heofone
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Add: the overarching vault of sky Ic gedó þæt eów bið ǽgðer heard ge heofene ge eorðe dabo vobis coelum desuper sicut ferrum et terram aeneam, Lev. 26, 19. Sí þé heofene swilce ór and eorðe swilce ísen, Deut. 28, 23.
wág
A wall, mostly of a building
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Ǽlc wág( paries) bið gebiéged twiefeald on ðæm heale, Past. 35;Swt. 245, 13. 'Ðurhðyrela ðone wág (wáh, MSS.) Ðá ic ðá ðone wáh ðurhðyreludne hæide ... Ealle ða hearga wǽron átiéfrede on ðæm wǽge' . . . Hwæt is sió ðyrelung ðæs wáges?
feónd
FIEND ⬩ enemy ⬩ foe ⬩ the devil ⬩ ōsor ⬩ inĭmīcus ⬩ hostis ⬩ diabŏlus ⬩ διάβoλos
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Stearcheort onfand feóndes fótlást the stout of heart found the foe's foot-trace, Beo. Th. 4567; B. 2289. Gif ðú geméte ðínes feóndes oxan oððe assan, lǽd hine to him si occurrĕris bŏvi inĭmīci tui aut asĭno erranti, reduc ad eum, Ex. 23, 4: Lk.
FREMMAN
to advance ⬩ promŏvēre ⬩ to FRAME ⬩ make ⬩ do ⬩ effect ⬩ perform ⬩ commit ⬩ iăcĕre ⬩ patrāre ⬩ effĭcĕre ⬩ perfĭcĕre ⬩ perpetrāre
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Hí ða godcundan gerýno clǽnre heortan fremedon they performed the divine mysteries with a clean heart, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 26: Beo. Th. 6; B. 3: Elen. Kmbl. 1288; El. 646: Menol.
Linked entry: ge-fremman
hwerfan
to turn ⬩ revolve ⬩ move about ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ to turn ⬩ change ⬩ to exchange ⬩ barter
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Adame his hyge hwyrfde and his heorte ongann wendan tó hire willan Adam's mind changed, and his heart began to turn to her desire, Cd. 33; Th. 44, 28; Gen. 716.
sél
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Better. of health Cwæð ðæt heó gelýfde ðæt hire sóna sél wǽre quia crederet eam mox melius habituram, Bd. 5, 3 ; S. 616, 11. Sóna ic wæs wyrpende and mé sél wæs statim melius habere incipio, S. 616, 34 : 5, 5 ; S. 618, 4. Sóna him biþ sél.
wiþ-standan
to withstand ⬩ resist ⬩ to stand against ⬩ succeed in opposing ⬩ be a match for ⬩ refute ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ be a hindrance ⬩ obstruct ⬩ prevent ⬩ be a preventive ⬩ to stand off ⬩ keep away, ⬩ be absent ⬩ to be hostile
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In swá micclum heápe ðæra ðe ðǽr wǽron út gongende, hira nǽnig ðám in gangendum ne wiðstód, Shrn. 41, 10. Ða þióstro ðínre heortan willaþ mínre láre wiðstondan, Met. 5, 22.
Linked entries: wiþer-standan wiþ-licgan
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Add: heavy, weighed down Hefitýme grauidum, Germ. 402, 53. weighty, of great importance, serious Ðence se abbod hú mycele byrðene and hú hefigtýme hé underféncg mid ðám háde abba cogitet quale onus suscepit, R.
scearp
sharp ⬩ pungent, acid ⬩ acrid ⬩ sharp-tongued ⬩ sharp, keen, severe, ⬩ sharp, rough ⬩ sharp, keen, active, strenuous ⬩ effectual, penetrating, ⬩ sharp, keen ⬩ sharp, keen, acute,
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Ic eom heard and scearp, ingonges strong, 479, 19; Rä. 63, 1. Genim ðæs scearpan þistles moran, Lchdm. ii. 314, 11. Scearpe gáras, Cd. Th. 124, 18; Gen. 2064. Ða Walas ádrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum pílum, Chr. Erl. 5, 10.
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lyft
Air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ breeze ⬩ sky ⬩ heavens ⬩ cloud
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Áhafen on ða heán lyft raised aloft, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 22; Gen. 1401. Hátwendne lyft the torrid air, 146; Th. 182, 12; Exod. 74. Ðonne gé geseóþ ða lyfte cumende on westdǽle cum videritis nubem orientem ab occasu, Lk. Skt. 12, 54.
wǽpen
a weapon ⬩ membrum virile
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Áwrítaþ hié on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, Salm. Kmbl. 323; Sal. 161. Ic ðý wǽpne gebrǽd, Beo. Th. 3333; B. 1664. Hé ðæs beran ceaflas tótær búton ǽlcum wǽmne, Ælfc. T. Grn. 7, 16. Gif man wǽpn ábregde ðǽr mæn drincen, L.H.E. 13; Th. i. 32, 11.
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wang
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Seó heá miht on ðysne wang ástág, Blickl. Homl. 105, 14. Ðú eorðan wang ealne gesettest, Hy. 10, 3. Se Ælmihtiga eorþan worhte wlitebeorhtne wang, Beo. Th. 186 ; B. 93. Gangan ofer foldan wang, Menol. Fox 225; Men. 114.
hálig
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Alh heáhst and hǽligost, Exod. 394. Betwux ðám hálegestan (hálgestan, v. l.) hálignessum, Past. 135, 9.
leóht
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear
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Him wæs leóht sefa ... blíðheort wunode his soul was unclouded by sorrow ... blithe of heart he continued, Andr. Kmbl. 2504; An. 1253, Him wæs leóht sefa, ferhþ gefeónde, Elen.
ge-mynd
Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemoration ⬩ remembrance
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By the memory a man recollects the things that he has heard or seen or learned, Homl. Th. i. 288, 18-21: 28.
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ge-neahhe
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Swég úp ástág níwe geneahhe (new enough, i. e. that had not been heard before, for Grendel had never been attacked in the hall), B. 783. Hé hǽðengield gesóhte neóde geneahhe ( very diligently), Jul. 24.
fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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Geseón on sméðum felda fela fýra byrnan, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 15: Nar. 13, 3: 12, 31. a fire on a hearth Fýre (ante) larem, An. Ox. 4652. Fýrum laribus, fýr larem, Wrt.
Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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Brægd ðá beadwe heard, Then the fierce warrior dragged feorhgeníðlan, the mortal foe, ðæt heó on flet gebeáh : so that she bowed on the place : Beo. Th. 3078-3085; B. 1537-1540.
Linked entry: Beado-wulf
FÁCEN
Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime ⬩ dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio
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Eorl óðerne spreceþ fægere befóran, and ðæt fácen swá ðeáh hafaþ in his heortan one man speaks another fair before his face, and nevertheless hath evil in his heart, Frag. Kmbl. 9; Leás. 5: Menol. Fox 574; Gn. C. 56.
EARD
land, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home ⬩ sŏlum nātīvum, patria, rĕgio, dŏmĭcĭlium ⬩ on land ⬩ terra, terra firma ⬩ state, station, condition ⬩ sĭtus, condĭtio
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journeyed together on earth, Exon. 76 a; Th. 285, 16; Jul. 715. state, station, condition; sĭtus, condĭtio Fundiaþ ǽlc gesceaft ðider swíðost, ðider his eard and his hǽlo swíðost bióþ every creature chiefly tends thither, where its station, and its health