Scild
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His story is given in the opening canto of Beowulf. According to the Ynglinga Saga, c. 5, one of Odin's sons is Skjöldr
tó-cnáwenness
Knowledge, ⬩ discernment, ⬩ understanding, ⬩ knowledge which appreciates the difference between things
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Knowledge, discernment, understanding, knowledge which appreciates the difference between things Ne sind hí ðrý Godas . . . ac seó Ðrynnys is án sóð God . . . Ðeós tócnáwennys is éce líf, Homl. Th. ii. 362, 32
fór-weard
Forward ⬩ fore ⬩ antĕrior
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Hig beóþ on forwearde and gé on æfteweard ipse ĕrit in căput et tu ĕris in caudam, Deut. 28, 44
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acolitus
ἀκόλυθος ⬩ A light-bearer ⬩ lucifer ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ ordo ⬩ gradus
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= ἀκόλυθος A light-bearer; lucifer Acolitus is se ðe leóht berþ æt Godes þénungum acolite is he who bears the light at God's services, L. Ælf. P. 34 ; Th. ii. 378, 7 : L. Ælf. C. 14 ; Th. ii. 348, 4. state, condition; ordo, gradus, etc
drop-fáh
Drop-coloured, variegated in spots, spotted ⬩ stillātus
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Drop-coloured, variegated in spots, spotted; stillātus Stillātus, ðæt is on úre geþeóde, dropfáh stillātus, that is in our language, spotted, Herb. 131, 1; Lchdm. i. 242, 14.
ful-gangan
To fulfil ⬩ perfect ⬩ follow ⬩ accomplish ⬩ finish ⬩ complēre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ obsĕqui ⬩ fīnīre
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Gif we him fulgangan wyllaþ if we will follow him, Ors. 5, 1; Bos. 101, 15. Hit is riht ðæt ðú heora þeáwum fulgange it is right that thou follow their manners, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 35
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dihtian
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To dictate, what is to be done Seó lufu ꝥ gemet þǽre þreáunge dihtað ( dictat ), Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 67, 13. what is to be written In þám folclárum þe ic wrát and dihtode, Gr. D. 290, 11.
heden
an overcoat ⬩ a mantle ⬩ cloak
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Grammar heden, perhaps hǽðen, not hæðen ( = heden) should be taken. in the gloss: mastruga hæðen, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 30, In Isid. Orig. mastruca is explained as 'vestis Sardonica ex pelliculis ferarurn', and hæðen might refer (?) to Sardonica
a-teorigendlíc
Failing ⬩ fleeting ⬩ perishable ⬩ caducus ⬩ fugax
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Failing, fleeting, perishable; caducus, fugax Seó yld is geteald to ǽfnunge ðises ateorigendlican middaneardes that age is considered as the evening of this fleeting world, Homl. Th. ii. 266, 6
clúdig
Stony, rocky ⬩ saxeus
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Stony, rocky; saxeus Ðæt Norþ-manna land is on sumum stówum swýðe clúdig the country of the Northmen is in some places very rocky, Ors. I, I; Bos. 20, 42
Týle
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Thule Án íglond ... ðæt is Tíle háten (þe isle þat hyȝe tile, Chauc. Boet. 3, 5. This form is used also in Trevisa, i. 325) ultima Thule, Met. 16, 15
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ge-neah
it is sufficient ⬩ sufficit
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it is sufficient; sufficit, Exon. 93 a; Th. 348, 29; Sch. 35
un-týdrende
Not propagating
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Not propagating Swínes blǽdran untýdrendes, ðæt is gylte, Lchdm. ii. 88, 23
esn-líce
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The Latin translated in the passage Past. 363, 2 is: Viri fratres
ge-mearr
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The other reading in the passage is: Gif énig yfelra manna wǽre
ge-met
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Perhaps in the passages given here gemet is a noun used predicatively
los-wist
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This word is taken out of its order between los and lose
reówe
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Add: In the last passage reón is another reading, Sch. 540, 9
be-werung
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Add: The Latin word translated in the last two passages is tutamentum