ongeagn
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Sing on þæs mannes heáfod ufan on yrnendum wætere and wend ꝥ heáfod ongeán streám ( he must face up stream), Lch. iii. 70, 8.
fǽr
a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident
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Hí flugon forhtigende, fǽr ongéton they fled in terror, knowing the calamity that had come upon them, Exod. 452. Gif se ǽrra fǽr genam if the former got hurt, Rä. 54, 12. ¶attack of disease?
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hróf
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Add: the outside upper covering of a building, ceiling of a room, upper surface of a cave, &c. Hróf lacuna[r], Txts. 76, 109: lacunar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 55: camara, 17, 16; tholus (tholus tectum de petris sine ligno, Ld. Gl.
niman
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Th. i. 350, 5. to adopt and enter upon a way Dysig bið se wegférenda man, sé ðe nimð þone sméðan weg . . . and forlǽt ðone sticolan, Hml.
FÉDAN
nourish ⬩ support ⬩ sustain ⬩ bring up ⬩ educate ⬩ pascĕre ⬩ cĭbāre ⬩ nutrīre ⬩ engtrīre ⬩ sustentāre ⬩ edŭcāre ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ gignĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre
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to FEED, nourish, support, sustain, bring up, educate; pascĕre, cĭbāre, nutrīre, engtrīre, sustentāre, edŭcāre Mægen mon sceal mid mete fédan a man must feed strength with meat, Exon. 90 b; Th. 340, 22; Gn. Ex. 115.
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HERE
An army ⬩ a host ⬩ multitude ⬩ a large predatory band
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Þeófas wé hátaþ óð vii men from vii. hlóþ óð xxxv siððan biþ here up to seven men we call thieves, from seven to thirty-five a gang, after that it is an army, L. In. 13; Th. i. 110, 14. [Cf. L. In. 15; Th. i. 112, 1, be herige; and L.
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steáp
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</b> standing out, or up, prominent [or bright? In later English steap applied to the eyes or to gems seems to have this meaning. 'Twa ehnen steappre þene steorren an þene ȝimstanes' Marh.9, 4.
swǽsende
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Swǽsenda (up) girwan to prepare a feast Judth. Thw. 21, 7; Jud. 9. Symbel ł swoese (swoesende ?) mín ic gearuade prandium meum paravi, Mt. Kmbl.
tawian
to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.
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V.) he burnt up their cities and evilly intreated them, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 388. Hé Godes templ tawode tó bysmore he had shamefully abused God's temple (cf. l. 538), 25, 542.
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brecan
to shatter ⬩ demolish ⬩ to subdue ⬩ tame ⬩ reflex ⬩ to struggle ⬩ strive
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Hé ongan hine brecan tó spíwenne, Chr. 1003; P. 135, 13. intrans. to force a way out of confinement Up brecon erumperant (fontes aquarum), Kent. Gl. 264. Hí nǽfre siððan út (out of hell) brecan ne magon, Hml.
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hínan
to humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ degrade ⬩ insult ⬩ to conquer ⬩ subject ⬩ o oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ to lay low ⬩ destroy ⬩ to lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ to accuse
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hié mon slóg and hiénde and on óþru land sealde populis bello victis, pretio vinditis, Ors. 5, l; 8. 214, 13. to oppress, afflict Hé cóm tó ánre byrig Bosor geháten, on ðǽre wǽron ðá hǽðenan þe hýndon his mágas (cf. many of their brethren were shut up
hryre
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Th. i. 50, 23 (in Dict.). fig. a descent from high estate, flourishing condition Ǽr ðæs monnes hryre bið ðæt mód úp áhæfen, Past. 299, 18. Hié náþer næfdon siþþan ne heora namon ne heora anweald.
leóht
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Add: of little weight Hwílum ꝥ leóhte fýr úp gewít and sió hefige eorþe sit þǽr niþere, Bt. 39, 13; F. 234, 12.
sang
song, singing ⬩ a singing, chanting ⬩ song, poetry, ⬩ a song ⬩ a poem
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Gesǽton sigerófe sang áhófon lifted up their voices in song, Elen. Kmbl. 1733 ; Kl. 868. of birds or animals Winsum sanc ( of birds ), Met. 13, 50. Fugla cynn songe lofiaþ módigne, Exon. Th. 221, 20; Ph. 337. Mǽwes song, 406, 25; Rä. 25, 6.
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sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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Seó sceadu ástíhþ up óþ ðæt heó becymþ tó ðære lyfte ufeweardan, and ðonne beyrnþ se móna hwíltídum, ðonne hé full byþ, on ðære sceade ufeweardre and fággeteþ oððe mid ealle ásweartaþ, 240, 18-24. On India lande wendaþ heora scada (sceada, MSS. R.
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folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Ðá lǽrdon þǽra sácerda ealdras and þá hláfordas þæt folc (þǽm folce, R. . dǽm folcum, L. populis), 27, 20. country-folk, Similar entries v. folc-stów Be ciépemonna fóre uppe on londe. Gif ciépemon uppe on folce ceápie, Ll.
æðeling
the son of a king ⬩ one of royal blood ⬩ a nobleman ⬩ the king ⬩ God ⬩ Christ ⬩ regia suboles ⬩ vir nobilis ⬩ man ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ homo ⬩ homines
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Ða nú æðelingas, ealle eorþ-búend, Ebréi hátaþ which people now, all dwellers upon earth, call Hebrews, 79; Th. 99, 17; Gen. 1647. Héht him ceósan æðelingas he commanded him to choose men, go; Th. 112, 9; Gen. 1868: 58; Th. 70, 31; Gen. 1161
HETE
HATE ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ malignity ⬩ malice ⬩ spite
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Ðone mǽstan hete hé sent on eów he shall pour upon you his fiercest hate, Deut. 28, 59. Hete malitiam, Ps. Stev. 35, 5. Ic flýma wæs ðæt ic mé his hete berh and wearnode qui vagabundus, hostium vitabam insidias, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 28.
infangeneþeóf
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'the right to judge one's own thief when taken within the jurisdiction, and the privilege consequent upon that jurisdiction, viz. the receiving of the mulct, or money-payment for the crime,&' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. i. xlv.
gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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a gift; as a technical term, the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife Gif mon wíf gebycgge and sió gyft forþ ne cume if a man buy a wife and the sum agreed upon be not forthcoming, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 5.