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Dægsan stán

(n.)
Grammar
Dægsan stán, Degsa-stán, Dæg-stán,es; m. [Flor. Hunt. Degsastan: the stone of Degsa]

DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberland ⬩ agro Cumbriæ

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DAWSTON or Dalston, Cumberland; loci nomen in agro Cumbriæ Hér Ægþan Scotta cyng feaht wið Dælreoda, and wið Æðelferþe, Norþhymbra cynge, æt Dægstáne [Dægsan stáne, Th. 37, 26], and man ofslóh mǽst ealne his here in this year [A.

ed-wít

(n.)
Grammar
ed-wít, æd-wít, es; n.

A reproach, disgrace, blame, contumely, scorn ⬩ opprobrium, probrum, ignōmĭnia, cavillātio

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Ealle beóþ aweaxen of edwíttes ýða heáfdum all shall be grown over by the heads of the waves of scorn, Salm. Kmbl. 57; Sal. 29.

Linked entries: æd-wít -wít

EÓTEN

(n.)
Grammar
EÓTEN, es; m.

giant, monster, Grendel ⬩ gĭgas, monstrum, Grendel ⬩ the Jutes, Jutlanders, the ancient inhabitants of Jutland in the north of Denmark ⬩ Jūtæ

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a giant, monster, Grendel; gĭgas, monstrum, Grendel Wæs se grimma gǽst Grendel, Caines cyn, — ðanon untydras ealle onwócon,eótenas and ylfe and orcnéas, swylce gigantas Grendel was the grim guest, the race of Cain, — whence unnatural births all sprang

Linked entry: GEÁTAS

hulc

(n.)
Grammar
hulc, es; m.

A hut ⬩ hovel ⬩ cabin

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Gyf hé his scip uppe getogen hæbbe oððon hulc geworhtne oððon geteld geslagen ðæt hé ðǽr friþ hæbbe and ealle his ǽhta if he have drawn his ship ashore or have built a hut or pitched a tent, let him and all his property be unmolested, L.

Ii

(n.)
Grammar
Ii, Hii,

Iona

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Nu sceal beón ǽfre on Ii abbod and ná biscop and ðan sculon beón underþeódde ealle Scotta biscopas forðan ðe Columban was abbod ná biscop their king gave him [Columba] the island that is called Iona ...

lacu

(n.)
Grammar
lacu, e; f.

A pool ⬩ pond ⬩ lake

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On ða ealdan lace; andlang lace on ða norþeá, vi. i. 20. Laca lacos, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 52

Linked entry: fisc-lacu

ge-bígan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-bígan, p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. [ge-, bígan to bow, bend]

To bow ⬩ bend ⬩ turn ⬩ inflect or decline a part of speech ⬩ twist ⬩ bow down ⬩ humble ⬩ bring under ⬩ subdue ⬩ crush ⬩ flectĕre ⬩ inflectĕre ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ humiliāre

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Ealle naman beóþ gebígede on fíf declínungum omnia nómĭna quinque declinā-tiōnĭbus inflectuntur, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 2: 14; Som. 16, 56: Exon. 24 a; Th. 69, 26; Cri. 1126: Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 64, 15: Ælfc. T. 30, 5: Ps. Th. 106, 15

þyrne

(n.)
Grammar
þyrne, an; f.

A thorn-bush

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On ða ealdan þyrnan, Cod. Dip. B. iii. 136, 25. Þyrnan dumos, þyrnum dumis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 43, 44

wíd-sǽ

(n.)
Grammar
wíd-sǽ, f. m.
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Hé lét him ealne weg ðæt wéste lond on ðæt steórbord, and ða wídsǽ on ðæt bæcbord, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 10

be-gríwan

(v.)
Grammar
be-gríwan, (only in) pp. be-griwen
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To steep in, of profound knowledge Hé wæs on ðǽre ealdan ǽ getogen, and mid micelre gecnyrdnysse on ðǽre begriwen wæs (was deeply versed in it), Hml.

Linked entries: gríwan for-gríwan

blǽd

Grammar
blǽd, (properly bléd, v. blówan)

fruit.

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Ácuciað ealle eorðlice blǽdu (-e, -a, v. ll.) and blðwað (printed bláwað), Lch. iii. 374, 21. Hit át áspringþ on leáfum and on blóstmum and on blédum, Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 5. Beran ðá bléda gódra weorca ferre fructum boni operis, Past. 339, 21.

dǽd

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Ealle þás dǽda ( facta ) and mǽrsunga, 40, 10. Dǽdum gestibus, 45: effectibus, i. operibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 142, 53. Gif monnes tunge bið of heáfde óðres monnes dǽdum, Ll. Th. i. 94, 21.

deáþ-lic

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Þára sóþena gesǽlða wilniaþ ealle deáþlice men tó begitanne est mentibus hominum vere bona inserta cupiditas, Bt. 24, 2; F. 80, 30: Bl.

deór-wyrþe

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M. 26, 33. ꝥ is ꝥ eallra deórweorþeste feoh pretiosissimum divitiarum genus, Bt. 20; F. 72, 26. v. diór-, dýr-wurþe in Dict

Eáster-lic

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Eáster, Ymbe þæne eásterlican dæg wé eów wyllað gecýðan ꝥ hé wæs on þǽre ealdan ǽ tribus argumentorum indiciis preceptum, Angl. viii. 330, 4. v. Eáster, Þis eástorlice gerýno, Bl. H. 83, 7.

eóred-mann

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cf. eóred, ¶: Sixténe þúsend monna and eahta hund eóredmanna ealle mid heregeatwum gegerede xvi milia equitum, octingente quadrige, omnes falcate, Nar. 4, 13. Add

for-hwǽga

(adv.)
Grammar
for-hwǽga, for-hwega (-hwæga); adv.

somewhere

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Ðonne sceolon beón gesamnode ealle ðá menn . . . forhwæga on fíf mílum oððe on syx mílum fram þǽm feó, Ors. 1, 1; S. 20, 30-36. Substitute:

for-scyldigian

(v.)

to condemn

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Fultuman ðám forðfarenum þe on wítnunge sind, gif hí mid ealle forscyldgode ne beóð, ii. 356, 16

ge-mynegian

(v.)
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Add: to make mention of Máre ic þyses gemyn-gade þonne ic his mid ealle ásaéde ut commemorata sint haec magis quant explicata, Ors. 3, 2 ; S. 100, 26.

on-standan

(v.)
Grammar
on-standan, <b>. I.</b> to consist of
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Cf. standan; Ic ealle mîne bêc, on þâm þe se drŷcræft onstôd, âwearp, Hml. Th. ii. 418, 14. to persist, continue Þæt; mînes worldlîfes bletsung anstande ut mundanae meae vitae benedictio permaneat, Ll. Th. ii. 228, 4.

Linked entry: an-standan