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helle-duru

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Tó þám sweartum tintrehstówum helleduru (tintreges gómum helledures (= -dores?), v.l.) hí hine gebróhton ad nefandas tartari fauces perducunt, Guth. Gr. 131, 185. Þonne wendeð Scs. Petrus fram þǽre helleduru, and hé belúceð þá helleduru, Verc.

un-ceás

(n.)
Grammar
un-ceás, -ceást, es (but ceás and ceást are both fem.)

Absence of quarrelinhostility

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H.) áð the kinsmen of the dead man shall swear to the slayer an oath that they will have no quarrel with him, L. M. 35; Th. i. 124, 8.

up-heofon

(n.)
Grammar
up-heofon, es; m.

The heavensthe sky

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The heavens, the sky Eall upheofon bið sweart and gesworcen, Wulfst. 137, 8. Beofaþ ealbeorhte gesceaft ... dyneþ upheofon, Exon. Th. 448, 25; Dóm. 59. Eálá middaneard ... eálá upheofon, Cd. Th. 275, 6; Sat. 167.

Linked entry: up-rodor

sin-niht

(n.)
Grammar
sin-niht, e and es (v. niht) ; f.
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Hám sweart sinnehte ( hell ), Exon. Th. 142, 26 ; Gú. 650. Hý ábídan sceolon in sinnehte, 99, 29 ; Cri. 1632. Sinnihte, 94, 20 ; Cri. 1543 : Cd. Th. 3, 27 ; Gen. 42 : Salm. Kmbl. 138 ; Sal. 68. Grendel sinnihte heóld mistige móras, Beo.

brigdan

(v.)
Grammar
brigdan, (?); p. de
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Ðæs áð ðe his ǽhte bryideð thus shall a man swear, when he has seized his (stolen) property . . . The oath of the other party from whom a man seizes his (stolen) cattle . . . The oath of him who seizes his (stolen) property, Ll. Th. i. 178, 10-180, 8

dim

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Add: dark, without light, gloomy Ꝥ under þǽre brygce urne swýþlíce sweart and dim ( niger et caliginosus ) eá, Gr. D. 318, 28. Dimne and deópne hellewítes grund, Wlfst. 48, 2. Of dymmum díglum de latebrosis recessibus, Wrt.

hǽwen

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Voc. ii. 90, 43. v. blǽ-hǽwen, grén-hǽwen, lín-hǽwen, sweart-hǽwen, wel-hǽwen, and preceding word

eges grime

(n.; v.)
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Hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig, and flogon hine his ágene mæn, and wéndon þæt hit wǽre larbo, ꝥ is egesgríma (cf. atrum phantasma, Ald, 66, 31), Shrn. 69, 31. Egesgríman larbam (v.

hríman

(v.)
Grammar
hríman, (?); pp. ed
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To cover with hoar frost Nis þæt feor heonon þæt se mere standeð, ofer þǽm hongiað hrímde (hrinde, MS.) bearwas (cf. wǽron . . . swíðe hrímige bearwas . . . and on ðǽm clife hangodan on ðǽm isgean bearwum manige swearte sáula, Bl.

ge-niðerung

(n.)
Grammar
ge-niðerung, -nyðerung, e; f.

Condemnation, humiliation, laying low

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Condemnation, humiliation, laying low Ða ýttran ðeóstru is seó swearte niht ðære écan geniðerunge the outer darkness is the black night of eternal condemnation, Homl. Th. i. 530, 23.

Linked entry: ge-nyðerung

sweþel

(n.)
Grammar
sweþel, sweoþol, es; m.
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:-- Wuduréc ástáh sweart ofer swioðole (swicðole, MS.) the smoke rose black above the pile where Beowulf's body lay enwrapped, Beo. Th. 6281; B. 3146, cf. swaþul

dim-nes

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A. 168, 113. a dark place On sweartum dimnessum latibulis carceralibus, An. Ox. 3144. dimness of sight Wiþ eágena dymnysse, Lch. i. 176, 16. darkness, evil Dimnesse gástas chao, Wrt. Voc. ii. 20, 1: 95, 81

in-coþu

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On hærfeste beóð colera nigra, ꝥ synt swearte incoðan, Angl. viii. 299, 30-34. Incoþan melancolias, i. nigrum fel, An. Ox. 3049. ¶ In the gloss fibras þearmas incoþe, An.

neoþan

(adv.)
Grammar
neoþan, adv.

Downbeneathfrom beneath

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Ðæt wæter wæs sweart under ðæm clife neoþan, 211, 2 : Cd. Th. 20, 18; Gen. 311. Wrætlíc is seó womb neoþan, Exon Th. 219, 14; Ph. 307 : 392, 2; Rä. 11, 1: 407, 14; Rä. 26, 5 : 414, 14; Rä. 32, 20. Ðú mé of neowelnesse neoþan álýsdest, Ps.

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ge-sweorcan

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Add: of physical darkness Bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dón.

síþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
síþlíce, adv.
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, after some time, at last, in the end, lately Eft ðá siððan óðre twegen swearte hremmas síþlíce cómon and his hú tǽron mid heardum bile again afterwards two other black ravens came after some time, and tore his house with hard bill, Homl.

á-wlǽtan

To make loathsomedisfigurepollute

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S. 6, 285. moral Ic mid sweartum synnum míne sáwle áwlǽtte, Angl. xiii. 113, 53. Ðás gyltas ne magon úre sáwle ofsleán, ac hí magon hí áwlǽtan, Hml. Th. ii. 590, 29. Áwlǽttre pollutae, oblitae, Germ. 397, 466

swerian

(v.)
Grammar
swerian, <b>. II.</b>
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add: to swear an oath, where the form of oath is implied in the noun Hí Crístes helda swóren they said, 'So help me Christ,' Hml. S. 23, 529. <b>II 2</b> add: Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 22. <b>II 2 a.</b> add: Hml. S. 14, 97: Hml.

swefel

(n.)
Grammar
swefel, swefl, es; m.
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Ðæt sceal wrecan swefyl and sweart líg, Cd. Th. 145, 33; Gen. 2415. Se byrnenda swefl ðone munt ( Etna ) bærnþ, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 4. Swefles sulphuris, Hpt. Gl. 489, 1. Níwes swefles fíf cuclermǽl, Lchdm. ii. 252, 21.

deorc

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Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris, Dóm. L. 106; Wlfst. 137, 9. Þeós deorce niht getácnaþ micel leóht tówerd, Hml. S. 29, 14. of colour Deorc, dungrǽg fuscus, i. niger, Wülck.