open
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Hí carcernes duru opene fundon, An. 1078. of a containing space, where there is free access to its interior Bið súsla hús open . . . áðlogum ongeán, Cri. 1605. Æt openum græfe, Ll. Th. i. 8, 5; 308; 5.
wundor
a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration
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Hú woruld wǽre wundrum geteód, Cd. Th. 222, 28; Dan. 111
ealdung
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For translation of passage substitute: Nostri causantur, si Romanae reipublicae moles imbecillitate propriae senectutis contremiscant, and add Þá getimbru þissere burge wé geseóð mid langre ealdunge gewácode hujus urbis aedificia longo senio lassata
wær-word
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In the following passage, however, wær-word seems to occur Nis geméted on hálgum bócum þætte þisse frigenesse wærword (wiðerword, v.l.) sý gesewen nequaquam in sacris eloquiis invenitur quod huic capitulo contradicere uideatur, Bd. I. 27!
á-wídlian
to contaminate ⬩ defile ⬩ pollute ⬩ to profane ⬩ pollute
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of physical impurity, to contaminate, defile, pollute Sé ðe áwiht þicge þæs ðe hund áwídlige (inquinaverit), Ll. Th. ii. 216, 10.
hyse-beorþor
a young man
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Woldon on ðam hysebeorþre [cf. 2253, se geonga] heafolan gescénan they would hurt the head of the man, Andr. Kmbl. 2285; An. 1144
glæsen
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Beó ǽlc calic geworht of myldendum antimbre, gilden oððe seolfren, glæsen oððe tinen; ne beó he ná hyrnen, ne húru treówen, Ll. Th. ii. 384, 7. Ꝥ glæsene fæt vas vitreum, Gr. D. 104, 28: 103, 13. Ele in ánum glæsenum fæte, 159, 9.
lǽlian
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Substitute: to hurl a dart (?)
wund
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Add Þǽr wearð ꝥ .iii. hund monna ofslagen, ealle búton ðǽm consule ánum : hé cóm wund áweg, Ors. 4, 6; S. 172, 24. (la) add :-- Gif man bið on hrif wund, Ll. Th. i. 96, 10. Gif mon sié on þá herðan tó þám swíðe wund, 25
heán
low ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ ignoble ⬩ base ⬩ humbled ⬩ depressed ⬩ dejected ⬩ cast down ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched ⬩ mean ⬩ base ⬩ low
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Ic mé ceóse þæt ic heán gange on hús Godes elegi abjectus esse in domo Dei mei, Ps. Th. 83, 11. Heán sceal gehnígan, Gn. Ex. 118. Doem þǽm freóndleásan and ðǽm heánan (humili), Ps. Srt. 9, 39. Heánne and ðearfan, 81, 3.
hwanan
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Ne mæg ic geþencan hwonon him ǽnig unrótnes cuman sceolde, 33, 1; F. 122, 8. as a relative Maria gegroeted wæs from Elizabeth ... huona eftgecierred wæs in hús hire, Lk. p. 3, 15
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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Gif ceorl geþeáh, ðæt he hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, cirican and cycenan [MS. ky-cenan ], bell-hús and burh-geat-setl, and sunder-note on cynges healle, ðonne wæs he ðonon-forþ þegen-rihtes weorþe if a free man thrived, so that he had fully
ge-lǽstan
to do ⬩ perform ⬩ accomplish ⬩ fulfil ⬩ discharge ⬩ execute ⬩ pay ⬩ făcĕre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ præstāre ⬩ persolvēre ⬩ to accompany ⬩ follow ⬩ attend ⬩ serve ⬩ cŏmĭtāri ⬩ sĕqui ⬩ persĕqui ⬩ To continue ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ endure ⬩ mănēre ⬩ dūrāre
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To continue, remain, last, endure; mănēre, dūrāre Ne mæg hús on munte lange gelǽstan a house cannot long remain on a mountain, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 37; Met. 7, 19. Ðæt eówre blǽda gelǽston ut fructus vester măneat, Jn. Bos. 15, 16
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ge-lífan
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Hé ne walde geléfa ðerhdelfa hús his non sineret perfodi domum suam, Mt. L. 24, 43. Is geléfed on symbeldæge gelécnia licet sabbato curare?, Lk. L. R. 14, 3. with gerundial infin. Is geléfed tó seallane geafel?, Mk. L. R. 12, 14: Lk. L.
ge-mittan
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Þá eóde ꝥ folc on þá sǽand hig gemytton þǽr stǽnen hús, 150, 22. (a α) with obj. and infin. :-- Hié æt burhgeate beorn gemitton sylfne sittan, Gen. 2426.
BRAND
a BRAND, fire-brand, torch; ⬩ titio, torris ⬩ a burning, flame, fire; ⬩ incendium, flamma, ignis ⬩ A sword; ⬩ ensis
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Se ád wæs ǽghwonan ymb-boren mid brondum the funeral pile was heaped around on every side with fire-brands, Exon. 74 a ; Th. 277, 15 ; Jul. 581. a burning, flame, fire; incendium, flamma, ignis Brond þeceþ hús the burning covers the house, Exon. 59 a
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timbran
to build (lit. or fig.) ⬩ construct ⬩ to instruct, ⬩ edify ⬩ to cut timber
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To timmbrenn himm an hus, Orm. 13368. Who tauȝte hem (peacocks) on trees to tymbre so heighe, Piers P. 11, 352
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FLÓR
A FLOOR ⬩ păvimentum ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ ārea
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A FLOOR: păvimentum, sŏlum, ārea Flór on húse a floor in a house; excussōrium, Ælfc. Gl. 29; Som. 61, 34; Wrt. Voc. 26, 33. Flór păvīmentum, Wrt. Voc. 290, 10. Flór păvīmentum vel sŏlum, Wrt. Voc. 81, 7.
leóf
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Ic bidde eów leóf ðæt gé gecirron tó mínum húse obsecro, domini, declinate in domum pueri vestri, Gen. 19, 2. Gefyrn ic hine cúðe leóf ... La leóf nele hé gelýfan mínum wordum long ago 1 knew him, Sir ... Ah!
ge-swígan
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L. 14, 61. ' Lá freónd, huu inneádes. . . ?' Hé gesuígde (obmutait ), Mt. L. 22, 12. Gefraignende Drihtne . . . gesuígdon, Mt. p. 19, 9.