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á-solcen

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Asolcennys déð þæt ðám men ne lyst nán ðing tó góde gedón, ac gǽð him ásolcen fram ǽlcere dugeðe, Hml. Th. ii. 220, 23. Se ásolcena ðeówa the slothful servant, 552, 29. For ðæs wintres cyle nolde se ásolcena (piger) erigan, Hml. A. 9, 229.

Linked entry: á-seolcan

CEORL

(n.)
Grammar
CEORL, es; m.

CHURL, countryman, husbandmanhomo liber, rusticus, colonus a man, husbandvir, maritusa free man

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and to þrǽl a slave; or as opposed to þegen a thane or nobleman, as we say, 'gentle or simple:' — We witan ðæt, þurh Godes gyfe, þrǽl wearþ to þegene, and ceorl wearþ to eorle, sangere to sacerde, and bócere to biscope we know that, by the grace of God

Linked entry: ciorl

DEÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
DEÁD, def. se deáda; seó, ðæt deáde; adj.

DEAD mortuus

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Deáde of duste arísaþ þurh Drihtnes miht the dead shall rise from the dust through power of God, Cd. 227; Th. 302, 24; Sat. 605: Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 30; Cri. 1180. Hí ǽton deádra lác manducavērunt sacrifĭcia mortuōrum, Ps. Th. 105, 22: Mt.

Linked entry: déd

HELM

(n.)
Grammar
HELM, es; m.

HELMhelmeta crownthe topovershadowing foliage of treesa covering

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Helme gedýgled concealed with a covering, 1226; Th. 470, 10; Hy. 11, 33. in poetry the word is applied to persons, thus God and Christ are spoken of as æþelinga, hæleþa, háligra, duguþa, dryhtfolca, engla, grásta, heofona, heofonríces, wuldres helm and

Linked entry: helmiht

hraðe

(adv.)
Grammar
hraðe, hræðe, hreðe; adv.

Quicklyimmediatelyat oncesoonforthwithstraightway

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He wæs Godes bearn swá hraðe swá he mannes bearn wearþ he was the Son of God so soon as he became the Son of man, Homl. Th. ii. 526, 1. Swíðe hræðe repente, Past. 21, 7; Swt. 166, 14.

Linked entry: hræde

molde

(n.)
Grammar
molde, an;

moulddustsandearthgroundearthlandearth

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God forþ áteáh of ðære moldan ( de humo ) ǽlces cynnes treów, Gen. 2, 9. Þeóda wealdend árás of moldan ( rose from the grave ), Hy. 10, 34; Hy. Grn. ii. 293, 34: Exon. 120 a; Th. 460, 24; Hö. 22.

ge-cýðan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cýðan, p. -cýðde, -cýdde; pp. -cýðed, -cýd.

to make knowntellrelateproclaimannounceinformnuntiareannuntiarereferreeffarimonereto declarerevealmanifestshewperformconfirmtestifyprovedeclararerevelareedoceremanifestaremonstrareperhiberetestariprobareto make celebratedrenownedfamednotum facereinclytum reddere

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God wolde gecýðan hwylcre geearnunge se hálga wer wǽre Deus qualis meriti vir fuerit demonstrare voluit, Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 8; H. R. 15, 31. Se inlíca déma mannum gecýdde internus arbiter edocuit, 3, 15; S. 541, 19.

ge-rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rǽcan, -rǽcean; p. -rǽhte; pp. -rǽht

To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer

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Hí ðæt ríce gerǽht hæfdon they had got that kingdom, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 36; Met. 26, 18. Æfter ðæm ðe ða wíf hí swá scandlíce gerǽht hæfdon after the women had so reproachfully addressed them, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 12

Linked entry: mis-rǽcan

wítnian

(v.)
Grammar
wítnian, p. ode

To punishtormentplague

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Nele God ús wítnian, Ps. Th. 76, 7. Ða unrihtwísan beóð wítnade (punientur ), Ps. Surt. 36, 28. Hí wǽron wítnade virgis caesi, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 160, 14.

