gold
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Ealle ðás goldsmiþas secgaþ ðæt hí nǽfre ǽr swá clǽne gold ne swá reád ne gesáwon all these goldsmiths say that they never before saw such pure and such red gold, Homl. Th. i. 64, 9.
mága
a relative ⬩ a son ⬩ a man
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Mága cystum eald a man old in virtues, Exon. 80 a; Th. 300, 7; Fä. 2. Se mága ( Christ), Andr. Kmbl. 1278; An. 639: 1630; An. 816: (St. Andrew ), 1967; An. 986: 1249; An. 625. Mága máne fáh ( Grendel ), Beo. Th. 1960; B. 978.
Norþ-mann
A man belonging to a northern country ⬩ a Norseman ⬩ Norwegian ⬩ Dane
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A man belonging to a northern country. a Norseman, Norwegian or Dane Ealle ða ðe on Norþhymbrum búgeaþ, ǽgþer ge Englisce ge Denisce ge Norþmen, Chr. 924; Erl. 110, 17. Gewitan him ðá Norþmen nægledcnearrum, 937; Erl. 115, 2.
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Súþ-Seaxe
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Of Eald-Seaxon cómon Súð-Sexa, 449; Erl. 12, 10. Súþ-Seaxan meridiani Saxones, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 24. Súþ-Seaxan ágen[n]e biscopas onféngon, 5, 18; S. 635, 14. Súþ-Sexena landes is syufan þúsend hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 415, 1.
weg
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Add Hié sægdon ꝥ nǽre mára weg þonne meahte on týn dagum geféran (uiam non amplius decem dierum), Nar. 25, 2. add Ðá þe on ðǽre synne ealnu weg licgað, Past. 179, 3.
rihtwísness
righteousness ⬩ justice ⬩ rightness ⬩ reasonableness ⬩ reason
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Th. 88, 28. rightness, reasonableness, reason Ða sceare onfón sculon ðe wé gehýraþ fulle beón ealre rihtwísnesse hanc accipere tonsuram quam plenam esse rationis audimus, Bd. 5, 21 ; S. 643, 23.
ofer-winnan
to overcome, conquer, vanquish, subdue ⬩ expugnare, superare, devincere
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Seó ylce þeód wæs oferwunnen fram Eald-Seaxum, 5, 11; S. 626, 10, On ðǽm xxv. wintrum ðe hé winnende wæs hé ná oferwunnen ne wearð, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 114, 6. Se mon hafaþ weán oferwunnen, Exon. Th. 475, 5; Bo. 43.
on-tendness
a burning, fire ⬩ fire, that which kindles passion ⬩ passion, vehement desire ⬩ burning sensation, inflammation
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Ic on ðé ádwesce ealle ontendnysse, 4, 171. burning sensation, inflammation He unscrýdde hine ealne, and wylode hine sylfne on ðám þiccum bremlum and þornum and netelum ... and swá þurh ðære hýde wunda ádwæscte his módes wunda; for ðan ðe hé áwende ðone
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a-flýman
To cause to flee ⬩ put to flight ⬩ drive away ⬩ banish ⬩ scatter ⬩ disperse ⬩ fugare ⬩ in fugam vertere ⬩ ejicere ⬩ pellere ⬩ dispergere
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And eall his weored oððe ofslægen wæs oððe aflýmed ejusque totus vel interemptus vel dispersus est exercitus, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 13
un-álífed
Unallowed ⬩ illicit ⬩ unlawful
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Eall ðæt hié unáliéfedes ðenceaþ, 21; Swt. 155, 12. Unálýfedne gesynscipe inlicitum conjugium, Bd. 3, 22; S. 553, 25. Ðone unálýfedan bryne mínra leahtra, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 331. Wiþsacaþ ðám unálýfdum gestreónum, Blickl. Homl. 53, 23.
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be-sorg
Anxious ⬩ careful
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Eall ꝥ deórwyrðoste ðætte þú ðé besorgost hæfdes quod in omnifortunae tuae censu pretiosissimum possidebas, Bt. 10; S. 22, 2. þeóda hláford, ús se besorgesta. Hml. S. 23, 143. substitute cared about, and add
fiþer-féte
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Eall ðæt fiðerfðte byð, Hex. 14, 30. Fiþerféte[s] quadrupedis, An. Ox. 1854. Fiþer-fétum quadripedante, 14. Gyf man forstele feoðerfót (feðerféte, v.l.) neát, Ll. Th. ii. 140, 33. Úre feþerfót niétenu animalia quadrupedia, Nar. 16, 7.
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ge-gifan
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Eall þá woruldgód þá þe him gegyfene (-gyfne, gifene, v. ll.) wǽron cuncta quae sibi donabantur, Bd. 3, 5; Sch. 202, 19. to give in marriage Hé Crísten wíf hæfde him gegyfen (him wæs forgifen, v. l. ), Bd. 1, 25; Sch. 53, 7
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hrǽw
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Hié þín feorh ne magon deáðe gedǽlan, An. 954: 1033. a dead body, corpse Eálá þú earma líchama, nú þú scealt gewurðan tó fúlan hrǽwe and wyrmum tó mete, Wlfst. 141, 1. Rǽwe (reáwe, Hpt. Gl. 441, 14) cadaueri, An. Ox. 1480.
tó-sceád
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Sch. 599, 18. add: of difference in material objects Æteówde seó hand swutole ... and wǽron fægere fingras, smale and lange, and þǽra nægla tósceád ( the nails could be distinguished from the rest of the hand ), and se greáta líra beneoðan þám þúman eall
æfstigian
to envy, be envious of ⬩ to took with envy or ill will on, have envy towards
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Se ealda feónd ongan æfstigian invidens ðæs óðres lufan, Gr. D. 99, 7. with prep. to took with envy or ill will on, have envy towards Ðes iunga man ne æfestigað on nánum ðingum ðe hé hór gesihð, Ap. Th. 14, 25.
freót
the condition of being free ⬩ a grant of freedom ⬩ manumission
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Hér geswutelað on ðissere Crístes béc ðæt Eádríc hæfð geboht Sǽgyfu his dohtor æt Ælfsige abbod tó écum freóte and eall hire ofspring, C.D. vi. 209, 10, 14: 210, 32. a grant of freedom (in this sense the word occurs as feminine), manumission Æilsig þe
strand
A strand, shore
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Urk mín húskarl habbe his strand eall forne gén hys ágen land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 221, 6. Stranda litorum, Hpt. Gl. 449, 28. Strandum litoribus, 465, 9
for-síþ
A going away ⬩ departure ⬩ death ⬩ exĭtium ⬩ ŏbĭtus ⬩ mors
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A going away, departure, death; exĭtium, ŏbĭtus, mors Sóna æfter his forsíþe wæs ealra witena gemót on Oxna forda soon after his death there was a meeting of all the counsellors at Oxford, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 12
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un-forgifen
unforgiven ⬩ not given in marriage
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unforgiven Ealle scylda ðe wið God beóð ungebétta beóð unforgifne on dómes dæge, Past. 33; Swt. 220, 17. not given in marriage (cf. Goth. fra-gifts espousal; Icel. ú-gefinn unmarried) Unforgifenum innupti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 19