ge-fremman
To promote ⬩ perfect ⬩ perform ⬩ commit
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Hine mihtig God ofer ealle men forþ gefremede him mighty God advanced above all men, Beo. Th. 3440; B. 1718. Ðæt hire mægen on untrumnesse gefremed and getry- med wǽre ut virtus ejus in infirmitate perficeretur, Bd. 4, 23; S. 595, 16.
fémne
A virgin ⬩ young woman ⬩ virgo
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A virgin, young woman; virgo Fémne sceal hire freónd gesécan the virgin shall seek her friend, Menol. Fox 548; Gn. C. 44
word-lof
Praise in words ⬩ praise
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Praise in words, praise Cyning mec weorþaþ, ne wyrneþ wordlofes, wísan mǽneþ míne for mengo, Exon. Th. 401, 13 ; Rä. ai, II
Agustus
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Agustes In Agustes mónþe mense Augusta, Nar. 6, 8: Lch. i. 70, 7
GEÓ
Formerly, of old, before ⬩ quandam, olim, pridem
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Ðú wið Criste geó wunne thou of old didst strive against Christ, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 25; Jul. 420: 19 b; Th. 51, 11; Cri. 814: Cd. 106; Th. 139, 12; Gen. 2308: Menol. Fox 34; Men. 17.
wearm
Warm
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Wearme gewyderu, Menol. Fox 177; Men. 90
hár
Hoar, hoary, grey, old ⬩ canus
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On brime háran on the grey sea, Menol. Fox 423; Men. 213. Hé geseah sumne hárne stán he saw a grey stone, Blickl. Homl. 209, 32: Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 313. 26: Beo. Th. 1779; B. 887. Hárne middengeard canescentem mundum, Mt. Kmbl. p. i, 5.
dún-scrǽf
A mountain-cave ⬩ montāna cavema
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Weras woldon to dúnscræfum drohtoþ sécan the men would seek a refuge in mountain-caves, Andr. Kmbl. 3076; An. 1541
freoðo-wǽr
A covenant of peace ⬩ an agreement ⬩ compact ⬩ pācis fœdus ⬩ pactum
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A covenant of peace, an agreement, compact; pācis fœdus, pactum Wæs seó eorla gedriht ánes módes, fæstum fæðmum freoðowǽre heóld the host of men was of one mind, held the covenant of peace in their firm breasts, Cd. 158; Th. 197, 13; Exod. 306.
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hundred-mann
a centurion
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The chief of a hundred men, a centurion Ðá clypode hé ðæne hundredman accersito centurione, Mk. Skt. 15, 44.
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leód-sceaða
a public enemy
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A harmer of men, a public enemy Láð leódsceaða [the serpent], Cd. 43; Th. 56, 24; Gen. 917. Æt ðam leódsceaðan hreddan to save from the devil, Exon, 11 b; Th. 17, 20; Cri. 273. Ic ðam leódscaðan [Grendel] hondleán forgeald, Beo. Th. 4193; B. 2093.
lof-georn
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Manna lofgeornost of all men most desirous to deserve praise (Beowulf), Beo. Th. 6347; B. 3183
nǽp
Turnip ⬩ rape
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Healde hine wið nǽpas, and wið ða þing ðe windigne ǽþm on men wyrcen, ii. 214, 3
ge-freólsian
To liberate ⬩ deliver ⬩ set free
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Ðurh Cristes sige ealle hálige wǽron gefreólsode through Christ's victory all holy men were set free, 31, 35
sele-rǽdend
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Men ne cunnon secgan tó sóðe, selerǽdende (-rǽdenne, MS.), hæleþ under heof*-* enum, hwá ðæm hlæste onféng, Beo. Th. 102 ; B. 51. Ic ðæt leóde míne, selerǽdende, secgan hýrde, 2696 ; B. 1346
sige-hréðig
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Triumphant, applied to men Dómeádig cempa . . . sigehréðig ( Guthlac ), Exon. Th. 146, 4 ; Gú. 704.
síman
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To load, put a burden (seám) on Gé sýmaþ (sémaþ, Lind.) men mid ðám byrþenum . . . and gé ne áhrínaþ ða seámas mid eówrum ánum fingre oneratis homines oneribus . . . et ipsi uno digito uestro non tangitis sarcinas, Lk. Skt. 11, 46.
tægl
A tail
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Kmbl. 37; Leás. 20, Hí habbaþ tæglas ðám wyrmum gelíce ðe men hátaþ þrowend, Wulfst. 200, 14
tǽlende
prone to blame, censorious ⬩ slanderous, backbiting
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P. iv. 66; Th. ii. 226, 31. slanderous, backbiting Ða aefstigan men and ða tǽlendan, Blickl. Homl. 65, 10
þrece
Force ⬩ oppression ⬩ the result of oppression ⬩ weariness ⬩ exhaustion
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Hneppade sáwle mín for ðrece dormitavit anima men prae taedio, Ps. Lamb. 118, 28