feld
plain ⬩ field
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Voc. ii. 42, 4, 5. open country. land free from wood, plain (as opposed to mountainous) Hí férdon on wudu and on felda, Chr. 1071; P. 207, 36. On þám felda (campo), sé wæs genemned Hǽðfeld, Bd. 4, 17; Sch. 429, 14.
topp
a top, ⬩ summit ⬩ a lock of hair, tuft ⬩ a collection of rays of light ⬩ a top to play with ⬩ the hair at the top of the head ⬩ that which has a similarity with it
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In later English the word seems mostly used of the hair at the top of the head, or of that which has a similarity with it, e.g. the leafy top of a tree Bi þone toppe (coppe, 2nd MS.) he hine nom, Laym. 684.
CLǼNE
CLEAN, pure, clear ⬩ mundus, purus, merus, serenus ⬩ chaste, innocent ⬩ castus, innoxius
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Ðæt land ic selle Cynulfe for syxtigum mancesa clǽnes goldes I sell the land to Cynulf for sixty mancuses of pure gold, Cod. Dipl. 313; A. D. 883; Kmbl. ii. 111, 21.
stician
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Ða deóflu ðe on ðám anlícnyssum sticodon, ii. 482, 8. of direction, to run, lie (cf. sceótan) Út æt ðæs croftes heáfod ðæt sticaþ on ðære lace, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 37, 24.
gíman
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Hwý nelt þú géman ꝥ mín sweostor mé lǽt áne þegnian non est tibi curae quod soror mea reliquit me solam mini-strare? (Lk. 10, 40), Bl.
wén
supposition ⬩ opinion ⬩ thought ⬩ idea ⬩ hope ⬩ expectation ⬩ likelihood ⬩ probability ⬩ chance ⬩ perhaps ⬩ perchance ⬩ may be ⬩ probably
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Cum mid ús, ðý læs wén is hí ús eft genimon come with us, lest haply they take us again Blickl. Homl. 239, 9. Ðý læs wén sié ðæt hine God gefreólsige 243, 19: 247, 2. Wén is ðæt ic gefyrenode perhaps I have sinned 235, 32: 239, 29: Homl.
Linked entry: wéna
Þú
Thou
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Grammar Þú, alone Ðis land ðe þú gesihst, Gen. 13, 15. Hwæt eart þú þe þýn ansýn is swylce ánes sceaþan, and hwæt ys ðæt tácen þe þú on uppan þínum exlum byrst? Nicod. 32; Thw. 18, 19. Gewít þú, Abraham, féran ... þú scealt Isaac mé onsecgan, Cd.
open
Open ⬩ not shut, ⬩ allowing ingress or egress ⬩ of a door ⬩ of the eyes ⬩ not closed up ⬩ not covered, not protected ⬩ declared, public ⬩ not secret, not concealed, discovered, brought to light (in reference to things where concealment is desired) ⬩ without attempt at concealment ⬩ manifest, clear, plain, evident
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On ða openan tíd the last day when nothing is concealed, Exon.
hwæt
Why ⬩ what! ⬩ ah!
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Eá lá hwæt! Bt. Met. 4, 49; Met. 4, 25
Linked entries: hwet hwá hwata hwilc-hwega
ge-warenian
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Lá! hwæt is se man on lífe búton ... hé ǽr gewarnod þe bet sý, þæt hé þonne ðurh deófol beswicen ne wyrðe, Wlfst, 101, 16-21. <b>I a.</b> to warn a person against something :-- Folc wið synna gewarnian, Ll.
nædre
Any kind of serpent ⬩ adder ⬩ viper
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Lá næddrena (ætterna, Lind. ; nedrana, Rush.) cyn progenies viperarum, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 7 : 12, 34. Hig wurpon ealle hira gyrda nyðer and hí wurdon tó næddrum ( versae sunt in dracones ), Ex. 7, 12
ge-standan
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Nales ꝥ án ꝥ heó þǽm andweardum lífes bysene gestóde ( uitae exemplo extitit), Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 472, 13. to be fixed as a law regulation, &c. Swá hit on æalddagum gestód, C.
git
Still ⬩ yet
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Gif giet lǽst mína lára if even now he obey my counsels, Cd. 29; Th. 39, 2; Gen. 618. Ne wæs ðá giet wiht geworden there was as yet nothing made, 5; Th. 7, 8; Gen. 103. Nǽfre git never yet, Beo. Th. 1171; B. 583.
tácnian
to make a mark upon something, to mark ⬩ to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark ⬩ to indicate, point out ⬩ to signify ⬩ to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize ⬩ to indicate what is future, to portend
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Voc. ii. 111, 40. to indicate, point out Hé þurh his láre éces lífes wegas sægde and tácnode, Blickl.
Linked entries: tǽcnan tǽcnian firen-tácnian
earnian
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Þá þe ræfnaþ hér wordum and weorcum wuldorcyninges láre, earniaþ on eorþan écan lífes, Gú. 767. Hwæs þú earnodest oððe hwæt þú habban woldest quid scire vis?, Solil. H. 14, 13.
ge-hild
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Srt. 76, 13. keeping of a law, faith, obligation, &c. For gehylde Crístes beboda propter obseruantiam mandatorum Christi 3, 22 ; Sch. 298, 3.
ge-rád
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On ðám heofonlican life beóð ealle ful wise, and on gástlicre láre full geráde. Hml.
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CEOLE
The throat, JOWL ⬩ guttur, fauces
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The throat, JOWL; guttur, fauces Ðý-læs sió ceole síe aswollen lest the throat be swollen, L. M. 1, 4; Lchdm. ii. 48, 26. Wið ceolan swile for swelling of throat, 1, 12; Lchdm. ii. 54, 23; 56, 2.
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cyning-feorm
Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household ⬩ regis firma
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Royal purveyance, tribute for the royal household; regis firma Ic heó gefreóge écelíce ðæs gafoles, ðe hió nú get to cyninges handa ageofan sceolan of ðam dǽle ðe ðǽr ungefreód to láfe wæs ðære, cyningfeorme, ge on hlutrum alaþ, ge on beóre, ge on hunige