wæcce
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ watching ⬩ watchfulness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch
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Gif hwelc mon fæste oþþe nytte (Cockayne alters to nihte, but this is unnecessary; see beginning of preceding passage) wæccan dó, Shrn. 104, 29. Tó wæccum ad excubias, vigilias, Hpt. Gl. 488, 37.
weald
High land covered with wood ⬩ wood ⬩ forest.
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Taylor's Names and Places, pp. 244-5) ; and in wold, e. g. the wolds of Lincolnshire, Cotswold, though from the changed condition of the country this word no longer implies the presence of wood: in Bailey's Dictionary wold is defined'a down or champian
Linked entries: weald-leþer geald wealda wilde
Wintan-ceaster
Winchester
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This form occurs in Latin works, e. g. : In Venta civitate, Bd. 4, 15: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 300, 16. Monasterium in Wenta positum, vi. 29, 16. Also the adjective Wentanus (Uentanus, Bd. 5, 18), e. g. : Wentanus episcopus, v. 82, 14.
Linked entries: Wænte Win-ceaster
tó-stregdan
To disperse ⬩ scatter ⬩ destroy ⬩ spargere ⬩ aspergere ⬩ dispergere ⬩ disperdere ⬩ dissipare ⬩ dispertire ⬩ destruere ⬩ To be dispersed ⬩ not to keep within proper bounds
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Fægere weras tóstrédaþ ðone líg ðæt hé ne mæg ná sceðþan ðisse fǽmnan fair men scatter the flame, so that it cannot harm this virgin, Shrn. 130, 31. Ðú tó-strugde úsic dispersisti nos, Ps. Surt. 43, 12. Tóstregdyst, Ps. Spl. C. 43, 13.
fætt
plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich
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Gl. 525. of things, plump, full-bodied, substantial Ðá beóð fulle of fǽttum leáfum and wel wósigum, Lch. i. 258, 3. Hafað seó lǽsse smæle leáf and gehwǽde, and seó óðer hafað máran leáf and fǽtte, 264, 20.
sin-gal
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referring to things of the next life, everlasting, perpetual Dreám ys singal canor est jugis, Hymn. Surt. 58, 4. On ðam heofenlícum éðele is singal leóht, Lchdm. iii. 240, 12 : Homl. Th. i. 238, 5 : Rood Kmbl. 280 ; Kr. 141.
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á-scirian
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Se man þe his mód áwent fram eallum þisum bócum, and bið him swá ánwille, þæt him leófre bið, þæt hé lybbe be his ágenum dihte áscired fram þisum, Ælfc. T.
ge-sceap
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Voc. ii. 136, 26. v. cenning. what is created, creation, created things Ic þec biddan wille þurh þæt æðele gesceap þe þú, fæder engla, on fruman settest, Jul. 273. a creature On ðám æfteran dæge God gesceóp ðá gesceapu ðe ðisne heofon healdað, Sal.
ge-frédan
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Past. 139, 16-20. of the sense of easte Ðý lǽs hé ðá bieternesse ðǽre wyrte gefréde, Past. 303, 15. to be sensible of a state or condition Hé swilces nán þing ofer ꝥ on him sylfum ne gefrédde (ongæt, v.l. ), Gr. D. 102, 4.
wamb
a belly, stomach ⬩ a womb ⬩ a hollow
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Rush. 23, 29. of inanimate things Ic wiht (bellows) geseah, womb wæs on hindan, Exon. Th. 419, 6;Rä. 38, 1. Hí (clouds ) feallan lǽtaþ seáw of bósme, wǽtan of wombe, 385, 21;Rä. 4, 48.
tó-weard
future ⬩ that is to come ⬩ about to come ⬩ coming ⬩ at hand ⬩ approaching ⬩ toward ⬩ (that is) to happen or be some time or other, ⬩ (that is) to come ⬩ about to happen ⬩ (that is) to come soon ⬩ imminent ⬩ impending ⬩ to take place ⬩ come to pass ⬩ coming towards a place ⬩ approaching ⬩ about to come ⬩ with the face towards a person, ⬩ facing
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Ða þing ðe eów tówearde synd and hú eówer ǽlcon gebyreð ǽr his ende quae ventura sunt vobis in diebus novissimis. Gen. 49, Eallum mannum, ðám ðe nú sint and ðám ðe tówearde sint.
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endleofan
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Ósréd ðæt rice hæfde endleofan wintra Osred held the kingdom for eleven years, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 20. Mid híra endlufon sunum cum undecim filiis, Gen. 32, 22. Endleofan steorran eleven stars, Gen. 37, 9: Chr. 71; Th. 13, 3, col. 3
here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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Þis wearð Harolde cyng gecýdd, and hé gaderade þá mycelne here (cf. Harold gegæderade sciphere (-fyrde, v.l.) and landhere (-fyrde, v. l.), P. 195, 38), 1066; P. 199, 27.
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Hér Offa hét Æþelbryhte ðæt heáfod ofásleán in this year Offa ordered Ethelbert's head to be struck off, Chr. 792; Erl. 58, 2. Búton hé healde iii niht hýde and heáfod unless he keep the hide and head three nights, L.
tíma
Time ⬩ hour ⬩ tempus ⬩ hora ⬩ time when, ⬩ time at which an event takes place ⬩ a time when a thing can or ought to be done, ⬩ a proper time, ⬩ opportunity ⬩ in time ⬩ in good time ⬩ be-times ⬩ proper time ⬩ an appointed time ⬩ a period of time ⬩ time during which certain events are happening, during which a particular person is living, etc. ⬩ a season of the year ⬩ an age of the world ⬩ time of pronouncing a syllable, ⬩ quantity ⬩ time, ⬩ condition of things
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Ymbe ðone tíman ðe ðiss wæs at the time when this was happening, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 36. Tiéman, 4, 8; Swt. 186, 34. Ðæt hié ðoligen earfeðu ðǽm tímum ðe hié ðyrfen, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 10.
á-lífan
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Ús þín ríce álýf, Hy. 7, 28. Ðæt mé unne God écean dreámes, líf álýfe, 4, 33. Noldan him þá londleóde þæt fæsten áliéfan, Ors. 5, 11; S. 238, 7. Hé wuda and wætres nyttað, þonne him bið wíc álýfed, Gn. Ex. 110. Þæs áléfdan indulte, Wrt.
ceorlisc
CHURLISH, rustic, common ⬩ rusticus, vulgaris
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B; cyrliscum G; cierliscum H.] þeófe of a common thief, 18; Th. i. 114, 5. Sǽton feáwa cirlisce [cyrlisce, col. 2, 3; 165, col. 1, 2] men, a few countrymen remained, Chr. 893; Th. 164, 4, col. 1
emne
Equally, even, exactly, precisely, just ⬩ æquālĭter, æque, omnīno
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Ne wéne ic ðæt ǽnige twegen látteówas emnar gefuhton I do not think that any two leaders fought more equally. Ors. 3, 1; Bos. 53, 32
hús-ting
a meeting ⬩ court ⬩ tribunal
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A word taken from the Scandinavians [Icel. hús-þing a council or meeting to which a king, earl or captain summoned his people or guardsmen], a meeting, court, tribunal, apparently so called from its being held within a building when other courts were
hyngrian
To hunger
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Him nán þing ne hingrode, 168, 19. Hine hingrede esuriit, Lk. Skt. 4, 2. Mé hingrode esurivi, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 35. Ðá ongan hyne syððan hingrian postea esuriit, 4, 2