BODIG
bigness or height of body, stature ⬩ statura ⬩ the trunk, chest or parts of the chest, as the back-bone ⬩ truncus corporis ⬩ the BODY ⬩ corpus
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bigness or height of body, stature; statura Ðæt se mon wǽre lang on bodige quod esset vir longæ staturæ, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 33. Wæs Oswine se cyning on bodige heáh king Oswine was tall in stature, 3, 14; S. 540, 7. the trunk, chest or parts of the chest
sundor-cræft
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A special power or art, one possessed or exercised by an individual or a classBt. 27, 2; Fox 98, 7. Ða rícan on ðam woruldwelan nabbaþ nǽnne sundorcræft, Seó wiht sundorcræft hafaþ, Exon. Th. 420, 14; Rä. 40, 3. Ðæt hý sundorcræfta sumne eác cunne that
tán
Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family
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Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family Ic Ismael wille bletsian, swá ðú béna eart, ðæt feorhdaga on woruldríce worn gebíde tánum túdre ( with a family
þrýþlíce
Mightily ⬩ deliberately
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Mightily Bissextus ðe on gewunan hæfþ ðæt hé binnan ðam feórðan geáre ealle ðære wucan dagas þrydlíce (þrýþlíce?) æthríne, Anglia viii. 302, 14. Hé oft gesealde healsittendum helm and byrnan swylce hé þrydlícost (þrýþlícost?) óhwǽr feor oððe neáh findan
un-fǽcne
Without deceit ⬩ without fraud
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Without deceit, without fraud Unfaecni, -fécni non subscivum, Txts. 81, 1386. Unfǽcne ( printed -sæcne), Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 16. Gif man mægð gebigeþ ceápi, geceápod sý, gif hit unfácne is, L. Ethb. 77; Th. i. 22, 2. Gif man mannan ofsleá, unfácne feó
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bonda
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Æt ǽlcum forðfarenum gildan, sé hit bónda, sé hit wíf, þe on þám gildscipe sindon, Cht. Th. 609, 12. Gyf frígman þæt fasten ábrece, gebéte þæt þus: bónda mid .xxx. penigan, þegen mid .xxx. scillingan, Wlfst. 172, 5. Bunda, 181, 9. Án his manna wolde wícian
ge-wife
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Substitute: <b>ge-wif,</b> es; n. Fortune, fate Gewife wyrde fato fortune (gentililas, quae vitam veritatis expertern fato fortunae et genesi gubernari juxta Mathernaticoruni constellationem arbitratur, Ald. 35, 36), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 60,
læs
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and add: adv. or conj. Næfð nán man tó þæs hál eágan þæt hé ǽni hwíle mage lócigan ongeán þas sunnan þe wé hǽr geseóð, and húru þæs þe lǽs ( all the less ) gyf heó hefð unhále, Solil. H. 35, 1. Hys mé lyst swá læng swá lǽs, 36, 17. Ðú hǽtst mé forlǽtan
of-spring
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For ðan ðe hé is Abrahames ofspring quod ipse filius sit Abrahae (Lk. 19, 9), Hml. Th. i. 582, 6. Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu æt Ælfsige . . . tó écum freóte, and eall hire ofspring, C. D. vi. 209, 11. Tácnu wurðað on eów and on eówrum ofspringum (in semine
scilling
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Add Sum mon sealde óþrum scilling seolfres tó borge, Shrn. 127, 25. Scil[ing] dragmam, An. Ox. 348. Hú þá scillingas (solidi) wurdon þurh wundor ágifene þám biddendum . . . Sum wer . . . sǽde ꝥ hé wǽre geswenced from his moniendan for .xii. scyllingum
weallian
to wander ⬩ roam ⬩ to go as a pilgrim
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to wander, roam Weallaþ swá niéten feldgangende, feoh bútan gewitte, se þurh ðone cantic ne can Crist geherian, Salm. Kmbl. 44; Sal. 22. to go as a pilgrim Of earde weallige hé wíde and dǽdbóte dó ǽfre ða hwíle ðe hé libbe a patria longe peregrinetur
ǽsce
question, inquiry ⬩ search for stolen cattle
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Add: question, inquiry Uton áhsien úrne Drihten . . . Wé gehýraþ æfter ðisse ǽscan (-ean, v. l.) (post hanc interrogationem ) Drihten andswariendne, R. Ben. 3, 16. Hé angan tó befrínenne . . . Hé wearð æfter ðysse ǽscan ontend, Lch. iii. 432, 29. Ðá
hefe
Weight
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Weight Hú mihte hé gefrédan ǽniges hefes swǽrnysse ðá ðá hé ðone ferode ðe hine bær how could he feel the heaviness of any weight when he carried one who bore him, Homl. Th. i. 336, 26. Swilce hé búton hefe wǽre as if he were without weight, ii. 164,
Tír
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One form of the name of the Runic T; it is also the name of the god corresponding to the Latin Mars, and apparently used also of the planet bearing his name; as Grimm notices, the Runic symbol ᛏ resembles that used for the planet ♂ Tír byþ tácna sum,
swice
deceitful, fraudulent ⬩ proving false to what is expected ⬩ treacherous, failing in loyalty,
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deceitful, fraudulent Hí wiðstandaþ ðam swican (or subst. ? v. swica) Antecriste, Wulfst. 198, 14. [He minne fader biswak þurh swike his craftes (mid his luþer craftes, 2nd MS. ), Laym. 14865.] proving false to what is expected :-- Norðmen wáron súðfolcum
sigel-hweorfa
A plant-name ⬩ heliotrope
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A plant-name, a word equivalent in meaning to the Greek heliotrope. It is found as the representative of foreign words in the following Sigelhweorfa heliotropus, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 5, 80: Lchdm. iii. 302, col. 1. Sigelhuerpha eliotropia, id. Sigelhueorua
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Cyménes óra
Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex ⬩ Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit
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Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex; Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit Camd. Camden
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FEN
FEN ⬩ marsh ⬩ mud ⬩ dirt ⬩ pălus ⬩ lŭtum ⬩ līmus ⬩ sordes
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A FEN, marsh, mud, dirt; pălus, lŭtum, līmus, sordes Ic fúlre eom ðonne ðis fen swearte I am fouler than this swart fen, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 33; Rä. 41, 31. Fenn lŭtum, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 6: līmus, lŭtum, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 61; Wrt. Voc. 37
G
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WHEN g is the last radical letter of an Anglo-Saxon word, and follows a long vowel or an r, it is often changed into h, but then the g is resumed when followed by a vowel; as, - Beáh a ring; gen. es; m. beáges of a ring; pl. beágas rings; burh a town;
hunig
Honey
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Honey Ðǽr [Estland] biþ swyðe mycel hunig and fisc[n]aþ and se cyning and ða rícostan men drincaþ myran meolc and ða unspédigan and ða þeówan medo in that country there is very much honey and fishing; and the king and the principal men drink mare's milk
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