rand
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Grein gives margo clypei as the meaning in the following passages, but umbo suits the sense : see too Worsaaé s Primeval Antiquities of Denmark, pp. 31-2 : 51-3, where instances of early shields are given Rand sceal on scylde fæst fingra gebeorh a boss
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feówer
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Bifora feóro nétno ante quatuor animalia, Rtl. 47, 28. with a pronoun: Ðás féwera godspelles haec quattuor evangelia, Mt. p. 9, 8. as multiplicative, four times: Se earma man wile drincan feówer swá feala swá his neád wǽre, Hml.
singan
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For hwam wolde gé secgan oððe singan, ðæt ic gesǽllíc mon wǽre, Met. 2, 17. of other living creatures Earn sang hildeleóþ, Judth. Thw. 24, 28 ; Jud. 211. Wulfas sungon ǽfenleóþ, Cd.
stíþ
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Th. i. 46, 23. of persons, hard, stern, inexorable, severe, austere Ðú eart stíð man homo austerus es, Lk. Skt. 19, 21, 22. Heard ł stíð durus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 24 : Past. proem. ; Swt. 23, 24.
ealdor-mann
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Tó ealdormenn ðú eart gesett ducem te constituerunt, Past. 119, 22. Mið ðý ðú gást mið wiðerworde ðínum tó aldormen ( principem ), Lk. L. 12, 58. Se cyning sende him tógeánes ánne ealdormann ( principem ), Jud. 4, 7.
ge-wis
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'Gelýfst þú þæs þæt ic þé mæge dón gewisran be Gode þonne þú nú eart be ðám mónan?,' Solil. H. 18, 6. having knowledge Gewis docta, An.
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.
wræc
wrack ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ suffering that comes as punishment, ⬩ retributive punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ where the punishment or misery is exile or banishment
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Ðone kyning ðe hine (David) on suá heardum wræce gebróhte, and of his earde ádrǽfde, Past. 3 ; Swt. 37, 4. Hé wæs ðǽr iii. gear on wrece (wræce, wreccesíð, v. ll. ) ; hæfde hine Penda ádrifenne, Chr. 658; Erl. 34, 4.
áscian
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Mín hláford ásende mé tó þysum earde tó áxienne wyrhtan, Hml. S. 36, 35. to learn, find out by enquiry Hí sóna, þá hí þǽr þohe hálgan wer ácsodon, þóhton þæt hí woldon þǽr þone man gebringan, Guth. 58, 15
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fúl
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Th. i. 238, 29-32. of language Þíne eáran áwend fram fúlre sprǽce, Wlfst. 246, 7. disgraceful, infamous Fúlra olidarum .i. fedorum (nuptiarum, the marriage of Herod with his brother's wife), An. Ox. 1783.
sáwel-sceatt
An ecclesiastical due
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It appears to have been one of the objects of the early gilds, to provide for the payment of this fee Sáwlsceat vel syndrig Godes lác dano (dona? ), Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 44.
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HÚ
How
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Witan hú ðú æðele eart, Hy. 3, 14; Hy. Grn: ii. 281, 14. Mé com swíðe oft on gemynd hú gesǽliglíce tída wǽron giond Angelcynn it has often come into my mind what happy times there were in England, Past. Pref. Swt. 3, 4.
lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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Ðǽr hæfþ áne lage earm and se welega there poor and rich shall have one law, Dóm. L. I2, 163. Godes lage healdan, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 105, 36, 23. Hé niwade ðǽr Cnutes lage, Chr. 1064; Erl. 196, 2.
lyft
Air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ breeze ⬩ sky ⬩ heavens ⬩ cloud
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On lofte heó stynt it [the earth] rests in the air, Hexam. 6; Norm, 10, 20. Under lyfte sub divo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 34: Andr. Kmbl. 839; An. 420. Nalles æfter lyfte lácende hwearf he went not sporting through the air, Beo. Th. 5656; B. 2832.
teohhian
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Cildum ðe wé tiochiaþ úrne eard tó te forlǽtanne, and hié tiochiaþ ús tó ierfeweardum tó habbanne, Past. 50; Swt. 391, 28. Hý teohhiaþ mé tó áfyrranne, Ps. Th. 39, 16.
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un-cúþ
Unknown ⬩ incognitus ⬩ unknown ⬩ strange ⬩ unknown ⬩ not understood ⬩ unknown ⬩ uncertain ⬩ ungentle ⬩ unkind ⬩ hostile ⬩ harsh ⬩ unfriendly
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Mec ongon hreówan ðæt mín hondgeweorc on feónda geweald féran sceolde, sceolde uncúðne eard cunnian, sáre síþas, Exon. Th. 86, 34; Cri. 1418
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ymb-hwyrft
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</b> the earth, world, globe; orbis terrarum :-- Ymbhwerft orbis vel firmamentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 17, 43. Ðæt eall ymbhwyrft (-hyrft, Lind.) wǽre tómearcod ut describeretur universas orbis, Lk. Skt. 2, I : Homl. Th. i. 30, 2.
ge-ascian
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H. 3, 1. (2 b) a person about a matter :-- For hwon wiþsæcst þú þæs þe þú eart geácsod quare negas quod inquireris?, Gr. D. 190, 12. to ask for, try to find by inquiry, inquire for a person Se cásere hét geáxian ofer eall sumne æltǽwne drý, Hml.
hider
to this world ⬩ to this life ⬩ in this world ⬩ to this point ⬩ hither and thither ⬩ to and fro
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Nú gé þus feor hider on úrne eard in becómon. By. 57.
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weorþan
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Th. 23, 34; Gen. 369. figurative Adames cynn onféhð flǽsce, weorþeþ foldræste æt ende Adam's race shall receive flesh, shall come to the end of its rest in earth, Exon. Th. 63, 34; Cri. 1029.