for-dwínan
to vanish ⬩ to pass ⬩ to fade away ⬩ dwindle away ⬩ pass away ⬩ decay
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Fordwínan delitescere, i. latere, 2152. to fade away, dwindle away, pass away, come to an end, decay Gif se salt forduínde ł forduíneð si sal euanuerit. Lk. L. 14, 34. Þæs folces duguð fordwíneð, Wlfst. 133, 12. Fordwán cassaretur, An. Ox. 4711.
ge-mǽnan
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to tell, say, mention a matter Þéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebroca on becume, þonne gemǽnað gé hit tó (v. tó; I. 5 f I þǽm wyrrestan tídum, and magon hié hreówlíce wépan if some little of such troubles come on you, then you talk of it as the worst times
glæd-mód
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Eádhréðige mægð . . . glædmóde gegán hæfdon tó þám wealgeate, Jud. 140. of spiritual joy, with gladsome mind Se biscop glædmód códe gumena þreáte God hergendra, El. 1096.
ǽg-hwæþer
(and) both . . . and
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II. below) ende geféred an end had come to both, 2844. adjective Ǽghwæþer ende líþ on sǽ, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 21. of more than two Ðrittig manna . . . ǽghwæþere ðára wǽron on droht-nunge munuclífes well gelǽred, Bd. 4, 4; S. 570, 36.
Linked entry: ǽg-þer
hacele
A cloak, mantle, upper garment, coal, cassock. ⬩ lacerna, subucula, capsula, mantilia, pl ⬩ a cloak ⬩ a kind of cowled or hooded frock ⬩ priest's cope ⬩ cuculla, casula
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A cloak, mantle, upper garment, coal, cassock. Lye gives the following meanings lacerna, subucula, capsula, mantilia, pl Hacele clamis, Ælfc. Gl. 65; Som. 69, 40; Wrt. Voc. 40, 67 : 110; Som. 79, 51; Wrt. Voc. 59, 22 : 284, 65.
Linked entry: hæcele
spellian
To talk ⬩ converse ⬩ discourse ⬩ To announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ tell ⬩ utter ⬩ amare conterens impudentem ⬩ to tell, announce ⬩ to talk
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Spellien (spillian, Cote. MS.), 20; Fox 70, 20. trans. To announce, proclaim, tell, utter Hig spelliaþ tógǽnaþ and spræcaþ unrihtwísnesse effabuntur et loquentur iniquitatem, Ps. Lamb. 93, 4. Him wæs lust ðæt hé ðiossum leódum leóð spellode, Met.
CRÆFT
power ⬩ might ⬩ strength as of body or externals ⬩ vis ⬩ robur ⬩ potentia ⬩ an art ⬩ skill ⬩ CRAFT ⬩ trade ⬩ work ⬩ ars ⬩ peritia ⬩ artificium ⬩ occupatio ⬩ opus ⬩ craft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue ⬩ astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtus ⬩ a CRAFT ⬩ any kind of ship ⬩ navis qualiscunque
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Kmbl. 20; Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 27: 28, 5, 7, 9: 30, 11. Ǽlces cræftes andweorc the materials of any trade Bt. 17; Fox 58, 30. Hwæt begytst ðú of ðínum cræfte what gettest thou by thy trade? Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 3: 28, 3, 31.
HERE
An army ⬩ a host ⬩ multitude ⬩ a large predatory band
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Ðæs heriges hám eft ne com ǽnig tó láfe of that host came no remnant back home, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 30; Exod. 507: Elen. Kmbl. 410; El. 205. Herges, 285; El. 143.
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lǽne
transitory ⬩ temporary ⬩ frail
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Si ergo in ea cor, quæ relicta est, figitur, nunquam ad illam quæ danda est, pervenitur, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 350, 12-16. Monnes lífdagas lǽne syndan, Ps. Th. 102, 24.
rand
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, Cod. Dip. B. ii. 259, 8. [Cf. later English rand border, strip, slice :-- Raweȝ and randeȝ, Allit. Pms, 4, 105. Randes of bakun, Piers P. Crede 763. Rand a narrow stripe, Jameson. Rand the edge of the upper leather, a seam of a shoe, Bailey.
