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restan

(v.)
Grammar
restan, ;p.; te

To restto cease from toil, be at restto rest on a couch, to sleepto rest in death, lie dead, lie in the graveto remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be stillTo rest one's selfof cessation from toil

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Hæfdon éðelweardas ealdhettende swyrdum áswefede, hié on swaðe reston ( ;of the Assyrians slain in battle; ), Judth. Thw. 26, 12; Jud. 322. of things, ; to remain unmoved; or; undisturbed, be still; Flǽsc mín resteþ on hyhte, ;requiescet; Ps.

Linked entry: ræstan

fyrst

Grammar
fyrst, adj.

first, foremost in positionforemost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence

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Exod. 399' substitute: first, foremost in position Hé wæs mid þǽm fyrstum mannum on þǽm lande he was among the first men in the country, Ors. 1, 1; S. 18, 13. foremost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence Hú se láreów sceal beón on his weorcum

eáwunga

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Ox. 3536. ¶ used as the case of a noun :-- On eáwunge in propatulo, i. manifeste, An. Ox. 2826. On openysse, on ǽwunge, 1485: 47. In eáuung (in eówunga, R.) cymeð in palam veniat, Mk. L. 4, 22. On eáwung, Lk. L. 8, 17. In eáunge, Jn. L. 7, 4.

fót-gangende

(adj.)
Grammar
fót-gangende, adj.
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Going on foot, foot (soldiers) Fótgangendum here peditatu, An. Ox. 5254

wæfer-solor

(n.)
Grammar
wæfer-solor, es ; m.
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A stage On wæfersýne wæfersolre in theatri pulpito, An. Ox. 3458

Linked entry: solor

heofone

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Eác se apostol Paulus áwrát ꝥ hé wæs gelǽdd ðá þriddan heofenan, Lch. iii. 232, 21-26: Angl. viii. 310, 2: Ps. L. 148, 4. used in forms of asseveration or in oaths Sé ðe swereð on heofonan, hé swereð on Godes þrymsetle, Mt. 23, 22

ÆG

(n.)
Grammar
ÆG, æig; g. asges; pl. nom. acc. ægru; g. ægra; d. ægrum, ægerum; n.

An EGGovum

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On æge biþ gioleca on middan in on egg the yolk is in the middle, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 338 ; Met. 20, 169. Of ægerum from eggs, Exon. 59a; Th. 214, 2 ; Ph. 233. Ægru lecgan to lay eggs, Som.121. Æges hwíte white of an egg.

Linked entries: ægerum ægru æig

Cwén-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cwén-land, es; n.

Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north. Malte-Brun says that the inhabitants of Cwén-land were a Finnish race. They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines. 'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . . Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman

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Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north.

bán

bonea bonethe bone of a limba leg or arm

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Add Bán os. Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 22: 70, 46. bone Þú eart mín bán and mín flǽsc, Gen. 29, 14: Ps. Th. 138, 13. Ne bán ne blód, Dóm. 40. Þæt gafol bið on hwales báne, Ors. 1, 1;S. 18, 17. Hié habbað swíþe æþele bán on hiora tóþum, 17, 36.

holt

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For ðǽm wé ceorfað heáh treówu on holte ðaelig;t wé hí eft úp árǽren on ðǽm botle, Past. 443, 36. Hwá áspyreð ðæt deófol of geofones holte, Sal. K. p. 146, 28. Hé rád þurh ǽnne heáhne holt, Hml. S. 19, 219. On pápan holt súðweardne, C. D.

Andefera

(n.)
Grammar
Andefera, an; m.

ANDOVER, a market town in the north west of Hampshire built on the east bank of the river Ande or Antonoppidum in agro Hamtunensi

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ANDOVER, a market town in the north west of Hampshire built on the east bank of the river Ande or Anton; oppidum in agro Hamtunensi Hí ðá lǽddon Ánláf to Andeferan they then led Anlaf to Andover, Chr. 994; Th. 242, 27, col. 1; Th. 243, 26, col. 1, 12

heorþ-fæst

(adj.)
Grammar
heorþ-fæst, adj.

Having a house of one's own

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Having a house of one's own Sý hé heorþfæst sý hé folgere whether he have a house of his own or be the follower of another man, L. C. S. 20; Th. i. 386, 23

Linked entry: fæst

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, -býrigan, -bírian; 3rd sing. ; p. ede; pp. ed; 3rd sing. ; p. ode; pp. od. [The cognate words point to a short vowel.]

To happento fall outto pertain tobelong toevenireacciderecontingerepertinere adIt pertains toit is fitting or suitableit becomesit behovespertinet adconvenitoportetdecet

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To happen, to fall out, to pertain to, belong to; evenire, accidere, contingere, pertinere ad ÐDonne hit gebýrigan mæg when it may happen, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 22; Met. 4, 11.

Linked entries: býre ge-bíraþ

hell-waru

(n.)
Grammar
hell-waru, e; f.

The body of inhabitants in hell

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Tó ðare helware [or ðara helwara(?)] stíðe pínnesse to the severe torment of the people of hell, Chart. Th. 369, 34

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for-fang

(n.)
Grammar
for-fang, -feng, fore-feng, -fong, es; m.

a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost propertyapprehensiothe reward for rescuing such propertymerces, quæ bŏnōrum surreptōrum restĭtūtōri dătur

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a seizing or rescuing of stolen or lost property; apprehensio Be forstolenes mannes forfenge of seizing a stolen man, L. In. 53; Th. i. 134, 15, note 32.

Linked entries: fore-feng for-feng

tiberness

(n.)
Grammar
tiberness, e; f.
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Sacrifice, destruction, immolation Rǽde on his bócum hwelce tibernessa ǽgðer ge on monslihtum ge on hungre ge on scipgebroce let him read in his books what sacrifices of life there were by slaughter, famine, and shipwreck (the Latin, which is not closely

eást-ende

(adj.)
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Add:, the east part of a country, of the earth, the east On eástende þǽre heofonan, Angl. viii. 310, 10. Seó eorþe on þǽm norþende and on þám eástende sprecaþ him betweónum, Bl. H. 93, 11.

háw

(n.; suffix)
Grammar
háw, Kemble says, ' In all probability, a look out, or prospect'; Middendorff compares the word with -hau in German place-names, and takes it to mean a clearing, a place where trees are cut down (cf. heáwan). But perhaps in the one passage where the word occurs
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hlawe should be read Haec sunt supradictarum uocabula terrarum, aet Uuineshauue (cf. scuccanhlau, 196, 1), C. D. i. 195, 30

díhglum

(adj.)
Grammar
díhglum, díhlum = díglum

secret, retired, shady

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secret, retired, shady On díhglum stówum in shady places, Herb. 38 ; Lchdm, i. 138, 22. On díhlum in secret, Mt. Bos. 6, 6; dat. pl. of dígol, q. v

Linked entry: díhlum

grund-wæg

(n.)
Grammar
grund-wæg, es; m.
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A foundation, the earth He on grundwæge men of deáþe worde awehte he [Christ] on this earth raised men from death by his word, Andr. Kmbl. 1163; An. 582

Linked entries: grund-weg grund-weall