Affrica
Africa
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Nú wille we ymbe Affrica now will we [speak] about Africa, id; Bos. 24, 26.
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CÉN
a torch ⬩ piuus ⬩ bold
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the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter c, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is céna torch; piuus, tæda; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter c, but for cén a torch, as,— RUNE byþ cwicera gehwám cúþ on fýre torch on fire is well known
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eafora
An offspring, successor, heir, son ⬩ prōles, successor, fīlius
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Ne wearþ Heremód swá eaforum Ecgwélan Heremod was not so to Ecgwela's successors, Beo. Th. 3424; B. 1710. Ðæt we on Adame and on his eafrum andan gebétan that we repair our wrongs on Adam and his offspring, Cd. 21; Th. 25, 24; Gen. 399
heorcnian
To hearken ⬩ listen
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Ðæt hit tó hefigtýme ne þince ðám heorcnigendum that it may not seem too tedious to the listeners, 72, 23
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ge-wyrdan
To hurt ⬩ injure ⬩ lædere ⬩ nocere
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Ne mæg ðǽr rén ne snáw gewyrdan neither rain nor snow can there injure, Exon. 56 a; Th. 199, 1; Ph. 19. Hæfde hí hungor and þurst heard gewyrded esurientes et sitientes, Ps. Th. 106, 4
Linked entry: ge-werdan
swǽm
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Nú mæg hér manna gehwilc gehýran hwet ðás swǽmas wǽron ðe ure yldra[n] him tó gebǽdon now may every one hear in this account (of the gods) what these vain creatures were, that our forefathers prayed to H. Z. xii. 408, 15
un-lifigende
Not living ⬩ dead ⬩ defunct
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Not living, dead, defunct Unlifigendes fét and folma, Beo. Th. 1492; B. 744. Heáfod Holofernus unlyfigendes, Judth. Thw. 24, 9; Jud. 180. Unlifgendes, Elen. Kmbl. 1754; El. 879. Siteþ eorl ofer óðrum unlifigendum ( Beowulf ), Beo.
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hweorfa
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To vertigine, not to molem (wrongly written molam) must belong the gloss, hweorfan
Linked entry: wendend
gyrnan
To desire ⬩ beg ⬩ yearn
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To desire, beg, yearn Ic ne me micles gyrne I do not desire much for myself, Exon. 37 a; Th. 121, 20; Gú. 291 Glædmód gyrneþ ðæt he gódra mǽst dǽda gefremme joyous is eager to perform very many good deeds, 62 b; Th. 229, 28; Ph. 492.
wíf-þing
Matters connected with women ⬩ marriage ⬩ intercourse
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[He weddede þat mæiden, and nom heo to his bedden; þer wes wífðing riche, Laym. 31128.] Cf. brýd-þing
ryne
A course, run, running, ⬩ an orbit ⬩ course, uninterrupted progress ⬩ a course, water-course, a flow, flux of blood ⬩ course, cycle, lustre ⬩ course of life
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B. i. 221, 21. of other things, of the heavenly bodies, an orbit Nǽron nó swá gewíslíce neswá endebyrdlíce hiora (the various members of the created world) stede and hiora ryne funden on hiora stówum and on hiora tídum gif án unáwendendlíc God nǽre non
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befóran-cweðan
To foretell ⬩ prædicere
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To foretell; prædicere Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 15, note : 5, 2; S. 615, 13, note
irre
Anger ⬩ wrath ⬩ ire ⬩ rage
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Nú is gefylled ðæt mycelle hátheort and ðæt mycelle yrre ðyses ealdermannes now is completed the great rage and anger of this ruler, Blickl. Homl. 151, 11.
ge-lettan
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Ne dorston þá gelettan leng wuldorcyninges word they durst not longer delay to carry out God's command, An. 801. Hys sýðfæt wæs geletted, Shrn. 98, 30. <b>V a.
rím
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., have not been, or cannot be, counted: Mé ymbhringde manig yfel, þǽr nis nán rím circumdederunt me mala, quorum non est numerus, Ps.
líchamlíce
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His micelnesse ne mæg nán monn ámetan ; nis þ nó líchonilíce (lícum-, v. l. ) tó wénanne, ac gástlíce, Bt. 42 ; F. 258, 13. carnally, having no regard to spiritual interests Þá lufedon hí hyre mágas líchamlíce (carnaliter) . . . and ne hogodon ná þeáh
mǽl-mete
Food to eat
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Food to eat Ne biþ ðec mǽlmete nymþe mores græs no food shall there be for thee but the grass of the moor. Cd. 203; Th. 252, 7; Dan. 575. [Grein, quoting Dietrich, would read mǽl méte ( = obvius), v. Hpt. Zeitsch. x. 358.]
ge-leofian
To live ⬩ vīvĕre
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To live; vīvĕre Ne geleofaþ man náht miriges, ða hwíle ðe mon deáþ ondrǽt there is no mirth in life when there is dread of death, Prov. Kmbl. 16. Gyf swá biþ geleofad si sic vīvĭtur, Cant. Ezech. Lamb. fol. 185 a, 16
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un-áwendendlíce
Unalterably ⬩ without possibility of change
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Ðá cwæþ hé: 'Ne þearf hit nó eall gewiorþon unáwendendlíce; ac sum hit sceal geweorþan unáwendendlíce, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 30-250, 2
brosnung
Corruption, decay ⬩ corruptio, defectio
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Wæs ne wélan brosnung there was no decay of wealth, Exon. 44 b; Th. 151, 25; Gú. 800