wǽg-þreát
A wave-host ⬩ the waters of the deluge
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A wave-host, the waters of the deluge Ic wille mid wǽgþreáte ǽhta and ágend eall ácwellan, Cd. Th. 81, 29; Gen. 1352
HETE
HATE ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ malignity ⬩ malice ⬩ spite
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Hete hæfde hé æt his hearran gewunnen he had gained hate from his lord, Cd. 16; Th. 19, 34; Gen. 301: 37; Th. 47, 29; Gen. 768: 103; Th. 137, 13; Gen. 2273. Mid fulryhte hete ic hie hatode perfecto odio oderam illos, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, 6.
leód-scipe
A people ⬩ nation
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Hwæt tó bóte mihte æt ðæm fǽrcwealme ðe his leódscipe swýðe drehte, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 10: Chr. 1014; Erl. 150, 9: Beo. Th. 5495; B. 2751: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 135; Met. 1, 68. Ðrý leódscipas sind gehátene India, Homl.
lutian
lurk ⬩ skulk
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Nys hyt swá stearc winter ðæt ic durre lutian æt hám for ege hláfordes mínes non est tam aspera hyems ut audeam latere domi prae timore domini mei, Coll. Monast. Th. 19, 17.
MǼD
MEAD ⬩ meadow
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Gelíce and mon mǽd máwe just as one mows a meadow, Ors. 2, 8; Swt. 92, 15.] xiiii æceras and ða mǽde ðe ðár tó líþ Ðúnstán gebohte æt Uhtlufe xiiii acres and the meadow pertaining thereto Dunstan bought of Uhtlufu, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. ii. 3, 34.
rǽcan
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Ðara ánra ðe for neóde him þénunge æt ðæs mynstres ingange rǽcan scylon, R. Ben. 139, 11. Se gebúr sceal erian healfne æcer and rǽcan (cf. on bærene gebringan, Chart. Th. 145, 1) ðæt sǽd on hláfordes berne, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 35
Linked entry: a-rǽcan
gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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Æt ðǽm giftan sceal mæsse-preóst beón at the nuptials there shall be a mass-priest, L. Edm. 13, 8; Th. i. 256, 6. Wífigende and gyfta syllende nubentes et nubtum tradentes, Mt. Bos. 24, 38: Lk. Bos. 20, 34.
slǽpan
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Hé æt ðæm stáne slǽpte, Past. 16; Swt. 101, 18. Hwæðer hé wacode ðe slépte, Bd. 2, 12 ; S. 513, 39. Ðá hié sléptun (geslépdon, Lind. ) cum dormirent, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 25. Sléptun (slépdon, Lind. ) dormierant, 27, 52.
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swefen
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Ðá stód him sum mon æt ðurh swefen ( per somnium ) . . . Ðá hét heó secgan ðæt swefen. Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 11-31. Swefn, Cd. Th. 159, 16; Gen. 2635. Tó ásecganne swefen, 224, 1; Dan. 129.
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under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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Hé deóplíce undernam Drihtnes láre æt him, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 76. Abraham undernam hefiglíce ðás word dure accepit hoc, Gen. 21, 11. Ðis sind ðæra apostola word, undernimaþ hí mid carfullum móde, Homl. Th. i. 236, 4: H. R. 7, 29.
Linked entry: under-fón
for-ealdian
to run out ⬩ expire
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Ic him sǽde ꝥ hé forealdod wǽre, and tó þæs eald wǽre ꝥ hé ne mihte elcor gewearmigan búton æt fýre, Nar. 18, 14. Swá forealdod mon decrepitus senex, 21. Foreald[od] decrepita, An. Ox. 2109. On fótum forealdudes (ueterani), Scint. 223, 13.
hálgian
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L. 17, 17-19. . to consecrate, set apart as sacred to God, dedicate to a religious office or use On þissum geáre man hálgode þet mynster æt Westmynster . . . hine man bebyrgede innan þǽre níwan hálgodre circean on Westmynstre, Chr. 1066; P. 195, 3-197
hleahtor
a laugh
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Þ æt wíf áhlóh wereda drihtnes nalles glædlíce, ac heó þone hleóðorcwide husce belegde on sefan swíðe . . . on búre áhóf hihtleásne hleahtor, Gen. 2387. a laugh, a burst or peal of laughter Þá higeleáslican ceahhetunga, hlehtras ineffrenatos cachinnos
Linked entry: hleahtrian
Wendel-sǽ
the Mediterranean. ⬩ In Alfred's Orosius the word is used to translate several Latin terms denoting the Mediterranean or parts of it
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Æt Wendelsǽ on stæðe (the Italian shore) Elen. Kmbl. 462; El. 231. On Wendelsǽ ðǽr Apollines dohtor wunode Met. 26, 31: Salm. Kmbl. 406; Sal. 203
Engle
The Angles ⬩ Angli
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The majority of settlers in Britainwere from Anglen and the neighbourhood, hence this country and people derived their name England and English, England being derived from Engla land the land or country of the Angles On ðǽm landum eardodon Engle, ǽr
Linked entries: Angle Angel-cyning Angel-cynn Angel-þeód Englan Ængle
mann-líca
A human form ⬩ image of a man ⬩ statue
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Twegen manlícan ( images in the sick man's eyes of the observer ) beóþ on mannes eágum; gif ðú ða ne gesihst, ðonne swilt se man, and biþ gewiten ǽr þrím dagum, Salm. Kmbl. p. 206, 11. v. Grmm. D. M. 1133
nátes-hwón
Not at all ⬩ by no means
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Hé ne áwyrpþ náteshwón his wǽpna him fram, ǽr ðam ðe ðæt gewinn wurðe geendod, Basil admn. 2; Norm. 36, 9. Ne sculon mæssepreóstas náteshwón bútan óðrum mannum mæssan syngan, L. E. I. 7; Th. ii. 406, 21
Linked entry: ná-wiht
þurh-drífan
to drive through ⬩ pierce ⬩ transfix ⬩ to penetrate ⬩ permeate ⬩ imbue ⬩ to drive violently ⬩ perpellere
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I. 21; Th. ii. 416, 30. fig. to penetrate, permeate, imbue : -- Ðeáh ic ǽr mid dysige þurhdrifen wǽre, Elen.
ymbren-dæg
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December, on ða néhstan wucan ǽr Cristes mæssan, L. Ecg. P. addit. 21; Th. ii. 234, 33. Áðas sindon tócweden freólsdagum and rihtymbrendagum, L. Eth. v. 18; Th. i. 308, 25.
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dragan
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Hí becnytton his swuran mid rápe and drógon (cf. tugon, 54) hine swá swá hí ǽr dydon, Hml. S. 15, 82. Drógun (trógun, R., cf. tróg, v. 11) segni trahentes rete, Jn. 21, 8. Dragað hine niwelne his neb tó eorðan, 14, 155.