wǽg-bora
A wave-bearer ⬩ a creature that lives beneath the waves
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A wave-bearer, a creature that lives beneath the waves Wundorlíc wǽgbora, Beo. Th. 2884; B. 1440
wolcen
A cloud ⬩ the clouds ⬩ the heavens ⬩ the sky ⬩ the clouds of night ⬩ under heaven ⬩ on earth ⬩ sky ⬩ welkin
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In the later English, however, the word seems used mostly in the sense of sky, welkin Fir weax up to þam wolcne, and se wolcne undide on fower healfe and faht þær togeanes.
CEOLE
The throat, JOWL ⬩ guttur, fauces
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Ne cleopigaþ hí, ðeáh ðe hí ceolan habban they [i. e. idols] cry not, though they have throats, Ps. Th. 113, 16
Linked entry: ceoler
sóna
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Hé þá sóna instæpes geseh, Bl. H. 15, 27. Þá cleopedon his ðegnas him tó . . .
for-standan
to stand up for ⬩ to defend ⬩ aid ⬩ help ⬩ benefit ⬩ avail ⬩ defendĕre ⬩ prodesse ⬩ to understand ⬩ intelligĕre
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S. 33; Th. i. 396, 17. He mihte hord forstandan he might defend the treasure, Beo. Th. 5903; B. 2955. Forstond ðú mec protect thou me, Exon. 118 b; Th. 455, 31; Hy. 4, 58.
Linked entries: fórene for-stondan fore-standan
fús-leóþ
A parting-song ⬩ death-song ⬩ dirge ⬩ mŏrientis cantus ⬩ fūnebris nēnia
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Ðú scealt fúsleóþ galan thou shalt sing the death-song, Exon. 17 a; Th. 39, 17; Cri. 623: 52 b; Th. 183, 1; Gú. 1320
Dorce-ceaster
DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln ⬩ Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma
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Hér wæs Cwichelm gefullod onDorceceastre b[Dorces ceastre, Th. 46, 10, col. 1] in this year [A. D. 636] Cwichelm was baptized at Dorchester, 636; Th. 47, 9, col. 1: 639; Th. 46, 18, col. 2; 47, 17, col. 1.
ge-sceaft
the creation, a created being or thing, creature, an element ⬩ creātio, creātūra, plasma, ĕlĕmentum ⬩ a decree, destiny, fate, condition ⬩ destĭnāta, sors, fātum, condĭtio ⬩ creation, creature ⬩ decree of fate ⬩ creatura, elementum, habitus, fatum
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Kmbl. 2997; An. 1501: Cd. 191; Th. 239, 11; Dan. 368: Bt. Met. Fox 11, 16; Met. 11, 8. Hí wuldriaþ æðelne ordfruman ealra gesceafta they glorify the noble origin of all creatures, 13 b; Th. 25, 18; Cri. 402: 21 b; Th. 57, 29; Cri. 926: Andr.
GÝMAN
To care for ⬩ take care of ⬩ take heed to ⬩ heed ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ keep
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Ic geornor gýme ymb ðæs gǽstes forwyrd ðonne ðæs líchoman I care more earnestly about the spirit's destruction than the body's, Exon. 71 b; Th. 267, 12; Jul. 414.
CIRM
A noise, shout, clamour, uproar ⬩ strepitus, clamor, fragor, clangor
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In the following references it is written cirm, Exon. 20a; Th. 52, 19; Cri. 836: 22b; Th. 62, 7; Cri. 998: 36a; Th. 118, 5; Gú. 235; 38a; Th. 125, 34; Gú. 364: 83b; Th. 314, 26; Mód. 20: Andr. Kmbl. 82; An. 41: 2476; An. 1239.
folgoþ
service ⬩ office ⬩ authority
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Hé (the centurion) forlét his folgos, Hml. S. 37, 192. the district in which office is held: Se biscop ámanige þá oferhýrnesse æt þám geréfan þe hit on his folgoðe sý, Ll. Th. i. 214, 3.
á-pundrian
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to estimate Eów sceal þæt leás ápundrad (printed á-wundrad, but the facsimile has p not þ) weorðan tó woruldgedále that falseness shall be accounted to you as just cause for parting with life, El. 581
Linked entry: á-wundrian
dreórgian
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Dele 'to fall, perish,' and add Hí dreórigende þóhton and mid heora módes un*-*rótnysse teáras áléton they grew dismal as they thought and in the sadness of their hearts shed tears, Hml. S. 23, 445
be-feolan
to bury ⬩ to bear ⬩ be pleased with ⬩ to apply oneself earnestly to something ⬩ to be urgent with a person ⬩ to press ⬩ to persist ⬩ persevere with something ⬩ to persist in ⬩ continue
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D. 250, 27. with prep. to persist in, continue Ꝥ þæs Hǽlendes líc him wurde forstolen, mid ðám þe hí befúlon fæste on slǽpe while they continued fast asleep, Hml. A. 79, 159
ge-fǽtan
To pack up ⬩ convasare
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To pack up; convasare Ðæt gold hí gefætaþ on ða myran the gold they pack on the mares, Nar. 35, 12
Linked entry: fǽtan
eáster
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Tó þám Eástran þe wǽron æfter þám middanwintre þe se cyng forðférde, and wǽron þá Eástran on þone dæg .xvi. kł. Mai, 1066; P. 195, 29. On þisan Eástron cóm se kyng tó Wincestre, and þá wǽron Eástra on .x. kł. Apr̃l., 1067; P. 202, 28.
glídan
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His sceadu gehǽlde ealle þá untruman þe heó ofer glád, Hml. S. 10, 20. Besweþe ꝥ hió áweg ne glíde, Lch. ii. 250, 19. to pass away Þæt þá sáule wunde . . . glídan móte, Ps.
wæl-regn
A deadly rain ⬩ the rain that caused the Flood
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A deadly rain (the rain that caused the Flood) Ic on andwlítan sígan lǽte wællregn ufan wídre eorðan; fǽhðe ic wille on weras stǽlan, and mid wǽgþreáte eall ácwellan, Cd. Th. 81, 24; Gen. 1350
ge-fremman
To promote ⬩ perfect ⬩ perform ⬩ commit
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Ðæt gefremede mán the perpetrated crime, Th. Apol. 2, 5
ge-byrde
Inborn ⬩ innate ⬩ natural ⬩ innatus ⬩ ingenitus ⬩ naturalis
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Inborn, innate, natural; innatus, ingenitus, naturalis Ne him nis gebyrde ðæt hí ðé folgien it is not natural to them that they should follow thee, Bt. 14, 1; Fox 40, 34.
Linked entry: ge-bierde