weall-weorc
Wall-work ⬩ building
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Wall-work, building Ða gebróðra eodon tó ðam weallweorce, Homl. Th. ii. 166, 14, 25
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ge-rád
Consideration, account, condition, reason, wisdom, prudence, manner ⬩ ratio, conditio
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Ðám ealdum gedafenaþ ðæt hí tǽcon sum gerád heora geonglingum ad senes spectat juvenes prudentia erudire, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. 1, 33. On ðæt gerád ðet he gesylle ǽlce geáre on the condition that he give every year, Th.
á-bítan
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Micel draca ábát ðone þriddan dǽl ðæs folces, Shrn. 88, 23. Ðæt flǽsc ðæt wildro ábiton flesh that is torn of beasts Ex. 22, 31. Hine wulfas ábiton and frǽton, Bl. H. 193, 7; Gen. 41, 4. Be hundes slite.
stípel
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Ðæt hé gesáwe ða burh and ðone stípel ( the tower of Babel ), Gen. 11, 5. Stýpel, Homl. Th. i. 22, 19 : ii. 472, 25. Timbrian ánne stýpel turrem aedificare, Lk. Skt. 14, 28.
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hilt
Hilt, ⬩ handle
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Shakspere's, is used of a single weapon] Ðá wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince on hand gyfen then was the golden hilt given into the old man's hand, Beo. Th. 3358; B. 1677. Ðæs swurdes mid ðam sylfrenan hylte the sword with the silver hilt. Chart.
níþ-hete
rancorous ⬩ hate ⬩ enmity ⬩ affliction ⬩ grievous trouble ⬩ malice ⬩ wickedness
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Th. 219, 2; Dan. 48. affliction, grievous trouble Ðe hié generede wið ðam níþhete ( the fiery furnace ), 233, 22; Dan. 279. malice, wickedness Æfter níþhete wiðmétednyssa heora secundum nequitiam adinventionum ipsorum, Ps. Spl. T. 27, 5.
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ǽr
Before ⬩ ante
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Before; ante Ǽr his swylt-dæge before his death-day, Cd. 62; Th. 74, 12; Gen. 1221. Ǽr dægréde before dawn, 223; Th. 294, 4; Sat. 466.
mirce
Darkness
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Darkness Se ðe hié of ðam mirce ( the fiery furnace ) generede, Cd. 196; Th. 244, 15; Dan. 448. Myrce (or adv. ?) gescýrded shrouded with darkness, Andr. Kmbl. 2628; An. 1315
slápol
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Tó ðám Godes weorce árísende, heora ǽlc ððerne myngige, ðæt ða slápule (-an, MS. F. ) náne láde næbben, R. Ben. 47, 17. Hana ða slápolan þreáþ, Hymn. Surt. 7, 1
spíwan
to spew, vomit, spit up ⬩ to spit ⬩ to spit
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Ðá gebrǽd hé hine seócne, and ongan hine brecan tó spíwenne, Chr. 1003; Erl. 139, 9. to spit Geót ðæt blód on yrnende wæter, spíw þríwa æfter, Lchdm. ii. 76, 15. Ðonne is cynn, ðæt him spíwe ðæt wíf on ðæt nebb, Past. 5; Swt. 45, 2
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hlinc-rǽw
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Of ðám andheáfdum on ðá hlincrǽwe (-réwe, iv. 66, 7) úp tó ðǽre díc, iii. 408, 29. Of ðám stáne on áne hlincræwe oð hit cymð tó gráfum, 455. I
on-gildan
to pay (a penally for), to be punished for (with gen. acc. of crime or clause) ⬩ to pay ⬩ to give an offering, to offer
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Ðæs ða byre siððan grimme onguldon gafulrǽdenne, 161, 15; Gú. 959. Sceal wearh ongildan, ðæt hé ǽr fácen dyde he shall pay the penalty for previous wrong-doing, Menol. Fox 573; Gn. C. 56. Sceolde hé ða dǽd ongyldan, Cd. Th. 19, 23; Gen. 295.
freóls
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Ic wille ðat ðat mynster ... beó swá freóls swá ǽnig óðer mynster is æt eallan þingan, C.D. vi. 203, 27. of a feast or festival Búton dæg freóls hit beó nisi dies festiua fuerit, Angl. xiii. 374, 119. Freóls ǽnig dæg festiua aliqua dies, 389, 349.
strang
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Is ðæm lǽce tó giémanne ðæt hé strangne lǽcedóm selle ðæm seócan, Past. 61, 2; Swt. 455, 26-29. Ða leáf syndon stranges swæcces, Lchdm. i. 310, 7. Gif ðú ðás wyrte sylst þicgean on strangon wine, 172, 12. Strangre stemne, Cd. Th. 33, 24; Gen. 525.
on-gin
a beginning ⬩ an attempt, undertaking, enterprise ⬩ action, proceeding ⬩ action, activity, active life, actions, endeavours
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Gif ðú gewítest ána from éþele, nis ðæt onginn wiht, 119, 2; Gú. 248. Ongin, 123, 22; Gú. 326. Be ðam onginne ðe hé ongan, ðæt wésten swá ána eardigan, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 28, 7. Ðú miht æt Gode ábiddan ðæt ðú wilt wið ðæs drýg onginne, Blickl.
síc
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In wǽtan síce; of ðæm wǽtan síce in ða bakas, 382, 7: 386, 11. In ðæt wǽte sícc; of ðam síce, 386, 16. On ðæt eástre síc, 438, 28. In ðæt síc, 31, 12. [Syke rivus, Wrt. Voc. i. 195, col. 2. Icel. sík a ditch, trench: O. H.
sand
a sending, mission, message ⬩ a dish of food, victuals
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Sand daps, 82, 64: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 54; Som. 13, 20. Godes engel cwæð: 'Abacuc, bær ðone mete tó Babilone' . . . Ðá clypode se Abacuc: 'Ðú Godes þeówa, nim ðás lác ðe ðé God sende'. . . And hé ðá ðære sande breáe, Homl. Th. i. 572, 8.
ge-oweðan
to subdue ⬩ subjugare
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to subdue; subjugare He bæd his twám sunum ðæt hí ðæs ríces ðriddan dǽl geoweðan sculdon he ordered his two sons to subdue the third part of the kingdom, Som. ge-ðeówan [?]
spédig
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Þám sþédigum gedafenað þæt héspende and dǽle; ðám wǽdlan gedafenað þæt hé gebidde for ðane dǽlere, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 30-33. Add
on-líhtan
of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine, ⬩ to give sight to, make the sight clear ⬩ to clear the mental vision, to enlighten ⬩ to give light (with dat.) ⬩ To shine
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Ðæt se ylca ða dohter ðæs ealdormannes blinde onlíhte, Bd. 1, 18; S. 484, 30. Ðæt wundor worhte, ðæt hé ðone blindan onlýhte, Blickl. Homl. 19, 19. Mon geseah hine blinde onlýhtende, 177, 15.
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