bælca
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., s. v. balk, 'a wooden frame for securing the cow's head while being milked') Mistlice þreála gebyriað for synnum, bendas oððe dyntas, lobban oððe bælcan, Ll. Th. ii. 278, 27.
frætwe
Ornaments ⬩ adornments ⬩ decorations ⬩ treasures ⬩ ornāmenta ⬩ ornātus ⬩ res pretiōsæ
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Secgas bǽron beorhte frætwe the warriors bare bright arms, 434, note; B. 214. He frætwe geheóld, bill and byrnan he held the armour, the falchion and coat of mail, 5233; B. 2620. Frætwe and fætgold ornaments and plated gold, 3846, note; B. 1921.
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seomian
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Flota stille bád, seomode on sole scip, Beo. Th. 609; B. 302. Heó on wrace seomodon, Cd. Th. 5, 15; Gen. 72.
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geómor
Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretched ⬩ tristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭser ⬩ doleful, miserable ⬩ depressed, sad, sorrowful ⬩ misery ⬩ misery ⬩ pity ⬩ mĭsĕria
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He wæg hyge geómurne he bare a mournful spirit, 52 a; Th. 182, 15; Gú. 1310. In ðas geómran woruld in this sad world, 57 b; Th. 207, 10; Ph. 139: 63a; Th. 232, 35; Ph. 517. Geómran stefne with mournful voice, Andr. Kmbl. 122; An. 61: 2254; An. 1128.
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stǽnen
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Th. i. 364, 23. in a bad sense Hié, wǽron stǽnenre heortan and blindre, Blickl. Homl. 105, 27. Hí hæfdon stǽnene heardnysse on heora heortan, Homl. Th. ii. 236, 21. Hæfdon heortan stǽn[e]ne, Exon.
for-swælan
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L. 120, 6. of the effect of disease Hine gelæhte ádl; hís líchama barn wiðútan mid langsumere hǽtan, and hé eal innan forswǽled wæs, Hml. Th. i. 86, 5. uncertain Forswǽld, forhǽþed exustus, i. spoliatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 34. intrans. (?)
ge-hát
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Hé bád sóðra geháta, hwonne him Freá reste ágeáfe, Gen. 1425: Cri. 541: Gú. 913. a promise to a deity, a vow Gehát oððe wirgnes devotatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 2: i. 29, 1.
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gelimplic
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Gelimplice daele conpetenies portiunculas, 104, 78: 132, 65. of material things Þá gebróhte se bisceop ealle þá hálgan bán on gelimplicum scrýnum, Hml.
DRÉFAN
To disturb, agitate, disquiet, vex, trouble ⬩ commovēre, turbāre, conturbāre, tribulāre, contristāre
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Gewát him on nacan, dréfan deóp wæter he departed in the bark, to agitate the deep water, Beo. Th. 3812; B. 1904. Hwý ge scylen eówer mód dréfan why should ye trouble your mind? Bt. Met. Fox 27, 3; Met. 27, 2.
EÁCA
An addition, EEKING, increase, usury, advantage ⬩ additāmentum
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An addition, EEKING, increase, usury, advantage; additāmentum Ðeáh mín bán and blód bútú geweorþen eorþan to eácan though my bones and blood both become an increase to the earth, Exon. 38 a; Th. 125, 10; Gú. 352.
blind
dark ⬩ dim ⬩ blind
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Add: physical Ic wæs blind bám eágum, Hml. Th. i. 422, 7: Bt. 38, 5; F. 206, 26. Palpo ic grápige; hic palpo ðes blinda mann, hujus palponis ðyses blindan, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 216, 10.
fæt
a vessel ⬩ utensil ⬩ a receptacle ⬩ box ⬩ casket ⬩ a compartment
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Similar entries v. bán-, hord-, máþm-, sinc-fæt " Drihten, þú þé gecure ꝥ fæt (the body of the Virgin Mary) on tó eardienne " . . . þá wæs Drihten cweþende tó Marian líchoman: " Þú eart lífes fæt, and þú eart ꝥ heofenlice templ, " Bl. H. 157, 1-13.
heáfod-mann
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<b>II a</b> α the head, captain of a band :-- ' Alǽdað mé tó . . . eówerne ealdor.' Hig (the robbers ) clipodon þone cniht him tó þe hira heáfodman wæs, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 19
a-nýdan
to repel ⬩ thrust or beat back ⬩ keep from ⬩ restrain ⬩ constrain ⬩ force ⬩ repellere ⬩ extorquere ⬩ to expel ⬩ to drive out ⬩ expellere ⬩ depellere ⬩ exigere
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to repel, thrust or beat back, keep from, restrain, constrain, force; repellere, extorquere Hí fram his mágum ǽr mid unrihte anýdde wǽron they had formerly been unjustly forced from his kinsmen, Chr. 823; Th. 111, 34. with út to expel, to drive out;
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efen-þeówa
A fellow-servant ⬩ conservus
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A fellow-servant; conservus Astrehte hys efen-þeówa hyne and bæd hyne procĭdens conservus ejus rŏgābat eum. Mt. Bos. 18, 29. Hú ne gebýrede ðé gemiltsian ðínum efen-þeówan nonne ergo oportuit te misĕrēri conservi tui? Mt. Bos. 18, 33.
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eft-cyme
A coming again, return ⬩ rĕdĭtus, reversio
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A coming again, return; rĕdĭtus, reversio Ðæt eorlwerod sæt on wénum eftcymes leófes monnes the warrior band sat in expectation of the return of the dear man, Beo. Th. 5785; B. 2896: Exon. 121 b; Th. 466, 33; Hö. 130.
fóre-werd
Forward ⬩ fore ⬩ former ⬩ early ⬩ prōnus ⬩ antĕrior ⬩ prior ⬩ prīmus
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On fórewerd ðære bóc oððe on heáfde bǽc awriten is be me in căpĭte libri scriptum est de me, Ps. Lamb. 39, 9
rǽd-líce
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wisely, skilfully, cleverly Hé rǽdlíce slóh swá hé hine ( the ball ) nǽfre feallan ne lét, Ap. Th. 13, 5.
teám-byrst
The failure to produce a geteáma in a suit.
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Ðá bæd Byrhferhð ealdor-mann Æðelstán his wer for ðam témbyrste, Chart. Th. 207, 4
ge-ryd
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v. á-ryddan); pp. ge-rýd To clear land Ic ongyte þeáh bæt þá worlde lustas ne sint eallunga áwyrtwalode of ðínum mode þeáh se gráf gerýd st though the stumps have not been rooted out entirely, the trees have been cut down and cleared away, Solil.