nacod
naked ⬩ bare ⬩ nudus ⬩ without clothing ⬩ unsaddled ⬩ bare-backed ⬩ naked ⬩ unsheathed ⬩ bare ⬩ destitute ⬩ stripped of property ⬩ not accompanied by deeds
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Ðá sæt ðǽr sum þearfa nacod, bæd him hrægles, Blickl. Homl. 213, 33 : Cd. Th. 255, 32; Dan. 633. Ic wæs nacod and gé mé scrýddon, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 36 : Cd. Th. 207, 29; Exod. 474. Gif ðú earm gewurðe, geþenc ðú ðæt ðín móder ðé nacodne gebær, Prov.
gid
a song ⬩ lay ⬩ poem ⬩ cantus ⬩ cantilena ⬩ carmen ⬩ poema ⬩ A speech ⬩ tale ⬩ sermon ⬩ proverb ⬩ riddle ⬩ sermo ⬩ dictum ⬩ loquela ⬩ proverbium ⬩ ænigma
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Se wítga song and ðæt gyd awræc the prophet sang and recited the poem, Exon. 84 a; Th. 316, 20; Mód. 51. Ðæt ic ða ged ne mæg gefégean that I cannot compose the poems [songs], Bt. Met.
ge-cyrran
to turn ⬩ convert ⬩ vertere ⬩ convertere ⬩ to turn [one's self] ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ verti ⬩ reverti ⬩ ire
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Hí symle sculon ðone ylcan ryne eft gecyrran they ever must go again the same course, Bt. Met. Fox 11, 74; Met. 11, 37. Ðá gecyrdon ða twá and hund-seofontig reversi sunt septuaginta duo, Lk. Bos. 10, 17.
þreátung
compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ violence ⬩ oppression ⬩ ill-treatment ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproof ⬩ threatening
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Saga Magnús góða, cc. 37, 38: Magnús konungr gerði sendimenn til Englands ... en þat stóð á bréfum ... 'Vil ek, at þú gefir upp ríkit fyrir mér; en at öðrum kosti mun ek sœkja til með styrk hers'), Chr. 1046; Erl. 171, 25
ge-hál
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S. 31, 568. safe Sé ðe gehálne ( salvum ) gedó, Ps. Spl. 7, 2
ge-mang
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Nalles ná ðæt án ðæt hé gód doo gemang (-mong, v.l. ) óðrum monnum, Past. 81, 22. of the relation of a thing to others in the same nominal or logical group Gemong þǽm óþrum monegum wundrum inter multa prodigia, Ors. 4, 3; S. 162, 5. of the relation of
wesan
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Add Ic sælf þæt ierfæ tó gestríndæ þæt þǽr mon siððan bí wæs ( unde interim pauperes vixerunt), Cht. Th. 162, 31. Cf. bí-wist. Add Bégen þá consulas wǽron mid firde angeán Hannibal, Ors. 4, 8; S. 186, 30.
wille
A well, spring, stream, fountain
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Is sǽd ðæt wylle (án welle, v. l.) (fons) áweólle, seó wæter geóteþ, 5, lo ; S. 625, 23. Lífes wylle (waelle, Ps. Surt.) fons vitae Ps. Th. 35, 9: Basil admn. 4; Hex. 42, 16. Ealle ða námon Ændor wylle and Cisone clǽne hlimme, Ps. Th. 82, 8.
Constantīnus
Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
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He is said to have been converted to Christianity, about 312, by the vision of a luminous cross in the sky, on which was the inscription ἐν τούτωι, νίκα by this, conquer.
tilþ
labour which brings gain, by which acquisition is made ⬩ an employment ⬩ tillage ⬩ cultivation ⬩ work on land ⬩ gain from labour ⬩ produce of labour, ⬩ acquisition ⬩ crop ⬩ produce ⬩ fruit
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God sent þe sonne to saue a cursed mannes tilthe, Piers P. 19, 430. To sowe cockel with the corn So that the tilthe is nigh forlorn, Gow. ii. 190, 12
Weogorna-ceaster
Worcester
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Kmbl. iv. 161, 25 and the Latin adjective forms, which shew the same variety, e. g. Weogernensis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 99, 29 Wiornocensis, iii. 366, 26 Wigorcestrensis, i. 167, 18 Wigorcensis, v. 142, 16
weorpan
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A. : worpað, Lind.: worpes, Rush., jaceat) gód sǽd on his land, Mk. Skt. 4, 26. Ic hét hit weorpan on fýr. Ex. 32, 24.
hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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Sace hefige litem gravem (Archiv cxxv. 49, 47), Lch. iii. 198, 24 (in Dict.). Sint folces firena hefige, Gen. 2410. Ðá ðe áfellað on hefegum scyldum (cf. on micla scylda, 7) qui gravibus noxis immerguntur, Past. 437, 3.
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niman
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Neoman wé ús tó wynne weroda Drihten, Sat. 198. Ꝥ hí hine niman be his fullan were on borh, Ll. Th. i. 242, 2: 162, 16.
BURH
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Ða ðe in burh móton gongan, in Godes ríce they may go into the city, [may go] into God's kingdom, Cd. 227; Th. 303, 16; Sat. 613. Ðonne hý hweorfaþ in ða hálgan burg when they pass into the holy city, Exon. 44b; Th. 150, 26; Gú. 784.
fullian
To FULL or make white as a fuller ⬩ to baptize ⬩ albāre ⬩ candĭdum făcĕre ⬩ baptīzāre ⬩ βαπτίζειν
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Sax. Mk. Bos. 9, 3, we have fullere: Wyc. 1389, fullere [or walkere of cloth, note]: Tynd. 1526 and Eng. version 1611, fuller. Baptem and Baptym with the verb Baptise is used by Wycliffe, and Baptyme and Baptyzyn by the compiler of the Promptorium.
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-ing
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Changes for the sake of euphony must also be guarded against, as sources of error : thus Abingdon in Berks would impel us strongly to assume a family of Abingas; the Saxon name Æbban dún convinces us that it was named front an Æbba [m.] or Æbbe [f. ].
swingel
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Ðæt sár ðære suingellan (swingellan, Cott. MSS. ) ðissa woruld-broca. Swt. 259, 2. Balthasar næs gemyndig his fæder swingle. Homl. Th. ii. 434, 27.
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þyncan
to seem ⬩ appear ⬩ to seem fit
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Th. 266, 14; Sat. 22. Ne þúhte gerysne rodora wearde, ðæt Adam leng ána wǽre, 11, 9; Gen. 169. Ðeáh ús þince ðæt it on wóh fare, Bt. 39, 8; Fox 224, 20.
dǽlan
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Hé dǽleð help and hǽlo hæleða bearnum, Sat. 581; Cri. 428. Hé máðmas dǽleð, B. 1756. Tungel heora wlite wíde dǽlað, Gen. 2191. Ofer ús dǽl rummódnise super nos effunde clementiam, Rtl. 41, 5.