bold-wéla
a dwelling of wealth or happiness ⬩ prædium, opes domesticæ ⬩ paradise, heaven ⬩ paradisus ⬩ cœlum
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a dwelling of wealth or happiness; prædium, opes domesticæ Ne mæg ðé adón ðínne boldwélan thou mayest not take thee thy dwelling of wealth or happiness, Soul Kmbl. 118; Seel. 59. paradise, heaven; paradisus = παράδεισos, cœlum Ðé is neorxna wang boldwéla
stóc
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staca), and both words remain now only as names of places, Stoke, Stowe, or as parts of such names, Basingstoke, Tavistock, Walthamstow.
Linked entries: stóc-líf stóc-weard stóc-wíc
fæder-lic
ancestral ⬩ lineal
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Of héhþe þæs fæderlican þrymmes, Bl. H. 65, 31. Úre Hǽlend tó þǽm fæderlican setle eóde, 115, 33: 5, 15. ancestral; of succession, lineal.
hinder
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where there is movement backwards Slincan on hinder, Dóm L. 240. where there is reversal of movement Sýn míne fynd on hinder gecyrde convertantur inimici mei retrorsum, Guth. Gr. 126, 75: Ps. Spl.
á-sceótan
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D. 12, 8. of position, to make prominent, thrust out Se stán wæs ásceoten gecyndelíce of þám munte saxum naturaliter egrediens, Gr.
ge-læccan
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On ðám ǽrran fixnoðe wurdon swá fela gelæhte þæt þæt net tóbærst . . . On ðám æftran fixnoðe wurdon gelæhte micele and manega fixas, and þæt net áþolode, Hml.
tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time Wyþ pleyynge at tables oþer atte chekere, R. Glouc. 192, 3.
Linked entry: tebl
díc
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On ðá ealdan díc; of ðǽre díc, C. D. iii. 82, 27. On ðone díc ðǽr esne ðone weg fordealf, ii. 28, 33. Be gemǽre swá ðá ealdan díca beligcað, iii. 213, 6. Ðeós wyrt bið cenned on dícon and on hreódbeddon, Lch. i. 98, 13.
a-scúnian
to abhor ⬩ detest ⬩ to express hate ⬩ or scorn of:-- ⬩ to reject because of hate or scorn
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On áscunigendre synne in detestabili flagitio, Scint. 137, 7. to express hate or scorn of:-- Hí ásceonodon ł hyspton sáwle míne, (exprobraverunt ) Ps.
grim
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Ox. 2217. On hú grimmum seáðe swinceð þæt sweorcende mód, Met. 3, 1. Grimme sorge acri angore, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 38. Of þám grimman gryre, Dan. 439. Feallan on grimne grund, Cri. 1527. Þone grimman þurst diram sitim, Nar. 9, 20.
án-wealda
The one or sole ruler of a province or of the universe ⬩ a sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ magistrate ⬩ a power ⬩ qui solus dominatur ⬩ monarcha ⬩ dominus ⬩ gubernator ⬩ magistratus ⬩ potestas
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The one or sole ruler of a province or of the universe, a sovereign, governor, magistrate, a power; qui solus dominatur, monarcha, dominus, gubernator, magistratus, potestas Se Ánwealda hæfþ ealle his gesceafta befangene and getogene the governor has
land-mann
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O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 23-7. Landmanna cyme the coming of the men of the country, Cd. 151; Th. 189, 4; Exod. 179
medumung
the fixing of the measure of anything
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Ðonon á be ecge on ða medemuncga (medemunga); of ðære medemuncge (mædemunge) on ðone ealdan wiðig, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 25, 21-23: v. 286, 31-33
cyre-líf
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For 'A choice . . . eligunt' substitute: the condition of life which allows a person to choose his lord, the state of dependence on a lord whom a person has chosen Gehicgon hig eác ꝥ hig gehealdon heora clǽnnysse, oððe beón geférlǽhte þǽre gefæstnuncge
eald-gewyrht
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Substitute: what has been done of old, a deed of old Wuldres beám þe God on þrowode for mancynnes manegum synnum and for Adames ealdgewyrhtum, Kr. 1100. what has been deserved of old, desert for deeds of old Ic wát geare þæt nǽron ealdgewyrht þæt hé
gafol-hwitel
A tribute-whittle or blanket ⬩ a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land ⬩ tribūtāria săga
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A tribute-whittle or blanket, a legal tender instead of coin for the rent of a hide of land; tribūtāria săga Gafol-hwitel sceal beón æt híwisce vi pæninga weorþ a tribute-whittle from a hide [of land] shall be worth six pence, L.
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stæl
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D.) it is said that the quantity of the vowel is certain from the three occurrences in poetry. But in two of these, Reb. 11: Gen. 1113, the word is a 'final lift', of which Sweet remarks 'the quantity is indifferent,' A. S.
ofer-flówan
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., of a vessel, stream, &c., where the contents flow over the side or brim Ðý lǽs mon má geóte on ðæt undiópe mód ðonne hit behabban mæge, ðæt hit ðonne oferflówe, Past. 459, 15
Lunden
London
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London Hé bebohte hine on Lundenne he sold him in London, Bd. 4, 22; S. 592, 3: Chr. 839; Erl. 66, 16: 898; Erl. 96, 20. Of Eástenglum and of Lunden, 992; Erl. 131, 33
folc-lagu
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a law that is valid for all the people of a country, a law of the nation Godes gerihta wanedan innan þysse þeóde on ǽghwylcum ende, and folclaga wyrsedan (the laws deteriorated), Wlfst. 158, 6