spinnan
to spin ⬩ to writhe ⬩ twist
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Ða of his leáfum and of his flýse ðæs treówes spunnon and swá eác tó godewebbe wǽfon and worhtan foliis arborum ex siluestri uellere uestes detexunt, Nar. 6, 18. of the action of the tide on the sand Sand sǽcir span (Grein would read spán) the ebb hath
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elles
otherwise ⬩ differently ⬩ elsewhere ⬩ else ⬩ else
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Eall þæt manncynnes elles wæs, eall hit ádranc, Wlfst. 10, 13. Ꝥ man ǽlc beboden fæsten healde, sí hit Ymbrenfæsten, sí hit Lengctenfæsten, sí hit elles óðer fæsten, Ll. Th. i. 368, 22. Elles óðre fæstena healde man, 308, 18.
flód
flood ⬩ a river ⬩ water ⬩ a flood ⬩ deluge ⬩ the Deluge ⬩ a torrent
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Th. i. 378, 20. a flood, deluge, an overflowing of land His deácon sǽde ꝥ seó eá wǽre of hire rihtryne on þǽre cyrican yrðland úp yrnende . . . Þá andswarode se biscop: ' Gá and cweð tó ðǽre eá: "Geblin ðú þyses flódes,"' Gr. D. 193, 19.
æl-wihta
strange creatures ⬩ monsters ⬩ alieni generis entia ⬩ monstra ⬩ all created things ⬩ omnia creata
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strange creatures, monsters; alieni generis entia, monstra Ðæt ðǽr gumena sum ælwihta eard ufan cunnode that a man from above explored there the dwelling of strange creatures, Beo.
éðel-weard
A country's guardian or ruler, a king ⬩ patriæ custos vel dŏmĭnus, rex
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A country's guardian or ruler, a king; patriæ custos vel dŏmĭnus, rex Wæs ðæt fród cyning, eald éðelweard that was a wise king, an old country's guardian, Beo. Th. 4426; B. 2210.
ge-algian
To protect ⬩ defend ⬩ tuēri ⬩ defendĕre
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To protect, defend; tuēri, defendĕre Hér stynt eorl, ðe wile gealgian éðel ðysne here stands an earl, who will defend this land, Byrht. Th. 133, 18; By. 52.
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iór
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The name of the rune ᛡ ; also of a fish, perhaps the eel ᛡ byþ eáfixa [sum] and ðeáh á brúceþ fódres on faldan eel is a river-fish, and yet ever eats food on the ground, Runic pm. 28; Kmbl. 345. 4.
leóna
A lion ⬩ lioness
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A lion or lioness Zosimus tó ðam leónan cwæþ: Eálá ðú mǽsta(e) wildeór [cf. l. 15 seó leó mid hire earmum], Glostr. Frag. 110, 9. Oft hálige men wunedon on wéstene betwux wulfum and leónum, Homl. Th. i. 102, 5: 488, 4: 572, 13: ii. 192, 24.
gin
Wide ⬩ spacious ⬩ ample
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Eall ðes ginna grund all this spacious earth, Exon. 116 a; Th. 445, 23; Dóm. 12: 85 b; Th. 321, 24; Vid. 51: Beo. Th. 3106; B. 1551: Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 1; Jud, 2
gedýre
A door post ⬩ postis ad fores
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On ǽgðer gedýre on each door-post, Ex. 12, 7. Hí mearcodon mid blóde on heora gedýrum TAU, ðæt is, róde tácen they marked on their door-posts TAU, that is, the sign of the cross, Homl. Th. ii. 266, 8 : 264, 1
séðung
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Hé ðæs árleásan eáre gehǽlde tó séðunge soðre godcundnysse ( in proof of true divinity ), 248, 2. Hé heora goda geendunge mid swutelum séðungum gewissode, i. 558, 16. Séðingum assertionibus, Hpt. Gl. 525, 35. Séðincgum, 409, 53
stirne
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Stern, hard, austere, rigorous, severe Ic wát ðæt ðú eart swíðe styrne mann scio quia homo durus es (Mt. 25, 24), Homl. Th. ii. 552, 31. Cyning sceal beón milde ðám gódum and styrne ðám yfelum, L. I. P. 2 ; Th. ii. 306, 1 : Wulfst. 267, 3.
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sweord-fetels
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Se cásere heora ǽlces sweordfætelsas hét forceorfan the emperor ordered the sword-belts of each of them to be cut, Ðat swerd on hundtwelftian mancusas and fóur pund silueres on þan fetelse, Chart. Th. 505, 32.
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dol
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Sé ðe eall his mód bið áflogen tó gæglbǽrnesse and tó dole qui totis cogitationibus ad lasciviam defluit, Past. 73, 12. Gif se gilda mid dysie and myd dole stleá, bere sylf ꝥ hé worhte, Cht. Th. 612, 2
ge-hala
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Sege ús nú ꝥ sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, and wé beóð þíne gehalan and þíne midspecan, ne wé nellað þé ámeldian, ac hit eall stille lǽtan, ꝥ hit nán man ne þearf geáxian búton ús sylfum, Hml. S. 23, 590
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líc-þrúh
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' Seó þín lícþrúh eáðe unc bégen ymbféhð . . . þá on-týndon hí þá þrúh (sepulcrum) . . . þæs abbodes líchama hæfde áíylled ealle þá lícþrúh (sepulcrum) . . . þá fǽringa se líchama þæs abbudes . . . hine sylfne cyrde and ǽmtige stówe þǽre lícþrúh
prician
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Pricigende eáge út gelǽt teáras and sé þe pricaþ heortan forþbringð andgyt punguens oculum deducit lacrimas, et qui pungit cor profert sensum (Ecclus. 22, 19), Scint. 188, 13. intrans.
smeálíce
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Hé nát hú smeálíce his dǽde sceolon beón gedémde beforan Godes eágum facta illius quam subtiliter judicentur ignorat, 337, 16. subtlely, craftily Oððe hé mid geámeleáste ús gebysgað, oþþe mid smeágungum smeálíce ús hremð, Hml. S. 13, 59
wisc
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Andlang burnstówæ ðænna ðǽr eást tó stucan wise, 175, 35. On ceabwisce; of ceabwisce, 419, 18
hand-dǽda
One who does a deed with his own hand
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One who does a deed with his own hand Ðonne wille ic ðæt eall seó mǽgþ sý unfáh bútan ðam handdǽdan then I will that all the kindred be free from the feud except the actual doer of the deed, L. Edm. S. 1; Th, i. 248, 6, 12: L.
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