strang
Strong ⬩ fortis, ⬩ acer, vehemens, ⬩ strenuus, ⬩ strong, powerful, mighty ⬩ strong, firm, resolute, hardy ⬩ hard, severe, fierce, stern ⬩ strong, able to resist force, firm ⬩ firm, valid, assured ⬩ strong in operation, effective, producing a great effect, potent ⬩ strong, earnest ⬩ hard, severe ⬩ fierce, violent
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Ðæt sár biþ tó ðon strang, and hé næfþ nánne slǽp ðonne hit strangest biþ, Lchdm. ii. 198, 25. Strang fefer, 226, 16.
un-cystig
Niggardly ⬩ parsimonious ⬩ not liberal
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Ne sǽde ðæt hálige godspel (Lk. c. 16) ðæt se ríca reáfere wǽre, ac wæs uncystig and módegode on his welum, Homl. Th. i. 328, 19. 'Gé noldon him on mínum naman tíðian' ... Ðonne faraþ ða uncystigan intó écere cwicsúsle, ii. 108, 30: Wulfst. 289, 8.
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un-fǽle
Evil ⬩ ill ⬩ bad
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Evil, ill, bad Unfǽle (printed -sǽle), gemáh improbus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 16. applied to living objects Hí wéndon ðæt hit unfǽle gást (phantasma) wǽre, Mk. Skt. 6, 49.
un-sǽlþ
Unhappiness ⬩ misfortune ⬩ misery
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Hé hwílum selþ ða gesǽlþa ðǽm gódum and ðǽm yflum unsǽlþa ... hwílum hé eft geþafaþ ðæt ða gódan habbaþ unsǽlþa and ungelimp and ða yfelan habbaþ gesǽlþa qui saepe bonis jucunda, malis aspera, contraque bonis dura tribuat, malis optata concedat, Bt. 39
bí-leofa
subsistence ⬩ maintenance ⬩ provision ⬩ victuals
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subsistence, maintenance, provision; in a limited sense victuals Hé sǽde ꝥ ꝥ feoh wǽre widewena bigleofa of gódra manna ælmyssan, Hml. S. 25, 765. Leahtras fóda, deáðes bigleafa, 7, 26. Þæs mannes bíleofa is tó besceáwianne, Lch. ii. 210, 18: R.
drync
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Hé sǽde þám bróðrum drincea ( potionum ) getel (cf. þus fela scencea, 11), Gr. D. 127, 16. v. blód-, spiw(e)-, wæter-drync
six
six
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Hé sǽde ðæt hé syxa sum ofslóge syxtig, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 7. Ymbsealde sint mid sixum. Elen. Kmbl. 1481; El. 472
ge-wyrd
Event ⬩ fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ condition
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Gewíte ðis gedwyld fram geleáffullum heortum ðæt ǽnig gewyrd sý búton se ælmihtiga scyppend some said that the star was his destiny. Let this error depart from believing hearts, that there is any destiny except the Almighty Creator, Homl.
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wilwan
to roll ⬩ fig. ⬩ to join ⬩ compound ⬩ compose
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Sibb áflýmð saca, anda tógædre wilaþ hí pax effugat discordias, inuidia copulat eas, Scint. II, 8. Hé hine sylfne betweox ðises andweardan middangeardes (wǽlum?)
híréd
a family ⬩ a family ⬩ house ⬩ the family ⬩ court
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Ic þé hálsige, heofonríces weard, for þám hírede þe þú hider lǽdest, engla þreátas, Sat. 423.
Linked entries: híred-cniht híred-geréfa híred-lic híred-mann híred-preóst
on-wendan
to turn, change ⬩ to change one thing for another, to exchange ⬩ to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside ⬩ to change the position of a thing, to invert, turn upside down, ⬩ to subvert, disturb, upset ⬩ to cause to change for the worse, to give a wrong direction, pervert ⬩ To return
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erras, 7, 2; Fox 16, 30. to change one thing for another, to exchange Heó wæs genumen of middanearde and eall ðæt sár and ðone deáþ mid écre hǽlo and lífe onwende, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 7. to turn, change a direction, to avert, divert, turn aside Nǽfre
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Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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In the same summer, no less than twenty ships, with men and everything [of the Danes], perished on the south coast, Chr. 897; Th. 177, 5, col. 2 — 179, 3, col. 2.
