hand
HAND, side, power, control
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Alle þinge ðe hí under honde habben all things that they have in their possession, Th. Chart. 582, 1, 19: Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 268, 32. [Cf. Icel. undir höndum einum in one's power.]
Linked entries: irfe-hand hand-gemǽne hond
forþ-on
At fírst ⬩ indeed ⬩ also ⬩ prīmo ⬩ ĕtiam
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At fírst, indeed, also; prīmo, ĕtiam Nó forþon ánlépe no, not even [also] one, Ps. Th. 13, 2
Linked entry: forþ
be-fealdan
To fold ⬩ infold ⬩ clasp ⬩ involve ⬩ surround ⬩ inwrap ⬩ cover ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ implicare ⬩ involvere ⬩ amplecti ⬩ circumdare
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To fold, infold, clasp, involve, surround, inwrap, cover, overwhelm; implicare, involvere, amplecti, circumdare Ðú miht on ánre hand eáðe befealdan ealne middaneard thou canst easily infold in one hand all the midearth, Hy. 7, 119; Hy.
Linked entries: be-feóld bi-fealdan
Cwén-sǽ
The White Sea ⬩ hyperboreus oceanus
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syndon manega þeóda; ac hit man hǽt eall, Germania from the river Don, westward to the river Rhine. . . and again south to the river Danube . . . and north to the ocean, which is called the White Sea: within these are many nations; but they call it all
dǽlan
To divide, separate, distribute, bestow, spend, dispense, DEAL, DOLE ⬩ dividĕre, distribuĕre, separāre ab aliquo
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Dǽlde eall ðæt heó áhte she had spent all that she had, Mk. Bos. 5, 26
hreóf-lig
Leprous
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Láðlíc biþ ðæs hreóflian líc this leper betokened all mankind that was foully leprous ... Loathsome is the body of the leper, 16-21: 33. Wacode ealle ða niht mid ðam wædlian hreóflian. Homl. Swt. 3, 486. Reóflium menn gelíc like a leper, Homl.
mealm-stán
Maum-stone
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Bosworth's writes: 'The Maumstone is to be found, more or less, all over Wiltshire, especially towards Stonehenge. It is used for the foundation of walls, and the poor people use it for whitening, in keeping their hearth-stones clean.
Linked entry: cealc-stán
ge-heaðorian
To restrain ⬩ control ⬩ compress ⬩ cohĭbēre ⬩ coartāre ⬩ coangustāre
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To restrain, control, compress; cohĭbēre, coartāre, coangustāre Hafaþ geheaðorad heofona Wealdend ealle gesceafta the Ruler of the heavens has controlled all creatures, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 11; Met. 13, 6 : Bt. 21; Fox 74, 9 : 25; Fox 88, 5.
Linked entries: ge-haðerian heaðorian
Wealh-geféra
A count of the Welsh Marches(?) ⬩ the commander of the Wealh-færeld(?)
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wæs eác Wealhgeféra ( other MSS. have -geréfa.Kemble, taking the latter reading, says: 'I am disposed to believe that he was a royal reeve to whose care Alfred's Welsh serfs were committed, and who exercised a superintendence over them in some one or all
Linked entry: Wealh-færeld
hosp-word
A word expressing contempt, contumely, reproach, abuse
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Ðá hét martianus mid his hospwordum ðæt hé sǽde his síþ him eallum then Martianus bade him with expressions of contempt tell his journey to them all, Homl. Swt. 4, 283: Exon. 68 b; Th. 253, 33; Jul. 189.
smorian
To choke, suffocate
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All suld be smored Pr. C. 7601. Smore wythe smeke fumigo, smoryd famigatus, smorynge fumigacio Prompt. Parv. 461. Halliwell gives smore as a word in northern dialects, and quotes Hall's Chronicles; and smoor is given as a Lincolnshire word, E. D. S.
ge
And ⬩ also ⬩ et
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Ǽgðer ge on spræce, ge on þeáwum, ge on eallum sidum both in speech, and in manners, and in all customs, Bt. 18, 2; Fox 62, 29 : 41, 5; Fox 254,19-21
Linked entries: irfeweardian ge-stirian
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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Swá we eác settaþ be eallum hádum, ge ceorle ge eorle so also we ordain for all degrees, whether to churl or earl [gentle or simple ], L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 64, 3.
Linked entry: ciorl
un-wemme
spotless ⬩ without blemish ⬩ without defect ⬩ uninjured ⬩ uninjured ⬩ inviolate ⬩ undefiled ⬩ pure ⬩ immaculate ⬩ perfect ⬩ pure ⬩ immaculate
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Hé gelǽdde ðæt folc ealle unwemme ofer ða Reádan sǽ he led the people all of them uninjured over the Red Sea, Btwk. 196, 2. of abstract objects, uninjured, inviolate Cyninges handgrið stande unwemine, L. E. G. 1; Th. i. 166, 21 (cp. L.
ge-yppan
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Geypte prodidit (omnem concinnati sceleris scenam prodidit Ald. 39, 33), An. Ox. 2921. Hit þurh ǽnne þeówne mon geypped wearð existente quadam ancilla indice Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 31. Eall heora sprǽc wearð geypped and gewýdmærsod, Nic. 8, 25
FEOHTAN
To FIGHT ⬩ contend ⬩ make war ⬩ combat ⬩ struggle ⬩ prœliāri ⬩ pugnāre ⬩ bellāre ⬩ contendĕre ⬩ decertāre ⬩ collīdĕre
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Alf. pol. 7; Th. i. 66, 7: 39; Th. i. 88, 2. Ðeáh him feohtan on firas monige although many men fight against it, Runic pm. 26; Kmbl. 344. 27; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 52
Linked entries: a-feohtan ge-feohtan
L
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Ger. the vowel also is a. In the Runic alphabet the character, which in name and form agrees with the Scandinavian rune ᛚ lögr, was ᛚ lagu.
a-dwæscan
To quench ⬩ put out ⬩ staunch ⬩ appease ⬩ extinguere
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Efne swá he mid wætre ðone weallendan lég adwæsce even as he with water the raging flame quenches, Exon. 122a; Th. 467, 23; Alm. 6. Eall mín unriht adwæsc omnes iniquitates meas dele, Ps. Ben. 50, 10
Linked entry: on-dwæscan
án-súnd
Sound ⬩ entire ⬩ unhurt ⬩ sanus ⬩ integer ⬩ incolumis
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Beóþ ðá gebrosnodan báan mid ðam flǽsce ealle ánsúnde eft geworden then the corrupted bones together with the flesh will all again be made sound, Hy. 7, 89; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 89.
Linked entry: on-sund
lang-ness
Length
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Ealle óðre dagas on twelf mónþum habbaþ mislíce langnisse all other days in the twelve months have various lengths, Lchdm. iii. 258, 2