wýscan
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Hé oft wýscte ðæt ealle Rómáne hæfden ǽnne sweoran exclamasse fertur: 'Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet,' Ors. 6, 3; Swt. 256, 26: Exon. Th. 378, 33; Deór. 25. Wíscte, Ps. Th. 14, arg. Hí wíscton ðæt hí móston swá wunian óð ende, Homl.
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Wintan-ceaster
Winchester
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[The name is got from the earlier Venta of Roman Britain. This form occurs in Latin works, e. g. : In Venta civitate, Bd. 4, 15: Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 300, 16. Monasterium in Wenta positum, vi. 29, 16.
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Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester. From Douere in to Chestre tilleþ Watlingestrete, R. Glouc. 8, 1.
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tǽlan
to blame, rebuke, reprove, reproach, censure, accuse. ⬩ to blame a person for what is wrong ⬩ to blame what is wrong in a person ⬩ to speak evil of, blaspheme, revile, slander, calumniate, backbite ⬩ to treat with contempt, to scorn, despise, insult, mock, deride, jeer at
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Tǽlde hé Rómáne and hié swíþe bismrade mid his wordum Romam infami satis notavit elogio, Ors. 5, 7; Swt. 228, 19. Télde ( sprevit ) hine Heródes, Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 23, 11. Tǽldon sugillent, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 18.
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faru
going ⬩ passing ⬩ sailing ⬩ a journey ⬩ voyage ⬩ an expedition ⬩ proceedings ⬩ course ⬩ path ⬩ procedure ⬩ the train ⬩ the troops ⬩ the followers ⬩ the attendants ⬩ carriage
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Sume scypmen reówan . . . swá man færð tó Róme . . . þá wæs on þǽre fare sum mangære, Hml. S. 31, 1138. "Ásende úre Hǽlend his engel mid þé, sé þíne fare gewissige " . . . Appollonaris ðá férde, 22, 29. Hí ðá fare férdon búton wiste, Hml.
ge-sittan
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L. 23, 2. to settle. of persons, of individuals, to dwell, reside Hé fór tó Róme and þǽr gesæt (wunode eal tó his lífes ende, v.l. ), Chr. 874 ; P. 72, 27.
éhtan
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Rómáne crístenra monna éhton, Ors. 6, 6; S. 262, 11. Hé hét crístenra monna éhtan ad persequendos Christianos feralia dispersit edicta, 6, 22; S. 274, 4. Þá éhtegende mé, Ps. L. 118, 150. Fram éhtiendum mé, 30, 16. Oehtigendum, 141, 7.
hwæþer
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Hwæþer Rómáne hit witen tó secganne hwæt hiera folces forwurde?, Ors. 5, 2; S. 220, 9. Eálá! hwæðer heó hider cumende syó, and mé ne gýme?, Hml. S. 23 b, 667. Hwæþer ( si ) seó nǽddre þurh hyre ágen andgit sprǽce?
hýnan
To abuse ⬩ humiliate ⬩ rebuke ⬩ correct ⬩ despise ⬩ oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ ill-treat
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Hý ða slógon and hýndon ðe ealle Rómáne friþian woldon, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 79, 4. Hefe ðú ðíne handa and hýn hiora oferhygd raise thine hand and humble their pride; leva manum tuam in superbiam eorum in finem, Ps. Th. 73, 4.
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þunor
thunder ⬩ tonitrus ⬩ fulmen ⬩ Jupiter ⬩ a thane of king Egbert of Kent
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Ðá sceolde hé sendan ðunras and lýgetu, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 162, 13. one of the Teutonic gods, to whom, among the Roman, Jupiter seems to have been considered most nearly to correspond; hence Jupiter is translated by Þunor Þunor oððe Ðúr Joppiter, Wrt.
ge-trúwian
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Th. 3, 24. with clause, to trust that Þá ne getrúwade se eahteþa dǽl þára legian þæt Rómáne Pirruse wiðstondan mehte octava legio, diffidens Romanae spei, Ors. 4, 1; S. 160, 8.
tawian
to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.
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Ðá Rómáne ðæt geácsedan, ðá sendan hié ǽrendracan tó him ... Ðá tawedan hié eft ða ǽrendracan mid ðæm mǽstan bismere, swá hié ða óþre ǽr dydon, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 154, 7-13. Ðæt hié hié mósten tawian mid ðære mǽstan bismrunge, 3, 3; Swt. 102, 21
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sendan
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Ðæt hié tó Róme sendon tó ðæm pápan, Blickl. Homl. 205, 19. where the person or thing sent to or for is not stated Hí sendon geond eall ðæt land, and brohton tó him ealle untrume, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 35
be-fón
to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action
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Heora breósta beóð mid byrnum befangene, Wlfst. 200, 13. to put into a covering Eal folc Róm-wara beféng þá líchoman on þǽre stówe Catacumbe, Bl. H. 193, II. Befóh útan mid golde, Past. 169, 23.
burg
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Hí Rómáne burig ábrǽcon, Bt. 1; F. 2, 3. Monega byrg (byrig, v.l. ) tó gafolgieldum wurdon, Ors. 4, 5; S. 170, 6. Ðás twá burh, Hml. Th. ii. 66, 28. Ðára burga (buriga, L.), Lk. R. 4, 26.
ge-standan
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Rome was very prosperous for twelve years, Ors. 6, I; S. 254, 6. Þá him wyrrest on feóndscipe gestódon qui oderunt eos, 105, 30. Ðonne gé gestondan on éhtnessum, Bl. H. 171, 17.
swencan
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Perseus wæs ealne ðone geár Rómáne swíþe swencende, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 208, 13. Forhwon sindun gé swæncende ( molesti ) ðam wífe? Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 10. Fram unclǽnum gáste swenced beón ab immundo spiritu vexari, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 11.
on-drǽdan
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Him Rómáne þæt swíðe ondrǽdende wǽron, Ors. 2, 4; S. 70, 1. with gen. Hwæs ondrǽtst ðú ðé?, Hml. Th. ii. 342, 18. Þonne mihte wé onðrǽdan ús deádes rihtlíce, Hml.
lár
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Ox. 196. advice, counsel, suggestion, instruction, order Exantipus him Rómáne andréd for þon hié for his láre æt hiora geméttinge beswicene wurdon, Ors. 4, 6; S. 176, 7. Hió Offan flet be fæder láre gesóhte, B. 1950. Láre sugestiones, Kent.
geond
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Cóm micel hǽte giend Rómáne, Ors. 2, 6; S. 88, 15. distribution to or diffusion through many places Hé þæt wín tódǽlde geond ealle þá kyfa and geond ealle þá fatu, Gr. D. 58, 22-24.