hræfn
A raven
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Ðǽr him hrefn nimeþ heáfodsýne slíteþ salwigpád sáwelleásne there shall the raven, dark-coated, pluck from him his eyes, shall tear him lifeless, Exon. 87 b; Th. 329, 18; Vy. 36. Hræfen wan, Elen. Kmbl. 104; El. 52: Fins. Th. 69; Fins. 34.
stund
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Icel. stund in the sense of care, pains, exertion; stundar very, exceedingly; stunda to strive, take pains; stundan painstaking; stundliga eagerly) Hé oroð stundum teáh he (the dying Guthlac) drew his breath laboriously, Exon.
flód
flood ⬩ a river ⬩ water ⬩ a flood ⬩ deluge ⬩ the Deluge ⬩ a torrent
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ꝥ heáfod in þá handa and ágeát þone flód hire teára, Gr.
blanden-feax
Having mixed or grizzly hair, grey-haired, old ⬩ comam mixtam vel canam habens, senex
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Hruron teáras blondenfeaxum tears fell from the grizzly-haired [prince], 3750; B. 1873. Blondenfeaxe, gomele, ymb gódne ongeador sprǽcon the grizzly-haired, the old, spoke together about the good [warrior], 3193; B. 1594
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middan-geard
the middle dwelling ⬩ the earth ⬩ world ⬩ the world and they that dwell therein ⬩ mankind
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Ðes middangeard wæs tó ðon fæger, ðæt hé teáh men tó him þurh his wlite, 115, 10. Ðes middangeard daga gehwylce fealleþ and tó ende éfsteþ, 59, 26: Exon. 77 a; Th. 290; Wand. 62.
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á-geótan
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</b> to shed tears, blood :-- Swá hwá swá ágít mannes blód, his blód bið ágoten, Gen. 9, 6. Ic ágeát míne teáras, Hml. Th. i. 66, 29. Oflysted þæt hé his blód águte.
DREÓGAN
to do, work, perform, to pass life, to fight ⬩ ăgĕre, făcĕre, perfĭcĕre, patrāre, vitam ăgĕre, militāre ⬩ DREE, endure ⬩ ferre, pati, sustinēre, tolerāre ⬩ to enjoy ⬩ frui ⬩ To be employed, be busy ⬩ ăgĕre, negōtiōsum esse
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Swá ðæt fæsten dreáh who endured that bondage, Cd. 145; Th. 180, 22; Exod, 49, We lǽraþ ðæt man ǽnig gedrinc, and ǽnig unnit ðár ne dreóge we teach that man suffer not there any drinking, nor any vanity, L. Edg.
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un-eáðe
difficult ⬩ hard ⬩ troublesome ⬩ unpleasant ⬩ grievous
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biscopríce, 963; Th. i. 220, 19), Chr. 995; Th. i. 244, 6. of that which is not readily done, to which one is not easily moved, and so is little done Ðú gionga, bió ðé uníðe tó clipianne and tó lǽranne do not let it be an easy matter to you to call and to teach
in-segel
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Hí ðæt gewrit mid twám sylfrenan inseglum (insæglan, 756) on ánre teáge geinsegledon, 343.
módor
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Ǽlc ðyssera heáfodleahtra hæfð micelne teám, ac gif wé ðá módru ácwellað, þonne beóð heora bearn ealle ádýdde, Hml.
gang
going, walking, moving on foot, step. ⬩ the sole of the foot (?) ⬩ the being habitually in a specified condition ⬩ power of walking ⬩ of moving about ⬩ mode of walking, walk, gait ⬩ a walk, journey ⬩ go, time, occasion of going ⬩ a way, road, path, passage ⬩ a track ⬩ course ⬩ a stream ⬩ a narrative ⬩ space traversed ⬩ expanse covered ⬩ an ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate. ⬩ legal process ⬩ legal procedure, process ⬩ a company of people (?), a gang. ⬩ a step, stair ⬩ a privy
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'The carucate being the extent of land ploughed by one plough, with its team of eight oxen, an eighth of this was considered as the share of each ox of the team, N. E. D. Hé sealde án(e) hide búton ánes oxan gang, C. D. B. iii. 370, 5, 7.
cæg-loca
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The Latin version reads: 'Sed suum hordern quod dicere possumus dispensam, et cistam suam, et teage, id est scrinium suum, debet ipsa custodire.'
eald
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Healdaþ þá tunglu þá ealdan sibbe ðe hí on gesceapene wǽron, Bt. 39, 13; F. 232, 26. ꝥ hé é Hé teáh forð his ealdan wrenceas He brought out his old tricks, Chr. 1003; P. 135, 11. denoting rank or position, an elder, great (man), chief person Ælda ðæs
geótan
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(aa) to shed tears :-- Ealle teáras guton omnes lacrimas fundunt, Bd. 4, 28; Sch. 523, 7. with a non-material object Sió slǽwð giétt slǽp on ðone monnan pigredo immittit soporem, Past. 283, 6.
sulh
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But the unit of assasement may have been the plough with its team of oxen. v. Seebohm, Vill. Comm., pp. 112-3.
warian
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Hé gelǽre ðæt hý hí wið ðæt warien, ðæt hý hǽr ne cumen, Sbrn. 203, 3. to be careful to do what is necessary, take a precaution Warige hine se ðe his ágen befóð, ðæt hé tó ǽlcan teáme hæbbe getrýwne borh, L.
ge-tríwe
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Hé tó ǽlcan teáme hæbbe getrýwne borh, 290, 7: 388, 16. Syxa sum ... þe getrýwe sýn, 352, 12. Nime se hláford twégen getrýwe men, 392, 26: 394, 8.
æfterra
latter ⬩ hinder, lower ⬩ latter ⬩ last ⬩ next, following ⬩ second
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On ðǽm æftran teáme bimus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 70. giving order of a group in a series, latter :-- Sý alleluia gecweden mid ðám syx æftrum (posterioribus) sealmum, R.
tyhtan
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Interl. 53, 6. to instruct, teach, v. ge-tyhtan
mǽnan
To lament ⬩ mourn ⬩ complain
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Ðæt ic sceal teárum mǽnan that I must mourn with tears. Exon. 76a; Th. 285, 10; Jul. 712