ECG
EDGE, a sharpness, blade, sword ⬩ ăcies, acūmen, glādius, ferrum
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Hyne ecg fornam the sword had destroyed him, Beo. Th. 5538; B. 2772. Ecg was íren the edge was iron, 5549; B. 2778. Ecg grymetode the blade rang. Cd. 162; Th. 203, 24; Exod. 408. Ecga [MS. ecge] mihton helpan æt hilde swords might help in battle.
efor-fearn
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hús-stedum, and heó hæfþ on ǽghwylcum leáfe twá endebyrdnyssa fægerra pricena, and ða scínaþ swá gold this plant, which is named rădiŏlus, and by another name everfern, is like fern, and it is produced in stony places, and in old homesteads, and it has
fandung
A temptation, trial, proof ⬩ tentātio, prŏbātio, inquīsītio
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Scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes the sharp and searching temptation of the mind, Past. 21, 3; Hat. MS. 30 a, 26. Ðære lufe fandung is ðæs weorces fremming the proof of love is the performance of work, Homl. Th. ii. 314, 28.
Linked entry: a-fandung
ealdor-dóm
Eldership, authority, magistracy, principality ⬩ auctōrĭtas, magistrātus, princĭpātus, prīmātns, dŭcātus
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Eldership, authority, magistracy, principality; auctōrĭtas, magistrātus, princĭpātus, prīmātns, dŭcātus He his ealdordom synnum aswefede he [Reuben] had destroyed his eldership by sins, Cd. 160 Th. 199, 8; Exod. 335.
Linked entries: alder-dóm aldor-dóm ealdur-dóm
hider
Hither
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Hider and ðider hac illucque. Past. 9; Swt. 59, 5. Ne mæg hió hider ne ðider sígan ðé swíðor ðe hió symle dyde it cannot decline to one side or the other more than it ever did, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 328; Met. 20, 164.
godcundnys
Divine nature ⬩ Deity ⬩ Divinity ⬩ Godhead ⬩ divine service
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Ðeós wyrt hæfþ mid hire sume wundorlíce godcundnesse this plant has in it a certain wonderful divine quality, Herb. 50, 1; Lchdm. i. 152, 24.
bold-getæl
A dwelling-place, mansion, habitation, house ⬩ domicilium, mansio, vicus, domus
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Alf. pol. 37; Th. i. 86, 2; that is, If a person who had commended himself, wished to take his name off the manor-roll of one lord, etc. Thorpe's Laws, vol. i. p. 86, note a
ge-cwéman
To please ⬩ satisfy ⬩ propitiate ⬩ plăcēre ⬩ satisfăcĕre
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Sume gecwémdon englum some have given pleasure to angels, Homl. Th. ii. 286, 12. God, ðú ðe mið hreównisse gicuoemes ł gicómed biþ Deus qui pænitentia placaris, Rtl. 8, 33
Linked entry: ge-cwémdun
ge-leccan
To moisten ⬩ wet ⬩ hŭmectāre ⬩ rĭgāre
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Sió mildheortnes ðæs láreówes geþwǽnþ and gelecþ ða breóst ðæs gehiérendes the kindness of the teacher softens and moistens the breast of the hearer, Past. 18, 5; Swt. 137, 8; Hat. MS. 27 a, 12.
Linked entry: ge-leht
sucga
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[In later times the word seems to apply to the whitethroat, which is called hazeck (Worcest.) and hay sucker (Devon), and to the hedge-sparrow, isaac or hazock (Worcest.), segge (Devon), E. D. S. Pub., Bird Names, pp. 23, 29.
Linked entry: sugga
wudu-fæsten
a place rendered secure by woods ⬩ a wood as a place of security ⬩ a place of security built of wood
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a place rendered secure by woods, a wood as a place of security Ðǽr gewexen is wudufæstern micel there has grown a great wood which affords shelter, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 376, 4.
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bígan
To bend ⬩ to incline ⬩ to humiliate ⬩ subdue ⬩ to turn ⬩ incline ⬩ To bend
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Se hara bígde gelóme the hare frequently doubled, 31, 1058
carcern
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Heó út eóde of þám carcerne (printed carcernerne, Shrn. 30, 30, but the MS. has carcer-cernes with the first cer above the line), Mart. H. 4, 17. In carcrænnæ in carcere, Mt. R. 25, 44. Tó caercherne carceri, Lk. p. 4, 8. In cercerne, Mk. R. 6, 17.
efen-micel
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Hé bið geniéd mid ðǽm folgoðe ðæt hé sceal heálíce sprecan . . . him is efnmicel niéd ðæt hé suá doo suá suá hé lǽrð qui loci sui necessitate exigitur summa dicere, hac eadem necessitate compellitur summa monstrare, Past. 81, 7.
fana
a flag ⬩ fane
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MS. has fæarn gitsana ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 311, 2: An. Ox. 56, 397. Fanu cittasana, Lch. iii. 301, col. 2. Fane, Lch. ii. 136, 30. Fone nioþoweard, 350, 24. Fane, iii. 12, 25. Fanu, 58, 20. Fanan, 24, 6. [v. N. E. D. fane (plant-name). Cf. O. L.
Linked entry: fan-byrd
ge-wýscan
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Hát hí swáy fele ꝥ gif ðú hwylcne wyrige, ꝥ ðú gewísce him ðæs ꝥ his líf beó gelíc þínum láðum godum. Hml. S. 8, 5-81
hunta
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Hae sunt uillulae, Huntanawoð, Herþoðford, iv. 164, 27. Add: —
wealwian
To fade, wither ⬩ wallow = to fade away
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Man welewith as flouris of hay, P. R. L. P. 173, 56. Al welwed and wasted þo worþelych leues, Allit. Pms. 106, 475. See also welewed in Halliwell's Dict.]
Linked entries: walwian wealowigan wealowigan
ofer-sittan
to sit upon, occupy, take possession of ⬩ to desist from, abstain from
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Done mǽstan dǽl his hæfþ sǽ oferseten the greatest part of it the sea has occupied, Bt. 18, l; Fox 62, 11 [We maȝen ouersitten þis lond. Laym. 8035.] to desist from, abstain from Ic ofersitte supersideo Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 45.
ge-swíðan
To make strong ⬩ confirm ⬩ comfort
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Hæfde he ðá geswíðed sóþum cræftum werodes aldor he had then strengthened with true powers the chief of the band, 143; Th. 179, 17; Exod. 30: 188; Th. 234, 7; Dan 288: Andr. Kmbl. 1394; An. 697: 1402; An. 701: Salm. Kmbl. 91; Sal. 45: Ps.