býsnian
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Ne bísnode ðé nán man, forðamðe nán ǽr ðé næs no man set thee an example, for no one was before thee, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 128, 20. Ða bísnodon hiora æfter-gengum they set an example to their successors, 39, 11; Fox 230, 2.
Linked entries: býsenian býsnigan bisenian bísnian ge-býsnian
Cynete
KENNET which rises in Wiltshire ⬩ fluvii nomen qui originem suam habet in agro Wiltoniensi ⬩ KENNET, a village on the river Kennet in Wiltshire ⬩ villæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi
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KENNET, a village on the river Kennet in Wiltshire; villæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi Wæs fyrd gesomnod æt Cynetan a force was assembled at Kennet, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 23
fǽr-spel
A sudden message, sudden news, horrible message ⬩ imprōvīsus vel terrĭbĭlis nuncius
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He ðæs fǽrspelles módsorge wæg hefige æt heortan he bare mental sorrow heavy at heart at the sudden news, Exon. 48 a; Th. 165, 4; Gú. 1023. For ðam fǽrspelle at the sudden news, Andr. Kmbl. 2173; An. 1088.
for-grípan
To grasp ⬩ snatch away ⬩ seize ⬩ assail ⬩ overwhelm ⬩ corrĭpĕre ⬩ comprehendĕre ⬩ apprehendĕre ⬩ vim afferre ⬩ obruĕre
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He æt gúþe forgráp Grendeles mǽgum he in conflict grasped Grendel's kinsmen, Beo. Th. 4695; B. 2353. Æbylignes yrres ðínes hí forgrípe indignātio īræ tuæ apprehendat eos, Ps. Th. 68, 25. Ðonne we hine forgrípen when we seize him, Ps.
hwílend-líc
temporal ⬩ temporary ⬩ transitory
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Ðú næfst ða hwílendlícan árwyrþnessa ðe ðú ǽr hæfdest thou hast not those temporary dignities that thou hadst before, Bt. 8; Fox 24, 31
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mild-heort
kind-hearted ⬩ of gentle disposition ⬩ meek ⬩ merciful ⬩ compassionate ⬩ gracious ⬩ clement
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kind-hearted, of gentle disposition, meek Leorniaþ æt mé forðon ðe ic eom mildheort and eáþmód ( mitis et humilis corde, Mt. 11, 29), Blickl. Homl. 13, 19. Uton beón eáþmóde and mildheorte and ælmesgeorne, 95, 26.
nearwe
straitly ⬩ strictly ⬩ closely ⬩ narrowly ⬩ strictly ⬩ exactly ⬩ oppressively ⬩ forcibly ⬩ anxiously ⬩ in a manner causing trouble
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Kmbl. 2313; El. 1158 : 2476; El. 1240. oppressively, forcibly Ðonne hine æt niéhstan nearwe stilleþ G, Salm. Kmbl. 268; Sal. 133. Nearwe gebéged, Cd.
gráf
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Andlang ðære lytlan díc æt ðæs gráfes ende along the little ditch at the end of the grove, 249, 29. Forþ be ðam gráfe along past the grove, iii. 18, 31. Ðone gráf, 52, 23. Eác we wrítaþ him ðone gráf ðǽrto.
un-efn
Unequal ⬩ unlike ⬩ dissimilar ⬩ diverse ⬩ irregular
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Ac ðara monna mód bið suíðe unemn, for ðæm hit gedéð hit self him selfum suíðe ungelíc for ðære gelómlícan wendinge, for ðæm hit nǽfre eft ne bið ðæt hit ǽr wæs cor stultorum dissimile erit ...
waru
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Ða gelamp hit æt sumum sǽle, swá swá gyt for oft déð, ðæt Englisce cýpmenn bróhton heora ware tó Rómána byrig, and Gregorius eode be ðære strǽt tó ðám Engliscum mannum heora ðing sceáwigende.
wic-þegen
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Interl. 66, 6) ánre tíde ǽr gemǽnum gereorde gán tó hláfe . . . Æfterfylige ðære tóweardan wucan wicþén, R. Ben. pp. 58-60. Se diácon wucþén diaconus hebdomadarus, Anglia xiii. 415, 721. Fram mæssepreóste wucþéne a sacerdote ebdomadario, 395, 435.
wiþ-æftan
Behind.
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Hí cómon tó Wiht, and námon ðǽr ðæt him ǽr wiðæftan wæs (what had been left behind them), Chr. 1052; Erl. 183, 25. Grammar wiþ-æftan, with acc. or doubtful Heó com wiðæftan ða menigu uenit in turba retro Mk. Skt. 5, 27.
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be-helian
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Moyses behelede ðá bierhto his ondwlitan, Past. 459, 19. ꝥ Þá heortan æt þínum burhgeatum behele (-a, v. l. ), Lch. i. 328, 24. Se preóst þá húselláfe behelie mid corporale, Ll. Th. ii. 358, 24. Ðeáh hé his þeáwas behelie, Prov. K. 58.
castel
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Æt ǽlcan castelle, 1075; P. 210, 25. His wíf wæs innan þám castele, and hine heóld swá lang ꝥ man hire grið sealde, P. 211, ii. Hæfdon þá welisce menn gewroht ǽnne castel, 1048; P. 173, 16.
dirnan
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Þéh hié hit ǽr swíþe him betweónum diernden, Ors. 5, 10; S. 234, 1. Noldan hí heora synna dyrnan, Ps. Th. 77, 4.
earm-sceapen
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Ne mihte earmsceapen ( the youth about to be eaten by the cannibals ) áre findan æt þám folce, An. 1131. in a moral sense Saga, earmsceapen unclǽne gǽst, Jul. 418: An. 1347. Earmsceapen on weres wæstmum ( Grendel ), B. 1351.
eástan
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</b> of light :--- Þis ne dagað eástan, Fin 3. marking direction of measurement, giving quarter from which measurement is made Affrica onginð eástan westwerd fram Egyptum æt þǽre ee þe man Nilus hǽt measured from the east westwards Africa starts
fearr
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Et suovetaurili(a) oðða þá þe æt þǽm geldum þǽr wæs swín and sceáp and fear, 31, 35: Bl. H. 199, 7. Fearr, Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 59. Hwæþer gé sién strengran ðonne leó oððe fearr, Bt. 32, 1; F. 114, 26. Sum módig fearr wearð ángencga . . .
fiht-wíte
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Ic nelle ꝥ ǽnig fyhtewíte oþþe manbót forgifen sý, 248, 20.
folc-gefeoht
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Æt þrím folcgefeohtum forwurdon nigon x hund þusenda of Persa ánra anwealde de uisceribvs unius regni decies novies centena millia virorum tria bella rapnerunt, Ors. 2, 5; S. 84, 28. a battle fought in such a war Hié gecwǽdon folcgefeoht him betweónum