grund-wela
Earthly wealth
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Earthly wealth Him grundwelan ginne sealde hét ðám sinhíwum sǽs and eorþan tuddorteóndra teohha gehwilcre wæstmas fédan he gave them ample riches of earth, bade for the man and wife each of sea's and land's productive tribes bring forth fruits, Cd. 46
fúlnes
FOULNESS ⬩ impurity ⬩ stench ⬩ fœditas ⬩ sordes ⬩ fætor
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Exon. 98 a; Th. 368, 7] eorþan, eal forwisnad foulness of earth, all decayed, Soul Kmbl. 35; Seel. 18. Unarǽfnendlíce fúlnes wæs upp aweallende fætor incompărābĭlis ebulliens ĕrat, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 25
sige-wíf
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M. 402 ; the passage in which it occurs is a charm, where it is addressed to bees when swarming Sittaþ gé, sigewíf, sígaþ tó eorþan, Lchdm. i. 384, 24
wamm
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foul Ic under eorþan sceáwige wom wræcscrafu (? wrað-, MS. ) wráþra gésta, Exon. Th. 424, 18; Ru. 41, 41. II. evil, wicked :-- Ná ðú be gewyrhtum, Wealdend, úrum, wommum wyrhtum woldest ús dón non secundum peccata nostra fecit nobis, Ps. Th. 102, 10
a-fandian
To prove ⬩ try ⬩ to make a trial ⬩ to discover by trying ⬩ to experience ⬩ probare ⬩ tentare ⬩ experiri
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Seolfor afandod eorþan argentum probatum terras. Ps. Spl. 11, 7: 80, 7. Afandud, Gen. 43, 23. Afanda hwæðer Freá wille make a trial whether the Lord will, Cd. 101; Th. 134, 23; Gen. 2229
ge-mengan
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Eorþe wearþ eall mid blóde máne gemenged infecta est terra in sanguinĭbus eórum, Ps. Th. 305, 28, Ðæt wæter and seó eorþe wǽron gemengede óþ ðone þriddan dæg the water and the earth were commingled unto the third day, Hexam. 4; Norm. 8, 15.
Linked entries: ge-mægnan ge-mæncgan ge-mencgan ge-mincged
ge-stund
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A noise, din Hí swá ungemetlícum gestundum fóron ðæt him þúhte ðæt hit eall betweox heofone and eorþan hleóðrode ðám egeslícum stefnum they came with such immoderate noises that it seemed to him that between heaven and earth it all resounded with their
þiclíce
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Thickly, in great numbers, in quick succession Ðá hié gesáwan ða deádan men swá þiclíce tó eorþan beran, Ors. 3, 10; Swt. 138, 25.
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DREÓR
Blood ⬩ cruor
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Blood; cruor Ic his blód ageát, dreór on eorþan I shed his blood, his gore on earth, Cd. 49; Th. 63, 12; Gen. 1031. Dreóre fáhne stained with gore, Beo. Th. 898; B. 447. Dreóre druncne drunk with blood, Andr. Kmbl. 2005; An. 1005
hwæt-hweganunges
Somewhat
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-hwugununges] from eorþan áhæfen in animalibus vero jam quidem cogitationes aliquantulum a terra suspensæ, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 15
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á-sáwan
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Add: to sow land Ðú þás eorþan áseówe mistlicum sǽde, Bt. 33, 4; F. 132, 26. Þá hét hé him bringan bere tó sǽde and ofer ǽlcne tíman ðá eorðan áseów, Hml. Th. ii. 144, 12. Ásáwen æcer seges, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 47
túdor
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Ára ðínum earmum eorþan túdre (cf. help ðínum earmum moncynne, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 11), Met. 4, 31. Túdre fyllaþ eorðan, incre cynne, sunum and dohtrum, Cd.
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-metod
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Met. 29, 68) fét on eorþan ealle grówende westmas, Bt. 39,13; F. 234, 18
on-wille
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Ongon ðá leófne síð dragan Dryhtnes cempa tó ðam onwillan eorþan dǽle to the hermitage to which he (Guthlac) desired to go, and from which the fiends had removed him, Exon. Th. 145, 25; Gú. 700
ge-sweorcan
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Seó eorþe wæs gesworcen and aþýstrod under his fótum caligo sub pedibus ejus, Ps. Th. 17, 9.
delfan
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Þá dulfon hí in þǽre ylcan stówe, Shrn. 113, 13. to dig the ground Genam hé áne spada and dealf þá eorþan, H. R. 13, 13. Hé hét delfan þá eorðan, Hml. S. 27, 37.
wæstm-berende
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Seó wæstm*-*berendeste ( fertilissima ) eorþe, Nar. 5, 20. referring to living creatures Mid ðý ne is ǽnig syn wæstmbærendes (-beorendes, M. 74, 24) líchoman cum non sit culpa aliqua foecunditas Dafnis, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 2. figurative Hé wæs gefultumiende
dype
Depth, the deep, sea ⬩ profundum, altĭtūdo, altum
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Depth, the deep, sea; profundum, altĭtūdo, altum Híg næfdon ðære eorþan dýpan non habēbant altitūdĭnem terræ, Mt. Bos. 13, 5. Ascúfaþ hine út on middan ðære dýpan thrust him out into the middle of the deep, Homl. Th. i. 564, 8.
seárian
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To grow sear, wither, pine away Eorþan indryhto ealdaþ and searaþ, Exon. Th. 311, 9; Seef. 89. His leáf and his blǽda ne fealwiaþ ne ne seáriaþ folium ejus non decidet. Ps.
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gigant
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Scoldon gígantas bión eorþan suna. . . . Ðá sceolde ðám gígantum ofþincan ꝥ . . . hwylc dysig Nefrod se gígant worhte, Bt. 35, 4 ; F. 162, 8-17. Gód and geafolic gíganta geweorc, B. 1562 : 1690