Alríca
Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths
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Ðæt Eallríca, Gotona cyning, hyre an-waldes hí beniman woldan that Alaric, king of the Goths, would deprive her of her power, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 39, 37. Ealleríca, Bt. 1; Fox 22
nefne
Unless ⬩ except ⬩ Except
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Grammar nefne, conj. connecting clauses, Unless, except Hé hyra má ácwellan wolde, nefne him witig God forstóde, Beo. Th. 2116; B. 1056: 6101; B. 3054: Exon. Th. 340, 5; Gn. Ex. 106 : 345, 11; Gn. Ex. 186.
seóc
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Ofer seóce (aegrotos) hí hyra handa settaþ and hí beóþ hále, Mk. Skt. 16, 18. ¶ used as a noun þurh his hrepunge beóþ gestrangode ða unstrangan seócan, Homl. Skt. i. 7, 54. of moral disease Hǽðne wǽron begen, synnum seóce, Exon.
scrín
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[Hí námen ðære ( in the minster) twá gildene scrínes and .lx. seolferne, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 11.] a cage in which a criminal is confined Hig Pilatum on ánum ýsenum scrýne gebrohton on ðære byrig Damascum, and hyne myd scrýne myd eallum on feastum cwearterne
wíd-gil
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Wídgilles embhwerftes vasti orbis, Hymn. Surt. 104, 7. Ðæs wídgillan wéstenes ða ungearwan stówe, Guthl. 3 ; Gdwin. 20, 10. On stówe wídgylre in loco spatioso. Ps. Spl. 30, 10. Tó gódum lande and wídgillum in terram bonam et spatiosam, Ex. 3, 8.
á-breóþan
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To degenerate, deteriorate, fall away, fail, of persons, physical Oft hyre hleór ábreóðeð her good looks ore lost, Gn. Ex. 66. moral Se deófol sendeð earhscype, swá ðæt se man ábrýð æt ǽlcere þearfe, Wlfst. 53, 13.
Linked entries: a-broten á-broþenness
dreórig
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Dreórigne hyge, Gú. 1112: Wand. 17: Met. 22, 33. Hig wurdon swíðe dreórige and cyrdon eft illi scissis vestibus reversi sunt, Gen. 44, 13. Beón dreórige contristari, Mk. 14, 19: Hml. Th. i. 60, 15: 62, 28. Dreórge, Jul. 482.
ge-myþe
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Ymbe cráwan hyll útan ðæt hit cymeð tó ðám gemýðum ; ðæt úp be ðám gemǽnan lande in hǽðbeorh, iii. 391, 29. opening of an enclosure (?) Andlang hagan tó hagena gemýðum ; of ðen gemýðun on Techanstedes hagan, C. D. v. 336, 25
ge-rísan
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Fǽmne ast hyre bordan geríseð, On. Ex. 64 : 67. I a. with dat. of object Ðé gerist mára campdom. Hml. Th. i. 418, 8. Dam aide ne gehrtseð (conuenil) Ssceapa, Lk.
útera
Outer ⬩ outmost ⬩ external ⬩ not of the inner man
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Wurpaþ hyne on ða úttran (útteran, MS. A. ðǽm útmestum, Lind.) þýstro mittite eum in tenebras exteriores, Mt. Kmbl. 22, 13: 25, 30 (wútmestum, Lind.). Óð tó útmeste usque ad extremum, Rtl. 55, 36.
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BRÓÐOR
A BROTHER ⬩ frater ⬩ to bear, support, a brother being the natural supporter of sisters who have lost their father
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Hyre bróðra deáþ the death of her brothers, Exon. 100 a; Th. 377, 24; Deór. 8. Gemang bróðrum inter fratres, Jn. Bos. 21, 23
gár
a weapon with a pointed head ⬩ an arrow ⬩ the head ⬩ a wedge-shaped piece of land.
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Gáras líxton, El. 23. an arrow Hyne Hǽðcyn of hornbogan fláne geswencte. . . and his mǽg ofscét blódigan gáre, B. 2440. either (2) or (5) Wið flyge gáres, Crä. 66: B. 1765.
hearpe
A harp ⬩ plectrum, chelys, psalterium, cythara
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Ne biþ him tó hearpan hyge ... se ðe on lagu fundaþ he has no mind to the harp ... who on the ocean puts forth, 82 a; Th. 308, 23; Seef. 44.
on-ǽlan
to set fire to, to ignite, kindle ⬩ to burn (cf. anneal), consume by burning ⬩ to make hot with fire ⬩ to make hot (in a metaphorical sense), to inflame, to excite intense feeling, to kindle passions
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to set fire to, to ignite, kindle (lit. and figurative) Hú ne onǽlþ accendit heó hyre leóhtfæt? Lk. Skt. 15, 8. Hé hiene onǽlþ mid ðam tapure ðæs godcundan liéges, Past. 36; Swt. 259, 12.
þanne
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Þonne hyt tíma byþ, Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 5. Geþence mé, þonne ðé ðín wíse lície, Gen. 40, 14. Ic náme þænne ic cóme veniens ego recepissem, Mt.
hǽlu
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Sige béc onsendað . . . hǽlo hýðe þám þe hý lufai, Sal. 245. ¶ in forms of greeting or address on coming to or meeting a person Sié þé éce hǽlo and in eorðan lof, Cri. 411. Him hǽlu and lof secgean laudent eum, Ps. Th. 106, 31.
gang
going, walking, moving on foot, step. ⬩ the sole of the foot (?) ⬩ the being habitually in a specified condition ⬩ power of walking ⬩ of moving about ⬩ mode of walking, walk, gait ⬩ a walk, journey ⬩ go, time, occasion of going ⬩ a way, road, path, passage ⬩ a track ⬩ course ⬩ a stream ⬩ a narrative ⬩ space traversed ⬩ expanse covered ⬩ an ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate. ⬩ legal process ⬩ legal procedure, process ⬩ a company of people (?), a gang. ⬩ a step, stair ⬩ a privy
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Hý habbaþ þæs þe leóhtran gang, Lch. i. 342, 12. Wǽron hyra gongas sméðe and geséfte, Gú. 703. Mid gongum, mid rádum, oþþe mid þý þe hine mon here oþþe on wǽne ferige, Lch. ii. 30, 28. the sole of the foot (?)
irfe
Inheritance ⬩ property
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Ðonne is riht ðæt heó sý healfes yrfes wyrðe and ealles gif hý cild gemǽne hæbban then is it right that she be entitled to half the property, and to all if they have children together, L. Edm. B. 4 ; Th. i. 254, 15.
récan
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Men ne róhton hwæt hý worhtan, Wulfst. 163, 16
grétan
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Hý grétte blíðum wordum he addressed her with kind words, Exon. 68 a; Th. 252, 17; Jul. 164. His God grétte addressed his God, Andr. Kmbl. 2059; An. 1032. Ongunnon hine grétan cæperunt salutare eum, Mk. Bos. 15, 18.