sægen
a saying, statement, assertion ⬩ tradition, report, story ⬩ a narration, relation
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Th. 144, 7. what is said generally, tradition, report, story Ðæt is fyrn sægen (fyrn-sægen? cf. fyrn-gewrit, -gid) it is an old story, Andr. Kmbl. 2977; An. 1491.
ge-healdan
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Bið sum corn sǽdes gehealden on þǽre sáwle sóðfæstnesse, Met. 22, 37. <b>VI a.</b> to retain in the mind, remember :-- Gehýr gyt sum bigspell, and geheald þá wel þe ic þé ǽr sǽde, Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 21.
wundor
a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration
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Yldo, Salm. Kmbl. 563; Sal. 281. Férdon folctogan wunder sceáwian, láþes lástas, Beo. Th. 1685; B. 840. Wundur, 6057; B. 3032: 6197; B. 3103.
healdan
to keep watch over ⬩ keep in charge ⬩ to keep ⬩ to watch over ⬩ keep ⬩ govern ⬩ rule ⬩ a king ⬩ to keep ⬩ guard ⬩ to watch ⬩ to defend ⬩ preserve ⬩ to hold ⬩ take ⬩ arrest ⬩ to have hold of ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold up ⬩ to maintain ⬩ support ⬩ uphold ⬩ manage ⬩ to hold ⬩ bear ⬩ conduct ⬩ to behave ⬩ to handle ⬩ treat ⬩ deal with ⬩ to hold ⬩ to hold ⬩ to have possession ⬩ to hold ⬩ occupy ⬩ an office ⬩ a position ⬩ to hold ⬩ to remain in ⬩ to retain ⬩ detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to detain ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep oneself ⬩ remain ⬩ to hold ⬩ keep together ⬩ continue ⬩ to maintain ⬩ keep ⬩ to perform ⬩ keep watch ⬩ to keep ⬩ to keep unbroken ⬩ inviolate ⬩ to keep ⬩ to constrain ⬩ compel ⬩ restrain ⬩ stop ⬩ to restrain oneself ⬩ refrain ⬩ to entertain ⬩ to keep in mind ⬩ remember ⬩ regard ⬩ to hold as ⬩ to hold ⬩ to proceed ⬩ move on ⬩ to continue ⬩ go on with ⬩ to go on
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Healdað hine nihta gehwylce twá hund wearda, Sal. 259.
cúþ-líce
certainly, manifestly ⬩ certo, aperte ⬩ for, indeed, therefore ⬩ nempe, igitur ⬩ familiarly, courteously, kindly ⬩ familiariter, civiliter, comiter
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Th. 103, 16: 106, 6: 121, 1: 146, 4: 149, 8. for, indeed, therefore; nempe, igitur Cweðaþ cúþlíce for indeed they said, Ps. Th. 70, 10: 82, 4: Hy. 10, 20; Hy.
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HUND
A HOUND ⬩ a dog
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A HOUND, a dog; applied to persons as a term of abuse in English and in other dialects Ðá hé ðider com ðá sceolde cuman ðære helle hund ongeán hine ðæs nama wæs Ceruerus when he came thither, it is said, that then the dog of hell, whose name was Cerberus
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mearc-land
a border-land ⬩ waste land lying outside the cultivated ⬩ a district ⬩ country ⬩ territory
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Cf. what is said before of his dwelling place :-- Wæs seó londes stów bimiðen fore monnum, óððæt meotud onwráh beorg on bearwe, 34 b; Th. 110, 32-35), Exon. 35 a; Th, 112, 17; Gú. 145.
syngian
To sin
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Ðá sǽde him Plenius ðæt hé wóh bude, and miclum on ðǽm syngade, Ors. 6, 10; Swt. 264, 28. Wé singodon on úrum bréðer peccavimus in fratrem nostrum, Gen. 42, 21. Ne synga ðú non moechaberis, Ex. 20, 14. Ðe læs gé syngien (nelle gé syngian, Ps.
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