cú-hyrde
A cowherd, person who has the charge of cows ⬩ vaccarius, bubulcus
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A cowherd, person who has the charge of cows ; vaccarius, bubulcus Cúhyrde gebýreþ ðæt he hæbbe ealdre cú meolc vii niht, syððan heó nige cealfod hæfþ, and frymetlinge býstinge xiv niht; and gá his metecú mid hláfordes cú vaccarii rectum est, ut habeat
fór-wyrcan
To work or place before ⬩ obstruct ⬩ barricade ⬩ oppōnére ⬩ obstruĕre
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He hæfde ealle ða geatu fórworht into him he had barricaded all the entrances against him, Chr. 901; Erl. 96, 31. Synt ðissa heldóra wegas fórworhte the ways of these hell-doors are obstructed, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 21; Gen. 381
Linked entry: un-forworht
hrán
A reindeer
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A reindeer Se byrdesta sceall gyldan fíf hránes fell a man of the highest rank has to pay five reindeer skins, Ors. 1. 1; Swt. 18, 20.
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icge gold
- Beo. Th. 2219 ;
- B. 1107.
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Thorpe has 'moreover,' Kemble 'heaped up;' Heyne suggests comparison with Sskr. ic dominare, imperare, and gives 'Schatzgold, reiches gold;' Grein's note is as follows : 'Sollte vielleicht zu icg das Altn. yggr [terror] zu halten sein, da das Gold Altn
néðing
Daring ⬩ audacity
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Ða swá swíðe hiene ondrédan ðe on westeweardum ðisses middangeardes wǽron ðæt hié on swá micle néðinge ... hiene æfter friþe sóhton on eástweardum ðeosan middangearde those who were in the west of this earth feared him (Alexander) so much, that they had
syn-sceaþa
One who wickedly does harm, a malefactor, criminal, miscreant
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One who wickedly does harm, a malefactor, criminal, miscreant Se synscaþa sceaþena þreáte éhstreám sóhte, Exon. Th. 282, 31; Jul. 671. Hié ne móste se synscaþa ( Grendel ) under sceadu bregdan, Beo. Th. 1418; B. 707.
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teón-rǽden
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Nicanores heáfod hí setton tó tácne for his teónrǽdene ( the wrong he had done to them ), Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 640: Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 18. Gif hé on gehwylcum teónrǽdennum ( injuriis) geþyld lufige . . .
penn
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D. iii. 448, 19, Strétfold, 119, 30 may suggest that the word has the later sense). Add: On ætden pæn . . . on ðone ealdan uuíðig on Ættan pennes læce, C. D. vi. 48, 12-14. On hacan penne, v. 238, 30.
hætera
Garments ⬩ rent clothe ⬩ scrutum, pannucia ⬩ pannis, mastrugis ⬩ rag, clout
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Garments Hé hæfde ne hǽlþe ne hætera he had neither health nor garments, Homl. Th. i. 330, 14. Se hund tótær his hæteru sticmǽlnm of his bæce the dog tore his garments to pieces off his back, 374, 8.
ge-swutelung
A making clear ⬩ plain ⬩ a manifestation ⬩ declaration
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Hér is siú geswitelung ðære gerǽdnisse ðe ðiús geférrǽden gerǽd hæfþ here is the declaration of the ordinance that this society has decided upon, Th. Chart. 610, 27
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ǽg-ðer
Either ⬩ each ⬩ both ⬩ uterque ⬩ ambo
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On ǽgðre hand, on ǽgðere healic on either hand or half, on both sides, Ors. 1, 11; Bos. 34, 40: 1, 14; Bos. 37,33. On ǽgðre healfe weard towards both sides, Ælfc. Gr.
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hærfest
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Mon eorðan wæstmas on hærfeste hám gelǽdeð . . . on rypes tíman, Ph. 244. <b>II a.</b> rendered in late Latin versions by Augustus (cf.
biór-sele
A beer-hall, feasting-hall
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A beer-hall, feasting-hall, Beo. Th. 5263; B. 2635
hwerfan
to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter
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Hægl hwyrft of heofones lyfte hail whirls down from the sky, Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 5. Hí hám hwyrfaþ domum redeunt, L. Ecg. P. i. 14; Th. ii. 178, 6. Cynna gehwylcum ðara ðe cwice hwyrfaþ for every race that living moves, Beo. Th. 197; B. 98.
FÓÐER
food ⬩ food for cattle ⬩ fodder ⬩ ălĭmentum ⬩ jūmenti pābŭlum ⬩ that in which food is carried ⬩ a basket ⬩ cophĭnus ⬩ κόφĭνos ⬩ that in which food for cattle is carried ⬩ a cart ⬩ cart-load ⬩ vĕhes ⬩ plaustrum ⬩ nunc massa vel vŏlūmen plumbi
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If he have not, let him pay half in fodder, and half in other goods, 60; Th. i. 140, 8-11. that in which food is carried,-a basket; cophĭnus = κόφĭνos Genómon ceawlas vel fóðer tŭlērunt cophĭnos, Mt. Lind.
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brádlinga
Flatly
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Flatly, with the hand open Similar entries (v. brád, I. 2) Sete þíne hand brádlinga tó þínum leóre, Tech. ii. 120, 27. Brálinga, 121, 3. Dó brálinga þíne hand tó þínre nasan, 123, 12. Wend þú his hand brádlinga ádúne, 121, 26
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FRIGNAN
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri
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Frægn gif him wǽre niht getǽse he asked if he had had an easy night, Beo. Th. 2643; B. 1319. Eft he frægn hwæt seó þeód nemned wǽre rursus interrŏgāvit quod esset vocābŭlum illīus gentis, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 16; 2, 12; S. 513, 37, 38.
gif-heal
A gift-hall ⬩ hall in which gifts are distributed ⬩ aula in qua dominus dona distribuit
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A gift-hall, hall in which gifts are distributed; aula in qua dominus dona distribuit Ymb ða gifhealle around the gift-hall, Beo. Th. 1680; B. 838
lǽn
a loan ⬩ grant ⬩ gift ⬩ lease ⬩ fee ⬩ fief
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Sum man sceolde ágyldan healf pund and wæs ðearle geswenct for ðære lǽne a certain man had to pay back half a pound, and was exceedingly harassed on account of the loan, 176, 35.
dys-líc
Foolish, stupid ⬩ stultus
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Oft ge dyslíce dǽd gefremedon often ye have done a foolish deed, Elen. Kmbl. 77; El. 386. From ðæm lífe ðæs dyselícan gewunon a vita stultæ consuetūdĭnis, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 2. On dyslícum geswincum in foolish labours, Past. 18, 2; Hat. MS. 26 a, 11