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á-hwæðer

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
á-hwæðer, aaj, pron.

Some oneany oneanythingquisaliquisaliquid

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Some one, any one, anything; quis, aliquis, aliquid Nis me ege mannes for áhwæðer nontimebo quid faciat mihi homo [non est mihi hominis timor pro aliquo ], Ps. Th. 55, 4: 117, 6

Linked entry: áwðer

fultum-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
fultum-leás, adj.

Without helphelplesssĭne auxĭlio

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Without help, helpless; sĭne auxĭlio Ðæt hí tó raðe woldon fultumleáse beón æt hiora bearnteámum that they would very soon be without help from their posterity, Ors. 1. 14; Bos. 37, 18

Scild

(n.)
Grammar
Scild, es; m.
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According to the Ynglinga Saga, c. 5, one of Odin's sons is Skjöldr

ge-fæstlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-fæstlíce, adv.
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with certainty Ic his nát náht gefæstlíce nihil abs te dictum est quod me scire audeam dicere, Solil. H. 32, 9. firmly, with constancy Gelýf gefæstlíce Gode constanter Deo crede, 53. 12

wearmness

(n.)
Grammar
wearmness, e; f.

Warmness, warmth

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Warmness, warmth Hé wolde hine baðian on þam wlacum wætere, ac hé gewát sóna swá hé ðæt wæter hrepode, and wearð seó wearmnys him áwend tó deáðe, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 160

líðe

(adj.)
Grammar
líðe, líð; adj.

Lithesoftgentlemeekmildserenebenigngraciouspleasantsweet

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Lithe, soft, gentle, meek, mild, serene, benign, gracious, pleasant, sweet Swá fæder þenceþ his bearnum milde weorþan swá ús God ðám ðe hine lufiaþ líðe weorþeþ sicut miseretur pater filiis, ita misertus est Dominus timentibus se, Ps. Th. 102, 13.

Linked entry: líð

bearn-teám

(n.)
Grammar
bearn-teám, es; m.

A succession of childrenissueposterityliberorum ordo vel successiosoboles

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A succession of children, issue, posterity; liberorum ordo vel successio, soboles Ðæt hí to raðe woldon fultumleáse beón æt hiora bearnteámum that they should very soon be without help from posterity, Ors. 1, 14; Bos. 37, 19

Linked entry: teám

wicga

(n.)
Grammar
wicga, an; m.
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Some kind of insect Wicga blatta (elsewhere blatta is glossed by nihlbuttorfleóge, and eárwicga), lucifuga, lytel wicga bruuinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 127, 11, 32. Genim hwǽtenes meluwes smedman and wicggan innelfe, gníd tósomme, Lchdm. ii. 134, 4

Linked entry: eár-wicga

fird-sócn

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Take here fyrd- sócn and add:

mirran

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Add Hú ðonne gyf ðé myrrað and lettað þæs líchoman mettrimnysse dolor corporis te fortasse vi sua commovet, Solil. H. 40, 6. Ælfere ealdorman and óþre manega munucregol myrdon, Chr. 975 ; P. 121, 26. add : v. mirrend

tó-feallan

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Hí wurdon gelǽdde tó þǽre láðan anlícnysse, ac heó tófeól sóna tó heora fótum formolsnod, Hml. S. 2, 374. Þysre burge getimbrunga syndon mid gelómlicum hryrum tófeallene aedificia urbis ruinis crebrescentibus prosternuntur, Gr. D. 134, 12. Add

on-scuniend

(n.)
Grammar
on-scuniend, -scunigend (?), es; m.

One who detests or shuns

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One who detests or shuns Nán ( no friend of the dead man ) hine tó ðæs swíðe ne lufaþ, ðæt hé sóna syððan ne sý onscungend, seoððan se líchoma and se gást gedǽlde beóþ, Blickl. Homl. 111, 29

Linked entry: -scuniend

Eádmund

(n.)
Grammar
Eádmund, <b>, es;</b> m. [eád happy, mund protection] .

Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year

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Edmund Ironside, son of Æthelred Atheling. Edmund began to reign in A. D. 1016, and died the same year A.

regol

(n.)
Grammar
regol, es; m.

a rulea rule, pattern, standard, normprescript, a canonrule

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Gr. 30, 4;Som.. 34, 67. Sume gáþ of ðam regole, forðan ðe se gewuna is strengra, eruo ic nerige, erutus generod. Nú wolde se regol ðæs cræftes habban of ðam eruturus, ac se gewuna hylt eruiturus, 41;Som. 44, 24-26.

Linked entries: regol-bryce regul

sum-dǽl

(n.; adv.)
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D. some-deal.]

hæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hæcce, e; f.

A crosier

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Eall ðæt ðider com ðæt wæs ðone hæcce and sume scríne and sume róden all that came there was the crosier and some shrines and some crucifixes, 32

ǽr

(n.)
Grammar
ǽr, es; n.

Brassæs

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Brass; æs Siððan folca bearn ǽres [MS. ǽrest] cúðon and ísernes since then the sons of men have known brass and iron, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 22; Gen. 1088: Wrt. Voc. 8, 27

efor

(n.)
Grammar
efor, es; m.

A wild boar ăper

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Surne sceoldan bión eforas some should be wild boars, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 34

hýpel

(n.)
Grammar
hýpel, es; m.

A heap

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Cf. scald-hýflas vel sond-hyllas alga, Wrt. Voc. ii. 99, 73

ge-rísan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-rísan, pp. -risen

To seize, takerapere

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Sóna wæs gerisen and genumen of middanearde rapta confestim de mundo, Bd. 4, 19; S. 589, 5, note