ELN
the Royal
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Hí wǽron unfeor fram lande, swylce hit wǽre twá hund elna non longe ĕrant a terra, sed quăsi cŭbĭtis dŭcentis [18 in. × 200 ÷ 12 = 300 ft.], Jn. Bos. 21, 8.
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wracu
pain ⬩ suffering ⬩ misery ⬩ suffering ⬩ punishment ⬩ vengeance ⬩ retribution ⬩ persecution ⬩ hostility ⬩ active enmity ⬩ vengeance ⬩ revenge
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Hé wítgode be ðære wræce ..., ðæt wæs ðá hí tó Babilonia gelǽdde wǽron, Ps. Th. 30, arg. Heó on wrace seomodon swearte síðe, Cd. Th. 5, 14; Gen. 71.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Óþer wundor ꝥ folc ongeat, óþer þá sácerdas oncneówon . . þá folcu cómon mid mycelre mænigeo, and wé wǽron . . . singende herenesse Gode . . . þá þræng seó mænigeo þæs folces. Gr. D. 235, 15-26.
gifu
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Him ealle þá tóweardan þing þurh Godes gifu wǽron gecýdde, Guth. 44, 25. an exceptional favour, privilege, prerogative Synderlic gifa pręrogatiua An.
FÚS
Ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ prompt ⬩ quick ⬩ eager ⬩ hastening ⬩ prone ⬩ inclined ⬩ willing ⬩ ready for death ⬩ dying ⬩ promptus ⬩ cĕler ⬩ părātus ⬩ prōnus ⬩ cŭpĭdus ⬩ propĕræ morti devōtus ⬩ mŏrĭbundus
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Wǽron æðelingas eft to leódum fúse to farenne the nobles were ready to go again to their people, Beo. Th. 3614; B. 1805: Cd. 151; Th. 190, 9; Exod. 196. Ic of fúsum rád I rode from the ready [men ], Exon. 130 a; Th. 498, 28; Rä. 88, 8
leornian
To learn ⬩ study ⬩ read
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Ða hús ða ðe on tó gebiddenne and tó leornigenne geworhte wǽron domunculæ quæ ad orandum vel legendum factæ erant, 4, 25; S. 601, 12. Ealswá David dyde leornigendum móde [with docile mind], Wulfst. 172, 22
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manig-feald
Manifold ⬩ multifarious ⬩ of many kinds ⬩ various ⬩ consisting of many parts ⬩ complex ⬩ Manifold ⬩ numerous ⬩ abundant ⬩ plural
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Heora ǽhta wǽron menifælde. Gen. 13, 6. Hí cómon swá mænigfealde swá swá sandceosol, Jos. 11, 4. Mænigfealdum þénungum exequiis pluribus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 144, 78. [Goth. manag-falþs: O. Sax., O. H. Ger. manag-fald multiplex, frequens, varius.]
rǽsan
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Wǽron hý reówe tó rǽsanne gífrum grápum, Exon. Th. 126, 27; Gú. 377. Rǽsed eode impetu abiit, Mt. Kmbl.
Linked entry: on-rǽsan
Gota
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D. 382-410, etc Ða [MS. ðe] Gotan of Sciððiu mǽgþe, wið Rómána ríce gewin upahófon; and mið heora cyningum, Rǽdgota and Ealleríca [Alríca] wǽron hátne, Rómáne burig abrǽcon the Goths, from the country of Scythia, made war against the empire of the Romans
seld
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Wǽron on ðyssum felda unríme gesomnunge manna and monig seld (or to ?) gefeóndra weorada erant in hoc campo innumera hominum conventicula, sedesque plurimae agminum laetantium, Bd. 5, 12 ; S. 629, 25. Ða heallícan seld palatias zetas, Wrt.
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ge-sceppan
To form, create ⬩ formare, disponere, creare
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Ðá ðá híg wǽron gesceopene when they were created, Gen. 2, 4. Mon wæs to Godes anlícnesse ǽrest gesceapen man was to God's image first created, Cd. 75; Th. 92, 16; Gen. 1529. Gesceapene híg synt creata sunt, Ps. Lamb. 32, 9: Ps. Th. 148, 5.
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sige
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Hié ðæt an missenlícum sigum dreógende wǽron, Ors. 4, 7 ; Swt. 182, 3. Ðæt hié mec mid heán sigum ( cum sublimibus tropheis ) geweorðedon, Nar. 24, 24. success in conflict Siges triumphi, Hpt. Gl. 447, 76.
sweotole
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Ðonne sió sunne sweotolost scíneþ, Met. 6, 3. in a manner open to general observation, evidently, openly, plainly, publicly Wǽron heardingas sweotole gesamnod, Elen. Kmbl. 51; El. 26.
æþeling
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Wǽron þá æþelingas befæste Egcbrihte cynge ... wæs se cyng heora fæderan sunu, Eorcenbrihtes, Lch. iii. 424, 11. Þá eðelingas Æðelfriðes ( K. of Northumbria ) suna, Chr. 617; P. 24, 29. <b>Ia.
cild
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Þá cild on Bethlem ofslægene wǽrun, Chr. 2; P. 2, 29. Ðá cild rídaþ on heora stafum and manigfealdne plegan plegiaþ, Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 9. Gé sint giet cilderu, Past. 459, 17. Cildra pueri, R. Ben. I. 60, 16. Iung cildra lactantes, i. infantes, An.
cýþan
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Hié himcýþdon þæt hiera mǽgas him mid wǽron, 755; P. 48, 18. uncertain Ypte and cídde ederet, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 5. Tó cýðenne intimandum, 112, 3. Cýþende indicans (somnium ), An. Ox. 2139.
for-weorþan
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Hié fornǽh mid ealle forslægene and forwordene wǽron, Ors. 2, 2; S. 64, 33. (a α) of an animal's death :-- Ic gedwoledee of the destruction of things Ne án loc of eówrum heáfde forwyrð, Bl. H. 243, 33. Þǽr forwearþ .cxx. scipa, Chr. 877; P. 74, 16.
geond-geótan
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Ꝥ of þám ilcan wíne wǽron gesewene uneáðe ealle þá fatu geondgotene ut ex eodem vino omnia vascula vix infusa viderentur, Gr. D. 58, 27. <b>III a.</b> to saturate, soak with :-- Grytte geondgotene mid wíne, Lch. ii. 200, 9.
gódian
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Hý águnnon rǽdes gýman and hit ágann mid heom gódian, 14, 14. trans. the object a person, to make good, to give an appearance of being good Gé wǽron þá þe eów sylfe gódiaþ (rihtwísiað, v. l.) beforan mannum vos estis qui justificatis vos coram hominibus
on-weald
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Þá hié gesomnod wǽron, and hiene tó cyninge dón woldon, þá ne mehton hié þá gúðfonan úp áhebban.