ealdor-leg
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Course of life, life Gé mé sægdon þæt gé cúðon míne aldorlege, swá mé ǽfre wearð oððe ic furðor findan sceolde you told me that you knew the course of my life, whatever has befallen me, or what I was yet to experience, Dan. 139.
ersc
Arrish ⬩ ersh
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Arrish, ersh (arrish a stubblefield; stubble of any kind after the crop has been cut, D. D. See also N. E. D. arrish, earsh) Tó brádan ersce, Cht. E. 290, 29. Tó cráwan ersce, C. D. iii. 123, 6. Tó wudan ærscæ; fram wudan ærscæ, v. 255, 37.
grep
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Grép (the MS. has the accent) cuniculum, 18, 24. Grép cuniculi (cloacarum ), 82, 20. Á hé mæcg findan hwæt hé mæcg on byrig bétan ... grép hegian, dícsceard bétan, Angl. ix. 262, 19
hyge-méþe
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Wedra helm lie meahte on þám feorhbanan fǽhðe gebétan, 2465), evilly done, with a breast filled with sad thoughts (i. e. the slayer was bitterly grieved for the dreadful act he had perpetrated?), B. 2442
Hæestingas
Hastings
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Hí heafdon ofergán Súþseaxe and Hæstingas [Hæsting, l. 36] they had overrun Sussex and Hastings, 1011; Erl. 144, 27. Tó Hæstinga ceastre at Hastings, L. Ath. 1, 14; Th. i. 208, 2
breahtm
A noise, tumult, sound, cry; ⬩ fragor, strepitus, tumultus, clamor, vociferatio ⬩ to break
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Breahtmum hwurfon ymb ðæt háte hús hǽþne leóde the heathen people surrounded that hot house with cries, 55 a; Th. 195, 25; Az. 161: 57 b; Th. 206, 29; Ph. 134
snǽsan
To spit, run through with a pointed implement or weapon ⬩ to spit
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T.) ham þuruhut A. R. 212, 22.]
socian
to soak ⬩ to steep in a liquid ⬩ to soak ⬩ to lie in a liquid
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.), to lie in a liquid Glædenan rinde lytelra gedó þreó pund on glæsfæt, gedó ðonne ðæs scearpestan wínes tó .v. sestras, ásete ðonne on háte sunnan . . . ðæt hit socige .iiii. dagas oþþe má Lchdm. ii. 252, 11.
fýren
Fiery ⬩ burning ⬩ flaming ⬩ ignītus ⬩ igneus ⬩ flammeus
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Fiery, burning, flaming; ignītus, igneus, flammeus Is ðín ágen spræc innan fýren, sylf swíðe hát ignītum elŏquium tuum vehementer, Ps. Th. 118, 140. Sió fýrene sunne the fiery sun, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 27.
Linked entries: féren fýran fýren cylle
ge-weorpan
to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ jacere ⬩ projicere ⬩ to turn one's self away ⬩ go away ⬩ depart ⬩ pass by ⬩ averti ⬩ abire ⬩ transire
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to throw, cast; jacere, projicere Hí habbaþ ingang swá mycelre brǽdo, swá mon mæg mid liðeran geworpan they have an entrance of so much breadth, as one can throw with a sling, Bd. 4, 13; S. 583, 11.
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gleó-man
A glee-man ⬩ musician ⬩ minstrel ⬩ jester ⬩ player ⬩ buffoon ⬩ musicus ⬩ cantor ⬩ joculator ⬩ histrio ⬩ scurra ⬩ mimus ⬩ pantomimus
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MS.] nonnulli divites nutriunt histriones, Past. 44, 6; Swt. 327, 7; Hat. MS. See Turner's History of the Anglo-Saxons, Bk. 7, c. 7
Linked entry: glí-man
ge-brengan
To bring ⬩ lead ⬩ produce ⬩ bear ⬩ ferre ⬩ dūcĕre ⬩ prodūcĕre
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To bring, lead, produce, bear; ferre, dūcĕre, prodūcĕre He wénþ ðæt ðone mon ǽr mǽge gebrengan on fǽrwyrde that he thinks may bring the man earlier to a terrible fate, Past. 62; Swt. 457, 11; Hat. MS: Salm. Kmbl. MS. A. 176; Sal. 87: 296; Sal. 147.
