folc-lic
public ⬩ national ⬩ common ⬩ general ⬩ public ⬩ plebeian ⬩ common ⬩ common ⬩ populous
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Án his þeówa his gesíða wæs. . . and samod hí gereordoden swá swá gelican. Þreo geár hé férde mid þám folclicum cempum, Hml.
æþelo
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Deáð forsiehð þá æþelo, and þone rícan gelíce and þone heánan foriwelgþ, Bt. 30, l; F. 68, 33. Ðæt án ic wát gódes on þá æþelu, ꝥ manigne mon sceamaþ ꝥ hé weorþe wyrsa ðonne his eldran wǽron, Bt. 30, I; S. 69, 12.
tír
Glory ⬩ honour
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Ne biþ hira(two twins) tír gelíc, Salm. Kmbl. 730; Sal. 364: Exon. Th. 448, 11; Dóm. 52. Biþ týr scæcen, eorþan blǽdas, 447, 27; Dóm. 45. Tíres Wealdend (cf. wuldres Waldend, Cd. Th. 216, 27; Dan. 13) the Deity, Ps. Th. 79, 14. Tíres brytta, Judth.
Linked entry: tyr
FUGEL
A bird ⬩ FOWL ⬩ ăvis ⬩ āles
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Ic spearuwan swá some gelíce gewearþ, ánlícum fugele factus sum sīcut passer ūnĭcus, Ps. Th. 101, 5: Exon. 108 a; Th. 413, 18; Rä. 32, 7. Fugle gelícost most like to a bird, Beo. Th. 442; B. 218.
Linked entries: fen-fugelas fugol fugul
leó
A lion ⬩ lioness
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Griffus fiðerfóte fugel, leóne gelíc on wæstme, Wrt. Voc. 78, 2. Hió sceolde forsceoppan tó león and ðonne seó sceolde sprecan ðonne rýnde hió she turned into a lioness, and when it ought to have spoken, then she roared, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 33.
tín
ten ⬩ alone ⬩ a set of ten ⬩ the number ten
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Gelíc ðám týn fǽmnum (téwm hehstaldum, Lind.: tén fémnan, Rush.), 25, 1. Mid týn (téum ł ténum, Lind.: tén, Rush.) þúsendum, Lk. Skt. 14, 31. Týn (teá, Lind. Rush.) hreófe weras, 17, 12. Teá síðum, Lind. 15, 8. Fram wintrum ténum, p. 8, 4.
swipu
literal, a scourge, whip, rod ⬩ that with which a stroke is struck, a sword (?), a javelin ⬩ affliction, chastisement ⬩ a whip ⬩ a lash, switch ⬩ for a top, ⬩ or scoorge flagellum
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Ðám gelíc ðe Crist ádrǽfde mid swipe of ðam temple, L. Ælfc. C. 27; Th. ii. 352, 21. Suiopan, suipan mastigium, Txts. 77, 1276. Swipan, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55. 26. Hé worhte swipan (suuopa, Lind.: swiopa, Rush.) of strengon flagellum de funiculis, Jn.
be-gangan
to go about ⬩ to go by ⬩ to go about a business ⬩ to attend to ⬩ see after a person ⬩ to worship ⬩ to honour ⬩ celebrate a day ⬩ to exercise ⬩ practise an art ⬩ to practise a religion ⬩ to practise ⬩ do (habitually) ⬩ commit sin ⬩ to exercise ⬩ use
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His godas þe hé begongende (-gónde, v.l.) wæs, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 34. to honour, celebrate a day :-- Ealle þá dagas synt mid gelícere eáwfæstnysse tó begangenne, Ll.
ge-þencan
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Hié sculon geðencean hú gelíce hié beóð óðrum monnum on hira gecynde debent aequalitatem pensare conditionis, 109, 1. Gemunan and geþencan hú ..., Bl. H. 55, 12.
þeóf-feng
Seizing of thieves ⬩ comprehensio (or captio) furis (-um). ⬩ the obligation of one who holds land to arrest and bring to justice those who committed theft on that land ⬩ the right to receive the fines which might be exacted in case of conviction for theft.
