súþ-heáfod
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a south head Andlang hlinces on þæt súþheáfod, C. D. iii. 414, 2
hamelian
To mutilate ⬩ to mutilate ⬩ some had their hands or feet cut off ⬩ mutilare ⬩ mutilatus
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To mutilate Sume man hamelode some were mutilated, Chr. 1036; Erl. 164, 38
Linked entry: hamel
of-þyncan
to cause regret or sorrow ⬩ to cause displeasure or offence
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Gr. 33; Som. 37, 21. Mé ofþincþ ðæt ic hig worhte poenit t me fecisse eos, Gen. 6, 7. Hit mé ofþincþ, Lk. Skt. 17, 4. Ofþinceþ ðé les ðe ðû tô yfele hæfst geworht? L. Ecg. C. proem.; Th. ii. 130, 43.
wóþ-sang
Song
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Song Wítgena wóðsong, Exon. Th. 4, 1; Cri. 46
wíte
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Add: v. bisceop-, full-, ge-. gylt-, heng-, sorh-wíte
brýd-leóþ
A marriage song ⬩ epithalamium ⬩ ἐπιθαλάμιον
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A marriage song; epithalamium = ἐπιθαλάμιον, Mone B. 3121: 3123
Linked entry: brýd-sang
turf
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Ne turf ne toft not a sod nor a field (i. e. neither little nor much?), Lchdm. iii. 286, 23. Tyrb cespites, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 69. Tyrf, 23, 18: glebe, 40, 37.
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Constantīnus
Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
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D. 306]and left his kingdom to his son Constantine, the good emperor. Eutropius writes that the emperor Constantine was born in Britain Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 30-32.
un-gefyrn
At no distant date ⬩ before long ⬩ soon
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At no distant date, before long, soon Ðú áfindst his mihte ungefyrn on ðé sylfum, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 153. Eallum folce ðæs swíðe ungefyrn ( very soon after that ) hé geswutelian wolde hwæs gehwá gelýfan sceolde, i. 23, 405
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Wixan
The name of some people
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The name of some people in some district in England Eást-Wixna is þryú hund hýda, West-Wixna syx hund hýda, Cod. Dip. B. i. 414, 19. Similar entries Cf. on wixena bróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 78, 1
langsum-ness
Length
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Swá ðæt hí ne beón þurh ða deópnysse ǽmóde ne þurh ða langsumnysse ǽþrytte so that they be not discouraged by the deepness, nor wearied by the length, Homl. Th. ii. 446, 8.
mægen-strengþu
Great strength ⬩ power
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Ic siges mihte and mægenstrengþe swá micele eów sille ðæt gé eów tó gamene feónda áfillaþ swá fela swá gé reccaþ I will give you so great victorious might and power, that it shall be sport to you to slay as many foes as you can count, Wulfst. 132, 19
ge-weorp
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passage substitute Him þá beorna breogo, þǽr hé on bolcan sæt, ofer waroða geweorp wið þingode with him (Andrew) the prince of men, from his seat on the gangway, across the sands held parley (the boat was close to land, cf. in ceól stigon ellenrófe, 349, so
hoppetan
To jump about [for joy], ⬩ leap, ⬩ rejoice, ⬩ to throb [of a wound]
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To jump about [for joy], leap, rejoice, to throb [of a wound] Swá benne ne burnon ne burston ne hoppetan so that the wounds should neither burn nor burst nor throb, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 352, 1.
for-gifan
to give ⬩ grant ⬩ supply ⬩ permit ⬩ give up ⬩ leave off ⬩ dăre ⬩ dōnāre ⬩ præbēre ⬩ indulgēre ⬩ dēdĕre ⬩ relinquĕre ⬩ FORGIVE ⬩ remit ⬩ remittĕre ⬩ dimittĕre ⬩ condōnāre
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Siððan ðis gedón wæs, gesceóp God Adam, and him sáwle forgeaf after this was done, God created Adam, and gave him a soul, Ælfc. T. 4, 25-5, 1. Ðisum men ic forgife hors huic hŏmĭni do ĕquum, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 21.
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Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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Angle], was son of Ingwar, and grandson of Ragnar Lodbrog. Sihtric was baptized and married Athelstan's sister in A.D. 925. He soon put away his wife, and renounced Christianity.
beód-fers
A song or hymn sung during meal-time ⬩ ad mensam carmen ⬩ hymnus
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A song or hymn sung during meal-time; ad mensam carmen, hymnusDial. 1, 19
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sealt-hús
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or sold (?); salinarium, Wrt. Voc. i. 56, 49
á-blindan
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Substitute: p. de To make blind Hié wurdon sóna áblinde, Bl. H. 151, 4
sáwel-berend
a being with a soul
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a being with a soul Sáwlberendra, niðða bearna, grundbúendra, Beo. Th. 2013; B. 1004