tácn-bora
a standard-bearer ⬩ a leader, guide, director
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Voc. i. 21, 66. a leader, guide, director Ðis is mín tácenbora ðe mé getǽhte ðæt ic tó ðé becom ( the word is used of the old fisherman who had directed Apollonius to the town, v. p. 12), Ap. Th. 27, 22
andgit-full
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Þá hé andgitfull wæs when he had come to years of discretion, Shrn. 12, 17. Se man déð swylce hé andgytful sý þe lytel can tó geráde, Wlfst. 53, 4. Andgytful capax, An. Ox. 3101. Þæs antgyttfullan intellectualis, 897.
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ealdor-leg
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Course of life, life Gé mé sægdon þæt gé cúðon míne aldorlege, swá mé ǽfre wearð oððe ic furðor findan sceolde you told me that you knew the course of my life, whatever has befallen me, or what I was yet to experience, Dan. 139.
ersc
Arrish ⬩ ersh
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Arrish, ersh (arrish a stubblefield; stubble of any kind after the crop has been cut, D. D. See also N. E. D. arrish, earsh) Tó brádan ersce, Cht. E. 290, 29. Tó cráwan ersce, C. D. iii. 123, 6. Tó wudan ærscæ; fram wudan ærscæ, v. 255, 37.
grep
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Grép (the MS. has the accent) cuniculum, 18, 24. Grép cuniculi (cloacarum ), 82, 20. Á hé mæcg findan hwæt hé mæcg on byrig bétan ... grép hegian, dícsceard bétan, Angl. ix. 262, 19
hyge-méþe
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Wedra helm lie meahte on þám feorhbanan fǽhðe gebétan, 2465), evilly done, with a breast filled with sad thoughts (i. e. the slayer was bitterly grieved for the dreadful act he had perpetrated?), B. 2442
Hæestingas
Hastings
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Hí heafdon ofergán Súþseaxe and Hæstingas [Hæsting, l. 36] they had overrun Sussex and Hastings, 1011; Erl. 144, 27. Tó Hæstinga ceastre at Hastings, L. Ath. 1, 14; Th. i. 208, 2
ge-warnian
To warn
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Ðá gewarnode man hí ðæt ðǽr wæs fyrd æt Lundene then they had notice that there was a force at London, Chr. 1009; Erl. 143, 12. Ðá wearþ Godwine gewarnod then was earl Godwin warned, 1052; Erl. 183, 2.
ge-wrixlian
to change ⬩ to get by exchange ⬩ obtain ⬩ to give in exchange ⬩ grant
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Kmbl. p. 2, 17. to get by exchange, obtain Hie hæfdon gewrixled wíta unrím >they had got punishments innumerable, Cd. 18; Th. 22, 3; Gen. 335. to give in exchange, grant Swá sceal gewrixled ðám ðe ǽr wel heóldon meotudes willan so shall be granted
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Cartaina
Carthage ⬩ Carthago
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Scipia hæfde gefaren to ðære niwan byrig Cartaina Scipio had gone to the new city Carthage, 4, 10; Bos. 93, 41: 4, 13; Bos. 99, 27. Ðæt mon ealle Cartaina towurpe that one would overthrow all Carthage, 4, 13; Bos. 99, 25.
streáw
Straw, hay
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Straw, hay Gærs oððe streów foenum, Ælfc. Gr. 4; Zup. 8, 3. Stréw, streów, streáw, 13; Zup. 83, 17. Stréwu, eglan fistucam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 69: 72, 25. Ðæt stréu (stré (printed sore, but cf. lytles strées festucae, Mt.
ELLEN
Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitude ⬩ vis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo
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Hæfde him on innan ellen untweódne he had within him unwavering courage, Andr. Kmbl. 2485; An. 1244: Beo. Th. 5384; B. 2695. Ic gefremman sceal eorlíc ellen I shall perform a manly deed of valour, Beo. Th. 1278; B. 637.
and-weorc
Matter ⬩ substance ⬩ material ⬩ metal ⬩ a cause of anything ⬩ materia ⬩ cæmentum ⬩ metallum ⬩ causa
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Ðæt leád is hefigre ðonne ǽnig óðer andweorc plumbum cæíeris metallis est gravius, Past. 37, 3; Hat. MS. 50 a. 16. Búton andweorce without cause, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 2: Bt. Met. Fox 17, 32; Met. 17, 16
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a-scúfan
To drive away ⬩ expel ⬩ banish ⬩ repel ⬩ shove away ⬩ expellere ⬩ pellere ⬩ abigere ⬩ extrudere ⬩ emittere
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Me cearsorge of móde asceáf Þeóden usser our Lord has driven anxious sorrow from my mind, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 11; Gen. 1115. He wæs asceofen and adrifen of his biscop-setle pulsus est a sede sui episcopatus, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 17
a-swebban
To sooth ⬩ appease ⬩ set at rest ⬩ put to death ⬩ destroy ⬩ sopire ⬩ sedare ⬩ necare ⬩ dolere
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He his ealdordóm synnum aswefede his eldership he had destroyed by sins, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 9; Exod. 336
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GÁD
A point of a weapon ⬩ spear or arrow-head ⬩ sting ⬩ prick ⬩ GOAD ⬩ cuspis ⬩ acŭleus ⬩ stĭmŭlus
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Hafaþ gúþmecga gyrde lange, gyldene gáde the warrior has a long rod, a golden goad, Salm. Kmbl. 183; Sal. 91
híd-gild
A land tax ⬩ tax paid on every hide
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A land tax, tax paid on every hide Ðis mycel is gegolden of ðære cyricean W. cyninge syððan hé ðis land áhte wíðútan ðam hídgelde ðe nán man wiðútan Gode ánum átellan ne mæg this much has been paid from the church [of Worcester] to king William since
ge-innian
To bring in ⬩ include ⬩ to fill ⬩ supply ⬩ charge ⬩ præstare ⬩ includere
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He hæfþ geinnod ðat ǽr geútod wæs he has included what before was excluded, Cod. Ex. p. 1
gyru
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MS. has gurufen) palus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 60, 10. ¶ giving rise to a local name :-- Æt wire múðan and be Tínan þǽre eá, on ðǽre stówe þe is gecýged on Gyrwum ( in loco, oni uocatur In Gyruum (Yarrow)), Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 677, 12
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líf-leás
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Add: that has ceased to live Sum man . . . his feorh forlét. . . . Se hálga wer geneálǽhte þám lífleásan men (cf. þone sáwlleásan líchaman, Hml. S. 31, 249), Hml. Th. ii. 504, 35. not endowed with life Geoffrian heora lac þám lífleásum godum. Hml.