æl-cræftig
All-powerful ⬩ all-mighty ⬩ omnipotens
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All-powerful, all-mighty; omnipotens Nán þing nis ðín gelíca, ne húru ǽnig ælcræftigre nothing is like unto thee, nor is any one more all-powerful, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 76; Met. 20, 38
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Beám-fleót
Beamfleet [Beamfled, Hunt.] Bamfleet, Benfleet, Essex ⬩ æstuarii nomen in agro Essexiensi, hodie Benfleet
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The name of places now called Beamfleet [Beamfled, Hunt.] Bamfleet, Benfleet, Essex; æstuarii nomen in agro Essexiensi, hodie Benfleet Hie fóron eást to Beámfleóte they marched east to Benfleet, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 15
creópere
A CREEPER ⬩ cripple ⬩ serpens ⬩ clinicus
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A CREEPER, cripple; serpens, clinicus Seó ealde cyrce wæs eall behangen mid criccum and mid creópera sceamelum the old church was all hung around with crutches and with cripples' stools Glostr. Frag. 12, 17
CEALD
Cool, COLD ⬩ frigidus, gelidus
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Cool, COLD; frigidus, gelidus Hú ðone cealdan magan ungelíclíce mettas lyste how various meats please the cool stomach, L. M. cont. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 160, 7. Forst se biþ fyrnum ceald frost which is intensely cold, Cd. 38; Th. 50, 16; Gen. 809.
eáhtan
to observe, judge ⬩ observāre, æstimāre, reputāre ⬩ To watch any one, pursue, persecute ⬩ persĕqui
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Wile fæder eáhtan hú suna bringen sáwle the father will judge how his sons bring their minds, 23 b; Th. 66, 20; Cri. 1074. c. gen.
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eahtian
to meditate, devise, deliberate ⬩ meditāre, reputāre, deliberāre ⬩ to esteem ⬩ æstimāre
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to meditate, devise, deliberate; meditāre, reputāre, deliberāre Eahtade hū wynna þorfte brúcan he meditated how he might enjoy delights, Exon. 37 b; Th. 122, 17; Gú. 307.
lytig-
Cunningly ⬩ artfully ⬩ craftily
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Hú lytelíce hý ðonne deófol bepǽhte, Wulfst. 11, 9, 16. Ne weorþeþ on worulde lytelíce swicolra ðonne hé wyrþeþ none in the world is more craftily deceitful than he, 54, 22.
ge-nípan
to darken, become dark ⬩ cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri ⬩ to rise as a cloud, to creep up or come suddenly upon one ⬩ obrēpĕre, sŭpervĕnīre alĭcui
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to darken, become dark; cālīgāre, obnūbĭlāri Hú seó þrag gewát, genáp under niht-heltn, swá heó nó wǽre how the time has passed, has darkened under the veil of night, as if it had not been, Exon. 77 b; Th. 292, 8; Wand. 96. to rise as a cloud, to creep
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swégan
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Gl. add Ne gehýre gé hú myrige lofsangas swégað on heofenum?, Hml. Th. ii. 98, 5. Benedicte ne mihte beón nán þing bedíglod, þá þá on his eáre swégdon eác þá word þæs munukes geþóhtes, Gr. D. 144, 33. <b>II a.
trod
A track
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Secga ǽnigum ðara ðe tírleáses trode sceáwode, hú hé on weg ðanon feorhlástas bær. Beo. Th. 1691; B. 843
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fugel-cynn
a kind or species of birds
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Saga mé hú fela is fleógendra fugelcynna? Ic ðé secge, iiii and fíftig, Sal. K. 190, 18. Add:
þegenlíce
Bravely, ⬩ manfully, ⬩ like a brave man, ⬩ gallantly
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Ealle þeóda sprǽcon hú ðegenlíce hí fuhton, ii. 25, 324. Hé læg ðegenlíce ðeódne gehende he lay like a warrior close to his lord, Byrht. Th. 140, 26; By. 294
ge-cwémlíce
agreeably, so as to please, acceptably ⬩ so as to satisfy, satisfactorily ⬩ suitably, conveniently, fitly
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Hú hé Gode gecwémlícost mihte lybban, Guth. 30, 15. so as to satisfy, satisfactorily Ús ꝥ gecwémelíce cýþað þǽre sóðfæstnesse word veritatis nobis verba satisfacerent, Gr.
á-wirdness
corruption ⬩ blemish ⬩ injury ⬩ annoy ⬩ affliction
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Hé cwæð: 'Hú becume gé tó ðǽre sáwle áwyrdnysse?', Hml. Th. i. 464, 1-4. Þonne bið geðúht swilce wé hí gehǽlon, ðonne wé geswícað ðǽra áwyrdnyssa ( Similar entries cf.gedreccednysse, l. 25), 462, 27
á-wringan
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Háwiað hú bóceras áwringað up þæne saltus on heora cræfte, Angl. viii. 314, 12. Áwrang expressit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 58. Þonne hió gesoden sié, áwring þá wyrt of, Lch. ii. 30, 24: 18, 13. Ele áwringan of byrgum, Gr. D. 250, 22.
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húru-þinga
Especially ⬩ at least ⬩ at any rate
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Hú ne scolde hine húruþinga sceamian seofon dagas nonne debuerat saltem septem diebus rubore suffundi? Num. 12, 14. Hyne bǽdon ðæt hig húruþinga his reáfes fnæd æthrinon rogabant eum ut vel fimbriam vestimenti ejus tangerent, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 36.
bisceop
under
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Hú hé his apostolas tó biscpum gebletsode, Wlfst. 175, 21. Under Aristobolus wæs ǽgþer ge heora cyning ge heora biscop, Ors. 5, 12; S. 238, 14. Under substitute: a priest of any other religion, and add Biscop flamen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 11.
ge-nǽgan
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. :-- Hú gewearð þé þus, fæder, ferð gebysgod, nearwe genǽged ?, Gú. 986
mete
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Hú sió womb weorðe mid swótlecustum mettum gefylled, Past. 311, 9. a meal, meat as in at meat Þonne hí hira hláf brǽcon æt mete, Shrn. 30, 8. Ǽlce dæge ǽr mete þrié cucler fulle geþicge, Lch. ii. 152, 7
smeágan
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Add Sécð ðonne and smeáð hú hé hit áwrecan mæge argumenta ultonis inquirit, Past. 225, 20. with infin. (?) Lác díglum heolstrum smeáde (quamvis auctor inlegritatis virginale) munus clanculis (occultare) latebris deliberaret, An. Ox. 4213