fyrst
first, foremost in position ⬩ foremost in virtue or worth, best, of great excellence
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., noble destroyer of life; not the more joyous was he (i. e. he was sorely troubled), to the flames would the best of men give his dear son as a sacrifice, Exod. 399
H
hail
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The name of the Runic letter was hægl hail Hægl byþ hwítust corna, Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 4; the forms accompanying the poem and given by Kemble are these, RUNE RUNE RUNE (see printed page)
ofer-sprǽce
speaking too much, talkative, loquacious ⬩ zungun linguam magniloquum ⬩ saying more than is just or true
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Ne beo ðú tó oferspréce ac hlyst ǽlces monnes worda swíðe georne ' give every man thy ear, but few thy voice, ' Prov. Kmbl. 58. Salamon cwæþ, ðæt sélre wǽre tó wunigenne mid león and dracan ðonne mid yfelan wífe and ofersprǽcum, Homl.
feor
avoidance ⬩ widely ⬩ widely ⬩ far ⬩ far
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Of þan feán feor áworpen, Cri. 1405. where direction is given Feor úp ofer wolcnu windan, Met. 24, 9. far in various directions, widely Feor longiuscule, i. late, An. Ox. 3939: Wrt.
faðu
A father's sister, paternal aunt ⬩ ămĭta
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Ic gean mínre faðan Leófware ðæs heáfodbotles on Purleá I give to my aunt Leofware the chief dwelling at Purley, Cod. Dipl. 1293; A. D. 998; Kmbl. vi. 138, 23. v. móddrie a maternal aunt
ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ from above ⬩ from heaven ⬩ above
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Steorran hreósaþ ufene of heofonum, 93, 8. where an action is directed from a higher to a lower point Ufone sceal ðæt heáfod gíman ðæt ða fét ne áslíden caput debet ex alto providere, ne pedes torpeant, Past. 18; Swt. 131, 25.
ymb-gyrdan
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of clothing, to gird about, to put a girdle round Ic embgyrde cingo and accingo and succingo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5 ; Zup. 173, 17. Hé ymbgyrde hine praecinxit se, Jn. Skt. Lind. Rush. 13, 4. Ymbgyrdaþ eówre lendena, Anglia viii. 322, 19.
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fore-weard
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[Þá þreó þúsend marc þe him seó cyng be foreweard ǽlce geáre gifan sceolde, 1103; P. 238, 24. Tó ꝥ forewearde ꝥ æfter his dæi scolde ꝥ land in tó þe minstre, 852; P. 65, 22.] Dele ', an ', and add:
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hæg-weard
A hayward, the keeper of cattle in a common field, who prevented trespass on the cultivated ground, ⬩ agellarius
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The following note is given on this word, p. 234 'Bp.
of-gangan
to require ⬩ to extort, exact what is not due ⬩ to acquire, obtain
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Lawrence) the treasures (of the church, about which he would say nothing), Homl. i. 420, 26. to acquire, obtain Syle mé ðínne wíneard . . . ic ðe (Naboth) óðerne finde oððe mid feó ofgange give me thy vineyard . . .
slícian
To make sleek, smooth, or glossy
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Parv. 458, note 2, where 'to sleek clothes' is quoted from Kenneth, and a passage from Walter de Bibelesworth is given (v. also Wrt. Voc. i. 172, 13): la dame ge ta koyf luche (slike).] Til sleuth and slepe slyken his sides Piers. P. 2, 98.
trehing
the third part of a shire
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The form given in L. Ed. C. to the Scandinavian word, which in Icelandic appears as Þriðjungr = the third part of a shire De treingis.
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BERAN
to BEAR ⬩ carry ⬩ bring ⬩ bear or carry a sacrifice ⬩ offer ⬩ bear off ⬩ carry out ⬩ extend ⬩ wear ⬩ support ⬩ endure ⬩ suffer ⬩ ferre ⬩ portare ⬩ afferre ⬩ offerre ⬩ deferre ⬩ proferre ⬩ extendere ⬩ gerere ⬩ tolerare ⬩ to BEAR ⬩ produce ⬩ bring forth ⬩ facere ⬩ ferre ⬩ edere ⬩ parere
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Gif he to ðæm ríce wæs on rihte boren if he to that kingdom was rightly born, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 92; Met. 26, 46
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CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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Gif ceorl geþeáh, ðæt he hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, cirican and cycenan [MS. ky-cenan ], bell-hús and burh-geat-setl, and sunder-note on cynges healle, ðonne wæs he ðonon-forþ þegen-rihtes weorþe if a free man thrived, so that he had fully
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cwide
the expression of a thought, a sentence, period ⬩ sententia ⬩ a saying, proverb, speech, discourse, sermon, will ⬩ dictum, dictio, sermo, homilia, testamentum ⬩ a legal enactment, decree ⬩ edictum, deretum
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the expression of a thought, a sentence, period ; sententia We todǽlaþ ða bóc to cwydurn, and siððan ða cwydas to dǽlum, eft ða dǽlas to stæfgefégum, and siððan ða stæfgefégu to stafum; ðon beóþ ða stafas untodǽledlíce, forðonðe nán stæf ne biþ náht, gif
DREÓGAN
to do, work, perform, to pass life, to fight ⬩ ăgĕre, făcĕre, perfĭcĕre, patrāre, vitam ăgĕre, militāre ⬩ DREE, endure ⬩ ferre, pati, sustinēre, tolerāre ⬩ to enjoy ⬩ frui ⬩ To be employed, be busy ⬩ ăgĕre, negōtiōsum esse
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Gif mæsse-preóst oððe munuc hǽmed-þingc dríhþ, fæste x geár si presby̆ter vel monăchus fornicatiōnem commisĕrit, x annos jejūnet, L. M. I. P. 28; Th. ii. 272, 22. Drugon ðæt dæges and nihtes fecērunt hoc die ac nocte, Ps. Th. 54, 8.
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FREMEDE
Strange ⬩ foreign ⬩ estranged from ⬩ devoid of ⬩ aliēnus ⬩ peregrīnus ⬩ aliēnātus ⬩ aversus ⬩ remōtus ⬩ expers
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Gif ðú fremdu godu bigongest if thou wilt worship strange gods, Exon. 67 b; Th. 250, 2; Jul. 121. On ða fremdan þístro into the strange darkness, Bt. 3, 2; Fox 6, 10
HELM
HELM ⬩ helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ the top ⬩ overshadowing foliage of trees ⬩ a covering
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Forðæm se þorn ðære gítsunga ne wyrþ forsearod on ðæm helme gif se wyrttruma ne biþ færcorfen oððe forbærned æt ðæm stemne si enim radix culpæ in ipsa effusione non exuritur, numquam per ramos exuberans avaritiæ spina siccatur, Past. 45, 3; Swt. 341,
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hrægel
A garment ⬩ dress ⬩ robe ⬩ rail ⬩ clothing
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Ðæt hrægl ðe hé ǽr ðæm þearfan sealde the cloak that he had given to the beggar, Blickl. Homl. 215, 18: 223, 8. Ongan his hrægl teran began to rend his robe, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 28; Jud. 283.
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hraðe
Quickly ⬩ immediately ⬩ at once ⬩ soon ⬩ forthwith ⬩ straightway
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Gif heó hraðe gǽþ if she walks quickly, Lchdm. iii. 144, 8. Hraðe æfter directly after, Ps. Th. 59, 3. Mé hraðe syððan gefultuma ad adjuvandum me festina, 69, 1. Tó hraðe too soon, Bt. 3, 1; Fox 4, 23.
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