módig
of high or noble spirit ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ noble-minded ⬩ bold ⬩ brave ⬩ courageous ⬩ proud ⬩ arrogant ⬩ hearty ⬩ earnest ⬩ impetuous ⬩ bold ⬩ headstrong ⬩ stubborn ⬩ wilful
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Mar. 51. hearty, earnest, impetuous; in a bad sense, bold, headstrong, stubborn, wilful Bidde ic monna gehwone ... ðæt hé mec neódful ... gemyne módig I pray every man that diligently and heartily he bear me in mind, Exon. 76a; Th. 285, 28; Jul. 721.
fægere
beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly
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S. 13, 313. in a bad sense, plausibly, speciously: Hé spreceð fægere beforan and þæt fácen hafað in his heortan, Leás, 5. so as to be without impurity Hé mec fægre feormað, Rä. 72, 18. without defect, thoroughly, nobly, splendidly, with happy result
healh
a corner ⬩ an angle ⬩ cave ⬩ closet ⬩ recess ⬩ a bay
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Healum cubilibus, Germ. 402, 54. a bay: Strénæs hale (alch, halch, v. ll.) quod interpretatur sinus fari, Txts. 140, 210. Streánes halh, 200.
wacian
To watch ⬩ wake ⬩ to remain awake ⬩ not to sleep ⬩ to be freed from obstruction ⬩ to open ⬩ to be alert ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch ⬩ be on guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ be on the watch to injure
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Skt. 2, 8. in a bad sense, to watch, be on the watch to injure Wacaþ se ealda, Fragm. Kmbl. 61; Leás. 32. (v. Blickl. Homl. 227, 7) wacian
healf
HALF
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Se bát wæs geworht of þriddan healfre hýde the boat was made of two and a half hides, Chr. 891; Erl. 88, 9.
þǽr
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Gif þár man án bán findeð unforbærned, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 21, 12. Hé férde tó Bethania and lǽrde,hí þár (þǽr, MS. A.), Mt. Kmbl. 21, 17. Gé gegearwiaþ ús þára (ðér, Lind. Rush.) illic parate nobis, Mk. Skt. 14, 15. Ic næs þára ( ibi ), Jn.
Linked entry: þár
mód
the inner man ⬩ the spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of man ⬩ spirit ⬩ soul ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ heart ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ disposition ⬩ mood ⬩ Courage ⬩ high spirit ⬩ Pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ Greatness ⬩ magnificence ⬩ pride
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God onsende on ðara bróðra mód ðæt hí woldan his bán geniman God put it into the hearts (in animo) of the brethren to take his (Cuthbert's) bones, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 28. Bégan wé úre mód from ðære lufan ðisse worulde, Blickl. Homl. 57, 22.
fore
before ⬩ in front of ⬩ at the head of ⬩ before ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ because of ⬩ on account of ⬩ for ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in place of ⬩ instead of ⬩ for the sake of ⬩ on behalf of ⬩ to the honour of ⬩ of ⬩ about ⬩ before ⬩ into the presence of
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Gif bád genumen sý on monnes orfe for óðres monnes þingum, þonne begyte þá báde hám sé þe heó fore genumen sý, i. 354, 7. Blíþre bið seó sáwl þæs mannes, þonne hire man þá ælmessan fore dǽleþ, Bl. H. 41, 33: Gú. 373. Hé him (v.
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ge-wanian
to lessen ⬩ diminish ⬩ to be wanting
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Is mín flet-werod gewanod my band of retainers is lessened, Beo. Th, 958; B. 477: Cd. 24; Th. 31, 6; Gen. 481: Gen. 8, 1.
geóc
Safety, help, aid, succour, comfort, consolation ⬩ salus, auxĭlium, subsĭdium, consōlātio
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Se hálga his God geóce bæd the holy one prayed to his God for aid, Andr. Kmbl. 2060; An. 1032: 2132 ; An. 1569. Ðæt him gástbona geóce gefremede that the spirit-slayer would afford them succour, Beo.
syll
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Ðá bæd hé hí ánre sylle, ðæt hé mihte ðæt hús on ða sǽhealfe mid ðære underlecgan. Ða gebróðra him behéton, ðæt hí woldon ðæt treów him gebringan.
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unc
Us two ⬩ me and thee ⬩ me and him
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Bismærædu ugket men bá ætgadre, Txts. 126, 8. Hwæðer uncer twéga, Beo. Th. 5057; B. 2532: Cd. Th.110, 9; Gen. 1835.
Butting-tún
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BODDINGTON, Gloucestershire Offóron hie ðone here hindan æt Buttingtúne on Sæferne staðe they followed after the army to Boddington on the bank of the Severn, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 22. Mr.
Eást-Seaxe
The East-Saxons, people of Essex ⬩ orientāles Saxŏnes
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D. 604] the East-Saxons received the faith and bath of baptism, Chr. 604; Th. 36, 33, col. 2, 3: 823; Th. 110, 31, col. 1: 894; Th. 170, 19, col. 1: 904; Th. 181, 16, col. 2.
FÓR
Before ⬩ fore ⬩ ante ⬩ cŏram ⬩ in conspectu ⬩ præsente vel audiente ălĭquo ⬩ præ ⬩ priusquam
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He gehálgode fír heremægene wín of wætere and wendan hét he hallowed before the multitude wine from water and bade it change, Andr. Kmbl. 1172; An. 586.
leóran
To go ⬩ depart ⬩ pass ⬩ pass away
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Ðé gedafenaþ ðæt ðú leóre on ðíne bǽre, Blickl. Homl. 149, 11. Leóre from mé ðes calic transeat calix iste, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 39. Ðætte munecas ne leóran of stówe tó óðre ut monachi non migrent de loco ad locum, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 37.
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brýce
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use. l. bryce, and add: use Baða brice balnearum usus , R. Ben. 1. 68, 1. Hí heora hors tó bryce (tó brúcenne,v. l.) onféngon, Gr. D. 16, 3.
fultum
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Hé fultumes bæd solatium petivit, Past. 305, 3. Mundbyrde and fultome presidio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 67, 41. Hannibal tó his fultume cóm, Ors. 4, 9; S. 190, 6. Fultum favorem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 53.
lá
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Lá ah ðeáhhwæðre se foreðancula wer bæd his fultumes sed videlicet vir providus solatium petivit, Past. 305, 1. Hit is lá ful góód þæt ǽfre úre eágan móston geseón þæt wé wilnodon, Ps. Th. 34, 21. to negation Uton ændian þás bóc nú hǽrrihte ...
ge-mǽne
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Bǽm inc (God and Christ) is gemǽne Heáhgǽst, Crl. 357. Ealle forgielden þone wer gemǽnum hondum (jointly), Ll.