warenian
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Ðé is micel þearf ðæt ðú ðé warnige, for ðam ðé ðú eart fordémed, Ap. Th. 8, 1. Utan warnian úsgeorne. Wulfst. loi, 21. Ðú noldest ðé warnian þurh ðínes fæder ðreále thou wouldst not take warning by thy father's punishment, Homl.
Linked entries: ge-warenian warnian wærnian wearnian
weorpan
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Hé út weorpe earme þearfan ejiciantur, Ps. Th. 108, 10. Men sǽdon ðæt hió sceolde mid hire drýcræft weorpan men an wildedeóra líc, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 31. Hié worpene beóð in belle grund, Elen.
wer
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Fǽhðe ic wille on weras stǽlan, eall ácwellan ða beútan beóð earce bordum, Cd.
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wíc
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Hé dráf of wícum idese of earde, 169, 23 ; Gen. 2804: Ps. Th. 77, 55 : Menol. Fox 48; Men. 24. On ðám wícum ( in Heaven ), Exon. Th. 238, 28; Ph. 611. Wunian in wícum, 316, 9; Mód. 46: Cd. Th. 113, 20; Gen. 1890.
Cædmon
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A man employed by the monks of Whitby in the care of their cattle in the early part of the seventh century. He is the first person of whom we possess any metrical composition in our vernacular language.
ge-met
a measure, space, distance ⬩ mensura, spatium, intervallum ⬩ that by which anything is measured, a measure ⬩ mensura, modius, satum ⬩ measure, capacity, ability, power, etc ⬩ mensura, facultas, potestas, vis ⬩ measure, proportion, moderation, bounds, limit, boundary, means, way, manner ⬩ mensura, modus, finis, terminus, limes, ratio ⬩ a rule, order, law ⬩ norma, regula, lex ⬩ a poetical measure, metre ⬩ metrum
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Ðás miclan gemetu middan-geardes these great boundaries of middle-earth, Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 1; Cri. 827: Andr. Kmbl. 617; An. 309.
ge-swencan
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wyrsan gif hí ástyrede bióþ and geswenced (-swencte, v. l. ) quem deteriorem facere possit adversitas, Bt. 39, 10; F. 228, 6. where both subject and object are things Bið heard winter and yfel lencten and eorþan wæstmas swíþe geswencte the fruits of the earth
réðe
Fierce, cruel, savage ⬩ severe, stern, austere, zealous ⬩ wild, savage, fierce; ⬩ severe, cruel, fierce, dire;
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Wearð him on slǽpe gecýðed ðætte ríces gehwæs réðe sceolde gelimpan eorðan dreámas ende wurðan ;on sleep was made known to him that of every kingdom a terrible end should befall, an end be of the joy of earth,; 223, 4; Dan. 114.
Linked entry: hréðe
be-lúcan
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Hié belúcað hiera módes eáran ongeán láre, Past. 337, 22. Seó ástrehte nǽdre his weg beleác, Gr. D. 24, 23. Hig belucan þá duran intó heom. Chr. 1083; P. 215, 5. Belúc heora wegas mid þínun. sweorde, Ps. Th. 34, 3. Þæt mé þone ingang beluce, Hml.
lufu
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His þegnas for hiora eardes lufan tilodon hine tó forlǽtanne, Bt. 38, 1; F. 194, 28. Ic hæfde bródor and éðel on Egyptum and þǽr mid mínum mágum wunode ... þá ongan ic heora lufu (lufa, v. l.) forhycgan, Hml.
rǽdan
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Man rǽdan sceolde hú man ðisne eard werian sceolde, Chr. l010; Erl.144, 7. <b>II b.</b> to debate, speak in council (or (?) to read. v. VI b) :-- Rádaþ (rǽdaþ) ł maðeliaþ concionantur, sermocinantur, loquuntur, Hpt. Gl. 461, 1.
hwilc
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Gif hwelc swíþe ríce mon wyrþ ádrifen of his earde, 27, 3; F. 98, 20 : 41, 2 ; F. 244, 24. Ðæt mon wilnode hwelcre gítsunge, Past. 73, 3. Ðonne hwá lufige hwelcre wuhte spor, 353, l. Þonne hwylcum men gelimpeþ ꝥ. . . Bl.
ge-weald
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Earme men gesealde fremdum tó gewealde, Wlfst. 158, 13. Hé hié mid hungre on his geweald geniédde, Ors. 4, 10; S. 196, 26. Hé wæs on þǽre cwéne gewealdum, El. 610. Hí ( devils) habbaþ manega sáula on heora gewaldum, Bl.
án
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Drihten, þú þe wunast on Suna, and Fæder on þé, and þú eart ána mid Hálige Gáste, Bl. H. 141, 15. marking continuity, uninterruptedness Hé nǽfre ne stent stille on ánum it moves continually without interruption, Hex. 10, 30.
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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D. 937, Æðelstán cing, Athelstan king, eorla drihten, of earls the lord, beorna beág-gifa, of barons the bracelet-[beigh-] giver, and his bróðor eác, and his brother also [eke], Eádmund æðeling, Edmund the prince [etheling], ealdor langne tír elders a
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.
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.
tó
to, ⬩ at ⬩ so as to produce ⬩ become ⬩ to (the satisfaction, etc. ) ⬩ to some end, ⬩ for some purpose ⬩ for ⬩ next to, ⬩ at, ⬩ by, ⬩ alongside ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ next to ⬩ after ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ to ⬩ as ⬩ for ⬩ at, ⬩ in ⬩ of, ⬩ from ⬩ to (in to do something to anything) ⬩ according to, ⬩ at, ⬩ after ⬩ compared to, ⬩ in comparison with, ⬩ beside ⬩ in addition to, ⬩ besides ⬩ for, ⬩ at ⬩ to be suffered ⬩ at ⬩ in the course of, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ for, ⬩ during ⬩ to ⬩ to, ⬩ for ⬩ in, ⬩ at ⬩ to the extent, ⬩ to such a degree ⬩ to, ⬩ up to, ⬩ until, ⬩ till ⬩ at, ⬩ in, ⬩ on ⬩ in addition, ⬩ besides, ⬩ too ⬩ too
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Hé leát tó ðæs cáseres eáre, Homl. Th. i. 376, 28. Tó ða riðe, ðon andlang ríðe, eft on sǽ. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 12, 21. Ða ðe hweorfan sceoldan tó ðis enge lond. Exon. Th. 3, 6; Cri. 32.
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micel
Mickle ⬩ great ⬩ magnus ⬩ much ⬩ many ⬩ multus ⬩ great
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C. mǽstne) ǽlcne heora flána on heora feóndum áfæstnian, Ors. 6, 36; Bos. 132, 10. great in a metaphorical sense God, ðú eart se miccla kyning, Hy. 3, 38; Hy. Grn. ii. 282, 38.
ge-líc
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Add: like some other object. with dat. of object Þú eart mihtig Drihten, nis þé ealra gelíc áhwǽr on spédum quis similis tibi? potens es, Domine, Ps. Th. 88, 7. Ic ne geseah ǽnigne mann þé gelícne steóran, An. 494.