wil
will, pleasure ⬩ a pleasant or desirable thing
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Gif hwá hine sylfne besmíte his ágenes willes ( sua sponte ), L. M. P. 36; Th. ii. 274, 20 : Homl. Ass. 62, 255. Gif þeówa and þeówen hyra bégra wylles hig gesomnigon si servus et ancilla mutua voluntate se conjunxerint L. Ecg.
fǽle
Faithful, true, dear, good ⬩ fĭdēlis, constans, cārus, bŏnus
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Sprǽcon fǽle freoðoscealcas to Lothe the faithful ministers of peace spoke to Lot. Cd. 115; Th. 150, 25; Gen. 2497. He his folc genam swá fǽle sceáp abstŭlit sīcut ŏves pŏpŭlum suum, Ps. Th. 77, 52: 78, 14: 99, 3
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reáf
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spoil, booty Reáf exuviae, spolia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 146, 33 : exuvias, 31, 56 : 93, 1. Weorðlíc reáf spolia, Ps. Th. 67, 12. Se ðe beorna reáf manige ( spolia multa ) méteþ, 118, 162. Seó gýtsung hyre reáf ( spolia ) on ðære wynstran sídan scylt, Gl.
sweora
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[Sware, swire, the neck, the declination of a mountain near the summit; the most level spot between two hills, Jamieson. Cf. Icel.] of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least Ofer swira sǽs (cf. ofer ðære sǽs múðan, W.
ge-brengan
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</b> of legal status :--- to bring to or from a state, condition, action, &c. cause to be Seó hrædwilnes ðæt mod gebrengð on ðǽm weorce þe hiene ǽr nán willa tó ne spón mentem impellit furor, quo non trahit desiderium, Past. 314, 9.
Andred
The name of a large wood in Kent ⬩ the city of ANDRED or Andrida ⬩ Andredes ceaster
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The river, of which we before spoke, flaws out from the weald, Chr. 893; Th. 162, 29, col. 3
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án-rǽdlíce
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Ic ánrǽdlíce spræc ná módelíce I spoke resolutely, not proudly, Hml. S. 34, 325. Gé habbað gehýred ánrǽdlíce hwæt eów tó dónne is you have heard definitely what there is for you to do, Ll. Th. ii. 362, 17.
on-gin
a beginning ⬩ an attempt, undertaking, enterprise ⬩ action, proceeding ⬩ action, activity, active life, actions, endeavours
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Wrætlíc þúhte stánes ongin ( the stone spoke ), Andr. Kmbl. 1482; An. 742.
GILP
Glory ⬩ ostentation ⬩ pride ⬩ boasting ⬩ arrogance ⬩ vain-glory ⬩ haughtiness ⬩ gloria ⬩ ostentatio
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Hú Orosius spræc ymb Rómána gylp hú hí manega folc oferwunnan how Orosius spoke of the glory of the Romans, how they overcame many peoples, Ors. Bos. 12, 42. Is ðæt unnet gelp that is useless glory, Bt. Met. Fox 10, 34, 26; Met. 10, 17, 13.
Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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It appears most probable that Beowulf was originally an Old Norse heathen Saga, written in the language common at the earliest age in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, but now only spoken in Iceland.
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ge-hergian
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Seó fird gehergade swíðe micel on þǽm norðhere ǽgðer ge on mannum ge on gehwelces cynnes yrfe the English took much spoil from the northern army both in men and in cattle of every kind, Chr. 910; P. 94, 29. ꝥ mín weorod . . . and eal mín her[e] goldes
a-reccan
to put forth ⬩ stretch out ⬩ strain ⬩ raise up ⬩ extendere ⬩ expandere ⬩ erigere ⬩ to put forth ⬩ relate ⬩ recount ⬩ speak out ⬩ express ⬩ explain ⬩ interpret ⬩ translate ⬩ proponere ⬩ exponere ⬩ enarrare ⬩ eloqui ⬩ exprimere ⬩ disserere ⬩ interpretari ⬩ reddere ⬩ to set in order ⬩ adorn ⬩ deck ⬩ expedire ⬩ expolire ⬩ comere
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Cot. areaht] hæfde when Wisdom then had spoken this speech; Bt. 36, 2 ; Fox 174, 3 : 39, 3 ; Fox 214, 14 : Bt. Met. Fox 8, 3 ; Met. 8, 2. Wordum gereccan [MS. Cot. areccan] to express in words, Bt. 20; Fox 70, 28.
Cwén-land
Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north. Malte-Brun says that the inhabitants of Cwén-land were a Finnish race. They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines. 'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . . Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman
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Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the
mǽne
mean ⬩ wicked ⬩ false ⬩ evil
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Kmbl. 1882; An. 943. the word however occurs most often in reference to oaths Se ðe his þances mǽnne áþ swerige and hé wite ðæt hé mǽne biþ æfter ðam qui sua sponte perjuraverit et postea scit quod perjurus est, L. Ecg.
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gelíce
Likewise ⬩ also ⬩ as ⬩ pariter
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Elpendes hýd wyle drincan wætan gelíce án spinge deþ an elephant's hide will imbibe water as a sponge doth, Ors. 5, 7; Bos. 107, 11.
ge-þeóde
Language ⬩ speech ⬩ idiom ⬩ translation ⬩ lingua
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Ða Finnas and ða Beormas sprǽcon neáh án geþeóde the Finns and the Permians spoke nearly one language, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 20, 15.
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gíming
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Tó gémungum þæs heofonlican brýdguman ad nuptias sponsi caelestis Bd. 3, 24 ; Sch. 311, 9. [Oð þæne dæg incre geámungæ, Hml. A. 132, 525.
spyrian
to track ⬩ go in a track ⬩ follow ⬩ make a journey in search of something ⬩ to make a track ⬩ go ⬩ to enquire ⬩ investigate ⬩ examine ⬩ to enquire after or into ⬩ seek to know about ⬩ to search after ⬩ seek to attain ⬩ to ask ⬩ investigare, indagare, sciscitari ⬩ to track; to investigate; to ask
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to track, go in a track (v. spor, spyreman), follow, make a journey in search of something Deáð spyraþ (spyreþ, Met. 27, 9) ǽlce dæge æfter fuglum and æfter diórum and æfter monnum, and ne forlǽt nán swæþ, ǽr hé geféhþ ðæt, ðæt hé æfter spyreþ, Bt. 39
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reáfian
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to plunder, rifle, spoil, waste, rob a person Úte hí reáfaþ ( vastabit ) swurd, Deut. 32, 25. Se ðe reáfaþ man leóhtan dæge he who robs a man by daylight, L. Eth. iii. 15; Th. i. 298, 11. Ǽghwá mec reáfaþ, Exon. Th. 482, 4; Rä. 66, 2.
heonan
afterwards ⬩ from now
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Voc. ii. 44, 55. local, where there is motion, from this place or spot Mé lǽrdon Rómíne ꝥ ic gewát heonon (from Rome) onweg, Bl. H. 191, 14. Ic heonon nelle fleón fótes trym, By. 246: Gen. 2149: B. 252: Jul. 253: Gen. 415.