hlísa
Sound, ⬩ rumour, ⬩ report, ⬩ reputation, ⬩ renown, ⬩ fame, ⬩ glory
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Ðeáh ðé monig mon herige ne gelýf ðú him tó wel: ac ðæs hlísan þenc ðé silf hwæt ðæs sóþes sý though many men praise thee, do not believe them too much; but thyself consider how much of this reputation is true, Prov. Kmbl. 69.
steall
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On ðone ǽrran steall priscum in statum, 5, 20; S. 642, 10: 5, 24; S. 646, 38. Ðone stal ðæs ríces regni statum, 4, 26; S. 603, 8. position, place Horsa steal carceres (the starting-place in the circus), scridwísa auriga, Wrt. Voc. i. 39, 37.
wundor-líc
Wonderful ⬩ exciting admiration ⬩ surprise
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Gesáwon hié wundorlíce wyrd, ðone man lifgendne ðone ðe hié ǽr deádne forléton, 217, 36. Wundorlíc tácn, 205, 31. Ic ðé sǽde swíðe lang spell and wundorlíc, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 2. Hú ða wísan sind wundorlíce, Exon. Th. 223, 14; Ph. 359.
rím
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Ðone sylfan rím wintra hine hæbbende beón . . .
Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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If this identification is correct the word seems to have been used of more than one road :-- Of ðære strǽte in Ebban mór. . . in ðone díc on Uppinghǽma gemǽra (Upham ? Hants ) ; andlang díces on Wætlinga strǽte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 124, 18.
Linked entry: Erming-strǽt
torr
turris ⬩ a tower ⬩ a projecting rock ⬩ a tor
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Ástág Simon on ðone torr, Blickl. Homl. 187, 27. Hát ðú mé ánne heáhne tor of mycclum beámum getimbrian, 183, 3. Hrófas sind gehrorene, hreórge torras, Exon. Th. 476, 6; Ruin. 3: Andr. Kmbl. 1684; An. 844.
ná
No ⬩ not ⬩ non
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Swá sceal man dón, ðonne hé gegán þenceþ longsumne lof, ná ymb his líf cearaþ, Beo. Th. 3077; B. 1536. Ealle hí scínaþ, ná hwæðre ðeáh ealle efenbeorhte, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 460; Met. 20, 230.
freónd
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Gif hé þǽra freónda hæfd þe ꝥ dón durron, 290, 12-15. Selle hé his wǽpn his freóndum tó gehealdanne, 60, 8.
pening
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Bringaþ mé ðone pening ( denarium ), Mk. Skt. 12, 15. Ðá brohton hí him ǽnne peninc (penig, MS. A. : penning, Lind.), Mt. Kmbl. 22, 19. Hé sealde ǽlcon ǽnne penig (penning, Lind.) ...
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streónan
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Th. 445, 28; Dóm. 14. Hé hié gemyndgaþ ðara welegra ðe longe stríndon (striéndon, Hatt. MS.), and lytle hwíle brucon; hú hrædlíce se fǽrlíca deáð hié on lytelre hwíle bereáfode ðæs ðe hié on longre hwíle mid unryhte striéndon (stríndon, Hatt.
Linked entries: striénan strínan strýnan a-striénan
un-riht
wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ iniquity ⬩ injustice ⬩ a defect
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Unriht dón, Bt. 38, 3; Fox 202, 12: Cd. Th. 217, 16; Dan. 23. Grendel unriht æfnde, Beo. Th. 2512; B. 1254. Unryht fremian, Exon. Th. 79, 16; Cri. 1291: Ps. Th. 118, 51. Unriht ( iniquitatem ) sprecan, 72, 6: 62, 9: Homl. Th. ii. 452, 6.
cúþ-líce
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Cúðlíce ł for ðon (þonne ł cúþlíce, R.) igitur, Mt. L. 12, 28: p. 9, 8: ergo, 1, 17: autem, 19: 5, 37. Cúþlíce swá hwylcne man swá hý gefóð þonne fretað hí hine nam quoscunque capiunt comedunt, Nar. 36, 3: Gr. D. 188, 23.
flód
flood ⬩ a river ⬩ water ⬩ a flood ⬩ deluge ⬩ the Deluge ⬩ a torrent
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Ýstendre sǽ flódas feruentis oceani flustra, 2476. a (fiery) stream: Ðæt réðe flód biterlíce bærnð ðá earman sáula fluvius ignivomus miseros torquebit amare, Dóm. L. 165. water as opposed to land or fire Eádweard cwæð: 'Lǽt mé land.'
ge-leáfa
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Leóde lǽran ꝥ hí lifgen on geleáfan, Dóm. 49. mental acceptance of a statement or fact Hé wæs þurh þæs mæssepreóstes láre on fullum geleáfan heofonríces de vitae aeternitate securus, Ors. 6, 34; S. 290, 12.
rýman
to make roomy, extend, spread, enlarge,amplify ⬩ to clear a way ⬩ yield, give place
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Ic wille rýman mínne bertún and míne beornu geeácnian (I will pull down my barns and build greater, Lk. 12, 18), 104, 1 : Wulfst. 286, 19.
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on-cirran
to turn (trans.) make a change in position or direction ⬩ to turn (into another form) ⬩ to turn, ⬩ to go ⬩ to turn, make a person adopt a line of conduct, etc. ⬩ to turn, change ⬩ to turn from good to bad, to pervert ⬩ to turn aside, avert ⬩ to turn back, reverse (a sentence), revoke ⬩ to turn (intrans.)
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Wæs se dóm oncyrred Euan ungesǽlignesse, Blickl. Homl. 3, 8. Wearþ se sárlíca cwide eft oncerred, 123, 7. to turn (intrans.) Hié fram heora unrihtum oncyrron, Blickl. Homl. 109, 20
on-scunian
to regard with loathing, to abhor, detest, execrate ⬩ to regard with disfavour, to refuse, reject, shun ⬩ to regard with fear ⬩ to irritate
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Gé onscunedon ( rejected ) ðone Scippend, and gedwolan fylgdon, Elen. Kmbl. 739; El. 370. Onscuna ðú leásunga (cf. fleóh leasunga. Ex. 23, 7), L. Alf. 44; Th. i. 54, 14. Godes willan onscunian Dei voluntate resistere, Gen. 50, 19.
Linked entries: an-scúnian on-scynian a-scúnian
hláford
A LORD; ⬩ dominus. ⬩ herus
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Hé bebeád ðone hláford lufian swá hine selfne he commanded to love the lord as himself, L. Alf. 49; Th. i. 58, 13.
Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige
spéd
Speed ⬩ success ⬩ means ⬩ speed ⬩ quickness ⬩ speedily ⬩ quickly ⬩ speed ⬩ success ⬩ prosperous issue ⬩ means ⬩ substance ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ power ⬩ faculty ⬩ opportunity ⬩ means of doing anything ⬩ progeny ⬩ celeritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia
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Ðær rícxaþ sib mid spéde peace and happiness reign there, Dóm. L. 267. On spéd successfully, to purpose, with effect, Beo. Th. 1750; B. 873: Exon. Th. 387, 28; Rä. 5, 12. Swá wit him an spéd sprecaþ we shall speak so as to convince him, Cd.
hryre
Fall ⬩ downfall ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ decay ⬩ decline ⬩ death
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Ðætte hie ðone spild ðæs hryres him ondrǽden ut præcipitem ruinam metuant, 52, 5; Swt. 407, 21.