Élíg
The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire ⬩ insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi
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The isle of ELY, Cambridgeshire; insŭla Eliensis in agro Cantabrigiensi Is Élíg ðæt land on Eást-Engla mǽgþa, hú hugu syx hund hída, on eálondes gelícnesse; is eall mid fenne and mid wætere ymbseald, and fram genihtsumnesse ǽla ða ðe on ðám ylcan fennum
for-súwian
To pass over in silence ⬩ keep silent ⬩ sĭlentio prætĕrīre ⬩ tăcēre ⬩ retĭcēre
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Hwí wæs ðæra engla syn forsúgod on ðære béc Genesis why was the angels' sin passed over in silence in the book of Genesis? Boutr. Scrd. 17. 19.
sweotollíce
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Hí swutolíce (manifeste) engla sang gehýrdon, Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 5. Swutollíce hé sprecþ expresse loquitur, Ælfc.
ge-hírsumian
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Hí hine hálsedon ꝥ hé gehýrsumode þæs engles wordum. Hml. A. 124, 263. Gif gé willað mínum bebodum gehýrsumian, Hml.
hleóþor
a sound ⬩ noise ⬩ voice
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Engla hleóðres (cf. Engla þreátas sigeleóð sungon, 1289), Gú. 1293. voice, note of a bird Ic þurh múð sprece . . . hleóðres ne míðe, Rá. 9, 4. Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóðor, Scef. 20.
tó-faran
to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately, ⬩ part ⬩ to disperse (intrans.) ⬩ scatter ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass off, ⬩ depart, ⬩ become extinct.
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to go in different directions, go off separately, part On sumera tófór se here, sum on East-Engle, sum on Norðhymbre, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 25.
cwic-súsl
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Faraþ ða unrihtwísan into écere cwicsúsle, mid deófle and his awyrigedum englum the unrighteous will go into everlasting torment, with the devil and his accursed angels, Homl. Th. ii. 108, 31
óra
A species of money introduced by the Danes
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Icel. eyrir, the eighth part of a mark) þolie twelf órena mid Denum and .xxx. sciłł. mid Englum, L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 170, 16. Béte man ðæt æt deádum menn mid .vi. healfmarce, and æt cwicon mid .xii. óran, L. Eth. iii. 1 ; Th. i. 292, 11.
mǽg-wlite
Appearance ⬩ form ⬩ species ⬩ species ⬩ forma ⬩ aspectus
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Ǽlc hafaþ mágwlite metodes and engla. Cd. 75; Th. 92, 17; Gen. 1530. Monge mǽgwlitas many species, Exon. 433; Th. 146, 7; Gú. 706; Bt. Met. Fox 31, 9; Met. 31, 5.
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scirian
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Sceóp ðá and scyrede Scyppend úre oferhídig cyn engla of heofnum then did our Creator adjudge and ordain the presumptuous race of angels to banishment from heaven, Cd. Th. 5, 1; Gen. 65.
ge-dreccan
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Th. ii. 174, 9. the subject a thing Þ gyld gedrehte ealle Engla þeóde, Chr. 105-2; P. 173, 20. Hunger þisne eard swíðe gedrehte, 1096; P. 233, 5. Arn egeslic wæter . . . Hé mid þám gedræht wæs, Vis. Lfc. 4, 6.
ge-þyncan
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, 23: 11. with clause Him wæs sóðre geþúht þæt hit engles word wǽre, Gú. 1096. to seem good or fit Hí ealle sealdon þone dǽl heora spéda þe him geðúhte, Hml. Th. i. 582, 19.
hír-ness
hearing ⬩ subjection ⬩ service ⬩ a parish
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Hérnise engla ministerium angelorum, Mk. L. 1, 17. Hérnise ríces Godes ministerium regni Dei, Mk. L. 4, 11. Embehtsum[n]ise ł hérnisse hé gefe Gode obsequium praestare Deo, Jn. L. 16, 2.
á-blendar
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), Engl. Stud. viii. 6., 5. fig. Gítsung hí áblent. Bt. 36, 6; F. 130, 34. Lác áblendaþ ( excoecant ) glǽwne. Ex. 23, 8. Áblændaþ, L. Alf. 46; Th. i. 54, 18. Hé bið áblend mid unwísdóme, Past. 69, 16. Áblendad, ðæt is, beswicen, Rtl. 197, 23.
Sol-mónaþ
February ⬩ placenta ⬩ panibus sol ⬩ sun ⬩ mire ⬩ spurcalia
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Kluge takes the word to be sól = sun, and observes 'die form des kuchens war für die benennung massgebend,' Engl. Stud. viii. 479. Sol = mire would give a name that suggests the later February fill-dyke, and would not be inappropriate.
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midlen
The middle ⬩ midst ⬩ centre
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Ða englas ásyndriaþ ða yfelan of ðæra gódra midlene, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 49. Ic eom on hyra midlene, 18, 20. On midline in dimidio, Blick. Gl. Se Hǽlend gesette ǽnne lytling on hyra midlen, 18, 2. Ðá férde hé þurh hyra midlen, Lk. Skt. 4, 30
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mis-wendan
To pervert ⬩ apply to a wrong use ⬩ abuse ⬩ To turn in a wrong direction, be perverted
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To pervert, apply to a wrong use, abuse Ðá miswendon sume ða englas heora ágenne cyre, and hý sylfe tó deóflum geworhton then some of the angels made an ill-use of the choice that was theirs, and made themselves devils, Homl. Th. i. 112, 7.
be-fæstan
to fix, ⬩ to place in security ⬩ to fix in the mind ⬩ implant ⬩ to fix by promise or agreement ⬩ to pledge ⬩ to commit ⬩ to commit to a person's charge ⬩ to commit to a place ⬩ to set ⬩ betake to an occupation ⬩ to commend ⬩ recommend, ⬩ to make acceptable ⬩ to trust
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Dele passage under I, and add: to fix, to place in security Hié befæston hira wíf and hira scipu and hira feoh on Eást-Englum, Chr. 894; P. 88, 4. Þá Deniscan hæfdon hira wíf befæst innan Eást-Engle, 896; P. 89, 22.
HWÍT
WHITE ⬩ bright ⬩ clear ⬩ fair ⬩ splendid
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Engla scýnost and hwíttost most beautiful and most splendid of angels, 18; Th. 22, 11; Gen. 339
bodian
to declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ to preach ⬩ a person ⬩ a doctrine ⬩ belief
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Weorþian wé Sancta Marian, for þon þe heó engla þreátas eádige bodedon, II, 12.