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swingel

(n.)
Grammar
swingel, swingell, e; and swingel[l]e, an ; f.
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Ða ðe him ondrǽdaþ Godes swingellan . . . ða ðe suá áheardode beóþ ðæt hié mon mid nánre swingellan gebétan ne mæg, Past. 37; Swt. 263, 1-9. Ic eom nú tó swingellan gearu ego in flagella paratus sum, Ps. Th. 37, 17.

Linked entry: swincgel

ge-rád

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Marius bæd þæt him mon sealde þone seofoþan consulatum and eác þæt gewin . . .

hwæþer

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Gehwá móste cýðan tó hwæþeran hláfordscipe hé wolde gebúgan, Hml. S. 23, 116. Saga mé on hwæðere Adames sídan nam úre Dryhten ðæt rib, Sal.

samod

(adv.)
Grammar
samod, adv.

Together.and, both . . . and, also, too

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Ðendan bú somod, líc and sáwle, lifgan móte, Exon. Th. 81, 20; Cri. 1326. Þreó tácen somod, 76, 7 ; Cri. 1236. Seofon winter samod seven years in unbroken succession, Cd. Th. 256, 11; Dan. 639.

Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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Ireland [the land of the Ire] to seek once more. Gst. Rthm. ii. 66, 19-22.

licgan

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Eall ꝥ his ( the earth ) fennas and móras genumen habbað, and eall ꝥ on eallum ðeódum wéstes ligeþ, Bt. 18, l ; F. 62, 15.

Babilón

(n.)
Grammar
Babilón, e; f: Babilónie, Babilónige, an; f: Babilón, Babylón, es; f. [v. wim-man, es; f.]Babylon; Baby̆lōn, ōnis; f.
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This very city of the Babylonians, which was the greatest and first of all cities, is now the least and most desolate, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 17-31. Babilón wæs mǽrost burga Babylon was the greatest of cities, Cd. 209; Th. 259, 19; Dan. 694.

FRIÞ

(n.)
Grammar
FRIÞ, fryþ, es; m. n.

Peacefreedom from molestationsecurity guaranteed by law to those under special protectionagreementtruceleaguepaxtūtēlarefŭgium

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Ðonne nam mon friþ and griþ wið hí, and ná-ðe-læs for eallum ðissum griþe and gafole, hí ferdon ǽghweder and heregodon úre earme folc then they [Saxons] made truce and peace with them [Danes], nevertheless for all this peace and tribute, they went everywhere

herian

(v.)
Grammar
herian, hærian, hergan; p. ode, ede; imper. hera and here; pp. ed

To praise

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Ðæt ðæt mon hereþ hoc ipsum quod laudatur, Past. 48, 5; Swt. 373, 2. Leofaþ sáwl min and ðé hereþ vivet anima mea et laudabit te, Ps. Th. 118, 175. Hergaþ, 101, 16. Weleras ðé míne heriaþ labia mea laudabunt te, 62, 3.

Linked entry: hergan

ge-métan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-métan, he -méteþ, -métt, -mét; p. -métte, pl. -métton; pp. -méted, -métod, -métt, -mét

To find, find out, discover, come upon, meet withinvĕnīre, compĕrīre

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Gif hwilc mon sí gemétod on ðínum ðam egeslícan dóme if any man be found at thy awful judgment, St. And. 47, 8

Linked entries: métan ge-mittan

wyrm

(n.)
Grammar
wyrm, wurm, weorm, es; m.

a reptileserpenta creeping insecta worm

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Ic eam wyrm (vermis) and nales mon, Ps. Surt. 21,-7. Wyrm (weorm, v.l.), R. Ben. 29, 13

Linked entries: weorm wurm

wulf

(n.)
Grammar
wulf, es; m.

a wolfused in reference to outlaws

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Wineleás, wonsǽlig mon genimeþ wulfas tó geféran, Exon. Th. 342, 25; Gn. Ex. 147. ¶ in battle-scenes the wolf is a frequent figure Ne wæl wépeþ wulf se grǽga, morþorcwealm mæcga, ac hit á máre wille, Exon. Th. 343, 3; Gn. Ex. 151.

Linked entry: wulfheáfod-treów

beótian

(v.)

to threatento threatento threaten witha weapona penalty, to promise

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H. 33, 27. with dat. of person Þám þe se deáð tó beótað quibus mors inminet, Bd. i. 27; Sch. 80 I., Ongan se seóca man swíðlíce beótian tó him coepit ille vehementer inntinere, Gr. D. 314, 8. Héo wæs beótigende tó þám cui' minatus est, 80, 29.

cniht

(n.)
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Hit is niédðearf ðæt mon his hláford ondrǽde, and se cneoht his mágister, Past. 109, 13. Karl þæs cincges cniht, Cht. Th. 312, 33. Ic geann Wulfgáre mínan cnihte þæs landes, 545, 28: 559, 10.

éhtan

Grammar
éhtan, éhtian.
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For ðǽm mín mon éht þe ic bodige ymb ðone tóhopan deádra monna ǽristes de spe et resurrections mortuorum judicor, Past. 362, 3. Hé férde and éhte þǽra hǽþenra and mid ealle ádrǽfde, Hml. S. 25, 244. Þá Egyptiscan þe hira ǽr éhton, Ex. 14, 31.

for-déman

to condemnto condemnsentence to punishmentto confiscatesequestratedecidedetermine

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Mon fordémde ealle þá Bryttas ... sume hí wurdon forblende, and sume wrecen of lande, Chr. 1076; P. 212, 24. Se cásere hine fordémde þyder (to Patmos), Hml. S. 29, 96. Hí hine fordémdon tó deáþe, Hml. A. 75, 70.

ge-síne

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., and add: of material objects, visible, to be seen Þ mon þǽre cyrcean flór emlíce gewyrce, ꝥ þǽr nán byrgen gesýne ne sý, Ll. Th. ii. 408, 13. Geséne wére hine cuæð uidendum se dicit, Jn. p. 7, 14. Ceastra beóð feorran gesýne, Gn. C.

ge-wemman

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H. 31, 27. to impair the quality of, corrupt, degrade, profane, the object personal Ðæt mód bið gewemmed mid ðæs anwaldes heánesse animus potentiae fastigio corrumpitur, Past. 113, 20: 313, 25. the object a thing Gewaniað hié ðone hád and gewemmað superioris

ge-wislíce

(adv.)
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Sege mé gewislícor þæt ic hit mæge understandan tell me more clearly, that I may understand it, Ap. Th. 15, 24. Wé wyllað nú secgan be ðisum eallum gewislícor, Ælfc. Gr.

híwung

shapingshapeframemakeconstitutionshapeformspecieskindtransformationan illusory shapedeceptive appearancea pretencetricksimulationhypocrisyfictionirony

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S. 23. 5, 383. transformation, taking of another shape Hí woldon mid heora híwunge (the taking by evil spirits of the figures of various animals) þæs hálgan weres mód áwendan, Guth.