ealdor-dóm
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Th. i. 344, 33. a beginning Þis is ealdordóm uncres gewinnes on fruman gefongen (cf. þis is a beginnunge of þe sar ꝥ tu schalt ... drehen, Jul. 27, 8), Jul. 190
Acsan mynster
AXMINSTER in Devonshire ⬩ hodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi
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AXMINSTER in Devonshire; hodie Axminster, in agro Devoniensi; ita dictum quod situm est ad ripam fluminis Axi Se Cynewulf rícsode xxxi wintra, and his líc líþ æt Wintan ceastre, and ðæs æðelinges æt Ascan [Acsan, Gib. 59, 3; Ing. 71, 28] mynster Cynewulf
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niht-feorm
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wilder
A wild beast
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A wild beast þan deoren,and duden of þan wilden al heora willa, Laym. 1129. At þe fyrst quethe of þe quest quaked þe wylde, Gaw. 1150. Went we to wod the wilde for to cacchne. Destr. Tr. 2347. Þurh ðæs wildres ( the panther's ) mflð, Exon. Th. 358, 10
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be-héfe
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Feówer þing synt ealra þinga behéfost þám árwyrðan men, Wlfst. 247, II. Þing þe behéfuste synt tó witanne, Angl. viii. 321, 40
slíþ-heard
Excessively hard ⬩ very fierce, savage ⬩ very hard, cruel
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Excessively hard of living things, very fierce, savage Slíþherde deór (the boar and the bear) Exon. Th. 344, 22; Gn.
betst-boren
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Ealle þá betstboren men þe wǽron innan þisan lande, Chr. 1087 ; P. 224, 29. Add:
swíþ-sprecol
Proud in speech, speaking proud things
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Proud in speech, speaking proud things Ða swýðsprecelan tungan linguam magniloguam, Ps. Lamb. 11, 4
fréfrung
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Þíne fréfrunge geblissodan míne sáwle consolationes tuae laetificabuntur animam meam, Ps. L. 93, 19. Add
geond-scrípan
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Þæt mód geondscríð geond eallo þing otiosa mens per omnia discurrit, Verc. Först. 147. Add
bríw-þicce
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Thick as pottage Wylle hit oð ðæt hit beó wel bríwþicce, Lch. iii. 76, 7
ge-þecgan
To consume
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To consume Þurste geþegede consumed with thirst, Exon. 30 a; Th. 92, 17; Cri. 1510
þeóf-slege
Thief-slaying
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Thief-slaying Be ðeófslege. Se ðe þeóf ofslihþ, L. In. 16; Th. i. 112, 6
ild
an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ sæculum ⬩ age ⬩ years ⬩ ætas ⬩ mature ⬩ eld ⬩ senectus ⬩ vetustas ⬩ age
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Seó þridde yld wæs ðá wuniende óþ David at this time was the first age of this world, and the second age was till Abraham's time ... The third age was lasting then till David, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 5, 34. Hé com on ðære syxtan ylde, Blickl. Homl. 71, 26.
L
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This change does not occur to the same extent in the earlier specimens, and seems not to occur at all in the Northumbrian dialect, or in the kindred languages.
metod
fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ death
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Could this be the meaning in the phrase se metoda drihten used of Christ in the following passages?
hálwende
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In Gode ðǽm hálwyndan mínum, 61, 8 : 94, 1 : ii. p. 193, 13. of a thing Þíne sóðfæstnesse and hálwendan þínre (þínne?, þine?) veritatem tuam et salutare tuum, R. Ben. I. 12, 13
ge-rif
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A string of things, a number of things strung together (v. N. E. D. and D. D. riff, reeve a string or rope of onion s) An gerif fisca una serta, Wrt. Voc. i. 54, 40. An geríf fisca oððe in snǽs fisca oððe ððra þinga, 64, 9
Andreas
Andrew ⬩ Andreas
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Ðis Gódspel sceal on Andreas mæsse-dæg this Gospel must be on St. Andrew's day, Rubc. Mt. Bos. 4, 18-22, Notes, p. 574
efnan
to throw down, prostrate, level, lay low ⬩ prosternĕre ⬩ to perform, execute, labour, achieve ⬩ patrāre, perpetrāre, facĕre, præstāre
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Efn elne ðis perform this boldly, Exon. 80 a; Th. 300, 18; Fä. 8