for-drincan
To make drunk ⬩ inebriate ⬩ madefăcĕre ⬩ ebriāre
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Abigail forswígode ðæt dysig hiere fordruncnan hláfordes Abigail concealed the folly of her drunken lord, Past. 40, 4; Hat. MS. 55 a. 13
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leás-bregd
Deceit ⬩ fraud ⬩ a trick ⬩ cheat ⬩ wile
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Mid leásbregdum earmum mannum derian to harm poor men with tricks, L. I. P. 12; Th. ii. 320, 25
medum-líc
middling ⬩ moderate ⬩ small ⬩ worthy ⬩ honourable
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Hé hæfþ medemlíce nosu (cf. medmicle neosu þynne naso pertenui, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34) he has a slender nose, Homl. Th. i. 456, 18. worthy, honourable Medomlícan dignitosam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 64. Medomlíce dignitosa, 106, 55: 140, 27
mód-gemynd
Mind ⬩ thought ⬩ intelligence
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Da ðe leornungcræft þurh módgemynd hæfdon those who had knowledge through intelligence, 761; El. 381: Andr. Kmbl. 1375; An. 688: Exon. 96 b; Th. 360, 9; Wal. 3
stærced-
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Thw. 22, 9; Jud. 55. of hard or cruel mind Drógon hine (St. Andrew) ymb stánhleoðo stærcedferðe cruelhearted ones dragged him about the stony slopes, Andr. Kmbl. 2468; An. 1235
tiberness
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destruction, immolation Rǽde on his bócum hwelce tibernessa ǽgðer ge on monslihtum ge on hungre ge on scipgebroce let him read in his books what sacrifices of life there were by slaughter, famine, and shipwreck (the Latin, which is not closely followed, has
elcung
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Hát mé nú fullian bútan elcunge, Hml. S. 3, 607. Þú ús mid elcunge geswænc*-*test, Ap. Th. 19, 26. Hé wiðcwæð mid langsumere elcunge diu negando distulit, Hml. Th. ii. 158, 6
Butting-tún
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Earle has the following pertinent note on the locality Two places have hitherto contended for this site, viz. Boddington near Cheltenham, and Buttington in Montgomeryshire, near Welshpool. But Mr. Ormerod [Archæologia, vol.
fóre-genga
a fore-goer ⬩ fore-runner ⬩ predecessor ⬩ prædecessor ⬩ a fore-runner ⬩ prodrŏmus ⬩ πρόδρομος
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Ðone fóregengan Fæder ælmihtig gesette the almighty Father had placed that fore-runner, Exon. 40 b; Th. 134, 7; Gú. 504
hefe-lic
heavy ⬩ grave ⬩ serious ⬩ grievous ⬩ oppressive ⬩ hard to do ⬩ laborious ⬩ grievous
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I. 56, 17. hard to bear, grievous, oppressive Gewearð swíðe hefelic and swíðe wólberendlic geár, Chr. 1086; P. 217, 27. ꝥ Þæt heom hefelice ne þince þás þing, Angl. viii. 321, 43, 1083; P. 215, 25 (in Dict.). hard to do, laborious Gif hwylcum bréþer
áþ-swaru
An oath-swearing ⬩ a solemn oath ⬩ an oath ⬩ juramentum
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Ðæt he lange gehét mid áþsware what he long had promised on oath, Cd. 170; Th. 213, 26; Exod. 558: Ps. Th. 88, 3. Áþsware pytt the well of the oath, Beersheba, Gen. 46, 1
a-wyrgan
To strangle ⬩ suffocate ⬩ corrupt ⬩ injure ⬩ violate ⬩ strangulare ⬩ suffocare ⬩ corrumpere ⬩ lædere ⬩ violare
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To strangle, suffocate, corrupt, injure, violate; strangulare, suffocare, corrumpere, lædere, violare He hine sylfne hæfde awirged he had strangled himself, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 131, 38.
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dyrstignes
Boldness, presumption, arrogance, rashness ⬩ audācia, temĕrĭtas
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Cot. dyrstignes] his módes præsumptio spīrĭtus, Past. 13, 2; Hat. MS. 17 a, 15. Ðæt ðín mód ne beó ahafen mid dyrstignysse [dyrstnysse, Nat. S. Greg. Els. P. 39, note 1] that thy mind be not lifted up with arrogance, Homl. Th. ii. 132, 4
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fór-swíðe
Very strongly ⬩ very much ⬩ vehemently ⬩ utterly ⬩ valde ⬩ vehĕmenter
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Næfde se here Angelcyn ealles fórswíðe gebrócod the army had not utterly broken up the English race, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 29
be-hættian
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Ox. 4466. to strip the skin from the head Þá cwelleras hine be-hættedon they pulled off the skin of his head with the hair (2 Maccabees 7, 7), Hml. S. 25, 126. Behættian, 116. v. hættian in Dict
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ǽ-breca
An adulterer; of a man in orders, one who does not observe celibacy
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Ðá ǽwbrecan ðe þurh heálicne hád ciricǽwe underféngan, and syððan ðæt ábrǽcan, 334, 14. Ǽwbrecan and ðá fúlan forlegenan, Wlfst. 26, 15
ge-lícnes
a likeness ⬩ image ⬩ resemblance ⬩ similitudo ⬩ imago ⬩ a parable ⬩ proverb ⬩ parabola ⬩ proverbium
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Gé secgaþ me ðas gelícnesse, Eálá lǽce, gehǽl ðé sylfne dicetis mihi hanc similitudinem [proverbium], Medice, cura teipsum, Lk. Bos. 4. 23
dysig
An error, ignorance, folly, foolishness ⬩ error, stultĭtia, insānia. insĭpientia
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Abigail forswigode ðæt dysig hiere fordruncnan hláfordes Abigail concealed the folly of her drunken lord, Past. 40, 4; Hat. MS. 55 a, 12, 15: 45, 2; Hat. MS. 64 b, 25.
FURÐOR
FURTHER ⬩ more ⬩ forwards ⬩ ultĕrius ⬩ ultra ⬩ amplius ⬩ porro
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Ðæt he á furðor wǽre ðonne óðre bróðor that he was always more than the other brethren, Past. 17, 6; Hat. MS. 23 b, 1. Ic wille furðor gán I will go forwards, Byrht. Th. 139, 1; By. 247. Furðor dón to prefer, esteem, Past. 17, 7; Hat. MS. 23 b, 14
GÆRS
GRASS ⬩ a blade of grass ⬩ herb ⬩ hay ⬩ grāmen ⬩ herba ⬩ fænum
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GRASS, a blade of grass, herb, hay; grāmen, herba, fænum Gærs vel wyrt herba, Ælfc Gr. 4; Som. 3, 20 : Jn. Bos. 6, 10. Híg and gærs hay and grass, Andr. Kmbl. 76; An. 38 : Bt. Met. Fox 20, 196; Met. 20. 98.