DREÁM
joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, rejoicing, rapture, ecstasy, frenzy ⬩ jubĭlum, lætĭtia, gaudium, delīrium ⬩ An instrument of music, music, rapturous music, harmony, melody, ⬩ orgănum = όργανoν, musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus
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D. 975] Edgar, king of the Angles, ended the pleasures of earth, Chr. 975; Erl. 124, 29; Edg. 21: Exon. 32 b; Th. 102, 5; Cri. 1668. Sécan mid sibbe swegles dreámas to seek in peace the joys of heaven, Andr.
fullian
To FULL or make white as a fuller ⬩ to baptize ⬩ albāre ⬩ candĭdum făcĕre ⬩ baptīzāre ⬩ βαπτίζειν
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In the version made by Coverdale and other Protestant exiles at Geneva in 1559, in the Anglo-Rhemish version made by Cardinal Alien and other Romanists at Rheims in 1559, and in the authorized version of 1611, the word is written Baptisme.
Linked entries: fulligan fulwian ge-fullian
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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, Angl. vii. 6, 42.
sceát
a corner, an angle ⬩ corner, quarter ⬩ a projection, promontory ⬩ a nook, corner, region ⬩ a lap, bosom ⬩ the bosom ⬩ a bay ⬩ sinus ⬩ a garment ⬩ a cloth, napkin ⬩ cloak,fold
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a corner, an angle ; applied to the earth or heaven, corner, quarter (cf. the Edda: Þeir görðu þar af himinn ok settu hann yfir jörðina með fjórum skautum.
Linked entry: sceáta
swǽr
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Gebundene swárum (var. swǽrum) gyltum, Anglia xi. 113, 38. Ða swǽran gyltas ðe hí ádrugon, Homl. Th. i. 340, 27.
Linked entry: swár
teár
A tear. ⬩ a drop of water from the eye, ⬩ caused by emotion, generally by grief ⬩ in plural, used for the feeling of which the tears are a sign, grief, affliction ⬩ caused by weakness. ⬩ a tearlike drop ⬩ that which drops or exudes, e.g. honey from a comb
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Gegadriende swá swá beón hunigcamb teáres colligentes uti apes favu[m] nectaris, Anglia xiii. 368, 46. Þynceþ þegna gehwylcum huniges bíbreád healfe ðý swetre, gif hé hwéne ǽr huniges teáre bitres onbyrgeþ, Met. 12, 10.
tyhtan
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to draw, stretch [ Oferbrǽdels onbútan getint velamen in gyro tensum, Anglia xiii. 421, 806]. [Tuhten is used in Layamon with the meaning of teón, IV :-- Ure drihten heo bilæueð, and to Mahune heo tuhteð, Laym. 27321.
witod
appointed ⬩ ordained ⬩ assured ⬩ certain ⬩ certain ⬩ certainly ⬩ assuredly
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Witud quidem, Anglia xiii. 392, 383: nam, 368, 40: itaque, 379, 194
wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
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Lind. 12, 48. where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment Hie (Adam and Eve) wǽron on helle fíf þúsend wintra and twá hund wintra ǽr ðon God wolde heó ðæs wræces unbindan, Anglia xi. 2, 24.
hám
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.) :-- Fela sceal tó holdan hámes geréfan and tó gemetfæstan manna hyrde, Angl. ix. 265, 10. Þone hám æt Beccanleá . . . and æt Felhhamme and þá land þe þǽrtó hýran, Cht. Th. 489, 12-18 : 2: 9: 19.
healf
a half
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Swylce ic tódǽle ǽnne penig on twá, þonne hæbbe ic healfne, and mín cleric healfne, and mín dǽl byð semis, and his semis, Angl. viii. 335, 28. adverbial use of instrumental.
Linked entry: healf
þeóf-feng
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These emoluments of the crown are made the subject of grant Concedo consuetudines, ut ab omnibus apertius et plenius intelligantur Anglice scriptas, scilicet, mundbryce, feardwítæ, fihtwíte ... þiéfphang, hangwíte, gryðbryce ... toll et teám, aliasque
weaxan
To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape
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Ðes saltus lune wyxst wundorlíce æfter bóccræfte, Anglia viii. 308, 24. Gif ðæt ne wexð ðæt hié tiohhiaþ tó dónne, ðonne wanaþ ðæt ðæt hí ǽr dydon, Past. 58; Swt. 445, 8. Ǽghwelces láreówes lár wihst (wihxð, Hatt.
gíman
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Gýme hé ǽgðer ge ðæs sélran ge þæs sǽmran, ꝥ náðor ne misfare, Angl. ix. 260, 9. Ðá hǽðengylclan ðá ðe þæt templ and þǽra goda gýmdon, ii. 482, 33. (4 a) with gen. and acc. :-- Hé gýmð grǽdelíce his teolunge, his gafoles, his gebytlu, Hml.
hád
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Mín fulwiht and mín[n]e hád . . . ic swíðe unmeodomlíce gehealdan hsebbe, Angl. xi. 99, 57. Ðone micclan hád (the office of pope), Hml. Th. ii. 122, 27. <b>V b.
wyn
delight ⬩ pleasure ⬩ delightfully ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ a delight ⬩ that which causes pleasure ⬩ the best of a class, ⬩ the pride of its kind. ⬩ the name of the w-rune
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Gollancz, pp. 173 sqq., Anglia xiii. 1 sqq., Zacher, Das Gothische Alphabet, p. 9
Linked entry: mód-wén
swingel
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Angl. 374-5 and the notes there. Cf. Du. zwingelen to beat flax.
Linked entry: swincgel
ge-þóht
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Ne bescýt se deófol nǽfre swá yfel geþóht intó þám men, Angl. vii. 28, 260. Suá giémeleáslíce oft sceacað úre geðóhtas ( cogitationes ) from ús, Past. 139, 20. Hiora geðóhtas beóð áweallene on hiora móde, 271, 15: Seef. 34.
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heá-lic
lofty ⬩ tall ⬩ high up ⬩ precious ⬩ elevated ⬩ raised ⬩ loud ⬩ profound ⬩ intense ⬩ extreme ⬩ noble ⬩ excellent
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Abel hæfde þreó heálice mihta ( tria maxima justitiae praeconia), Angl. vii. 8, 78. of feeling, condition, profound, intense, extreme Sý heálic swige æt þǽm gereorde summum fiat silentium ad mensam, R. Ben. 62, 13.
lange
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Hé leofode swá lange ꝥ man his cynn nyste, Angl. vii. 44, 417. Hé forweornde swá lange oð his sciperes geféngon hine, Chr. 1046 ; P. 169, 8.