heóþu
A room ⬩ hall
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A room, hall Hé on heóþe gestód he in the hall halted, Beo. Th. 813; B. 404
Linked entry: hell-heóþo
hriþian
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Dele first citation, and add Hwíle hé riþaþ swylce hé on dueorge sý, Lch. iii. 118, 1
mylen-weard
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Gif hé smeáwyrhtan hæfd, ðám hé sceal tó tólan fylstan: mylewerde, sútere . . . Angl. ix. 263, 18. Add
spíwan
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Ǽr þám þe hé hyne áspíwe, and þonne hé hine spíwan onginneþ . . . Lch. i. 316, 18. Add
tó-teran
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Hé þearle wédde and began tó tóterenne þá þe hé tó mihte, Hml. S. 31, 535. Add
gærs-bed
A grass-bed ⬩ grave ⬩ sub cæspĭte lectus ⬩ sepulcrum
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A grass-bed, grave; sub cæspĭte lectus, sepulcrum Ðonne he gást ofgifeþ, syððan hine (?) gærsbedd sceal wunian when he gives up his spirit, then must he inhabit a grave, Ps. Th. 102, 15
wyrd
What happens ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ chance ⬩ fate ⬩ the otherwise than humanly appointed order of things ⬩ one of the Fates ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ an event ⬩ an event ⬩ occurrence ⬩ circumstance ⬩ incident ⬩ fact ⬩ what happens to a person ⬩ fate ⬩ fortune ⬩ lot ⬩ condition ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ chance ⬩ accident
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Hé ða wyrd ne máð, fǽges forðsíð, Exon. Th. 182, 33; Gú. 1319. Hé wyrd ne ful cúþe freóndrǽdenne hú heó from hogde he did not fully know the circumstance, how her heart was turned from loving him, 244, 26; Jul. 33.
Linked entry: weord
list
Art ⬩ skill ⬩ craft ⬩ cunning ⬩ artifice
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Hé ðé hét listas lǽran he bade teach thee arts, Cd. 25; Th. 33, 8; Gen. 517
wítegian
To prophesy
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Grammar wítegian, with a clause Hé wítgode, ðæt se Hǽlend sceolde sweltan for ðære þeóde, Jn. Skt. 11, 51. Hé wítgode suá suá hit geweorðan sceolde, Past. 1; Swt. 29, 11. Wítigan wítigodan, ðæt se wolde cuman, Blickl. Homl. 105, 9.
Linked entry: wítgian
án-daga
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Tó þám ándagan þe hé him gewissode, Hml. A. 97, 167. Hé hæfð gecweden ándagan, ꝥ hé sceall ácwellan míne mǽgðe, 99, 262. Ꝥ mann sceolde settan swylcne ándagan Gode, ꝥ hé binnan líf dagum þám folce gehulpe, 108, 211.
scearp
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scearpan here of Rómána ríce mid réðum wǽpnum, Homl.
Linked entry: un-scearp
í-dæges
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Swá hraþe swá hé him tó com ýdæges swá gewát hé of ðisum andwerdum lífe as soon as he came to him, on the same day, he departed from this present life, 176, 3
Linked entry: ig-dæges
drohtnian
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Hé cwæð be ðám Hǽlende: 'Mid mannum hé drohtnode,' Hml. Th. ii. 12, 32. Mid sóðre lufe hé drohtnode on ðisum lífe, 44, 23. Bæd hé ꝥ hé móste healdan heora æceras and him méde earnian; and hé ðǽr drohtnode fíftýne geár, Hml. S. 30, 216.
þing
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Se crístena man cwæð þæt hé hæfde his ðing (cf. ýddysce, 27. ) and hine sylfne betǽht Benedicte (cf. ꝥ héé Add Ðá sǽde ic ꝥ ic his þinga feola ne cúþe respondi ignorare me quid faceret Alexander, Nar. 18, 24.
on-secgan
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Hé lác onsægde, Cd. Th. 107, 21; Gen. 1792. Hé gild onsægde, 172, 11; Gen. 2842. Hé lác onsægde ( of Christian service ), Exon. Th. 168, 28; Gú. 1084.
ge-streón
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Ðæt he æfter him to eallum his gestreónum fénge that he should take all his riches after him, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 112, 32. Æfter filiende gestreón sĕcūtūra ēmŏlŭmenta, Mone B. 623.
eáre
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Add: eár, es: an ear (part of the head) Inneweard eáre auris, útweard eáre auricula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 22, 23. Parotides eár*-*coðu, ota, g. ( = ὤτα, graece ) eár, i. 20, 1. Hé cearf of heora handa and eáran and nosa, Chr. 1014; P. 145, note 9.
a-hneápan
To pluck off ⬩ decarpere
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To pluck off; decarpere Heó of beáme a-hneóp wæstm biweredne she plucked from the tree the prohibited fruit, Exon. 45 a; Th. 153, 2; Gú. 819
Linked entry: hneápan
Scildingas
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The word occurs often in Beowulf, and is also found in the compounds Ár-, Here-, Sige-, Þeód-Sciídingas
Linked entry: Scild
Weolud
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the river Welland: — Him cirde tó þurferþ eorl and ða holdas and eal se here ðe tó Hámtúne hiérde norþ óþ Weolud, Chr. 921; Erl. 107, 29