eorþ-fæt
An earthen vessel, the body ⬩ vas terrâ factum, corpus
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An earthen vessel, the body; vas terrâ factum, corpus Se gǽst nimeþ swá wíte swá wuldor, swá him in worulde ðæt eorþfæt ǽr geworhte the spirit receives either punishment or glory, as the body has worked for him before in the world, Exon. 98 a; Th. 367
feorh-cwalu
Life-slaughter ⬩ death ⬩ vītæ cædes ⬩ mors
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He sóhte hú he sárlícast, þurh ða wyrrestan wítu, meahte feorhcwale findan he sought how he could invent a death most painfully, through the worst torments, 74 a; Th. 276, 28; Jul. 573
Linked entry: ferh-cwalu
be-slítan
To slit, tear ⬩ findere, lacerare
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To slit, tear; findere, lacerare Ðec sculon moldwyrmas monige seonowum beslítan many mould-worms shall tear thee from thy sinews, Exon. 99 a; Th. 371, 9; Seel. 73.
wrídan
To put forth shoots ⬩ be productive
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Lchdm. i. 402, 4. v. preceding and following words
æt-steall
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Hé gyrede hine mid gǽstlicum wǽpnum, wong bletsade him tó ætstealle (v. Stephens' Waldere's Lay, p. 83), Gú. 150
reord
A meal, refection, food
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Féd feora wócre óð ic ðære láfe lagosíða eft reorde rýman wille, Cd. Th. 81, 12; Gen. 1344, Hé wæs swá gistlíþe, ðæt hé for Godes lufon eode tó reordum mid ðám tócumendum mannum Shrn. 129, 27
swicol-líc
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deceitful, fraudulent Swicollíce dǽda and láðlíce unlaga áscunige man swýðe; ð æt is, false gewihta and wóge gemeta and leáse gewitnessa, L.
éc-nes
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On écnesse in aeernum, Mk. 11, 14. eternity On écnesse in ealra worlda world á búton ende, Bl. H. 53, 32. In ǽcnesse in aeternum, Jn. L. 4, 14
secgan
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To say (of written or spoken words). to say certain words, the words used being given Hé segþ : Gé ne mágon cuman ðyder ic fare, Jn. Skt. 8, 22. Gif hwá segþ, corban, Mk. Skt. 7, 11. Sege folce : Ðis sind ða dagas, Lev. 23, 2.
Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian
HERE
An army ⬩ a host ⬩ multitude ⬩ a large predatory band
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An army, a host, multitude, a large predatory band [it is the word which in the Chronicle is always used of the Danish force in England, while the English troops are always the fyrd], hence the word is used for devastation and robbery Ne dohte hit nú
Linked entries: flot-herge hors-here
rand
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The word seems to have a different meaning in Icelandic : 'á fornum skjöldum var títt at skrifa rönd þá er baugr var kallaðr, ok er við þann baug skildir kenndir.' v. Cl. and Vig. s.v. baugr.
Linked entry: rand-beáh
út
out ⬩ beyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosed ⬩ out on an expedition ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ forth ⬩ to knock out ⬩ pull out ⬩ out ⬩ away from home ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ away from land ⬩ out ⬩ outside ⬩ not within doors ⬩ not in the house ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ externally
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., out, beyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosed, with verbs of going. without words determining whence or whither motion proceeds Hé lǽteþ word út faran, Exon. Th. 315, 35; Mód. 41. Uton gán út egrediamur foras, Gen. 5, 8: 27, 3: Cd.
Linked entries: úte út-gársecg á-dón
floc-rád
A riding company ⬩ a troop ⬩ turma
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Fóron hie æfter ðæm wealda hlóþum and flocrádum they went through the wood in bands and troops, 894; Erl. 90, 13
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FÓDA
FOOD ⬩ nourishment ⬩ ălĭmentum
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Fóda fýres, holt food of fire, wood, Scint. 12. Búton ðam gódspellícan fódan without the evangelical food, Homl. Th. ii. 396, 31
Linked entry: FÓSTER
ge-wuna
Accustomed
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Accustomed Dydon eall swá hí ǽr gewuna wǽron they did just as they were wont to before, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 6. Suǽ ðætte he gewuna wæs sicut consueverat, Mk. Skt. Lind. 10, 1. Gewuna wæs se groefa consueverat præses, Mt. Kmbl.
ge-met
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</b> add Unrihte gemeta and wóge gewihta, Wlfst. 70, 3. Add Hé þone regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett, Hml. S. 6, 68. <b>VII ¶.</b> add: Solil.
weorold-scipe
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A worldly affair, an affair of this life Ne scyle nán Godes ðeów hine selfne tó ungemetlíce bindan on woruldscipum (world-, Cott.
earg-lic
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Cwæð hé earhlicon wordum he said with timid words, Hml. S. 23, 580
wefta
woof
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woof Wefta vel weft deponile, Wrt. Voc. i. 59, 38. Wefta, 66, 14: 281, 77. Wefta deponile, uueftandepoline, Txts. 55, 642. Wefta depo[nile], weftan deponile, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 85, 86. Wefta depoline, 25, 19: clatica, 131, 68.
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herigend-
Praiseworthy ⬩ laudable
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Hergendlíc in worlda world laudabile in secula seculorum, Blickl. Homl. 139, 11. Hergiendlíc laudabilis, Rtl. 181, 27. Ða giftu beóþ herigendlíce that marriage is praiseworthy, Homl. Th. ii. 54, 10