wæl-bend
A deadly, mortal band
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A deadly, mortal band Wǽlbende handgewriþene deathband hand-twisted (i.e. death at a person's hands), Beo. Th. 3876; B. 1936
Linked entry: wæl-clam
ícend
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auctor this augmenter, and hæc auctrixthis augmentress, Ælfc.
Linked entry: ícestre
earfeðe
Hard, difficult, troublesome ⬩ diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus
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Hard, difficult, troublesome; diffĭcĭlis, mŏlestus Nis me earfeðe to geþolianne willan Dryhtnes mínes it is not hard for me to endure the will of my Lord, Exon. 48 a; Th. 166, 6; Gú. 1038.
hwǽte-land
Wheat-land
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Wheat-land, land for growing wheat upon Ðæt hæft se arcebisceop genumen tó hwǽtelande, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 159, 23
sealt-seáþ
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A salt-pit, salt-spring Hafaþ eác ðis land sealt*-*seáþas hábet fontes salinarum, Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 22
bell
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Th. 430, 4. v. hand-, mót-bell
clifer-féte
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Cloven-footed Hara wæs unclǽne, for ðan ðe hé nis cliferféte, Hml. S. 25, 79. v. clyfer-féte in Dict
Linked entries: clyfer-féte -féte
cniht-þeáw
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Boyish habit Placidus þágyt heóld his cniht-þeáwas and gebǽru Placidus puerilis adhuc indolis gerebat annos, Gr. D. 111, 9
ge-sceaþian
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Add: to do harm Deófol bið á ymbe þæt án, hú hé on manna sáwlum gescaðian mæge, Wlfst. 191, II
healf-híd
A half-hide
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A half-hide Gif hé ne bið bútan tó healfhýda (healfre híde, v. l.) gerysen, Ll. Th. i. 188, 16
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lǽring-mann
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Þæs láreówes hǽs and þæs lǽrincmannes (leornincgmannes, v. l.) weorc magistri jussio et discipuli opera R. Ben. 20, 6. Add
nasu
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Add: [a wk. dat. occurs] Dó brálinga þíne hand tó þínre nasan, swilce þú hwæt gestince, Tech. ii. 123, 12
wæstmbǽru
Fertility
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Fertility Ðás eorþan ealle hiere wæstmbǽro hé gelytlade terra haec sterilitate suorum fructuum castigatur, Ors. 2, 1; Swt. 58, 20
wǽr-loga
One who is false to his covenant, a faithless, perfidious person
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Hám Eormanríces, wráþes wǽrlogan, 319, 8; Víd. 9. Ðone wǽrlogan, láðne leódhatan ( Holofernes ), Judth. Thw. 22, 22; Jud. 71. Hér syndan wedlogan and wǽrlogan in this land are men false to their pledges and to their covenants, Wulfst. 165, 37.
Linked entry: wér-loga
arctos
The constellation Ursa Major
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. = ἄρκτος, f Arcton hátte án tungol on norþ dǽle, se hæfþ seofon steorran, and is for ðí óðrum naman geháten, septemtrio, ðone hátaþ lǽwede menn carles wǽn.
Linked entries: carles wǽn Boéties
CAMP
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Mec gesette Crist to compe Christ has placed me in battle, Exon. 102b; Th. 389, 3; Rä. 7, 2: Andr. Kmbl. 468; An. 234. He ofercom campe feónda folcriht he overcame the liberty of enemies in battle, Cd. 143; Th. 178, 33; Exod. 21
ge-dál
A division ⬩ separation ⬩ parting ⬩ distribution ⬩ dīvīsio ⬩ sepărātio ⬩ dīvortium ⬩ distrĭbūtio
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Se hæfde heortan unhneáweste hringa gedáles he had the most liberal heart in the distribution of rings, Scóp Th. 148; Wíd. 73. Æfter ðæs líchoman gedále and ðære sáwle after the separation of the body and soul, Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 12.
ge-earnian
To earn ⬩ deserve ⬩ enjoy ⬩ mereri ⬩ promereri ⬩ frui
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He hí hæfþ geearnod mid his hearpunga he has earned her by his harping, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 7
Linked entries: ge-ærnian ge-arnian ge-gearnian
ge-fricgan
To learn by asking or by inquiry ⬩ hear of
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Ða ðe snyttrocræft ðurh fyrngewritu gefrigen hæfden they who had learned wisdom through ancient writings, Elen. Kmbl. 310; El. 155.
Linked entry: ge-frægen
géna
Yet, still, further
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Yet, still, further Ðafodest ðú géna ðæt me þeówmennen drehte thou hast still permitted the slave-woman to vex me, Cd. 102; Th. 135, 21; Gen. 2246.