fóster
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Wǽron earme men besyrwde æt fóstre, 158, 31. Mid ðám fóstre ( nutrimento ) ðǽre Godes lufan weaxan, Past. 263, 17. Ðiós eorðe eallum mannum bringð gemǽnne fóster terra alimenta omnibus communiter profert, 335, 11. Fóster alimoniam, An.
hál-wende
Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome
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Se middangeard wæs mannum hálwende the earth was healthful for men, Blickl. Homl. 115, 8: 209, 10.
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winestra
Left
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On ðam winestran earme, 254, 5. Gif ðú færst tó ðære winstran hælfe, ic healde ða swíðran healfe, Gen. 13, 9. On his wynsteran (wynstran, v. l.: on ða winstran healfe, Rush.: of winstrum, Lind., a sinistris) healfe, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 33.
fracoþ
Vile ⬩ filthy ⬩ unseemly ⬩ hateful ⬩ abominable ⬩ worthless ⬩ useless ⬩ turpis ⬩ detestābilis ⬩ indĕcōrus
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Hí fracuðe and earme wǽron they were worthless and wretched, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 26.
mán-full
Evil ⬩ wicked ⬩ flagitious ⬩ producing an evil effect ⬩ dire
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Becom ðæt tó eáran ðæs mánfullan (nefandi) ealdormannes, Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 6. Ðone mánfullan flagitiosum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 52. Mánfulle anð syn*-*fulle publicani et peccatores, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 10, 11: Mk. Skt. 2, 15, 16.
ge-blissian
To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ lætāri ⬩ gaudēre ⬩ To maie to rejoice ⬩ gladden ⬩ fill with bliss ⬩ bless ⬩ lætĭficāre ⬩ benedīcĕre
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Ðú ðisne middangeard milde geblissa do thou kindly bless this mid-earth, Exon. 11 b; Th. 16, 7; Cri. 249. Iudas wæs miclum geblissod Judas was greatly rejoiced, Elen. Kmbl. 1749; El. 876: 2249; El. 1126.
éce
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Hé on feorhgebeorh foldan hæfde eallum eorðcynne éce láfe frumcneów gehwæs túddorteóndra he (Noah) to save life for all that lives on earth had a remnant that should perpetuate it, to wit, the primal generation of everything that has offspring (i. e.
heolstor
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Bláce stódon scíre leóman (the brilliant light from the pillar of fire) . . . neowle nihtscuwan ne mihton heolstor áhýdan the shades of night could not hide the secret places of the earth because of the light from the pillar of fire, Exod. 115.
fæder
a parent ⬩ a step-father ⬩ forefather ⬩ fathers ⬩ ancestors ⬩ father ⬩ a god-father ⬩ a patron
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H. 155, 24: 157, 21. the heavenly Father of men Fæder úre þú þe eart on heofenum, Mt. 6, 9. Úre se heofonlica Fæder, Bl. H. 131, 27. Úre gǽsta Fæder, Past. 255, 9. On ðæs Fæder húse, 409, 5. Þínum Fæder (Federe, L.), Mt. 6, 18
for-wyrcan
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Ðurh mænigfealde synna heora eard hý forworhton, Wlfst. 166, 30. Seó mennisce gesceaft þe ðurh Adam forworht wæs, 34, 1. Hæfdon hý forworhte hý sylfe and wurdon of þǽre myrhðe áworpene, 9, 11. Wé wǽron forwyrhte, Hml.
swencan
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Man swencte ðæt earme folc ðe on ðám scipon lágon, Cl. r. 999; Erl. 135, 32. Hine wundra fela swe[n]cte on sunde, Beo. Th. 3024;, B. 1510. Ða werigan gástas ðe mé swenctan and drycton qui me premebant spiritus maligni, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 37.
ge-beorgan
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Cf. ge-beorglic), on þám earde þe man wóh gestreón lufað, Ll.
lást
A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace
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Him fleáh on lást earn ǽtes georn, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 27; Jud. 209. Gescoh nú seolfes swæðe ... Ðá on lást beseah leóflíc cempa 'see now thine own track.' ... Then the good warrior looked behind, Andr. Kmbl. 2880-90; An. 1443-48.
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ÁC
OAK ⬩ quercus ⬩ robur ⬩ The Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a
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The Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a, the name of which letter, in Anglo-Saxon, is ác an oak, hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter a, but for ác an oak, as ᚪ byþ on eorþan elda bearnum flǽsces fódor the oak is on earth food of the flesh to the sons
hreám
A cry ⬩ outcry ⬩ hue ⬩ crying ⬩ tumult ⬩ uproar
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Ðam hálgan were wæs geþuht ðæt ðæs gefeohtes hreám mihte beón gehýred geond ealle eorþan it seemed to the holy man that the uproar of the conflict could be heard over all the earth, Homl. Th. ii. 336, 17: Cd.166; Th. 206, 10; Exod. 449: Beo.
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langung
Longing ⬩ desire ⬩ weariness
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Longing, desire, weariness or grief that comes from unsatisfied desire Hié langung beswác eorþan dreámas éces rǽdes the longing for the joys of earth cheated them of eternal good, Cd. 173; Th. 217, 28; Dan. 29.
mann-cynn
mankind ⬩ men ⬩ the human race ⬩ a race of men ⬩ a people ⬩ men
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Æfter ðam ðe Iosue ðæt mankyn ( the Israelites ) gebrohte tó ðam behátenan earde. Jud. pref. 3. Hé ða burg gewann and eall ðæt moncynn ácwealde he took the town and slew all the inhabitants, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 112, 16.
cyst
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Ne hí for áwyht eorþan cyste (the pick of earth) þá sélestan geseón woldon pro nihilo habuerunt terram desiderabilem, Ps. Th. 105, 20. Add Hit ne beóð náne cysta ne nán cræft non virtutis est donum, Past. 347, 16.
frum-sceaft
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first shaping, birth Þé wǽre sélre . . . þǽr þú wurde ǽt frymþe (frumsceafte, v. l.) fugel . . . þonne þú ǽfre on moldan man gewurde it had been better for thee . . . if thou hadst been born a bird . . . than that thou shouldst have been ever a man on earth
HRÍM
RIME
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Hrím hrusan bond hægl feól on eorþan frost bound the land, hail fell on earth, 81 b; Th. 307, 31; Seef. 32. Ne hægles hryre ne hrímes dryre, 563; Th. 198, 27; Ph. 16. Mid herige hrímes and snáwes with the legions of frost and snow, Menol.