frécen
Peril ⬩ danger ⬩ perīcŭlum ⬩ discrīmen
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Ðǽr is ealra frécna mǽste there is the greatest of all perils, Cd. 24; Th. 31, 21; Gen. 488
heofon-ware
The inhabitants of heaven
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The inhabitants of heaven Ealle gesceafta ge heofonware ge eorþware all creatures, both those in heaven and those on earth, Blickl. Homl. 11, 4. Ða hálgan heofenware the holy dwellers in heaven, 135, 17. Similar entries v. next word
lengþ
Length
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Length On lengþe mid him hé begeat ealle ða eástlond at length with them he gained all the east country, Ors. 3, 11; Swt. 144, 1. [Hit weáx on lengþe it grew in length, Chr. 1122; Erl. 249, 22.]
gebregd-stafas
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Substitute: Cunning skill Ic íglanda eallra hæbbe bóca onbyrged, þurh gebregdstafas lárcræftas onlocen Libia and Gréca I of the islands all have the books browsed on, and by cunning skill the learning unlocked of Lybians and Greeks, Sal. 2
líming
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The passage to which all three glosses belong is: Turrem . . . forti liturae compage constructam erexit, Aid. 62, 13. In Hpt. Gl. 509, 54 and An. Ox. 4439 the reading is linunge. Add
burg-waran
Inhabitants of a city, citizens ⬩ urbis incolæ, cives
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Inhabitants of a city, citizens; urbis incolæ, cives Ealle burgwaran all the city-inhabitants, Exon. 121b; Th. 467, 6; Hö. 134: 120b; Th. 462, 23; Hö. 56. Burgwarena fruma the chief of the citizens, Scóp Th. 182; Wíd. 90
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hlýdan
chatter
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Add: — Hlýdað strepunt, Germ. 388, 14. of persons, to speak loud, cry aloud, chatter Ic hlýde garrio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 62. Hé ongan clypian and hlýdan clamare coepit. Bd. 3, II; Sch. 240, l.
for-fón
to take violently or by surprise ⬩ clutch ⬩ arrest ⬩ seize ⬩ vehementer căpĕre ⬩ imprōviso adventu căpĕre ⬩ prehendĕre ⬩ apprehendĕre ⬩ deprehendĕre
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Ealle deáþrǽs forféng the death-rush clutched them all. Andr. Kmbl. 1990; An. 997. Ǽr ðú ða miclan meaht mín forfénge ere thou didst arrest my great power. Exon. 73 a; Th. 273, 26; Jul. 522.
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for-sleán
To strike with violence ⬩ smite ⬩ break ⬩ slay ⬩ kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ vehementer fĕrīre ⬩ percŭtĕre ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre
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Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 14. He ealle ða rícostan forsleán hét he commanded [them] to slay all the most powerful, Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 60, 38. Ercol hí swíðe forslóh and fordyde Hercules grievously slew and destroyed them, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 34.
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be-sceran
To shear off, to shave, cut off ⬩ attondere, amputare, præcidere
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Alf. pol. 35; Th. i. 84, 7, 9. Biscær, Reim. 26
bil
a falchion ⬩ a bill
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Bill chalibem (cf. 92, 7, a gloss on Ald. 159, 33 where the incident of the preceding passage is related), Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 57. Hé sceal habban æcse, adsan, bil, Angl. ix. 263, 1
eást
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Substitute: [the positive is uncertain]; cpve. eástra; spve. eást(e)mest Þǽre eástan Eoae (the passage is: Eoae tripertitas Indiaeprovincias illustravit, Ald. 25, 31, the glosses to which in Hpt.
egl
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Eglum gliribus (prava seges gliribus densescit acerbis, Ald. 210, 37), 97, 10: 41, 50. Eglum oððe eárum, 5, 69. Eárum, eglum spicis, An. Ox. 2361. a talon, claw Egl unheóru, B. 987. [v. N. E. D. ail.] Cf. egenu
glengan
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Add: to adorn with material ornaments Glensþ ( = glengst) comas (si tu te sumptuosius comas, Ald. 75, 5), An. Ox. 8, 332. Glencaþ comunt i. ornant, 11. Hí glencgað heora wíf mid þám þe hí weófoda sceoldan, Ll. Th. ii. 328, 7.
hǽþen-dóm
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Add: the belief and practice of a heathen people Hǽþendómes gentilitatis (Gregorius nostris parentibus errorem tetrae gentilitatis abstulit, Ald. 74, 13), An. Ox. 5156.
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hran
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Ran balenam .i. diabolum (crudelissimam superbiae balenam virtutum devoratricem, Ald. 10, 26. Cf. the poem on the whale), 668
Thráceas
The Thracians
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Tráciana Traciarium (provincias,) (Ald. 64, 10), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 74. On Trácia(Thrácia,) (MS. C.) ðæm londe, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 114, 15. Lysimachus beféng Thráciam Thracia Lysimacho data, 3, 11; Swt. 142, 33.
CUMB
a hollow among hills, narrow valley ⬩ COMB ⬩ caverna inter colles, vallis angusta
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D. 770 ; Kmbl. iii. 380, 5 . a liquid measure ; mensura quædam liquidorum : hence, perhaps, our dry measure COMB or COOMB = four bushels Cumb fulne líðes aloþ, and cumb fulne Welisces aloþ a comb fall of mild ale and a comb full of Welsh ale, Th.
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heofon-waru
The inhabitants of heaven
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The inhabitants of heaven Hé dyde ðæt eal heofonwaru wundrode he caused all the inhabitants of heaven to wonder, Homl. Th. i. 442, 35: Hy. 7, 95; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 95.
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a-slítan
To cleave ⬩ rive ⬩ destroy ⬩ cut off ⬩ discindere ⬩ diruere ⬩ abscindere
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To cleave, rive, destroy, cut off; discindere, diruere, abscindere Aslát ða túnas ealle destroyed all the villages, Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 20.
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