candel-bryd
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Ðonne þ candelbryd habban wille, ástrehtre þínre winstran handa ofsete hý eclinga mid þínre swí(þ)ran, Tech. ii. 120, 20-23
ǽ-welm
A welling up of water ⬩ spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ source ⬩ head of a river ⬩ beginning ⬩ aquæ fons
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Ðe mæg geseón ðone hluttran ǽwellm who can behold the clear fountain, 35,6; Fox 166, 25. Gif he gesión mǽge æðelne ǽwelm ǽlces gódet [MS. goodes] if he may see the noble fountain of all good, 23, 7; Met. 23, 4: 20, 517; Met. 20, 259.
beorg
a hill ⬩ mountain ⬩ collis ⬩ mons ⬩ a heap ⬩ BURROW or barrow ⬩ a heap of stones ⬩ place of burial ⬩ tumulus
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Bæd ðæt ge geworhton in bǽlstede beorh ðone heán he commanded [bade] that you should work the lofty barrow on the place of the funeral pile Beo. Th. 6186; B. 3097 : 5606; B. 2807 : Exon. 50 a; Th. 173, 26; Gú. 1166 : 119 b; Th. 459, 31; Hö. 8
Cwichelmes hlǽw
CUCKHAMSLEY hill or Cuchinslow, Berkshire, a large barrow on a wide plain overlooking White Horse Vale ⬩ Cwichelmi agger in agro Berchensi
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28, col. 1: Cwicchelmes, 257, 27, col. 1] hlǽwe and ðǽr onbídedon beótra gylpa, forðan oft man cwæþ, gif hí Cwichelmes [Cwicelmes, col. 1] hlǽwe gesóhton, ðæt hí nǽfre to sǽ gangan [gangen MS.] ne sceoldan they went to Wallingford, and burned it all down
fléring
A FLOORING ⬩ contăbŭlātio
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A FLOORING; contăbŭlātio On ðære nyðemestan fléringe wæs heora gangpyt and heora myxen, on ðære óðre fléringe wæs ðæra nýtena fóda gelogod, on ðære [MS. ðone] þriddan fléringe [MS. fléringa] wæs seó forme wunung, and ðǽr wunodon ða wildeór and ða réðan
for-drífan
To drive away ⬩ force ⬩ compel ⬩ drive out ⬩ eject ⬩ banish ⬩ pellĕre ⬩ prōpellĕre ⬩ compellĕre ⬩ cōgĕre ⬩ expellĕre
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Hió geseah ðone fordrifenan cyning she saw the driven king, 194, 23. Lufiaþ fordrifene, forðamðe gé sylfe wǽron fordrifene and útancymene on Egipta lande vos ămāte pĕrĕgrīnos, qui et ipsi fuistis advĕnæ in terra Ægypti, Deut. 10, 19, 18
freoðian
To care for ⬩ maintain ⬩ cherish ⬩ protect ⬩ keep ⬩ observe ⬩ consŭlĕre ⬩ sustentāre ⬩ fŏvēre ⬩ tuēri ⬩ observāre
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Hí ðone heágan dæg healdaþ and freoðiaþ they keep and observe the high day [Sunday ], Hy. 9, 27; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 27
hrepian
To touch ⬩ treat
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Wé ne hrepodon ðone traht we did not treat the exposition, i. 104, 6. Ne hrepa ðú ðæs treówes wæstm touch not the fruit of the tree, 14, 1: Homl. Swt. 5, 302.
Linked entries: æt-hreppian a-hrepian hreopian
in-gang
Entrance ⬩ entry ⬩ ingress ⬩ entrance-fee
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Ðæt beó gelǽst binnan twám dagum be ðæs inganges wíte let that be done within two days, under penalty of forfeiting the entrance-fee, 606, 10, 20. Gebéte hé be his ingange, 25. Gylde his ingang, 35.
lamb
A lamb
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Hé gefullode ðone wulf and geworhte tó lambe he baptized the wolf and made it a lamb, Homl. Th. i. 390, 26. Godes lomber folgian, Exon. 48 a; Th. 164, 22; Gú. 1015. Nyme ǽlc mann án lamb tollat unusquisque agnum, Ex. 12, 3.
leornere
A learner ⬩ reader
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Ðone leornere ic nú bidde lectorem obsecro, Bd. pref; S. 472, 31. Swá leorneras secgaþ as scholars say, Shrn. 63, 10: Exon. 62 a; Th. 227, 17; Ph. 424. Se Hǽlend tóbræc ða hláfas and sealde his leornerum, Homl. Th. ii. 400, 21: Blickl.
lyre
Loss ⬩ damage ⬩ destruction ⬩ detriment
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Ne biþ ðǽr wædl ne lyre ne deáþes gryre, Dóm. L. 16, 265: Wulfst. 139, 32. Hé macode heora líf tó lyre he destroyed them, 106, 6.
mǽrlíce
Magnificently ⬩ excellently ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ with distinction
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Hé mǽrlíce weorhte magnifice fecit (he hath done excellent things, A. V.), Cant. Es. 5. Sum welig man . . dæghwamlíce mǽrlíce (splendide) leofode, Homl. Th. i. 328, 13. Joseph leofode on ðam lande (Egypt) mǽrlíce Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 8.
móna
the moon ⬩ moon as in new, full moon
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Hé gesette ðone mónan fulne, 238, 27. Ðæt geár hæfþ twelf níwe mónan, 248, 25-26
nídling
one who serves of necessity ⬩ a slave ⬩ bondman ⬩ one who has to serve on board ship ⬩ a sailor
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Ðá ongunnon ða nýdlingas and ða scypmen ða ancras on ðone sǽ sendan woldon ðæt scyp mid gefæstnian tentabant navitae anchoris in mare missis navem retinere, Bd. 3, 15; S. 541, 40
ge-restan
To rest, remain, rest [one's self]
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On ðone seofoðan ðú gerestest on the seventh thou didst rest, Hy. 9, 23; Grn. ii. 291, 23. Gif ic on ðunwange gereste si dedero requiem temporibus meis, Ps. Th. 131, 4. Gerest ðé requiesce, Lk. Bos. 12, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 104, 20.
ge-mengednys
A mingling together, mixing, mixture, connection ⬩ commixtio, admixtio
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Hwæðere on ðám wordum is sweotol ðæt he wónysse nemde nalæs ða gemencgdnysse ðæs gesinscypes, ac ðone sylfan willan ðære gemencgednysse in quĭbus tămers verbis non admixtiōnem conjŭgium inīquĭtātem nōmĭnat, sed ipsam videlĭcet vŏluptātem admixtiōnis,
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ge-mittan
To find, meet ⬩ invĕnīre, obviam hăbēre
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Hý gemittaþ mearclonde neáh heá hlincas they meet lofty hills near the border-land, 101 b; Th. 384, 5; Rä. 4, 23: 117 b ; Th. 451, 15; Dóm. 104. Hine gemitte án man invēnit eum vir, Gen. 37, 15: Cd. 103; Th. 137, 2; Gen. 2267.
stól
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Gewyrc stól of þrím treówum . . . geót under ðone stól, Lchdm. ii. 76, 21-24.