Linked entries: ge-bringan ge-broht
ge-séman
To compose, settle, make peace with, reconcile, satisfy ⬩ compōnĕre, concĭliāre, reconcĭliāre, satisfăcĕre
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D. 995; 288, 31: Past. 46, 4; Swt. 349, 12; Hat. MS. 66 b, 13: Byrht. Th. 133, 35; By. 60. Ðæt me geséme snoterra mon that a wiser man shall reconcile me, Salm. Kmbl. 501; Sal. 251.
Linked entry: séman
wæl-cyrge
A chooser of the slain.
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According to the mythology, as seen in its Northern form, the Val-kyrjur were the goddesses who chose the slain that were to be conducted by them to Odin's hall — Val-halla : 'Þær ríða jafnan at kjósa val.'
Linked entries: -cyrge wæl-ceásiga
brégan
fear, terror ⬩ To give fear, frighten, make afraid, terrify, astonish ⬩ terrere, pavefacere, stupefacere
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We hí scylen manian and brégean we should admonish and frighten them, Past. 53, 8; Hat. MS. Sume wíf us brégdon some women astonished us, Lk. Bos. 24, 22
healdan
to keep watch over ⬩ keep in charge ⬩ to keep ⬩ to watch over ⬩ keep ⬩ govern ⬩ rule ⬩ a king ⬩ to keep ⬩ guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ to defend ⬩ preserve ⬩ to hold ⬩ take ⬩ arrest ⬩ to have hold of ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold up ⬩ to maintain ⬩ support ⬩ uphold ⬩ manage ⬩ to hold ⬩ bear ⬩ conduct ⬩ to behave ⬩ to handle ⬩ treat ⬩ deal with ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to have possession ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ an office ⬩ a position ⬩ to hold ⬩ to remain in ⬩ to retain ⬩ detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep oneself ⬩ remain ⬩ to hold ⬩ keep together ⬩ continue ⬩ to maintain ⬩ keep ⬩ to perform ⬩ keep watch ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ to keep ⬩ to constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ stop ⬩ to restrain oneself ⬩ refrain ⬩ to entertain ⬩ to keep in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ regard ⬩ to hold as ⬩ to hold ⬩ to proceed ⬩ move on ⬩ to continue ⬩ go on with ⬩ to go on
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'Hát hí healdan þý lǽs ðe hí fleámes cépon.' Ðá andwyrde se heretoga:'Ic háte healdan hí and eów, oð þæt heora sagu áfandod sý,' Hml.
a-scúfan
To drive away ⬩ expel ⬩ banish ⬩ repel ⬩ shove away ⬩ expellere ⬩ pellere ⬩ abigere ⬩ extrudere ⬩ emittere
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Me cearsorge of móde asceáf Þeóden usser our Lord has driven anxious sorrow from my mind, Cd. 55; Th. 68, 11; Gen. 1115. He wæs asceofen and adrifen of his biscop-setle pulsus est a sede sui episcopatus, Bd. 4, 12; S. 581, 17
a-swebban
To sooth ⬩ appease ⬩ set at rest ⬩ put to death ⬩ destroy ⬩ sopire ⬩ sedare ⬩ necare ⬩ dolere
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He his ealdordóm synnum aswefede his eldership he had destroyed by sins, Cd. 160; Th. 199, 9; Exod. 336
Linked entries: a-swefed on-swebban
for-lácan
To seduce ⬩ betray ⬩ deceive ⬩ sedūcĕre ⬩ decĭpĕre
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To seduce, betray, deceive; sedūcĕre, decĭpĕre Ðú leóda feala forleólce and forlǽrdest thou hast deceived and seduced many people, Andr. Kmbl. 2727; An. 1366. Forléc hie mid ligenum he seduced her with lies, Cd. 30; Th. 40, 30; Gen. 647.
híd-gild
A land tax ⬩ tax paid on every hide
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A land tax, tax paid on every hide Ðis mycel is gegolden of ðære cyricean W. cyninge syððan hé ðis land áhte wíðútan ðam hídgelde ðe nán man wiðútan Gode ánum átellan ne mæg this much has been paid from the church [of Worcester] to king William since