wealh
a foreigner ⬩ properly a Celt ⬩ a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., ⬩ the British ⬩ the Welsh ⬩ Wales ⬩ a Roman ⬩ a slave ⬩ servant ⬩ a shameless person
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Weales hýd twelfum, L. In. 23; Th. i. 118, 3. Wealh, gif hé hafaþ fíf hýda, hé bið syxhynde (cf. for relative importance of the Celt and the Englishman, L. R. 2; Th. i. 190, 15-18), 24; Th. i. 118, 10.
wer
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Ðæt hé hý healdan wille swá wær his wíf sceal, L. Edm. B. 1; Th. i. 254, 7. Iósep hyre wer ( vir ), Mt. Kmbl. 1, 19. Wearð seó módor gegremod æfter hire weres forðsíðe fram hire cilde, Homl. Th. ii. 30, 4.
Linked entry: wíf
a-biddan
To ask ⬩ pray ⬩ pray to ⬩ pray for ⬩ obtain by asking or praying ⬩ petere ⬩ precari ⬩ postulare ⬩ exorare ⬩ impetrare
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Ðá sendon hý tuá heora ǽrendracan to Rómánum æfter friðe; and hit abiddan ne mihtan then they sent their ambassadors twice to Rome for peace; and could not obtain it, Ors. 4, 7; Bos. 87, 39.
a-rásian
To lay open ⬩ discover ⬩ explore ⬩ detect ⬩ reprove ⬩ correct ⬩ seize ⬩ detegere ⬩ invenire ⬩ explorare ⬩ corripere ⬩ reprehendere ⬩ intercipere
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Ðǽr hý arásade, reótaþ and beofiaþ, fóre freán forhte there they detected, shall wail and tremble, afraid before the Lord, Exon. 25 b; Th. 75, 3; Cri. 1230.
be-gitan
To get ⬩ obtain ⬩ take ⬩ acquire ⬩ to seek out ⬩ receive ⬩ gain ⬩ seize ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ catch ⬩ sumere ⬩ obtinere ⬩ assequi ⬩ acquirere ⬩ nancisci ⬩ capere ⬩ comprehendere ⬩ arripere
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Ðe hý under Alexandre begeáton which [riches] they had gained under Alexander Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 27 : Beo. Th. 4490; B. 2249. Fin sweord-bealo begeat misery from the sword seized Fin Beo. Th. 2297; B. 1146
FLEÓT
a place where vessels float ⬩ a bay ⬩ gulf ⬩ an arm of the sea ⬩ estuary ⬩ the mouth of a river ⬩ a river ⬩ stream ⬩ sĭnus ⬩ æstuārium ⬩ rīvus ⬩ a raft ⬩ ship ⬩ vessel ⬩ rătis ⬩ nāvis
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Voc. 63, 69. a raft, ship, vessel; rătis, nāvis Ic gebycge bát on sǽwe, fleót on faroþe I buy a boat on the sea, a vessel on the ocean, Exon. 119b; Th. 458, 13; Hy. 4, 100
Linked entries: mylen-fleót fleóte fliét fleóte
fóre-þonc
Fore-thought ⬩ providence ⬩ provĭdentia
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Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 16; Az. 191: 118 a; Th. 454, 22; Hy. 4, 37. Se fóreþonc is sió godcunde gesceádwísnes, sió ðe eall fórewát providence is the divine intelligence, which foreknows all, Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 26.
Linked entry: fóre-þanc
for-licgan
To lie in a forbidden manner ⬩ fornicate ⬩ commit fornication ⬩ fornĭcāri ⬩ adultĕrāre
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To lie in a forbidden manner, fornicate, commit fornication; fornĭcāri, adultĕrāre Ðá forlǽg heó hý sóna then she soon committed fornication, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 6: 4, 4; Bos. 80, 21. Ðæt nán wíf heó ne forlicge that no woman commit fornication, L.
medu
Mead ⬩ a drink made from honey
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Ðǽr hý meodn drincaþ, Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 16; Rä. 21, 12. Medewa, wín defruta, decocta vina, Hpt. Gl. 468, 38
Linked entry: medo
ge-reord
Language, speech, tongue, voice
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Language, speech, tongue, voice Hí cunnon eall mennisc gereord nationum linguis loquentes, Nar. 37, 4: Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 2: Hy. Grn. ii. 287, 19: 293, 43. Ðæt ys on úrum gereorde that is in our language, Thw. Hept. 155, 37: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 97, 55.
sweotolian
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R. 382, 3.] to become manifest Ðín mycele miht manegum swutelaþ, Hy. 9, 32
sundor-sprǽc
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Hý (Hannibal and Scipio) hiera sundorsprǽce (colloquium) tó unsibbe brohton, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 202, 12. where many speak in private, a private conference, council:?-Hí cómon ealle tósomne tó heora sundersprǽce, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 9
teorian
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Th. 469, 21; Hy. 11, 5. Tiorade desisse, Txts. 57, 668. Teorode, Wrt. Voc. ii. 25, 37: Exon. Th. 436, 29; Rä. 55, 8. Eágan mé teoredon defecerunt oculi mei, Ps. Th. 118, 82.
á-sceádan
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Gl. figurative Bisceopas áscádað út of cyrican þá þe hý sylfe forgyltan, Wlfst. 104, 10. Hé hine ásceád ( v. l. -scéd) of ðám woroldríce, Past. 39, 21. Áscádan ðá forhæfdnesse from ðǽre ánmódnesse, 347, 2.
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á-lútan
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Forþ álotene cernui, Hy. S. 5, 29. where purpose is given Se þén tó his bletsunge mid ðám fæte áleát, Hml. Th. ii. 158, 19. to make an inclination with Seó leó áleát mid þám heáfde, Hml. S. 30, 417
clýsing
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I. 26, 14. an enclosed place, cloister, closet Út ágán mǽdenes módor clýsinga egressus virginis matris clausula, Hy. S. 34, 34. Hé lét þá módor tó þám suna on synderlicre clýsincge, Hml. S. 4, 343. Clýsunga mynstres claustra monasterii, R. Ben.
drencan
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</b> to plunge, sink :-- Þæt hý wið deáða duru drencyde wǽran, Ps. Th. 106, 17. of water, to drown Hí ne mihte fýr bærnan ne wæter dræncean, Shrn. 66, 17. intrans.
ge-hlíwan
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Hy. S. 9, 14. Fruman gecyrredra geswǽsum gehlýwende ł gehyrtende ( refouenda ) synd gemetum, Scint. 61, 10
Linked entries: ge-hleówan ge-hlýwan
ge-máh
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Gemáh scínhíw flíhð pervicax monstrum (the devil) fugit, Hy. S. 142, 12.
ge-cwéman
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Þú éce líf eallum dǽlest, swá hér manna gehwylc Metode gecwémað, Hy. 10, 58. Ic ne gecwémde non placui, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 27. Heora ofspring, þone dǽl ðe him ǽr gecwémde, Hml.