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wara

(n.)
Grammar
wara, an; m.
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Lunden-, Róm-waran, -ware, Bæx-warena land (cf. Bex-leá, 13), Cod. Dip. B. i. 295, 5, Cant-ware, Wiht-ware, Sodom-ware, Syr-ware: see? also Up-ware. Cf. the Icelandic

Linked entry: -waru

west-weard

(adv.)
Grammar
west-weard, adv.
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Ðás seofon tunglan gáð ǽfre eástwerd ongeán ða heofenan ; ac seó heofen[e] is strengre and ábrét hí ealle under*-*bæc westweard mid hire ryne; and is for ðí mannum geþúht swilce séo sunne and ða foresǽdan tunglan gangon westweard.

Linked entry: eást-weard

á-gifan

(v.)
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Add: to give back what has been taken, to restore Gif þú wed nime æt bínum nǽhstan, ágif ( reddes ) him his reáf ǽr sunnan setlgange, Ex. 22, 26. Hé háteþ þá eorþan eft ágifan ꝥ heó ǽr onféng, Bl. H. 21, 30.

Linked entries: ǽ-gift on-gifan

hǽl

(n.)
Grammar
hǽl, e; f.

Health, safety, salvation, happinesssalusgood, luck, happinesssalus

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Héht hé Elenan hǽl ábeódan he bade them greet Elene, Elen. Kmbl. 2004; El 1003 : Beo. Th. 1311; B. 653. Ðíne hǽle syle salutare tuum da, Ps. Th. 84, 6

tó-eácan

(adv.)
Grammar
tó-eácan, adv., prep.

In addition,besidesIn addition to,besides

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In addition, besides Hé bǽd his þegnum, ðæt hig lédon hira ǽlces feoh on his sacc and fórmete tóeácan (datis supra cibariis in viam), Gen. 42; 25. Ðú hæfst tóeácan eall ðæt ic ðé ǽr tealde, Bt. 10; Fox 28, 37.

mǽre

(adj.)
Grammar
mǽre, adj.

Greatexcellentdistinguishedillustrioussublimesplendidcelebratedfamouswidely knownnotoriousdistinguished by evil deedsinsignis

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(In a bad sense) Caudenes Furcules seó stów gewearþ swíðe mǽre for Rómána bismere Caudinas furculas satis celebres et famosas Romanorum fecit infamia, Ors. 3, 8; Swt. 120, 21

Ciren-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Ciren-ceaster, Cyren-ceaster, Cyrn-ceaster; gen. ceastre; f. [Asser. Cirrenceastre: Hunt. Cirecestere: Brom. Circestre]

CIRENCESTER, Cicester, GloucestershireCirencestria in agro Glocestriensi

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CIRENCESTER, Cicester, Gloucestershire; Cirencestria in agro Glocestriensi Hie genámon iii ceastra Gleawanceaster, and Cirenceaster [Cyrenceaster, col. 2, 3], and Baðanceaster they took three cities, Gloucester, and Cirencester, and Bath, Chr. 577; Th

Dene-mearc

(n.)
Grammar
Dene-mearc, Dene-marc,e ; f: -marce, -mearce, -merce, an; f.

DENMARK Dānia

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Weonoþland him wæs on steór-bord, and on bæc-bord him wæs Langa land, and Lǽland, and Falster, and Scon-ég; and ðás land eall hýraþ to Denemearcan Wulfstan said that he went from Haddeby.

Linked entry: Dena mearc

sceam-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sceam-líc, adj.

shamefast, bashfulshameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious

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Gl. 492, 53. shameful, base, disgraceful, ignominious Ðá ongan hé him secgan hú lytel and hú scomlíc ðæs monnes líf biþ hér on worolde . . . and hú wuldorlíc seó éce eádignes biþ, Shro. 92, 16.

CNÓSL

(n.)
Grammar
CNÓSL, es; n.

A raceprogenyoffspringkinfamily;prolesgenusgeneratio

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Héht from hweorfan mánscyldigne cnósle sínum he bade the crime-guilty depart from his kindred Cd. 50; Th. 64, 12; Gen. 1049. On cnósle oððe on cynne in generatione Ps. Lamb. 32, 11.

fulwiht

(n.)
Grammar
fulwiht, es; n.

