CÍGAN
To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summon ⬩ vocare, nominare, invocare, convocare ⬩ To cry, call ⬩ clamare, vocare
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Ic cígde to Dryhtne I called to the Lord, Ps. Th. 117, 5
irfe
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Ic sello . . . þás lond mid cwice erfe . . . Feó sió néste hond tó þém londe and tó þém erfe, 480, 29-481, 23
Cynewulf
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I cannot here bestow space upon a long argument to shew who this Cynewulf was.
flór
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Voc. ii. 146, lo. Flór on húse, 32, 59. Hé árás of þǽre flóra and of þám sæcce þe hé onuppan wæs sittende, Hml. S. 23, 802, 823. On þæs húses flóre (in habitaculi pauimento) seáð ádelfan, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 520, 8.
DÓGOR
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He dógora gehwám dreám gehýrde hlúdne in healle he heard loud merriment each day in the hall, Beo. Th. 176; B. 88: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 42; Met. 13, 21: 22, 122; Met. 22, 61.
Linked entry: dóger
hengen
hanging ⬩ that on which any one is hung ⬩ a gibbet ⬩ gallows ⬩ cross ⬩ prison ⬩ confinement ⬩ durance.
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Hé hét álýsan ðone diácon of ðære hengene Lawrence stretched on the cross thanked his Lord ... He ordered the deacon to be released from the cross, i. 426, 32, 35. prison, confinement, durance.
Linked entry: heng-wíte
rád
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riding, going on horseback or in a carriage. v. rǽdwægen Þeáw wæs ðam ylcan biscope ðæt hé ðæt weorc ðæs godspelles má þurh his fóta gange fremede ðonne on his horsa ráde moris erat eidem antistiti opus evangelii magis ambulando per loca quam equitando
swician
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Hí ðurh cúþe stówe swicedon and fóron per nota loca dispersi vagarentur, Bd. 4. 4; S. 571, 4. Hí swycedan geond wésten erraverunt in solitudine, Ps. Th. 106, 3. Swicedan, 39. Swiciende pervagatus. Wrt.
tunge
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Seó tunge ðe swá monig hálwende word on ðæs Scyppendes lof gesette, Bd. 4, 24; S. 599, Mín tunge mǽrde ðín weorc, Ps. Th. 70, 22. Alýs míne sáwle from ðære tungan ðe teosu wylle. Hwæt bið ié seald from ðære inwitfullan tungan ? 119, 2, 3.
á-rǽran
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Sé þe þára mihta hæbbe árǽre cirican Gode tó lofe, Ll. Th. ii. 282, 5. Wurdon fela cyrcan árǽrede, Hml. Th. i. 562, 25. to establish, set up -Hí ǽlc gód árǽrdon, Hml.
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BREÓST
the breast of man or beast; ⬩ pectus ⬩ the breasts; ⬩ ubera ⬩ The heart, mind, thought ⬩ pectus, cor, mens
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of the Lord, Cd. 10; Th. 12, 25; Gen. 191.
rihtlíce
rightly, justly, with justice or quity ⬩ rightly, in a manner which suits the circumstances of a case ⬩ rightly, in accordance with rules or regulations, regularly ⬩ rightly as regards conduct
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Æfter ðon wé singaþ rihtlíce on his lof : 'Hǽl ús on ðǽm héhstan,' Blickl. Homl. 81, 27. Hú ne belimpþ se weorþscipe tó ðam ðe hine geweorþaþ?
be-reccan
to relate ⬩ recount ⬩ explain ⬩ narrare ⬩ exponere ⬩ to explain one's conduct ⬩ justify one's self ⬩ se excusare ⬩ se purgare ⬩ accusatorum criminibus respondere
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B. bereccan] accepit locum se defendendi, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 11, note
Linked entry: be-secgan
for-cweðan
To rebuke ⬩ censure ⬩ revile ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ incrĕpāre ⬩ maledīcĕre ⬩ recūsāre ⬩ rejĭcĕre
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Drihten forcwæþ swelce ælmessan the Lord rejected such alms, Past. 45, 4; Hat. MS. 65 a. 26
friþ-stól
A peace-stool or seat ⬩ peace-place ⬩ asylum ⬩ sanctuary ⬩ refuge ⬩ pācis sēdes vel lŏcus ⬩ asȳlum ⬩ refŭgium
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A peace-stool or seat, peace-place, asylum, sanctuary, refuge; pācis sēdes vel lŏcus, asȳlum, refŭgium Se here com to his friþstóle [fryþstóle,Th. 256, 18, col. 2; 257, 18, col. l] the army came to its secure quarters, Chr. 1006; Th. 256, 18, col. 1.
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fylstan
To help ⬩ give help ⬩ aid ⬩ protect ⬩ adjŭvāre ⬩ auxĭliāri ⬩ protĕgĕre
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Him fylste drihten the Lord helped him, Cd. 124; Th. 159, 8; Gen. 2631. Pirrus him fylste Pyrrhus helped him, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 75, 28. Hí him fylston wel they helped him well, Cd. 114; Th. 149, 34; Gen. 2484.
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leóþ-cræft
poetry ⬩ verse ⬩ a poem
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Hé biþ swá ðeáh on leópcræfte ǽgðer ge lang ge sceort it [i of the genitive in certain words] is however in poetry both long and short, 18; Som. 21, 51. Ða gemetu gebyriaþ tó lédenum leóþcræfte metres pertain to Latin poetry, 50; Som. 51, 66.
líne
a line ⬩ rope ⬩ a line ⬩ row ⬩ rule ⬩ canon
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a line, rope, a coil of rope Langre línan with a long line, Salm. Kmbl. 589; Sal. 294. Línan spiræ, Ælfc. Gl. 104; Som. 78, 14; Wrt.
gladian
to be glad ⬩ exultare ⬩ to make glad
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Drihten mid to gladienne to make glad the Lord therewith, Lev. 1, 3. Gladigan demulcere, Hpt. Gl. 476
god-bearn
a divine child ⬩ the Son of God ⬩ divinus filius ⬩ Dei Filius ⬩ a god-child ⬩ a god-son ⬩ filius lustricus ⬩ ex sacro fonte baptismi jam primum susceptus
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Geségon hí on heáhþu hláford stígan Godbearn of grundum they saw the Lord, the Son of God, ascend on high from earth, Exon. 15 a; Th. 31, 21; Cri. 499: Andr.