ge-spédan
To speed ⬩ prosper ⬩ succeed ⬩ progredi ⬩ prosperare ⬩ succedere
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Ac man ðǽr ne gespǽdde but they didn't succeed there, 1096; Erl. 233, 29. Ealle þinge swá hwæt swá he déþ beóþ gespédde omnia quæcunque faciet prosperabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 1, 3
burh-waru
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Wæs mycel menegu ðære burhware mid hyre erat turba civitatis multa cum illa, Lk. Bos. 7, 12. Ic gefrægn leóde tosomne burgwaru bannan I learnt that the people, the body of citizens, were summoned together, Andr. Kmbl. 2189; An. 1096
Linked entries: burg-waru buruh-waru land-waru
CANDEL
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Se sceal ðære sunnan síþ bihealdan, Godes condelle he shall observe the sun's course, God's candle, 57a; Th. 204, 2; Ph. 91
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Ceortes íg
CHERTSEY ⬩ Certesia
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Cerot's island, CHERTSEY, in Surrey, on the bank of the Thames; Ceroti insula, Certesia, in agro Surriensi, ad ripam Tamesis fluminis Ercenwold getimbrede mynster on Súþrigena lande, be Temese streáme, on ðære stówe ðe is nemned Ceortes íge Earconvaldus
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Clofes hoo
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Ðá wæs sionoþlíc gemót on ðære mǽran stówe ðe mon háteþ Clofes hóas then there was a synodal meeting in the famous place which is called Cliff, Th. Diplrn. A. D. 825; 70, II
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FALS
FALSEhood, fraud, counterfeit ⬩ falsum
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Se ðe ofer ðis fals wyrce, þolige ðæra handa ðe he ðæt fals mid worhte he who after this shall make a counterfeit [coin], let him forfeit the hands with which he made the counterfeit, L. C. S. 8; Th. i. 380, 16, 17, 20, 22.
for-trúwian
To be over-confident, rash ⬩ to presume ⬩ præsúmĕre ⬩ præcĭpĭtāre
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Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige lest he through the pleasant fortune should be presumptuous, 40, 3; Fox 238, 17. Ða fortrúwodan the presumptuous, Past. 32, 1; Hat. MS. 39 b, 25, 26. Ða fortrúwudan, 32, 1; Hat. MS. 40 a. 2, 12.
fyrlen
Far off ⬩ distant ⬩ remote ⬩ longinquus ⬩ distans ⬩ remōtus
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For ðære fyrlenan heáhnysse for its remote elevation, Bd. de nat. rerum; Lchdm. iii. 232, 15, note 7. Sum æðelboren man ferde on fyrlen land hŏmo quidam nōbĭlis abiit in rĕgiōnem longinquam, Lk. Bos. 19, 12: Homl. Th. ii. 122, 14.
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heófung
Mourning ⬩ lamentation ⬩ grieving
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On ðære wǽron áwritene heófunga scriptæ erant in eo lamentationes, Ælfc. Gr. 48; Som. 49, 8, 9. Ǽr he tó heófungum sóðre behreówsunge gecyrran mǽge before he can turn to the lamentations of true repentance, Homl. Th. ii. 124, 13
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here-paþ
A road for an army ⬩ military road ⬩ road large enough to march soldiers upon
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Wísde herepoþ tó ðære heán byrig shewed a road for his army to the lofty city, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 12; Dan. 38.
leóhtmód-ness
levity ⬩ frivolity ⬩ inconstancy
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Paulus cwæþ 'Wéne gé nú ðæt ic ǽnigre leóhtmódnesse brúce' ... hé ðære leóhtmódnesse unþeáwes nánwuht næfde cum prius radicem levitatis abscidunt ... Mentis levitas caveatur ... Paulus dicit 'Numquid levitate usus sum?'
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mapulder
A maple tree
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On ðære (ðæne?) ealdan mapolder, Chart. Th. 146, 26. Tó ðon reádleáfan mapuldre; of ðam mapuldre, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 298, 16. The word is found in several place-names in the Charters v. Cod. Dip. vi. 313, and still occurs, e.g.
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nihtes
At night ⬩ night
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Ðæra eágan scínaþ nihtes, Nar. 34, 14, Se biþ dæges hát and nihtes ceald, 36, 27. Dæges and nihtes die et nocte, Ps. Th. 1, 2 : Mk. Skt. 4, 27 : Blickl. Homl. 47, 11 : 127, 30 : 137. 22. Deges and naehtes, Ps. Surt. 31, 4
norþerne
northern
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Of Japhet com ðæt norþerne mennisc be ðære norþsǽ ... Europa on norþdǽle [is gedǽled] Japhetes ofspringe, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 37.
serc
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Genóh is munuce ðæt hé hæbbe twegen syricas ( tunicas ), for ðære nihtware and for ðæs reáfes þweále, 91, 3. Syrcan, gúþgewǽdo shirts of mail , Beo. Th. 458; B. 226: 673; B. 334
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stefnan
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to regulate, direct, fix, institute Hé stefnde Godes cyrican and Godes gesomnunga on ðære byrig eahta and twentig geára he had the direction of God's church and God's congregations in that town eight-and-twenty years, Shrn. 108, 6.
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stéran
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B.) hyne mid ðære wyrte, Lchdm. i. 98, 19: 206, 2
Temes
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Neáh ðære ié ðe mon hǽt Temes (Temese, MS. C.) ad flumen Tamesim, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 238, 22. Sý eá hátte Temese, Chr. Erl. 5, 11. Ymbe heora landgemǽra: andlang Temese (on Temese, 8), L. A. G. 1; Th. i. 152, 18.
under-þeódness
Subjection ⬩ submission
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Subjection, submission For yrmþo ðære underþeódnysse ob aerumnam subjectionis, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 41. Wite hé ðæt hé míne eáðmódra beón sceal on regoles underðeódnysse sciens se multo magis discipline regulari subditum, R. Ben. 112, 1.
un-tǽle
Blameless ⬩ without reproach
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Sió wiþerweardnes biþ simle untǽlu and wracu áscirred mid ðære styringe hire ágenre frécennesse videas adversam fortunam sobriam, succintamque, et ipsius adversitatis exercitatione prudentem, Bt. 20; Fox 72, 5. Ic ða leóde wát ǽghwæs untǽle, Beo.