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ǽ-bylgþ

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-bylgþ, ǽ-byl(i)gþ(u); f. (but n. in El. 401).

angerwhat causes anger, offence, injuryira

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Th. ii. 434, 7. what causes anger, offence, injury Ðá sendon Rómáne ǽrendracan and bǽdon ðæt him man gebétte ðæt him ðǽr tó ábylgðe (ǽ-, v. l.) gedón wæs missi a Romanis legati, ut de illatis quererentur injuriis, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 11.

castel

(n.)
Grammar
castel, (-ell), es; m.
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L. 24, 13.] an old British or Roman earthwork (?). v. N. E. D. castle, 8 On ánne castel at Swíndúne; of ðý castele . . . tó ánne castel; of ðí castele on ánne herepað, C. D. iii. 397, 18-21

word

Grammar
word, <b>. II</b> I.
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Raþe þæs Rómáne anguldon þæs wordes mid miclum hungre, Ors. 6, l; S. 254, 15.

binnan

(adv.)
Grammar
binnan, be-innan.
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Bionna uallas nerxnawonges infra menia paradisi, Rtl. 124, 3. in measurement (space, degree) Binnan feówertignm míla of Rómebyrig within forty miles of Rome, Gr. D. 219, 2. Binnan eahta mannum béte man ꝥ fullum were, Ll.

wræc-síþ

(n.)
Grammar
wræc-síþ, es; m.

travel in a foreign landperegrinationpilgrimageexilebanishmentmiserywretchedness

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Seó wæs gelǽcled from Róme on wræcsíð on ða ceastre seó is nemned Piceno, Shrn. 102, 35. Wén ic ðæt gé for wlenco, nalles for wræcsíðum, Hróðgár sóhton, Beo. Th. 682; B. 338.

ge-lettan

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Hine ne meahte Meotudes willan longað gelettan, Gú. 330. to hinder a person from progressing or developing Hý bodedon on Róme Crístendóm, ac se deófles man hý gedrehte and þæt folc gelette wundorlíce swýðe, Wlfst. 98, 18. to hinder the movement of a

for-sleán

cut throughto slaykillto destroylay wastefinishto routoverthrowto condemn

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Eft wǽron Rómáne forslægen and gefliémed iterum Romani pari clade superati sunt, 4, 8; S. 186, 28. Gefliémed and swíþor forslagen amisso exercitu, 32.

lǽdan

(v.)
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Æþelhelm lǽdde Wesseaxna ælmessan tó Rome, Chr. 887 ; P. 80, 30. Rómáne gesomnodon al þá goldhord þe on Bretene wǽron . . . and sume mid him on Gallia lǽddon, 418; P. 10, 20: Past. 333, 19. Hý lǽddun hyne of lyfte tó earde, Gú. 398.

gafol-gylda

Grammar
gafol-gylda, gaful-gylda, -gilda, -gelda, an; m.

a tribute-payertributarydebtortrĭbūti reddĭtordēbĭtora rent-payera renter of land as opposed to the ownerqui censum annum penditconductor

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a tribute-payer, tributary, debtor; trĭbūti reddĭtor, dēbĭtor Rómáne hý to gafol-gyldum gedydon the Romans made them tributaries, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 38 : Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 20.

stalian

(v.)
Grammar
stalian, p. ode
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Ath. i. 1; Th. i. 198, 25. to proceed stealthily, steal upon a person Hé oftrædlíce on Rómáne stalade Marianum exercitum creberrimis incursionibus fatigavit, Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 230, 9.

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be-delfan

to dig a graveto dig aboutto buryput under ground,to buryput in a grave or tomb

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Nim his lifre and bedealf æt þám ymbhwyrftum þínra landgemǽra, Lch. i. 328, 22. of persons (when there are no funeral rites) Hié þá Rómáne cuce on eorþan bedulfan Minucia viva obruta est in campo, Ors. 3, 6; S. 108, 19.

nǽfre

(adv.)
Grammar
nǽfre, ( = ne ǽfre); adv.

Never

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Nǽfre siðan Rómáne ne rícsodon on Bretone, Chr. 409; Erl. 10, 7. Hié nǽfre his banan folgian noldon, 755; Erl. 50, 20. Nán man ne dorste sleán óðerne man, næfde hé nǽfre swá mycel gedón wið ðone óðerne, 1086; Erl. 222, 6

Linked entry: nefre

un-feor

(adv.)
Grammar
un-feor, un-feorr; adv.

Not far offat no great distance offno great distance

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Grammar un-feor, with dative and adverb Se rinc him ðǽr rom geseah unfeor þanon standan, Cd. Th. 177, 9; Gen. 2927. Grammar un-feor, with preposition Hí wǽron unfeor fram lande non longe erant a terra, Jn. Skt. 21, 8.

hopa

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Add: expectation of what is desired, desire combined with expectation On hopan ( spe ) hǽle wé beóð gewordene: hope sóðlíce sé þe gesewen ys nys hopa (Rom. 8, 24), Scint. 130, 3. Geanbidung rihtwísra bliss; hopa sóðlíce árleásra forwyrð, 8.

hweorfan

(v.)
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. ¶ with reflexive dative :-- Hé him siþþan hwearf tó Róme postea quam Romam venit, Ors. 5, 12 ; S. 242, 27. of an inanimate object Þæt fýr scýde tó þám þe þá scylde worhton, hwearf (hweorf, MS. ) on þá hǽðenan hæftas fram þám hálgum cnihton, Dan. 267

ge-hálgian

(v.)
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</b> to consecrate to an office :-- SendeÆþelwulf cyning Ælfréd his sunu tó Róme. Þá wæs domne Leo pápa, and hé hiene tó cyninge gehálgode, Chr. 853; P. 64, 30.

Datia

(n.)
Grammar
Datia, Ors. 1, 1, § 12; Bos. 19, 3, = Datie; gen.Datia ; pl. m.

The DACIANS Dāci

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At a later period Dacia was invaded by the Goths; and as Aurelian considered it more prudent to make the Danube the boundary of the Empire, he resigned Dacia to the barbarians, removed the Roman inhabitants to Mœsia, and gave to the Dacians the name of

Elene

(n.)
Grammar
Elene, an; f.

Helena Helĕna = Ἑλένη

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Helena; Helĕna = Ἑλένη: The wife of the Roman emperor Constantius, and mother of Constantine the Great Constantius gesealde his suna ðæt ríce, Constantinuse, ðone he hæfde be Elenan, his wife Constantius gave the empire to his son Constantine whom he

ge-rímcræft

(n.)
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Wise Rómáne gesetton on gerímcraefte þæt nǽfre ǽr xi. kl. Aprelis Eástortíd gewurðan sceal, 226, 8 : Hex. 8, 5. Swá swá láreówas secgað on gerýmcræfte, 12, 23.

Linked entry: rím-cræft

CYRICE

(n.)
Grammar
CYRICE, cirice, cyrce, circe; gen. an, ean; f: cyric, ciric, in the compound cyric-ǽwe, etc. q. v. cyrc, e; f. circ,

in the compounda church, the material structure ecclesiaa heathen temple templum paganum

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Gregorius féng to biscopháde ðære Rómániscan cyrican Gregory succeeded to the bishopric of the Roman church, 1, 23; S. 485, 23; 1, 4; S. 475, 29.

Linked entries: cyrce circe cirice