heáh-cyning
A chief, great king, God
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On ða swýðran healfe ðæs heáhcyninges on the right hand of the great king [God], Shrn. 118, 9: Cd. 6; Th. 8, 14; Gen. 124. Ðæt wæs hildesetl heáhcyninges that was the war-seat [saddle] of the great king [Hrothgar], Beo. Th. 2083; B. 1039
un-gearu
not ready ⬩ not prompt ⬩ indisposed to act ⬩ not ready ⬩ not in a fit state for use ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ not ready, not prepared for attack
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Ǽlc here hæfð ðý læssan craft ðonne hé cymð, gif hine mon ǽr wát, ǽr hé cume; for ðæm hé gesihð ða gearwe ðe hé wénde ðæt hé sceolde ungearwe findan.
mór
a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain
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Ðǽr hit (Norway) smalost wǽre, hit mihte beón þreora míla brád tó ðæm móre; and se mór syððan, on sumun stówum, swá brád swá man mæg on twám wucum oferféran . . .
Columba
An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands
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D. 565 Columba, messapreóst, com to Pyhtum, and hí gecyrde to Cristes geleáfan; ðæt sind ðonne ðone MS. wærteras MS. wærteres be norþum mórum; and heora cyning him gesealde ðæt égland ðe man nemnaþ Ií, ðǽr sindon v hída, ðæs ðe men cweðaþ.
bæc
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On ðæt heówbec; andlang heówbeces, C. D. iii. 135, 16. On ðæt heówbæc; of ðám heówbæce, v. 358, 22. On ðæt bec; ðonne andlang ðæs becæs; of ðǽm bæce . . . tó ðám eástran bæce; ðonne andlang bæces, 207, 16-20.
wær-líc
Cautious, prudent, wise, circumspect
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Wærlíc bið ðæt man ǽghwilce geáre sóna æfter Eástron fyrdscipa gearwige, L. Eth. vi. 33; Th. i. 324, 3. Wærlíc mé þinceþ ðæt gé wæccende wið hettendra hildewóman wearde healden, Exon. Th. 282, 12; Jul. 662.
lǽnan
To lend ⬩ grant ⬩ lease
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Ymb ðæt land ðæ ðú mǽ firmdig tó wǽræ ðæt ic dǽ endæ de terra illa, de qua egisti apud me, ut ego eam tibi commodarem, Chart. Th. 162, 25. Him drihten mihte spéde lǽnan the Lord could grant him success, Cd. 95; Th. 124, 8; Gen. 2059.
Linked entry: ge-léned
mann-sliht
Manslaughter ⬩ homicide ⬩ murder
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Ðǽr wǽron swá micle monslihtas on ǽgðere healfe ðæt hié mon bebyrgan ne mehte inhumatas strages reliquit, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 176, 30. Ungetíma ǽgder ge on monslehtum ge on hungre, 1, 11; Swt. 50, 19: Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 18
wrídian
To put forth shoots ⬩ be productive ⬩ grow ⬩ flourish
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On ðære eá ófre stód hreód and þíntreow and abies ðæt treówcyn ungemetlícre grýto and micelnysse ðý clife weóx and wrídode (wríðode, Cockayne; but see Anglia i. 509) cujus ripas pedum sexagenum harundo uestiebat pinorum abietumque robora uincens grossitudine
Linked entry: wríþian
út-gang
A going out ⬩ exit ⬩ egress ⬩ Exitus ⬩ finis ⬩ effectus ⬩ terminus ⬩ egressus ⬩ a going out of a place ⬩ egress, exit ⬩ the right of egress ⬩ a coming out from a position within a body ⬩ evacuation of the body ⬩ the going out of a period ⬩ the conclusion ⬩ end ⬩ an exit ⬩ passage ⬩ a privy ⬩ an evacuation
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Gesceáwa ǽlce dæge ðæt ðín útgong and micge sié gesundlíc, 226, 20, 22. Be ðære coþe ðe se mon his útgang þurh ðone múð him fram weorpe, 236, 12. Næs þurh ða micgean áne ac eác þurh óþerne útgang, 250, 11
fremu
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Ðæt hé sumne hearm geswigode ðǽr ðǽr hé freme gecleopian meahte that he had done harm by silence where he might have got profit by calling out, Past. 49, 22
sǽmra
Inferior, worse
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Ic lǽre ðæt hé gýme ǽðter ge ðæs sélran ge ðæs sǽmran I advise him to take care both of the more and of the less important matters, Anglia ix.260, 10. Hnáhran rince, sǽmran æt sæcce, Beo. Th. 1910; B. 953. Gif ðú sóðne God lufast. . .
ǽ
- (? in
- Bd. 4, 5 ;
- S. 573, 17 ).
law, &c. ⬩ matrimony
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Ðǽre ǽ (ǽs, L.) láréow, Mt. 22, 35. Ǽwe juris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 18. Ðǽre ealdan ǽwe veteris legis, An. Ox. 40, 20. Ðæt hé of ðǽre ǽwe ne cerre, Past. 175, 5: 181, 1: 439, 30. Aee legem, Ps. Srt. 26, 11. Ǽa legum, Germ. 388, 16.
twig
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Ic eom swá ðæt twig, ðæt biþ ácorfen of ðam treówe. Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 191. Hé déþ ǽlc twig áweg, Jn. Skt. 15, 2. Of ðam twige ( Abel's murder ) ludon réðe wæstme. Cd. Th. 60, 28; Gen. 988. Heó brohte án twig ( ramum ) of ánum elebeáme.
hám-fæst
Resident, dwelling at home
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Resident, dwelling at home Hú mæg ðǽr ðonne ánes ríces monnes nama cuman ðonne ðǽr mon furðum ðære burge naman ne geheórþ ne ðære þeóde ðe he on hámfæst biþ how can one great man's name come there, when the name of the town even and of the people among
scericge
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An actress Sc̃a Pilagia wæs ǽryst mima in Antiochia ðære ceastre, ðæt is scericge (scéwicge (?) cf. sceáwere scurra; or scernicge (?), cf. O. H. Ger. scern scurrilitas, spectaculum; scernari scurra, histrio ) on úrum geþeóde, Shrn. 140, 11
súþ
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On ðæm súðmestan onwalde, Ors. 6, 1; Swt. 252, 15. Ða súðmestan Æthiopian hæfdon bryne for ðære hǽte, 1, 7; Swt. 40, 5. ¶ Súþan in combination with prepositions :-- Be-súðan sǽ south of the sea, Shrn. 145, 17. Him be-súðan, Cd. Th. 182, 1; Exod. 69.
Linked entry: be-súþan
wundrung
wondering ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration ⬩ astonishment ⬩ a wonderful sight ⬩ a spectacle
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Ðǽr heó líð óð ðis on mycelre árwurðnysse mannum tó wundrunge (to the admiration of men), 20, 101. Hé on ðære micclan his módes wundrunge ðǽr gestód dreórig in the great bewilderment of his mind he stood there downcast, 23, 627.
práfost
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Add On Laurentius mæssan daegi Ælfsige ðǽm biscope in his getelde Aldred se prófast ðás feówer collectæ ǽr underne áwrát, Rtl. 185, 20-23. <b>II a.
LÍF
LIFE
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LIFE [the opposite of death], mode of life, period during which a man lives Hwæt is ðæt líf elles ðysses middangeardes búton lytelu ylding deáþes, Blickl. Homl. 59, 27. Twá líf sind sóðlíce ... ðæt in líf is deádlíc, ðæt óðer undeádlíc, Homl.