Cædmon
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A full account is given of him in Bede's History, bk. iv. ch. 24.
liss
Mildness ⬩ lenity ⬩ mercy ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ grace ⬩ delight ⬩ joy
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Th. i. 330, 30. Ic ðé biddan wile lífes and lisse I will ask thee for life and favour, Ps. C. 50, 69; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 69. Hé þancode lífes leóhtfruman lisse and ára, Cd. 90; Th. 113,19; Gen. 1889.
ge-wuldorbeágian
To crown
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Stephanus is on Leden coronatus ðæt we eweðaþ on Englisc gewuldorbeágod Stephen is in Latin 'coronatus,' which we express in English by crowned, Homl. Th. i. 50, 12; 52, 20
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ge-fægnian
To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ exult ⬩ gaudēre ⬩ exultāre
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To rejoice, be glad, exult; gaudēre, exultāre Ic geblissige and ic gefægnige on ðé lætābor et exultābo in te, Ps. Lamb. 9, 3. Geblissiaþ, and gefægniaþ on ðám dagum gaudēte in illa die et exultāte, Lk. Bos. 6, 23.
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wyrt
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Bewylle on hwǽtene wyrte, Lchdm. ii. 268, 12
pípian
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to pipe Án stán is in Sicilia (achates) háten, se wæs on Pires hýrnesse, þæs ansýne is swilce án man pípige mid nigon pípan and án man hearpige (cf. Namque habuisse traditur (i. e.
ge-wǽcan
To weaken ⬩ affect ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ afflict ⬩ oppress ⬩ affĭcĕre ⬩ affīgĕre
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We on ðínum yrre synt swíðe gewǽhte in īra tua defēcĭmus, Ps. Th. 89, 9: Jud. 6, 2: Homl. Th. ii. 396, 28
æt-standan
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II. in Dict.). to stop, remain in a certain state Hé ne ætstent ł hé ne þurhwunaþ non subsistet , Ps. L. 102, 16. ꝥ hús wearþ forburnen. . . see Ætstód se streám swá steáp swá munt, Hml. Th. ii. 212, 22
treówþ
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The word is used sometimes in plural with force of singular. truth, good faith, honour Ðǽr dydon þeáh Rómáne lytla triéwþa ðæt him ða wǽron láðe ðe hiera hláford beswican there, however, the Romans acted a little honourably (in hoc solo Romanis circa
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be-witan
watch over
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Add: in a general sense, to take charge of, watch over Wén is ꝥ hé wille bewitan á his menn ge on lífe ge on deá ðe, Hml.
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EFES
Eaves of a house, a brim, brink, edge, side ⬩ margo, lătus
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Eaves of a house, a brim, brink, edge, side; margo, lătus Geworden ic eom swá swá spearwa ánhoga oððe ánwuniende on efese oððe on þecene factus sum sīcut passer solĭtārius in tecto, Ps. Lamb. 101, 8. To ðære efese to the edge, Cod. Dipl. 353; A.
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hund-seofontig
Seventy
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Ealles hundseofontig manna seventy men in all, Homl. Th. ii. 190, 30. His suna gestríndon twá and hundseofontig suna his sons begot seventy-two sons, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 61, 154.
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hamer-wyrt
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Add: 'Hammerwort is Pellitorie of the wall', Gerarde's Herbal Homorwyrt perdicalis, Wrt. Voc. i. 68, 60. (Cf. þás wyrte þe wé perdicalis (glossed in a later MS. by halmer wet ) nemdan, Lch. i. 186, 17).
pyle
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In l. 8 for seti l. setl, and add: pylu Pylu ceruical, An. Ox. 29, 4. Pyles tácen is þæt þú mid þínum scytefingre sume feþer tácnum gestríce on þýne wynstran hand innewearde and lecge tó þínum eáron, Tech. ii. 126, 6.
wægn-scilling
A toll of a shilling on each waggon standing to be loaded at a salt-pan
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Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. pp. 70, 71, 329
spédig
having good speed ⬩ prosperous ⬩ having means ⬩ wealthy ⬩ opulent ⬩ rich in material wealth ⬩ rich in ⬩ abounding in ⬩ abundant ⬩ copious ⬩ powerful ⬩ uber, efficax, brevis
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Th. 107, 3; Gen. 1783. having means, wealthy, opulent, rich in material wealth Hé wæs swýðe spédig man on ðǽm ǽhtum ðe heora spéda on beóþ, ðæt is, on wildrum, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 8. Ic ne eom swá spédig (dives) ðæt ic mǽge bicgean mé wín, Coll.
sægen
a saying, statement, assertion ⬩ tradition, report, story ⬩ a narration, relation
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cf. fyrn-gewrit, -gid) it is an old story, Andr. Kmbl. 2977; An. 1491. Ic wolde gewitan hweðer sió segen sóð wǽre ðe mé mon be ðon sægde I wanted to know whether the story I had been told about it was true, Nar. 24, 15.
rýmet
space, extent ⬩ clear space, room ⬩ extension, clearance
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Hit is gedón swá ðú héte, and hér gyt is rýmet æmtig, ii. 376, 9.
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singan
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I. prm. ; Th. ii. 396, 8. Hringíren scír song in searwum, Beo. Th. 651 ; B. 323. Ic seah sellíc þing singan, Exon.
incge
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in the phrase incge láfe [a sword], Beo. Th. 5747; 13. 2577, appears to be a proper name. Ing occurs in stanza 22 of the Runic poem, and Ing-winas is a name of the Danes in Beowulf