Baptismbaptismus

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Fulwihtes bæþ the bath of baptism, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 17: Chr. 604; Erl. 20, 18: Cd. 225; Th. 299, 8; Sat. 546: Elen. Kmbl. 978; El. 490. Bútan fulwihte without baptism, L. In. 2; Th. i. 102, 20: Chr. 601; Erl. 20, 13: 661; Erl. 34, 16.

mearc-land

(n.)
Grammar
mearc-land, es; n.

a border-landwaste land lying outside the cultivateda districtcountryterritory

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Héht ymbwícigean Æthanes byrig mearclandum on bade them encamp about Etham's town, in its borders, Cd. 146; Th. 181, 27; Exod. 67. a district, country, territory Ðæt mearcland, folcstede gumena, hæleþa éðel, Andr. Kmbl. 37; An. 19.

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, es; n.
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Scip barca, ii. 12, 19: caraba, 22, 34. Foreweard scip prorostris, 68, 48. Scipes botm carina, scipes hláford nauclerus, i. 48, 3-4. Scipes flór fori vel tabulata navium, 63, 40. Lytlum scipe cimbula, ii. 22, 34.

ge-feccan

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Substitute: <b>ge-feccan, ge-fecgan</b> to fetch, to go in quest of and bring back, the object a person Hé him hét tó wífe gefeccan Cleopatron Cleopatram sibi occurrere imperavit, Ors. 5, 13; S. 246, 1: Hml. S. 8, 9.

swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
swelgan, p. swealh, pl. swulgon; pp. swolgen (with acc. or inst. (dat.))
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Hé geféng slǽpendne rinc, bát bánlocan, synsnǽdum swealh, Beo. Th. 1490; B. 743. Hé ( a book-moth ) ðám wordum swealg, Exon. Th. 432, 15; Rä. 48, 6. Laures ceówe and ðæt seáw swelge. Lchdm. ii. 230, 4. Syle ðam cilde swelgan, i. 350, 14.

Linked entry: swylfende

un-rǽd

(n.)
Grammar
un-rǽd, es; m.

evil counselill-advised coursebad planfollydisadvantageprejudicehurt

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evil counsel, ill-advised course, bad plan, folly Scipia sǽde, ðæt hit (the building of a theatre) wǽre se mǽsta unrǽd and se mǽsta gedwola dicens, inimicissimum hoc fore bellatori populo ad nutriendam desidiam, lasciviaeque commentum, Ors. 4, 12; Swt

flówan

to pass awaybe transitoryto issueto flowto be floodedto flowto abound

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bát his tungan þæt heó on blóde fleów he bit his tongue, so that it was bathed in blood, 312, 25. Feól sum preóst of þám weorce, swá ꝥ hé sámcucu læg . . . and fleów eall blóde, Hml.

sorgian

(v.)
Grammar
sorgian, sorhgian (and sorgan, v. pres. part. sorgende); p. ode,

to carebe anxiousfeel anxiety or careabsoluteto sorrowgrievebe sorry for, on absoluteto be anxious; to sorrow

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Sume dæge ðæt hé sorgiende (sollicitus) bád hwonne seó ádl tó him cóme, Bd. 3, 12; S. 537, 6.

tó-flówan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-flówan, p. -fleów; pp. -flówen

To flow different ways,disperse in flowing,flow awayto flow in different directions, be dispersedto melt away,be destroyed to wander,be drawn hither and thither,be distractedto be separated,take different directionsto spreadto pass away,be dissipated,scattered,rendered useless,brought to nothingto separate in confusion,become disconnected

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on innan felþ muntes mægenstán. . . hé on tú siððan tósceáden wyrð . . . bróc biþ onwended of his rihtryne rýðum tóflówen, Met. 5, 20. to melt away, be destroyed Swá hwæt swá ðeós gesyhþ oþþe hrepeþ hyt tóflewþ swá ðæt ðǽr nánwiht belifeþ búton ða bán

Linked entry: te-flówan

á-stígan

(v.)

downwardupwarddownward upwardto descendgo down intoto ascendmount

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Seóð ꝥ þá bán áne beón lǽfed, ástíge þǽrin gelómlíce, Lch. i. 340, 26. metaphorical Ic lǽrde wlance men ꝥ hié ne ástigan on ofermédu, Bl. H. 185, 14.