spell
a story ⬩ narrative ⬩ account ⬩ relation ⬩ a historical narrative ⬩ history ⬩ a false or foolish story ⬩ a fable ⬩ an instructive talk ⬩ discourse ⬩ a philosophical argument ⬩ a sermon ⬩ homily ⬩ a saying ⬩ remark ⬩ sentence ⬩ statement of a single point ⬩ dictum ⬩ a saying that is to be repeated to another ⬩ a message ⬩ an announcement ⬩ speech ⬩ language of prose ⬩ a fable, tale ⬩ fabulatio, parabola ⬩ sermo, narratio, parabola, fabula, mythus ⬩ a saying
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Th. 246, 15; Dan. 479. speech, language of prose Ðá hé ðás bóc of Lǽdenum tó Engliscum spelle hæfde gewende, ðá geworhte hé hí eft tó leóþe, Bt. pref.; Fox viii, 9
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hebban
to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount
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Geworhton mé (the cross) feóndas him tó wæfersýne, héton mé heora wergas hebban, Kr. 31. to lift up what is to be borne out: Ðonne hí hebbað (hæbbað, v. l. elevent) ðá earce úp, Past. 173, 4. Hié hófan þá bǽre and hié bǽron mid heora handnm, Bl.
hús
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On. 56, 164. þæs temples segl geworht tó wlite þæs húses, Cri. 1140. JJám hálgan húse, 1136. þæt hús ( the temple of Janus), Ors. 3, 5 ; S. 106, 11. Húss edem (v. Lk. II, 51), Wrt. Voc. ii. 73, 47 : 67.
hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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Hefegast gewinna, þæt hí mid welerum geworht habbað labor labiorum ipsorum, Ps.
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macian
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Lch. iii. 246, 13. to subject to operation, manage, use Iubal wæs fæder herpera and þǽra þe organan macodun Iubal fuit pater canentium cithara et organo, Gen. 4, 21. to cause to be or become something specified, with sb. as complement Superbia geworhte
leóht
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God geworhte twá micele leóht (luminaria magna ) þæt máre leóht tó þæs dæges líhtinge and þæt lǽsse leóht tó þǽre nihte líhtinge, Gen. i. 14-16. a lighted candle, lamp, &c.
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Swá wæs gemearcod hwam ðæt sweord geworht ǽrest wǽre so was marked for whom that sword was first wrought, Beo. Th. 3397; B. 1696. Ic ne can for hwam se streám ne mót stillan nihtes I know not why the stream cannot rest at night, Salm.
fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Ic þá leóde wát ge wið feónd ge wið freónd fæste geworhte, B. 1864. II a. of abstract things. fixed, unchangeable Náuht woruldríces fæstes and unhwearfiendes beón ne mæg, Bt. 8; F. 26, 11.
æfter
AFTER ⬩ post ⬩ Along ⬩ through ⬩ during ⬩ κατά ⬩ per ⬩ According to ⬩ by means of ⬩ secundum ⬩ propter ⬩ After ⬩ about ⬩ propter ⬩ ob ⬩ de ⬩ After ⬩ above ⬩ according to ⬩ post ⬩ super ⬩ secundum
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He hæfþ mon geworhtne æfter his onlícnesse he has created man after [secundum] his own image, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 19; Gen. 396. Ðæt sweord ongan æfter heaðoswáte wanian the sword began to fade away by the warsweat [in consequence of the hot blood], Beo.
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;
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ÁN
ONE ⬩ unus ⬩ una ⬩ unum ⬩ alone ⬩ only ⬩ sole ⬩ another ⬩ solus ⬩ alius ⬩ sole ⬩ alone of its kind ⬩ singular ⬩ unique ⬩ without an equal ⬩ unicus ⬩ eximius ⬩ a certain one ⬩ some one ⬩ quidam ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ unus-quisque ⬩ una-quæque ⬩ unum-quodque ⬩ One ⬩ other
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God geworhte ǽnne mannan, Adam, of láme God created one man, Adam, of earth, Homl. Th. i. 12, 28. He is án God Deus unus est, Mk. Bos. 12, 29. Ðis is án ðara gerǽdnessa this is one of the ordinances, L.
