Cwén-sǽ
The White Sea ⬩ hyperboreus oceanus
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þeóda; ac hit man hǽt eall, Germania from the river Don, westward to the river Rhine. . . and again south to the river Danube . . . and north to the ocean, which is called the White Sea: within these are many nations; but they call it all, Germania, Ors
fǽrlíc
Sudden, unexpected, quick ⬩ sŭbĭtus, repentīnus
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Sudden, unexpected, quick; sŭbĭtus, repentīnus Him becom fǽrlíc yfel a sudden plague came upon them, Ors. 4, 5; Bos. 81, 22: Gen. 19, 19. Fǽrlíc geþoht a sudden thought, Hexam. 14; Norm. 22, 5. Fǽrlíc rén sudden rain; imber, Ælfc.
stellan
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Hwelce bisena hé ðǽr stellende wæs, Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 24. to take a place(?)
Linked entries: stillan a-stellan wiþ-styllan
un-áblinnendlíce
Unceasingly ⬩ incessantly ⬩ without ceasing ⬩ without intermission
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Gnættas ǽgþær ge ða men ge ða nýtenu unáblinnendlíce píniende wǽron ciniphes nusquam evitabiles, Ors. 1, 7; Swt. 36, 31
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be-swíc
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Him Arpellas tó beswice wearð Arpellas had played him false, Ors. 1. 12; S. 54, 10. Bútan ǽlcen brǽde oððe beswice, C. D. ii. 58, 27. Hé hié lǽrde ꝥ hie fram his big-swice cyrdon, Bl. H. 173, 31. Biswica nequitiarum, fraudium, An.
ge-nyhtsumnes
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Fæsten for hwǽtes genihtsumnesse, óðerne for wínes, þriddan for eles, Shrn. 138, 13. a condition of plenty Wé sindon cumen tó þǽm gódan tídun . . . and tó ðǽre genihtsumnisse þe hié fore gielpað, Ors. 4, 7; S. 182, 15. a sufficiency, sufficient supply
hindan
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Mathéum hindan mid sweorde þurstingan, Shrn. 131, 33. þ á Engliscan hí hindan hetelíce slógon, Chr. 1066; P. 199, 15. with verbs of pursuit Hé ofi nþ þá sunnan hindan and cymþ wiþforan þá sunnan úp it comes up with the sun from behind and rises be ore
stóc
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[I faderr stoke, Orm. 9778.]Þeȝȝ liccness off Cherubyn o tweȝȝenn stokess metedd, 1049.]
scegð-mann
A member of the crew of a scegð, a Dane, a pirate
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Gif man secge on landes mann ðæt hé orf stǽle oððon man slóge, and hit secge án sceiðman and án landes mann ( a Dane and a native Englishman ), L. Eth. ii. 7 ; Th. i. 288, 8. Ægelsig þe Reáda and Winsig Scægðman, Chart. Th. 337, 17. v. preceding word
ǽr
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Hé bebeád ǽrest monna primus statuit, Ors. 6, 30; S. 284, 8: Shrn. 49, 20. Æt ǽrestan, Lch. ii. 118, 19
ge-sweostor
sisters; ⬩ sorores;
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Ðǽr wǽron twá cwéna ða wǽran gesweostoa there were two queens who were sisters, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 33, 36.
Linked entries: sweostor ge-swustra ge-swystra
a-snǽsan
to hit or strike against ⬩ to stake oneself upon anything ⬩ impingere ⬩ to wrest anything from another ⬩ extorquere
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to hit or strike against, to stake oneself upon anything; impingere Gif befóran eágum asnáse [MS. H. asnǽse] if he stake himself before his eyes, L. Alf. pol. 36 ; Th. i. 84, 14. to wrest anything from another? extorquere, L. Noel, Lye
be-delfan
To dig in or around ⬩ to bury ⬩ inter ⬩ circumfodere ⬩ sepelire
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To dig in or around, to bury, inter; circumfodere, sepelire Óþ i hine bedelfe usque dum fodiam circa illam, Lk. Bos. 13, 8. Bedealf hyt on eorþan he buried it in the earth, Mt. Bos. 25, 18. Bedolfen, Elen. Kmbl. 2159; El. 1081
fore-þencan
To distrust ⬩ despair ⬩ diffīdĕre ⬩ despērāre
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To distrust, despair; diffīdĕre, despērāre Ðý-læs he hine for ðære wynsuman wyrde fortrúwige, oððe for ðære réðan foreþence lest he on account of pleasant fortune should be arrogant, or on account of the affliction should despair, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238,
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fore-wyrcan
To work for ⬩ do anything for anyone ⬩ făcĕre alĭquid pro alĭquo
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To work for, do anything for anyone; făcĕre alĭquid pro alĭquo Se man ðane óðerne æt rihte gebrenge, oððe riht forewyrce let the man bring the other to justice, or do justice for him, L. H. E. 15; Th. i. 34, 2
hwítian
to whiten
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To be or become white, to whiten Ic hwítige albeo, albesco, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 6: albo, albico, 36; Som. 38, 29-30. Ðæt ðæt fel hwítige that the skin may become white, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 6
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lǽstend
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One who performs or executes Ðara þinga ðe hé óðre lǽrde tó dónne hé sylfa wæs se wylsumesta fyllend mid lǽstend eorum quæ agenda docebat erat executor devotissimus, Bd. 5, 22; S. 644, 4. Fylgend and lǽstend, 4, 3; S. 568, 15, note
leás-spellung
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Idle, vain, or false talking Leásspellunga fabulationum, Bd. 4, 25; S. 601, 14. Leásspellunga nenias, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 74.
morþ-wyrhta
One who causes death
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One who causes death (by witchcraft or poison) Wiccan oððe wigleras, mánsworan oððe morþwyrhtan, L.E.G. 11; Th. i. 172, 20 (see note): L. Eth. vi. 7, 36; Th. i. 316, 21, 324, 11: L.C.S. 4; Th. i. 378, 7: Wulfst. 266, 25
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ge-háda
One of the same state or order ⬩ qui ejusdem stătus vel ordĭnis est
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One of the same state or order; qui ejusdem stătus vel ordĭnis est Mid twám his gehádan with two of his fellow ecclesiastics, L. Eth. ix. 19, 20; Th. i. 344, 14, 16 : L. C. E. 5; Th. i. 362, 12, 15