ge-hwyrftnian
to tear
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brings its hungry whelps something to eat, then they show in that food which of them can tear it most, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 71, 39, note
eard-fæst
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Þá Seaxan wǽron eardfæste néh þǽm gársecge Saxones, gens in Oceani litoribus sita, Ors. 6, 33; S. 288, 22. of things Fýr fiólan ne mæg eft æt his éðle, þǽr ꝥ óðer fýr úp ofer eall þis eardfæst wunað, Met. 20, 156
heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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G. 13; Th. i. 174, 23-7: L. Edm. S. 7; Th. i. 250, 20: L. Eth. vi. 51; Th. i. 328, 11; L. C. S. 37: Th. i. 398, 13: 45; Th. i. 402, 14: 61; Th. i. 408, 19: L. C. F.14; Th. i. 428, 7: L. H. 11, 7, 10; Th. i. 521, 5, 10: 76, 6; Th. i. 582, 4.
ge-fetian
To fetch ⬩ bring ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ accīre ⬩ afferre
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To fetch, bring; addūcĕre, accīre, afferre Elene héht gefetian on fultum forþsnoterne hæleða gerǽdum Elene bade [them] fetch to her aid the very wise in the councils of men, Elen. Kmbl. 2103; El. 1053 : Beo. Th. 4387; B. 2190.
fyrn
Formerly ⬩ long ago ⬩ of old ⬩ ōlim ⬩ prīdem ⬩ antīquĭtus
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Ðæt he bibúgan mǽge ðone bitran drync ðone Eue fyrn Adame geaf that he may escape the bitter drink which Eve of old gave to Adam, Exon. 45 b; Th. 154, 11; Gú. 841: 47 a; Th. 160, 20; Gú. 946: Cd. 128; Th. 163, 11; Gen. 2696
-gilde
fæstan
to fast ⬩ to abstain
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Th. ii. 100, 16: Wlfst. 285, 31. Þæt fæsten þe þá Ninivete fæston, fæstað þá, 227, 29. Fæstað eówer lenctenfæsten tó nónes, 136, 16
æðelo
Nobility ⬩ pre-eminence ⬩ origin ⬩ family ⬩ race ⬩ nature ⬩ talents ⬩ genius ⬩ nobilitas ⬩ principatus ⬩ origo ⬩ natales ⬩ prosapia ⬩ natura ⬩ indoles ⬩ ingenium
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His æðelo bióþ on ðam mode his nobility is in the mind, 30, 1; Fox 110, 1. Ryht æðelo biþ on ðam móde, næs on ðam flǽsce true nobility is in the mind, not in the flesh, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 19.
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gylt
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Eówerne gylt þé gé worhtou, þæt wæs þæt cealf peccatum vestrum, quod feceratis, id est vitulum, Deut. 9, 21.
ofer-hygdiglíce
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Hé wende ꝥ hé mihte þá ylcan brógan him gedón þe hé ǽr gewunode óðrum mannum tó dónne, and ongan mid mycclum stefnum clypian and cweðan oferhygdilíce (arrogantly): 'Arís. . . ' 164, 2
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on-findan
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object Þá se cyning þæt fácn anfunde quo comperto, Ors. 1, 12 ; S. 52, 30.
eád-wéla
Happy weal, riches, happiness, blessedness ⬩ divĭtiae, opŭlentia, felīcĭtas, beatĭtūdo
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Sáwul fundaþ to ðam longan gefeán in eád-wélan the soul tendeth to that lasting joy into happiness, 48 b; Th. 167, 22; Gú. 1064: 64 a; Th. 237, 6; Ph. 586
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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all down; and were then one night at Cholsey, and then went along Ashdown to Cuckhamsley hill, and there tarried out of threatening vaunt, because it had often been said, if they came to Cuckhamsley hill, that they would never go to the sea Chr. 1006
eh
a war-horse, charger ⬩ equus bellātor ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE=e, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is eh a war-horse, — hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter e, but for eh a war-horse, charger, as, — RUNE [eh] byþ for eorlum the war-horse is for chiefs
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a war-horse, charger; equus bellātor Ða ða hors óþbær, eh and eorlas which bore away the horses, the chargers, and chiefs, Exon. 106a; Th. 404, 21; Rä. 23, 11. the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE=e, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is eh a war-horse, —
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hynden-mann
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menn heora metscype tógædere [resolved:] that we gather to us once every month, if we can and have leisure, the hyndenmen and those who direct the tithings ... and let these eleven [the hyndenman and one from each tithing in the hynden of which he was
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FLÝS
A fleece ⬩ wool ⬩ vellus ⬩ lānūgo
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Th. 147, 5. Of flýsum mínra sceápa wǽron gehlyde þearfena sídan the sides of the poor were clothed with the fleeces of my sheep, Job Thw. 165, 2. Wulle flýsum with fleeces of wool, Exon. 109a; Th. 417, 12; Rä. 36, 3. Flýs lānūgo. Cot. 122
bíte
A BITE, pain, the biting or pain of a wound, a biting disease or cancer ⬩ morsus, cancri morbus vel cancer
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Wið apan bíte for the bite of an ape, 11, 7; Lchdm. i. 366, 24: L. Ethb. 35; Th. i. 12, 5: Beo. Th. 4126; B. 2060. Þurh sweordes bíte through the bite of the sword, Apstls. Kmbl. 68; Ap. 34. Bíte írena the bite of swords, Beo. Th. 4511; B. 2259.
ge-méde
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II l ; S. 24, 9. of things, that satisfies requirements, adequate, suitable Heó hit Ósulfe on ǽht gesealde wið gemédan feó ( the land was sold for a fair price, or (?) a price that had been agreed on ), Che. Th. 170, 21
ge-beðian
To wash ⬩ bathe ⬩ foment ⬩ cherish ⬩ warm ⬩ lăvāre ⬩ fŏvēre
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Wearþ his lǽcum geþúht ðæt hí on wlacum ele hine gebeðedon it seemed good to his physicians that they should bathe him in lukewarm oil. Homl. Th. i. 86, 23.
orleg-ceáp
Battle-bargain, fighting
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Ðǽr wæs eáðfynde eorle orlegceáp se ðe ǽr ne wæs níðes genihtsum there might fighting be easily found for the man that before had not had enough of war, Cd. Th. 120, 13 ; Gen. 1994