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wæl-stów

(n.)
Grammar
wæl-stów, e; f.

The place of the slain,a battle-fieldany place where there is slaughter

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The place of the slain, a battle-field God ána wát hwá ðære wælstówe wealdan móte God only knows who shall be master of the field, Byrht. Th. 134, 36; By. 95: Beo. Th. 4108; B. 2051: 5960; B. 2984: Cd. Th. 121, 4; Gen. 2005.

Linked entry: hreá-wíc

wíg

(n.)
Grammar
wíg, es; n. I.

fightbattlewarconflictvalourtroops

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Beo. Th. 130; B. 65. Hé hafaþ wígges leán, blǽd bútan blinne. Elen. Kmbl. 1647 ; El. 825. Sum bið wíges heard, beadocræftig beorn, Exon. Th. 295, 27; Crä. 39 : (Ulysses) Met. 26, 13 : (Sigemund) Beo. Th. 1776; B. 886 : (St. Andrew) Andr.

in-coþu

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Colera rubea, ꝥ synt reáde incoða, beóð on sumera ... On hærfeste beóð colera nigra, ꝥ synt swearte incoðan, Angl. viii. 299, 30-34. Incoþan melancolias, i. nigrum fel, An. Ox. 3049. ¶ In the gloss fibras þearmas incoþe, An.

camb

(n.)
Grammar
camb, e; f.
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A comb, an assemblage of cells in which bees store their honey; favus Hí yrnbþrungon me swá swá beón camba they surrounded me as bees [surround] the combs, Ps. Lamb. 117, 12

weorold-lust

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Hwæt wille ic má cwæðan be mete, oððe be drince, oððe be baðe, oððe be welan, oððe be wyrðscype, oððe be ǽnigum worldlusta ( de cibo et potu, sive de balneis, ceteraque corporis voluptate), Solil. H. 37, 8. Cf. þá worlde lustas, 39, 4. Add

Wéland

(n.)
Grammar
Wéland, es; m.
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Wélandes bearn 74; Vald, 2, 9. Beaduscrúda betst, Wélandes geweorc Beo. Th. 914; B. 455. Hwǽr sint nú ðæs foremǽran and ðæs wísan goldsmiðes bán Wélondes ubi nunc fidelis ossa Fabricii (cf. faber) jacent? Bt. 19; Fox 70, 1.

Linked entry: Weolud

ge-wunelíce

(adv.)
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Cf. ge-wunelic; Man þá béc rǽt on circan swíðe gewunelíce, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 1. On eallum limum ac gewunelícost on þám handum, Hml.

hlinian

(v.)
Grammar
hlinian, hleonian; p. ode

To lean, bend, lie down, recline, rest

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Heó wæs hleonigende ofer hire ræste she was lying on her bed, Blickl. Homl. 145, 26. Fond hlingendne freán found his master lying in his bed, Exon. 49 b; Th. 171, 2; Gú. 1120

Linked entries: a-hlinian hleonian

grǽdiglíce

(adv.)
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Ben. 139, 27

eorl-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
eorl-scipe, -scype, es; m.

Manliness, bravery, courage, supremacy, nobility vĭrīlĭtas, nobilĭtas

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Beo. Th. 6327; B. 3174: Scóp. Th. 283; Wíd. 141: Beo. Th. 3458; B. 1727: 4272; B. 2133. Eorlscipes, Salm. Kmbl. 22; Sal. 11. He eorlscype fremede he effected supremacy, Exon. 85a; Th. 320, 31; Wíd. 37

in-lenda

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Ǽlc ðǽra manna ðe blód ytt sceal losian of his folce, beó hé inlenda beó hé ælðeódig ( homo quilibet de domo Israel et de advents qui peregrinaniur inter eos,. si comederit sanguinem, disperdam animam illius de populo suo, Lev. 17, 10), E.

æfter-eala

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-eala, an; m.

After-alesmall beer

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After-ale, small beer Æfter-eala sapa, Ælfc. Gl. 33; Som. 62, 22; Wrt. Voc. 28, 5

æt-wegan

(v.)
Grammar
æt-wegan, p. -wæg, pl. -wǽgon; pp. -wegen

To take awayauferre

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To take away; auferre Hama ætwæg sigle Hama took away the jewel, Beo. Th. 2401; B. 1198

Linked entry: æt-wæg

daraþ

(n.)
Grammar
daraþ, dareþ

a dart, spear, javelin

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a dart, spear, javelin, Exon. 66 b; Th. 246, 27; Jul. 68: Beo. Th. 5689; B. 2848

dógian

(v.)
Grammar
dógian, p. ode; pp. od
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To bear, suffer; pati?-Ic dógode I suffred, Exon. 100 b; Th. 380, 17; Rä. 1, 9

full-eóde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
full-eóde, pl. -eódon

went afterfollowedaided

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went after, followed, aided, Beo. Th. 6230, note; B. 3119: Cd. 98; Th. 130, 1; Gen. 2153;

eal-geador

(adv.)
Grammar
eal-geador, eall-geador; adv.

Altogether omnīno

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Altogether; omnīno Ðǽr wæs ealgeador Grendles grápe there was altogether Grendel's grasp, Beo. Th. 1675; B. 835

Linked entry: eall-geador

heoru-dreór

(n.)
Grammar
heoru-dreór, es; m.

Blood coming from wounds made by the swordgore

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Blood coming from wounds made by the sword, gore, Beo. Th. 978; B. 487: 1703; B. 849

medu-ærn

(n.)
Grammar
medu-ærn, es; n.

A house in which mead is drunka banqueting-house

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A house in which mead is drunk, a banqueting-house Medoærn micel, Beo. Th. 138; B. 69

morgen-ceald

(adj.)
Grammar
morgen-ceald, adj.

Chilled with the cold of early morning

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Chilled with the cold of early morning Sceal gár wesan monig morgenceald, Beo. Th. 6036; B. 3022