CYRICE
in the compound ⬩ a church, the material structure ⬩ ecclesia ⬩ a heathen temple ⬩ templum paganum
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Th. ii. 580, 12. a church, the material structure; ecclesia Ðǽr wæs cyrice geworht a church was built there, Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 6: 1, 26; S. 487, 42. Wæs cirice gehálgod a church was consecrated, Andr. Kmbl. 3291; An. 1648.
on-cnáwan
To know ⬩ noscere, cognoscere, agnoscere ⬩ to know, recognise, ⬩ to identify an object through being acquainted with its characteristics, to distinguish ⬩ to recognise a fact ⬩ to know, understand, attain to a knowledge of ⬩ to know, learn by observation, observe, perceive ⬩ to acknowledge ⬩ make acknowledgment of a fault ⬩ to acknowledge a greeting ⬩ to acknowledge the power of another
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Th. i. 410, 9. to acknowledge, make acknowledgment of a fault Wé oncnáwaþ eal ðæt wé geworhton onworldríce, ne mágon we hit dyrnan, Hy. Grn. 7, 90. Ðæt hé mihte oncnáwan his mánfullan dǽda on ðam hæftnéde, Ælfc. T.
ge-settan
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Steorran hé geworhte, and gesette ( posuit ) on þǽre heofenan, Gen. I. 17 : Hml. Th. i. 100, 9. Twégen beámas God handum gesette, Gen. 463. Tree hæfde sum man gesetet, Lk. L. 13, 6.
ge-gaderian
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Ðes middangeard wæs of mistlicum ðingum gegaderod, and swíþe fæste tósomne gelímed; nǽren hí gegaderode and gerádode swá wiþerwearda gesceafta, ðonne ne wurdon hé ne geworhte ne gegaderode, 35, 2; F. 156, 33-37.
sib
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Se bisceop betweox ðám cyningum sibbe geworhte, Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 11. Eall ðeós worold geceás Agustuses frið and his sibbe, Ors. 5, 15; Swt. 250, 17. On ða tíd ( in the golden age) wæs sibba genihtsumnes (an utter absence of wars ), Blickl.
ge-trymman
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</b> of the position conferred by creation :-- Hæfde se Ealwalda engelcynna þurh handmægen téne getrymede (cf. the prose versions :-- Geworhte hé þurh his wísdóm týn engla werod, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 23. Hé gesceóp týn engla werod, Hml.
healf
a half
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wæs geworht cum opus ad medium ferme esset perductum, Bd. 3, 8; Sch. 225, 10. Is ꝥ land æt Snócescumbe healf þæs cinges, healf uncer Brentinges, C. D. ii. 250, 23. On þám fíftan dǽle healfum, Bt. 18, 1; F. 62, 23, Ðet land healf and healfne tún, C.
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Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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Ða bísgu us sint swíðe earfoþ ríme, ðe on his dagum on ða rícu becómon, ðe he underfangen hæfde; and ðeáh, ðá he ðas bóc hæfde geleornode, and of Lædene to Engliscum spelle gewende, and geworhte hí eft to leóðe, swá swá heó nú gedón is king Alfred was
micel
Mickle ⬩ great ⬩ magnus ⬩ much ⬩ many ⬩ multus ⬩ great
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God geworhte twá micele leóht, ðæt máre leóht tó ðæs dæges líhtinge, and ðæt læsse leóht tó ðære nihte líhtinge, Gen. 1, 16. Se læssa íl iricius; se mára íl istrix, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 52, 53. Ic tówurpe míne bernu and ic wyrce máran ( majora ), Lk.