riht-hamscyld
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As ham denotes a garment, it seems as if the English text might be a corrupt form of a law corresponding to the former of these two, and in the same note the following emendation is suggested: Gif man on unriht ham oððe scyld (= uestem seu scutum) þurhstinð
egeleás-líce
Fearlessly ⬩ impăvĭde
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Fearlessly; impăvĭde Hie nú egeleás-lícor and unnytlícor brúcaþ ðære mildheortlícan Godes giefe they now enjoy the merciful gifts of God the more fearlessly and uselessly, Past. 36, 1; Hat. MS. 46 b, 9
full-oft
Full oft ⬩ very often ⬩ sæpissĭme
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Dial. pref; Hat. MS. 1 a, 19. Fulloft fyrwit frineþ curiosity inquires very often, Salm. Kmbl. 116; Sal. 57
sige-beorht
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Rendered illustrious by victory, triumphant Hié swá sigebeorhte and swá gebégde mid mycelre blisse tó hám fóran, Blickl. Homl. 203, 30. Cf. the proper name Sigebryht, -berht, Chr. 755 ; Erl. 48, 18 : Txts. 512
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cemes
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Substitute: A shirt Ham, cemes camisa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 13, 23. Bútan his kemese and eác gelómlíce bútan his tunecan hé eft cyrde sine linea, crebro etiam sine tunica revertebatur, Gr. D. 68, 6
súgan
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The verb seems to describe hiccough, and the passage at Lch. ii. 192, 13 might be translated 'when he has hiccough'. The form at Lch. ii. 160, 1 is sýgeþ
sóþ-bora
A truth-bearer ⬩ one who has exact knowledge
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A truth-bearer, one who has exact knowledge Ðone hæleð higegleáwe hátaþ wíde cométa be naman, cræftgleáwe men, wíse sóðboran (other MSS. have wóþboran, which suits better the alliteration), Chr. 975; Erl. 126, 27
irfe-numa
an heir
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Gif se bónda ǽr hé deád wǽre beclypod wǽre ðonne andwyrdan ða yrfenuman swá hé sylf sceolde ðeáh hé líf hæfde if the man of the house before his death were cited; then let the heirs answer as he himself would have had to do if he had lived, L. C.
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ǽn-líc
ONLY ⬩ singular ⬩ incomparable ⬩ excellent ⬩ beautiful ⬩ elegant ⬩ unicus ⬩ egregius ⬩ elegans ⬩ pulcher
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ONLY, singular, incomparable, excellent, beautiful, elegant; unicus, egregius, elegans, pulcher He hæfde án swíðe ǽnlíc wíf he had a very excellent wife, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 166, 30. Ǽnlíces hiwes of an excellent shape, Ælfc. T. 33, 15.
be-felgan
To stick or cling to ⬩ betake oneself ⬩ inhærere ⬩ insistere ⬩ To deliver ⬩ transmit ⬩ consign ⬩ tradere ⬩ committere
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Æfter ðon ðe he ðǽr sum fæc hálgum leornungum befealh after he had there for a while betaken himself to holy learning, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 19. Ðæt he ðám hálwendan ongynnessum georne gefeole [befulge MS.
BǼL
fire ⬩ flame ⬩ ignis ⬩ flamma ⬩ the fire of a funeral pile, in which dead bodies were burned ⬩ a funeral pile ⬩ rogus ⬩ pyra
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fire, flame; ignis, flamma Hæfde landwara líge befangen, bǽle and bronde he had enveloped the inhabitants of the land with flame, with fire and brand, Beo. Th. 4633; B. 2322: 4606; B. 2308.
CILD
A CHILD, infant ⬩ infans, puer
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Þurh cildes hád in the state of childhood, Exon. 65a ; Th. 240, 15; Ph. 639. Eálá cild, hú eów lícaþ ðeós spæc O pueri, quomodo vobis placet ista locutio? Col. Monast. Th. 32, 7. Eálá ge cildra O pueri, 35, 33.
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eafoþ
Strength, violence, might ⬩ vis
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Heremódes hild sweþrode, eafoþ [MS. earfoþ] and ellen Heremod's war had ceased, his strength and energy, 1808; B. 902: 4687; B. 2349. Hie unlǽdra eafoðum gelýfdon they believed in the might, of savage spirits, Andr. Kmbl. 284; An. 142.
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fót-mǽl
A foot-mark or print ⬩ foot-space ⬩ signum vel mensūra pĕdis
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He næfde ðá ealles landes búton seofon fótmǽl he had not then but seven feet of all his land, Chr. 1086; Erl. 221, 2. Ðæt he nolde fleógan fótmǽl landes that he would not flee a foot-space of land, Byrht. Th. 139, 57; By. 275.
in-fær
An entrance ⬩ ingress
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Mid ðam innfære mid ðam ðe hé inn áfaren wæs by the entrance at which he had entered, Homl; Th. i. 178, 2. Hé hæfþ gerýmed rihtwísum mannum infær tó his ríce he hath opened to righteous men an entrance to his kingdom, 28, 13.
ge-wurþian
To distinguish ⬩ honour ⬩ adorn ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ insignīre ⬩ honōrāre ⬩ ornāre ⬩ celebrāre
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Hæfde he gewurþodne werodes aldor he had honoured the prince of the multitude, Cd. 143; Th. 179, 19; Exod. 31. Wæs ðis eálond gewurþad mid ðám æðelestum ceastrum insŭla ĕrat civitātĭbus nobilissĭmis insignīta, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 26
swice
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what is expected :-- Norðmen wáron súðfolcum swice (i. e. the southern people were deceived in their estimate of the northmen's power; swice, as applied to the northmen, cannot mean rebellious, renouncing allegiance, for it was the southern peoples who had
tíder-líc
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Tydderlícne líchoman hád fragilem corporis sexum, Hymn. Surt. 139, 13. Ic eom þurh míne tydderlíce gecynd líchamlíc man, Homl. Ass. 156, 123.
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ed-hwyrft
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Ex. 42. return to a condition Þá þǽr sóna wearð edhwyrft eorlum siððan inne fealh Grendles módor there was a return to the old state of things for the men after Grendel's mother had forced her way in, B. 1281
for-ealdian
To grow or wax old ⬩ become old ⬩ senescĕre ⬩ veterascĕre ⬩ inveterascĕre
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Ne forealdige ðeós hand ǽfre nunquam inveterascat hæc mănus, Bd. 3, 6; S. 528, 24. Ǽlc ánweald biþ sóna forealdod every power soon becomes old, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 10: 39, 8; Fox 224, ii. Ðe forealdode wǽron who were grown old, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 4
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