á-feallan

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Ǽlc þára áfealð þe þé ( God ) flýgð, Shrn. 166, 24. Láriówas áfeóllun, Cht. Crw. 19, 7. Sió lár áfeallen wæs, Past. 7, 16.

diht

(n.)
Grammar
diht, es; m.
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Add: order, arrangement, disposition of material God geswác ðæs dihtes ealra his weorca . . . Hé gedihte ealle gesceafta . . . and on ðám deópan dihte stódon ealle þá ðing ðe ðágyt nǽron. Witodlíce wé wǽron on þám dihte, Hml. Th. ii. 206, 8-19.

eádig

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Sé þe gód biþ, sé biþ gesǽlig, and sé þe gesǽlig biþ, sé biþ eádig, Bt. 36, 6; F. 182, 13. Ðis wæs sóðlíce eádig wer uere beatus vir, Bl. H. 223, 31. Mid eádire forestihtunge beata praedestinatione, An. Ox. 1488.

earm

(adj.)
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God him worldspéda syleþ, ꝥ hí þæs earman helpan sceolan, Bl. H. 37, 29, 36. Earman wífe pauperculae mulierculae, An. Ox. 3646. Winnan on swá earm folc swá hí wǽron adversus inopes sumsisse bellum, Ors. 1, 10; S. 44, 12.

elcor

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Þá þe wé ne magon ongytan in þám god*-*cundan dóme wé sculan ús þe má ondrǽdan þonne elcor reccan ( timere magis quam discutere debemus ), Gr.

ge-þwǽrlǽcan

(v.)
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Ealle þá geleáffullan fæderas geþwǽrléhton on þám ánum ꝥ God gescypð ǽlces mannes sáwle, Hml.

Linked entry: þwǽrlǽcan

Wintan-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Wintan-ceaster, (Wintun-, Winta (-e, -i), Win-), e: Wænte, an; f.

Winchester

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[The name is got from the earlier Venta of Roman Britain. This form occurs in Latin works, e. g. : In Venta civitate, Bd. 4, 15: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 300, 16. Monasterium in Wenta positum, vi. 29, 16.

Linked entries: Wænte Win-ceaster

háwian

(v.)
Grammar
háwian, p. ode; pp. od

To view, look, observe, regard, survey, inspect

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Ǽlc man ðara ðe æágan heft ǽrest háwaþ ðæs ðe hé geseón wolde óþ ðone first ðe hé hyþ gegeháwaþ every man who has eyes first looks towards what he wants to see, until he has got it under his observation, Shrn. 178, 6.

sóþfæstness

(n.)
Grammar
sóþfæstness, e; f.

truthfaithfulnessgood faithsinceritytruthrighteousnessjusticetruth of speech or thought

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truth, faithfulness, good faith, sincerity On worulda woruld wunaþ ðín sóðfæstnes thy faithfulness is unto all generations (A. V.), Ps. Th. 118, 90: 56, 12. Ús is wyrse ðæt wé úrne ceáp teóþian gif wé willaþ syllan úre ðæt wyrste Gode.

ge-ágnian

(v.)

to have as one's own, possess, occupyto getsecure possession of, acquireto adoptto prove one's title tosecure by shewing titleto usurp

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Se arcebiscop geáhnode (acquisivit aeternam hereditatem) Gode and S Andrea þá land, Cht. Th. 273, 23. Hé lét þá Godas þeówas þǽra áre brúcan þe him geáhnod wæs, Hml.

EORL

(n.)
Grammar
EORL, es; m. I. an Anglo-Saxon nobleman of high rank, the yarl of the Danes, about the same as an ealdorman. He who was in early times styled ealdorman, was afterwards denominated

an earl cŏmes, sătelles princĭpis

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Geared gumum gold brittade, se eorl wæs æðele Jared dispensed gold to the people, the man was noble. Cd. 59; Th. 72, 5; Gen. 1182

Linked entries: ealdor-man eorl-dóm