þúsend
a thousand
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Tele nú ðæt tén þúsend geára wið ðæt éce líf, Bt. 18, 3: Fox 66, 6-10. Wæs þreó þúsend ðæra leóda álesen, Elect. Kmbl. 569; El. 285: Blickl. Homl. 119, 3. Similar entries v. under 2. other examples.
am-byr
Favourable ⬩ fair ⬩ æquus ⬩ secundus
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Favourable, fair; æquus, secundus Gyf man hæfde ambyrne wind if a man had a favourable wind, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 21, 20
deópþancol-líce
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With depth of thought, with profound learning Búton óðrum trahtbócum ðe hé mid gecneordum andgite deópðancollíce ásmeáde, Hml. Th. i. 436, 20
eástnorþ-wind
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A north-east wind Eástnorþwind, eústnord*-*uind boreus, Txts. 46, 162. Eóstnorðwind chorus, 51, 460. Eástnorð*-*wind, Wrt. Voc. ii. 126, 52
cwealm
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Add: and, with mutation, cwelm, cwilm, cwylm (see, too, cpds. with cwealm-) Se wræc biít miceles cwelmes ǽlcum, Verc. Först. 106, 13
under-bæc
backwards ⬩ back ⬩ behind ⬩ back
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Ðá beseah hé hine underbæc wið ðæs wífes, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 14.
Linked entry: BÆC
un-geþwǽrness
discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement ⬩ division ⬩ quarrel ⬩ trouble ⬩ disquiet
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Be ungeþwǽrnysse wið his néhstan de discordia cum proximo suo, L. Ecg. P. ii. 27 tit.; Th. ii. 182, 1. Sii his wunung on hellewíte mid ðám ðe symle on ǽlcre ungeðwǽrnesse blissiaþ, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 129, 27.
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land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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, within the towns, the streets with many-coloured stones, Andr.
fǽr
a calamity ⬩ disaster ⬩ evil ⬩ accident
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: Lǽcedómas wiþ feferádle . . . wiþ þriddan dæges fǽre (cf. fefre, 134, 21) and feórþan dæges fǽre (cf. fefre, 134, 22) and wið ǽlces dæges fére (cf. fefere, 134, 74), Lch. ii. 12, 26-28. Add:
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stǽlan
To impute a crime to ⬩ a person ⬩ to charge ⬩ declare something against a person
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Wið mé árison leáse gewitan and stǽldon on mé ðæt ic náwþer ne nyste ne ne worhte exurgentes testes iniqui quae ignorabam interrogabant me, Ps. Th. 34, 12.
FÆÐM
the embracing arms ⬩ brachia amplexa, circumdăta ⬩ A lap, bosom, breast ⬩ quicquid complectĭtur vel comprehendit alĭquid, sĭnus, grĕmium, interna, pectus ⬩ FATHOM = six feet ⬩ spătium utriusque brachii extensiōne contentum ⬩ An embrace, protection ⬩ amplexus, complexus, protectio ⬩ Grasp, power ⬩ pŏtestas, dĭtio ⬩ An expanse, abyss, deep ⬩ expansum, tractus, superfĭcies, abyssus, profundum
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Lye. the arms extended for embracing or protecting,- An embrace, protection; amplexus, complexus, protectio Wæs wíf Abrahames lǽded on fremdes fæðm the wife of Abraham was led to the embrace of a stranger, Cd. 124; Th. 159, 7; Gen. 2631.
ge-býrian
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Ne gebyrað him nán þincg ne tó wífe ne tó worldwíge neither wife nor war is any concern of his, Ll. Th. i. 346, 22. Tó woruldgewinne búgan þe him náht tó ne gebyrað (-iað, v.l. ), Hml. S. 25, 832.
þweorh
crooked ⬩ cross ⬩ adverse ⬩ opposed ⬩ cross ⬩ angry ⬩ bitter ⬩ perverse ⬩ wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ depraved ⬩ froward ⬩ wrongly ⬩ evilly
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Ðuer wig perversa via, Kent. Gl. 772. On ðweorum wige in via perversi, 812. Þwuru (þweoru, MS. A.) beóþ on gerihte erunt prava in directa, Lk. Skt. 3, 5. adverse, opposed (cf. Icel. þver-úð discord).
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Th. 33, 8. with gen. Se lǽcecræft þé tirþ on þá þrotan þonne ðú his ǽrest fandast degustata mordent, Bt. 22, 1; F. 76, 30.
ge-wunian
to dwell ⬩ inhabit ⬩ to remain ⬩ stay ⬩ abide ⬩ continue ⬩ To stop, live, associate with ⬩ continue in or with ⬩ to be accustomed, wont
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To stop, live, associate with, continue in or with Hie se leódfruma leng ne wolde gewunian with them the prince no longer would abide, Andr. Kmbl. 3320; An. 1636.
cliwen
A clew ⬩ a ball of thread, ball ⬩ glomus, globus
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Mintan wel getrifulade meng wið hunig, wyrc to lytlum cliwene mingle mint, well triturated, with honey, make it into a little ball, L. M. 1, 48; Lchdm. ii. 122, 11.
Frysa
A Frisian ⬩ Frīsius ⬩ Freso
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Ic wæs mid Frysum I was with the Frisians, Exon. 85 b; Th. 322, 24; Wíd. 68: Beo. Th. 2418; B. 1207: 5816; B. 2912: Bd. 5, 11; S. 625, 42. He ge-eóde ða fyrran Frysan he had overcome the farther Frisians, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 3
hreóh-ness
storm ⬩ tempest
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Gif hwá hreóhnysse on réwytte þolige ... seó hreohnys byþ forboden if any one suffer stormy weather in rowing ... the rough weather will be stopped, Herb. 171, 3; Lchdm. i. 302. 5.
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lǽswian
To pasture ⬩ feed ⬩ graze
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Ða assan wið hí lǽswodon the asses were grazing by them, Homl. Th. ii. 450, 6. Lǽswa míne scép feed my sheep, 290, 30.
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BOLD
a building, dwelling, house ⬩ ædificium, domicilium, domus ⬩ a superior house, hall, castle, palace, temple ⬩ aula, palatium, ædes ⬩ a builder
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Ðǽr ic wíc báge, bold mid bearnum where I inhabit a dwelling, a house with children, Exon. 104 b; Th. 396, 23; Rä. 16, 9. Bold wæs betlíc the building was excellent [good-like], Beo. Th. 3854; B. 1925.
Linked entry: bylda