FǼHÞ
Feud, vengeance, enmity, hostility, deadly feud, that enmity which the relations of the deceased waged against the kindred of the murderer ⬩ capĭtālis inĭmīcĭtia, vindĭcātio, hostīlĭtas, factio ob hŏmĭnem interemptum
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He geþingade þeódbúendum wið Fæder swǽsne fǽhþa mǽste he appeased for mankind the greatest feud with his dear Father, Exon. 16 b; Th. 39, 5; Cri. 617. On ða fǽgþe in that hostility, Andr. Kmbl. 567; An. 284.
á-beódan
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Ðæt ðú hellwarum hyht ne ábeóde, ah ðú him secgan miht sorga mǽste, Sat. 695. Se deáþ him tó cymeþ Godes dóm tó ábeódenne, Bl.
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corþer
A band ⬩ multitude ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ body ⬩ train ⬩ pomp ⬩ multitudo ⬩ cohors ⬩ copia ⬩ pompa
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Hí cwómon in ða ceastre corþra mǽste they came to the city with the greatest of companies Elen. Kmbl. 548; El. 274; Exon. 58a; Th. 209, 7; Ph. 167. Corþrum miclum in large bands Cd. 80; Th. 99, 27; Gen. 1652: 112; Th. 148, 7; Gen. 2453
hleóþor
a sound ⬩ noise ⬩ voice
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K. p. 152, 7-12. the sound produced by the mouth of an animate creature, voice Þá wróhtsmiðas hleóðrum brugdon, hwílum swá wilde deór cirmdon, hwílum cyrdon eft on mennisc híw breahtma mǽste, Gú. 878. voice of a rational being in speech Him stýran cwóm
scíran
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Ðæm folce wæs ǽgðres waa ge ðæt hié ðæt mǽste yfel forberan sceoldon ge eác ðæt hié his scíran ne dorstan there was trouble to the people on both accounts, that they had to bear a very great evil, and that they durst not get rid of it, Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt
ge-þingian
to determine
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He geþingade fǽhþa mæste he settled the greatest feud, Exon. 16 b; Th. 39, 2; Cri. 616: Blickl. Homl. 9, 6. Ná ðé geþingodre none the more settled, L. In. 22; Th. i. 116, 12, MS. B.
morþor
murder ⬩ mortal sin ⬩ great wickedness ⬩ torment ⬩ deadly injury ⬩ great misery
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murder Manige men wénaþ ðæt morþor sý seó mǽste synne; ac ús is tó witenne ðæt þreora cynna syndon morþras. Ðæt is ðonne ðæt ǽreste, ðæt man tó óðrum lǽþþe hæbbe, and hine hatige . . .
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ge-sleán
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</b> to bring about by fighting, make slaughter :-- Geslóh þín fæder fǽhðe mǽste, wearþ ng Heaþoláfe tó handbonan mid Wilfingum . . . Siþþan þá fǽhðe feó þingode, sende ic Wylfingum ealde mádmas, 8. 459-472.
ongeagn
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Ðá yfelan brǽdað on worulde ongeán þæt mǽste yfel þe mannum is tówerd, Wlfst. 83, 15. <b>B.</b> Hit sprang ongeán, By. 137. Hé symle ongén cwæð, 'Gewurþe Godes willa,' Hml.
un-gesǽlig
Unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ unhappy ⬩ suffering ⬩ misfortune ⬩ calamity ⬩ suffering want of moral good ⬩ causing unhappiness ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ calamitous ⬩ unprofitable ⬩ evil
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Ðæt is seó mǽste unsǽld ðæt mon ǽrest weorþe gesǽlig and æfter ðam ungesǽlig in omni adversitate fortunae infelicissimum genus est infortunii, fuisse felicem, 10; Fox 26, 31.