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Ealle wítu (in cases of theft) sint gelíce, .cxx. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 9; Th. i. 68, 7: L. Ath. i. 1; Th. i. 198, 23. Gif þeuw stele ... hine man álése .lxx. sciłł., L. Wih. 27; Th. i. 42, 20. Hine man his wergelde álése, 26; Th. i. 42, 17: L.
ge-gangan
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Ꝥ þǽm biscopum . . . gelíce gegange þǽm biscope þe Paulus geseah, Bl. H. 45, 4. Þá wæs gegongen guman . . . ꝥ hé geseah . . ., B. 2821. to contribute to a result Ꝥ him ꝥ gód móte tó écum médum gegangan, Bl. H. 101, 18. <b>B.
hrægel
A garment ⬩ dress ⬩ robe ⬩ rail ⬩ clothing
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Wese hé hrægle gelíc fiat ei sicut vestimentum, Ps. Th. 108, 19. Mid mete and mid hrægle with food and clothing, Blickl. Homl. 41, 29. Se ðe mid ðon ánum hrægle wæs gegyrwed who was dressed in that one garment, 169, 1.
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HWÍT
WHITE ⬩ bright ⬩ clear ⬩ fair ⬩ splendid
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Hæfde hé hine swá hwítne geworhtne gelíc wæs hé ðám leóhtum steorrum so splendid had he formed him he was like the bright stars, Cd. 14; Th. 17, 4; Gen. 254. Leóht hwít clear light, 29; Th. 38, 33; Gen. 616.
INNOÞ
the inside ⬩ stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ bowels ⬩ the breast ⬩ heart
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Sió his innaþ wan wætere gelíc intravit sicut aqua in interiora ejus, Ps. Th. 108, 18. Wið innoþes sár for sore of inwards, Herb. 11, 2 ; Lchdm. i. 102, 11. Wið innoþes fæstnysse for costiveness, 62; Lchdm. i. 164, 16.
háwian
To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect
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Nýtene gelíc ðe háwaþ symle tó ðære eorþan like a beast that ever looks to the ground, Homl. Th. ii. 442, 8.
siððan
Afterwards ⬩ since ⬩ since ⬩ after
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Hé biþ ðonne seoððan ðǽm englum gelíc, Blickl. Homl. 49, 7. Siððon, 59, 7. Ða ðe seoððan after Cristes cyme wǽron tó Gode gecyrrede, 81, 15. Ðá æfter ðisse dǽde his noma wæs á seoððan mǽre geworden, 219, 4. Á syððan ðenden wunaþ húsa sélest, Beo.
wín-geard
a vineyard ⬩ a place where vines grow ⬩ the vines growing in such a place ⬩ vinea ⬩ a place where other plants than vines grow ⬩ a vine ⬩ vitis ⬩ vinea
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Se gesibsuma wer byð ðam wínearde gelíc ðe byrð góde wæstmas, Basil admn. 6; Norm. 46, 24. Ðú út álǽddest wíngeard (vineam)... and his wyrtruman settest, Ps. Th. 79, 8. Ic geseah wíneard (vitem), on ðam wǽron þreó clystru, Gen. 40, 9.
Linked entries: wín-eard wíngeard-bóh
an-lícnes
likeness ⬩ image ⬩ similitude ⬩ resemblance ⬩ imago ⬩ similitudo ⬩ a parable ⬩ parabola ⬩ an image ⬩ statue ⬩ idol ⬩ stature ⬩ height ⬩ statua ⬩ simulacrum ⬩ statura
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Similar entries v. big-spell, gelícnes, II. an image, statue, idol, stature, height; statua, simulacrum, statura He wundoragræfene anlícnesse geseh he beheld a wondrously-carved image, Andr. Kmbl. 1425 ; An. 713.
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á-þenian
to stretch out ⬩ extend ⬩ to stretch by pulling: ⬩ to extend notice ⬩ direct attention ⬩ effort ⬩ to extend ⬩ prolong ⬩ to spread out ⬩ extend superficially ⬩ to stretch out ⬩ prostrate:--
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Hé hine hét áþenian on írenum bedde, Shrn. 116, 2. of a space of time: -- Þá þrý dagas wǽron bútan sunnan and mónan ... gelícere wǽgan mid leóhte and þeóstrum áþenede, (the first three) Lch. iii. 234, 6
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ge-wrixl
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Gelíce þá biscopas syndan on gewrixle þára apostola on þǽre háligra gesomnunge, swá syndan þá mæssepreóstas on þám gewrixle Crístes þegna, Ll. Th. ii. 402, 19-22.