feorh-gebeorh
Life's security ⬩ refuge ⬩ vītæ servātio ⬩ refŭgium
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Life's security, refuge; vītæ servātio, refŭgium He gelǽdde ofer lagustreámas máþmhorda mǽst on feorhgebeorh he led the greatest of store-houses over the water-streams for refuge, Cd. 161; Th. 201, 8; Exod. 369
mǽl-gesceaft
That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate
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That which happens at its appointed time in accordance with the decrees of fate Ic bád mǽlgesceafta I waited for that which in due time fate would assign me, Beo. Th. 5467; B. 2737
beorhtnes
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Sé hátte Lucifer for þǽre miclan beorhtnisse his mǽran híwes, Ælfc. T. Grn. 2, 35. Seó earme sáwl geseah miccle beoroht-nesse . . . þú gesyhst eallra háligra beorohtnessa, Ll. Th. ii. 398, 27-34. Add
beótung
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For hwon sceolon gé mid eówrum leásum beótingum mé egsian?, Guth. 38, 27. Add
be-solcen
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Oft ðá monðwǽran weorðað suá besolcne and suá wlace and suá sláwe for hira monnðwǽrnesse ðæt hié ne anhagað náne wuht nyttwyrðes dón saepe mansueti dissolutionis torpescunt taedio, Past. 289, 15: 239, 3. Add:
Linked entry: be-sylcan
lah-lic
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For 'Scint. 9, Lye' substitute Sé þe gylt his bóte lah*-*licre ( legitima ) beheófað, Scint. 46, 2. Gif hé nelle ꝥ ornest oþþe ne mage, begyte him lahlicne spalan, Ll. Th. i. 489, 16
leornung-scól
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A school for (book-)learning Hé wæs þæs mynstres láreów þe is genemned Flundis. In þæs leornungscóle drohtnigende and gelæred wæs (in discipulatu illius conversatus atque eruditus est) sum man, Gr. D. 14, 6
wel-gelícod
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Add: well-pleasing, much liked Ic nát for hwí eów sindon þá ǽrran gewin swá welgelícad, Ors. 3, 7 ; S. 120, 2. On welgelícodon folces ðínes in beneplacito populi tui, Ps. Vos. 105, 4
weoruld-hád
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Add: a secular rank or order Þeán þe ús ná ne lyste tó þǽre sprǽce gecyrran, wé becumað genýdde tó ðǽre for gewille þára woruldháda (worldly men, cf. weoruld-mann; ), Gr. D. 209, 24
wealh-sáda
A noose for binding a captive or slave
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A noose for binding a captive or slave (? cf. Exon. Th. 393, 22; Rä. 13, 4, given under wealh, II) Forhýddan oferhygde mé inwitgyrene, wráðan wealsádan absconderunt superbi laqueos mihi, Ps. Th. 139, 5
æf-reda
Tow, oakum
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Tow, oakum Naptarum heordena, æbreda, ácumba (for the original here glossed cf. An. Ox. 1649), Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 58. Putamine of æfredan, ácumban, An. Ox. 3728. Stamine æfredan, putamine of hniglan, 7, 266
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ǽr-dǽd
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Hú micel is ðæt wíte ðe byð for ǽrdǽdum . . . cyningc wile déman ánra gehwylcum be ǽrdǽdum quanta malis maneant tormenta . . . adveniet judex mercedem reddere cunctis, Dóm. L. 93, 96: Wlfst. 137, 1, 3. Add
rifter
An instrument for reaping, a sickle, scythe
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An instrument for reaping, a sickle, scythe Riftr falx Txts. 62, 430. Rifter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 1. Wíngeardseax, rifte[r] vel sicul falx 146, 76. Riftre falce 79, 69. Riftras falcis 108, 19
tír-wine
A glorious friend, ⬩ an epithet of the follower of a successful chief
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A glorious friend, an epithet of the follower of a successful chief Se hláford biþ tó upáhæfen inne on móde for ðæm anwalde ðe him ánra gehwilc his tírwina tó fultemaþ, Met. 25, 21
sigor-tiber
A sacrifice for victory or deliverance
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A sacrifice for victory or deliverance Wes ðú on ófeste . . . ðæt ðú lác onsecge sigortifre hasten to offer with a sacrifice, that may deliver you from your peril, Exon. Th. 257, 30; Jul. 255
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teóðung-land
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For the teóðung of a hide, see the last passage given under teóðung, <b>I b.</b>
slǽwþ
Sloth ⬩ laziness ⬩ inertness ⬩ torpor ⬩ accidia ⬩ inertia ⬩ pigredo ⬩ torpor
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Hí for heora slǽwþe and for gimeléste forléton unwriten ðara monna dǽda, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 64, 33. Ic wát ðæt swongornes hí mid slǽwþe ofercymþ, 36, 6; Fox 180, 34. Gyf hé for slǽwþe his hláfordes forgýmþ, lie biþ his ágnum wel geborgen, L. R.
níde
of necessity ⬩ as a natural ⬩ inevitable consequence ⬩ from force of circumstances ⬩ of necessity ⬩ because a law, natural, moral or human, is to be satisfied ⬩ from force ⬩ under compulsion ⬩ without free-will
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Wegférende móton for neóde mete neáde ferian and for unfriþe man mót freólsǽfenan nýde fulfaran betweonan Eferwíc, and six míla gemete travellers may, when compelled by circumstances, carry food to supply their needs; and on account of war, a man may,
Cynríc
Cynric, the second king of the West Saxons, son of Cerdic, q. v ⬩ Cynrīcus
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Hér Cerdic forþférde, and Cynríc his sunu rícsode forþ xxvi wintra in this year [A. D. 534] Cerdic died, and Cynric his son reigned for twenty-six years, 534; Erl. 14. 32
fleám
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Fleémas fuge, 38, 39. the flight of a defeated force Wearð ǽfre þurh sum þing fleám ástiht, Chr. 998; P. 131, 16. Flugon Péne . . . For þǽm fleáme Hauna mid his folce wearð Rómánum tó gafolgieldum, Ors. 4, 6; S. 170, 25.