folc-líc
Folklike ⬩ common ⬩ pŏpŭlāris ⬩ commūnis
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He sǽde ðæt he folclíc man wǽre rustĭcum se fuisse respondit, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 6: Nar. 18, 4
lox
A lynx
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Aristoteles sǽde ðæt deór wǽre ðæt mihte ǽlc wuht þurhseón ge treówa ge furþum stánas; ðæt deór wé hátaþ lox, Bt. 32, 2; Fox 116, 22
blód-læswu
A blood-letting ⬩ sanguinis emissio
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A blood-letting; sanguinis emissio Frægn se bisceop hwonne hire blódlæswu ǽrest wǽre the bishop asked when was first her blood-letting, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 12, 15. On ðære blódlæswe in the blood-letting, 5, 3; S. 616, 5
Linked entry: lǽs
ge-mynd-dæg
A commemoration day, day of birth or of death
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Ðý dæge ðe his gemynd-dæg wǽre die depositions ejus, Bd. 4, 30; S. 608, 35: Th. Chart. 496, 4
þǽr-ofer
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Thereover, over that Se fnobeám ofersceadaþ ðæt lond, ðæt hit under him ne mæg gegrówan, ne hé self nánne wæsðm dǽrofer ne bireþ, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 12. Hig tódðldon hys reáf, and wurpon hlot þǽrofer, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 35
Linked entry: ofer
un-wemmed
Unspotted ⬩ undefiled ⬩ immaculate
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Unspotted, undefiled, immaculate Ðú wǽre symle fǽmne oncnáwen, and ðínne líchaman hæbbende clǽne and unwemmed (-wæmme, MS. G.), Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 437. On wege unwæmmedum in via immaculata, Ps. Spl. 100, 1, 7. Unuoemedo immaculatam, Rtl. 104, 18
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cyning
a king, ruler, emperor ⬩ rex, imperator ⬩ a spiritual King, God, Christ ⬩ Deus, Christus ⬩ the devil ⬩ diabŏlus, satănas ⬩ Anglo-Saxon kings were at first elected from a family or class, by Witena gemót the assembly of the wise. ⬩ fidelity was sworn to them by the people, in the following words ⬩ the king took a corresponding oath to his people ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon king had royal power to pardon transgressors ⬩ of all forfeits the king had one half ⬩ all hoards above the earth, and within the earth. As we learn from Beowulf, in early and heathen times, much treasure was buried in the mound raised over the ashes of the dead, besides what was burned with the body ⬩ Pastus or Convivium ⬩ The king visited different districts personally or by deputy to see that justice was done to all his subjects. In these periodical journeys the king received support and entertainment wherever he went. Hence perhaps the privileges of our judges ⬩ Vigilia ⬩ head ward, or a proper watch set over the king, which he claimed when he came into any district ⬩ the mint or coinage of money. The king exercised a superintendence over the circulating medium
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Ðæt he wǽre his feores scyldig, búton he cyng gesóhte, and he him his feorh forgifan wolde; eall swá hit ǽr æt Greátan leá and æt Exan ceastre and æt þunres felda gecweden wæs that he should be liable in his life, unless he should flee to the king, and
heáf
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Nales þæt heáfe bewindeð, ne húru wæl wépeð wulf se grǽga not heard were his howls about that, nor cared the grey wolf for the carnage, Gn. Ex. 150. Byrnende for þám heáfe þǽre ásteópnesse orbitatis luctu aestuans, Gr. D. 164, 12.
IN
In ⬩ on ⬩ into ⬩ in ⬩ to ⬩ In
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Hé wæs on Pannania ðære mǽgde ǽrest on woruld cumen, in Arrea ðæm túne. Wæs hé hweðre in Italia áféded, in Ticinan ðære byrig, 211, 16-18.
