wer-beám
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Cf. the epithets derived from words denoting trees which are applied to men in Icelandic poetry. v. Corpus Poeticum Boreale, ii. 476
hálwend-lic
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Add: used in weak declension as substantive. v. hálwende; <b>B.</b> personal Hé is hálwendlica mín salutaris meus, Ps. L. 61, 3. Úre hálwendlica, 64, 6: 78, 9. of a thing On hálwendlican þínum ł hǽlðe in salutare tuum, Ps. L. 118, 81
Linked entry: hálwende
stuntness
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Ꝥ hálige word is swýðe stíð úrum stuntnyssum, 6, 133. Add
wæl-gim
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The word seems to be an epithet for the sheath of a sword, which is called in the riddle the sword's byrne Byrne is mín (a sword's) bleófág, swylce beorht seomað (-d, MS.) wír ymb ðone wælgim, ðe mé waldend geaf, Exon. Th. 400, 20; Rä. 21, 4
Gyrwas
The people of a district in which Peterborough was situated
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Abbud ðæs mynstres ðe gecweden is Medeshamstyde on Gyrwa[n] lande Abbas monasterii quod dicitur Medeshamstedi in regione Gyrviorum, 4, 6; S. 573, 41
gold-fæt
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A thin plate of gold; bractea, lamina aurea Stáne gelícast gladum gimme ðonne in goldfate smiþa orþoncum biseted weorþeþ to a stone most like to a bright jewel when by the smiths' art it has been set in a bracelet, Exon. 60 a; Th. 219, 7; Ph. 303
be-bindan
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Th. i. 212, 13: 332, 32. Dó on cláþ, bebind fæste, Lch. ii. 34, 25. Bebinde genóh wearme, 270, 9. Þæt Iudéisce cyn is yfele bebunden mid þám ðe hí cwǽdon be Crístes blóde, Hml. Th. ii. 252, 31. Add
þeóf
A thief
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Ath. i. 1; Th. i. 198, 21. Cutting off the hand or foot of a 'cirlisc þeóf' is mentioned, L. In. 18; Th. i. 114, 5: 37; Th. i. 124, 20. The same punishment is mentioned, L. C.
Linked entry: þeáf
stów
A place ⬩ a place, spot, locality, site ⬩ a place on the body ⬩ a place which is built, a house or collection of houses, a habitation, dwelling ⬩ a place, position, station ⬩ a place in a series ⬩ place, room, stead ⬩ a place, passage in a book
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The word remains either alone or in composition in place-names, e. g. Stow in Huntingdonshire, Stowe in Northamptonshire, Chepstow old ceáp-stów q. v. Stów locus, Wrt.
ge-rád
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<b>IV a.</b> a condition on which depends the performance of something, upon which a grant or the like is consequent :-- Ic wille eówres geunnan eów on þá gerád (geráde, 196, 32) þe gé mé geunnan mines. Ll. Th. i. 198, 1.
sunne
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<b>I b.
ge-dwellan
To lead astray. ⬩ of matter in respect to which there is error ⬩ the object a thing, to confuse, obscure, give a wrong idea of ⬩ To err
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To lead astray. in a physical sense (v. ge-dwelian ; II. 1), in a mental or moral sense, the object a person Ðæt hé gewundige ðá heortan ðára gehírendra . . ., ðæt is ðæt hé hié gedweleð ne erroris vulnere audientium corda feriantur, Past. 93, 20.
secgan
To say ⬩ to say certain words ⬩ to mean ⬩ to tell a tale ⬩ recite a poem ⬩ pronounce ⬩ deliver ⬩ to speak of ⬩ tell ⬩ relate ⬩ narrate ⬩ declare ⬩ announce ⬩ give an account of something ⬩ to express in words feelings of gratitude, admiration, etc. ⬩ to give thanks, glory, etc., to a person ⬩ to declare a person or thing so and so ⬩ to say ⬩ tell ⬩ to speak of ⬩ to ascribe to a person ⬩ lay to the charge of ⬩ accuse of ⬩ attribute to
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Ðæt is nú hraðost tó secganne, ðæt ic wilnode weorþfullíce tó libbanne ða hwíle ðe ic lifede, 17; Fox 60, 14. Sægd is, ðæt . . . Blickl. Homl. 61, 16.
Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian
HELM
HELM ⬩ helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ the top ⬩ overshadowing foliage of trees ⬩ a covering
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l0: Runic pm. 18; Kmbl. 342, 31; Hick, Thes. i. 135. a covering [in this sense the word is preserved in some dialects.
Linked entry: helmiht
þicce
Thick ⬩ thick ⬩ viscous ⬩ dense ⬩ thick ⬩ dense ⬩ thick, ⬩ dense ⬩ growing thickly, ⬩ abundant ⬩ thick ⬩ stout ⬩ thick
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Thick Þicce condensa, i. spissa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 64. Þicce and þynne, Exon.
læt
Late ⬩ slow ⬩ sluggish ⬩ tardy
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Ðæt hé ðý lætra biþ tó uncystum that it [the body] be the less ready to vices, L. E. I. 3; Th. ii. 404, 20.
hund
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Voc. ii. 23, 7. Hwílum ic beorce swá hund, Rä. 25, 2. Hé ne murnþ náuþer ne friénd ne fiénd þe má þe wédende hund, Bt. 37, 1; F. 186, 8. Hrýðeres belle and hundes hoppe ... ǽlc bið ánes sciłł. weorð, and ǽlc is melda geteald, Ll. Th. i. 260, 16.
æftan-weard
Coming after ⬩ following ⬩ posterior
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Coming after, following; posterior Rinc biþ on ófeste, se mec onþýþ æftanweardne the man is in haste, who urges me following, Exon. 125 a ; Th. 480, 3 ; Rä. 63, 5
druncning
A drinking ⬩ ebriĕtas
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A drinking; ebriĕtas Drencfæt oððe calic mín drincende oððe on druncninge lá hú scínende oððe hú beorht is calix meus inebrians [in ebriĕtāte] quam præclārus est, Ps. Lamb. 22, 5
fram-bringan
To bring from or away ⬩ dedūcĕre
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To bring from or away; dedūcĕre Gyf he ðone him eáðelíce frambringan ne mǽge if he cannot easily bring it away from him. Herb. 158, 2; Lchdm. i. 284, 24