CWELAN
To die ⬩ mori
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L.] ǽlc eorþlíc líchama gyf he byþ ðære lyfte bedǽled as fishes die if they are out of water, so also every earthly body dies if it be deprived of the air, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl. science 17, 9-11; Lchdm. iii. 272, 25, and note 36
for-bryttan
To break in pieces ⬩ smash ⬩ bruise ⬩ crush ⬩ confringtĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ conquassāre
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Ǽlc ðe fylþ ofer ðone stán, byþ forbryt omnis, qui cecĭdĕrit super illum lăpĭdem, conquassābĭtur. Lk. Bos. 20, 18
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ge-cwylman
To afflict ⬩ torment ⬩ punish ⬩ destroy ⬩ kill ⬩ pūnīre ⬩ trucīdāre ⬩ mortĭfĭcāre
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Ðæt he byþ gecwylmed ut pūniētur, Ps. Lamb. 36, 13. Mid ormǽtre angsumnysse gecwylmed afflicted with excessive pain, Homl. Th. i. 88, 6
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ge-fón
To take ⬩ seize ⬩ catch ⬩ capere
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Ðú byst men gefónde homines eris capiens, Lk. Bos. 5, 10. Ðonne ðú híg gefangen hæbbe quando tu illos cepisti, Gen. 44, 4. Hú geféhst ðú fixas? quomodo capis pisces? Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 7
sigel
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The sun ; also the name of the rune=S ᛋ sǽmannum symble byþ on hihte (cf. Icelandic Runic poem—Sól er landa ljómi), Runic pm. Kmbl. 342, 15 ; Rún. 16. Woruldcandel scán, sigel súþan fús, Beo. Th. 3936 ; B. 1966.
un-gemyndig
Unmindful ⬩ forgetful
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Ne byð ǽfre God ungemyndig ðæt hé miltsige manna cynne numquid obliviscetur misereri Deus? Ps. Th. 76, 8. Swá hwá swá ungemyndig ( immemor ) sié rihtwísnesse, Bt. 35, 1; Fox 156, 10: Met. 22, 55. Hé wæs ungemyndig ðæs hálgan gewrites, Homl.
dæg-hwámlíce
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Dæghwámlíce (-hwom-, v. l. ) ðæs mónan leóht byð weaxende, Lch. iii. 242, 6. Ǽne ðrowade Críst ðurh hine sylfne, ac dæghwomlíce bið his þrowung geedníwod þurh gerýnu þæs húsles, Hml. Th. ii. 276, 10. Dæghwonlíce, i. 44, 20: 46, 18.
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ge-rádlic
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Nú wé sprǽce habbað ymbe þ <b>bissextuni,</b> hyt byð gerádlic wé ápinsiun his síð, 305, 46. Nú habbe wé be dǽle gehrépod ymbe his síð, nú þingð ús Ꝥ hyt sý swýðe gerádlic Ꝥ wé gecýðon . . . . 307, I
pistol-rǽdere
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Pistolrǽdere, swá oft swá hé mid mæssehacelan byþ gescrýd, hé dó of hí þænne hé rǽd pistel; þǽm gerǽddum eft mid þǽre hé sí gescrýd, Angl. xiii. 406, 581-586. Þænne se pistelrǽdere gá upp tó rǽdenne þá rǽdincge, 417, 739.
wác
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Seó slápolnys byð gescrýdd mid wácum tætticum dormitatio vestitur pannis, Hml. A. 9, 238. Add
weall-geweorc
Wall-work, ⬩ wall-building ⬩ the destruction of walls
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Hé gesette hí tó his weallgeweorcum, ðæt hí worhton his burga ( in aedificationibus urbium suarum ),Anglia x. 91, 96. the destruction of walls Aries byð ram betwux sceápum and ram tó wealgeweorce, Ælfc. Gr. 5; Zup. 12, 5
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brýd-guma
a man ⬩ A bride-man, bridegroom ⬩ sponsus
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Cweðe ge sceolun ðæs brýdguman cnihtas wépan, ða hwíle ðe se brýdguma mid him byþ numquid possunt filii sponsi lugere quamdiu cum illis est sponsus? Mt. Bos. 9, 15: 25, l. Se ðe brýde hæfþ, se ys brýdguma qui habet sponsam, sponsus est, Jn.
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ofer-flówendness
Superfluity, exuberance
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Eall hit byþ oferflówendnyss and ídel tóforan ðisum, R. Ben. 90, 5. Mid heora ouerflówednesse ne gedrífen ða gebróðru, 60, 17: 108, 5. Gif hit gelimpþ for oferflówennysse metes ex superfluitate cibi L. Ecg. P. iii. 14; Th. ii. 200, 30.
healf
a half ⬩ side, part
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Him be healfe stód cniht by his side stood a youth, Byrht. Th. 136, 16; By. 152. Fram ðære uferran healfe from the upper part, L. M. 1, 27; Lchdm. ii. 68, 14.
angel
A hook ⬩ a fishing-hook ⬩ hamus
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Swá swá mid angle fisc gefangen biþ as a fish is caught by a hook, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 11
hyge-mǽð
reverence
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Honour that is shewn with the heart or mind, reverence; or fitness that is determined by the mind [?] Wígláf healdeþ higemǽðum [hige méðum, Th.] heáfodwearde Wígláf keeps guard reverently [or duly ], Beo. Th. 5810; B. 2909
niþer-stige
A descent
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A descent Se upstige and se niþerstige the ascent and descent (of the angels seen by Jacob in his dream), R. Ben. 23, 7. Tó Olivetes muntes nyþerstige ad descensum montis Oliveti, Lk. Skt. 19, 37
bi-hlǽnan
acclinando circumdare
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To surround or beset by leaning anything against another; acclinando circumdare Lǽmen fæt wudu-beámum, holte bihlǽnan [bilænan MS.] an earthen vessel with forest trees, with wood beset, Exon. 74 a; Th. 277, 7; Jul. 577
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ge-díglian
To hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ cover ⬩ abscondere ⬩ operire
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Helme gedýgled concealed by a covering, Hy. 11, 13
haran hige
hare's foot ⬩ trifolium arvense
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hare's foot; trifolium arvense Genim ðás wyrte ðe man leporis pes and óðrum naman haran hige nemneþ take this plant which is called leporis pes and by another name hare's foot, Herb. 62; Lchdm. 164, 17