á-solcen
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Ásolcaen (-æn, -en) iners, Txts. 70, 531. Ásolcen desidiosus, Angl. xiii. 434, 982. Læt and ásolcen tardus et tepidus, 440, 1072. Ásolcen (remissus) on weorcum, Scint. 79, 5. Bróðor swá gýmelés and swá ásolcen (desidiosus) þæt hé nelle hálige béc smeágan
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Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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Alfred; Alfrédus. Alfred the Great, born A.D. 849, grandson of Egbert, and fourth son of king Ethelwulf, reigned thirty years, A.D. 871-901 Ða, A.D. 871, féng Ælfréd, Æðelwulfing, to West Seaxna ríce ... And ðes geáres wurdon ix folcgefeoht gefohten
ge-byrd
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Add: n. (see Bl. H. 167, 8: Hml. S. 4, 256 below). birth. bearing of a child by the mother Þú wuldorfæste hlǽfdige þe God æfter flǽsces gebyrde ácendest, Hml. S. 23 b, 433. Oft þæt gegongeð þætte wer and wíf in woruld cennað bearn mid gebyrdum, Vy. 3
ós
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a divinity, god, the Anglo-Saxon form of a word whose existence in Gothic is inferred from a passage in Jornandes, 'Gothi proceres suos quasi qui fortuna vincebant non pares homines sed semideos, id est, Anses vocavere.' The Icelandic, which throws out
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weorþung
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honouring, shewing of honour to an object, honour, reverence Ðæm is simle wuldor and weorðung, Blickl. Homl. 169, 28. Ne is wítga búta worðunge ( sine honore ), búta on oedle his, Mk. Skt. Rush. Lind. 6, 4. For ðínre weorþunge in honore tuo, Ps. Th.
ge-þolian
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Add: to suffer what is evil, be subjected to. of persons Sáules his loswist geðolas animae suae detrimentum paliatur, Mt. L. 16, 26. Ðá ðe oehtnisse geðolas fore sóðfæstnisse, 5, 10. Blódes flóuing geðolade, 9, 20. Hé earfeðu geþolade, láðlicne deáð,
ge-dál
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Add: division, separation. Cf. ge-dǽlan; 1 On ǽgðre healfe þæs scipes wæs regnes storm, and in ꝥ ilce scip nán regnes dropa ne gefeóll . . . þis wundor þæs regnes gedáles ( hoc quod de diuisa pluuia factum miraculum), Gr. D. 196, 14. dissolution, destruction
híd
familia
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Add: Ic sello Berhtsige án híde bóclondes, C. D. ii. 121, 4, and to such a form might belong the following genitives: Ánes hídes, 120, 33. Ánes hídes lond, C. D. B. ii. 268, 9. The nominatives híde, gyrde in, Þ næs án ǽlpig híde ne án gyrde landes,'
cneóres
A generation ⬩ posterity ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ family; ⬩ generatio ⬩ posteritas ⬩ gens ⬩ tribus ⬩ familia
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A generation, posterity, race, tribe, family; generatio, posteritas, gens, tribus, familia Cneóres generatio Ælfc. Gl. 91; Som. 75, 18; Wrt. Voc. 51, 63; Mt. Bos. 1, 18. Ðeós cneórys is mánfull cneórys generatio hæe generatio nequam est Lk. Bos. 11,
Finnas
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the Finns generally, including Scride-finnas and Ter-finnas, are the inhabitants of the north and west coast from Halgoland [v. map in Ors. Bos.] to the White Sea, as defined by Ohthere in the following example Ne métte Ohthere nán gebún land, syððan
metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare
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to mete, measure Ic mete metior, Ælfc. Gr. 31; Som. 35, 32. Ic meotu metibor, Ps. Surt. 59, 8: 107, 8. Ǽlc ðæra þinga ðe man met on fate everything that is measured in a vessel, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 8. On ðam ylcan gemete ðe gé metaþ eów byþ gemeten
mód-sefa
The inner man
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[apoetical word with much the same meaning as mod, e.g. Swá bióþ ánra gehwæs monna módsefan áwegede of hiora stede, Bt. Met. Fox 7, 47; Met. 7, 24 = swá ðæt mennisce mód biþ áweged of his stede, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 17: and Gif heora módsefa meahte weorþan
þeóh
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A thigh Þeóh, thégh coxa, Txts. 54, 295. Þeóh, Wrt. Voc. ii. 15, 6. Þeóh femur, femoris, ys swá ðeáh eft gecweden femen, feminis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 22; Zup. 49, 10. Inneweard þeóh femen, þeóh coxa, útanweard þeóh femur, Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 60-62. Þeóh femur,
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á-beran
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Add: with sense of movement, to bear off, bring, carry Se hwæl hine ábær tó Niniuéa birig, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 13. Mid ðý wé úre scyp fram ðám ýþum upp ábǽron ( exportaremus ), Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 11. Ic gaderode mé . . . ðá wlitegostan treówo be ðám dǽle
eá
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Add: gen. ié, é; dat. ié, ee; dat. pl. eáuum, éum Eá amnis, Wrt. Voc. i. 80, 56. Eá mid treówum ymbset amnis, 54, 16. Seó eá (éa, MS.) Danai, Ors. 1, 1; S. 8, 16: Nar. 35, 5. Se múþa þǽre ié (íe, MS.), Ors. 1, 1; S. 10, 13. Ælfe múþa þǽre ié, 16, 6.
geó
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Geó, gefyrn quondam, Wülck. Gl. 254, 4. Þǽm englum gelíc þe geó Gode wiþsócan, Bl. H. 49, 7. Geó (gió, ió, iú, v. ll.) on ealddagum a temporibus antiquis, Bd. 4, 27; Sch. 517, 5. Giú on Nóes dagum . . . giú (gió, v. l. ) on Torcwines dagum, Bt. 16, 1;
ge-samnung
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Add: a collection of objects whether permanently or temporarily associated. an assembly of persons, congregation company Eal sió gesomnung (-sam-, v.l.) ðǽre hálgan ciricean cuncto congregatio ecclesiae, Past. 367, 6. Heó hine geþeódde tó gesomnunge
ge-dafenian
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Add: — Gedafnaþ conuenit, Wülck. Gl. 252, 15. the subject a noun, with dat. or uncertain Rehtwíse gedeofenað efenherenis rectis decet conlaudatio, Ps. Srt. 32, l. Ðé gedeafenað ymen, 64, 2. . . . Húse ðínum gedeafineað (decent) ðá hálgan, 92, 5 Gedafenie
ge-wiht
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Add: measurement by weighing Ealra þyssa wyrta gelíce fela be gewihte. Lch. i. 148, 23. an amount determined by weighing Cóm Nichodemus mid gemengedre sealfe of myrran and alwan, manegra punda gewyht ( uenit Nicodemus ferens mixturam murrae et aloes
wénan
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add: (l a) with elliptical construction ' Ne sint þá eágan þínes módes swá hále swá þú wénst' . . . 'Ic ongyte nú þæt ic ne æom swylc swilce ic wénde, Solil. H. 48, 5-10. add Hwæt wénst þú be Gode, Solil. H. 24, 18. (20) with complement :-- Hé wæs