egle
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Sé ðe eów hrepað, hit mé bið swá egle swylce hé hreppe ðá seó mínes eágan, Hml. Th. i. 390, 15: 516, 22. Ne mæg þé ǽnig yfel egle weorðan non accedent ad te mala, Ps. Th. 90, 10: Rún. 29. Cleopian wé in eglum móde and inneweardre heortan let us cry with
ge-blót
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Bringan þone sélestan dǽl hiora gódra geara tó heora geblóte, Ors. 6, 21; S. 272, 26. Hé wæs blótende diófolgildum mid monslihtum . . . Eów mæg gescomian þæt gé swá heánlic geþóht sceoldon on eów geniman for ánes monnes ege and for ánes monnes geblóte
hræfn
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Hraebn, hraefn [nycti]corax, Txts. 52, 285. Ðá cóm þǽr sum hrefen ( corvus ) inn; sóna swá hé þá cartan geseah, þá genam hé hig sóna and gewát mid on þæne fenn, Guth. Gr. 140, 5. Hí sǽdon þæt seó glóf of ánes hrefnes múþe feólle, 145, 27. Þá geségon hí
sacu
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Add Swá micele hefigre sace geþanca flǽsclicra wé synd ofsette quanto graviore tumultu cogitationum carnalium premimur, Scint. 31, 18. Ne flít hé . . . ne sace ne ástyreð . . . þá beóð Godes bearn þá þe gesibsume beóð and sace ne ástyriað . . . Wé ne
wís-dóm
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Add Gyf þu wylle witan mid wísdóme (cf. witan mid fullum geráde, 312, 13) þǽra rihtinga gesceád, Angl. viii. 305, 8. Add 'Hú magon wé swá dýgle áhicgan . . . hú þé swefhede, oððe wyrda gesceaft wísdóm bude'. . . 'Gé mǽtinge míne ne cunnon þá þe mé
sealtere
A salt-worker
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A salt-worker Sealtere salinator, Wrt. Voc. i. 74, 10. Sealtere, saltere, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Zup. 47, 2. Sealtere, hwæt ús fremaþ cræft ðín ? . . . Nán eówer blisse brýcþ on gereorduncge oððe mete, búton cræft mín gistlíþe him beó, Coll. Monast. Th. 28
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lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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Law, statute, decree, regulation, rule, fixed custom Lagu jus, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 12, 22. God him sette ǽ ðæt ys open lagu ðam folce tó steóre God appointed them law, that is a plain rule, for the guidance of the people, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 36. Deuteronomium
tungol
a heavenly body ⬩ a heavenly body other than sun or moon ⬩ a star ⬩ a planet ⬩ a fixed star ⬩ a group of stars ⬩ a constellation ⬩ division of the zodiac
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a heavenly body Tungel sidus, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 54. Mænig tungul máran ymbhwyrft hafaþ on heofonum, Met. 28, 20. Saturnes steorra wandraþ ofer óþrum steorrum ufor ðonne ǽnig óþer tungol, Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 14. Swá heofenes tunglu sicut astra coeli, Deut
swégan
To sound. ⬩ to make a noise ⬩ with the idea of movement, to move violently with noise, to roar, rush, crash ⬩ without the idea of movement ⬩ of regulated, modulated sound, of speech, tone, music ⬩ to signify
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To sound. to make a noise, with the idea of movement, to move violently with noise, to roar, rush, crash Ðonne swéiþ cum insonuerit, Kent. Gl. 12. Heora fyðera swégaþ swá swá wæteres dyne, Wulfst. 200, 15. Æt ðam forman gedelfe swégde út ormǽte wyllspring
BEORGAN
cum ⬩ To save ⬩ protect ⬩ shelter ⬩ defend ⬩ fortify ⬩ spare ⬩ preserve ⬩ servare ⬩ salvare ⬩ ⬩ custodire ⬩ tueri ⬩ parcere ⬩ To defend ⬩ secure ⬩ guard against ⬩ avoid ⬩ defendere ⬩ arcere ⬩ cavere ⬩ vitare
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cum dat. To save, protect, shelter, defend, fortify, spare, preserve; servare, salvare, custodire, tueri, parcere Beorh ðínum feore salva animam tuam Gen. 19, 17. Woldon feore beorgan they would save their lives Andr. Kmbl. 3075; An. 1540. Beorh me,
