smǽte
Refined, pure
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Hié wurdan sóna tó ðam golde ðe man háteþ obritsum ðæt is smǽte gold Shrn. 32, 21. Smǽte gold ðæt in wylme biþ þurh ofnes fýr eall geclǽnsod Elen. Kmbl. 2616;El. 1309. Beág on ðam siex hund wæs smǽtes goldes gescyred sceatta Exon.
smeá-líc
searching, penetrating ⬩ that goes to the root ⬩ heart of a matter, profound ⬩ exquisite, choice
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Hwæt is sió þyrelung ðæs wǽges búton scearplícu and smeálícu fandung ðæs módes ðæt mon mid ðære . . . onlúce ða heardan heortan quid est parietem fodere, nisi acutis inquisitionibus duritiam cordis aperire Past. 21, 3; Swt. 155, 1. that goes to the root
hleóðor-cyme
A coming that is attended with sound [of trumpets; cf. hleóðor cwom býman stefne, v. hleóðor], ⬩ the coming of an army
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A coming that is attended with sound [of trumpets; cf. hleóðor cwom býman stefne, v. hleóðor], the coming of an army: Hie iudéa blǽd forbrǽcon billa ecgum and þurh hleóðorcyme herige genámon beorhte frætwe ðá hie tempel strudon they destroyed the glory
hoh-
Mindful, ⬩ careful, ⬩ anxious, ⬩ wise, ⬩ prudent
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Ðám ðe lufiaþ swíðor ða healícan clǽnnysse ðonne ða hohfullan gálnysse to those that love exalted chastity more than the wantonness which is full of care, Homl. Th. ii. 324, 5. Hogfullum prudentibus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 11, 25
weód
A useless or injurious plant, ⬩ a weed
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Is áwriten ðæt hé séwe ðæt weód on ða gódan ǽceras Past. 47 ; Swt. 357, 17. Ðá æteáwde ða weód Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 13, 26, 25, 29, 30. Mótan ealle weóda nú wyrtum áspringan Lchdm. iii. 36, 26.
LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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Se wudu is eástlang and westlang hundtwelftiges míla lang oððe lengra the wood, measuring from east to west, is a hundred and twenty miles long, or longer, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 28.
ceaster
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[For the use of burh, ceaster respectively cf. the translation of Orosius, in which burh is always used in speaking of Jerusalem, Sodom, Gomorrah and Babylon (and of other towns), with the passages from the poetry in which ceaster is used of the same.
hálig-dóm
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Peter's Minster at Exeter ) lét dón . . . eallum þám tó hylpe þe þá hálgan stówwe þe se haligdóm on is mid geleáfan gesécað. Nú wille wé eów segcan . . . hwæt se háligdóm is . . . Ǽrost . . . C. D. B. ii. 389, 19-39.
hálsian
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Hé hý hálsode (the accent is in the MS.) þæt hý nánuht þǽra ǽrenda ne underféngon, Ors. 4, 6; Bos 86, 25.
ÁC
OAK ⬩ quercus ⬩ robur ⬩ The Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a
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The Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a, the name of which letter, in Anglo-Saxon, is ác an oak, hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter a, but for ác an oak, as ᚪ byþ on eorþan elda bearnum flǽsces fódor the oak is on earth food of the flesh to the sons
ǽw
law ⬩ what is established by law ⬩ wedlock ⬩ marriage ⬩ a marriage vow ⬩ lex ⬩ matrimonium ⬩ a female bound by the law of marriage ⬩ a wife ⬩ conjux legitima ⬩ uxor justa
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law, what is established by law, hence wedlock, marriage, a marriage vow; lex, matrimonium Ðætte ryht ǽw gefæstnod wǽre that just law might be settled, L. In. pref; Th. i. 102, 9: 1; Th. i. 102, 16.
Linked entries: ǽwe ǽwen-bróðor ǽwum-boren
fór
A going ⬩ setting out ⬩ journey ⬩ course ⬩ way ⬩ approach ⬩ ĭtio ⬩ profectio ⬩ ĭter ⬩ cursus ⬩ sĕmĭta ⬩ accessus
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Me is fenýce fóre hreþre a fen-frog is more rapid than I in its course, 111a; Th. 426, 10; Rä. 41, 71. He hine ofteáh ðære fóre subtraxit se illi profectiōni, Bd. 5, 9; S. 623, 23: Ps. Th. 104, 33.
frum-sceaft
the first creation ⬩ the creation ⬩ beginning ⬩ origin ⬩ original state or condition ⬩ prīma creātio ⬩ ŏrīgo ⬩ prīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtio ⬩ a created being ⬩ creature ⬩ creātūra
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Gé mágon hwæt-hwego ongitan be eówrum frumsceafte, ðæt is God ye can in some measure understand concerning your origin, that is God, Bt. 26, 1; Fox 90, 4. Æt frumsceafte at the beginning Exon. 99 a; Th. 371, 21; Seel. 79: Beo. Th. 89; 6. 45: Andr.
heonan
Hence ⬩ from here
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Ðis is mín ágen cýþ ic wæs ǽr hionan cumen this is my own country, from here did I formerly come, Bt. Met. Fox 24, 100; Met. 24, 50. Gáþ heonun recedite, Mt. Kmbl. 9, 24. Ásend ðé heonun nyþer mitte te hinc deorsum, Lk. Skt. 4, 9.
lǽððu
An injury ⬩ offence ⬩ hatred ⬩ enmity ⬩ malice
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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt ǽrest ðæt man tó óðrum lǽððe hæbbe now first it is murder, that a man hate another, Blickl. Homl. 63, 36. Ne dóm ic ðé laæðo non facio tibi injuriam, Mt. Kimbl. Lind. 20, 13.
láreów
A teacher ⬩ master ⬩ preacher
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Hé is ordfruma and láreów ealre clǽnnesse he is the origin and teacher of all purity, Blickl. Homl. 13, 21. Heó æfter ðon wæs magister and láreów ðæs mynstres deinde magistra exstitit, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 5.
ge-weorþian
to set a price on ⬩ value ⬩ to distinguish ⬩ honour ⬩ dignify ⬩ adorn ⬩ worship ⬩ adore ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ insignīre ⬩ hŏnōrāre ⬩ ornāre ⬩ instruĕre ⬩ mactāre ⬩ adōrāre ⬩ celebrāre
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Wíde is geweorþod háligra tíd the time of the saints is widely celebrated, Menol. Fox 237; Men. 120: 306; Men. 154
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GOD
God ⬩ the Deity ⬩ a god
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Hér is Godes lamb, Jn. 1, 29. Enoch férde mid Gode, Gen. 5, 24. Ða leásan godas false gods, Blickl. Homl. 201, 30. Rachel forstæl hire fæder hǽðenan godas Rachel furata est idola patris sui, Gen. 31, 19.
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swán
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Hé (Alfred) on sumes swánes (the swán is called vaccarius in the Latin Vita S. Neoti, but in other forms of the story, e.g. Matthew of Westminster's, he is subulcus and drives 'porcos ad solita pascua') húse his hléw gernde . . .
swift
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Hé (the phenix) is snel and swift velox est, Exon. Th. 220, 8; Ph. 317. Ne se swifta mearh burhstede beáteþ, Beo. Th. 4521; B. 2264. Him on swift wind (cf. ungemetlíc wind, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 15) swápeþ, Met. 7, 20. Rodor swíféþ swift, 28, 17.
Linked entry: swyft