fýr-ræce
An implement for removing ashes from a fireplace
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Cf. fýr-scofl
Linked entry: férrece
wil-geþofta
A pleasant associate
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A pleasant associate Ðæt inwitspell Abraham sægde freóndum sínum, bæd him fultumes willgeþoftan, Cd. Th. 122, 14 ; Gen. 2026
bryne-gield
A burnt-offering, burnt-sacrifice ⬩ holocaustum
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A burnt-offering, burnt-sacrifice; holocaustum, Cd. 140; Th. 175, 6; Gen. 2891: 142; Th. 177, 18; Gen. 2931
wil-gæst
A desirable ⬩ welcome guest
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Cf. wil-cuma
ge-spon
An enticing ⬩ persuasion ⬩ artifice ⬩ illectatio ⬩ persuasio ⬩ seductio
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An enticing, persuasion, artifice; illectatio, persuasio, seductio Deófles gespon the devil's artifice, Cd. 33; Th. 45, 2; Gen. 720
ge-teóde
formed ⬩ decreed ⬩ assigned
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formed, decreed, assigned, Cd. 182; Th. 228, 19; Dan. 204: Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 17; Gn. Ex. 5
hlýd
A sound
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A sound Losaþ gemynd heora mid hlýde [MS. hlydne] periit memoria eorum cum sonitu, Ps. Spl. T. 9, 7
Linked entry: hlýden
beám-weg
A road made with logs ⬩ a corduroy road
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A road made with logs, a corduroy road On beámweg (cf. stánweg, 15), C. D. B. i. 417, 17
ferhþ
the soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ anĭmus ⬩ mens ⬩ life ⬩ vīta
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Th. 2337; B. 1166: Cd. 161; Th. 200, 11; Exod. 355: Elen. Kmbl. 2325; El. 1164.
wlite-beorht
Of splendid beauty ⬩ beautiful
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Cd. Th. 108, 10; Gen. 1804. Eorþan cyningas monegum and mislícum wǽdum wlitebeorhtum scínaþ, golde gegerede and gimcynnum reges purpura claros nitente, Met. 25, 4. Wlitebeorhte wæstmas, Cd. Th. 94, n ; Gen. 1560
god-wræc
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[Cf. Icel. guð-rækr wicked.] See next word
Linked entry: -wræc
hálig-nes
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</b> Hér wæs Ósuuald ofslagen . . . þæs hálines and wundor wǽron manigfealde gecýdde geond ðis égland (cf. cujus quanta fides in Deum, quae deuotio mentis fuerit, etiam post mortem uirtutum miraculis claruit, Bd. 3, 9), Chr. 641; P. 27, 24.
mægþ
A maid ⬩ virgin ⬩ girl ⬩ maiden ⬩ woman
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Mægþum and mæcgum, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 26; Gen. 1123
Linked entry: mægeþ
bodung
annunciation ⬩ declaration ⬩ testimony ⬩ interpretation ⬩ reciting ⬩ rehearsing ⬩ preaching
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Add: annunciation, declaration, making known (cf. bodian, I), announcement by a messenger (cf. bodung-dæg) Hé (Antecrist) sent his bodan geond ealne middaneard, and his hlisa and bodung bið fram sǽ tó sǽ, Wlfst. 195, 20. declaration by a witness, testimony
heardlíce
boldly ⬩ hardily ⬩ hardly ⬩ severely ⬩ inflexibly
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Similar entries Cf. hearde; IV. Banan heardlíce, grimme ongieldað, Sal. 131. with intensive force with verbs implying pain, injury, &c. Similar entries Cf. hearde; V, 1 Þéh se mennisca deófol synfullum móte heardlíce derian, Wlfst. 273, 22.
æfter-leán
An after-loan ⬩ reward ⬩ recompense ⬩ retribution ⬩ præmium ⬩ merces
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An after-loan, reward, recompense, retribution; præmium, merces Þearl æfterleán hard retribution, Cd. 4; Th. 5, 24; Gen. 76
áhton
had ⬩ owned ⬩ possessed
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had, owned, possessed Ðe Caldeas cyningdóm áhton the Chaldeans possessed the kingdom, Cd. 209; Th. 258, 24; Dan. 680;
bǽl-blys
Blaze of a fire ⬩ flammæ ardor
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Blaze of a fire; flammæ ardor, Cd. 184; Th. 230, 12; Dan. 232: 162; Th. 203, 9; Exod. 401
balewe
wicked
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wicked Se inc forgeaf balewe geþohtas he inspired you with wicked thoughts, Cd. 224; Th. 295, 19; Sat. 488
CÚSC
Chaste, modest, pure, clean ⬩ castus, purus
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Chaste, modest, pure, clean; castus, purus Ðurh cúscne siodo through modest conduct, Cd. 29 ; Th. 39, 2; Gen. 618