limpan
To befall ⬩ happen ⬩ pertain ⬩ belong ⬩ affect ⬩ concern
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To befall, happen, fall (to one's share), pertain, belong, affect, concern Ða yfelan habbaþ gesǽlþa, and him gelimpþ (Cott. MS. limpþ) oft æfter heora ágnum willan, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 214, 5. Ða unrihtwísan ne beóþ ná swylce ne him eác swá ne limpþ non sic
munuc
A monk
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A monk Munuc monachus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 19. Ic Ælfríc munuc and mæssepreóst. Homl. Th. i. 2, 12 : Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 41. Be ðám ðe munecum heora feoh bútan leáfe befǽstaþ. Gif mon óðres monnes munuce feoh óðfæste, bútan ðæs munuces hláfordes léfnesse
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ná-hwǽr
no-where ⬩ in no place ⬩ in no case ⬩ never ⬩ in no respect ⬩ not at all
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no-where, in no place Ná-hwǽr nusquam, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 55. Ðú ne ætstande náhwár on ðisum earde nec stes in omni circa regione, Gen. 19, 17. Hé sóhte his wǽpnu, ac hé ne geseah hí náhwǽr, Homl. Skt. 3, 257 : Blickl. Homl. 59, 20 : 181, 23. Ðeáh
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brycg
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Brygc pons , Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 50. Brícg, 54, 11. Hét Maxentius oferbricgian ðá eá mid scipum, and syððan ðylian swá swá óðre bricge . . . hé ne gemunde ðǽre leásan bricge þe hé álecgan hét, Homl. Th. ii. 304, 21-27. Þǽre bricce geweorc, C. D. B. iii
fen
mud ⬩ mire ⬩ dirt ⬩ fen
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Add: mud, mire, dirt Fennes coeni, Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 7. Fenne luto, An. Ox. 2, 435: Past. 277, 10. Hí ástódon . . . þe on ðám fænne (fenne, v. l.) ǽr lágon, Hml. S. 10, 22. Hé worhte fenn (lutum) of his spátle, and smyrede mid þám fenne ofer his eágan
ge-recedness
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Add: history Historia, þæt is gerecednyss (-recced-, v. l.) ; mid þǽre man áwrít and gerehð þá ðing and þá dǽda þe wǽron gedóne on ealdum dagum and ús dyrne wǽron.Ǽlfc. Gr. Z. 296, 8. [Æfter] gerecednesse, gástlicum angite . . . secundum kistoriam, allegoriam
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ofer-cuman
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add: to get the better of in a contest Sé ðe his ágen mód ofercymð and gewilt, Past. 218, 17: Bt. 34, 11; F. 152, ll. Hé eallne þone here áhtlíce ofercóm, Chr. 1066; P. 198, 3. Besing and ofercum ealle yfele wilddeór, Lch. i. 202, 13. Ne mihte hé geþencan
stæf
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Add Álecge þonne his wǽpna, and nime stæf him on hande, and gá bærfót, Ll. Th. ii. 286, 19. <b>I a.</b> an official staff, staff emblematical of office :-- Cóm ƀ and forneáh man sceolde tóbrecan his stæf (stef, v. l.), for ðan hé ne cúðe
sand
sand, gravel ⬩ sand by the sea, sands, sea-shore
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sand, gravel Sand glarea, glitis, vel samia, arena, Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 8:37, 32. Sande sablo, ii.89,36 . Hé behídde hyne on ðám sande (sabulo) Ex. 2, 12. Sume men secgen ðæt seó eá síe eást irnende on ðæt sond, and ðonne besince eft on ðæt sand, and ðǽr
up-weard
turned upwards ⬩ moving upwards.
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turned upwards Ongeán sunnan upweard licge hé let him lie on his back with his face to the sun, Lchdm. ii. 18, 13: iii. 2, 10. Licge hé upweard æfter ðon góde hwíle, ii. 318, 14. Hé sceal upweard licgean, i. 300, 20. Mon on bedde dæges upweard ne licge