HERE
An army ⬩ a host ⬩ multitude ⬩ a large predatory band
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Herigea mǽste with the greatest of hosts, 3001; An. 1503. Herega, Cd. 209; Th. 259, 29; Dan. 699. Heriga, Elen. Kmbl. 295; El. 148. Herga, 230; El. 115. Betwuh ðǽm twám hergum between the two armies, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 9: Elen. Kmbl. 219; El. 110.
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MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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Hé moncynnes mǽste hæfde mægen and strengo, Cd. 79; Th. 98, 19; Gen. 1632. Ða ðe snyttro mægn and módcræft mǽste hæbben those who in the greatest degree have wisdom, ability and mental power, Elen. Kmbl. 815; El. 408.
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swég
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Swéga mǽste, 239, 9; Ph. 618. Tyrnende swégas rotatiles trocheos, Germ. 403, 8. sound made by means of an instrument, v. swég-cræft. voice; also the instrument Ðære býman swég, Ex. 19, 19. Hearpan swég, Beo. Th. 179; B. 89.
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an-gin
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Hú God þá mǽstan ofermétto and þæt mǽste angin on swá heánlice ofermétto ( the extreme perseverance in such contemptible pride ? ) geniðerade, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 11. Anginna pertinacia, Kent. Gl. 1170. <b>IIIa.
sceamu
modesty, bashfulness ⬩ shame, confusion ⬩ what causes a feeling of shame, disgrace, shame ⬩ the private part
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Hí scoma mǽste dreógaþ, 78, 15 ; Cri. 1274. Mið scomum (sceofmum, Lind. ) miclum tó giworhtun contumeliis affecerunt Mk. Skt. Rush. la, 4: Exon. Th. 153, 19; Gú. 828. the private part Him sí ábrogden swá of bréchrægle hiora sylfra sceamu, Ps.
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wind
wind ⬩ air in motion ⬩ wind ⬩ flatulence ⬩ wind ⬩ breath
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Swógaþ windas, bláwaþ brecende bearhtma mǽste, Exon. Th. 59, 10; Cri. 950. Hé fleáh ofer winda fiðeru. Ps. Th. 17, 10. Hé bebýt ge windum ge sǽ. Lk.
ge-séman
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Wearð ꝥ mǽste gewinn . . . hié mid nánum þinge ne mehton gesémede weorþan, 2, 2 ; S. 64, 34. Hí gesémede beón ne mihtan . . .
wæl
the slain ⬩ the dead ⬩ a number of slain, ⬩ a single corpse ⬩ a slain person ⬩ slaughter ⬩ carnage ⬩ destruction
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Hí him mycel wæl on geslógan magnam eorum multitudinem sternens, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 30, Hié ðǽr ðæt mǽste wæl geslógon on hǽþnum herige ðe wé secgan hiérdon óþ ðisne andweardan dæg, Chr. 851;Erl. 68, 4.
ÁGAN
OWN ⬩ possess ⬩ have ⬩ obtain ⬩ possidere ⬩ habere ⬩ percipere ⬩ to make another to own or possess ⬩ to give ⬩ deliver ⬩ restore ⬩ dare in possessionem ⬩ reddere ⬩ rependere
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Nú ic áh mǽste þearfe Now I have the utmost need, Byrht. Th. 136, 60; By. 175. Gesyle eall ðæt ðú age vende quæcumque habes, Mk. Bos. 10, 21. Ðú ðe áhst dóma geweald thou that hast power of dignities, Elen. Kmbl. 1448; El. 726.
wóh
Wrong ⬩ perversity ⬩ injustice ⬩ error ⬩ wrongfully ⬩ wrongly
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Hé ðæt mǽste wóh dyde wið ða Godes þeówas, Ors. 6, 34 ; Swt. 290, 18. Ne dó wé eác nán wóh, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 21. Se ðe wilnaþ wóh tó dónne, 19; Swt. 145, 12 : Bt. 41, 3; Fox 246, 19: Ps. Th. 61, 9. Wóh fremian, 54, 20.