dreórig
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Maria stód wið ðá róde ðearle dreórig . . . Ðá clypode Drihten tó his dreórian méder, 256, 25. Ðá ðá Joseph undergeat ꝥ Maria mid cilde wæs, ðá wearð hé dreórig, i. 196, 16. Gewitan him þá Norðmen, dreórig daraða láf, Chr. 937; P. 109, 12.
Constantīnus
Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
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Ðá sige forgeaf Constantino cyning ælmihtig þmrh his róde then the king Almighty gave victory to Constantine through his cross 289; El. 145. Mid Constantíne with Constantine Ors. 6, 31; Bos. 127, 42. Also dat.
útane
from without ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outside ⬩ on the surface ⬩ out ⬩ at sea ⬩ outwardly ⬩ externally ⬩ about
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Se rodor hine hæfþ útane (cf. se rodor ðás rúman gesceaft útan ymhwyrfeþ, Met. 20, 137), Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 22.
Æðelflǽd
Æthelfled ⬩ Æthelfleda
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Then rode he to the borough of Tamworth; and all the population in Mercia turned to him, which before was subject to Æthelfled, Chr. 922 ; Erl. 108, 22-26
Linked entry: Æðelrǽd
nídan
To force ⬩ compel ⬩ urge
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Ðone hig nýddon ðæt hé bǽre hys róde, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 32. Nýd compelle, Lk. Skt. 14, 23 : Homl. Th. ii. 376, 14. Ne niéde (MS. H. nýde) ðú hine you shall not press him (the debtor), L. Alf. 35; Th. i. 52, 22.
Boéties
The ancient constellation, the chief star of which is the bright Arcturus, ⬩ the bear; Ursa Major. The modern representation of Boötes is a man with a club in his right hand, and in his left a leash, which holds two dogs
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For ðý hí habbaþ swá sceortne ymbhwyrft, for ðí hí sint swá neáh ðam norþende ðære eaxe, ðe eall ðes ródor on hwerfþ, swá nú Boéties déþ who wonders not that some constellations have a shorter course than others have?
wreþian
To prop ⬩ stay ⬩ support ⬩ sustain
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Se ðe rodor áhóf and gefæstnode folmum sínum, worhte and wreðede, Andr. Kmbl. 1045 ; An. 523. Cypressus styde hié útan wreþedon nitebant[ur] testudinibus cupressinis, Nar. 5, 9. Wreþian fulcire, Wrt. Voc. ii. 34, 68.
Linked entry: wræpian
ge-fæstnian
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Hé lét his líchoman on róde mid næglum gefæstnian, Bl. H. 85, 2. Gefæstnod nodaretur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 62, 12. Wearð hé gefæstnod be þǽre swíþran handa tó þǽre bǽre, 151, 18. Róde gefæstnad, Cri. 1448.
FÚS
Ready ⬩ prepared ⬩ prompt ⬩ quick ⬩ eager ⬩ hastening ⬩ prone ⬩ inclined ⬩ willing ⬩ ready for death ⬩ dying ⬩ promptus ⬩ cĕler ⬩ părātus ⬩ prōnus ⬩ cŭpĭdus ⬩ propĕræ morti devōtus ⬩ mŏrĭbundus
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Ic of fúsum rád I rode from the ready [men ], Exon. 130 a; Th. 498, 28; Rä. 88, 8
wyrt-wala
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Forð andlang wyrtwale on ða róde, 356, 4. Forð be gráfes wurtwale, iii. 405, 29. On ða eorðburg; ðæt forð be wurtwalan tó mearcwege, vi. 43, 18. Uuirtwalan, wyrtwalan, 93, 33, 34: v. 86, 18.
lǽl
withe ⬩ whip ⬩ switch ⬩ a weal ⬩ stripe ⬩ mark ⬩ bruise ⬩ swelling
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Lélan vibice, 123, 68. a weal, mark left on the flesh by a stroke from a rod, stripe, mark, bruise, swelling Sylle wunde wið wunde lǽl wið lǽle reddat vulnus pro vulnere, livorem pro livore, Ex. 21, 25: L. Ælfc. 19; Th. i. 48, 22.
Linked entry: lél
a-hebban
To heave up ⬩ lift up ⬩ raise ⬩ elevate ⬩ exalt ⬩ ferment ⬩ levare ⬩ tollere ⬩ elevare ⬩ erigere ⬩ exaltare ⬩ extollere ⬩ fer-mentare
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Se ðe ródor ahóf who hove up the firmament, Andr. Kmbl. 1042; An. 521. Nymþe heó wæs ahafen on ða heán lyft unless it was raised in the high air, Cd. 69; Th. 84, 21; Gen. 1401. Ic ahebbé ðé, Drihten exaltabo te, Domine, Ps. Spl. 29, 1: 117, 27.
stíg
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Be westan róde óó sticelan stíg; ðonne be ðære stíge óð ða ealdan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 29. Of ðam stáne tó ðære grénan stíge, 38, 23.
Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg
gléd
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Se hláf wæs mid þám glédum ( prunis) bewrigen . . . þá worhte hé Crístes róde tácen ongén þám glédum (þá glédu, v. l., contra prunas ), Gr. D. 87, 9-16. Hé þone bisceop on ísenum bedde ástrehte and byrnenda gléda dyde under his nacode líc, Hml.
swán-geréfa
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At that time Hama was swainreeve at Sutton, and he rode to Worcester and watched the oath (taken by the bishop in support of his case), as his alderman Eadwulf (Eadwulf dux is a witness to the charter) bade him, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 278-279.
þrowian
To suffer ⬩ to suffer as opposed to to act ⬩ to suffer what is painful ⬩ to suffer martyrdom ⬩ to make to suffer ⬩ to crucify ⬩ to suffer for something ⬩ pay for ⬩ atone for
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Mín Drihten, áne tíd on róde ðú þrowodest, Blickl. Homl. 243, 28. Godes sunu on róde galgan þrowode, 27, 28: Elen. Kmbl. 841; E1. 421: Rood Kmbl. 165; Kr. 84. Ðrowode, Menol. Fox 167; Men. 85. Þrowode martyrizavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 55, 14.
Linked entry: a-þrówian
ymb-hweorfan
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to go round, revolve round Se roder ǽlce dæg úton ymbhwyrfð ealne ðisne middaneard, Bt. 39, 3 ; Fox 214, 16. Ymbhwyrfeþ, Met. 20, 137. Ymbhwerfeþ, 28, 4.
swífan
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On ðære ilcan eaxe hwerfeþ rodor, recene scríþeþ, súðheald swíféþ swift (sweeps swift), Met. 28, 17. Mqnnum þyncþ ðæt sió sunne on mere gange, under sǽ swífe, ðonne hió on setl glídeþ, 39.
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úser
Our
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Usses Dryhtnes ród, Exon. Th. 67, 7; Cri. 1085. Endeláf usses cynnes, Beo. Th. 5619; B. 2813. Módes usses, Met. 21, 12. Ne meaht ðú in usse mǽgþe ne on ussum gemánan wunian, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 27, On eallum ussum cynne, Blickl. Homl. 151, 12.
Linked entry: úre
loc
A lock ⬩ bolt ⬩ bar ⬩ enclosure ⬩ fold ⬩ A close ⬩ conclusion ⬩ settlement
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Heó héht ða róde in seolfren fæt locum belúcan, Elen. Kmbl. 2051; El. 1027. Locu mandras, caulas, Hpt. Gl. 476, 30. Loca caulas, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17. Godes engel undyde ða locu ðæs cwearternes, Homl.
Linked entry: loca