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þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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-a Com se cyning þrítiga sum (þrittigum sum, MS. E.) ðara monna ðe in ðam here weorþuste wǽron, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 20. Grammar þrítig, used adjectivally, Grammar þrítig, alone Þrítig þúsend wera, Jos. 8, 3. Þrítigon síðon tricies, Ælfc.
be-gitan
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Begitende con-quirens. Wrt. Voc. ii. 91, 53. Begiotende nactus, 61, 23. Ðǽre be-gitenan indeptae, 76, 55. Ðá sócna ðe into ðám mynstre nú begytene (printed betytene, C. D. B. iii. 561, 29) causas omnium terrarum ad monasterium pertinentium, C.
ge-cnáwan
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Hélias cóm, and hig hyne ne gecneówon ( cognouerunt ), Mt. 17, 12. Þá wurdon hyra eágan geopenude, and hig gecneówon hine, Lk. 24, 31. Heó helode hire nebb, þæt hé hig ne mihte gecnáwan ( ne agnosceretur ), Gen. 38, 15.
hínan
to humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ degrade ⬩ insult ⬩ to conquer ⬩ subject ⬩ o oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ to lay low ⬩ destroy ⬩ to lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ to accuse
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Þá hié mon slóg and hiénde and on óþru land sealde populis bello victis, pretio vinditis, Ors. 5, l; 8. 214, 13. to oppress, afflict Hé cóm tó ánre byrig Bosor geháten, on ðǽre wǽron ðá hǽðenan þe hýndon his mágas (cf. many of their brethren were shut
hopian
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Hopiað confidunt (caeterorum praeconia se transcendere con-fidunt ), 940. <b>III b.</b> combining and <b>III a</b> Ic hopige on Drihten ꝥ hé mé wylle áhreddan, Hml.
horn
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. . cornu meae mensae, ut senes monasterii bibant inde in festis sanctorum, et in suis benedictionibus meminerint aliquando animae donatoris, i. 305, 3-13. a receptacle for other liquids or powder, v. blæc-, ele-, pipor-horn. a horn for cupping Him cóm
under-fón
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Cóm án gecrístnod man tó Martine . . . wolde his láre underfón, Hml. S. 31, 208. <b>I a.</b> to receive what is entrusted to one :-- Gif sweordhwíta óðres monnes wǽpn underfó (onfó, v.l.), Ll. Th. . 74, 9.
gaderian
to join, unite ⬩ to bring together ⬩ to bring together ⬩ collect ⬩ accumulate, amass ⬩ to bring ⬩ garner ⬩ to gather ⬩ to gather ⬩ compile
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Se cing cóm and men gadorodon ongeán, Chr. 1052; P. 176, 35. to bring together things, collect to one place, accumulate, amass Hí (worldly goods) him þincaþ deóre, for þám þú hí gaderast and heltst on þínum horde . . . þú gæderast máre þonne þú þurfe
wilisc
foreign, not English ⬩ servile
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Twá tunnan fulle hlútres aloð and cumb fulne líðes aloð and cumb fulne Welisces aloð, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 203, 9. .xxx. ómbra gódes Uuelesces aloð ðæt limpeð to . xv. mittum, 293, 13. Wælsces, ii. 46, 27. Geworht of Wiliscum ealað, Lchdm. ii. 78, 23.
Linked entries: Wælisc wealh-more Welisc
HLÁF
Bread, ⬩ food, ⬩ a loaf
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Smæl hláf artolaganus, Cot. 21, Lye. Tú hund greátes hláfes and þridde smales two hundred [loaves?] of coarse bread, and a third of fine, Chart. Th. 158, 25. Hwítes hláfes cruman crumbs of white bread, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 34, 21.