folgoþ
that which follows ⬩ A train ⬩ retinue ⬩ id quod sĕquĭtur ⬩ cŏmĭtātus ⬩ service of a follower ⬩ A service ⬩ office ⬩ official dignity ⬩ cŏmĭtis servĭtus ⬩ ministĕrium ⬩ offĭcium ⬩ præpŏsĭtūra ⬩ condition of life ⬩ condĭtio vltæ
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Ualentinianus wæs Iulianuses cempena ealdorman: he him bebeád ðæt he forléte ðone his cristendóm oððe his folgoþ; ðá wæs him leófre ðæt he forléte his folgoþ ðonne ðone cristendóm Valentinian was chief of Julian's soldiers: he [Julian] commanded him to
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LEÓÞ
A song ⬩ poem ⬩ ode ⬩ lay ⬩ verses
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Leóþ wæs ásungen the song was recited, Beo. Th. 2323; B. 1159. Leóþ Gode úrum carmen Deo nostro, Ps. Spl. 39, 4.
ge-win
a battle ⬩ contest ⬩ war ⬩ strife ⬩ quarrel ⬩ hostility ⬩ tumult ⬩ certāmen ⬩ pugna ⬩ bellum ⬩ tŭmultus ⬩ labour ⬩ toil ⬩ sorrow ⬩ agony ⬩ lăbor ⬩ trībŭlātio ⬩ ăgōnia ⬩ fruit of laborers ⬩ gain ⬩ profit ⬩ fructus lăbōrum ⬩ lucrum ⬩ quæstus
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Wæs gewinnes endedógor neáh geþrungen the final day of his labour was near at hand, Exon. 46 a; Th. 158, 6; Gú. 904: Ps. Th. 127, 2.
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gram
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Driliten wæs ðam folce gram the Lord was angry with the people, Deut. 1, 37: Cd. 16; Th. 20, 2; Gen. 302. Wearþ se cyng swíðe gram wið ða burhware the king was very angry with the citizens, Chr. 1048; Erl. 178, 6.
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seófian
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Seófende wæs maerens erat , Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 10, 22. Be ðæm Dryhten siófigende cwæð unde Dominus queritur dicens , Past. 48, 3 ; Swt. 369, 4.
Birīnus
Birīnus, the first bishop of Wessex,
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Hit gelamp on ða sylfan tíd ðe mon ðone cyning fullade, ðæt ðǽr wæs se halgesta and se sigefæstesta cyning Norþan Hymbra Oswald andweard....
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sweotolung
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Ðeós swutelung (the evidence or testimony which has been recited in the previous part of the charter) wæs ðǽrrihte gewriten and beforan ðam cincge gerǽdd, 540, 35.
wéste
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of open country, waste, uncultivated and uninhabited, desert Ðara Terfinna land wæs eal wéste, búton ðǽr huntan gewícodon, oþþe fisceras, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29: 1, 10; Swt. 48, 25. Ðeós stów ys wéste desertus est locus Mt. Kmbl. 14, 15.
ge-beorg
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Geácsode se wræcca Sce Gúþláces forðfóre; for þon hé ána ǽr þon wæs hys gebeorh and frófor ( his refuge and comfort ), Guth. 94, 4. of places Gebeorge praesidio (in solo liberae mentis praesidio servatur), An.
irfe
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Wæs þæt lond ierfælæás . . . And ic ðá sælf þæt ierfæ tó gestríndæ þæt ðǽr mon siððan bí wæs . . . Ðonnæ is þǽr nú irfæs nigon ealð hríðru . . . and fíftig wæþera terra omni pecunia caruit.
óþ
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Heó wæs wunigende on wudewan háde oð feówer and hundeahtatig geára, Hml. Th. i. 146, 32. with a pronoun Hé wæs winnende oð ðe him se mǽsta dǽl wearð underþeóded, Ors. 1, 10; Bos. 32, 14. Gýt oð ðis on wundrum scínende, Hml. Th. ii. 188, 13.
sǽd
seed, ⬩ seed, ⬩ the ripe fruit, ⬩ fruit, growth ⬩ sowing ⬩ seed, progeny, posterity
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Swylce man wurpe gód sǽd (sementem) on his land, 4, 26. fig. seed, that from which anything springs :-- Ðæt hálige sǽd gewát, ðæt him ǽr of ðæs láreówes múþe bodad wæs, Blickl. Homl. 55, 29.
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ofer-wreón
To cover, cover over, veil, hide, conceal, overspread
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Ðæt dysig ðæt hit ǽr mid oferwrigen wæs, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 6. Sýn oferwrigene operiantur, Ps. Lamb. 70, 13. Synna beóþ oferwrigenne for dǽdbóte, L. E. I. 36; Th. ii. 434, 22. Ðǽr stód án æmtig cýf oferwrogen, Homl. Th. ii. 178, 34.
cristen
Christian ⬩ christianus
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Se mon wæs se cristenesta and se gelǽredesta the man was most christian and most learned Bd. 2, 15; S. 518, 43: 3, 1; S. 523, 7: 3, 9; S. 533, 6
á-styrian
to move a thing from its place ⬩ to cause a living creature to move itself:-- ⬩ to stir up, ⬩ to cause motion in something ⬩ to cause emotion in a person ⬩ to cause strife ⬩ passion ⬩ To stir ⬩ move one's self
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Wæs þis land swíðe ástirad, Chr. 1007; P. 222, 27. Wearð se cásere for þǽre wógunge ástyrod, Hml. S. 7, 301. Wearð þ folc ástyrod on swíðlicum hreame they cried out excitedly, 31, 281.
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ge-witan
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Hió wolde gewitan ( dignoscere ) mid hire eárum æt his nosþyrlum hweþer ǽnig líflic oroð him inne wǽre, 276, 16
wlite
aspect ⬩ countenance ⬩ looks ⬩ appearance ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ good looks ⬩ beautiful appearance ⬩ beauty ⬩ glory ⬩ ornament
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Wæs gelícnes horses and monnes, hundes and fugles, and eác wífes wlite, 418, 28; Rä. 37, 12. Ðeós wlitu haec species, Ælfc. Gr. 12; Zup. 82, 11. Gilde be his (a horse's ) wlites wyrðe, L. Ath. v. 6, 1; Th. i. 232, 25.
hád
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Betre him wǽre ðæt hé on lǽssan háde (as a layman) his líf geendode, Past. 31, 25.
reccan
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Hé ða cyricean wæs reccende and stýrende, S. 689, 12 <b>VII a.</b> to correct :-- Seó cyrice sum þing þurh wælm receþ (corrigit ), 1, 27; S. 491,30
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ealdor-mann
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Þonne ꝥ gewin geendad wæs, þonne wǽron hí eft efenríce, wǽron ealle ealdormen (satrapae ), Bd. 5, 10; Sch. 600, 4-601, 3. v. dryht-, þúsend-ealdormann