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BEÓN

(v.)
Grammar
BEÓN, [bión], to beónne; part. beónde; ic beó [beóm], ðú bist, byst, he biþ, byþ, pl. beóþ; impert. beó, pl. beóþ; subj. beó, pl. beón

To BEexistbecomeessefieri

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Ne byþ lang it shall not be long Elen. Grm. 433 : Beo. Th. 3529; B. 1762. Sélre biþ ǽghwám it is better for every one Andr. Kmbl. 640; An. 320 : Ps. Th. 111, 9 : Beo. Th. 2009; B. 1002 : Mt. Bos. 5, 14, 19, 21, 22.

HÝD

(n.)
Grammar
HÝD, e; f.

HIDEskin

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Ðá heó [the snake] gefylled wæs hé hét hý behyldan and ða hýde tóRóme bringan ... heó wæs hundtwelftiges fóta lang, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 1. Hé healde iii niht hýde [of an ox] and heáfod and sceápes eallswá.

Linked entry: hýd-gild

tela

(adv.)
Grammar
tela, teala, teola, telo, tiolo; adv.

Well.well, rightly, aright, correctlywell, perfectly, completely, thoroughly, certainlywell, prosperously, happilywell, in a beneficial or pleasant mannermarking degree, very, to a great extentas an exclamation, well, good

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Th. 2455; B. 1225. as an exclamation, well, good Ðá andswaredon hí: 'Nis hit lang tó ðon.' Cwæþ hé: 'Tela, utan wé ðære tíde bídan,' Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, 5. Cwæþ ic: 'Hwí ne sceolde mé swá ðincan?'

wrecca

(n.)
Grammar
wrecca, wræcca, an ; m.

one driven from his own countrya wanderer in foreign landsan exilea strangerpilgrima wretchan evil persona wretched persona miserable, feeble creaturea wretchedunhappymiserablepoor person

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one driven from his own country, a wanderer in foreign lands, an exile, a stranger, pilgrim Wræcca exul, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 27 : Bd. 2, 14; S. 517, 38. Wæs hé wræcca on Gallia lande cum exularet in Gallia, 2, 15 ; S. 519, 1.

Linked entries: wræcca wrec

HEARD

(adj.)
Grammar
HEARD, hard; adj.

HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, bravedurus, rigidus, asper, acer

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Him nǽnig gewin hér on worlde tó lang ne tó heard þuhte no labour here in the world seemed to him too long or too hard, Blickl. Homl. 227, 3; Cd. 17; Th. 20, 30; Gen. 317. Hunger se hearda severe famine, 86; Th. 108, 32; Gen. 1815.

sittan

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Add þǽr sæt on þám lande swýðe swýþlic hungor vehemens fames incubuerat, Gr. D. 251, 10. Þǽr on sæt mycel hunger, 145, 5. Heofonflód micel on sæt (set, v. l. ), Bd. 3, 24; Sch. 309, 16. Þeáh ðe him ádl on ne sitte, Hml. Th. i. 614, 16.

wíde

(adv.)
Grammar
wíde, adv.
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Manncwealmas beóð wíde geond land erunt pestilentiae per loca, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 7. Fáh ic eom wíde, Exon. Th. 401, 24; Rä. 21, 16. Ða moldan men wíde geond eorþan lǽdaþ tó reliquium, Blick.Homl. 127, 15: Beo. Th. 538; B. 266: 6190; B. 3099.

þolian

(v.)
Grammar
þolian, p. ode
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</b> of f to suffer a person, bear with, tolerate a condition of things, let come to pass Swá lange swá ic mid eów beó, swá lange ic eów þolige (ðola, Lind.: ðolo, Rush.), Mk. Skt. 9, 19. Þolie (ðola, Lind.: ðolo, Rush.), Lk. Skt. 9, 41.

sócn

(n.)
Grammar
sócn, e; f.

a seeking, search, exploringa seeking, desiring, trying to geta seeking to obtain an enda seeking for information, question, inquirya seeking, visiting of a place, attendance at a place, resorta seeking for protection ora place so sought, refuge, sanctuary, asyluma seeking with hostile intent, an attack inquisitio the right of investigating, necessary to and a part of power of holding plea seekinglevying fines socasoca quaestio inquisitio an attack an action, prosecution an assemblage a parish

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And in ǽlcer[e] scíre ðǽr sanctus Benedictus hafþ land inne [habbe hé] his saca and his sócne . . . swá hwylc man swá ða sócne áhe, Sanctus Benedictus habbe his freódóm on eallen þingen 208, 19-209, 14.

