hyrst
An ornament ⬩ a decoration ⬩ jewel ⬩ trapping ⬩ equipment ⬩ armour ⬩ implement
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Ðeáh ðe hyrsta unrím ǽhte though he owned jewels unnumbered, Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 12; Jul. 43. Ne mót hé ðara hyrsta hionane lǽdan wuhte ðon máre hordgestreóna ðonne hé hiðer brohte defunctum leves non comitantur opes, Bt. Met.
þeóh
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Þeóh femur, femoris, ys swá ðeáh eft gecweden femen, feminis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 49, 10. Inneweard þeóh femen, þeóh coxa, útanweard þeóh femur, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 60-62. Þeóh femur, þeóh coxa, hype clunis, 71, 46-49.
Linked entry: þégh
un-blíðe
sad ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ grieved ⬩ unkind ⬩ shewing ill-will or displeasure ⬩ stern ⬩ angry ⬩ unquiet ⬩ not peaceful
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Monige beóð ðeáh blíðe and eác unblíðe (laeti vel tristes ) for ðæs blódes styringe, Past. 27; Swt. 187, 16-24: 61; Swt. 455, 10.
for-wiernan
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Seó wrǽnnes bið ǽlcum men gecynde, and hwílum ðeáh hire biþ forwerned hire gecyndes ðurh þæs monnes willan gignendi opus, quod natura semper appetit, interdum coercet voluntas, Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, 13. (3 a) to hinder, prevent a person (acc.) :-- Búton
ge-frédan
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Hé þæs fýres bryne gefrédde him onbútan, 31, 884. to be sensible of an action (gen. ) Ðæt feax gréwð ofer ðǽm brægene and his (the growing] mon ðeáh ne gefréd (-frét, v.l.) capilli super cerebrum insensibiliter oriuntur . . .
snytro
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Ðeáh ánra gehwylc hæbbe ða .xii. snyttro Habrahames and Isaces and Iacobes Salm. Kmbl. 150, 2. Þurh ða snyttra (snyttro, MS. O.) ðe ic fram ðam sóþan Gode onféng per sapientiam mihi a Deo vero donatam Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 3.
libban
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</b> to remain alive after risk of death, bf. saved from death :-- Hé sceal fleón . . . and libbe, Past. 167, 3. Ðæt hé fleó tó ðára burga ánre, ðæt hé on sumre ðára weorðe genered, ðæt hé móte libban, 166, 18.
beótian
to threaten ⬩ to threaten ⬩ to threaten with ⬩ a weapon ⬩ a penalty, ⬩ to promise
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Bd. 4, 32; Sch. 545, 16. to threaten with (mid or instrumental), a weapon, Hé mid his tuxum tó him beótode, Guth. 48, l. a penalty, Þá Lang-beardan ongunnon beótian (-igean, v. l.) heom tó deáðe coepere Longo-bardi mortem eis minari, Gr.
weorold
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Ðín módor gewíteþ of weorulde þurh scondlícne deáð and heó ligeþ unbebyrged mater ena miserando exitu sepultura carebit, Nar. 31, 29. Worulde, Elen. Kmbl. 877; El. 440.
æt-berstan
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Ic ne mæg þám Almihtigan ætberstan on lífe oþþe on deáðe, Hml. S. 25, 100. to escape, be safe from danger, evil, &c. with dat. Ne mæg nán ætberstan þám gemǽnelican deáðe, Hml. A. 54, 105.
ge-bycgan
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Voc. i. 21, 12. where the payment is non-material Sume gebycgaþ weorþlicne hlísan ðisses andweardan lífes mid heora ágnum deáþe, Bt. 39 11; F. 228, 27.
restan
To rest ⬩ to cease from toil, be at rest ⬩ to rest on a couch, to sleep ⬩ to rest in death, lie dead, lie in the grave ⬩ to remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be still ⬩ To rest one's self ⬩ of cessation from toil
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. ; to rest in death, lie dead, lie in the grave; Augustinus on Brytene rest on Cantwarum, Menol. Fox 206; Men. 104. Gerusalem is gereht 'sibbe gesyhþ,' forðon ðe hálige sáula ðǽr restaþ, Blickl. Homl. 81, 2.
