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lá

(int.)

Lo ⬩ Oh ⬩ Ah

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Wá lá áhte ic mínra handa geweald alas! had I power over my hands, Cd. 19; Th. 23, 32; Gen. 368. Wá lá wá heu, proh dolor! Bd. 2, 1; 8. 501, 14. Wei lá wei, [cf. Chauc. weilawey Shakspere welladay] Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 12, Cott. MS.

hláf-mæsse

(n.)
Grammar
hláf-mæsse, -messe, an; f.

Lammas, ⬩ a name for the first of August

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Lammas, a name for the first of August Ðæt wæs on ðære tíde calendas Agustus and on ðæm dæge ðe wé hátaþ hláfmæsse it was on the first of August, on the day that we call Lammas, Ors. 5, 13; Swt. 246, 17.

Linked entries: hláf-sénung hlám-mæsse

ge-héran

(v.)
Grammar
ge-héran, p. de; pp. ed

To hear ⬩ audīre

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We gehérdon wuldres swég we heard the sound of glory, 218; Th. 279, 13; Sat. 237. Gehér án spell hear a discourse, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 1 : 35, 5; Fox 166, 21, note 24.

wiþer-mál

(n.)
Grammar
wiþer-mál, es; m.

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.

reónig-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
reónig-mód, ;adj.;

Sad at heart, weary

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; Sad at heart, weary; Wæs him reste neód reónig-módum ;need of rest was there for him weary-hearted,; Exon. Th. 167, 32; Gú. 1069.

Linked entry: reomig-mód

sár-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
sár-líc, adj.

sad, mournful, lamentable, grievous ⬩ causing pain, grievous ⬩ sad, mournful

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Sárlíc leóþ tragoediam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 37. Hwílum gyd áwræc sárlíc Beo. Th. 4224; B. 2109. Næs heo næuere swa sarlic, ꝥ wes Wenhauer þa quene, sarȝest wimmone, Laym. 28457

ge-yppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-yppan, p. -ypte; pp. -ypped, -yped, -ypt

To open ⬩ reveal ⬩ declare ⬩ manifest ⬩ disclose

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Wit wéndon ðæt ðæt sand uncre swaðe geypte we expected that the sand would discover our track, Shrn. 42, 19. Se geypte hǽðenum déman ðæt ðæs tiburtius wæs cristen he disclosed to the heathen judge that this Tiburtius was a christian, 116, 23.

Linked entry: ge-upped

swic-dóm

(n.)
Grammar
swic-dóm, es; m.
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Wæs ðis land swíðe ástirad and mid mycele swicdóme áfylled the land was much disturbed and filled with treason, 1087; Erl. 224, 2.

wíg-bealu

(n.)
Grammar
wíg-bealu, wes; n.

War-bale ⬩ harm caused by war ⬩ the calamity of war

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War-bale, harm caused by war, the calamity of war Wígbealu weccean to kindle the wasting flame of war, Beo. Th. 4098; B. 2046

be-wyrcan

(v.)
Grammar
be-wyrcan, -weorcean, bi-wyrcan; p. -worhte, pl. -worhton; pp. -worht

To work, work in, insert, make, build, cover, adorn ⬩ elaborare, immittere, facere, ædificare, inducere, exornare

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Ne wát ic mec beworhtne wulle flýsum I know not that I was made with fleeces of wool, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 11; Rä. 36, 3. He lǽmen fæt biwyrcan hét he commanded to make an earthen vessel, 74 a; Th. 277, 3; Jul. 575.

Linked entries: be-smiþian be-weorcean be-worht bi-wyrcan

þeód-wita

(n.)
Grammar
þeód-wita, an; m.
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</b> </b> Manega þing wé mihton of þeódwitena gesetnysse geícean, Anglia viii. 321, 24. [Cf Icel. þjóð-skáld, -smiðr a great poet, craftsman.] Cf. leód-wita

ǽg-hwǽr

Grammar
ǽg-hwǽr, Dele á-hwǽr, and add: -hwár, -wern.

in every place, ⬩ to every place, in every direction ⬩ in every case ⬩ in every respect

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Wé forhealdað ǽghwǽr (-hwár, v. l.) Godes gerihta, Wlfst. 157, 14. Hié hergodon ǽghwǽr be ðám sǽ, Chr. 918; P. 98, 12: 998; P. 131, 13. Him wæs ǽghwǽr wá, Sat. 342. Ǽghwǽr onbútan circumquaque, An. Ox. 2, 251. Ǽghwǽr on eorþan, Gen. 2705.

nóþ

(n.)
Grammar
nóþ, e; f.

temerity ⬩ presumption ⬩ boldness ⬩ daring ⬩ an adventurous band

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Semninga on sealtne wǽg mid ða nóþe ( the sailors who have landed on the whale thinking it an island) niþer gewíteþ gársecges gæst (the whale ), 361, 31; Wal. 28

or-treówe

(adj.)
Grammar
or-treówe, -triéwe, -trýwe; adj.

despairing, hopeless ⬩ faithless, perfidious

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Wé tó wáce hýraþ Qrum Drihtne, and wg to ortreówe (-trýwe, MS. A. : -truwe, MS. C. ) syndan Godes mihta and his mildheortnesse, Wulfst. gi, 14. Hia æt níhstan wǽron ortriéwe (-treówe, MS.

Linked entry: or-trýwe

dreógan

(v.)
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</b> to do battle, wage war :-- Hí gewin úp hófon and þæt drugon oþ hí mid ealle ofslegene wǽron, Ors. 1, 4; S. 32, 18. Hió þæt ylce gewin twá and feówertig wintra wæs dreógende, 1, 2; S. 30, 17.

beado-róf

(adj.)
Grammar
beado-róf, adj.

War-renowned ⬩ bold in war ⬩ in pugna strenuus

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War-renowned, bold in war; in pugna strenuus Beornas beadorófe war-renowned warriors, Apstls. Kmbl. 155; AP. 78

Linked entry: beadu-róf

ár-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
ár-líce, adv. [ = ǽr early]

Early ⬩ diluculo ⬩ mane

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War. 16, 2 : Lk. Lind. War. 24, 1: Jn. Rush. War. 8, 2

ge-beorþor

(n.)
Grammar
ge-beorþor, g. -beorþres; n. [ge-, beorþor child-birth]

A birth ⬩ nātus

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A birth; nātus Þurh ða burþran we wǽron gehǽlde, and þurh ðæt gebeorþor we wurdon alýsde through the issue we were saved, and through the birth we were redeemed, Homl. Blickl. 105, 21

beado-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
beado-cræftig, adj.

War-crafty ⬩ skilful war ⬩ warlike ⬩ bellicosus

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War-crafty, skilful war, warlike; bellicosus Beadocræftig beorn a chief skilful in war, Exon. 78b; Th. 295, 28; Crä. 40

Q

Grammar
Q, This letter occurs but seldom in Anglo-Saxon; in those native words where qu is now found, e. g. quick, quoth, cw or cu was written, cwic, cuic, cwæþ, cuæþ. In the glossary (belonging to the eighth century) given in Wrt. Voc. ii. 98 sqq. are six instances of words beginning with qu, and four others occur in the same volume; in the Blickling Gloss the form quémde glosses complacebam, and the foreign word
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reliquias retained its original form

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