory ⬩ exult ⬩ to take offence through pride ⬩ to bear one's self proudly ⬩ impetuously
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Ðǽr ǽr wegas lágon mere módgode (v. módig, IV.) where before ran the roads, now raged the sea, 166; Th. 206, 27; Exod. 458. Similar entries v. ofer-módigian
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gryre
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Hié of þám grimman gryre (the fiery furnace) glade treddedon, Dan. 439.Gyllende gryre (with the roaring waves of the Red Sea), Exod. 489. Hine God ús onsende wið Grendles gryre ( the terror caused by Grendel), B. 384 : Exod. 20.
brǽdan
broad ⬩ latus ⬩ To make broad, BROADEN, extend, spread, stretch out ⬩ dilatare, propalare, expandere ⬩ To be extended or developed, grow or rise up; ⬩ dilatari, adolescere
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He gesihþ brimfuglas brǽdan feðra he sees sea-fowls spread their wings, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 13; Wand. 47. Ge wilniaþ eówerne hlísan to brédanne ye wish to spread your fame, Bt. 18, 1; Rawl. 38, 33, MS. Cot.
hlifian
To stand out prominently, ⬩ tower up, ⬩ to be raised high
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Mid ðý ðe hé wǽshlifigende ofer sǽs brim whilst he was standing high up above the sea, Blickl. Homl. 143, 5
íg
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The word occurs in place-names Locum qui apud Anglos nuncupatur Ceroteég, id est Cirotis insula,C. D. ii. 122, 27. Hengestes-íg, v. 401, 26. On Beferíge; ðonne on Fyrsíge, 300, 17. On meldaníge . . . tó Ceólesíge, 303, 2-3. Ðis sind ðá landgemǽra tó Gósíge
for-wyrnan
To prohibit ⬩ deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ restrain ⬩ prevent ⬩ hinder ⬩ prohĭbēre ⬩ recūsāre ⬩ denĕgāre ⬩ renuĕre
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Se ilca forwyrnþ ðære [MS. ðæræ] sǽ ðæt heó ne mót ðone þeorscwold oferstæppan ðære eorþan the same restrains the sea that it may not overstep the threshold of the earth, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 25.
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irgþ
Sluggishness ⬩ cowardice ⬩ timorousness ⬩ pusillanimity
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ðe ætfleó fram his hláforde oððe fram his geféran for his yrhþe sý hit on scipfyrde sý hit on landfyrde þolige ealles ðæs ðe hé áge and his ágenes feores the man that flies from his lord, or from his comrade, from cowardice, be it on an expedition by sea
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