eorþ-cyning
An earthly king, king of the land ⬩ terræ rex
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An earthly king, king of the land; terræ rex Sceótend Scyldinga to scypum feredon eal ingesteald eorþcyninges the Scyldings' warriors conveyed all the house chattels of the king of the land to their ships. Beo. Th. 2315: B. 1155.
for-scrífan
to condemn ⬩ proscribe ⬩ condemnāre ⬩ proscrībĕre ⬩ to write ⬩ cut into ⬩ cut down ⬩ incīdĕre ⬩ succīdĕre
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Grendel fífelcynnes eard weardode hwíle, siððan him Scyppend forscrifen hæfde Grendel inhabited a while the monster-race's abode, after the Creator had proscribed him, Beo.
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Íras
The Irish
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Íra-land] Férde twelf geár bodiende betwux Ýrum and Scottum and siððan ofer eal Angelcyn he went twelve years preaching among the Irish and Scotch, and afterwards over all England, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 35.
land-begenga
husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ a native
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Ágæf ða ðǽm londbigencgum [-bigengum, Rush.] locavit eam agricolis, Mk. Skt. Lind. 12, 1. an inhabitant of a country, a native Ðá sægdon mé ða londbigengan mihi locorum incole affirmabant, Nar. 20, 16.
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mersc
A marsh
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Sumra wyrta eard biþ on merscum alias herbas ferunt paludes, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 148, 23. On feldum and on mǽdum and on sealtum merscum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 350, 8. Mersc Romney Marsh, Chr. 796; Erl. 58, 11
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Scot-land
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Hé ( Fursetis ) férde geond eal Ýrrland and Scotland, Homl. Th. ii. 346, 29
geofu
A gift, grace ⬩ donus, gratia
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He hí mid missenlícum geofum gewelgode ille eam [ecelesiam] diversis donis ditavit, Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 1: Exon. 18 a; Th. 43, 10; Cri. 686: 128 b; Th. 493, 15; Rä. 81, 31. Geofu wæs mid Gúþlác grace was with Guthlac, 40 a; Th. 134, 1; Gú. 501
stunian
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Stunaþ eal geador winsum sanc a pleasant song sounds all together (from the union of many voices ), Met. 13, 49. to strike with a loud sound, crash, dash Stíme (stune?)
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ge-bǽran
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Wrec ðé gemetlíce, and eác swá gebǽr (behave with moderation), Prov. K. 46. Hé wolde ǽlcne cuman swíþe árlíce underfón and swíþe swǽslíce wiþ gebǽran, Bt. 16, 2 ; F. 52, 32.
ge-éhtan
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Gioehtende am persecutus sum, Rtl. 60, 7. to get by pursuit. of conquest, to gain a country Claudius cóm tó Brytlande and geeóde mycel dǽl églandes, and eác ꝥ égeland of Orcanie hé geéhte tó Rómánan anwealde, Chr. 46; P. 7, 29. to purchase Mid wáclicum
gilda
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Gif hwá gyldan ofstleá . . . wrece eal gildscipe þone gildan. . . . Gif ǽnig gilda hwilcne man ofstleá. Cht. Th. 611, 11-28. Þæs ofslegenan gegildan (gyldan, v. l.) the slain man's guild-brothers . Ll. Th. i. 116, 6: 112, 8
hǽlþ
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(good) health of body Hé cwæit þæt hire cild gesund beón sceolde, and eal hire híwisc hǽlðe brúcan, Hml. Th. ii. 150, 19.
mǽþ
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Add Swá þæs gyltes mǽð beó secundum modum culpę, Chrd. 62, l. add Nis nánes mannes mǽð ꝥ cunne ásæcgan eal ꝥ gód þe God hæfð gegearwod þám þe hine lufiað, Angl. xii. 514, 29. Se man hæfð gold, þæt is gód be his mǽde, Hml. Th. i. 254, 19.
hand-cræft
Skill or power of the hand, handicraft ⬩ strength, power of hand
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Eác him gerísaþ handcræftas góde ðæt man on his híréde cræftas begange good handicrafts are also befitting him, that crafts may be practised in his household, L. I. P. 8; Th. ii. 314, 23
óra
Ore, metal in an unreduced state
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Hit is eác berende on wecga órum áres and ísernes leádes and seolfres quae etiam venis metallorum, aeris, ferri, et plumbi et argenti faecunda, Bd. l, l; S. 473, 23. Seó eorþe is cennende wecga óran terra parens metallorum, Nar. 2, 15.
tó-cínan
To break (intrans.) into chinks, ⬩ split ⬩ crack
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Gemétte hé be wege sumne lícðrowere licgende eal tócinen (the skin all cracked with the disease), Homl. Th. i. 336, 9. Hie drinkeð þat hie tochineð, O. E. Homl. ii. 199, 32. Þe stan tochan, i. 141, 17.
ofer-seolfrian
to cover with silver
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to cover with silver Hié eall heora wǽpn ofersylefredan deargentatis armis, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 138, 31. Eall heora wǽpn wǽron ofersylefreda, 3, II; Swt. 146, 23. Ofersylfrede (-seolfrade, Ps. Lamb. ) deargentatae, Ps. Spl. 67, 14
læfer
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Liversedge, Liverpool; cf. eá-lifer. Add Læfer lamina (auri), An. Ox. 2, 26. Læfrum petalis (deauratis ), 5497. Leafrum, 2, 497. In Hml. Th. ii. 498, 3 læfrum translates laminis. v. reád-læfer, gold-læfer
tó-samne
Together ⬩ in concert, ⬩ at the same time
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Hí tósomne eall werod clypedon conuocant totam cohortem, Mk. Skt. 15, 16. Leóde tósomne bannan, Andr. Kmbl. 2188; An. 1095. Hét ðá tósomne síne leóde, Cd.
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erhe
fearfully
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Interl. 5. v. earh-líce