hyht-ful
joyous ⬩ exultant ⬩ glad ⬩ pleasant
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Him on láste beleác hihtfulne hám hálig engel a holy angel closed behind them the pleasant abode [paradise ], Cd. 45; Th. 58, 14; Gen. 946.
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hin-síþ
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Heard wæs hinsíð . . . þe hý æt þám beorge blídne f[u]ndon hard had been (Christ's) death (on the cross) . . . . . which at the grave (cf. for the meaning of beorg: Wéndon þæt hé on þám beorge bídan sceolde ána in þǽre eásterniht, 14) they found to be
be-gitan
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add : to get a wife Þæs cyninges sáwle þe hí begæt, Lch. iii. 422, 15 : Gen. 1130. to get into one's keeping, bring home Begyte hé þá báde hám, Ll. Th. i. 354, 7. where the object is non-material Freóndscipe begitan, An. 480.
slíþen
Cruel, hard, evil
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Cruel, hard, evil Slíden infastum Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 66. Ðú wéndest ðæt ðiós slíþne wyrd ðás worulde wende bútan Godes þeahte Bt. 5, 3; Fox 14, 4. Fin eft begeát sweordbealo slíþen dire harm from the sword overwhelmed Fin Beo. Th. 2298; B. 1147.
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trum-líc
firm ⬩ strong ⬩ stable ⬩ of material things ⬩ hortatory ⬩ of exhortation
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Tǽceþ ús se torhta trumlícne hám, burhweallas beorhte scínaþ, Cd. Th. 282, 30; Sat. 294. Ða geseah ic gyldenne wíngeard trumlícne and fæstlícne vineam solidam auro miratus sum, Nar. 4, 28.
lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Nys hyt swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám for ege hláfordes mínes non est tam aspera hyems ut audeam latere domi prae timore domini mei, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17.
stúpian
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To stoop, bend the back Gyf seó sunne hine ( the moon) onǽlþ ufan þonne stúpaþ hé (it has the light part curving downwards ) . . . for ðan ðe hé went ǽfre ðone hricg tó ðære sunnan weard, Lchdm. iii. 266, 20.
for-cýðan
To surpass or excel in knowledge ⬩ scientia excellĕre vel supĕrāre
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To surpass or excel in knowledge; scientia excellĕre vel supĕrāre Hæfde se snotra sunu Davides forcumen and forcýðed Caldéa eorl the wise son of David had overcome and surpassed in knowledge the leader of the Chaldeans, Salm.
for-sceádan
To scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ dispergĕre
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Past. 18, 4; Hat. MS. 26 b, 25. Gé sind forscádene ye are scattered, Exon. 39 b; Th. 131, 1; Gú. 449
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Franc-ríce
The kingdom of the Franks ⬩ Francōrum regnum
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The kingdom of the Franks; Francōrum regnum He hæfde ǽrendo sum to Breotone cyningum of Francríce he had an errand to the kings of Britain against the kingdom of the Franks, Bd. 4, 1; S. 565, 1, MS. B: Chr. 1060; Erl. 193, 32
freóndlíce
like a friend ⬩ kindly ⬩ ămīce ⬩ benigne
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like a friend, kindly; ămīce, benigne We ðe freóndlíce wíc getǽhton we kindly assigned to thee a dwelling-place, Cd. 127; Th. 162, 25; Gen. 2686: 76; Th. 95, 16; Gen. 1579: Past. pref; Hat. MS. Freóndlícor more kindly, Beo. Th. 2058; B. 1027
hefe-líce
Heavily ⬩ exceedingly ⬩ seriously ⬩ with difficulty
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For ðære ilcan eádmódnesse hé ofermódgaþ innan micle ðý hefelícor de hac ipsa humilitate graviter interius superbitur, Past. 43, 3; Swt. 313, 3; 46, 5; Swt. 351, 6
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in-swán
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The herd who had charge of the lord's swine Ǽlc gebúr sylle .vi. hláfas ðam inswáne ðonne hé his heorde tó mæstene drífe omnis geburus det vi. panes porcario curie quando gregem suum minabit in pastinagium, L. R. S. 4; Th. i. 434, 21
ge-mædla
Talk
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Talk Wiþ wíf-gemædlan geberge on neaht nestig rædices moran ðý dæge ne mæg ðé se gemædla sceððan against a woman's chatter; taste at night fasting a root of radish, that day the chatter cannot harm thee, L. M. 3, 57; Lchdm. ii. 342, 11
ge-mieltan
to melt, digest
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to melt, digest Suá suá sió wamb gemielt ðone mete suá gemielt ðæt mód mid ðære gescádwísnesse his geþeahtes his sorga as the belly digests food so does the mind digest its sorrows with wise reflection, Past. 36, 8; Swt. 259, 6; Hat. MS
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meduma
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(Wright prints: Tramarium meðema wersa, but the MS. has persa, which is Latin, and belongs to the next word.)
tó-tellan
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Þú þysne middangeard from fruman ǽrest forð oð ende tídum tótældest from the very beginning and right on to the end there has been a distinction of times and seasons for reckoning (cf. Gen. 1, 14); tempus ab aevo ire jubes, Met. 20, 11. Add
sǽ-lác
a gift or present or offering
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a gift or present or offering that comes from the sea or from a lake Beowulf maþelode: Hwæt wé ðé ðás sǽlác ( what B. had brought to Hrothgar from Grendel's lake-dwelling ) brohton tíres tó tácne, Beo. Th. 3308; B. 1652: 3253; B. 1624
cnossian
To beat ⬩ strike ⬩ dash; ⬩ tundi ⬩ quassari ⬩ illidi
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To beat, strike, dash; tundi, quassari, illidi Yða gewealc mec oft bigeat, æt nacan stefnan, ðonne he be clifum cnossaþ the rolling of the waves has often caught me, at the vessel's prow, when it strikes on rocks Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 15; Seef. 8
tó-lǽtenness
Abandonment, ⬩ a giving up
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Abandonment, a giving up Ðeós wyrt ealle ealde and unlácnigendlíce ádlu tófereþ, swá ðæt hé byþ gelácnud þeáh hé ǽr his hǽle on tólǽtennesse wǽre the patient will be cured, though before he had been in despair of his health, Lchdm. i. 262, 3