sunu
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Heora bearn blótan feóndum, sceuccum onsæcgean suna and dohter, Ps. Th. 105, 27. Hire selfre sunu sweoloðe befæstan, bánfatu bærnan, Beo.
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a-lifian
To live ⬩ vivere
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To live; vivere He geþohte ðæt he wolde on fellenum gegyrelan ealle his dagas his lífes alifian he resolved that he would live all the days of his life in clothing of skins, Guthl. 4; Gdwin. 26, 13
wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Hé ða wyrd ne máð, fǽges forðsíð, Exon. Th. 182, 33; Gú. 1319. Hé wyrd ne ful cúþe freóndrǽdenne hú heó from hogde he did not fully know the circumstance, how her heart was turned from loving him, 244, 26; Jul. 33.
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híd
familia
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.; gif hé hæbbe healfe .lxxx. scill, 122. 9. Gif ceorl geþeáh ꝥ hé hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, 190, 15: 188, 5.
mangian
To trade ⬩ traffic ⬩ act as a monger
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Hwæt forstent ǽnigum menn ðæt ðeáh hé mangige ðæt hé ealne ðisne middangeard áge gif hé his sáule forspildt what does it benefit any man, though he come to own all this world by his trading, if he destroys his soul, Past. 44, 10; Swt. 333, 9
Linked entry: ge-mang
ge-hédan
to hide ⬩ conceal ⬩ condĕre ⬩ abscondĕre ⬩ to acquire ⬩ obtain ⬩ seize ⬩ obtĭnēre ⬩ deprehendĕre
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Fox 20, 302; Met. 20, 151. to acquire, obtain, seize; obtĭnēre, deprehendĕre Ǽr he gehéde ðæt he ǽr æfter spyrede until he seizes that which he before sought after, Bt. Met. Fox 27, 29; Met. 27, 15.
for-beran
to bear ⬩ endure ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bear with ⬩ tolerate ⬩ to bear with ⬩ put up with ⬩ to do without ⬩ to abstain from ⬩ desist from ⬩ to abstain ⬩ to restrain
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Heó ne mihte forbæran ꝥ heó hit leng forhǽle, Hml. S. 30, 348. absolute Hǽte oþ ꝥ hit sié swá hát swá þín finger forberan mæge. Lch. ii. 236, 28.
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mǽnan
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Hwæt mǽnde Sanctus Paulus, ðá hé his láre suá cræftelíce tósceád . . . búton ðæt hé ongeat Títum hwéne monðwǽrran . . . and Timotheus hé ongeat hátheortran . . 291, 19. Add
scotung
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Hé wæs biset mid heora scotungum swylce ýles byrsta, Th. An. 122, 17. Wið ðám scotungum ðara werigra gásta hé hine mid gástlícum wǽpnum gescylde, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 24, 5.
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bócere
a bookman ⬩ an author ⬩ a scholar
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Add: a bookman, an author, a scholar Nán bócere ne mæg, þeáh hé mycel cunne, heora naman áwrítan, Hml. S. p. 6, 67.
forþ-weard
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A. 181, 17. temporal, continuously Hé þeáh fægere forðwerd he went on thriving, Wlfst. 17, 8. prospectively, looking to the future Þis gemet (the imperative mood) sprecð forðwerd (-weard, v. l.) and næfð nánne praeteritum, for þan þe nán man ne hǽt
tó-brecan
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</b> add: to put an end to :-- Hí wépende him tó fótum luton, and cwǽdon, 'Help úre, la Hǽlend ... ádwǽsc ðás gebeót and ðás wópas tóbrec,' Shrn. 68, 10. Add Micele sélre him wǽre þæt hé þone að tóbrǽce, Hml. Th. i. 484, 4
hird
retinue, ⬩ court
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retinue, court Hé férde tó Wudestoke and his biscopes and his hird eal mid him he [Henry] went to Woodstock, and his bishops and his court all with him, Chr. 1123; Erl. 249, 30.
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Eádweard
Edward the Elder, the eldest son of Alfred the Great. Edward was king of Wessex for twenty-four years, from A. D. 901-925 ⬩ Edward the Martyr, son of Edgar. Edward was king of Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria, for three years, from A. D. 975-978 ⬩ Edward the Confessor, son of Æthelred. Edward was king of England for twenty-four years, from A. D. 1042-1066
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D. 975-978 Hér, A. D. 975, Eádweard, Eádgáres sunu, féng to ríce here Edward, Edgar's son, succeeded to the kingdom, Chr. 975; Th. 227, 37, col. 1. Hér, A.
ferhþ-sefa
The mind's sense ⬩ intellect ⬩ mens
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The mind's sense, intellect; mens Cwén gefeah on ferhþsefan the queen rejoiced in her mind, Elen. Kmbl. 1696; El. 850: 1787; El. 895
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ild-full
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Gl. 529, 6) letting hec morosa tricatio. An. Ox. 5454. I[l]defulle, 2, 478
wig-smiþ
An idol-smith ⬩ a maker of idols
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An idol-smith, a maker of idols Deófulgild . . . ða hér menn worhtan, wígsmiðas mid folmum simulacra. . . . opera manuum hominum Ps. Th. 113, 12
bealo-bend
A grievous bond ⬩ chain
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A grievous bond, chain Swá hwæt swá gé gebindab hér ofer eorðan fæstum bealubendum (cf. B. 977) for yfelum gewyrhturn, Wlfst. 178, 2
Aldfriþ
Alfred the wise, king of Northumbria
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D. 685, Hér Aldfriþ féng to ríce here, A. D. 685, Alfred succeeded [took] to the kingdom, Chr. 685; Erl. 41, 29. On Aldfriþes tídum in temporibus Aldfridi, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 20. A. D. 705, Hér Aldfriþ Norþanhymbra cining forþférde here, A.
Bremes burh
BRAMSBURY or Bramsby, Lincolnshire; ⬩ urbis vel arcis nomen in agro Lincolniensi
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BRAMSBURY or Bramsby, Lincolnshire; urbis vel arcis nomen in agro Lincolniensi Hér, A. D. 909, Æðelflǽd getimbrode Bremes burh in this year, A. D. 909, Æthelfled built Bramsbury, Chr. 909; Th. 183, 30, col. 2. Hér, A.