útan
from without ⬩ without ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the surface ⬩ outwardly ⬩ about ⬩ round ⬩ out ⬩ away from land
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On ðysse eorðan útan on the face of the earth, Ps. Th. 64, 6. Innan and útan eorðan líme gefæstnod, Cd. Th. 80, 1; Gen. 1322: Beo. Th. 1552; B. 774: Exon.
brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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Brýten-grúnd the wide expanse of earth, 13a; Th. 22, 25; Cri. 357. Brýten-rice a spacious realm, 54 b; Th. 192, 17; Az. 107. Brýten-wong the spacious world, 13 a; Th. 24, 6; Cri. 380. The uncompounded adj. is used in the same sense.
winnan
intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain
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Hé wolde ðǽm winnendum fultmian, and earme fréfran, 213, 17.
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swincan
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</b> of inanimate things :-- Gif se midwinter byþ on Seternesdeag, ðonne byþ windig lengten and westmas swincaþ and scép cwellaþ the fruits of the earth will not thrive, and sheep will die, Lchdm. iii. 164, 11
wís-dóm
wisdom ⬩ discretion ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ wisdom ⬩ knowledge ⬩ learning ⬩ philosophy
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Ðæt se sáwle weard lífes wísdóm forloren hæbbe, se ðe nú ne giémeþ hwæþer his gǽst sié earm þe eádig, Exon. Th. 95, 4; Cri. 1552.
hálig-dóm
holiness, sanctity ⬩ sanctimonia ⬩ holy things, relics, holy work, a sacrament ⬩ a holy place, sanctuary ⬩ relic ⬩ holiness ⬩ sacred things ⬩ relics ⬩ a sanctuary ⬩ sacramentum, sanctuarium ⬩ sacred thing, relic, sanctuary
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Án is mid ðæs kynges háligdóme, óðer is mid Leófríce eorle and ðæt þridde is mid ðam bisceop one [of the writings] is in the king's sanctuary, a second is with earl Leofric, and the third is with the bishop, Th. Chart. 372, 29: 541, 25: 571, 20
ord
a point, ⬩ of a weapon ⬩ a spear, pointed weapon ⬩ one who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, prince ⬩ head, front ⬩ line of battle, forefront ⬩ the beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)
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Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord ( the shadow of the earth ) ofer yrnþ, Lchdm. iii. 240, 26. Hafaþ tungena gehwylc xx orda, hafaþ orda gehwylc engles snytro, Salm.
ge-métan
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hú eart þú hér gemét? how come you to be found here ?, Bl. H. 237, 26. (a α) to find that to which one is directed :-- Gang tó ðæs sǽs waroðe, and þú þǽr gemétst scip, Bl. H. 231, 30. Gangað . . . and gé þǽr gemétað fíctreów, 239, 6: 147, 30.
þeów
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Earme men beswicene and hreówlíce besyrwde, and út of ðisan earde gesealde swýðe unforworhte fremdum tó gewealde Wulfst. 158, 13. Freedom might be forfeited as the punishment of crime; e. g.
ge-cýþan
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Þú eart milde . . . ; þæt þú gecýðdest, þá þú . . . Hö. 79 : Hy. 9, 16. Hé tó gewinne on ꝥ mynster eóde ; and ꝥ sylfe mid dǽdum gecýðde ( quod ipsunt facto monstrauit), Bd. 4, 3 ; Sch. 353, 20: Exod. 406.
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hrǽw
a corpse ⬩ carcase ⬩ trunk ⬩ carrion
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Ðú earma nú ðú byst geworden ðæt fúleste hreáw and wyrma mete thou miserable thing, now art thou become a very foul corpse and food for worms, L. E. I. prm; Th. ii. 398, 16. Hrá wundum wérig the body weary with wounds, Andr.
sund
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Icel. á sund) áhóf earce from eorðan, Cd. Th. 83, 32; Gen. 1388. sea, water Streámas wundon, sund wið sande, Beo. Th. 431; B. 213. Ðá wæs sund liden then was the sea passed, 452; B. 223. Se stán tógán, streám út áweóll ... sund grunde onféng, Andr.
willan
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</b> of things, to have a tendency :-- Gif eáran willen ádeáfian, Lch. ii. 40, 22. <b>VII a.</b> of f Add Ðá hit þá on mergen dagian wolde imminente aurora, Guth. Gr. 135, 270. in a clause translating a Latin infin.
rihtan
to right, to restore to a proper position that which is displaced, erect, direct ⬩ to right a person, ⬩ replace a person in the rights of which he is wrongfully deprived ⬩ to make right that which is faulty, set right, rectify, correct, amend ⬩ to keep right, direct, rule
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Sume déman myccle swíðor rihtaþ Godes folc ðonne hié reáfan earme. Ða déman beóþ ǽghwǽr ge ðæt hié him selfum heora synna bebeorgaþ ge eác óðre syngiende rihtaþ, Blickl. Homl. 63, 16-25. Wé boetas ł wé hrihð corrigimus, Mt. Kmbl. p. 2, 2.
híwan
Members of a household, ⬩ of a religious house, ⬩ a family
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Út of earce híwan lǽd ðú lead thy family out of the ark, Cd. 73; Th. 90, 3; Gen. 1489. Híwan [MS. A. munecas], Chr. 716; Erl. 45, 17. Híwæ domesticos, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 10, 25
hleóðor
hearing ⬩ what is heard, ⬩ sound, ⬩ noise, ⬩ voice, ⬩ speech, ⬩ song
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hearing Ontýn eárna hleóðor ðæt gehérnes hehtful weorðe on gefeán blíðse forþweard tó ðé auditui meo dabis gaudium et lætitiam, Ps. C. 50, 77; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 77. [Cf.
húru
At least ⬩ at all events ⬩ at any rate ⬩ in any case ⬩ however ⬩ even ⬩ yet ⬩ only ⬩ indeed ⬩ certainly ⬩ especially
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Ðæt man cristene men and unforworhte of earde ne sylle ne húru on hǽðene leóde certainly not to a heathen nation, L. Eth. v. 2; Th. i. 304, 15.
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lǽstan
to follow ⬩ attend ⬩ accompany ⬩ to do ⬩ perform ⬩ observe ⬩ carry out ⬩ execute ⬩ discharge ⬩ to continue ⬩ last
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Bibeád ic eów ... earge gé ðæt lǽstun my command was ... ill have ye performed it, 30 a; Th. 92, 3; Cri. 1503. Leófa Beówulf lǽst eall tela, Beo. Th. 5320; B. 2662: Cd. 106; Th. 139, 4; Gen. 2304.
for-cweþan
to reproach ⬩ upbraid ⬩ blame ⬩ reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ to reprove ⬩ to refuse ⬩ decline ⬩ to excuse ⬩ to refuse ⬩ to receive ⬩ to reject ⬩ disapprove of
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Ac þá consulas noldon hié selfe swá earge geþencan swá hié þá wífmen ǽr forcwǽdon the consuls would not believe themselves such cowards as the women had called them.
ge-þreátian
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Ðæt se earma úpáhafena sié mid his wordum geðreátod and gescended ne in paupere elationem feriat, Past. 183, 14. Geðreátad increpata. Lk. p. 6, 9.