westan
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Gesáwon wé westan ðone leóman sunnan, and se leóma gehrán ðǽm treówum ufonweardum, Nar. 28, 23. marking the direction of measurement Is seó stów ǽghwanon mid sǽ ymbseald bútan westan est locus ille undique mari circumdatus praeter ab occidente Bd. 4,
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weorold-cund
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Ðonne hié eallinga ágiémeleásiaþ ðone ymbhogan woruld*-*cundra ðinga cum curare corporalia funditus negligunt, 18; Swt. 137, 2. Hlǽfdige wuldorweorudes and worl[d]cundra háda under heofonum and helwara, Exon. Th. 18, 18; Cri. 285.
cáf-líce
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Hé ðone cásere cáflíce befrán he boldly asked the emperor, 14, 51. Myngunge þínes fæder cáflíce (efficaciter) gefyl, R. Ben. 1, 4. Geheald þíne heortan cáflíce wið unþeáwas, Wlfst. 247, 3: Angl. viii. 323, 36
cíle
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Ðone cele ungetreównesse, Past. 447, 6. Fugelas and fixas þurh þone micelan cyle forwurdan, Chr. 1046; P. 164, 36. Þec hergen byrnende fýr and beorht sumor, wearme wederdagas . . .
ecg
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Á be ecge on ðá medemunga; of ðǽre mædemunge nyðær on ðone ealdan wíðig, v. 286, 31. Be ðæs hlinces niðerecge, iii. 418, 19. Ádún ofer ðá ecge ðæt hit cymð tó Crimes hylle, 389, 29. v. scír-ecg; -ecge
fæst-rǽd
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Hí ne magon áfyllan mín fæstrǽde geþanc they cannot cast down my constant mind, Hml. S. 8, 20
faroþ
ocean ⬩ waves ⬩ shore
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The MS. has oð ꝥ brim faroþæs: in Az. 38 the reading is oð brimflódas) the spacious vault of heaven down to the waters of ocean (i. e. to the horizon), the entire expanse of the sky, Dan. 322.
ge-níwian
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Wǽron ǽrendræcan gesend tó Englalande tó geníweanne ðone geleáuan ðá Sc̃s Gregorius ús sende, Chr. 785; P. 54, 12.
ge-þræc
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the processes to which the thread is subjected in weaving: cf. the original riddle of Aldhelm 'De lorica,' Nec radiis carpor, duro nec pectine pulsor) does the thread resound with me (nec garrula fila resultant, Ald. 257), Rä. 36, 6
hǽþ
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. ; ðonne westweard ofer ðone hǽð, C. D. iii. 264, 2-4. Úp on ðene hǽð; ofer ðene hǽð, 384, 26. neut. Ofer ðæt hǽð, C. D. iii. 392, 3, 5. On ðæt hǽð westeweard, 427, 33.
in-cund
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Ne hé him ne ondrǽde nánne eorðlicne ege ðyses andweardan lífes, ac geðence hé ðone inncundan (in-, v.l.) ege Godes (respecto intimo terrore ), 83, 5
wyrd
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add: what is done, a deed, an action Gif hé ó wǽre gecnysseð mid mænniscre herenesse fram þám mægne þyssere wyrde in virtute facti (a miracle just performed) favore humano pulsatus, Gr. D. 59, 31.
rówan
to row or sail
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Hí geféngon hine and wurpon hine on ðone bát and reówan tó scipe, Chr. 1046; Erl. 174, 18. Ðá git on sund reón, ðǽr git eagorstreám earmum þehton, mǽton merestrǽta, mundum brugdon, Beo. Th. 1029; B. 512. Ðá wit on sund reón, 1083; B. 539.
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hangian
To hang, be suspended, depend
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His loccas hangodon tó ðám anccleowum his locks hung down to his ancles, Homl. Th. i. 466, 25. Swá hálig wer hangian ne sceolde so holy a man ought not to be hung, 596, 30. Hangigende, 594, 5. Hangiende, ii. 260, 25
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wildan
to tame ⬩ subdue ⬩ to make submissive ⬩ have dominion over ⬩ rule ⬩ control ⬩ to take into one's power ⬩ to seize
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Se ðe ðone mǽran noman abbodes underféhð, hé sceal mid twyfealdre láre ðáwyldan and týn, ðe him underþeódde synt qui suscipit nomen abbatis duplici debet doctrina suis preesse discipulis R. Ben. II, 12.
ófer
an edge, border, margin ⬩ the land bordering on water, a river-bank, sea-shore, over in local names,
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On ðone ófer; ondlong ófres ðæt on Stánford, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 378, 20. Ondlong strǽte, ðæt on reádan ófer, iii. 52, 17. On ðære eá ófre, Nar. 10, 14: Byrht. Th. 132, 39; By. 28. On ófre ðæs foresprecenan streámes, Bd. 2, 3; S. 504, 18.
slipor
slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily ⬩ slipping easily, easily moved ⬩ foul ⬩ lubricum
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diabolus serpens est lubricus, cuius si capiti non resistitur, totus in interna cordis, dum non sentitur, inlabitur Scint. 210, 9. slipping easily, easily moved Ymhídignyssa ofþriccaþ ðæt mód, and unlustas tólýsaþ; þwyrlice þing ðe heora hláfordas dóþ
spelian
To act as the representative of another ⬩ to represent ⬩ to take, or stand in, the place of another
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To act as the representative of another, to represent, to take, or stand in, the place of another Pronomen spelaþ ðone naman ... Gif ðú cwest: 'Hwá lǽrde ðé?' ðonne cweðe ic: 'Dúnstán.' 'Hwá hádode ðé?'
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spell-boda
one who delivers a message ⬩ brings intelligence ⬩ a messenger ⬩ an ambassador ⬩ one who delivers a discourse ⬩ a public speaker
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Hú ðæt wæs weallende spelboda, se ðe ðone Hǽlend on ðysne middangeard cumendne gesecgean wolde, 165, 33. Heora feóndas flód ádrencte ðæt ðæra ǽfre ne com án spelboda there was never a one left to tell the tale, Ps. Th. 105, 10.
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ge-swígian
to be silent ⬩ to pass over in silence; with the genitive ⬩ to silence
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to be silent Monig mon hæfþ ðone unþeáw, ðæt he ne can nyt sprecan ne ne can geswígian many a man has the bad habit, that he can say nothing to the purpose, nor yet hold his peace, Prov. Kmbl. 47.
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