Linked entry: fird-sócn

hwǽte

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Voc. ii. 22, 5. as a plant growing Átió hé ǽrest of þám lande þá þornas, ... ꝥ se hwǽte mæge ðý bet weaxan liberat arva prius fruticibus, ... ut nova fruge gravis Ceres eat, Bt. 23; F. 78, 23.

úte-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
úte-weard, adj.

Outwardextremeon the outside ofat the extremity ofthe outward partextremity

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Heó hafaþ langne wyrtruman and ðone úteweardne sweartne it has a long root, and that black on the outside, Lchdm. i. 304, 2. Ðú smítst his blód ofer útewerd Aarones swýðre eáre sanguinem ejus pones super extremum auriculae dextrae Aaron, Ex. 29, 20.

Linked entry: útan-weard

ÆSC

(n.)
Grammar
ÆSC, g. æsces; pl. nom. acc. æscas, ascas; g. æsca, asca; d. æscum, ascum; m;

an ash-treefraxinus excelsiorthe Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨan ash-speara spearlancehasta fraxineahastaa small shipa skiffa light vessel to sail or row innavisnavigiumdromo

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Se torhta æsc the remarkable Rune æsc, Exon. 112a; Th. 429, 24; Rä. 43, 9. an ash-spear, a spear, lance; hasta fraxinea, hasta Byrhtnóþ wánd wácne æsc Byrhtnoth brandished his slender ashen spear, Byrht. Th. 132, 68; By. 43: 140, 59; By. 310.

Linked entries: æscen asca barþ

á-lǽdan

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Z. 275, 10. of captivity Cirus cyning hí ásende eft ongeán tó ludéa lande, þanon þe hí álǽdde wǽron, Ælfc. T. Grn. 8, 37. of removal from difficulty, danger Loth God álǽdde þanon, 4, 18: Bl. H. 67, 19.

Englisc

(n.)

(the) Englishthe English language

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Eall þæt folc on Mercna lande geseten, ǽgþer ge Denisc ge Englisce, 922; P. 104, 5. Ǽlc man . . . Frencisce and Englisce, 1087; P. 224, 34. Ǽrost Engliscra cininga Ercenbriht gesette Eástorfæsten, 639; P. 27, 18.

tó-teran

(v.)
Grammar
tó-teran, p. -tær, pl. -tǽron; pp. -toren

To tear to piecesto tear to pieces a material to tear to piecesto harassdistractdestroy

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To tear to pieces Ic tótere lanio, Ælfc. Gr. 24; Zup. 137, 2. Tóteran discerpere, Hpt. Gl. 520, 75. Beón tótoren lacerari, 527, 55. lit. to tear to pieces a material Ðú tótǽre (conscidisti) mín hwíte hrægl, Ps. Th. 29, 11.

ge-settan

(v.)
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Se here . . . geridan Westseaxna land and gesetton, 878 ; P. 75, 26.

GRUND

(n.)
Grammar
GRUND, es; m.
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Geond grunda fela through many lands, Exon. 87 a; Th. 326, 30; Víd. 136. On grundum on earth, 17 b; Th. 43, 1; Cri. 682: 18 b; Th. 46, 28; Cri. 744. Of grundum, 18 a; Th. 44, 13; Cri. 702.

folc

a peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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Hí geridan West-Seaxna land . . . and mycel þæs folces ofer sǽ ádrǽfdon, Chr. 878; P. 75, 27. Ealles folces weg the high-way, C. D. B. i. 586, 15. Þǽm of-þynceþ V hiÉ synd Judéa folces, Bl. H. 175, 20: 187, 14. Folces Sodoma, Gen. 2489.

ÁR

(n.)
Grammar
ÁR, e; f.

honourgloryrankdignitymagnificencerespectreverencehonordignitasgloriamagnificentiahonestasreverentiakindnessfavourmercypitybenefitusehelpgratiafavormisericordiabeneficiumauxiliumpropertypossessionsan estatelandecclesiastical livingbeneficebonapossessionesfundusbeneficium

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Kmbl. 1958; An. 981. property, possessions, an estate, land, ecclesiastical living, benefice; bona, possessiones, fundus, beneficium He plihte to him sylfum and ealre his áre he acts at peril of himself and all his property, L.

Linked entry: árra

HERE

(n.)
Grammar
HERE, gen. heres, heriges, herges; m.

An army a hostmultitudea large predatory band

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army, a host, multitude, a large predatory band [it is the word which in the Chronicle is always used of the Danish force in England, while the English troops are always the fyrd], hence the word is used for devastation and robbery Ne dohte hit nú lange

Linked entries: flot-herge hors-here