sweór
a father-in-law ⬩ the word is also used to translate consobrinus; a cousin ⬩ father-in-law ⬩ socer, levir
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Wæs Rómeburg on fruman gehálgod mid bróðor blóde and mid sweóra ( the fathers of the Sabine women who were taken as wives by the Romans ), Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 66, 5. the word is also used to translate consobrinus; a cousin Sueór consobrinus, Wrt.
scild-burh
a battle-array in which men stood shield to shield ⬩ a city which affords protection ⬩ a city of refuge
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Grimm would translate the word here by 'aula clypeis tecta,' and compares it with the description of Valhalla in the Edda, 'skjöldum þökt, lagt gyltum skjöldum, svá sem spánþak,' D. M. 662
Linked entries: bord-haga scild-weall
GÓMA
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Me is on gómum gód and swéte ðín ágen word quam dulcia faucibus meis eloquia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 103: 136, 5: 149, 6. He ða grimman góman bihlemmeþ fæste togædre he clashes fast together the fierce jaws, Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 26; Wal. 76
á-secgan
to speak out ⬩ utter a word ⬩ to tell ⬩ narrate ⬩ to offer
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Ox. 3449. absolute, to speak out,utter a word Hí ne meahton ásecgan for þæs leóhtes mycelnesse, Bl. H. 145, 14. to tell,narrate, with acc. Ðæt ic ásecgu (enarrem) all wundur ðín, Ps. Srt. 25, 7. Ðú ásagas (enarras ) rehtwísnisse míne, 49, 16.
folc-sceaða
People's tyrant ⬩ villain ⬩ pŏpŭti tyrannus
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People's tyrant, villain; pŏpŭti tyrannus Ðæs weorudes ða wyrrestan fá folcsceaðan feówertyne gewiton in forwyrd sceacan of the host the worst, hateful villains, fourteen departed into destruction, Andr. Kmbl. 3184; An. 1595
Linked entry: leód-sceaða
grétan
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Hé him con leóða worn oððe mid hondum con hearpan grétan, Gn. Ex. 171.
ge-búgan
To bow ⬩ bow down oneself ⬩ bend ⬩ submit ⬩ turn ⬩ turn away ⬩ revolt ⬩ se flectĕre ⬩ inclīnāre ⬩ curvāre ⬩ declĕnāre ⬩ transfŭgĕre ⬩ To bow to ⬩ turn towards ⬩ inclīnāre ad
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Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tosomne the worm quickly bent together, 5128; B. 2567. Hí gebugon to Iosue and to Israhéla bearnum transfūgĕrit ad Iosue et ad fīlios Israel, Jos. 10, 4.
geómor
Sad, sorrowful, mournful, murmuring, miserable, wretched ⬩ tristis, mæstus, quĕrŭlus, mĭser ⬩ doleful, miserable ⬩ depressed, sad, sorrowful ⬩ misery ⬩ misery ⬩ pity ⬩ mĭsĕria
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In ðas geómran woruld in this sad world, 57 b; Th. 207, 10; Ph. 139: 63a; Th. 232, 35; Ph. 517. Geómran stefne with mournful voice, Andr. Kmbl. 122; An. 61: 2254; An. 1128.
Linked entries: geómor-gid geómur giómor
weorold-þing
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Wé forléton ealle woruld-ðing nos dimisimus omnia (Mk. 10, 28), Homl. Th. i. 392, 32, 28. Ðá ðá his geógoð æfter gecynde woruldðing lufian sceolde, ii. 118, 23
cirlisc
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Interorina fram manegum mannum mid ceorliscum wordum (cyrlisceum worde, v. l.) (verbo rustico ) is genemned Interocrina, 87, 32. Cierliscum rusticis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 8
bæcestre
A woman who bakes ⬩ pistrix ⬩ a baker ⬩ pistor
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A woman who bakes; pistrix: but because afýrde men performed that work which was originally done by females, this occupation is here denoted by a feminine termination; hence, a baker; pistor Ðá gelamp hit ðæt twegen afýryde men agylton wið heora hláford
Linked entry: bæcystre
deád-líc
DEADLY, mortal ⬩ mortālis, morticīnus
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DEADLY, mortal; mortālis, morticīnus Ðæt án deádlíc man mihte ealne middaneard oferseón that a mortal man could see over all the world, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 5. Rómáne deádlícne sige gefóran the Romans gained a deadly victory, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 33.
leóþ-cræft
poetry ⬩ verse ⬩ a poem
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Hé biþ swá ðeáh on leópcræfte ǽgðer ge lang ge sceort it [i of the genitive in certain words] is however in poetry both long and short, 18; Som. 21, 51. Ða gemetu gebyriaþ tó lédenum leóþcræfte metres pertain to Latin poetry, 50; Som. 51, 66.
líne
a line ⬩ rope ⬩ a line ⬩ row ⬩ rule ⬩ canon
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Ðǽr sceal wesan se torhta æsc án an línan ácas twegen hægelas swá some 'æ' must occur once, 'a.' and 'h' twice [in forming the words hæn, hana], Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 25; Rä. 43, 10
niþer-líc
low ⬩ low ⬩ humble ⬩ inferior
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Hé his eágan bígde on ðás nyþerlícan þing oculos in inferiora deflectens, Bd. 3, 19; S. 548, 8. low, humble, inferior In ðisse nyþerlícan worulde in this lower world, Shrn. 123, 10. Ða nyþerlícan humilia, Blickl. Gl.
tán
Having branches, spreading, used metaphorically of the offspring of a parent; cf. The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family
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The use of branch in speaking of the members of a family Ic Ismael wille bletsian, swá ðú béna eart, ðæt feorhdaga on woruldríce worn gebíde tánum túdre ( with a family that has many branches.
weorold-lust
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Worldly pleasure, pleasure that comes from things of this world Hú ne is ðé genóg openlíce geeówad ðara leásena gesǽlþa anlícnes; ðæt is ðonne ǽhta and weorðscipe and anweald and woruldlust.
hægtesse
A witch, hag, fury
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Gif hér inne sý ísenes dǽl hægtessan geweorc hit sceal gemyltan ... gif hit wǽre ylfa gescot oððe hit wǽre hægtessan gescot nú ic wille ðín helpan if herein there be a bit of iron, a witch's work, it shall melt ... if it were an elf's shot or it were
Linked entry: hǽting
ge-þingan
To thrive ⬩ grow ⬩ become excellent
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Wát ic ðæt ðú wǽre on woruldríce geþungen þrymlíce I know that thou wert in this world exalted gloriously, Soul Kmbl. 328; Seel. 168
pening-weorþ
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A penny-worth Hafa án penigweorþ swefles, Lchdm. iii. 38, 28. Æt ǽlcon gegyldan ǽnne peningc oððe án peningcwurþ weaxes, Chart. Th. 605, 26. Twá hund peningweorþ hláfes, Homl. Th. i. 182, 9