Róm
Rome
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Twám geárum ǽr Rómaburh ábrocen wǽre ... wæs Rómaburh ábrocen fram Gotum, Bd. 1, 11; S, 480, 10-12. On Rómebyrig, Apstls. Kmbl. 22; Ap. 11. Hér Gotan ábrǽcon Rómeburg, Chr. 409; Erl. 10, 7
Linked entry: Róme-burh
ge-teohhian
To appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ decree ⬩ assign ⬩ stătuĕre ⬩ decernĕre ⬩ assignāre
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Wæs óðer in geteohhod mǽrum Geáte another dwelling had been assigned to the renowned Goth, Beo. Th. 2605; B. 1300. Geteohod, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 31, note.
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híwisc
A family, ⬩ household, ⬩ house; ⬩ also a hide of land
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God bebéad Moyse ðæt hé and eall Israhéla folc sceoldon offrian æt ǽlcum híwisce Gode án lamb ánes geáres God commanded Moses that he and all the people of Israel should offer a lamb of the first year to God from every family [a lamb for an house, Ex.
Exan ceaster
EXETER, Devon ⬩ cīvĭtas Exoniæ in agro Devŏniensi, ad rīpam Iscæ flūminis
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EXETER, Devon; cīvĭtas Exoniæ in agro Devŏniensi, ad rīpam Iscæ flūminis Se here Exan ceaster beseten hæfde the army had beset Exeter, Chr. 895; Th. 172, 12. He wende hine wið Exan ceastres he turned towards Exeter, Chr. 894; Th. 166, 31. Wið Exan cestres
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nǽnig
not any ⬩ none ⬩ no ⬩ no one ⬩ not any one
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Grammar nǽnig, used as an adjective, not any, none, no, Grammar nǽnig, without another negative Nǽnig óðer hý ǽfre má eft onlúceþ, Exon. Th. 20, 27; Cri. 324. Ðeáh ðe nǽnegu nédþearf wǽre, Met. 20, 25. Ðǽr nǽngu biþ niht on sumera, 16, 13. Naenge earbeðe
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HUNGOR
HUNGER ⬩ famine
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Hér on ðyssum geáre wæs se mycla hungor geond Angelcynn swilce nán man ǽr ne gemunde swá grimme, 1005; Erl. 139, 36. Hungor se háta ne se hearda þurst, Exon. 64 b; Th. 238, 32; Ph. 613.
late
Slowly ⬩ late ⬩ at length ⬩ at last
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Late on geáre late in the year, Chr. 867; Erl. 72, 11. Late mylt gǽten flǽsc goat's flesh digests slowly, L. M. 2, 16; Lchdm. ii. 196; 16. Gif heó gǽþ late .. gif heó hraþe gǽþ, Lchdm. iii. 144, 7: Exon. 49 b; Th. 172, 2; Gú. 1137.
þreátung
compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ violence ⬩ oppression ⬩ ill-treatment ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threatening
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</b> correction : -- Tó ðam yflum cymþ réþu wyrd tó edleáne his yfla oððe tó þreátunge and tó láre ðæt hé eft swá ne dó fortuna aspera puniendi corrigendive improbos causa deferatur, Bt. 40, 1; Fox 236, 8. threatening On ðam geáre gegaderade Eádward
weorþ-full
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Hé wæs swýðe wurðful; þriwa hé bær his cynehelm ǽlce geáre, Chr. 1086; Erl. 221, 14-27. worthy, suitable, fitting Beón wurðful wunung ðæs Hálgan Gástes, Homl. Th. ii. 600, 17.
wícing
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Ðý geáre gegaderode ón hlóþ wícenga (-inga, v. l. ), Chr. 879; Erl. 80, 28. Ðá métton hié .xvi. scipu wícenga (-inga, v. l. ), 885; Erl. 82, 28.
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wit
We two
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Ic gean intó Élíg, ðér mínes hláfordes líchoma rest, ðara þreó landa ðe wit bútá geheótan Gode, Chart. Th. 524, 20. Ðá bær unc mon liþ forþ, and wit bú druncan, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 31.
ge-fyrn
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Hé wæs gefyrn worulde, and swíþe fela geara synd nú ágáne syððan hé gewát of þysan lífe, Hml. S. 23, 727. Swá Sedulus iú gefyrn giddode, Angl. viii. 332, 16
ge-hefigian
To make heavy or sad ⬩ to load ⬩ burden ⬩ weigh down ⬩ increase the weight of ⬩ aggravate ⬩ gravare ⬩ contristare ⬩ vexare ⬩ deprimere ⬩ aggravare
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Ðonne biþ gehefgad haswig-fedra, gomol, geárum fród then the variegated-feathered [phoenix] becomes sad, old, advanced in years, Exon. 58 a; Th. 208, 9; Ph. 153.
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gleáwe
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Gé þe on Godes húse gleáwe standað and on cafertúnum Godes húses gearwe syndan qui statis in domo Domini, in atriis domus Dei nostri, 134, 2. Ic wát and can þæt þú mín God gleáwe wǽre agnovi quoniam Deus meus es tu, 54, 8.
hild
grace ⬩ safe keeping ⬩ preservation ⬩ safety
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Folc wæs on lande; hæfde wuldres beám werud gelǽded on hild Godes, Exod. 568. things Onbyhtscealcas þe on Godes húse gearwe standað, and on cafertúnum Crístes húses, úres þæs hálgan Godes, held begangað (-eð, MS.) who ore caretakers in the house of God
hræd-lic
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Cf. hræd; 1, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 28 (in Dict.). happening within a short time. v. hræd; 2 Se hrædlica ende mínes lífes (cf. ymb ánes geáres fyrst and eahta mónað þú swylst, 31, 25), Nar. 32, 26.
þǽr
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D. 148, 17. (1 b) marking place in a series :-- Sume úre ðéningbéc onginnað on Aduentum Domini; nis ðeáh þǽr for ðý ðæs geáres ord, Hml. Th. i. 98, 27. 1.
ge-fæstan
to fast. ⬩ to abstain from food ⬩ to fast as discipline,
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Þonne wyrð gefæst swá fæla fæstena swá bið daga on .vii. geárum. Ll. Th. ii. 286, 26
for-niman
to comprehend ⬩ carry off ⬩ do away with ⬩ defraud ⬩ consume
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Úre hors wǽron swíðe mid þurste fornumene, Nar. 12, 14. of the passage of time On sáre and on geómrunga mín líf and míne geár syndon fornumene, Bl. H. 89, 15
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Brent-ford
- Sim. Dun
- Hunt.
the river Brent ⬩ a ford, Brenford, ⬩ Brendeford ⬩ BRENTFORD in Middlesex, situate where the river Brent flows into the Thames ⬩ oppidum in agro Middlesexiæ, in sinu quodam ubi se in Tamesin effundit Brent fluvius
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BRENTFORD in Middlesex, situate where the river Brent flows into the Thames; oppidum in agro Middlesexiæ, in sinu quodam ubi se in Tamesin effundit Brent fluvius Eádmund cyng férde ofer Temese æt Brentforda king Edmund went over the Thames at Brentford
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