Alríca
Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths
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Soon after that, on the third day, they went out of the city of their own accord; so there was not a single house burnt by their order. Ors. 6, 38; Bos. 133, 7.
DRÝ
A magician, sorcerer, wizard ⬩ magus, malĕfĭcus
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Ðýlæs-ðe se deófol us be dríum [MS. drian] máge lest the devil have power over us by sorcerers, Glostr. Frag. l0, 30
Linked entries: dreá dreóh-lǽcan drý-men
forhtian
To be afraid or frightened ⬩ tremble ⬩ păvēre ⬩ trĕmĕre ⬩ trĕpĭdāre ⬩ formīdāre ⬩ To fear ⬩ be frightened at ⬩ dread ⬩ tĭmēre
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Th. 132, 25; By. 21. Ne sý eówer heorte gedréfed, ne ne forhtige gé non turbētur cor vestrum, neque formīdet, Jn. Bos. 14, 27. Ðæt óðre forhtian that others may fear, Homl. Th. ii. 300, 15. v. trans.
Linked entries: frohtian ge-frohtian
ÍSEN
Iron ⬩ steel
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The two following passages refer to the ordeal [v. ísen-ordál] by hot iron :-- Gif hé hine ládian wille ðonne gá hé tó ðam hátum ísene and ládige ða hand mid ðe man týhþ if he be willing to clear himself, then let him go to the hot iron, and clear the
lúcan
To close ⬩ conclude ⬩ fasten ⬩ lock
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Th. 133, 46; By. 66. Siððan ða ýslan eft onginnaþ lúcan tógædere geclungne tó cleowenne afterwards the ashes begin to close up again, pressed to a ball; in massam cineres coactos, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 16; Ph. 225.
Linked entry: lýcþ
nacod
naked ⬩ bare ⬩ nudus ⬩ without clothing ⬩ unsaddled ⬩ bare-backed ⬩ naked ⬩ unsheathed ⬩ bare ⬩ destitute ⬩ stripped of property ⬩ not accompanied by deeds
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Ðú (Laban) mé (Jacob) woldest forlǽtan nacodne, Gen. 31, 42. of words, not accompanied by deeds : -- God nele ðæt ðú hine lufie mid nacodum wordum ac mid rihtwísum dǽdum, Basil admn. 4; Norm. 40, 18
ge-cyrran
to turn ⬩ convert ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ to turn [one's self] ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ verti ⬩ reverti ⬩ ire
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Gif hé ðæt Cristene folc mid lufan ne mehton gecyrron if they could not by love convert Christian people, Blickl. Homl. 45, 22. Ðíne heortan to rǽde gecyr turn thy heart to counsel, Blickl. Homl. 113, 27 : Ps. Th. 114, 7; 84, 5.
ge-logian
To place, lodge, dispose, regulate ⬩ ponere, disponere, reponere, collocare
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Ðás lamb ðe ðú gelogast on sundron these lambs which thou hast set by themselves, 21, 9. Ðone wudu gelogode laid the wood in order, 22, 9. He wæs gelogod to his folcum he was gathered to his people, Deut. 32, 50
Linked entry: lógian
stalu
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See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. 329. anything done by stealth Ðæt scs Petrus on dæge folce be Criste sǽde, ðonne wrát scs Marcus ðæt on niht, and hé ðæt hæl sce Petre; for ðon his godspell is swá cweden, furtum laudabile, hergendlíco stalo, Shrn.
þorp
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The word is now obsolete, but it remains in a great many local names, either alone or in composition; though, as such names are found mostly in those parts of England which were affected by the Danes, its occurrence in them may be due rather to Scandinavian
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á-breóþan
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Apostatan ábroðene, Wlfst. 164, 10 note. of actions, to fail, come to nought Ábreóðe his angin, By. 242. trans, and wk. To destroy Ábreóþeð perdet, Mt. R. 21, 40. Se cyning ábriódde (perdidit) myrðra, 22, 7.
Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness
ge-hwæþer
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Wearþ micel wælsliht on gehwæþere bond Chr. 871; P. 72, 2 : By. 112. adverbial, in each case. Cf.
Linked entry: hwæþer
hár
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Add: grey-haired with age, old Wæs fród cyning, hár hilderinc, on hreón móde, B. 1307: By. 169: Chr. 937; P. 108, 20. Ic ( a plough) geonge swá mé wísað hár holtes feónd (the grey-haired ploughman ?
hol
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</b> a hole made to live in by an animal, burrow :-- Of oteres hole, C. D. iii. 418, 17. Foxas holas (holo, R.) habbað uulpes foueas habent Lk. L. 9, 58.
on-ǽlan
to set fire to, to ignite, kindle ⬩ to burn (cf. anneal), consume by burning ⬩ to make hot with fire ⬩ to make hot (in a metaphorical sense), to inflame, to excite intense feeling, to kindle passions
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Spl. 17, 10. to burn (cf. anneal), consume by burning Ðás fýr onǽlaþ manna sáwla . . . Ðis fýr onǽlþ ǽlcne be his gewyrhtum, Homl. Th. ii. 338, 6-17. Ðá námon Nadab and Abiud híra stórcillan and onǽldon ðǽron ungehálgod fýr, Lev. 10, 1.
HOLT
a HOLT, ⬩ wood, ⬩ grove, ⬩ copse ⬩ wood; ⬩ lignum
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Th. 131, 14; By. 8: Rood Kmbl. 58; Kr. 29. Uton gán innan on ðisses holtes hleó let us go within the shelter of this grove, Cd. 39; Th. 52, 7; Gen. 840; Exon. 62 a; Th. 227, 26; Ph. 429. Wulf holtes gehléða, Elen. Kmbl. 225; El. 113.
ge-beódan
to command ⬩ order ⬩ summon ⬩ jŭbēre ⬩ mandāre ⬩ to announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ annuntiāre ⬩ to offer ⬩ propose ⬩ give ⬩ grant ⬩ offerre ⬩ præbēre
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to command, order, summon; jŭbēre, mandāre Hét gebeódan byre Wihstánes hæleða monegum boldágendra, ðæt hie bǽlwudu feorran feredon Wihstan's son bade command many house-owning men, that they should convey pile-wood from afar, Beo.
un-scrýdan
To undress ⬩ strip ⬩ divest
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Byþ unscrýdd exuitur, Scint. 226, 9. Unscrídde exutos, nudatos, Hpt. Gl. 423, 52. Unscrýdde, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 146. Grammar un-scrýdan, with acc. of person Baðiendra manna hús, ðǽr hí hí unscrédaþ inne apodyterium, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 6.
récan
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Add Þú gecnáwest hweþer þú fram him gehýred byst, and hé þínre béne recceþ cognosces quod exauditus sis, Gr. D. 330, 10.
orf
Cattle, live stock
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Cattle, live stock Ǽlce geáre byþ orf ácenned, and mennisce menn tó mannum ácennede, ða ðe God gewyrcþ swá swá he geworhte ða ǽrran. Hexam. 12 ; Norm. 20, 20. Cuce orf, L. Edg. S. 8 ; Th. i. 274. 25.