sæl
A hall
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Heorot ( Hrothgar's hall ), sincfáge sel, 336; B. 167. Geond ðæt síde sel, Andr. Kmbl. 1523; An. 763. Wuna salu sinchroden halls splendidly decorated, 3342; An. 1675. Salo Cd. Th. 113, 3; Gen. 1881.
hádor
Clear [applied both to light and to sound], bright, serene ⬩ clarus, splendidus, serenus, micans ⬩ bright (of the sky, stars)
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Scóp hwílum sang hádor on Heorote at times the poet sang clear-voiced in Heorot, Beo. Th. 998; B. 497. Seó sunne on hádrum heofone scíneþ the sun shines in the clear sky, Bt. 9; Fox 26, 15 : Bt. Met. Fox 28, 95; Met. 28, 48.
un-cúþ
Unknown ⬩ incognitus ⬩ unknown ⬩ strange ⬩ unknown ⬩ not understood ⬩ unknown ⬩ uncertain ⬩ ungentle ⬩ unkind ⬩ hostile ⬩ harsh ⬩ unfriendly
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Oft ic nú miscyrre cúðe sprǽce, and þeáh uncúðre ǽrhwílum fond, Met. 2, 9. unknown, not understood God sealde heora ǽlcum synderlíce sprǽce, ðæt heora ǽlcum wæs uncúð, hwæt óðer sǽde, Ælfc. T.
Linked entry: un-cúþlíce
wlite
aspect ⬩ countenance ⬩ looks ⬩ appearance ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ good looks ⬩ beautiful appearance ⬩ beauty ⬩ glory ⬩ ornament
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Nǽnig mæg wlite and wísan wordum gecýþan, 491, 30; Rä. 81, 7. good looks, beautiful appearance, beauty, glory, ornament: Hwæþer nú gimma wlite eówre eágan tó him getió, heora tó wundrianne?
ge-staþelian
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Drihten eallum geleáffulum monnum heora gong gestaþelade tó lífes wege, 17, 19. Ic oncneów of cýðnissum dínum, forðon in écnisse ðú gesteaðulades (fundasti) ðá, Ps.
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gifu
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H. 5, 4, Wæs his heorte innan þurh Godes gifu onbryrdod, þæt hé wéstenes gewilnode, Guth. 18, 24.
ge-healdan
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Beón ealle fæstende and fram heora wífe gehealdene, 226, 20. <b>IX a.
etan
to devour ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy
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Ðíne suna and ðíne dohtra ǽton and druncon mid heora yldestan bréðer, Hml. Th. ii. 450, 16. Hí ǽton ǽne on dæg, Bt. 15; F. 48, 8. Éton manducaverunt, Ps. Srt. 21, 30. Et (comede) and drinc and gewista, Lk. 12, 19.
ge-neahhe
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Add: abundantly, sufficiently Ic sylle geneahhe heora hungrium hláf tó fylle pauperes ejus saturabo panibus, Ps. Th. 131, 16. I a. in a vague sense as intensive, enough (cf. assez in French), fully, quite, very (much), with adj. or adv.
losian
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Eall heora ǽhta losodon, Hml. S. 30, 151.
wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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Hé heora wæter wende tó blóde convertit aquas eorum in sanguinem 104, 25. Hí wendan unriht tó rihte L. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 318, 23. Wend ðás stánas tó hláfum Homl. Th. i. 168, 22. Ða yldu wendan tó lífe Exon. Th. 211, 2; Ph. 191.
fór
A going ⬩ setting out ⬩ journey ⬩ course ⬩ way ⬩ approach ⬩ ĭtio ⬩ profectio ⬩ ĭter ⬩ cursus ⬩ sĕmĭta ⬩ accessus
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Hi wendon heora fóre to Cantwarbyrig they went their way to Canterbury, Chr. 1009; Erl. 142, 17: 1004; Erl. 139, 24. Ðara láreówa fóre heaðoradon doctōrum arcĕbant accessum, Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 29
hreám
A cry ⬩ outcry ⬩ hue ⬩ crying ⬩ tumult ⬩ uproar
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Ða heorde mid hreáme bewerian to defend the flock with outcry, L. I. P. 19; Th. ii. 326, 10.
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mynetere
a moneyer ⬩ a money-changer ⬩ money-dealer ⬩ a minter ⬩ one who coins
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Ða myneteras ðe inne wuda wyrcaþ oððe elles hwǽr ; ðæt ða bión heora feores scyldige, iii. 16; Th. i. 298, 13. Godes feoh biþ befæst myneterum tó sleánne, Homl. Th. ii. 554, 14.
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nearuness
a strait ⬩ oppression ⬩ distress ⬩ distress ⬩ anxiety ⬩ tribulation ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief
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Of nearonessum heora de necessitatibus eorum, Ps. Lamb. 106, 6. Nearonessum módes mentis angoribus, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 33, note
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scucca
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Ongunnan heora bearn blótan feóndum, sceuccum onsæcgean immolaverunt filios suos et filias suas daemoniis, Ps. Th. 105, 27. The word is found in the name of a place, Scuccanhláu, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 196, 1.
týn
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Hé lǽrþ and hé týð heorde his docet et erudit gregem suam, Scint. 146, 7. Se wísdóm ðe hit lange ǽr týde and lǽrde, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 30. Hé hine geornlíce týde and lǽrde hú hé drohtian sceolde eum erudire studuit qualiter conversari debuisset.
á-hildan
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Ðeós wyrt hafaþ leáf nyþer wið þá eorþan áhyldende, Lch. i. 274, 14. figurative, trans, to incline, decline Hi ( conjunctions ) áhyldað and gebígað heora swég tó ðám stæfgefége þe him ætforan stent, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 265, 2.
cíte
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Hé lét árǽran ealle ábútan ðá dúne his hyrdecnapan cýtan, ꝥ hí ðǽr gehende mid heora hláfordes yrfe lágon, and wið cyle and wið hǽton hí sylfe geburgon, Hml. S. 23, 418. a cell of a monk, hermit, &c. Cýte, hulce (hulce ł céte, Hpt.
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fácen
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Heora tungan wyrcaþ mycel fácn linguis suis dolose agebant, Ps. Th. 13, 5. Sé þæt fácn (the secret preparation of a fleet) tó his cýþþe gebodade, 2, 5; S. 80, 2. Fácnum factionibus, i. falsitatibus, An. Ox. 2914. Fácn factiones, Wrt.