heofon-feld
A Northumbrian local name
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Seó stów is geháten Heofonfeld on Englisc wið ðone langan weall ðe ða Rómániscan worhton the place is called in English Heavenfield, by the long wall that the Romans made, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 96, 33
here-teám
plundering ⬩ spoiling ⬩ devastation ⬩ taking part in a 'here,' ⬩ what is got by an army ⬩ plunder ⬩ booty ⬩ spoil
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Kmbl. 3100; An. 1553. what is got by an army, plunder, booty, spoil Ðæs hereteámes ealles teóþan sceat a tithe of all the spoil, Cd. 97; Th. 128, 4; Gen. 2121.
here-wæsmun
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Grein translates by vis bellica and refers the word to a nominative wǽsma, comparing O. H. Ger. wahsamo, wasmo, wasma vigor, fructus, fertilitas, Grff. i. 689. Leo and Heyne connect with a root meaning rage, fury, v. Leo. 494.
Linked entry: wǽsma
hrepung
Touch ⬩ touching
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Drihten gehǽlde ða untruman þurh his reáfes hrepunge the Lord healed the sick by the touch of his garment, ii. 394, 5
mundbyrdness
protection ⬩ A protector ⬩ patron ⬩ advocate ⬩ a protection of rights granted by charter
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Swá swá ic ǽr cwæþ ðínre ðære lícwurþan mundbyrdnysse, 108, 16. a protection of rights granted by charter Ic wille ðæt ðeós mundbyrdnesse beó strang volo ut haec confirmatio vim obtineat, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 202, 20: 205, 7.
ge-cwéman
To please ⬩ satisfy ⬩ propitiate ⬩ plăcēre ⬩ satisfăcĕre
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Ðe him dǽdum gecwémde who pleased him by deeds, 46 b; Th. 159, 6; Gú. 922. Sume gecwémdon englum some have given pleasure to angels, Homl. Th. ii. 286, 12. God, ðú ðe mið hreównisse gicuoemes ł gicómed biþ Deus qui pænitentia placaris, Rtl. 8, 33
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ge-leccan
To moisten ⬩ wet ⬩ hŭmectāre ⬩ rĭgāre
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For ðam sýpe heó biþ geleht by the moistening it becomes wet, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 6. Ðá sóna mínne ðurst gelehte I then at once slaked my thirst, Nar. 12, 11
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ge-réþru
Rudder, helm
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Rudder, helm [the steering was done by means of an oar] Ða men ða ðe beóþ winnende in sciplícum gewinne híg ðonne begáþ ǽrost ða geréþru in ðære hýþe qui in nauali prælio demicaturi sunt ante in portu inflectant gubernacula, Shrn. 35, 8: 9.
wiþer-mál
A case against ⬩ in reply to ⬩ by way of accusation ⬩ defence ⬩ prosecution
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by way of accusation), defence, prosecution (?) Man útlagode Swægn eorl, his óðerne sunu. Ðá ne onhagode him tó cumenne to wiðermále ongeán ðone cyng, and ágeán ðone here ðe him mid wæs his (Godwin's) other son, Swegen, was outlawed.
betera
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D. 262, 3. used substantively, of persons His betera læg, By. 276. Hé feóþ his betran, Mód. 36. Geseóð hí þá betran blǽde scínan, Cri. 1292. of things Ne mótan gé míne sáwle grétan, ac gé on betran gebringað, Gú. 349. [Goth. batiza : O. Sax. O.
eást
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Voc. ii. 31, 73 Eoae is glossed by eástdǽlas), An. Ox. 1894. Andlanges þæs eástran mylengeares, C. D. B. ii. 305, 240. On þonæ eásteran weg, C. D. v. 319, 19: Cht. Crw. 4, 36. Is sió eáste-meste þeód háten Libia, Ors. 1, 1; S. 24, 33.
ge-þingan
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] to appoint to an office Hraðe sóna wæs æfter mundgripe méce geþinged þæt hit sceáden mǽl scýran móste, cwealmbealu cýðan, B. 1938. to assign an office to a person Seó heordelice gýming tó þám beran wæs geþungen (for a similar incorrect formation by
ge-éhtan
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Gioehtende am persecutus sum, Rtl. 60, 7. to get by pursuit. of conquest, to gain a country Claudius cóm tó Brytlande and geeóde mycel dǽl églandes, and eác ꝥ égeland of Orcanie hé geéhte tó Rómánan anwealde, Chr. 46; P. 7, 29. to purchase Mid wáclicum
hana
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. ¶ The word is given by runes contained in the text of Rä. 43, which has a cock for part of its subject. Add: —
holm
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Sǽýþa vel holmas equo[r], maria 143, 74. low-lying land by a stream, occurring in local names Man beónn ealle Cantware tó wigge tó Holme, C. D. ii. 387, 19. ꝥ Into Holme minstre, 113, 29.
ofer-wyrcan
to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay
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to cover by working, to work a covering over something, to overlay Hé hit him eft hám bebeád on ánum brede áwriten and siððan hit áwriten wæs hé hit oferworhte mid weaxe qui omnia civibus suis per tabellas scriptas, et post cera superlitas, enunciabat
on-sagu
A charge brought against a person, accusation
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A charge brought against a person, accusation Á biþ andsæc swíðere ðonne onsagu, i.e. in a case where a charge is brought against a person, and it is met with a denial attested by the proper legal formalities, the case against him fails, L.
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tó-beátan
To beat to pieces, ⬩ destroy by beating
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To beat to pieces, destroy by beating Hig gebundon ðone bysceop be ðám fótum on sumne fearr and ðone gegremedon, ðæt hé hleóp on unsméðe eorðan and ðam bysceope ðæt heáfod tóbeót, Shrn. 152, 2.
Cwén-land
Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north. Malte-Brun says that the inhabitants of Cwén-land were a Finnish race. They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines. 'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . . Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman
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They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines.
gelíce
Likewise ⬩ also ⬩ as ⬩ pariter
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Gelíce sé lég hie cwylmde gelíce ða Cristenan him mid heora wǽpnum hýndon they were killed alike by the lightning and laid low by the weapons of the Christians, 203, 16 : Nar. 14, 10.