mann-cynn
mankind ⬩ men ⬩ the human race ⬩ a race of men ⬩ a people ⬩ men
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Hé ealle eáðmódnysse wið mancynn gecýðde, 123, 31. a race of men, a people, men (a limited number) Ðonne is sum eáland on ðære Reádan Sǽ ðǽr is moncynn ( hominum genus ) ðæt is mid ús Donestre genemned, Nar. 37, 1.
DEORC
DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad ⬩ tenebrōsus, obscūrus
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Gebrecu féraþ deorc ofer dreohtum [MS. dreontum] the crashes go dark over multitudes, Exon. 102 a; Th. 385, 15; Rä. 4, 45: 48 b; Th. 168, 1; Gú. 1071.
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FÉDAN
nourish ⬩ support ⬩ sustain ⬩ bring up ⬩ educate ⬩ pascĕre ⬩ cĭbāre ⬩ nutrīre ⬩ engtrīre ⬩ sustentāre ⬩ edŭcāre ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ produce ⬩ gignĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre
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Mec seó friþe mǽg fédde the kind woman fed me, Exon. 103 a; Th. 391, 23; Rä, 10, 9. He fédde híg sustentāvit eos, Gen. 47, 17. He fédde me edŭcāvit me, Ps. Spl. 22, 2. We ðé féddon pāvĭmus te, Mt. Bos. 25, 37.
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FÓT
a FOOT ⬩ pés ⬩ the foot ⬩ pēs
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On ánum fét on one foot, Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 5; Rä. 32, 17. Mif fóte pĕde, Ex. 21, 41: Ps. Spl. 90, 12: Lk. Bos. 4, 11. Standende wǽron fét úre on cáfertúnum ðínum stantes ĕrant pĕdes nostri in atriis tuis, Ps.
til
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Th. 399, 11; Rä. 18, 9. Ne wæs ðæt gewrixle til, ðæt hié on bá healfa bicgan scoldon freónda feorum, Beo. Th. 2613; B. 1304. Áhte ic folgað tilne ( a service that benefited me ), Exon. Th. 379, 25; Deór. 38.
húru
At least ⬩ at all events ⬩ at any rate ⬩ in any case ⬩ however ⬩ even ⬩ yet ⬩ only ⬩ indeed ⬩ certainly ⬩ especially
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At least, at all events, at any rate, in any case, however, even, yet, only, indeed, certainly, especially Húru gif ic hæfde ǽnne penig saltim si haberem unum denarium, Ælfc. Gr. 44; Som. 46, 35.
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eom
I am, thou art, he is ⬩ sum, es, est
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Th. 49; Fin. 24: Exon. 102b; Th. 388, 1; Rä. 6, 1: Cd. 19; Th. 24, 4; Gen. 372: Cd. 215; Th. 270, 28; Sae. 97: Ps. Th. 68, 6: Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 40
hrif
The womb ⬩ belly ⬩ uterus ⬩ venter
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Þurh mínre módor hrif, Exon. 111 a; Th. 424, 27; Rä. 41, 44: 14 a; Th. 27, 4; Cri. 425
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land-búend
husbandman ⬩ a native
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Ælda bearn, londbúendra, Exon. 130 b; Th. 500, 23; Rá. 89, 11. Gesette sunnan and mónan leóman tó leóhte landbúendum, Beo. Th. 191; B. 95. Londbúendam, Exon. 78 b; Th. 295, 7; Crä. 29: 87 a; Th. 326, 22; Víd. 132.
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múþ
The mouth ⬩ the mouth as an instrument of speech ⬩ the face ⬩ A mouth ⬩ opening ⬩ orifice
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Voc. i. 19, 57 : Exon. 108 b; Th. 415, 10; Rä. 33, 9. Duru sceal on healle, rúm recedes múþ. Menol. Fox 533; Gn. C. 37, Gif mon biþ on hrif wund. ... gif hé þurhwund biþ, æt gehweðerum múþe twentig sciłł. L. Alf. pol. 61; Th. i. 96. 12.
gífre
Greedy ⬩ covetous ⬩ voracious ⬩ eager ⬩ desirous ⬩ avidus
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Gífrost and grǽdgost most rapacious and most greedy, Exon. 128 a; Th. 493, 2; Rä. 81, 24
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seax
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Th. 472, 6; Rä. 61, 12. Seaxes ecg, 70, 20; Cri. 1141. Sníþ mid seaxse, Lchdm. ii. 56, 7. Ða hét hé him his seax árǽcan tó screádigenne ǽnne æppel, Homl. Th. i. 88, 9.
úhta
the last part of the night ⬩ the time just before daybreak ⬩ the time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturns ⬩ De nocturna celebratione.
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Úhtna gehwylce, 287, 3; Wand. 8: 471, 24; Rä. 61, 6. as an ecclesiastical term, the time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturns De nocturna celebratione.
æþele
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Cwén ... þeáh hió æðelu sí, Rä. 78, 5. Æþeles indolis (indolis titulus principum, adolescentium maxime, honorarius, Migne), An. Ox. 2869: indolis, i. iuuenis ingenuus, 2, 114. Mǽran, æþelan illustris (Agathae) , 4362.
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bídan
to wait ⬩ remain ⬩ to await ⬩ experience
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Hél. 4829-30), Gen. 39. with a clause Ic bíde . . . hwonne gæst cume, Rä. 16, 9. Hi bídaþ, hwæt him déman wille tó leáne, Jul. 706: Cri. 802. Bídan, hwæs him cyning unnan wolde, An. 145.
hǽr
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Hǽrum, Rä. 36, 4. a number of hairs together a lock. v. hǽr-locc Hǽra cincinnarum. Au. Ox. 1199. a fringe Ðá hér fimbrias, Mt. L. 23, 5. with collective force, hair of persons Hǽr cesaries, pilos, Wülck Gl. 290, 11.
on-lúcan
literally, to unlock, open ⬩ to open, disclose, reveal
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Th. 429, 30; Rä. 43, 12. Wærc in gewód líchord onleác pain hath invaded me, hath opened to itself a way within my body, 163, 31; Gú. 1002: 170, 26; Gú. 1117. Ðæt mon onlúce ða heardan heortan duritiam cordis aperire, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 2.
EÓTEN
giant, monster, Grendel ⬩ gĭgas, monstrum, Grendel ⬩ the Jutes, Jutlanders, the ancient inhabitants of Jutland in the north of Denmark ⬩ Jūtæ
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a giant, monster, Grendel; gĭgas, monstrum, Grendel Wæs se grimma gǽst Grendel, Caines cyn, — ðanon untydras ealle onwócon,eótenas and ylfe and orcnéas, swylce gigantas Grendel was the grim guest, the race of Cain, — whence unnatural births all sprang
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LEÁF
A LEAF
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Man scóf ðara bóca leáf ðe of Hibernia cóman and ða sceafþan dyde on wæter rasa folia codicum qui de Hibernia fuerant, et ipsam rasuram aquæ immissam, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 37. Mid grénum leáfum virentibus foliis, Gen. 8, 11
ge-trahtian
To treat ⬩ explain ⬩ expound ⬩ consider ⬩ tractāre ⬩ expōnĕre
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To treat, explain, expound, consider; tractāre, expōnĕre, consīdĕrāre Sume ðas race we habbaþ getrahtnod on óðre stówe some of this narrative we have expounded in another place, Homl. Th. ii. 264, 23.
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