fǽr-níþ
A sudden or pernicious hostility, mischief ⬩ pernĭciōsa hostīlĭtas
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A sudden or pernicious hostility, mischief; pernĭciōsa hostīlĭtas Sorh is me to secganne hwæt Grendel hafaþ fǽrníða gefremed it is sorrow for me to say what sudden mischiefs Grendel has perpetrated, Beo. Th. 956; B. 476
midne-dæg
Mid-day
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in another version of the same hymn : -- Clǽnnyss sý swá swá ǽrnemergen, geleáfa swá swá middæg, Hymn. Surt. 16, 27
wlǽtung
sickness ⬩ nausea ⬩ defilement ⬩ disfigurement
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sickness, nausea Mid micelre wlǽtunge gewíteþ ðæt sár on weg, Lchdm. i. 80, 14 note. Similar entries v. morgen-wlǽtung, Lchdm. iii. 44, 19. defilement, disfigurement. Similar entries v. wlǽta, Wléttuncg deformatio, Hpt. Gl. 510, 6
á-meallian
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To become insipid, lose savour Ámealaþ ( a t erased between l and aþ) euanuerit (sal, Mt. 5, 13), An. Ox. 61, 4 (see the note). Ámeallud exinanita (faex ), Ps. Spl. C. 74, 8. Cf. á-mællad
ben
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Þás galdor mon mæg singan on wunde, Lch. ii. 350, 30. v. bealu-, dolg-, sár-, seax-, seono-, wæl-ben(n). Add
hǽle
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Hale, sound, whole, safe Sýne hǽle pupillam incolumem, Hpt. Gl. 487, 69. Þá woldan hié on ecnesse hǽle and trume wið deófla níþum and helle wíturn, and deáþ geþrowodan for Godes naman, Bl. H. 171, 30
swipian
To scourge, strike, beat, lash ⬩ to whip; to move swiftly
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To scourge, strike, beat, lash Hafaþ hé gyrde lange and ðone feónd sweopaþ, Salm. Kmbl. 185, MS. A.; Sal. 92. Rodor swipode meredeáða mǽst the destroying sea lashed the skies, Cd. Th. 207, 8; Exod. 463
Linked entry: swippan
un-lǽd
poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched
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poor, miserable, unhappy, unfortunate Unlǽde bið and ormód se ðe á wile geómrian, Salm. Kmbl. 699; Sal. 349. Óðer bið unlǽde on eorðan, óðer bið eádig, 731; Sal. 365.
æt-foran
Close before ⬩ close by ⬩ before ⬩ at ⬩ ante ⬩ pro ⬩ coram
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Sæt ætforan ðam dómsetle sedit pro tribunali, Jn. Bos. 19,13
Linked entry: fóran
full-unrót
Full sad ⬩ very unhappy ⬩ valde tristis
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Full sad, very unhappy; valde tristis Manege beóþ ǽgðer ge fullæðele ge fullwélige, and beóþ ðeáh fullunróte many are both very noble and very wealthy, and yet are very unhappy, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 32. 3
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fýr-clom
A fire-bond ⬩ vincŭlum ignītum vel igne dūrātum
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A fire-bond; vincŭlum ignītum vel igne dūrātum Ðis is þeóstre [ðeostræ MS.] hám, þearle gebunden fæstum fýrclommum this is a dark home, strongly bound with fast fire-bonds, Cd. 213; Th. 267, 16; Sat. 39
mægen-earfeþe
A great labour ⬩ hardship
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Mægenearfeþu, sár and swár gewin and sweartne deáþ, 28b; Th. 86, 20; Cri. 1411
mægen-folc
A mighty people
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Sax. meginfolk mikil the multitude that flocked about Christ) a people mighty and vast (the good at the day of judgment ), Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 1; Cri. 877
mǽr-bróc
A brook which forms a boundary
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Kmbl. iii. 79, 5: 438, 27: v. 284, 29 (where mér-bróc is the same as merc-bróc of l. 13)
findan
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Hí tó rǽde fundon, ꝥ ... decretum est, quia, Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 9. (7a) to fix upon a person for an office :-- Hí swá fúle men him fundon tó godum, Sal. K. 123, 108. Add
rún-wita
a privy councillor, ⬩ a sage
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Th. 2654; B. 1325. one acquainted with mysteries, a sage Róf rúnwita ( Guthlac), Exon. Th. 167, 30; Gú. 1068
scottettan
to move about quickly ⬩ to dance ⬩ leap
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sceóteþ: t for þ occurs in verb inflexions in the same glossary, e. g. geþwǽrat, 397, 439) saltat, Germ. 394, 222
gnorn
Sorrowful ⬩ sad ⬩ dejected ⬩ complaining ⬩ mœstus
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Sorrowful, sad, dejected, complaining; mœstus Leónhwelpas grymetigaþ gnorne catuli leonum rugientes, Ps. Th. 103, 20. Flugon forhtigende gylp wearþ gnornra they fled in terror, their boast became more sorrowful, Cd. 166; Th. 206, 19; Ex. 454
á-spyrian
to track ⬩ reach by following the track ⬩ to investigate ⬩ examine so as to get knowledge of a subject ⬩ to find out
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Ne magon ðǽre tungan mægnes swíðmódnisse áspyrian, Sal. K. 150, 4. Ðæt nǽre nǽnig manna ðæt mihte ðǽra twégra tweón áspyrian that there was no man could settle by his investigations the doubt about the two(subst. this for trans. in Dict.), Sal. 434.
cirio-mangung
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Church-mongering, the sale or purchase of ecclesiastical offices, simony; sacrorum nundinatio Ǽnig man ciric-mangunge ne macie let no man commit simony, L. Eth. v. 10; Th. i. 306, 28: vi. 15; Th. i. 318, 27