gamel
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II. of things Sweord, gomele láfe, B. 2563. ancient, of a time long past Gomele gefyrn ealra cyninga cyning sægdon tóweard, Cri. 135
ferhþ-geníþla
A life-enemy ⬩ deadly foe ⬩ vītæ hostis ⬩ lētālis hostis
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A life-enemy, deadly foe; vītæ hostis, lētālis hostis Ic sweorde drep ferhþgeníþlan I struck the deadly foe with my sword, Beo. Th. 5754; B. 2881
Linked entry: ge-níþla
sceacdóm
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Flight, hurried departure Nolde ná Iacob cýðan his scæcdóm (sæcdóm, Thw.) his sweore noluit Jacob confiteri socero suo, quod fugeret, Gen. 31, 20. v. preceding word
ge-bregdan
to draw ⬩ unsheath ⬩ stringĕre ⬩ exĭmĕre ⬩ to feign ⬩ pretend
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He gebrægd his sweord exēmit gladium suum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 51. to feign, pretend Se ðe ða gebregdnan dómas démde he who hath judged false judgments, Blickl. Homl. 99, 32
Linked entry: ge-brægd
heard-ecg
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Hard of edge Ðá wæs on healle heardecg togen sweord then in the hall was drawn the sword hard of edge, Beo. Th. 2581; B. 1288: 2984; B. 1490: Elen. Kmbl. 1513; El. 758: Exon. 102 b; Th. 388, 15; Rä. 6, 8. v. other compounds with ecg
wan-hygd
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Grendel for his wonhýdum wǽpna ne récceþ ; ic ðæt ðonne forhicge ðæt ic sweord bere, Beo. Th. 872; B. 434. [Cf. Icel. van-hyggja want of forethought.]
íren
Iron ⬩ a sword ⬩ blade
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Héht his sweord niman, leóflíc íren, Beo. Th. 3622; B. 1809. His sweord, írena cyst, 1350; B. 673 : 1609; B. 802. Bite írena, 4511; B. 2259. Íren ecgheard, Andr. Kmbl. 2363; An. 1183
FÁG
Coloured, stained, dyed, tinged, shining, variegated ⬩ tinctus, cŏlōrātus, vărius, versicŏlor, discŏlor
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Fágum sweordum with shining swords, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 18; Jud. 194
be-sylian
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Hú oft his sweord wire besyled on unscyldigum blóde quoties iniquus additur saevo gladius veneno, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 18. Substitute
þreátness
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Affliction, tribulation Hungor and sweorda gefeoht bid, and mycel þreátnes geworden bið, and manigra folca gefehta beóð erunt fames et bellum, gladius. . . plurimae dissensiones in populo, Verc. Först. 117, 2
scenn
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(Worsaae, Primeval Antiquities, pp. 29, 49, notes that the handles of some of the early swords were covered with plates of gold. v. hilt) Waes on ðǽm scennum scíran goldes þurh rúnstafas rihte gemearcod, hwam ðæt sweord geworht ǽrest wǽre, Beo.
lendenu
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Begyrd sweord ðín ymb lendna [lendynu, Ps. Cam. : lendan ( = lendna), Ps. Srt.] accingere gladium luum circa femor, Ps. Vos. 44, 4
fæted
Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented ⬩ bracteātus
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Covered with gold, gilt, golden, ornamented; bracteātus Ðæt sweord fáh and fæted the sword coloured and ornamented, Beo. Th. 5395; B. 2701. Gesáwon fæted wǽge, dryncfæt deóre they saw the golden cup, the precious drinking vessel, Beo.
wígan
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to fight, do battle Nú sceal hond and heard sweord ymb hord wígan, Beo. Th. 5012; B. 2509. Móises getealde ðæs folces meniu wígendra manna numeravit Moyses omnem sianmam filiorum Israel a viginti annis et supra, Num. 26, 1.
sliht
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Add 'Eall ꝥ folc þe þú þǽr finde, sleh mid sweorde . . . Æfter þám ilcan slehte (slyhte, v. l. caedem) . . . Þá þe ǽr flugon þone sleht, Gr. D. 198, 6-18
dryht-líc
Lordly, noble, distinguished ⬩ princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius
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Sweord sceal on bearme, drihtlíc ísern the sword shall be in the bosom, lordly iron, Menol. Fox 511; Gn. C. 26. Him drihtlícu mǽg þuhte she seemed a noble damsel to them, Cd. 89; Th. 111, 2; Gen. 1849.
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þurh-stingan
to stab through ⬩ pierce ⬩ thrust through
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Ðæt hé hine selfne ne ðurhstinge mid ðý sweorde unryhthǽmedes ne luxuriae se mucrone transfigant, Past. 43; Swt. 313, 8. Hé hét hine mid sweorde þurstingan, Shru. 131, 33. Þurhstungen confosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 42
þurh-wrecan
to thrust through
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to thrust through Sumne heó mid sweorde ofslógen, sumne mid spiten betweón felle and flǽsce þurhwrǽcon, Homl. Ass. 171, 39. Óð hielt þurhwrecen (ense) capulo tenus (per utraque latera) adacto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 69
crúc
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Hine ymbwrít mid sweorde on .iiii. healfa on crúce, 346, 27
snoru
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Se sweór bemǽnde his snore, and se brýdguma his brýd, Hml. S. 31, 191. Add