wirgung
Cursing ⬩ a curse
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Heó wolde ðone sunu ðe hí getirigde mid wyriungum gebindan, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 6. Tǽlincga oððe wærginga hit getácnaþ, Lchdm. iii. 214, 16
Linked entry: wergung
wudu-rǽden
Woodcutting ⬩ right of cutting timber in a wood
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Heó hæbbe ða wudurǽddenne in ðæm wuda ðe ða ceorlas brúcaþ, and éc ic hire léte tó ðæt ceorla gráf, ii. 100, 14
byrne
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Gegyrede heó hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan, Shrn. 140, 30. Hé geann his áðume twégra byrnena, Cht. Crw. 23, 16. Add
ge-sǽlan
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II. to bind a thing, put a cord, chain, & c. round an object, to secure by binding :-- Hé hét gebindan beam ǽrenum clammum and isernum and gesǽledne in susl don (clamavit: ' Germen radicum alligetur vinculo ferreo et aereo, '.
cúþ
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Hí ácwellað heora cild . . . ꝥ hí cúðe ne beón, ne heora forligr ámeldod ne wurðe, Hml. S. 17, 152. Cúð conpertum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 45. Hwæt is cúðost mannum tó witanne? Nis nǽnigum men nánwiht swá cúð swá hé sceal deáð þrowian, Sal. K. 188, 3-5.
lifer-seóc
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Heó liferseócum wel fremað, i. 236, 13
neoþor
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Seó eorðe stent on ælemiddan swá gefæstned ꝥ heó nǽfre ne býhð náþor ne ufor ne nyðor (neoðor, nyþror, v.ll.), Lch. iii. 254, 18. Add
swincan
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Ne bið heó ná swincende on feforádlum non febribus laboratura est, 29, 23. Add
heáge
High
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Beheald ðás sunnan hú heáge heó ástíhþ behold this sun, how high it mounts, Homl. Th. i. 286, 31
Linked entry: heáh
Alfriþ
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria
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D. 705, Hér Alfriþ, Norþhymbra cing, forþférde here, A. D. 705, Alfred, king of the Northumbrians, died, Chr. 705; Th. 69, 7, col. 3
beorgan
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</b> without dat. of person, with acc. or clause, to guard against, avoid Beorge hé ꝥ hé áwóh ne befó, Ll. Th. i. 290, 7. Beorge man georne ꝥ man þá sáwla ne forfare, 304, 16. with prep.
ge-langian
To call for ⬩ send for ⬩ deliver ⬩ liberate ⬩ convocare ⬩ arcessere ⬩ accersire ⬩ liberare
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He hét gelangian ðone hálgan láreów he ordered the holy teacher to be sent for, Homl. Th. ii. 308, 5. He gelangode him to his swustur he sent for his sister, i. 86, 30.
fen-hóp
A fen-heap ⬩ mound? ⬩ pălūdis agger?
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A fen-heap or mound? pălūdis agger? He meahte fleón on fen-hópu he might flee to the fen-mounds, Beo. Th. 1532; B. 764
in-feccan
to fetch in
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to fetch in Ðá héht hé ðone drý infeccan beforan hine he ordered the sorcerer to be fetched into his presence, Blickl. Homl. 175, 1
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fore-setnes
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Hé nǽfre þá foresetenesse his munuchádes ánforlét (cf. hé heóld his mune[c]lice ingehýd, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 13), Bl. H. 219, 32. Add
fæstnung
stability ⬩ fixity ⬩ fortifying ⬩ a fastening ⬩ binding ⬩ an exhortation ⬩ confirmation ⬩ ratification ⬩ a covenant ⬩ assurance
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Næfde hé (Lucifer) náne fæstnunge, ac feóll sóna ádún, Hex. 18, 2. the condition of being closed.
weorþan
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Swilce hé on sume hlǽdre stíge and wylle weorðan uppe on sumum sǽclife. Gif hé uppe on ðám clife wyrð, Solil. H. 45, 17-19. Hé wearp út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormæte leax, Hml. S. 31, 1274.
gærsum
Treasure ⬩ riches ⬩ thēsaurus ⬩ ŏpes
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Treasure, riches; thēsaurus, ŏpes He lét niman of hyre ealle ða betstan gærsuma he caused all the best treasure to be taken from her, Chr. 1035; Erl. 164, 23 : 1090; Erl. 226, 25.
þæran
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to dry, wipe Hé ðá hét geótan wæter on mundleów and ongan his þegna fét þweán and þæran (other MSS. have þar an, þær ana; the Latin in Jn. 13, 5 is extergere.
ge-mána
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Wit uncerne dǽl oðfæstan uncrum mǽge, on þá gerǽdene ðe hé hit eft gedyde unc gewylde . . . ; and hé swá dyde, ge ðæt yrfe, ge ðæt hé mid uncre gemánan begeat, and ðæt hé sylf gestrýnde, C. D. ii. 113, 2-8. Ðæs ðe hé on uncrum gemánan gebruce, 13.