ildan
To delay ⬩ tarry ⬩ defer ⬩ put off ⬩ postpone ⬩ procrastinate ⬩ connive at ⬩ dissimulate
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To delay, tarry, defer, put off, postpone, procrastinate, delay the notice of anything, connive at, dissimulate Tó hwon yldestú middangeard tó onlýhtenne why dost thou delay to enlighten the world? Blickl. Homl. 7, 33.
ge-fére
Easy of access ⬩ făcĭlis accessu
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Easy of access; făcĭlis accessu Nis se foldan sceát mongum gefére the tract of earth is not easy of access to many, Exon. 55 b; Th. 198, 3; Ph. 4
Linked entry: -fére
stól
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Man sceal habban . . . sceamelas, stólas, Anglia ix. 264, 21. the seat (lit. and fig.) of one in authority, the throne of a king, see of a bishop Sóna se stól ( the throne ) scylfþ, L. I. P. 4 ; Th. ii. 308, 1.
á-flíman
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Diúl sé ðe áflémed is ( fugitivus est ) from galle fisces ðerh ðone héhengel, Rtl. 146, 37. of expulsion, banishment, lit. Hié hine ( Pope Leo ) of his setle áfliémdon, Chr. 797; P. 56, 11. Geútod, áflýmed exiliata . An. Ox. 4849.
Linked entry: á-flýman
hwílum
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H. 61, 35. of a single past event, once, some time ago Sétnung hwílum ł for longe áworden seditio quondam facta Lk. R. L. 23, 19. Hwílon wacodon menn swá swá gewunelic is ofer án deád líc, Hml.
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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Round the banner of Athelstan were ranged one hundred thousand Englishmen, and before them was the whole power of Scotland, of Wales, of Cumberland, and of Ireland under Anlaf, king of Dublin, led on by sixty thousand Northmen.
BRÓGA
A prodigy, monster, trembling, fear, terror, horror, dread ⬩ monstrum, tremor, terror, horror
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Hine se bróga angeat terror laid hold of him, Beo. Th. 2587; B. 1291. Ne con he ðæs brógan dǽl he knoweth not a portion of the terror, Exon. 117 a; Th. 449, 15; Dóm. 71.
Linked entry: brégd
cor-snǽd
A choice or trial piece ⬩ panis conjurátus, offa consecrāta
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A choice or trial piece; panis conjurátus, offa consecrāta. A sort of ordeal in which the person accused had placed in his mouth an ounce of bread or cheese.
mann
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Gif man óðrum steóp ásette þǽr mæn drincen, 32, 8, Leófan men, Wlfst. 6, 2, and often. Men ðá leófestan, 232, 12, and often. Ic cwæð þæt wǽron ealle menn ungemete leáse (omnis homo mendax), Ps.
Berhte
Bertha ⬩ Bercta
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Bertha; Bercta, the daughter of Cariberht, king of Paris, and granddaughter of Clotaire, king of the Franks and Burgundians. In the year 570, she married Æðelbryht, king of Kent.
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gráf
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In Æðelstánes gráf; of gráue, 80, 19. Of þǽre brádon strǽt be þám gráfe innan ðá portstrǽt, Cht. E. 239, 6. Ðám twám hídan and ðá mǽde and ðone gráf ðe þǽrtó mid rihte tó ligeð, 248, 12. Ofer mid ðone gráf, C. D. iii. 52, 23. Ofer ðæt gráf, 389, 1.
for-elcian
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to put off too long, delay unduly Ꝥ sume þá gecorene . . . beón gemanede tó Godes þénunga þe heó forelcodan, Nap. 24 (12th cent. MS.)
Linked entry: elcian
þigen
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Ofet hine fédde, and wudehunig, and óðre wáclice ðigena, Hml. Th. i. 352, 8
ceorf-æx
A cutting axe, executioner's axe ⬩ securis
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A cutting axe, executioner's axe; securis Wǽran ða heáfda mid ceorfæxum ofacorfena their heads were cut off with axes, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 79, 7
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feorlen
Far off ⬩ distant ⬩ remote ⬩ longinquus
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Far off, distant, remote; longinquus Se gingra sunu ferde wræclíce on feorlen ríce adolescentior fīlius pĕregre profectus est in rĕgiōnem longinquam, Lk. Bos. 15, 13
Linked entry: ferren
sunn-sceadu
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A sun-shade, veil, covering to keep off the sun Sunsceadu flammeolum (flameolum curchyfe, Wrt. Voc. i. 238, col. 2), Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 6
byrht-word
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Bright of word, clear in words or speech; clarus voce Byrhtword arás engla ordfruma the creator of angels, bright of words, arose, Cd. 218; Th. 279, 15; Sat. 238
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dreórig-mód
Sad of mind ⬩ tristis anĭmo
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Sad of mind; tristis anĭmo Abraham dráf dreórig-mód tú of earde Abraham drove the two sad of mind from his habitation, Cd. 134; Th. 169, 24; Gen. 2804
streám-faru
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The going or flowing of a stream of water, a current: — -Se æðeling hét streámfare stillan the prince bade the rush of waters cease, Andr. Kmbl. 3150; An. 1578
sumsende
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humming, sounding (of falling rain) Hí ( the storm-clouds ) feallan lǽtaþ sweart sumsendu (suinsendu? v. swinsian) seáw of bósme, wǽtan of wontbe, Exon. Th. 385, 19; Rä. 4, 47