feoh
cattle ⬩ property ⬩ wealth ⬩ money ⬩ riches ⬩ treasure ⬩ bribe ⬩ gift ⬩ metal ⬩ coin
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Þǽr hé geáscade þæt Geoweorþan goldhord wæs, and þá burgleóde him ágeáfon eall ꝥ licgende feoh ꝥ þær binnan wæs, 5, 7; S. 230, 6.
hád
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Th. i. 362, 4: ii. 294, 5. Ne genéð þú (a priest) nǽfre ꝥ þú gá tó þám hálgan híde (cf. ne geneálǽc ðú Godes ðénungum, Hml.
ears-ling
On the back, backwards ⬩ retrorsum
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On the back, backwards; retrorsum Sýn hí gecyrde on earsling be thei turned awey bacward, Wyc; avertantur retrorsurn. Ps. Th. 34, 5. Gán hý on ears-ling avertantur retrorsum, 6, 8
meahtiglíce
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Sulpicius wolde áwrítan þá wundra and mihta þe Martínus se mǽra mihtiglíce gefremode, Hml. S. 31, 3. Cúðberhtus gefremode mihtiglíce wundra on ðám mynstre wunigende, Hml. Th. ii. 142, 23. Add
hagol-stán
A hailstone
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A hailstone God him sende ufan greáte hagolstánas God sent down upon them great hailstones, Jos. 10, 11. Betwux ðám greátum hagolstánum amid the great stones. Homl. Th. i. 52, 18
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ge-miltsian
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. ¶ in the passive the object of pity is in the dative :-- Nǽfre ne wurde syððan mancynne gemiltsod, ðe má ðe ðám deóflum is. Hml. Th. i. 112, 18. with gen. Gemiltsa mín miserere mei, Ps. L. 50, i: Ps. Rdr. 56, l.
-líc
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In the suffix the vowel seems early to have been shortened, though the long i was at any rate occasionally preserved, e. g. Swá swá him þincæ þæt mǽ for Godæ þearflucustþ sí, Cht. Th. 554, 36
salwian
to make dark, to blacken
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to make dark, to blacken Heó (the dove) nolde ǽfre under salwed bord ( in the ark, which was dark-coloured from the pitch that had been smeared over it) syððan ætýwan, Cd. Th. 89, 15; Gen. 1481
here-strǽt
A military road ⬩ one allowing the passage of an army ⬩ highway ⬩ high road
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Ðanan on herestrǽt thence to the high road, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 265, 30. [Cf. óð ða wýdestrǽte, 32.] Wegas syndon drýge herestrǽta the ways [through the Red Sea] are dry, the roads for the host, Cd. 157; Th. 195, 29; Exod. 284.
Linked entry: fird-strǽt
nese
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'Næse, lá, nese, ' 49, 12. where a prohibition is assented to 'Þ án ic þé bebeóde, ꝥ þú . . . ne forgite ꝥ ꝥ ic ǽr tǽhte.
BOLD
a building, dwelling, house ⬩ ædificium, domicilium, domus ⬩ a superior house, hall, castle, palace, temple ⬩ aula, palatium, ædes ⬩ a builder
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Ðá wæs Beówulfe gecýðed, ðæt his sylfes hám, bolda sélest, brynewylmum mealt then it was made known to Beowulf, that his own home, the best of mansions, was consumed by flames of fire, Beo. Th. 4641; B. 2326.
be-lecgan
To lay or impose upon ⬩ cover ⬩ invest ⬩ load ⬩ afflict ⬩ charge ⬩ accuse ⬩ imponere ⬩ afficere ⬩ onerare ⬩ accusare
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D. 6; Th. i. 354, 30 : 4; Th. i. 354, 15
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geatwe
Arms ⬩ trappings ⬩ garments ⬩ ornaments ⬩ armāmenta ⬩ vestīmenta ornāmenta
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Freólíce in geatwum [MS. geotwum] in trappings goodly, Chr. 1066;Th. 334, 35, col. 1; Edw. 22. Geatwum with ornaments, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 26; Rä. 36, 10. Ic geondseah recedes geatwa I looked over the ornaments of the house, Beo. 6167; B. 3087
ge-dræg
A dragging ⬩ band ⬩ multitude ⬩ tumult ⬩ tractus ⬩ turma ⬩ tumultus
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Ðǽr wæs wíde gehýred earmlíc ylda gedræg then was widely heard the wretched tumult of mortals, 3108; An. 1557
gyte
A pouring ⬩ shedding ⬩ inundation ⬩ flood
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Th. ii. 252, 20. Gyte inundatio, Cot. 108, Lye. Ne mihton hí for ðam ormǽtan gyte heora fét of ðære cytan astyrian they could not move their feet from the cottage for the excessive flood, Homl. Th. ii. 184, 6.
cyne-gild
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Th. i. 190, 8
cystig
Munificent, benevolent, bountiful, liberal, generous, good ⬩ munificus, largus, probus, bonus
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Bióþ ðǽm to ungemetlíce cystige they are immoderately generous to them, Past. 44, 6
CNYSSAN
To press ⬩ trouble ⬩ toss ⬩ strike ⬩ dash ⬩ beat ⬩ overcome; ⬩ premere ⬩ tribulare ⬩ pulsare ⬩ contundere ⬩ vincere
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Ne mec sceal ámas cnyssan the weaver's reeds shall not strike me Exon. 109a; Th. 417, 22; Rä. 36, 8. Cnysseþ ðæt sár on ða rib the sore striketh upon the ribs L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 258, 3.
land-wela
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The wealth of this earth, Exon. 63 a; Th. 232, 11; Ph. 505