swefnigend
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A dreamer Hér gǽþ se swefnigend ecce somniator venit, Gen. 37, 19
batt
a bat ⬩ club ⬩ cudgel
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a bat, club, cudgel Batt hec claua, An. Ox. 18 b, 18
ge-þeódan
To join ⬩ connect ⬩ unite ⬩ associate ⬩ apply ⬩ adjust ⬩ translate ⬩ jungĕre ⬩ adjungĕre ⬩ conjungĕre ⬩ cōpŭlāre ⬩ sŏciāre ⬩ aptāre
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He hét ðisne regul of læden-gereorde on englisc geþeódan he ordered to translate this rule from Latin into English, Lchdm. iii. 440, 28
leód
A man ⬩ poet ⬩ a prince ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ country
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Wæs hé eallum his leódum leóf ipse [Oswin] amabilis omnibus præfuit, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 33. Bæd hé Theodor ðæt hé him and his leódum bisceop funde [ sibi suisque ], 4, 3; S. 566, 25. Tó nytnysse his leódum utilitati suæ gentis, 2, 16; S. 520, 3.
wítan
to see to ⬩ take heed to ⬩ guard ⬩ keep ⬩ to lay t ⬩ charge ⬩ lay the blame of ⬩ impute ⬩ to go ⬩ depart
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to see to, take heed to, guard, keep, Grammar wítan, absolute God wíteþon ðam héhstan heofna ríce ufan Alwalda, Cd. Th. 32, 31 ; Gen. 511. [ He (God) witeð and wialdeð alle þing, Anglia i. II, 40. Ihesu, wel þu witest hem, Jul. 51, 15.
Linked entry: ge-wítan
hrið-suht
Fever
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Fever Hál of ridesohte the fever left her, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 31
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ge-swǽtan
To sweat
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To sweat Heó ná ne geswǽtte she did not sweat, Shrn. 150, 2
fór-word
A fore-word ⬩ stipulation ⬩ agreement ⬩ præcautio ⬩ pactum
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A fore-word, stipulation, agreement; præcautio, pactum Ðæt hire frýnd ða fórword habban that her friends have the stipulations, L. Edm. B. 7; Th. i. 256, 2.
under-fón
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(l b) to receive what moves to meet one :-- Hú manige hleórslægeas hé underféng æt ðæm ðe hine bismredon. Past. 261, 6. þæt hé þæt hálige treów underfénge feallende tó foldan, Hml. Th. ii. 508, 27.
flocc
a company ⬩ a troop ⬩ band ⬩ legion ⬩ a band ⬩ a flock ⬩ herd
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Add: of people. a company Hé sóhte his gelícan, ac hé ne mihte hine findan on ðám flocce he looked for his match, but could not find him in that company, Ap. Th. 12, 25.
fóda
victuals ⬩ provisions ⬩ sustenance ⬩ support
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'Hé beád ús nýtena fódan (cf. ðrý berene hláfas, 2), underfó hé gærs.' Basilius underféng þæt gærs ðus cweðende: 'Ðú ús sealdest nýtena andlyfene, ná ús tó fódan, ac tó hospe, Hml. Th. i. 450, 4-8.
sleán
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Heó leát tó siege and hé slóh þá tó, ac ꝥ swurd ne mihte búton þá hýde ceorfan, þeáh þe hé betelíce slóge, Hml. S. 12, 211. Þeáh him mon sleá mid sweorde wiþ þæs heáfdes, Bl. H. 47, 13. Sé went óþer hleór tó sleándum, R. Ben. 28, 3. <b>I b.
licgan
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Hé hiene hét on carcern bescúfan, and hé þǽr lęg oþ hé his líf forlét, Ors. 5, 4; S. 224, 16. Lágon þá óðre fýnd on þám fýre, Gen. 322. Ðeáh hé ðonne giét on ðæs flǽsces lustfulnesse licge, Past. 395, 6.
ge-leáfful
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Mid geleáffullum hé gefylde þysne middangeard, 11, 8. Heó bróhte eallum geleáffullum éce hǽlo, 5, 30. Óþrum geleáffullumteala dón, 75, 18. catholic, orthodox Geleáfful catholicus, rectus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 129, 54.
spinnan
to spin ⬩ to writhe ⬩ twist
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Heó hí sylfe on grine áhéng, ðæt heó fótum span, 30, 23
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Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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Ða bísgu us sint swíðe earfoþ ríme, ðe on his dagum on ða rícu becómon, ðe he underfangen hæfde; and ðeáh, ðá he ðas bóc hæfde geleornode, and of Lædene to Engliscum spelle gewende, and geworhte hí eft to leóðe, swá swá heó nú gedón is king Alfred was
blác
bright, shining ⬩ lucidus, splendidus ⬩ BLEAK, pale, pallid, livid, as in death ⬩ pallidus, de moribundis et mortuis ⬩ pallidus, subalbus
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He hæfde blæc feax and blácne andwlitan he had black hair and a pale countenance, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 34. Se móna mid his blácan leóhte the moon with her pale light, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 34
Linked entry: blǽc
on-wrigenness
An uncovering, discovery ⬩ a removal of that which obscures or conceals ⬩ an explanation, exposition ⬩ an exposure of a person's real character ⬩ a revelation, manifestation made to the eye or to the ear by divine power
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Heó sægde ðæt heó geleornod hæfde on onwrihgennysse (MS. T. onwrignesse) ðæt hire forþfóre wǽre swíðe neáh. Sǽde heó him ðæt seó onwrihgnes ðyslíc wǽre. Cwæþ ðæt heó gesáwe micelne þreát, Bd. 3, 8; S. 531, 35-38.
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hors
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Wearð his hors ofslagen þe hé on sæt the horse he was riding was killed, Chr. 1079; P. 214, 6. Gif hé aferað ne ðearf hé wyrcan ðá hwíle ðe his hors úte bið, Ll. Th. i. 434, 9.
weorþan
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Swilce hé on sume hlǽdre stíge and wylle weorðan uppe on sumum sǽclife. Gif hé uppe on ðám clife wyrð, Solil. H. 45, 17-19. Hé wearp út his net, and þǽr wearð oninnan án ormæte leax, Hml. S. 31, 1274.