ealdor-scipe
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Preóstum gedafenað for ðám ealdorscípe ꝥ hí heora biscope beón underþeódde, Ll. Th. ii. 378, 25: Hml. Th. i. 344, 32. Petre þæne ealdorscipe hé ǽrest betǽhte, Wlfst. 176, 14.
ge-þweran
To stir ⬩ beat or mix together ⬩ to churn ⬩ make thick [as butter from cream] ⬩ poetically ⬩ to forge ⬩ cudere
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To stir, beat or mix together, to churn, make thick [as butter from cream], poetically, to forge; cudere Genim cú meoluc bútan wætere lǽt weorþan to flétum geþwer to buteran take cow's milk, without water, let it become cream, churn it to butter, L.
Linked entries: ge-þrofen ge-þuren samod-þyrlíc ge-þruen
sél
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Th. 77 ; Fins. 38 : Beo. Th. 2029 ; B. 1012. Hwylc hira sélast simle gelǽste hláforde æt hilde, Andr. Kmbl. 821 ; An. 411. Bet gé rǽdaþ melius legitis, sélost (sǽlost, MS. T.) hí rǽdaþ optime legunt, Ælfc. Gr. 5 ; Zup. 9, 17.
mynster-mann
A man who lives in a monastery ⬩ a monk
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C. 40; Th. ii. 166, 10, Ðás bóc be ðæra hálgena lífe ðe mynstermenn mid heora þénungum wurðiaþ, Homl. Skt. pref. 44: Swt. Rdr. 100, 148. Ðæt forme muneca cyn is mynstermanna, ðe gemǽnan lífe drohtniaþ on mynstre, R. Ben. 134, 5 : 9, 3.
grǽdignes
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Th. ii. 280, 16. in an unfavourable sense Ealle flǽsclice grǽdignyssa mid forhæfednysse beóð forcorfene omnes carnales cupiditates abstinentia resecantur, Scint. 55, 4
án-lípig
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Ben. 125, 10. Ǽlcan ǽnlýpium wæs geseald be ðám ðe hé behófade, 57, 19. Ðus hit byð gedón in ǽnlípigre gehwylcre sáwle ( in unaquaque anima ), Gr. D. 205, 8.
æl-wihta
strange creatures ⬩ monsters ⬩ alieni generis entia ⬩ monstra ⬩ all created things ⬩ omnia creata
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strange creatures, monsters; alieni generis entia, monstra Ðæt ðǽr gumena sum ælwihta eard ufan cunnode that a man from above explored there the dwelling of strange creatures, Beo.
ár-stæf
Favour ⬩ kindness ⬩ benefit ⬩ help ⬩ gratia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ auxilii latio
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Favour, kindness, benefit, help; gratia, beneficium, auxilii latio Fæder alwalda mid árstafum eówic gehealde síða gesunde may the all-ruling Father hold you with kindness safe on your ways, Beo. Th. 639; B. 317.
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éðel-turf
Native turf or soil, native country, country ⬩ patrium sŏlum, patria, terrĭtōrium
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Beo. Th. 824; B. 410. Ðá com leóf Gode on ða éðelturf then came the friend of God into that country, Cd. 85; Th. 106, 20; Gen. 1774: 127; Th. 162, 6; Gen. 2677: Exon. 60b; Th. 220, 17; Ph. 321
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éðel-weard
A country's guardian or ruler, a king ⬩ patriæ custos vel dŏmĭnus, rex
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A country's guardian or ruler, a king; patriæ custos vel dŏmĭnus, rex Wæs ðæt fród cyning, eald éðelweard that was a wise king, an old country's guardian, Beo. Th. 4426; B. 2210.
fyrd-gestealla
A comrade in arms ⬩ martial comrade ⬩ expĕdītiōnis bellĭcæ sŏcius ⬩ commīlĭto
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A comrade in arms, martial comrade; expĕdītiōnis bellĭcæ sŏcius, commīlĭto Nealles folc-cyning fyrdgesteallum gylpan þorfte the peoples king needed not to boast of his comrades in arms, Beo. Th. 5739; B. 2873.
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fyrn-geweorc
An ancient work ⬩ priscum vel jam diu perfectum ŏpus
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Freá sceáwode fyra fyrngeweorc the lord beheld the ancient work of men, Beo. Th. 4561; B. 2286
íðan
To lay waste ⬩ desolate ⬩ destroy
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To lay waste, desolate, destroy Ic ýðde eotena cyn and on ýðum slóg niceras nihtes, Beo. Th. 846; B. 421. Ýðde ðisne eardgeard ælda scyppend the creator of men laid waste this world, Exon. 77 b ; Th. 291, 20; Wand. 85.
mearc-stapa
One who wanders about the desolate mark or border-land
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One who wanders about the desolate mark or border-land Grendel, mǽre mearcstapa, Beo. Th. 206; B. 103. Hié gesáwon swylce twegen micle mearcstapan móras healdan; óðer wæs idese onlícnes óðer on weres wæstmum wræclástas træd ...
gin
Wide ⬩ spacious ⬩ ample
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Eall ðes ginna grund all this spacious earth, Exon. 116 a; Th. 445, 23; Dóm. 12: 85 b; Th. 321, 24; Vid. 51: Beo. Th. 3106; B. 1551: Judth. 9; Thw. 21, 1; Jud, 2
sweofot
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Sleep Hé Hróðgáres heorðgeneátas slóh on sweofote, slǽpende frǽt, Beo. Th. 3166; B. 1581: 4579; B. 2295. Hé ( the panther ) þreó nihta fæc swefeþ on sweofote, slǽpe gebiesgad, Exon. Th. 358, 1; Pa. 39.
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þeówet-líc
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Ðæt Sunnandæg freóls beó fram þeówetlícum weorcum, Wulfst. 292, 7
crísten
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Hé bæd hine crístenne beón . . . bæd ꝥ hé ðurh his bebod crístene gefremed wǽre, Bd. 1, 4; Sch. 16, 3, 16. Crístenum þénungum þeówian, 1, 7; Sch. 22, 6. Se crístenesta (crístena, v. l. ) cyning, Ors. 6, 38; S. 296, 30. Add
heáfod-weard
A guarding of the [lord's] head, attendance as a guard upon the king. ⬩ a body-guard
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So in Beowulf it is said of Wiglaf that he 'healdeþ heáfodwearde,' keeps guard over the dead king, Beo. Th. 5811; B. 2909
breóst-wylm
The fountain of the breast, a breast, teat, emotion of the breast, grief; ⬩ pectoris fons, uber, pectoris æstuatio, ærumna
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He ðone breóstwylm forberan ne mihte he could not restrain the emotion of his breast, Beo. Th. 3758; B. 1877