ge-þeówian
To make a slave ⬩ enslave ⬩ servĭtūti subjĭcĕre ⬩ in servĭtūtem redĭgĕre
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To make a slave, enslave; servĭtūti subjĭcĕre, in servĭtūtem redĭgĕre Ǽr hine mon geþeówode before he was made a slave, L. In. 48; Th. i. 132, 9. Gif hwelc man biþ niwan geþeówad if any man be newly made a slave, 48; Th. i. 132, 7: Th.
æsc-þrote
ASH-THROAT ⬩ vervain ⬩ verbenaca ⬩ verbena officinalis
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ASH-THROAT, vervain; verbenaca, verbena officinalis, Prior, p. 242: vocabularies give the Lat. feiula the fennel-giant, but verbenaca vervain seems more probable from the following quotations, — Herba uermenaca [ = verbenaca.
æt-écan
To add to ⬩ increase ⬩ addere ⬩ adjicere
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To add to, increase; addere, adjicere He ætécte addidit, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 33: Mt. Rush. Stv. 6, 27
æt-wesan
To be present ⬩ adesse
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To be present; adesse Wilferþ ætwæs, eác swylce ætwǽron úre brúðru Wilfrid adfuit, adfuerunt et fratres nostri, Bd. 4, 5; S. 572, 12
á-hwá
Any ⬩ one ⬩ aliquis
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Any, one; aliquis Gif he áhwám geweólde if he have done violence to any one, L. Pen. 16; Th; ii. 284, 6
Linked entry: hwá
Behémas
The Bohemians ⬩ Bohēmi
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The Bohemians; Bohēmi Hí Maroaro habbaþ, be westan him Þyringas, and Behémas, and Bægware healfe they, the Moravians, have, on their west, the Thuringians, Bohemians, and part of the Bavarians Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 18, 42
Linked entry: Béme
Dærenta-múþa
Dartmouth, Devonshire ⬩ Tremunda, in agro Devoniæ
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Dartmouth, Devonshire; Tremunda, in agro Devoniæ Hí férdon to Dærentamúþan [Dertamúþan, Th. 310, 5, col. 2] they went to Dartmouth, Chr. 1049; Th. 310, 6, col. 1
dyde
a deed ⬩ actum
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a deed; actum Ors. 5, 2; Barrington, 180, 15, = dǽde, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 102, 21
-e
forthcoming, increasing
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forthcoming, increasing
eorþ-hús
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Rómáne him worhton eorþhús for ðære lyfte wylme the Romans built for themselves earth-houses because of the boiling heat of the air, L. M. 1, 72 ; Lchdm. ii. 146, 16
eár-cóðu
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Eár-cóðu parōtĭdes, Ælfc. Gl. 11; Som. 57, 57; Wrt. Voc. 20, 1
EARFEÐE
Hardship, labour, difficulty, trouble, suffering, woe ⬩ lăbor, mŏlestia, tribŭlātio
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Earfoða dǽl a deal of sufferings, Cd. 9; Th. 12, 4; Gen. 180
Gild-ford
a town in Surrey, on the river Wey
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GUILDFORD, a town in Surrey, on the river Wey, Lye.
bóc-stæf
A bookstaf, a letter, character ⬩ litera, character
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A bookstaf, a letter, character; litera, character = χαρακτήρ Awrítaþ hie on his wǽpne wælnota heáp, bealwe bócstafas they cut upon his weapon a heap of fatal marks, baleful letters, Salm. Kmbl. 325; Sal. 162.
lencten-hǽte
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Spring-heat, heat in spring Of réðre lenctenhǽtan (-hǽte, v. l.) repentinus calor veris Ors. 3, 3 ; Bos. 55, 22
Linked entry: hǽte
wearg-brǽde
Some form of disease; ⬩ impetigo, ulcus, carcinoma
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Gif nægl sié of handa and wiþ wearhbrǽdan ( probably πτερύγιον, Cockayne), nim hwǽtecorn, meng wið hunig, lege on þone finger, ii. 80, 20, 24
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ge-sóþfæstian
To justify
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To justify Bærsynnig gesóþfæstadon god publicani justificaverunt deum, Lk. Skt, Lind. 7, 29. He wolde gesóþfæstiga hine seolfne ille volens justificare seipsum, 10, 29. Gesóþfæstad is snytro justificata est sapientia, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 19: 12, 37
Linked entry: sóþfæstian
ge-swiðrian
To weaken ⬩ destroy ⬩ imminuere ⬩ debilitare ⬩ conficere
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Ne mót innan geondscínan sunne for ðǽm sweartum mistum ǽr ðæm hí geswiðrad weorþen the sun cannot shine through from within for the black mists before they are dissipated, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 90; Met. 5, 45.
ge-þeófian
To steal ⬩ thieve ⬩ furāri
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To steal, thieve; furāri Gif hwá on cirican hwæt geþeófige if any one thieve aught in a church, L. Alf. pol. 6; Th. i. 66, 2. Ðæt he hæbbe ǽr geþeófad that he had before thieved, L. In. 48; Th. i. 132, 8, MSS. B. H
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brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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Turner thinks that the Bret-walda [Hist, of A. Sax. bk. iii. ch. 5, vol. i. pp. 318 and 378] was a war-king, elected by the other Anglo-Saxon kings and their nobility, as their leader in the time of war. Lappenberg [Th.