bǽl
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Ox. 17, 49. Pyre béle, id est fýr, Wrt. Voc. ii. 82, 42. Bǽla pyrarum, 85, 39. On bǽl gearu, B. 1109. On bǽl dón, hladan, áhebban, 1116: 2126: Gen. 2903. Add
wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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To cause to move, alter the direction or position of something (lit. or fig.) God on gesyhðe wæs . . . mín on ða swíðran, ðanon ic ne wénde onsión míne Elen. Kmbl. 696; El. 348. Swá hwá swá his mód went tó yflum Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 20.
geard
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Voc. ii. 105, 49), Hpt. 33, 250, 1. an enclosure Of sealtleáge in ðone hyrstgeard, C. D. iii. 400, 2. ¶ in the following either sense might be taken :-- On ðone mór; of ðám móre ondlong geardes on ðæt hlýpgeat, C. D. iii. 180, 27: vi. 219, 7.
hild
grace ⬩ safe keeping ⬩ preservation ⬩ safety
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Hié on friðe Drihtnes of þám grimman gryre glade treddedon, gleáwmóde guman on gástes hyld, 440.
feorh-lege
Life-law ⬩ fate ⬩ death ⬩ vītæ lex ⬩ fātum ⬩ mors
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Life-law, fate, death; vītæ lex, fātum, mors Ðæt on ðone hálgan handa sendan to feorhlege fæderas usse that our fathers lay their hands on the holy one unto death, Elen. Kmbl. 913; El. 458.
hyht-gifa
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One who gives hope or joy [an epithet of Christ], Elen. Kmbl. 1700; El. 852
preóst-heáp
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A band of priests, the clergy On preóstheápe in clero, Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 22
Linked entry: heáp
stán-scealu
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Shale Of Stúre on ða stánscale, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 378, 12. v. next word
án-nihte
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One day old Ácenned on ánnihtne móna[n], Lch. iii. 160, 18. Ánnihte, 176, 16
Élíg-mynster
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the monastery of Ely Heó wearð gehádod tó abbadissan on Élígmynstre, Hml. S. 20, 38
fore-cneóres
progenies
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glosses progenies Of forecneówresse on forecneóressa a progenie in progenies, Ps. Rdr. p. 296, 50
hwæl-weg
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The path of the whale, the ocean Hweteð on [h]wælweg hreðer unwearnum, Seef. 63
forþ-mann
A man of rank
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A man of rank Hé cwæð ꝥ sum forðman wǽre on Myrcna lande, Nap. 25
Linked entries: forþ-þegen forþ-wíf
feld-more
A parsnip ⬩ carrot ⬩ pastĭnāca
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Feldmoru biþ cenned on sandigum stówum and on beorgum parsnip is produced on sandy places and on hills, Herb. 82, 1; Lchdm. i. 186, 3: L. M. 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 26. Feldmore niðeweard the nether part of parsnip, L. M. 1, 40; Lchdm. ii. 104, 14
racu
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Out of the rake of riȝtwisnes renne suld he nevire, Alex. 3384.]
for-genge
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; of an arrangement, hard to carry out, impracticable(?)
Linked entry: genge
seonu-bend
A bond made of sinews
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A bond made of sinews (?) Siððan hine Níðhád on néde legde swoncre seonobende (Grein would read -benne, which is more in accordance with the story in the Edda, that Völund had the sinews of the knees cut: v.
ge-feohtan
of fighting between champions :-- ⬩ to fight in a quarrel, ⬩ to struggle, strive for supremacy ⬩ to gain by fighting ⬩ to maintain a charge by fighting
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Hié getrúwedon þæt hié mid hiera cræftum sceolden sige gefeohtan, Ors. 2, 4; S. 72, 17: 2, 5; S. 82, 26. to maintain a charge by fighting Þǽr beteáh Gosfrei Bainard Willelm of Ou ꝥ hé heafde gebeón on þes cynges swicdóm, and hit him on gefeaht, and hine
be-sceáwian
to contemplate ⬩ behold ⬩ to consider ⬩ to see about ⬩ take care of
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Ox. 371. with idea of examination, enquiry: Ic besceáwie exploro (-do, MS.), An. Ox. 18 b, 24. Hé hét besceáwian þá burh dixit eis: Explorate terram, Jos. 7, 2.
stǽlan
To impute a crime to ⬩ a person ⬩ to charge ⬩ declare something against a person
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Fǽhðe ic wille on weras stǽlan (of the threatened deluge), Cd. Th. 81, 27; Gen. 1352. Ic gefrægn mǽg óðerne billes ecgum on bonan stǽlan I heard that one kinsman with the edge of the sword brought home to the slayer the death of the other (?