wédan
To be mad or furious, to rage, rave ⬩ to be mad, out of one's senses ⬩ to act with violence, be furious, rage,
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Fra þatt grediȝnesse þatt doþ þe mann to wedenu rihht to winnenn erþlic ahhte, Orm. 14140. Þe kyng ferde for wraþþe as he wolde wede, R. Glouc. 53, 10
Linked entry: a-wédan
CLǼNE
CLEAN, pure, clear ⬩ mundus, purus, merus, serenus ⬩ chaste, innocent ⬩ castus, innoxius
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Ne acyr ðú fram ðínum cnihte ðín clǽne gesihþ ne avertas faciem tuam a puero tuo, 68, 17. Gewát him se hálga sécan ðone clǽnan hám the holy one departed to seek the pure home, Andr. Kmbl. 1956; An. 980.
lá
Lo ⬩ Oh ⬩ Ah
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Wénst ðú lá ðæt ðú beó álýsed fram ðisum tintregum do you suppose then that you will be released from these torments? Homl. Th. i. 424, 29. Dá cwæþ ic hwæt is ðæt lá then said I 'what then is that?' Bt. 34, 5; Fox 140, 14, Hwæt is ðæt lá þinga?
meaht
- Ps, Th. 70, 18
Might ⬩ power ⬩ virtue ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ mighty work
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Frs. macht, meht: Icel. máttr: O. M. H. Ger. maht: Ger. macht: Du. magt.]
Linked entries: mæht miht un-gemeaht
ge-rǽdan
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S. 23, 320. to arrange, dispose Þ á þe gerǽdaþ heora heortan fullfremedlice fram ǽlcum synlustum þæs líchaman qui perfecte cor ab omni delectations carnis excutiunt, Gr. D. 323, 4.
ge-þingian
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Geþingie, Wlfst. 299, 24. to intercede for something from a person Hys frýnd bǽdon Onian ꝥ hé his lífe geðingode æt Gode, Hml.
sceaft
A smooth, round, straight stick or pole, a shaft ⬩ the shaft of a spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ the shaft of an arrow ⬩ a pole ⬩ a taper
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Stratmann gives schaftmonde, Nares cites a passage from Harrington's Ariosto in which shaftman occurs; in Ray's Collection (1691) shafman, shafmet, shaftment is explained 'the measure of the fist with the thumb set up.' v. also Halliwell's Dict., and
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Ic eom forgifen fram Gode þyssere byrig, 136. Manegum men bióþ forgifene þás woruldgesǽlþa, Bt. 39, 12; F. 230, 24. the object a clause Forgeaf him moncynnes fruma þæt hé weorðan sceolde . . ., Ph. 377.
loc
A lock ⬩ bolt ⬩ bar ⬩ enclosure ⬩ fold ⬩ A close ⬩ conclusion ⬩ settlement
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Hwylc manna is ðæt his ágene sáwle fram helle locum generige quis eruet animam suam de manu inferi, Ps. Th. 88, 41. Tó helle locum gelǽded beón sceolde ad inferni claustra raperetur, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 22 : 5, 13; S. 633, 20.
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gild
a payment of money ⬩ a tribute ⬩ compensation ⬩ retribution ⬩ substitute ⬩ solutio ⬩ tributum ⬩ compensatio ⬩ remuneratio ⬩ retributio ⬩ GUILD ⬩ society ⬩ club, to which payments were made for mutual protection and support, more extensive than our friendly societies ⬩ societas ⬩ fraternitas ⬩ a payment to God ⬩ worship ⬩ service ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ offering ⬩ cultus ⬩ sacrificium ⬩ a heathen deity ⬩ numen ⬩ a visible object of worship ⬩ an idol ⬩ idolum
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Menn guldon him gyld men paid him tribute, 1066; Fri. 203, 8. On Abeles gyld in compensation for Abel, Cd. 55; Th. 67, 22; Gen. 1104: 153; Th. 190, 15; Exod. 199. On ðære sunnan gyld in the sun's stead, Exon. 24 a; Th. 68, 14; Cri. 1103.
Linked entries: gield gild-scipe ed-gild gild-selenn ge-gild ge-gilda geld geold gyld hǽðen-gild
ágan
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Ne meahton freó ne þeówe heora bregoweardas bearnum ágan neither bond nor free could make their lords possessors of children (the passage refers to the women afflicted with barrenness), 2747
dwelian
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Ðá ðe fyligað þǽre gýtsunge, hí dweliað fram Godes geleáfon, Hml. Th. i. 256, 18. Ðá, þe lífes weg lǽdan cunnan, gebringan on rihtwege þá, þe ǽr dweledan (-odan, v. l. ), Wlfst. 75, 2.
hwearfian
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S. 23 b, 544. [ Gief hie wunienge hwarefeð, hie turneð fram iuele to werse, O. E. Hml. ii. 173, 20. Winess drinnch þe wharrfeþþ all þin herrte, Orm. 14121. Crist hise name shollde wharrfenn, 13289. Win þatt wass off water wharrfedd, 15323.
sacan
to fight, strive, contend ⬩ to disagree, ⬩ to wrangle ⬩ to bring a suit ⬩ to accuse, blame ⬩ to refuse, deny.
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Ne ða óðre ongeán ðæt ne sacan (wiðcweðon, Wells Frag.) the others shall offer no opposition to the decision, 119,2. Dóm stande ðár þegenas sammǽle beón; gif hig sacan ( disagree ), stande ðæt hig .viii. secgaþ, L. Eth. iii. 13; Th. i. 289, 3.
tín
ten ⬩ alone ⬩ a set of ten ⬩ the number ten
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Fram wintrum ténum, p. 8, 4. Teá ł téno hreáfo, p. 9, 8. Of téum hehstaldum, Mt. Kmbl. p. 19, 16. Teá monna látwu decanus, Rtl. 193, 19. used as a substantive and declined, nom. -e, gen. -a, dat.
Etna
Etna, the volcano of Sicily
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C. 458] Etna betokened the brimstone fire, when it sprang up from the door of hell in the island of the Sicilians and slew many by burning and stench, Ors. 2, 6; Bos. 50, 16-19. This is much abridged from Ors. 2, 14; Hav. 123-127.
hreðer
Breast ⬩ bosom
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Blód út ne com of hreðre blood came not from my breast, Exon. 130 a; Th. 499, 9; Rä. 88, 13. Mé on hreðre heáfod sticade in her bosom she stuck my head, 124 b;; Th. 479, 9; Rä. 62, 5.
ge-stígan
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L. 8, l. of motion from heaven to earen Ic sylf gestág in módor, Cri. 1419. B. trans.
dæg-rím
A number of days, a course of days ⬩ dierum numerus
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Dægríme fród wise in number of days, 130 a; Th. 498, 15; Rä. 88, 2: Cd. 99; Th. 131, 9; Gen. 2173
cyne-hláford
A royal lord, sovereign lord, king ⬩ regius vel supremus dominus, rex
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Æt his leófan cynehláforde Eádgáre cyninge from his dear sovereign lord king Edgar, 583; A. D. 963-975; Kmbl. iii. 111, 26: 598; A. D. 978; Kmbl. iii. 138, 22: Chr. 1016; Erl. 158, 5, 17, 29.