ge-feallan
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Hé fond his mondryhten ádlwérigne; him þæt in gefeól hefig æt heortan, Gú. 981. trans. to reach by falling, to fall and reach, fall to Hé meregrund gefeóll, B. 2100. Hé hreás on hrúsan ... hé eorðan gefeóll, 2834.
níd
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Add: violence, force, compulsion, exercised by or upon persons Hé cwæð ꝥ wǽre mid gafoles neáde (neóde, v. l.) geþrafod sum geleáffull wer fidelis vir quidam necessitate debiti compulsus. Gr. D. 157, 22.
brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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Sax. bk. iii. ch. 5, vol. i. pp. 318 and 378] was a war-king, elected by the other Anglo-Saxon kings and their nobility, as their leader in the time of war. Lappenberg [Th. Lapbg. i. 125-129] takes the same view; while Kemble [Sax.
ÉÐEL
property, inheritance, country, realm, land, dwelling, home ⬩ prædium ăvītum, fundus heredĭtārius, patria, terra, sēdes, domĭcĭlium, tabernācŭlum
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RUNE = œ́, the name o f which letter in Anglo-Saxon is œ́ðel, ǽðel, é ðel one's native country, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letters œ́, but for œ́eth;el = é ðel one 9;s native country, as, — RUNE [éðel] byþ
GLÆD
shining ⬩ bright ⬩ glad ⬩ cheerful ⬩ joyous ⬩ bright ⬩ pleasant ⬩ kind ⬩ mild ⬩ courteous
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Iacob byþ on glædum sǽlum exultabit Jacob, Ps. Th. 52, 8. Sefa wæs ðé glædra her mind was the gladder, Elen. Kmbl. 1909; El. 956. pleasant, kind, mild, courteous Glæd man jucundus homo, Ps. Th. 111, 5. Glade fǽmnan virgines, 148, 12.
weorþ-líc
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of value, valuable Ǽlc seldsýnde fisc ðe weorðlíc byð, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 27. Weorðlíc reáf gedǽlan dividere spolia, Ps.
swilce
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Genóh byþ ðam leorningcnihte ðæt hé sý swylce ( sicut ) hys láreów, and þeów swylce hys hláfurd, 10, 25. Se áwyrgda gást is heáfod ealra unrihtwísra dǽda, swylce unrihtwíse syndon deófles leomo, Blickl. Homl. 33, 8.
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gleáw
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Byð sægd his lof gleáwast and mǽrust annuntietur laus ejus, 101, 19
Cynewulf
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. - In the Vercelli MS. is contained a long poem on the finding of the Cross by the Empress Helena [ = Elene].
fundian
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), Lch. ii. 352, 1. of action, purpose, to strive to attain an end or object. the end marked by a preposition or adverb Twá ðing sindon þe ǽlces monnes ingeþanc tó fundaþ, ꝥ is willa and anweald, Bt. 36, 3; F. 176, 6.
ge-tǽcan
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Ðǽr ic hæbbe getǽht hwelc hierde bión sceal monstrare qualis esse debeat Pastor, Past. 467, 20. to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, place, &c. lit.
hring
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IV. the border of a circular object, of land as bounded by the horizon :-- Siððan þú gestígest steápe dúne, hrincg ðæs heán landes, Gen. 2854. <b>IV a.
hwanne
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H. 46, 20. in dependent clauses. where the time at which the action of the main clause takes place is fixed by the dependent clause Hwænne (huonne, L., hwenne, R.) ic bræc fíf hláfas ... . and hú fela wyligena gé námon fulle?, Mk. 8, 19: 20.
hlid
fence ⬩ a gate ⬩ door
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Add: that which covers the opening at the top of a vessel or closes the mouth of an aperture Bytte hlid cordias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 80.
Æðelflǽd
Æthelfled ⬩ Æthelfleda
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She married Æthelred, a Mercian nobleman, who was made viceroy of Mercia by king Alfred. He died in A. D. 912, Chr.
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drenc
DRENCH, dose, draught, drink ⬩ pōtus, pōtio ⬩ a drowning ⬩ demersio, submersio
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Gæst in deáþ-seledrence bifæsteþ scipu mid scealcum the guest commits ships and crews to the death-hall by drowning, Exon. 97 a; Th. 362, 2; Wal. 30
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díc
scrŏbis unde terram fodĕrant
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a ditch, the excavation or trench made by throwing out the earth, a channel for water; fossa, excavātio vel scrŏbis unde terram fodĕrant Ðonne to ðære díce hyrnan then to the corner of the ditch, Th. Diplm. A. D. 905; 495, 21.
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ge-
with
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Winnan is to toil, fight, contend; ge-winnan is to get by striving, fighting, contending, i. e. to win, ' A.D. 685; p. 40, 16 : p. 4, 25.
hyld
Favour ⬩ protection ⬩ grace ⬩ loyalty ⬩ allegiance
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Favour, protection, grace [of a superior to an inferior], loyalty, allegiance [of the inferior to the superior] Ic hálsige eów for ðæs cáseres helda ðæt gé mé secgon I adjure you by your allegiance to the emperor that you tell me, Nicod. 8; Thw. 4, 7
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metod
fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ death
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The earlier meaning of the word in heathen times may have been fate, destiny, death (cf. metan), by which Grein would translate metod in Wald. 1, 34; Val. 1, 19 Ðý ic ðé metod ondréd ðæt ðú tó fyrenlíce feohtan sóhtest (Stephens here takes metod as vocative