ECG
EDGE, a sharpness, blade, sword ⬩ ăcies, acūmen, glādius, ferrum
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Æscum and ecgum with spears and swords, 3548; B. 1772. Billa ecgum with edges of bills, Cd. 210; Th. 260, 14; Dan. 709
scip
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Scipe cercilo, 17, 72: 76, 30 (cf. aesc cercilus, 103, 56). Ðá wende hé on scype (scipp, Lind.) ascendens nauem, Lk. Skt. 8, 37. Scyp ástígan, Lchdm. iii. 184, 13. Swá eode hé on scyp, Bd. 4, 1; S. 564, 47. Scipu classes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 46.
ge-seóþan
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Foxes lungen on háttre æscan gesoden, Lch. i. 340, 5. Swíðe fæste gesoden ǽgra oþþe gebrǽdde, ii. 194, 5. Selle him flǽsc etan smælra fugla gesodenra and gebrǽdra, 182, 13
deal
Proud, exulting, eminent ⬩ superbus, clarus
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Wíggendra þreát cómon, æscum dealle a troop of warriors came, proud with their spears, Andr. Kmbl. 2195; An. 1099: Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 22; Rä. 23, 11.
timbran
to build (lit. or fig.) ⬩ construct ⬩ to instruct, ⬩ edify ⬩ to cut timber
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Drehton ða hergas mid ðǽm æscum ðe hié ǽr timbredon. Ðá hét Alfréd cyng timbran langscipu ongén ða æscas, Chr. 897; Erl. 95, 7-11. Æfter ðæm hryre ðære upáhæfennesse hé ongan timbran eáðmósnesme, Past. 58; Swt. 443, 30.
Linked entries: tymbran timber-geweorc timbrian
melda
a narrator ⬩ an informer ⬩ announcer ⬩ a betrayer
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Sió æsc biþ melda, nalles þeóf the axe is an informer, not a thief (i. e. the noise made by hewing with an axe would attract the attention, which a thief would certainly shun, v. Grmm. R. A. 47), L. In. 43; Th. i. 128, 23: L. Edg.
hóh
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Tó ðám hó ; of ðám hó á be wuda tó ðám æsc, C. D. iii. 79, 9-10. Tó micle hóh ; fram micle hóhe tó middelhille, 71, 33. On Healdenes hó; of dǽm hó, vi. 100, 10.
greát
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Onefen ðone greátan æsc, ii. 172, 23. On greátan þorn, v. 150, 8. Gif mon óðres wudu bærneð ... forgielde ǽlc greát treów mid .v. sciłł., Ll.
rind
Rind. ⬩ of a tree ⬩ the bark ⬩ crust ⬩ rind
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apuldor- æsc- ác- elm- holen- sealh- láhþorn- wiþi-grind. of other things, crust, rind Rinde crustula, Wrt.Voc. ii. 137, 22. Rindan crustulae, Hpt. Gl. 462, 77. Wé hédaþ ðæra crumena ðæs hláfes, and ða Judéiscan gnagaþ ða rinde, Homl.
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hol
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On þone holan æsc, C. D. B. ii. 247, 4. Leápas hole (c?)orbes cauatos Germ. 396, 146. having a cavity or depression in the surface Holan beorges burna, C. D. i. 317, 19. Mín þegn funde wæter in ánum holan stáne ( in lapide concauo ), Nar. 8, 3.
tír
Glory ⬩ honour
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Æsca tír æt gúðe, Cd. Th. 127, 10; Gen. 2108. Hé mé tír forgeaf, wígspéd wið wráðum, Elen. Kmbl. 328;El. 164. Ða (friends) hyra týr and eád ýcaþ, Exon. Th. 409, 3; Rä. 27, 23. Ðú tírum fæst niða Nergend thou Saviour of men, gloriously firm, Cd.
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plega
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Voc. ii. 67, 26. v. æsc-, ecg-, gilp-, gúþ-, hand-, hearm-, hyht-, lind-, níp-, secg-, stæf-, sund-, sweord-, wíg-plega, nextt
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GÚÞ
War, battle, fight ⬩ bellum
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Ðe ðé æsca tír æt gúþe forgeaf who gave thee martial glory in fight, Cd. 97; Th. 127, 11; Gen. 2109: Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 15; Jud. 123: Exon. 17b; Th. 42, 17; Cri. 674; Beo. Th. 3074; B. 1535; Byrht.
ge-mang
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Ic arn symle þá áxunga þsére ǽscan tó wríðende, and gemang þám (while so doing) ðæs dæges síðfæt gefylde, Hml. S. 23b, 496. ¶ Gemang þám þe :-- Gemong þǽm þe (while) Pirrus wið Rómána winnende wæs, Ors. 4, l; S. 160, 6
Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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D. 897, Ðá hét Ælfréd cyning timbrian lange scipu ongeán ðas æscas [MS. æsceas] ða wǽron fulneáh twá swá lange swá ða óðre; . . . ða wǽron ǽgðer ge swiftran ge untealran, ge eác heárran [MS. heárra] ðonne ða óðru; nǽron hí náwðær ne on Frysisc gesceapen
rand
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Of ðam fúlan bróce wið westan randes æsc to the west of the ash tree on the bank (?), Cod. Dip. B. ii. 259, 8. [Cf. later English rand border, strip, slice :-- Raweȝ and randeȝ, Allit. Pms, 4, 105. Randes of bakun, Piers P. Crede 763.
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wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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Hengest and Æsc gefuhton wiþ Walas, and .xii. Wilisce (Wilsce, v. l. ) aldormenn ofslógon, 465 ; Erl. 12, 22. ¶ the word is used of some kind of ale :-- .xii. ámbra Wilisces ealaþ, .xxx. hlúlttres, L. In. 70; Th. i. 146, 17.
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stede
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Æsc stede rihte hylt, Runic pm. Kmbl. 344, 26; Rún. 26. Næfþ náðer ne sǽ ne eá nǽnne stede búton on eorðan, Lchdm. iii. 256, 2. Gecerr suord ðín in styd his, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 52. <b>II a.
wác
yielding ⬩ not rigid ⬩ pliant ⬩ fluid ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ wanting mental or moral strength ⬩ wanting courage ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ not of great value or in high esteem ⬩ vilis
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Byrhtnóð wand wácne æsc (the pliant ash-shaft), Byrht. Th. 132, 68; By. 43.
torht
Bright, ⬩ splendid ⬩ of the brightness of light, ⬩ of splendid appearance ⬩ bright ⬩ beautiful ⬩ splendid ⬩ splendid, ⬩ glorious, ⬩ noble, ⬩ illustrious, ⬩ having splendid qualities or properties, ⬩ bright, ⬩ clear
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Se torhta æsc, 429, 24; Rä. 43, 9. In ðære torhtan byrig, 34, 14; Cri. 542. Of ðam torhtan temple Dryhtnes, 12, 15; Cri. 186. Beám tánum torhtne, 435, 17; Rä. 54, 2. Him hildedeór hof torht getǽhte, Beo. Th. 631; B. 313.