geár-rím
A year-number ⬩ a year ⬩ number of years ⬩ annōrum nŭmĕrus
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A year-number, a year [?], number of years; annōrum nŭmĕrus Seó tíd gegǽþ, geár-rímum, ðæt ða geongan leomu geloden weorþaþ the time passes, in a number of years [or by years], that the young limbs be grown, Exon. 87 a; Th. 327, 17; Vy. 5
Linked entry: geár-gerím
gearuwe
Yarrow ⬩ millefŏlium
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Yarrow; millefŏlium Seó reáde gearuwe the red yarrow, Lchdm. iii. 24, 2
ge-aurnen
Over-run ⬩ overtaken ⬩ cursu apprehensus
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Over-run, overtaken; cursu apprehensus, Som. Ben. Lye
Eádmund
Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year
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Edmund the Martyr, king of East Anglia, was of the Old-Saxon race. He began to reign in A. D. 855. 'Anno Domĭnĭcæ incarnatiōnis DCCCLV, —Eadmundus Orientālium Anglōrum gloriosĭssimus cœpit regnāre VIII. Kalend.
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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an elderman, ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king; mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor.
Linked entries: aldor-mon ealdermen ealdor-mon ealdur-man eldor-man
ealgian
To defend ⬩ defendĕre
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Th. 2413; B. 1204: R. Ben. 64: 69
eallnunge
Altogether ⬩ omnīno
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R. Ben. 55
eall-rúh
All-rough ⬩ omnīno hirsūtus
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All-rough; omnīno hirsūtus Se wæs reád and eall rúh he was red and all hairy, Gen. 25, 25
eall-wundor
A very wonderful thing ⬩ res omnīno mirābĭlis
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A very wonderful thing; res omnīno mirābĭlis Weras fyrdleóþ gólon [MS. galan] eall-wundra fela the men sung a martial song of many very wonderful things, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 5; Exod. 578
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ealaþ
Ale ⬩ cervĭsia
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Ale; cervĭsia Twelf ambra Wilisces ealaþ [MS. B. ealoþ] twelve ambers of Welsh ale, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 17: Ors. 5, 3; Bos. 103. 33
eald-cwén
An old wife, an old crone ⬩ vĕtŭla
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An old wife, an old crone; vĕtŭla Ealdra cwéna spell vĕtŭlārum fābŭla, R. 100
ealder
an elder
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an elder, R. Ben. 4
hefe-líc
Weighty ⬩ heavy ⬩ grievous ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ tedious ⬩ wearisome
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Nú bidde ic ða ðe hit cunnon and ðis rǽdon ðæt hit him hefelíc ne beó now I beg that my explanation may not be tedious to those who know the subject and read this, Lchdm. iii. 280, l0
helle-cinn
The race of hell,
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The race of hell, Exon. 31 b; Th. 99, 5; Cri. 1620
hell-firen
A hellish crime,
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A hellish crime, Exon. 98 a; Th. 366, 3; Reb. 6
HEOFON
HEAVEN ⬩ cælum
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Rdr. 195, 13. Heofonas god the god of heaven, Hy. 3, 58; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 58: Andr. Kmbl. 3000; An. 1503. Hiofones leóhtes beorhto the brightness of the light of heaven, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 77; Met. 21, 39. Of hefene from heaven, Beo.
Linked entries: heofen heofon-fleógende heofon-fýr heofon-hróf heofon-hús heofon-lic heben hiofon
heofon-feld
A Northumbrian local name
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Rdr. 96, 33
heófung
Mourning ⬩ lamentation ⬩ grieving
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R. 107, 27. On ðære wǽron áwritene heófunga scriptæ erant in eo lamentationes, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 8, 9. Ǽr he tó heófungum sóðre behreówsunge gecyrran mǽge before he can turn to the lamentations of true repentance, Homl. Th. ii. 124, 13
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heoloþ-cynn
A race living in a place of concealment[?] ⬩ the devils in hell
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A race living in a place of concealment[?], the devils in hell, Exon. 30 b; Th. 94, 19; Cri. 1542
heorcnung
Hearkening ⬩ listening ⬩ hearing ⬩ power of hearing
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R. 7, 14. Drihten ic gehýrde heorcnunge ðíne Domine audivi auditionem tuam, Cant. Abac. Lamb. fol. 189, 2