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mægen-þrymm
Majesty ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ Christ ⬩ great power ⬩ might ⬩ an instance in which the divine glory or power is displayed ⬩ the glory of heaven ⬩ heaven ⬩ the angels who inhabit heaven
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Hé hine of sáwle deáþe áwehte þurh ðone mægenþrym he raised him from the death of the soul through divine power, Blickl. Homl. 77, 10.
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wærlíce
warily, cautiously, circumspectly, ⬩ in a way that guards against surprise ⬩ in a way that guards against an ill result, safely ⬩ carefully, heedfully, prudently
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Is suíðe micel ðearf ðæt hé suá micle wærlícor hine healde wið scylde necesse est, ut tanto se cautius a culpa custodiant, Past. 28; Swt. 191, 10. [Wearliche to biwiten us seoluen wið þe unwiht of helle, E. Homl. i. 245, 17.
hryre
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Oð þæt him cwelm gesceód . . . oð þæt him God wolde þurh hryrehreddan heá ríce, Dan. 671. of violent death in battle, &c. Hryre excidium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 40. Æfter deófla hryre after the fall of Grendel and his mother, B. 1680.
spyrian
to track ⬩ go in a track ⬩ follow ⬩ make a journey in search of something ⬩ to make a track ⬩ go ⬩ to enquire ⬩ investigate ⬩ examine ⬩ to enquire after or into ⬩ seek to know about ⬩ to search after ⬩ seek to attain ⬩ to ask ⬩ investigare, indagare, sciscitari ⬩ to track; to investigate; to ask
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Nyle deáð ǽnig swæð forlǽtan, ǽr hé gehende ðæt hé hwíle ǽr æfter spyrede, Met. 27, 16.
Linked entries: æfter-spyrian spirian
ge-weorþan
to be ⬩ be made ⬩ become ⬩ happen ⬩ fiĕri ⬩ To happen ⬩ come to pass ⬩ befall ⬩ come together ⬩ agree ⬩ be agreeable ⬩ contingĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ convĕnīre ⬩ plăcēre
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Ðeáh ðe Rómáne hæfde geworden ðæt ... though the Romans had agreed that..., 4, 12; Bos. 98, 43.
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Æðelbryht
Ethelbert king of Kent ⬩ Ethelbert the second ⬩ Æthelbryhtus
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This Ethelbert, after the lapse of 239 years from the death of Ethelbert the first in 616, became king of Kent, Essex, Surrey, and Sussex, for five years, from 855 to 860; he succeeded to Wessex on his brother's death, in 860, and reigned five
Linked entry: Berhte
wilnian
of animate objects ⬩ to desire, ask for ⬩ with gen. or uncertain ⬩ with accusative ⬩ with infinitive ⬩ with geniudial infinitive ⬩ with genitive and gerundial infinitive ⬩ with a clause ⬩ absolute or uncertain ⬩ to desire to go ⬩ to tend to an end
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Ðeáh hí wielnien (wilnien, Cott. MSS.) ðæt hié andrysne sién Past. 17; Swt. 109, 18. Tó Sancte Michaele ðæt hié wilnodan ðæt God gecýþde ðæt mannum bemiðen wæs, Blickl. Homl. 199, 32.
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CWUDU
What is chewed, a cud, quid ⬩ manducatum, rumen
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Gedó gódne dǽl ðǽron hwítes cweodowes put a good deal of mastich therein, 2, 14; Lchdm. ii. 192, 6. Ofersceade mid hwítes cwidues duste sprinkle over with dust of mastich, 2, 3; Lchdm. ii. 182, 3.