hryre
Fall ⬩ downfall ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ decay ⬩ decline ⬩ death
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Ðætte hie ðone spild ðæs hryres him ondrǽden ut præcipitem ruinam metuant, 52, 5; Swt. 407, 21.
fénix
the fabulous bird phœnix ⬩ φoινιξ ⬩ a genus of palms ⬩ the date tree ⬩ date palm ⬩ phœnix dactylĭfĕra
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Fénix byrneþ phœnix burns, 59 a; Th. 213, 2; Ph. 218: 60 b; Th. 221, 26; Ph. 340. a genus of palms, the date tree or date palm; phœnix dactylĭfĕra Ðǽr he heánne beám wunaþ ðone hátaþ men fénix, of ðæs fugles noman there it inhabits a lofty tree, which
inc
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Yncer ǽgðer ofslyhþ óderne and hundas licciaþ eówre blód and fugelas fretaþ incer flǽsc and yncer wíf beóþ on ánum dæge wudewan, Shrn. 148, 1-4. Gehwæðer incer either of you two, Beo. Th. 1173; B. 584
spellian
To talk ⬩ converse ⬩ discourse ⬩ To announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ tell ⬩ utter ⬩ amare conterens impudentem ⬩ to tell, announce ⬩ to talk
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Him wæs lust ðæt hé ðiossum leódum leóð spellode, Met. Introd. 4. Hié (the prophets) ðære sóþfæstnesse tácen spellodan and secgende wæron. Blickl. Homl. 161, 20
lystan
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Ðæt hié eác selfe ðæs ilcan lyste ut habere propria concupiscant, Past. 229, 14. Ðé ongan lystan úre, nas ús þín, Bt. 7, 5 ; F. 24, 1. acc. of thing desired ? Hé on ðǽm óðrum hæfde ðæt hine lyste, Past. 459, 3.
hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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Ða ealdan Rómání on hǽðenum dagum ongunnon ðæs geáres ymbryne on ðysum dæge the old Romans, in heathen days, began the circuit of the year on this day, Homl.Th. i. 98, 20.
windan
of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to
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Ðá slóg hé ánes monnes hors mid his sweorde, ðæt him wand ðæt heáfod of ad unum gladii ictum caput desecuisset Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 216, 24. Slóh ides ðone hǽþenan hund, ðæt him ðæt heáfod wand forþ on ðá flóre, Judth. Thw. 23, 8; Jud. 110.
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óþ
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(αβ) with word and pronoun :-- Ðú bist dumb oð þone dæg oð ðæt ðe þis bið eris tacens usque in diem quo haec fiant, Shrn. 133, 33. where date is fixed by an event Oð his ealdorgedál, Gen. 1959.
dún-scrǽf
A mountain-cave ⬩ montāna cavema
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A mountain-cave; montāna cavema Dúnscrafu, nom. pl. mountain-caves, Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 12; Ph. 24. He séceþ dýgle stówe under dúnscrafum he seeks a secret place among the mountain-caves, 96 a; Th. 357, 32; Pa. 37. Weras woldon to dúnscræfum drohtoþ
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Dorn-sǽte
Inhabitants or men of Dorsetshire, people of Dorsetshire in a body, DORSETSHIRE ⬩ Dorsetenses, Dorsetia
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Inhabitants or men of Dorsetshire, people of Dorsetshire in a body, DORSETSHIRE; Dorsetenses, Dorsetia Ðý ilcan geáre gefeaht Æðelhelm wið Deniscne here mid Dornsǽtum [Dorsǽtan, Th. 118, 17, col. 2; Dorsǽton, 119, 17, col. 1; Dorsǽtum, 119, 16, col.
Linked entry: sǽta
ealu
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and add: ale Ealo coelia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 17, 24: i. 290, 61. Ealu celeum, cervise, ii. 130, 47. Æþele alu carenum, 23, 1. Gif ealo áwerd sié, Lch. ii. 142, 10. Twégen fǽtels full ealað oððe wæteres, Ors. 1, 1; S. 21, 16. Lytel níwes ealoð, Lch. i. 388
Gleáw-ceaster
GLOUCESTER ⬩ a county town in the west of England
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GLOUCESTER, a county town in the west of England Æþelfæd líð binnan Gleáwceastre Ethelfleda lies buried at Gloucester, Chr. 918; Erl. 109, 7
lást
A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace
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Ðonne is ðǽr geworht emb ða lástas... ðæt man mæg tó ðǽm lástum onhnígan and mænige men ða moldan neomaþ on ðǽm lástum the footsteps are built about, yet so that people can stoop down to the footsteps, and many men take the earth from the footsteps, Blickl
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ge-sceótan
to shoot forward, to rush or dart forward with a quick motion, send forth, expend, pay, to fall to any one's share, be allotted to ⬩ cum impetu movere vel ruere, expendere, cedere in partem alicujus ⬩ to bring before or refer to any one ⬩ referre ad aliquem
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Ðeáh sumum men gesceóte læsse dǽl though a less part be allotted to one man, Homl.
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gífer-nes
Greediness ⬩ avarice ⬩ voracity ⬩ gluttony ⬩ aviditas ⬩ gula
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Ða niétenu for ðære gewilnunge hiera gífernesse simle lócigeaþ to ðære eorþan beasts because of their greedy desires ever look to the earth, Past. 21; Swt. 154, 20; Cot. MS.
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wǽdlung
poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ begging
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Skt. ii. 23 b, 341. begging Hé ða wanspédigan cristenan ne geðafode ðæt hí openre wǽdlunge underðeódde, ac hé gemanode ða rícan ðæt hí ðæra cristenra wǽdlunge mid heora spédum gefréfrodon he would not allow the destitute Christians to be subject to public
mǽgþ
A collection of mǽgas ⬩ a family ⬩ stock ⬩ race ⬩ as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied ⬩ descendants of a common ancestor living at the same time ⬩ a generation ⬩ a tribe ⬩ subdivision of a people ⬩ a people ⬩ nation ⬩ province ⬩ country
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Hwí is áwriten on ðære béc Genesis ðæt Abrahames cynn sceolde gecyrran ongeán fram Aegypta lande on ðære feórþan mǽgþe and seó óðer bóc Exodus sægþ ðæt hí férdon of Aegyptan lande on ðære fíftan mǽgþe? . .
a-tiefran
To paint ⬩ describe by painting ⬩ depingere
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Oth. atiefred] on ðæm wage universa idola domus Israel depicta erant in pariete, Past. 21, 3; Hat. MS. 30 a, 23. He atiefreþ [MS.
hreód-bedd
A reed-bed
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A reed-bed Ðá wæs ðǽr on middan ðam mere sum hreódbed there was in the middle of the mere a reed-bed, Guthl. 9; Gdwin. 50, 15. Heó ásette hyne on ánum hreódbedde be ðæs flódes ófre exposuit eum in carecto ripæ fluminis, Ex. 2, 3.
leásere
hypocrite ⬩ a buffoon ⬩ jester
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Ðá hét hé his leáseres hine lǽdan tó ðæm wuda, 83, 18