bed
a bed ⬩ couch ⬩ a surface on which something rests?
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Drihten him bringð fultum tó his bedde (stratum) þe hé an líð (super lectum), and eall his bedd hé onwent, Ps. Th. 40, 3. Bed æfter búrum, B. 140. On bed stígan, 676. On ðæt hnesce bed gesinscipes, Past. 397, 22.
HÚ
How
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Eálá on hú grimmum and on hú grundleásum seáðe swinceþ ðæt sweorcende mód, Bt. Met.
on-líhtan
of places or things, to illumine, make bright, cause to shine, ⬩ to give sight to, make the sight clear ⬩ to clear the mental vision, to enlighten ⬩ to give light (with dat.) ⬩ To shine
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Ðá geseah hé sóna gesundfullum eágum, þurh ðone ylcan onlíht ðe hine ǽr áblende, H. R. 107, 28; Homl. Skt. i. 21, 275. to clear the mental vision, to enlighten Sóð leóht ðæt onlýht ǽlcne man, Jn. Skt. 1, 9.
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byrgen
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Hí on beorg dydon beágas and siglu, eall swylce hyrsta on the mound they placed rings and jewels, also ornaments, 6307-6309; B. 3164, 3165.
sund
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Icel. með sundi) ða eá oferfaran wolde, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 29. Apollonius becom mid sunde tó Pentapolim, Ap. Th. 11, 6. Hié on sunde (cf. Icel. á sundi) tó ðære byrig fóron, Nar. 10, 28: Beo. Th. 3240; B. 1618.
þweán
to wash ⬩ to anoint.
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Ic in ða eá ástáh and of ðam wætere míne handa þwóh, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 502. Hé hire fét mid his teárum þwóh, 744. Hé þwóh Aaron and his suna, Lev. 8, 6. Heó hí ðwóhg, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 13.
ge-þwǽrian
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Voc. i. 50, 12. to agree with another in act or thought Hé bæd hié ꝥ hí on ánnesse sibbe and in gehylde rihtra eástrena geþwǽrede (-þwǽredon, -hwǽredon, v. ll.) mid þá Crístes cyricean obsecrans eos unitatem pacis et catholicae obseruationis cum ea ecclesia
DRIGE
DRY ⬩ siccus, arĭdus
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Ða sacerdas ætstódon on ðam grunde on drigre moldan on middan ðære eá be dríum grunde sacerdōtes stābant per siccam humum in medio Iordānis, Jos. 3, 17.
se
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Ðæt wǽron eall Finnas, Ors. 1,1; Swt. 17, 26.
sweord
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They are precious heirlooms, handed down through many years (v. epithet eald above); so Beowulf speaks of his sword as 'eald láf,' Beo.
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Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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- - bil eal þurhwód, — the falchion passed through all fǽgne flǽschoman, her fated carcase, heó on flet gecrong. she sank on the ground. Beo. Th. 3139-3141; B. 1567, 1568.
Linked entry: Beado-wulf
FǼGE
fated, doomed, destined ⬩ prŏpĕræ morti dēvōtus, cui mors immĭnet ⬩ dead, killed, slain ⬩ mortuus, occīsus ⬩ accursed, condemned ⬩ execrātus, damnātus
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Bil eal þurhwód fǽgne flǽschoman the falchion passed through all her fated carcase, Beo. Th. 3140; B. 1568. On ðæt fǽge folc in the fated band, Elen. Kmbl. 233; El. 117.
ge-ban
a command ⬩ ordinance ⬩ decree ⬩ proclamation ⬩ mandātum ⬩ stătūtum ⬩ decrētum ⬩ the indiction ⬩ indictio ⬩ edictum
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a command, ordinance, decree, proclamation; mandātum, stătūtum, decrētum Brád is ðín gebann lātum eat mandātum tuum, Ps. Th. 118, 96. Ðíne ealle gebann omnia mandāta tua, 118, 86. Ðínre ǽ geban lēgis tuæ mandātum, 58, 10 : Elen. Grm. 556.
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talian
to suppose a thing (to be) such and such, consider, reckon, account, ⬩ to impute, ascribe, lay to the account of ⬩ to reckon, enumerate
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Wé fremful taliaþ, ðæt eal mynstres fadung on ðæs abbodes dóme stande, R. Ben. 125, 5. where the supposition is expressed by a clause Ðú talas ( putas ), ðæt ic ne mǽge gebidda fader mín, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 53.
mótan
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</b> add: the subject a person Eálá hú yfele mé dóþ manege woruldmenn mid ðám ꝥ ic ne mót wealdan mínra ágenra þeówa an ego sola meum jus exercere prohibebor ? Bt. 7, 3; F. 20, 20.
hám
Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria
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Se cyng him wel gegifod hæfde on hámon and on golde and seolfre and forbærndon Tegntún and eác fela óðra gódra háma ... and ðone hám æt Peonhó ... and ðone hám æt Wealthám and óðra cotlífa fela the king had given him many gifts oft vills and of gold and
BÆC
BACK ⬩ dorsum ⬩ tergum
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Ǽr hí bacum tobreden before they turn their backs to each other, Exon. 92 a; Th. 345, 20; Gn. Ex. 192. ¶ On bæc retro, Jn. Bos. 6, 66: and under bæc retrorsum, Ps. Spl. 43, 12: at his back, behind, backward, v. under-bæc.
Linked entries: baca bacu bæc-slitol ge-bæcu bec
fracoþ
Vile ⬩ filthy ⬩ unseemly ⬩ hateful ⬩ abominable ⬩ worthless ⬩ useless ⬩ turpis ⬩ detestābilis ⬩ indĕcōrus
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Hí fracuðe and earme wǽron they were worthless and wretched, Bd. 3, 21; S. 551, 26.
frymþ
A beginning ⬩ foundation ⬩ origin ⬩ first-fruits ⬩ inĭtium ⬩ princĭpium ⬩ constĭtūtio ⬩ ŏrigo ⬩ prīmĭtiæ
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Heó of ðære ylcan mǽgþe Eást-Engla líchoman frymþe lǽdde de provincia eōrumdem Orientālium Anglōrum ipsa carnis orīgĭnem duxĕrat, Bd. 4, 19; S. 590, 8. Frymþas prīmĭtiæ, Scint. Lye. Gefreoða úsic, frymþa Scyppend protect us, Creator of beginnings!
hyse
A young man ⬩ warrior
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Hét hyssa hwæne bade each man, Byrht. Th. 131, 2; By. 2: 135, 34; By. 128: Fins. Th. 96; Fin. 48