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ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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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.

Linked entry: eln-gemet

wracu

(n.)
Grammar
wracu, e; f.

painsufferingmiserysufferingpunishmentvengeanceretributionpersecutionhostilityactive enmityvengeancerevenge

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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 peoplea nationan armya racetribesectlay-folkthe laitythe peoplefollowersthe people the common peoplecountry-folkfolkmenpeoplefolksa crowdcompanytrooppeoplefolk

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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

(n.)
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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

(adj.)
Grammar
FÚS, adj.

Readypreparedpromptquickeagerhasteningproneinclinedwillingready for deathdyingpromptuscĕlerpărātusprōnuscŭpĭduspropĕræ morti devōtusmŏrĭbundus

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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

(v.)
Grammar
leornian, p. ode

To learnstudyread

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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

Linked entry: leornend

manig-feald

(num.; adj.)
Grammar
manig-feald, adj.

Manifoldmultifariousof many kindsvariousconsisting of many partscomplexManifoldnumerousabundantplural

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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

(v.)
Grammar
rǽsan, p. de
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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

(n.)
Grammar
Gota, an; m.
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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

(n.)
Grammar
seld, es ; n.
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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.

Linked entry: sæld

ge-sceppan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sceppan, -scippan, -scyppan; p. -sceóp, -scóp, pl. -sceópon, -scópon ; pp. -scæpen, -sceapen , -sceopen, -sceapen

To form, createformare, 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.

Linked entries: ge-scippan ge-scyppan

sige

(n.)
Grammar
sige, es ; m.
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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

(adv.)
Grammar
sweotole, adv.
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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.

Linked entries: swetole swotole

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

(v.)
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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

(v.)
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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.