selfe
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In the same way, in combination with swá: cf. gelíce, same Hé forlǽt lífes frumsceaft and his ágene æðelo swá selfe. Met. 17, 25. Hæfþ ða wilnunga welhwilc néten and ða yrsunga eác swá selfe, 20, 192, 199
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lactuca
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Gif se ríca ágylte, þreá hine; þonne ytst þú þíne eástru mid grénum lactucum, mid biternesse. ꝥ wát eall ceorlisc folc ꝥ gréne lactucas beóð bitere; swá synt þá rícan men tó þreágenne, Angl. viii. 323, 22. Add
scyte
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Add: the distance to which a shot will go Oþ ꝥ hé wæs fullneáh in ánes flánes scyte út fram þám lande pene ad unius sagit tae cursum a terra, Gr. D. 114, 34. v. fǽr-, wáse-scyte
cniht-líc
Boyish ⬩ childish ⬩ puerilis
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Boyish, childish; puerilis Ne he cnihtlíce gálnysse næs begangende nor was he [Guthlac] addicted to boyish levity Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 12, 16. Swá oft swá cnihtlícu yldo begǽþ as childish age is often wont 2; Gdwin. 12, 19
be-gangan
to go round ⬩ surround ⬩ circumdare ⬩ to go to ⬩ after ⬩ to attend ⬩ commit ⬩ practise ⬩ exercise ⬩ perform ⬩ observe ⬩ worship ⬩ exercere ⬩ incumbere ⬩ procurare ⬩ colere
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to go round, surround; circumdare Cartaina wæs mid sǽ útan befangen [begangen Cot.]
norþe-weard
Northward ⬩ north
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Ðæt Babylonicum wæs ðæt forme, and on eásteweardum ; ðæt æfterre wæs ðæt Crécisce, and on norþeweardum, 2, 1; Swt. 60, 3. Æt Baddanbyrg westeweardre and norþeweardre ... of foxhylle norþeweardre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 249, 26, 34.
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pæll
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Volosianus ðone pæll ástrehte ðe Dryhtnes andwlytan on wæs befealden, St. And. 46, 13. iiii. pellas, and iiii. cuppan, Chart. Th. 519, 23.
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ge-mǽrsian
To magnify, glorify, celebrate ⬩ magnĭfĭcāre, glorĭfĭcāre, celebrāre
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He wæs fram eallum gemǽrsod ipse magnĭfĭcābātur ab omnĭbus, Lk. Bos. 4, 15. Ic beó gemǽrsod on Pharaone glorĭfĭcābor in Pharaōne, Ex. 14, 17. He wæs gemǽrsod ofer ealle óðre cyningas he was celebrated above all other kings, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 76, 41
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GLÆD
shining ⬩ bright ⬩ glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ joyous ⬩ bright ⬩ pleasant ⬩ kind ⬩ mild ⬩ courteous
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Sefa wæs ðé glædra her mind was the gladder, Elen. Kmbl. 1909; El. 956. pleasant, kind, mild, courteous Glæd man jucundus homo, Ps. Th. 111, 5. Glade fǽmnan virgines, 148, 12. Glædman Hróþgár courteous Hrothgar, Beo. Th. 740; B. 367.
hraðe
Quickly ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ soon ⬩ forthwith ⬩ straightway
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He wæs Godes bearn swá hraðe swá he mannes bearn wearþ he was the Son of God so soon as he became the Son of man, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 1. Swíðe hræðe repente, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 166, 14.
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céping
Traffic, merchandise ⬩ negotiatio
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War. 2, 16. To cépinge his ad negotiationem suam, Rtl. 107, 25. Betre is tosocnung his cépinge seolferes and goldes melior est acguisitio ejus negotiatione argenti et auri, 81, 14
for-sóþ
FORSOOTH ⬩ truly ⬩ certainly ⬩ certe
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Ic forsóþ wát vērum nōvi. Bd. 3, 13. S. 538, 33. Saga him forsóþ dic ergo illi, Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 37
macung
Making ⬩ doing ⬩ action
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Making, doing, action Þurh ðes macunge mǽst se eorl Rotbert ðises geáres ðis land mid unfriþe gesóhte it was mostly his doing that Earl Robert attacked this country in the course of this year, Chr. 1101; Erl. 238, 1
be-swælan
To burn, sweal, scorch, singe ⬩ adurere, ustulare
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To burn, sweal, scorch, singe; adurere, ustulare Næs hyra feax fýre beswæled nor was a hair of them burned by the fire, Cd. 195; Th. 243, 18; Dan. 438. Glédum beswæled scorched by gleeds, Beo. Th. 6075; B. 3041
friþ-geard
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Add: an enclosure where a fugitive was secure from molestation, where he had friþ (v. friþ, (5 b α)), an asylum [v. Grmm. R. A.], Ll. Th. ii. 298, 16. a place where peace prevails, v. friþ, Cri. 399
út-gársecg
The ocean at the horizon ⬩ the ocean at a distance from land
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Tungol (the sun) on ǽfenne útgársecges grundas pæþeþ the sun at even holds its way beneath the depths of utmost ocean, Exon. Th. 350, 29; Sch, 70
Coludes burh
Colud's city ⬩ Coldingham ⬩ Berwickshire ⬩ Scotland ⬩ Coludi vel Coludana urbs, Colania, in agro Barovici
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D. 679] Coldingham was burnt with divine fire Chr. 679; Erl. 41, 12.
ǽg-hwider
On every side ⬩ every way ⬩ quaquaversum
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On every side, every way; quaquaversum Ǽghwider ymb swá swá Edwines ríce wǽre quaquaversum imperium regis Æduini pervenerat, Bd. 2,16; S. 519,38. Ǽghwider wolde wide toscríðan it would everywhere widely wander. Bt. Met. Fox 20, 184; Met. 20, 92
beót-háta
A commander ⬩ leader ⬩ imperator ⬩ dux
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A commander, leader; imperator, dux Ahleóp ðá fór hæleðum hilde calla, bald beót-háta bord upahóf then the herald of war leaped before the warriors, the bold commander [Moses] upraised his shield Cd. 156; Th. 193, 27; Exod. 253
éd-wylm
Heat of fire, burning heat ⬩ flammæ æstuatio
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Heat of fire, burning heat; flammæ æstuatio Se fǽcna gebroht hafaþ æt ðam édwylme ða ðe him oncleófiaþ the beguiler has brought into that burning heat those who cleave to him, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 19; Wal. 73
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