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ECG

(n.)
Grammar
ECG, e; f.

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

(n.)
Grammar
scip, es; n.
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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

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seóþan, p. ge-seáþ; pp. ge-soden
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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

Linked entries: seóþan ge-soden

deal

(adj.)
Grammar
deal, deall; adj.

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

(v.)
Grammar
timbran, timbrian; p. ede, ode.

to build (lit. or fig.)constructto instruct,edifyto 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.

melda

(n.)
Grammar
melda, an; m.

a narratoran informerannouncera 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

Grammar
hóh, (applied to land).
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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

(n.)
Grammar
rind, e ; rinde, an; f.

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.

Linked entry: rinde

hol

Grammar
hol, hollow.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
tír, es; m.

Gloryhonour

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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.

Linked entry: tyr

plega

(n.)
Grammar
plega, an; m.
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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

Linked entries: plegan hand-plega

GÚÞ

(n.)
Grammar
GÚÞ, e; f. [a poetical word]

War, battle, fightbellum

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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

Grammar
ge-mang, among.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
Ælfréd, es; m. [ælf an elf; réd = rǽd counsel, wise in counsel: v. Ælfred]

AlfredAlfrédusAlfred 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

(n.)
Grammar
rand, es; m.
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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.

Linked entry: rand-beáh

wilisc

(adj.)
Grammar
wilisc, adj.

foreign, not Englishservile

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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.

stede

(n.)
Grammar
stede, es; m.
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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.

Linked entries: bed-stede hám-stede

wác

(adj.)
Grammar
wác, adj.

yieldingnot rigidpliantfluidweakfeeblewanting mental or moral strengthwanting couragepoormeannot of great value or in high esteemvilis

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Byrhtnóð wand wácne æsc (the pliant ash-shaft), Byrht. Th. 132, 68; By. 43.

torht

(adj.)
Grammar
torht, adj.

Bright,splendidof the brightness of light,of splendid appearancebrightbeautifulsplendidsplendid,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.