Frysa
A Frisian ⬩ Frīsius ⬩ Freso
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Ic wæs mid Frysum I was with the Frisians, Exon. 85 b; Th. 322, 24; Wíd. 68: Beo. Th. 2418; B. 1207: 5816; B. 2912: Bd. 5, 11; S. 625, 42. He ge-eóde ða fyrran Frysan he had overcome the farther Frisians, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 3
ge-frédan
To feel ⬩ perceive ⬩ know ⬩ be sensible of ⬩ sentīre
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Heó on hire gefrédde ðæt heó of ðam wíte gehǽled wæs sensit corpŏre quia sonāta esset a plāga, Mk. Bos. 5, 29. He gefrédde his deáþes neálǽcunge he was sensible of his death's approach, Homl. Th. i. 88, 8 : 574, 16.
swilce
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</b> with antecedent and relative combined (such, so) as :-- Hé wæs swelce Rómáne þá wyrþe wǽron he was such as the Romans then deserved, Ors. 6, 3; S. 256, 24. Dó þú þá lǽcedómas swilce þú þá líchoman gesié, Lch. ii. 84, 15.
wecgan
To wag (trans.), ⬩ move, shake
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To wag (trans.), move, shake Hwílum mec wonfeax wale wegeþ and þýð, Exon. Th. 393, 31; Rä. 13, 8: 403, 10; Rä. 22, 5. Hí wecgaþ heora heáfdu moverunt caput, Ps. Th. 21, 6. Wecggeaþ, 43, 16.
ge-þang
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The passage here given should read Fífte wæs gyfe pund, þanon hym wæs geseald sefa and geðang (= geðanc thought ), v. Mod. Lang. Rev. xi. 215
hwǽr
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Ic ne wát hwǽr þú eart, Bl. H. 241, 7. Ꝥ Adam understóde hwár (hwǽr, v. l. ) hé þá wæs, Angl. vii. 26, 238. Þám folce gecýðan hwǽr se wealdend wǽre, An. 800. Þú gesyhst hwǽr þá synfullan forweorðað cum pereant peccatores videbis, Ps. Th. 36, 33.
weorold-gebyrd
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Wæs heó æþele in weoruldgebyrdum, ðæt heó wæs ðæs cyninges nefan dohtor nobilis natu erat, hoc est, filia nepotis regis, 4, 23; S. 593, 2
snotor-wyrde
Prudent or wise of speech
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Sum man wæs geháten Mercurius on lífe, se wæs swýðe fácenfull and ðeáh full snotorwyrde Wulfst. 107, 1
fæste
shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Similar entries Cf. fæst; IV Seó burg wæs ungemettan fæste mid clúdum ymbweaxen the town was so surrounded by rocks that it was exceedingly strong; saxum mirae asperitatis et altitudinis, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 10. speedily, at once Ricene weorðe his feónda
Linked entry: fæstlíce
eahta-wintre
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Eight years old Sanctus Iustus wæs .viii. wintre þá hé martyrdóm þrowode, Shrn. 139, 17. Ðá ðá hé wæs eahtawintre cild, Hml. Th. ii. 134, 3
ELLEN
Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitude ⬩ vis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo
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Wæs Gúþlác on elne strong Guthlac was strong in courage. Exon. 36 b; Th. 119, 34; Gú. 264: 62 b; Th. 231, 4; Ph. 484: Beo. Th. 5624; B. 2816. Hæfde him on innan ellen untweódne he had within him unwavering courage, Andr. Kmbl. 2485; An. 1244: Beo.
ilca
The same
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Hé weorþan sceolde eft ðæt ilce ðæt hé ǽrðon wæs it should become again the same, that it was before, Exon. 61 a ; Th. 224, 21 ; Ph. 379.
eást-portic
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An east porch or portico Þæt eástportic wæs on lenge twéntig fæðma be þæs temples wídnysse and wæs týn fæðma wíd, Hml. Th. ii. 578, 12
gearo-wyrde
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Having ready utterance Se geonga wæs geworden gearow yrde (geara-, georo-, v. ll., loquela promtus ), sé þe ǽr wæs dumb, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 561, 2
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gebýdan
to abide ⬩ wait
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to abide, wait
Baðan
The city of Bath, Somersetshire ⬩ Bathoniæ urbs a balneis dicta, in agro Somersetensi
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Eádgár wæs to cyninge gehálgod on ðære ealdan byrig, Acemannes ceastre; eác, óðre worde, beornas Baðan nemnaþ Edgar was consecrated king in the old town, Akemansceaster; also, by another word, men name Bath, Chr. 973; Th. 224, 22, col. 1; Edg. 5.
Linked entries: Acemannes burh Hátabaðan
HEORÞ
A HEARTH ⬩ fire-place ⬩ a house
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Beþe hwílum ða sáran stówe æt heorþe warm the sore place at times at the hearth, L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 280, 26. Genim ðæt séleste hunig dó ofer heorþ take the best honey, put it over the fire, 2, 28; Lchdm, ii. 224, 17.
líf-dæg
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Ic on lífdagum healde ðínra worda waru vivam et custodiam sermones tuos, 118, 17: 139, 8: Cd. 162; Th. 203, 25; Exod. 409: Elen. Kmbl. 880; El. 441.
rǽswan
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Hié eallneg rǽswaþ and ondrǽdaþ ðæt hí mon tǽlan wille they are always suspecting and dreading that people want to blame them, Past. 35, 2; Swt. 239, 6. Ðú rǽswedest ( existimasti ) swíðe unryhte ðæt ic wǽre ðín gelíca, Ps. Th. 49, 22.
Linked entry: résian
ge-hátan
to call ⬩ name ⬩ vocare ⬩ nominare ⬩ to call ⬩ command ⬩ promise ⬩ vow ⬩ threaten ⬩ vocare ⬩ arcessere ⬩ jubere ⬩ spondere ⬩ promittere ⬩ vovere
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Crist wæs on ðý eahteoþan dæg Hǽlend geháten Christ was on the eighth day named Jesus, Menol. Fox 7; Men. 4. Is geháten Saturnus is called Saturn, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 48; Met. 28, 24.