anbyht-scealc
An official servant ⬩ a servant ⬩ minister ⬩ servus
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An official servant, a servant; minister, servus Hraðe fremedon anbyhtscealcas swá him heora ealdor beheád the official servants quickly did as their lord bade them, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 27; Jud. 38. v. ombiht-scealc, onbyht-scealc
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un-gefrédelíce
With insensibility ⬩ callously
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With insensibility, callously Hié beóð tó ðreágeanne and tó swinganne mid swá micle máran wíte suá hié ungefrédelícor beóð áheardode on hiera unðeáwum tanto acriori invectione feriendi sunt, quanto majori insensibilitate duruerunt, Past. 37; Swt. 265
Linked entry: ge-frédelíce
ár-weorþlíce
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Swá þæt wé on dæge árwurðlíce ( honeste ) faron, Hml. Th. i. 604, 6. Add
domne
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Tó ðæs bisceopæs mearcæ . . . swá tó domnes hlincæ, C. D. v. 84, 16: 243, 22. Cf. (?) domni pól, vi. 221, 30: iii. 377, 24. Add
egeleáslíce
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Without fear, unconcernedly Ðý lǽs hié siððangeearnigen swá micle hefigre wíte suá hié nú egeleáslícor and unnytlícor brúceð Godes giefe eo postmodum supplicia graviora mereantur, quo nunc largioribus bonis Dei male uti non metuunt, Past. 247, 10
geal-ádl
Gall-disease ⬩ the jaundice ⬩ ictĕrus ⬩ ίκτερos, ⬩ aurūgo
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Gall-disease, the jaundice; ictĕrus = ίκτερos, aurūgo Of gealádle cymeþ greát yfel ... se líchoma ageolwaþ swá gód seoluc from jaundice comes great evil ... the body becomes yellow like good silk, L. M. 1, 42; Lchdm. ii. 106, 19-22
ge-tión
To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ ordain ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre
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To appoint, determine, ordain; stătuĕre, decernĕre Swá him æt frymþe Fæder getióde as the Father appointed to it at the beginning, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 28; Met. 24, 14; 13, 26; Met. 13, 13: 11, 76; Met.11, 38
twifeald-líc
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[Ðysra deáð wæs heora freóndan twyfealolíc sár; án, ðet hí swá feárlícee]
þwástrian
to murmur ⬩ speak low
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to murmur, speak low Þis ic spece nú gyt mid swá miccle ege ðæt mé þinceþ ðæt mé sió tunge stomrige nis hit gyt forðun ðæt ic þwástrian durre I dare not yet even speak low, Shrn. 42, 35
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efen-blíþe
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Rejoicing with another Ne wépað git mé ná swá ic deád sý, ac beóð mé efenblíðe weep not for me as if I were dead, but rejoice with me (rejoice as I do), Shrn. 56, 19. [ Icel. jafn-blíðr.]
BERIE
a BERRY ⬩ bacca ⬩ a grape ⬩ uva
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Though wín-berie, q. v. a wine-berry, is generally used in Anglo-Saxon for a grape, yet berge, berige are sometimes found, as, - Gif ðú gange binnan ðínes freóndes wíneard, et ðæra bergena swá fela, swá ðú wylle, and ne ber ðú ná má út mid ðé if thou
DRAGAN
DRAG, draw ⬩ trahĕre ⬩ To draw oneself, to draw, go ⬩ se conferre, ire
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To draw oneself, to draw, go; se conferre, ire Drógon swá wíde swá wegas to lǽgon they went as far as the roads lay before them, Andr. Kmbl. 2465; An. 1234.
ísen-ordál
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Wé cwǽdon . . . ðæt man . . . myclade ðæt ordálýsen ðæt hit gewege þrý pund . . . and hæbbe se teónd cyre swá wæterordál swá ýsenordál swá hwæðer him leófre sý we have ordained that the ordeal-iron be increased so that it weigh three pounds . . . and
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liccian
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Swá swá hundas lapodon Naboðes blód, swá hí sceolon lapian and liccian þín blód in loco hoc, in quo linxe-runt canes sanguinem Naboth, lambent sanguinem tuam, 210. Liccigan lincxere (v. Aid. 207, 23), Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 75.
gár-secg
ocean, sea ⬩ a particular part of the general body of water, an ocean
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Ealne middangeard yrnbféran swá gársecg (oceanus) beligeð, Nar. 20, 15. Swá swá lyft and lagu land ymbclyppað, gársecg embegyrt gumena ríce, Met. 9, 41. Gársecg fandað hwæðer ác hæbbe æðele treówe, Rún. 25. Þú gársecges grundas geworhtes, Hy. 10, 7.
ou-cnáwenness
recognition, knowledge (that an object is what it really is) ⬩ acknowledgment, recognition of a claim
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Witodlíce gif Godes oncnáwennys ús gearcaþ ðæt éce líf, swá miccle swíðor wé éfstaþ tó lybbenne swá micclum swá wé swíðor on ðissere oncnáwennysse þeónde beóþ. Sóðlíce ne swelte wé on ðam écan life; ðonne biþ ús Godes oncnáwennys fulfremed. ...
feran
to go on ⬩ proceed ⬩ to fare ⬩ go on ⬩ succeed ⬩ to come ⬩ be derived
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Wæs hé mid yrre onstyred, for ðon þe ꝥ hrýðer swá ofermódlíce férde, Bl. H. 199, 17. Hé férde swá swá his forcúða fæder and swá swá his fracode módor him yfele gebysnodon, Hml. S. 18, 229.
práfost
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Gif ... hit ðam abbode rǽd þince, swá hwilcne swá se abbod geceóse mid geþeahte ðara bróðra ðe God ondrǽdaþ, sette ðæne him tó práuoste.
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gold-geweorc
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Gold-work, what is made of gold Ðǽr wæs ðære sunnan anlýcnys geworht of golde and heó wæs on gyldenum scryd and æt ðam wǽron gyldene hors ... ðá eode ðǽr egeslíc deóful út of ðam goldgeweorce and ðæt goldgeweorc eall todreás swá swá weax gemylt æt fýre
GLÆS
Glass
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Ðæt nebb líxeþ swá glæs oððe gim the beak glitters like glass or gem, 60 a; Th. 218, 25; Ph. 300. Biþ ðonne se flǽschoma ascýred swá glæs then shall the body be as transparent as glass, Blickl. Homl. 109, 36. Of glæse geworht made of glass, 127, 33.
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