bryne
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Hí woldon mid wætre dwǽscan ðone byrne ... ðá ne gemitton hi nǽnigne bryne, Shrn. 73, 37. burning heat Hǽto ł byrn aestus, Mt. L. 20, 12. Beswǽled for þám micclan byrne (of the sun), Hml. S. 23 b, 574. <b>II a.
full-gán
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Hí ðínum willan woldon fulgán, Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 24. with the idea of help, service Sceaft nytte heóld, feðergearwum fús fláne fulleóde the shaft did its office well, swift-winged helped on the arrow-head, B. 3119.
hǽtu
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Þæs folces wæs fela forworden ǽgðer ge for þurste ge for hǽte ( ardore solis ), Ors. 6, 31; S. 286, 21. heat as an element in all bodies Geðweorod sint . . . cele wið hǽto, wǽt wið drýgum, Met. 20, 73.
ceaster
a fortress ⬩ A city, fort, castle, town ⬩ urbs, civitas, castellum ⬩ the city ⬩ hæc civitas
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On ðære heán ceastre in the high city, Bt. 39, 5; Fox. 218, 18. Ðá cómon ða weardas on ða ceastre then the keepers came into the city, Mt. Bos. 28, 11. Ðú in ða ceastre gong go thou into the city, Andr. Kmbl. 1878; An. 941.
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sceran
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Tó scearanne (beard) ad tondendum, Rtl. 97, 16. to cut the hair of the head Heó scear hyre feax swá swá weras, and gegyrede hý mid weres hrægle, Shrn. 133, 13. to shear sheep Hí sculan waxan sceáp and sciran on hiora ágenre hwíle they shall wash and
ge-metgian
To measure, moderate, temper, regulate, order, govern, restrain ⬩ mensurare, temperare, moderare, regere ⬩ to measure in the mind, to deliberate, meditate on ⬩ deliberare, meditari ⬩ To become moderate, to moderate one's self ⬩ moderari, temperari
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Gif ðú ne gemetgodest céle and hǽto if thou didst not moderate cold and heat, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 224; Met. 20, 112: fSalm. Kmbl. 879; Sal. 439. Beorhte steorran móna gemetgaþ the moon tempers the bright stars, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 17; Met. 4, 9.
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sige
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Ðæt hié mec mid heán sigum ( cum sublimibus tropheis ) geweorðedon, Nar. 24, 24. success in conflict Siges triumphi, Hpt. Gl. 447, 76. Mid sigerlícum sige triumphali tropheo, 473, 41 : Hymn. Surt. 44, 27. Sige onsendan to make victorious, Salm.
þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Ðrittiges heáh elngemeta, Cd. Th. 79, 8; Gen. 1308. xxx.-tiges manna mægencræft, Beo. Th. 764; B. 379. Ða hǽþenan ðrittigum síþa máre weorud hæfdon, Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 22.
ge-strangian
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</b> trans. to strengthen a person, in respect to bodily health Wundorlíce þeós wyrt gestrangað, Lch. i. 134, 5. Hý (certain herbs) tó mete geþigede mycelon ðone líchaman gestrangiað, 320, 20.
hál
Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation
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Hé þurh ðæt sóna wearþ hál geworden he was at once by that restored to health, 223, 26. Gif hie mon gelácnian mǽge ðæt hie hál síe if it [the broken sinew] can be cured so that it be sound, L. Alf. pol. 75; Th. i. 100, 4.
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sár
pain, suffering, soreness ⬩ a pain, pang, sore, wound ⬩ grief, pain, ¨trouble, sorrow ⬩ a grief, sorrow, pain, wound
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Ðæt gé him sára gehwylc gehǽlde that you should heal every wound for him, Exon. Th. 144, 11; Gú. 676. Leomu hefegodon sárum gesóhte his limbs waxed heavy, visited by pains, 159, 21; Gú. 930. Ádle gebysgad,sárum geswenced, 170,11 ; Gú. 1110.
hand
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Th. i. 18, 1. and add: a hand: — Gif hé heáhre handa dyntes onféhð if he receives a blow from an uplifted hand, i. e. a violent blow. (For the force of heáh cf. (?)
ELN
the Royal
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... and ymbútan ðone weall is se mǽsta díc ... and wiðútan ðani díce is geworht twegra elna heáh weall the wall of Babylon is fifty ells broad, and two hundred ells high ... and round the wall is a very great dike ... and outside the dike a wall is built
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beó-ceorl
A BEE-CEORL ⬩ bee farmer or keeper ⬩ bocherus ⬩ apum custos
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Beóceorle gebyreþ, gif he gafolheorde healt, ðæt he sylle ðonne lande gerǽd beó. Mid us is gerǽd ðæt he sylle v sustras huniges to gafole concerning those who keep bees.
for-tredan
To tread upon ⬩ tread under foot ⬩ conculcāre ⬩ calcāre
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Seó fortredene heorte the trodden down heart, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 16
gripe
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Eorþ-gráp heard gripe hrusan earth's grasp, the fast hold of the ground, Exon. 124 a; Th. 476, 15; Ruin. 8. Gripe méces oððe gáres fliht the falchion's clutch or the javelin's flight, Beo. Th. 3534; B. 1735: Andr.
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tengan
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Tengdon ða hǽþenan mid wǽpnum tó ðam ǽwfæstum heápe, and slógan ða cristenan, Homl. Skt. ii. 28, 66. Teng recene tó ðam fæstenne ( haste thee, escape thither, Gen. 19, 22), Cd. Th. 152, 29; Gen. 2527.
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geómor
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</b> sad of soul, at heart :-- Hé módes geómor meregrund gefeóll, B. 2100. <b>I b.
pund
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Sum hafenleás man sceolde ágyldan healf pund (cf. Gr. D. 157, 33, which makes the debt twelve shillings (duodecim solidi )) . . . wearð gemét þæt feoh and twéntig penega tó eácan (cf. Gr.
wealwian
To wallow, roll
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Micel stán wealwiende of ðam heáhan munte, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 28. [Hie secheð to þe fule floddri and þaron waleweð, O. E. Homl. ii. 37, 27: H. M. 13, 34. They walweden as pigges in a poke, Chauc. Reeves T. 358.