Bryten
BRITAIN ⬩ Britannia, Cambria
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BRITAIN; Britannia, Cambria Brytene ígland is ehta hund míla lang the island of Britain is eight hundred miles long, Chr. Th. 3, l, col. l: 3, 10, col. I. 3.
of-hreówan
to cause grief or pity ⬩ to feel pity
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Mé ofhreów ðæt hí né cúðon ða godspellícan láre, 2, 22. to feel pity Se mæssepreóst ðæs mannes of hreów. Swt. A. S. Rdr. 102, 216. lohannes ofhreów ðære méder dreórignysse, Homl. Th. i. 66, 21
be-gang
exercise ⬩ labour ⬩ business ⬩ cultivation ⬩ religious practice
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H. 113, 30, cultivation Fram ǽlce bi-gonge (cultura) þis land ligeð tólýsed, Gr. D. 258, 18. religious practice Ðǽre godcundnesse begang (bigong, v.l.) diuinitatis cultus, Bd. 2, 13; Sch. 164, 10. Bigeon[g] ðes cultus isle, Rtl. 24, 21.
byht
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Ofer wætres byht to lande over the water's abode [bay] to the land, Exon. 106a; Th. 404, 23; Rä. 23, 12
for-hwyrfan
to change for or from ⬩ transform ⬩ transfer ⬩ remove ⬩ avertĕre ⬩ transformāre ⬩ to turn aside ⬩ pervert ⬩ deprave ⬩ subvertĕre ⬩ pervertĕre ⬩ deprāvāre
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to change for or from, transform, transfer, remove; avertĕre, transformāre He forhwyrfþ eów of ðam lande he will remove you from the land, Deut. 28, 63.
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mǽnan
To tell of ⬩ relate ⬩ declare
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Ðý læs ðæt weras gieddum mǽndan be mé lifgendum lest men should tell of it in songs during my lifetime, 50 b; Th. 176, 9; Gú. 1206, Ic mæg singan and secgan, spell mǽnan, hú me cynegóde cystum dohten, 85 b; Th. 321, 32; Wid. 55: Beo.
ge-wider
Weather ⬩ the temperature of the air ⬩ a tempest ⬩ tempestas ⬩ cæli tempĕries
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Ðonne wind styreþ láþ gewidru when the wind stirs hateful tempests, Beo. Th. 2754; B. 1375
gomel
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He on him gyrdeþ gomelra láfe he girds on him the relic of the ancients. 4079; B. 2036. Forbærst sweord Beówulfes, gomol and grǽgmǽl Beowulf's sword burst asunder, ancient and grey-marked, 5357; B. 2682.
ge-freoðian
To protect ⬩ guard ⬩ free ⬩ keep
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Ðæt lond Gode gefreoðode he kept that land for God, 34 b; Th. 111, 7; Gú. 123
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twǽman
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Þys táken gesetton ða ealdan wríteras on ciriclícum bócum, ðæt hig twǽmdon oððe ætýwdon ða gewitnyssa háligra gewrita, Anglia viii. 334, 11. to part what has been joined Man wite, ðæt hý þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón, ðe læs ðe man eft twǽme ðæt man
þri-feald
Threefold ⬩ triple
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B.) láde mid þryfealdan foráðe, L. C. S. 22; Th. i. 388, 12-15. Ða þriefealdan sáwla, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 39. Ðrifaldo ternos, Rtl. 193, 33
un-weorþlíc
of little value or importance ⬩ humble ⬩ that has little honour ⬩ not famous or splendid ⬩ poor ⬩ ignoble ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ infamous
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dón ðæt unweorðlícre a subditis inferiora gerenda sunt, a rectoribus summa cogitanda, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 10. that has little honour, not famous or splendid, poor Hié lange wǽron ðæt dreógende ǽr heora áðer mehte on óþrum sige gerǽcan, ǽr Alexander late
á-fýlan
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Ne lǽt þú mé mín mægþhád áfýlan, Hml. A. 172, 68. Áfýled mid þý duste eorðlicra dǽda, Gr. D. 4, 34. Þá yfelan sint fulle ǽlces yfeles, hí bióþ áfýlde. Bt. 37, 3; F. 190, 19. Fúle áfýlede hórcwénan, Ll. Th. 1. 172, 21. Áfýledum infectis , An.
be-héfe
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Land ðæ him gehændre beó and behéfre terra quae eis uicinior sit uel utilior, C. D. v. 137, 21. Sélost and hire behéfast, Hml. S. 33, 252. Feówer þing synt ealra þinga behéfost þám árwyrðan men, Wlfst. 247, II.
blæc
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Dele last paragraph, and add
earfoþnes
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Sýn him gebodod eal seó stíðnes and seó earfoðnes þe tó Gode lǽt predicentur ei omnia dura et aspera per que itur ad Deum, R. Ben. 97, 19.
ge-broc
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Eác swylce hé bróhte eft on óðre dæge þám wyrhtum tó gereordnesse, ac ꝥ þǽr wæs tó láfe of þám gebrocum wæs þá gyt máre þonne þá gebrocu ǽr wǽron . . . efne swylce þá gebrocu þæs hláfes þurh þone ǽt weóxon, Gr.
hacele
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Hé lǽt þá hacelan (cf. wǽfels pallium, 2) tó þæm þe hine tunecan benǽmde, R. Ben. 38, 5. Gyf þú msessan hacelan habban wille, Tech. ii. 119, 25. Hacelan mantilla, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 29. v. msesse-, ofer-hacele
ofer-hygd
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Gif ǽnig sý uppáhófen and inbláwen on þá oferhýda þǽre deófles láre, Cht.
wǽcan
To weaken ⬩ afflict ⬩ oppress
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Ðý læs his yrre ús yrmþum swence and wǽce ne ejus ira nos damnis affligat, 4, 25; S. 601, 40. Scealt ðú ðínne líchaman þurh forhæfdnysse wǽccan, Guthl. 5; Gdwin. 32, 9.