ærce-stól
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Wæs Dúnstán æt ðám ercestóle, Hml. S. 21, 458. Hé heóld ðone arcestól mid mycclan weorðmynte, Chr. 1069; P. 204, 11
Bróm-dún
broom ⬩ a hill ⬩ BRUMDON, Dorset ⬩ hodie opinor Brumdon in agro Dorsetensi
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BRUMDON, Dorset; hodie opinor Brumdon in agro Dorsetensi Ðæt gemót wæs on Brómdúne the meeting was at Brumdon, L. Eth. iii. 4; Th. i. 294, 14: Cod. Dipl. 1322; A.D. 1035; Kmbl. vi. 186, 13, 14
spilcan
To bind with splints
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To bind with splints Ðæt sceáp ðæt sceoncforad wæs ne spilcte gé ðæt quod fractum est, non alligastis, Past. 17, 9; Swt. 123, 10. Gif scancan forade synd . . . hú mon spelcean scyle, Lchdm. ii. 6, 12
á-temian
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Seó costung synlustes wæs átemed on him, Gr. D. 101, 34. Þæs átemedan edomiti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 19. Wudufuglas wel átemede, Bt. 25; F. 88, 16. Add
þæt
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Ðá wæs ymb clxxxviii wintra fram Drihtnes menniscnysse ꝥ Severus cásere ... sé wæs seofonteogeða fram Agusto, ꝥ hé ríce onféng, 1, 5; Sch. 17, 6-11: 1, 4; Sch. 16, 8. 2. add: where the verb in the main clause is passive Ne wæs hé forlǽten ꝥ hé ofer him
DUST
DUST ⬩ pulvis
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Ligeþ dust ðǽr hit wæs the dust shall lie where it was, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373, 8; Seel. 105: l08 a; Th. 412, 10; Rä. 30, 12. Hió wǽre fordrugod to duste it would be dried to dust, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 207; Met. 20, 104: Salm.
ge-witan
To understand ⬩ know ⬩ scire
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To understand, know; scire Hí woldon gewitan hwæt ðæt wǽre dignoscere quid esset, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 7; 4, 18; S. 587, 1; Beo. Th. 2705; B. 1350. Giuta scire, Rtl. 5, 18.
twirǽdness
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Ðæt swá hweþer swá hit wǽre swá sibb swá twyrédnys betweónan Saxan and Myrcenum, ðæt ðæt mynster beó ǽfre on sibbe. Cod. Dip. B. i. 156, 16.
Linked entry: án-rǽdnes
deáþ-berende
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Wæs þǽra wyrma oroð swíðe deáðberende and ǽterne halitus erat pestifer, Nar. 14, 16.
sprecan
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Wæs þǽr in þám sprecenan íglande sum mycel hlǽw erat in praefata insula tumulus, Guth. Gr. 117, 6. add: sprecan fore to speak on behalf of Hé bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca . . . Ðá spæc ic him fore, and þingade him tó Ælfréde cinge, C.
wæstm-berende
Fruit-bearing, fertile, fruitful, productive,
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ðæt heora lár wǽre wæstmberende ipse praedicationem ut fructificaret adjuvans, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 38.
Bryten
BRITAIN ⬩ Britannia, Cambria
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Syxtigum wintrum ǽr ðam ðe Crist wære acenned, Gaius Iulius, Rómána cásere [MS. kasere], mid hund-eahtatigum scipum, gesóhte Brytene sixty years before Christ was born, Caius Julius, emperor of the Romans, with eighty vessels, sought Britain, Chr.
a-ebbian
To ebb away ⬩ recede ⬩ recedere
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To ebb away, recede; recedere Ðæt wæter wæs a-ebbad [a-ebbod MS. C. T; ge-ebbod Cant.] feala furlanga from ðám scipum the water had ebbed many furlongs from the ships, Chr. 897; Ing. 123, 19
ǽðan
To overflow ⬩ deluge ⬩ lay waste
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To overflow, deluge, lay waste Cwæþ ðæt he wolde eall á ǽðan ðæt on eorþan wæs said that he would for ever lay waste all that was on the earth. Cd. 64; Th. 77, 24; Gen. 1280
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for-wordenes
A coming to nothing ⬩ perishing ⬩ ruin ⬩ intĕrĭtus
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A coming to nothing, perishing, ruin; intĕrĭtus Ðis wæs swíðe gedyrfsum geár hér on lande þurh wæstma forwordenessa this was a very grievous year in the land through the perishing of fruits, Chr. 1105; Erl. 240, 15
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talente
A talent
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A talent Hé ǽlce geáre gesealde twá hand talentana siolfres: on ǽlcre ánre talentan wæs .lxxx. punda, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 170, 27. III M talentana, Swt. 180, 14. Swá fela talentena, 4, 10; Swt. 202, 22
un-staþolfæstness
Instability ⬩ inconstancy
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Instability, inconstancy Wolcnes pund, ðanon him wæs his módes unstaðelfæstnes geseald, Salm. Kmbl. p. 180, 11. Unstaðolfæstnis ðóhta instabilitas mentium. Rtl. 192, 21. Se hálga wer swíðe mid wordum ðreáde his unstaðolfæstnysse, Homl.
un-lǽdlíce
Miserably ⬩ wretchedly
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Hé hine sylfne swíðe unlǽdlíce áhéng and swá ungesǽliglíce tó écan deáðe wæs geniðerad, 158, 163
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á-fón
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Sum wíf wæs áfangen (-foncgen, v. l.) of hire móde (mente capta ), Gr. D. 176, 17. Áfangenre accepta , R. Ben. I. 69, II. Add
and-wyrde
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Wæs Hannibale ꝥ andwyrde láð. Ors. 4, 10; S. 202, 6: 5, 3; S. 222, 20. For ðǽm andwyrde geegsade, 21. ꝥ hé nán ryht andwyrde nyte, gif mon ácsaþ, Bt. 35, l; F. 156, 8. Add: