weaxan
To wax, grow. ⬩ to grow, be produced, ⬩ to grow, grow up ⬩ to grow, increase, wax ⬩ to grow in honour, grow great, flourish, prosper ⬩ to be productive ⬩ to grow, take shape
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Se hlísa ðæt wǽre sum ancra, ðæt missenlícum mægnum for Gode weóhse, Guthl. 12; Gdwin. 58, 14. to be productive Ǽr ðon eówre treówu telgum blówe, wæstmum weaxe priusquam producant spinae vestrae rhamnos, Ps. Th. 57, 8.
bunda
a wedded or married man, a husband ⬩ maritus, sponsus ⬩ the father or head of a family, a householder ⬩ paterfamilias, œconomus ⬩ wedlock, marriage, ⬩ lawfully born, born in wedlock ⬩ wedlock breaker, an adulterer ⬩ marriage-fast-man, a wedded man, a husband: ⬩ to wed, take a wife ⬩ a wedded man, husband, householder ⬩ one wedded or bound, a husband ⬩ to bind ⬩ person ⬩ agent ⬩ a hammer ⬩ a hammerer ⬩ rule, government, ⬩ a ruler, governor ⬩ bound ⬩ one bound, a husband
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B, bunda] beclypod wǽre, etc. and where the householder dwelt without claim or contest, let the wife and the children dwell in the same, without litigation. And if the householder had been cited, etc. L.
Linked entry: bonda
lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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Ic wille ðæt hig beón swá gódera lagana wurðe swá hig betst wǽran on ǽniges cynges dæge I will that they be entitled to as good laws as there ever have been in any king's day, Chart. Th. 416, 24.
under-þeódan
to subject ⬩ subjugate ⬩ render subject ⬩ to subject ⬩ cause to endure ⬩ render liable ⬩ to subjoin ⬩ add ⬩ to support
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Hí druncennesse and oferhýdo ... wǽron heora swiran underðeóddende ( subdentes ), Bd. 1, 14; S. 482, 27. Reogollícum ðeódscipum underþeóded regularibus disciplinis subditus, 4, 24; S. 598, 21. His anwealde underþeóded, Bt. 26, 3; Fox 94, 15.
Linked entries: under-geþeóded under-þídan
dæg
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Þrý dagas wǽron ǽr þám dæge bútan sunnan and mónan, Lch. iii. 238, 19. ii. mónðas and .xxi. daga, Chr. 643; P. 27, 34. Mǽstra daga ǽlce, 894; P. 84, 29. Seofon dagena fæsten, Hml. Th. i. 434, 21. <b>I a.
hwæþere
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Þá hǽþenan men tó lócodan, ah hié hweþre wǽron tó ðæs swíðe gefyrhte þæt heora nǽnig him wiþstandan ne dorste, Bl. H. 221, 34. Ah miltsa þú hweþre ús, 225, 20. Ac hé him tó frófre lét hwæðere forð wesan ..., Gen. 955. v. ge-hwæþere, sóþ-hwæþere
tó-slítan
To tear in two, ⬩ tear to pieces, ⬩ tear asunder ⬩ to tear in two, ⬩ in pieces, ⬩ rend material, ⬩ to give a torn appearance to anything ⬩ to serrate ⬩ to rend, ⬩ cleave, ⬩ break asunder that which is hard or bulky ⬩ to tear the flesh, ⬩ rend, ⬩ bite, ⬩ wound ⬩ lacerate ⬩ to tear asunder ⬩ part ⬩ separate what has been joined ⬩ sever ⬩ to pull to pieces ⬩ destroy the existence of an object, abstract or concrete ⬩ to destroy ⬩ dissipate ⬩ to distract the mind ⬩ To be different
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Swá swá sceáp from wildeórum beóþ fornumene, swá ða earman ceasterwaran tóslitene wǽron fram heora feóndum (discerpuntur ab hostibus), Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 26.
þanc
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Ðonne wǽron ǽgþer góde, ge ða ǽrran ge ðás æfterran, and nǽron náðere an þance quid aliud colligi datur, nisi semper bona esse, sed ingrata? Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 86, 10.
þanan
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Ðá hé on botme stód, ðá him þúhte ðæt þanon wǽre tó helle duru hund þúsenda míla gemearcodes, Cd. Th. 310, 7; Sat. 722. Hé ðær rom geseah unfeor þanon standan, 177, 9; Gen. 2927 : Beo. Th. 3615; B. 1805.
Linked entries: þanan-forþ þanon þonan þonon
ge-dón
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Ǽlc þǽra þinga þe him gedón oððe gecweíen wǽre, Chr. 1014; P. 145, 8. the object a clause Wénst þú mæge seó wyrd þé geðón þæt þá þing ðíne ágene sién . . . . Bt. 14, i; F. 40, 31.
hé
He, she, it
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Se eádiga Mathéus and se háliga Andreas hie wǽron cyssende him betweónon the blessed Matthew and the holy Andrew kissed one another, St. And. 12, 19. Hí betwux him cwǽdon inter se dicentes, Mk. Skt. 1, 27.
tún
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His suna wǽron áfédde on óþran túne, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 213-217. Se resteþ on uico longe, ðæt is on ðæm langan túne, Shrn. 76, 2. Ðeáh ðú on tún ( uicum; lond, Lind. Rush. ) gá, Mk. Skt. 8, 26.
Linked entry: bold
warenian
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Wé ágan þearfe, ðæt wé wið swylcne ege wære beón and eác ða warnian, ðe swylc nyton swylc tówerd is. Wulfst. 101, 11. Men ða leófestan, wé willaþ eów warnian, and ús sylfe álýsan, Homl. Ass. 144, 18.
Linked entries: ge-warenian warnian wærnian wearnian
sprecan
To speak. ⬩ to exercise the faculty of speech ⬩ to use words in conversation, discourse, etc. ⬩ to mention ⬩ to say ⬩ to speak ⬩ to sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to
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Th. i. 314, 19. with a clause, to say Hié sprǽcon, ðæt hit betere wǽre, Ors. 2, 3; Swt. 68, 8. Ðá gehýrde hé sumne ðara bróþra sprecan, ðæt hé wolde féran, Bd. 3, 2; S. 525, 5. with the words that are spoken :-- Hí sáre sprecaþ 'Hwá gesyhþ úsic?'
Linked entries: on-spreca æfter æfter-spræc æfter-sprecan on-spreca on-swætende specan
sweord
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Th. 6089; B. 3048: the sword which Beowulf seized in Grendel's retreat was golden-hilted, 3358; B. 1677, and 'wæs on ðǽm scennum scíran goldes þurh rúnstafas gesǽd, hwam ðæt sweord geworht, írena cyst, ǽrest wǽre, wreoþenhilt and wyrmfáh,' 3390-3400;
Linked entry: swyrd
þingian
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Wǽre þearf ðæt him mon þyngode tó ðam rícum, Bt. 38, 7; Fox 208, 29. Se ðe bitt ðone monn ðæt him ðingie wið óðerne ðe hé biþ eác ierre cum is, qui displicet, ad intercedendum mittitur, Past. 10; Swt. 63, 12.
self
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Ðæt ða sylfan ýþa wǽron áhofene ofer ðæt scip, Blickl. Homl. 235, 6.
fæger
FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet ⬩ pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis
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Folcstede fægre wǽron the towns were pleasant, Cd. 91; Th. 116, 9; Gen. 1933: Exon. 26 b; Th. 79, 23; Cri. 1295. Ðeáh he fæger word útan ætýwe although it outwardly shew fair words, Frag. Kmbl. 31; Leás. 17.
swíðe
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Næfde se here Angelcynn ealles for swíðe gebrocod; ac hié wǽron micle swíþor gebrocede mid ceápes cwilde and monna; ealles swíþost mid ðæm ðæt manige ðara sélestena cynges þéna forðférdon, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 29-32
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mund
a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund
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Hwílum wǽron heáfodstedas and heálíce hádas micelre mǽ;þe and munde wyrþe and griðian mihton ða ðe ðæs beþorf[ton] ( they were entitled to afford protection, and might give 'grið' to those that needed it), L.
Linked entry: mundian