Linked entries: -standendlic gang-ern
CULFRE
A dove ⬩ CULVER ⬩ pigeon ⬩ columba
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Wæs culufre of cófan sended a dove was sent from the ark, Cd. 72 ; Th. 88, 12; Gen. 1464 . Culfer columba, Ælfc. Gl. 37 ; Som. 63, 2; Wrt. Voc. 29, 25. Ðæt híg offrunge sealdon, twegen culfran briddas ut darent hostiam, duos columbæ pullos, Lk.
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CYLL
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Seó cwén [Tomyris] hét ðæt heáfod bewyrpan on ánne cylle se wæs afylled mannes blódes the queen [Tomyris] ordered the head to be thrown into a vessel which was filled with man's blood, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 45, 34.
drohtaþ
Conversation, manner or way of life, condition, conduct, society ⬩ condĭtio vitæ, stătio, conversātio
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Ne wæs his drohtoþ swylce he on ealderdagum ǽr gemétte his condition was not such as he had before found in his life-days, Beo. Th. 1517; B. 756.
Linked entry: droht
for-búgan
To bend from ⬩ pass by ⬩ decline ⬩ avoid ⬩ shun ⬩ eschew ⬩ recēdĕre ⬩ prætĕrīre ⬩ declīnāre ⬩ evītāre ⬩ devītāre
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Se wer wæs forbúgende yfel ĕ rat vir recēdens a mălo, Job Thw. 164, 3. Næs ðæt ná se Godríc ðe ða gúþe forbeáh this was not the Godric who had fled from the war, Byrht. Th. 141, 21; By. 325.
Gallias
The Gauls ⬩ the Franks ⬩ Galli ⬩ Galliæ
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The Gauls, the Franks; Galli, ōrum; Galliæ, ārum; Ðǽr wæs Gallia ofslagen twá-hund þúsenda ducenta millia Gallōrum interfecta sunt, Ors. 5, 8; Bos. 107, 33; Hav. 329, 8 : 4, 7; Bos. 89, 7.
Linked entries: Galleas Gallia ríce Gallie Galwalas
hwer
A kettle ⬩ pot ⬩ basin ⬩ caldron ⬩ cooking-vessel
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Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan and hé clypte ða hweras and cyste ða pannan ðæt hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig pots and pans had been put in there, and he embraced the pots and kissed the pans, so that he was all black and sooty, Shrn. 69, 27
hýr-ness
Obedience ⬩ subjection
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Wæs hé ǽrest arcebiscopa ðæt him eall Angelcynn hýrnysse geþafode is primus erat in archiepiscopis, cui omnis Anglorum ecclesia manus dare consentiret, 4, 2; S. 565, 22. Underþeódde on hérnysse subjecti, 30; S. 561, 36.
íwan
To show ⬩ bring before the eyes ⬩ display ⬩ reveal
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Ord and ende ðæs ðe him ýwed wæs the beginning and end of what was revealed to him, 180; Th. 225, 31; Dan. 162
Linked entry: éwan
mǽg-sibb
kinship ⬩ relationship ⬩ Love between kinsmen ⬩ affection
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Heó cwæþ tó him gemyne mín drihten ðæt heó wæs bán of mínum bánum and flǽsc of mínum flǽsce Eve conjured him (Christ) on account of her kinship to St. Mary to pity her.
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mága
a relative ⬩ a son ⬩ a man
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On ðære mǽgþe mága wæs háten Tubal Cain, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 11; Gen. 1082. Mága cystum eald a man old in virtues, Exon. 80 a; Th. 300, 7; Fä. 2. Se mága ( Christ), Andr. Kmbl. 1278; An. 639: 1630; An. 816: (St. Andrew ), 1967; An. 986: 1249; An. 625.
ge-wyrht
Work ⬩ deed ⬩ merit ⬩ desert
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Wæs him forgolden æfter his ágenum gewyrhtum he was requited according to his own deeds, Blickl. Homl. 45, 2. For heora gewyrhtum for their deeds, 125, 2: Swt. A. S. Rdr. 108, 112. Mid gewyrhtum deservedly, Blickl. Homl. 89, 7.