ǽg-hwá
in every respect, quite, altogether
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Se earm stód ungebígendlic ǽghwæs þám ágendfreán ungewylde, 254, 38: Th. 44: Jul. 593: Cri. 1421. Ǽghwæs untǽle, B. 1865. Æghwæs unrím quite countless, 3135. Ǽghwæs ealne dæg tota die, Ps. Th. 55, 4
for-standan
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D. 222, 22. to stop a person (dat.) doing something Hí mec willað oðfergan ... Ic him þæt forstonde they want to carry me off ... I stop them doing that, Rä. 17, 8. Hí woldon feore beorgan ... him þæt engel forstód, An. 1542: Gen. 2748: Mód. 65.
Linked entry: for-licgan
gearwian
To make ready ⬩ prepare ⬩ procure ⬩ supply ⬩ put on ⬩ clothe ⬩ părāre ⬩ præpărāre ⬩ præstāre ⬩ induĕre ⬩ vestīre
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Ðæt selfe wæter ðegnunge gearwode beforan his fótum the very water did reverence before his feet, St. And. 22, 19. v. Grm. D. M. 984
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wyrt
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St. John's wort), plant, herb Gærs vel wyrt herba, Wrt. Voc. i. 30, 35: 78, 71. Ðeós wyrt, ðe man betonicam nemneþ, Lchdm. i. 70, 1: 90, 2, and often. Seó wyrt (herba ) weóx, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 26. Gemolsnad wyrt, Ps. Th. 89, 6. Wyrta wynsume, Exon.
Linked entry: blód-wyrt
hǽþen-gild
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Hwí tówurpe ðú ( St. Bartholomew ) úre godas?, Hml. Th. i. 468, 16), Ap. 47. Oft hé hǽðengield ofer word Godes weóh gesóhte, Jul. 22
hentan
to seize ⬩ take ⬩ to arrest ⬩ to capture ⬩ strike ⬩ to try to get
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S. viii. 62, 39. to get at with a blow, strike with a weapon Dioclitianus hét hine (St. Sebastian) lǽdan tó ánum felda and hine þǽr gefæstnian and hentan mid flánum (cf. mid strǽlum ofstician, Shrn. 55, 8), Hml. S. 5, 424. [Cf.
Gúþ-lác
The hermit ⬩ saint of Crowland died at the age of 41,in A. D. 714
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On ðone ændleftan dæg ðæs mónðes biþ sce gúþláces geleornes ðæs anceran onbrytone on the eleventh day of the month is the departure of St. Guthlac the anchorite in Britain, Shrn. 71, 2
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Dere
The Deirians, inhabitants of Deira between the rivers Tyne and Humber ⬩ Deīri
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Man gehálgode ii biscopas on his stal, Bosan to Derum, and Eatan to Beornicum two bishops were consecrated in his stead, Bosa to Deira [lit. to the Deirians], and Eata to Bernicia, Chr. 678; Erl. 41, 7
FURÐOR
FURTHER ⬩ more ⬩ forwards ⬩ ultĕrius ⬩ ultra ⬩ amplius ⬩ porro
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FURTHER, more, forwards; ultĕrius, ultra, amplius, porro Ne gang ðú ánne stæpe furðor go not thou one step further, Jos. 10, 12: Cd. 223; Th. 292, 24; Sat. 445.
tealtrian
To shake, totter, stagger, be unsteady, to be in an uncertain or a precarious condition
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To shake, totter, stagger, be unsteady, to be in an uncertain or a precarious condition Wé tealtrigaþ týdran móde hwearfiaþ heánlíce we move with uncertain step and feeble mind, wander abjectly, Exon. Th. 23, 19; Cri. 371.
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wiþ-æftan
Behind.
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Heó stód wiðæftan his fét stans retro secus pedes eius, Lk. Skt. 7, 38. Ðú áwurpe míne word wiðæftan ðé, R. Ben. 12, 3. Grammar wiþ-æftan, adv. Án wíf geneálǽhte wiðæftan mulier accessit retro, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 20.
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eorcnan-stán
a jewel ⬩ topaz ⬩ pearl
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Add: literal, a jewel, topaz, pearl Ofer gold and þone baswon stán (gymcynn ł eorcnanstán, MS. C.) super aurum et topazion, Ps. Spl. 118, 127. Gelíc is ríce heofunas menn ceápe sóhte góde ercnanstánas (margaritas).
ge-hende
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Add: local Wæs gehæfd gehende ðǽre byrig swilce hálig stów, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 26. Hé becóm tó ánre birig gehende Ephesan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 32. Seó rǽding cwyð wel gehende þám ende, Angl. viii. 323, 32.
mægen
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Add Þæt eorðlice mægn þe þú hér samnast. . . eall þis mægn wát, þe hér tó gemóte cóm, þæt bín heáhsetl is þrymmes áfylled, Wlfst. 254, 13-18. v. full-, god-, heáfod-, helle-, níd-, stíþ-mægen
mere
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Add Beforan ðǽm temple stód ǽren ceác . . . ðætte ðá menn ðe intó ðǽm temple gán woldon meahten hira hónda ðweán on ðǽm mere ante fores templi ad abluendas ingredientium manus mare aeneum, id est, luterem boves portant. Past. 105, 4
anda
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Bryneleóma stód eldum on andan, B. 2314. where anger, &c., is caused in a person (cf. That the proceedings in the temple.
gylden
Golden ⬩ aureus
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Ðá stód ðǽr gyldenu onlícnes then stood there a golden image, Shrn. 88, 22. Ðǽr is geat gylden there is a golden gate, Cd. 227; Th. 305; 19; Sat. 649. On sumum gyldenum wecge to a golden wedge, Homl. Th. i. 60, 29.
or-mǽte
Immense, excessive
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Ðǽr læg sum ormíéta stán, Homl. Th. ii. 164, 29. Duru ormǽte. Exon. Th. 19, 32 ; Cri. 309. þreát ormǽte, 270, 14; Jul. 465. þreá ormǽte. Andr. Kmbl. 2333; An. 1168. Hé mid ormǽtre angsumnysse wæs gecwylmed. Homl. Th. i. 88, 5.
weall
a wall that is made, ⬩ wall of a building, of a town, ⬩ side of a cave ⬩ a natural wall ⬩ a steep hill ⬩ a cliff.
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Norð-Denum stód egesa, ánra gehwylcum ðara ðe of wealle wóp gehýrdon ( to each that heard the cry coming from the hill on which the hall stood(?)) 1574; B. 785.
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on-geagn
opposite, over against, against ⬩ towards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way of ⬩ against ⬩ against, for the reception of, to receive ⬩ in reply to ⬩ in return for, as an equivalent for ⬩ opposite, over against ⬩ against, in a direction opposite to ⬩ against, with, contrary to, in opposition to ⬩ in reply to ⬩ as an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange for ⬩ against, ready for ⬩ towards ⬩ opposite ⬩ again, back ⬩ Lat re- ⬩ in reply ⬩ towards ⬩ on the other hand ⬩ again
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Hig of ðám lúdeum for ánum penige xxx gesealdon, ongeán ðæt ðæt ða lúdeas úrne Hǽlend mid xxx penegum gebohton, St.