ge-win
a battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ strife ⬩ quarrel ⬩ hostility ⬩ tumult ⬩ certāmen ⬩ pugna ⬩ bellum ⬩ tŭmultus ⬩ labour ⬩ toil ⬩ sorrow ⬩ agony ⬩ lăbor ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ ăgōnia ⬩ fruit of laborers ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ fructus lăbōrum ⬩ lucrum ⬩ quæstus
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Gif hwilc man leóht déþ on mínum cirican of his gewinne if any man puts a light in my church [bought] out of his gain, Nar. 47, 6, 15
Linked entry: winn
deáþ
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Hé bið mid wítum þreád æfter his deáþe, Bl. H. 49, 25. Seó culfre ne leofað be nánum deáðe, Hml. Th. ii. 46, 18. Deáða swælteþ morte moriatur, Mt. R. 15, 4. Giniðrias hine tó deóða, Mk. R. 10, 33. Of deóða his de morte ejus, Jn. R. 11, 13.
Ælfred
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria for twenty years
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Aldfriþ Aldfrithus] his bróðor féng æfter him to ríce here, A.D. 685, they slew Ecgferth, and Alfred his brother succeeded [took] to the kingdom after him, Chr. 685; Erl. 41, 29. On Ælfredes [MS.
ge-bændan
To bind ⬩ vincīre
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To bind; vincīre Ic hine gebændan hét I commanded [them] to bind him, Salm. Kmbl. 551; Sal. 275
pínere
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One who torments Hláferd his gesalde hine ðǽm pínerum ( tortoribus ), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 18, 34: Germ. 399, 265
un-holda
A fiend
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A fiend Hé his áras hider onsendeþ, ðí læs unholdan wunde gewyrcen, Exon. Th. 47, 29; Cri. 762
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cúþa
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Ácsodon hine his cúþan ( noti sui ), Gr. D. 277, 1. Ðíne cúðan cognatos tuos, Past. 323, 20. Add
fricgan
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Hié frugan (frúgan ? = frungon for frugnon. v. fregnan) ł áhsadun hine interrogabant eum, Mt. R. 12, 10
sand-hliþ
a sand-hill by the sea
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a sand-hill by the sea Gewát him ofer sandhleoþu tó sǽs faruþe, Andr. Kmbl. 471; An. 236
spigettan
To spit
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To spit Gif hire fæder spigette (spuisset) on hire nebb, Num. 12, 14. Ðá ongan se Catulus him spigettan on, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 96, 5
méd-sceatt
payment in reward of service done ⬩ a reward ⬩ wages ⬩ fee ⬩ payment for service or favour expected ⬩ a gift ⬩ present ⬩ a bribe
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Swelce hié ða métsceattas rímen ðe hié Gode sellen ... Ac hié sceoldongehiéran ðone cwide ðe áwriten is: 'Se ðe médsceattas gaderaþ hé legeþ hié on þyrelne pohchan.'
Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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In his preface, he thus speaks of his book and of his other occupations Ælfréd, Cyning [MS.
húru
At least ⬩ at all events ⬩ at any rate ⬩ in any case ⬩ however ⬩ even ⬩ yet ⬩ only ⬩ indeed ⬩ certainly ⬩ especially
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Eallum cristenum gebyreþ ðæt hí riht lufian and húru [ certainly ] gehádode men scylon á riht rǽran, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 312, 34. Húru hit wyrþ ðonne egeslíc, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 104, 5.
Linked entry: híru
for-cnídan
To beat or break into pieces ⬩ dash or throw down ⬩ comminuĕre ⬩ contĕrĕre ⬩ collidére
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Setl his on lande ðú forcnyde sēdem ejus in terra collīsisti, 88, 43
fóster-módor
A FOSTER-MOTHER ⬩ nurse ⬩ altrix ⬩ nutrix
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A FOSTER-MOTHER, nurse; altrix, nutrix Hwæðer hit oncneówe his fóstermódor whether it knew its foster-mother, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 30. Fóstermóder altrix vel nutrix, Wrt. Voc. 72, 38.
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mægen-stán
A mighty stone
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A mighty stone or rock Him on innan felþ muntes mægenstán (cf. þǽr micel stán wealwiende of ðam heáhan munte on innan fealþ, Bt. 6; Fox 14, 28), Bt. Met. Fox 5, 31; Met. 5, 16. Ðis synd ðæra xx hída gemǽro . . andlang wægæs óþ ðonæ mægenstán, Cod.
níd-þeówetling
One who is forced into slavery
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Bora received sixty pence for his mediation ), Chart.
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ge-met
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Add Hé þone regol þe hé mid his handum áwrát betǽhte Maure mid him tó hæbbenne and heora hláfes gewiht and heora wínes gemett, Hml. S. 6, 68. <b>VII ¶.</b> add: Solil. H. 17, 9
ge-hǽlan
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ save ⬩ sanare ⬩ salvare
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Ðæt gé him sára gehwylc hondum gehǽlde that ye should heal with hands each of his sores, Exon. 42 b; Th. 144, 12; Gú. 677
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beór-scipe
A feast
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Hig wrohton him beórscipe (cenam), Jn. 12, 2. Hé ðone beórscipe mid blóde gemencgde, Hml. Th. i. 484, 2. Gé eówerne beórscipe brúcað on unriht, Wlfst. 297, 30