stefnettan
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Swá stemnetton stíðhugende hysas æt hilde, Byrht. Th. 135, 22; By. 122
Linked entry: stemnettan
ǽmet-bed
An ant-hill
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An ant-hill Genim ǽmetbed mid ealle, ðára ðe hwílum fleogað, beóþ reáde, Lch. ii. 338, 21
wíg-cirm
The din of battle
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The din of battle Ðǽr wæs wígcyrm micel, hlúd hilde swég. Cd. Th. 120, 6 ; Gen. 1990
mægen-rǽs
A mighty or violent attack
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A mighty or violent attack Mægenrǽs forgeaf hilde bille ( Beowulf attacking Grendel's mother ), Beo. Th. 3043; B. 1519
meox-beorh
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D. mix-hill a dunghill. (?)
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
wil-gehléþa
A pleasant comrade
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A pleasant comrade Hwílum ic (a horn) tó hilde bonne wilgehléþan, Exon. Th. 395, 9; Rä. 15, 5
wulf-hliþ
A hill where the wolf has its den
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A hill where the wolf has its den Hié dýgel lond warigeaþ, wulfhleoþu, Beo. Th. 2720; B. 1358
máðum-ǽht
A costly possession ⬩ valuable ⬩ treasure
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A costly possession, valuable, treasure Ne nom hé máðmǽhta má, ðeáh hé monige geseah, búton ðone hafelan and ða hilt somod since fáge more things of price he took not, though many he saw, than the head and the hilt gay with gold, Beo.
a-þreótan
To weary ⬩ irk ⬩ displease ⬩ be loathsome ⬩ irksome to any one ⬩ tædere ⬩ pigere ⬩ To loathe ⬩ dislike ⬩ be weary of anything ⬩ pertæsum esse
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impers. To weary, irk, displease, be loathsome, irksome to any one; tædere, pigere Me aþrýt it wearies me, I am weary, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 19. Hwí ne lǽte ge eów ðonne aþreótan why then let ye [it] not to be loathsome to you? Bt. 32, 2 ; Fox 116,
beorh
A hill ⬩ mountain ⬩ collis ⬩ mons
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A hill, mountain; collis, mons Ǽlc múnt and beorh byþ genyðerod omnis mons et collis humiliabitur Lk. Bos. 3, 5
CEOSEL
Gravel, sand ⬩ glarea, sabulum
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Hence the sand-hill in Dorsetshire is called CHESSIL Cisil glarea, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 157, 12
be-helan
To conceal ⬩ hill ⬩ cover over ⬩ hide ⬩ occultare
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To conceal, hill or cover over, hide; occultare Beo. Th. 833; B. 414 : Bd. 4, 16; S. 584, 25, note
Linked entry: bi-helan
sweord-wund
Wounded with the sword
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Wounded with the sword Oft æt hilde gedreás swátfág and sweordwund sec[g] æfter óðrum, Wald. 7; Vald. 1, 5
weard-dún
A beacon-hill
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A beacon-hill (?cf. weardan hyll. v. wearda) On wearddúne, ðǽr ðæt Cristes mǽl stód, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 465, 31
Linked entry: wearda
mearc-beorh
A hill which forms part of a boundany
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[Kemble says 'the mearcbeorh appears to denote the hill or mound which was the site of the mearc-mót.'Saxons in England, i. 56.]
wiþer
Opposition ⬩ resistance
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Opposition, resistance Hé hæfde Higeláces hilde gefrúnen, wlonces wígcræft; wiðres ne trúwode, ðæt hé sǽmannum onsacan mihte, Beo. Th. 5899; B. 2953
brim-wylm
æstus ⬩ The sea's surge ⬩ maris æstus
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The sea's surge; maris æstus Brimwylm onféng hilde rince the sea's surge received the man of war, Beo. Th. 2993; B. 1494
Streónes-halh
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Hild abbodesse on Streónesheale, Chr. 680; Erl. 40, 13. Tymbrend ðæs mynstres ðe ys nemned Steórneshealh, Shrn. 148, 40. For the forms streanæs, streunaes, strenes, found in Bede's History, v. Txts. 489.
hylde
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The slope of a hill Óþ ðæs clifas norþ hyldan to the north side of the cliff, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 418, 24