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hleówan

(v.)
Grammar
hleówan, hleón, hlýwan; p. de.

to make warm, cherish, protect, shelterto become warm

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Se king ðǽr sæt hleówwinde hine beo ðan fýre the king sat there warming himself by the fire, Shrn. 16, 16.

Linked entry: hleón

swínen

(adj.)
Grammar
swínen, adj.
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Hyre twigu beóþ swylce swínen byrst. Lchdm. i. 156, 2

sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sceatt, es ; m.

property, goods, wealth, treasureprice, gift, bribe, tax, tribute, money, goods a coin

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Gif ðú ðæt gerǽdest, ðæt ðú wille syllan sǽmannum feoh . . . wé willaþ ¨mid ðám sceattum ús tó scype gangan, Byrht. Th. 132, 62; By. 40.

Linked entry: sceat

boda

(n.)
Grammar
boda, an; m. [bod a message, -a, q. v. ]

a messenger, ambassador, herald, apostle, angelnuntius, legatus, præco, apostolus, angelusa foreboder, prophetpropheta, vatesa messenger

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Brimmanna boda præco nautarum, Byrht. Th. 133, 12; By. 49. Gefeohtes bodan heralds of war; præfeciales, Ælfc. Gl. 53; Som. 66, 81; Wrt, Voc. 36, 7.

scealc

(n.)
Grammar
scealc, es; m.

a servanta man, soldier, sailor

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Th. 230, 10; Dan. 231 . as a term of reproach Ðá hine heówon hǽðene scealcas, Byrht. Th. 137, 5; By. 181. Hwílum ic gehére helle scealcas, gnorniende cynn, Cd.

Linked entry: scilcen

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Byð tíd geweorðad Barðoloméus, Men. 154. to honour in words, speak in honour of, celebrate, praise, glorify Geworðade God glorificabat Deum, Lk. L. 13, 13.

swaþu

(n.)
Grammar
swaþu, Cf. (?) swín-sceadu.
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The word occurs in a list giving the names of various parts of a pig: — Rysle ausungia, flicce perna, spic larda, meargh lucanica, wrót bruncus, rop jus, swína swaþu suesta, byrst seta, Wrt. Voc. i. 286, 50-57.

ge-hwilc

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Gif mínra geréfena hwylc (gehwylce, v. l. ) þis dón nylle, 212, 27. as adjective Þonne ꝥ mód byð tódǽled tó manegum þingum, þonne byð hit þe lǽsse tó gehwilc-um ánum synderlicum þinge: and swá mycele swýðor hit byð under-cropen on gehwilcum ánum þinge

(n.)
Grammar
EÁ, often indeclinable in the sing, but eás is sometimes found in gen; and é, ǽ, eǽin dat; pl. nom. acc. eá, eán; gen. eá; dat. eáum, eám, eán; f; ǽ

indecl. f. Running water, a stream, river, water flŭvius, flūmen, torrens, aqua

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Be ðære eá ófrun by the banks of the river, Gen. 41, 3: Ors. 1, 3; Bos. 27, 28: 2, 4; Bos. 44, 13. Be ðære eá by the river. Chr. 896; Th. 172, 35, col. 2. Ða eá oferfaran wolde would go over the river, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 2.

Linked entries: ǽ é

níwe

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Ox. 40, 36. ¶ applied to the moon :-- Gyf se móna byð ǽr ǽfenne fram ðǽre sunnan geedníwod, hé byð þonne sóna æfter sunnan setlgange níwe geteald, Lch. iii. 266, 4.

(adv.; int.)

Woeillwoealasvae,well-a-waywell-a-dayahvah

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Hí ne mihton ásecgan, hú wá ðám sáwlum byð, Wulfst. 147, 17. Ðæt him nǽfre ǽr nǽre swá wá swá him ðá wæs, 235, 19. Ne weorðe ðé nǽfre tó ðæs wá, ðæt ðú ne wéne betran andergilde, Prov.

Linked entries: eów waa

æþelo

(n.)
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Þá wǽron æðelum Abrahames bearn by birth they were children of Abraham, Dan. 193. Fór cynn æfter cynne; cúðe ǽghwilc mǽgburga riht, eorla æðelo, Exod. 353. <b>IIa.

rýman

(v.)
Grammar
rýman, de.

to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplifyto clear a wayyield, give place

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Th. 436, 18. to make clear by removing obstructions, to clear a way (lit. and metaph.) Hé sáwlumrýmeþ lífwegas, Exon. Th. 148, 4; Gú. 739 : 436, 6; Rä. 54, 10.

Linked entry: rúmaþ

sáwel-sceatt

(n.)
Grammar
sáwel-sceatt, es; m.

An ecclesiastical due

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An ecclesiastical due, to be paid for every deceased person to the clergy of the church to which he belonged, in consideration of the services performed by them in his behalf.

Linked entry: sáwel-gescot

-estre

(suffix)
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Add: v. baec-estre, bepǽc-estre, bígeng-estre, byrd-estre, cenn-estre, cynn-estre, crenc-estre, forsǽw-estre, fylg-estre, glíwbyden-estre, hearp-estre, hopp-estre, hulf-estre, ic-estre, lǽttéw-estre, lopp-estre, luf-estre, lybb-estre, nídhǽm-estre, tæpp-estre

cempa

(n.)
Grammar
cempa, an; m. [camp war, battle, -a, q. v.]

A soldier, warrior, CHAMPIONmiles, bellator, athleta = ἀθλητής

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Kmbl. 922; An. 461: Byrht. Th. 135, 17; By. 119: Beo. Th. 2629; B. 1312.

Linked entry: cæmpa

FÚS

(adj.)
Grammar
FÚS, adj.

Readypreparedpromptquickeagerhasteningproneinclinedwillingready for deathdyingpromptuscĕlerpărātusprōnuscŭpĭduspropĕræ morti devōtusmŏrĭbundus

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Kmbl. 509; An. 255: Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 7; Rä. 72, 24: Byrht. Th. 139, 68; By. 281. He ferde siððan swíðe fús to Rome he, being very quick, afterwards went to Rome, Ælfc. T. 30, 8: Cd. 23; Th. 28, 28; Gen. 443: 147; Th. 184, 6; Exod. 103.

weorþ-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
weorþ-líce, weorþelíce; adv.
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Hé his sincgyfan wurðlíce wrec, Byrht. Th. 139, 64; By. 279. Ne gefrægn ic nǽfre wurðlícor sixtig sigebeorna sél gebǽran, Fins. Th. 74; Fins. 37: Cd. Th. 126, 12; Gen. 2094.

hám-weard

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Þá hié from ðǽre byrg hámweard wǽron, S. 144, 28. with verb of motion Þonne hié hámweard fóran, þonne sceoldan hiera senatus rídan wiðæftan þǽm consulum, Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 27. Israhéla folc mid sige wendon him hámweard, Hml. A. 113, 379.

rícsian

(v.)
Grammar
rícsian, p. ode.

to exercise or have powerto rulegovernreignto domineerdominatetyrannizeexercise violenceto prevail

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Hé rícsaþ (regnabit) on écnesse, and hys ríces ende ne byþ, Lk. Skt. 1, 33. Ríxaþ, Ps. Th. 9, 36. Ríhcsaþ, Ps. Spl. 95, 9. 'Hí rícsodon (-edon, Hatt. MS.) næs ðeáh mínes þonces' ... Ða ðe swǽ rícsiaþ (-ieaþ, Hatt.