galdor
An incantation ⬩ divination ⬩ enchantment ⬩ a charm ⬩ magic ⬩ sorcery ⬩ incantātio ⬩ cantio ⬩ carmen ⬩ fascĭnātio
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Hig worhton óðer swilc þing þurh hira drýcræft and þurh Egiptisce galdru fecērunt etiam ipsi per incantātiōnes Ægyptiacas et arcāna quædam simĭlĭter, Ex. 7, 11. Galdrum cýdan to inform by divination, Elen. Kmbl. 321; El. 161
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here-hýþ
Spoil ⬩ booty ⬩ plunder
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C.] ðǽr genumen in this year much spoil was taken at Bamborough, Chr, 993; Erl. 133, 2. Hé his ðone feórþan dǽl and ðære herehýþe for Gode gesealde quartam partem ejus et prædæ Domino daret, Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 10.
rípan
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Gif wé eów ða gástlícan sǽd sáwaþ, hwónlíc biþ ðæt wé eówere flǽslícan þing rípon, Homl. Th. ii. 534, 27. On ðám man ne mæg náðer ne erian ne rípan, Gen. 45, 6
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BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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Hitherto this word has only been found in poetry Ðá ic, on morgne, gefrægn mǽg óðerne billes ecgum on bonan stælan then on the morrow, I have heard of the other kinsman setting on the slayer with the edges of a bill, Beo. Th. 4963; B. 2485.
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ge-hiwian
to form ⬩ fashion ⬩ make ⬩ transform ⬩ transfigure ⬩ formāre ⬩ plasmāre ⬩ fingĕre ⬩ fĭgūrāre ⬩ transfĭgūrāre ⬩ to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ pretend ⬩ sĭmŭlāre
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Sió godcunde fóreteohhung eall þing gehiwaþ the divine predestination fashions everything, Bt. 39, 6; Fox 220, 17. Ðú gehiwadest me formasti me, Ps. Th. 138, 3. Handa me ðíne geworhton and gehiwedan mănus tuæ fēcērunt me et plasmāvērunt me, 118, 73.
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ge-mǽre
An end, boundary, termination, limit ⬩ finis
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Cýð ðis folc ðæt híg ne gán ofer ða gemǽro tell this people not to cross the bounds, Exod. 19, 21, 12
séman
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Kmbl. 504; Sal. 252. with acc. of thing, to settle a dispute Hí sace sémaþ, sibbe gelǽraþ, Exon. Th. 334, 22 ; Gn.
teón-full
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Hú geswincful and hú teónful ðis líf is how full of travail and trouble this life is, 273, 6. Ða teónfullan infesta, Wrt.
cíping
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trading, marketing Se smið gemétte on cýpincge þæs Eádzies mann the smith met this Eadsige's man a-marketing, Hml. S. 21, 75. Þám dǽdbétan nis álýfed nǽnige cýpinge tó drífenne mercaturam exercere, Ll. Th. ii. 170, 11.
dugan
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Ðás wǽtan þing breóstum and innoþum ne dugon, ii. 246, 4. Sé mé dege, i. 388, 16. Ic secge ꝥ sió foresprǽc ne dyge ( prosit ) þám scyldigan, Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 6. for a purpose Deah hit wið ǽghwylcre innancundre unhǽlo, Lch. i. 86, 18.
eóred
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cf. eóred-mann, ¶: Twá þúsenda horsa and cccc. búton þǽm eóreda and xx. þúsenda féþena (the Latin which this should translate is: Quadringente quadrige equorum omnes falcate . bige ii mille . ducente equitum turme .xx milia peditum.
for-dyttan
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Fordytte þinc abstrusa, 2335
ge-lícian
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Mǽden scamfæst, clǽne, wærum gelíc(i)gende, 192, 3. a thing Him wel gelícode his wurðfulniss, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 34. Him gelícade hire þeáwas, Chr. 1067; P. 201, 32.
ge-teld
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L. 82, 7. þíne geteld, 83, 2. On middum þǽm úrum wícum and betwih. þǽm geteldum inter ipsa tentoria in media castrorum parte, Nar. 12, 25. geteld sleán to pitch a tent :-- Man slóh an geteld ofer þá bán, Hml. S. 26, 180.
mennisc
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Nelle ic þis mennisc gehealdan tó þám écum wítum, for þám þe hí synd týddre fragilis est in hominibus conditio, non ad aeternos servabo cruciatus, Angl. vii. 48, 467. a race, people Hé áxode hwæt ꝥ mennisc wǽre on þám muntum wunigende quis sit populus
hara
A hare
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Se hara mid ðysse wyrte hyne sylfne gelácnaþ the hare doctors itself with this plant, Herb. 114, 1; Lchdm. i. 226, 22: Med. ex Quadr. 4; Lchdm. i. 342, 14, 16, 18.
hangian
To hang, be suspended, depend
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Ðes hálga Hǽlend hangaþ unscyldig this holy Jesus hangeth guiltless, Homl. Th. ii. 256, 14: Beo. Th. 4886; B. 2447.
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BRÚCAN
To use, make use of, to pass, spend, enjoy, have enjoyment of, to eat, bear, discharge ⬩ uti, frui, possidere, habere, gaudere aliqua re, edere
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Brúc ðisses beáges make use of this collar, Beo. Th. 2436; B. 1216. He giefstólas breác he enjoyed gifts, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 7; Wand. 44.
Cnut
Cnut was the Danish king of England for twenty-one years, from A. D. 1014-1035
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And se flota ðá eal gecurón Cnut to cyninge here, in this year, A. D. 1014, Sweyn ended his days at Candlemas, on the 3rd of the Nones of February [Feb. 3rd]. And then all the fleet chose Cnut for king Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 20-22.
Cynewulf
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I cannot here bestow space upon a long argument to shew who this Cynewulf was.