wandrian
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Ðiós wandriende wyrd ðe wé wyrd hátaþ, 39, 6 ; Fox 220, 5
ge-hefigian
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Behealdað eów ðæt gé ne gehefegien eówre heortan mid oferǽte and oferdrynce, 129, 19. to make oppressive Gehefegad is ofer mé hond ðín gravata est super me manus tua Ps.
tín
ten ⬩ alone ⬩ a set of ten ⬩ the number ten
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Ðis is ðara týn hída bóc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 316, 33. Mid tién bebodum, Past. 17; Swt. 125, 18. Tién ceastro Decapoleas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 14. Sume tén geár, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 7.
talian
to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account, ⬩ to impute, ascribe, lay to the account of ⬩ to reckon, enumerate
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Homl. 163, 5. where the supposition is not expressed Nis ðis seó hell swá ðú talost and wénest, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 7. Gif ðín hige wǽre swá searogrim swá ðú talast, Beo.
dohtig
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Diplm. A.D. 1016-1020; 313, 19
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lǽlan
to be bruised
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to become black and blue with blows, to be bruised Geseoh nú seolfes swæðe swá ðín swát ágeát blódige stíge líc lǽlan see now thy track, where thy blood hath poured forth, a bloody path, see thy body bruised, Andr. Kmbl. 2884; An. 1445.
læt-byrd
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A lateor slow birth Se wífman se hire cild áfédan ne mæg gange tó gewitenes mannes birgenne ... and cweþe ðás word ðis mé tó bóte ðære láþan lætbyrde let the woman who cannot nourish her [unborn] child go to the grave of a dead man ... and say these
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nigoþa
ninth
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Dip. Kmbl. iv. 194, 11. Nigende, vi. 203, 15. Nióþa, Mt. Kmbl. p. 3, 16 : 11, 8
be-swingan
To scourge, beat ⬩ flagellare, verberare
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To scourge, beat; flagellare, verberare Ic wæs beswungen ealne dæg fui flagellatus tota die, Ps. Lamb. 72, 14: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 91; Met. 25, 46. Híg ne beóþ beswungene non flagellabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 72, 5: Ex. 5, 16. Ic eom beswungen verberor, Ælfc.
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ge-efnan
To do ⬩ perform ⬩ carry out ⬩ sustain
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Hió geefenede swá she did so, Elen. Kmbl. 2028; El. 1015. Hwá gedéþ ǽfre, ðæt he ðæt geefne quis sustinebit? Ps. Th. 129, 3. Ealdor geefnan to spend [one's] life, Salm. Kmbl. 711; Sal. 355
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sige-hréðig
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Hig ne wéndon ðæt hé sigehréðig sécean cóme þeóden they did not expect that Beowulf would come triumphant (from his fight with Grendel's mother) and visit Hrothgar, Beo.
þyrre
dry ⬩ lacking water ⬩ lacking sap or moisture ⬩ dry
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Dip. Kmbl. v. 117, 5. lacking sap or moisture Þornas þyre (þyrre? but cf. O. L. Ger. thiori holt), Ps. Th. 117, 12. as a medical term, dry Hine dreceþ þyrre hwósta, Lchdm. ii. 264, 13.
ymener
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Dip. B. iii. 660, 32. Hymneres tácen is ðæt mon wæcge brádlinga his hand and rǽre up his litlan finger, Techm. ii. 121, 9. ii. salteras, and se saltere swá man singð on Róme, and .ii. ymneras, Chart. Th. 430, 13
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á-ríman
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Ðis ðæt wé nú feám wordum árímdon haec quae breviter enumerando perstrinximus, Past. 75, 16. Árím letanias, Lch. i. 400, 10. Hwá is þætte áríman mæge hwæt þǽr moncynnes forwearð, Ors. 1, 11; S. 50, 13: Bl. H. 59, 33: 63, 1.
gál-scipe
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Ðis synt þá ídelnessa þisse worlde . . . gálscipe (lascivia), Ll. Th. ii. 174, 33. Se seofoða heáfodgylt ys luxuria ꝥ ys gálscype, Angl. viii. 337, 4. Byrnendes gálscipes flagrantis furie Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 36. Of gálscipe petulantia An. Ox. 5290.
or-ildu
Extreme old age
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Á ic wundor ðín weorðlíc sægde and ic ðæt wið oryldu áwa fremme usque nunc pronuntiabo mirabilia tua, et usque in senectam et senium, Ps. Th. 70, 16
slingan
To wind, twist, worm, move as a serpent. ⬩ to move quickly ⬩ to wind ⬩ to wind
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Cf. sling to move quickly, Var. dial. It also has the same meaning as slinch (slink). Halliwell's Dict. Gif heó (the adder) ðæt heáfod innan ðone man bestingþ ðonne slingþ (= slincþ ?)
ge-þénsum
Obsequious ⬩ obliging ⬩ serviceable ⬩ officiosus
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Gif hwilc sibling ðé biþ swá geþénsum swilce ðín ágen fót if any kinsman be as serviceable to thee as thy own foot, i. 516, 15
hold-scipe
Loyalty, ⬩ fealty, ⬩ allegiance
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Sægdon ðæt hí hit dyden for ðes mynstres holdscipe said that they did it on account of the loyalty of the monastery, 1070; Erl. 209, 15
Wil-tún
Wilton in Wiltshire
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Dip. Kmbl. vi. 131, 1. ¶the name occurs in several Latin charters In uilla regali qui appellatur Uuiltún, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 320, 15. In uico regio æt Wiltúne. iii. 278, 32. In palacio nostro quod dicitur Wiltún, ii. 15, 13.