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EALDOR

(n.)
Grammar
EALDOR, aldor, es, ; n: e;

life ⬩ vita

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Swá biþ geóguþe þeáw, ðǽr ðæs ealdres egsa ne stýreþ so is the wont of youth, where fear of life checks not, Exon. 38 b; Th. 127, 24; Gú. 391. On ealdre ealre in the whole life, Ps.

Linked entry: tó

and-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
and-weard, -werd, -warde; adj.

Present ⬩ præsens

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Ða scearpþanclan witan ðone twydǽledan wísdóm hlutorlíce tocnáwaþ, ðæt is, andweardra þinga and gástlícra wísdóm the sharp-minded wise men knew clearly the twofold wisdom, that is, the wisdom of things temporal [present] and spiritual, MS. Cot.

geofon

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Geofon ( the water that had poured from the pillar ) swaðrode, An. 1587: 1626. Duguð wearð áfyrhted þurh þæs flódes fǽr . . . geonge on geofene gúðrǽs fornam, 1533

ge-reording

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Add: the taking or the giving of refreshment Ðæs módes gereordung is betere þonne ðǽre wambe it is better to refresh the mind than the belly. Hml. Th. ii. 440, 19.

BEALD

(adj.)
Grammar
BEALD, bald; adj.

BOLD ⬩ brave ⬩ confident ⬩ of good courage ⬩ validus ⬩ strenuus ⬩ fortis ⬩ constans ⬩ audax ⬩ fidens ⬩ bono animo ⬩ liber

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He healdeþ Meotudes ǽ beald in breóstum bold in his breast he holds the law of the Creator, Exon. 62 b ; Th. 229, 20; Ph. 458.

Linked entries: bald byldan

dryht-guma

(n.)
Grammar
dryht-guma, driht-guma, an ; m.

A popular man, man of the people, warrior, retainer, follower, - pl. men, people ⬩ vir popŭlāris vel nŏbĭlis, mīles, sătelles, - hŏmĭnes

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Druncne dryhtguman dóþ swá ic bidde the drunken retainers do as I bid, 2466; B. 1231. Weccaþ of deáþe dryhtgumena bearn, eall monna cynn the sons of men, all mankind, shall wake from death, Exon. 20 b; Th. 55, 22; Cri. 887.

Linked entries: driht-guma dryht-mann

dirne

(adj.)
Grammar
dirne, adj.
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Th. i. 56, 26. of stolen goods, concealed Ǽnigne þára þe ymbe þás smeágunge bið and ꝥ dyrne orf ámeldað, Ll. Th. i. 276, 33. v. following compounds; in some cases the passages given under them may belong to the simple adjective

Linked entries: derne dyrne

of-standan

(v.)

to remain standing, keep (trans. or intrans.) in the same place or condition, stop in a place

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Sele him on hátum wætre gewlecedum ða wyrta drincan ðý læs ðæt pic ofstande mid ðý óðre duste give him the herbs to drink in hot water made lukewarm, lest the pitch be left sticking with the other dust, 252, 4.

ge-þeaht

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þeaht, -þæht, e; f: es; n.

counsel ⬩ consultation ⬩ deliberation ⬩ advice ⬩ thought ⬩ a determination ⬩ resolution ⬩ device ⬩ plan ⬩ purpose ⬩ consĭlium ⬩ cōgĭtātio ⬩ a council ⬩ an assembly ⬩ concĭlium

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Ðæt geþeaht the counsel, Ps. Th. 9, 6. Hie ðære geþeahte wǽron they were of the resolution, Cd. 182; Th. 228, 21; Dan. 205.

Linked entries: ge-þæht þeaht

hláford-swica

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-swica, an; m.

A betrayer of his lord, ⬩ a traitor to his lord

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A betrayer of his lord, a traitor to his lord Se man ðe ðis gefæst ne þearf hé him ná ondrǽdan hellewítan bútan hé beó hláfordswica the man that keeps this fast need not fear the pains of hell, unless he be a traitor to his lord, Lchdm. iii. 228, 24.

ǽ-bær

(adj.)
Grammar
ǽ-bær, ǽ-bǽre (-bére); adj.

Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved

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Substitute: Brought to light (of the criminal or the crime where guilt is manifest), notorious, proved Ǽbǽre (-bére) morð ( apertum murdrum, (Lat. Vers.) Ll. Th. i. 410, 5. Ábǽre, Wlfst. 274, 24. Se ǽbǽra þeóf fur probatus (Lat. Vers.) Ll.

ge-earnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-earnian, -igan; p. ode; pp. od

To earn ⬩ deserve ⬩ enjoy ⬩ mereri ⬩ promereri ⬩ frui

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Ðæt se man sceolde ða myrhþe ge-earnian that man should enjoy the pleasure [gaudium], Hexam. 17; Norm. 24, 23. Hie ne mágon geearnigan ðæt gé heora wundrigen they cannot deserve that ye should admire them, Bt. 13; Fox 40, 8.

CLÚSTOR

(n.)
Grammar
CLÚSTOR, clúster, clauster; clústres; clústor, clustro; n.
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Wæs mid clústre carcernes duru behliden the door of the prison was shut with a lock, Exon. 69 a; Th. 256, 23; Jul. 236. Ða locu feólion [feollan MS.], cluster of ðám ceastrum the locks fell, the barriers from that city, 120 a; Th. 461, 23; Hö. 40.

Linked entry: clauster

ÉÐEL

(n.)
Grammar
ÉÐEL, æðel, ǽðel; gen. éðles; dat. éðle, éðele; m. n.

property, inheritance, country, realm, land, dwelling, home ⬩ prædium ăvītum, fundus heredĭtārius, patria, terra, sēdes, domĭcĭlium, tabernācŭlum

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His ríces éðel ðæt he hæfde sĕdem regni quam tĕnuit, 4, I; S. 563, 14. the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = œ́, the name o f which letter in Anglo-Saxon is œ́ðel, ǽðel, é ðel one's native country, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letters

Linked entries: ǽðel éðyl óðel

Æðelrǽd

(n.)
Grammar
Æðelrǽd, Æðelréd, Æðeréd, es; m. [æðele noble, rǽd counsel]

Ælhelred ⬩ Æthelréd ⬩ Æthelrédus

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Ælhelred, a Mercian nobleman, the viceroy or governor of the Mercians; Æthelréd, Æthelrédus. He married Æthelfled, the eldest and most intellectual daughter of king Alfred the Great.

Linked entry: Æðelréd

eorþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
eorþ-líc, def. se -líca ; seó, ðæt -líce; adj.

EARTHLY, terrestrial ⬩ terrēnus, terrestris

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Ðú gegæderast ða hiofonlícan sáwla and ða eorþlícan líchoman thou bringest together the heavenly souls and the earthly bodies, Bt. 33, 4 ; Fox 132, 23.

bi-mútian

(v.)
Grammar
bi-mútian, p. ade; pp. ad [mútung mutuum, Cot. 136]

To exchange for ⬩ commutare

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To exchange for; commutare Swá ðás woruldgestreón on ða mǽran gód bimútad weorþaþ so these world-treasures shall be exchanged for the greater good, Exon. 33 b; Th. 106, 17; Gú. 42

Linked entries: mútian be-mútian

be-swemman

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To wash an animal by sending it into the water þeáh swín beswemde weorðen, þonne sleáð hí eft on ðá solu and bewealwiað hí þǽron (sus lota reversa in volutabro luti). Add:

læppa

(n.)
Grammar
læppa, an; m.

A skirt ⬩ lappet ⬩ lobe ⬩ lap ⬩ a detached portion ⬩ a district

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Hý móstan ðam læppan friþ gebicgean ðe hý under cyngces hand oferhæfdon they might purchase peace for that district which, subject to the king, they ruled over, L. Eth. ii. 1; Th. i. 284, 13. On læppan his hrægles in oram vestimenti ejus, Ps. Spl.

Linked entries: lappa twi-lafte

fénix

(n.)
Grammar
fénix, es; m.

the fabulous bird phœnix ⬩ φoινιξ ⬩ a genus of palms ⬩ the date tree ⬩ date palm ⬩ phœnix dactylĭfĕra

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five hundred years, and after death rises again re-quickened, and the bird betokens our resurrection at the last day, Ælfc.