ge-scippan
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Gif ꝥ sóþ is ꝥ hit him swá gesceapen wæs, ꝥ hí ne móston elles dón, Bt. 41, 2 ; F. 246, 20. Gif ꝥ sóð beón mæg, ꝥ him swá gesceapen wæs, Hml. S. 17, 234.
a-swebban
To sooth ⬩ appease ⬩ set at rest ⬩ put to death ⬩ destroy ⬩ sopire ⬩ sedare ⬩ necare ⬩ dolere
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To sooth, appease, set at rest, put to death, destroy; sopire, sedare, necare, dolere He ðone storm aswefede and gestilde tempestatem sopivit, Bd. 3, 15; S. 542, 5 : Exon. 58 b ; Th. 210, 15 ; Ph. 186.
Linked entries: a-swefed on-swebban
Engla land
The land of the Angles or Engles
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D. 731, from the present Lincolnshire to the Frith of Forth, on the south of which Æbber-curníg is located
ge-hæftnan
To take ⬩ lay hold of ⬩ take captive ⬩ comprehendĕre ⬩ captīvāre
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To take, lay hold of, take captive; comprehendĕre, captīvāre Ðú me gehæftnedest [gehæftnadest, Exon. 98 a; Th. 368; 29] thou didst take me captive, Soul Kmbl. 63; Seel. 32.
þistel-twige
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A goldfinch or some other bird that eats thistle-down. [In E. D. S. Pub. Bird Names, p. 58, thistle-finch is given as a name of the goldfinch; Halliwell quotes: 'Carduelis a linnet, a thistle-finch' (1581). Cf. O. H.
un-gerád
stupidity ⬩ folly ⬩ unreason ⬩ discord ⬩ disagreement ⬩ variance
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Skt. i. 13, 92. discord, disagreement, variance Ðætte án sibb Godes lufe bútan ǽlcum ungeráde ús suíðe fæste gebinde tunc solo nos in aedificio concordia caritatis liget, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 22
ge-síclian
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Wearð his hors gesíclod (-sícclod, v.l.) and sóna feóll (v. Bd. 3, 9; Sch. 229, 18-), 26, 205. Wæs se king þá binnan Oxnaforde swýþe geseócled, C. D. iv. 57, 4
grétan
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Gr. 9, 24; Som. 10, 57. Se dǽl se ðæt flód ne grétte the part that the water did not touch, 1, 3; Bos. 27, 29. Gomen-wudu gréted wæs the glee-wood was touched, Beo. Th. 2134; B. 1065.
Cyménes óra
Cymen's shore, near Wittering, Sussex ⬩ Cymēni lītus, qui ibi naves ad terrain appulit. Nunc nomen amisit, sed fuisse prope Wittering, in agro Sussexiensi, Charta Donatiònis quam Cedwalla Rex Ecclesiæ Selsiensi fecit, planissĭme convincit
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D. 477, Ælle came to Britain, and his three sons, Cymen, and Wlencing, and Cissa, with three ships, at the place which is named Cymen's shore, and there slew many Welsh, and drove some in flight into the wood which is named Andredsley, Chr. 477; Erl.
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cuma
A comer, guest, stranger ⬩ advena, hospes
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Gl. 58 ; Som. 67, 85 ; Wrt. Voc. 38, 11
FEAX
Hair of the head ⬩ the locks ⬩ cæsăries ⬩ cŏma ⬩ căpillus
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Gr. 12; Som. 15, 53. Licgaþ æfter lande loccas todrifene, fex on foldan throughout the land lie my driven locks, hair upon the ground, Andr. Kmbl. 2853; An. 1429.
folgere
aFOLLOWER ⬩ attendant ⬩ disciple ⬩ assecla ⬩ pĕdĭsĕquus ⬩ assectātor
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Gl. 113; Som. 79, 131; Wrt. Voc. 60, 35. Hwæt wille we sprecan be ðam cyninge, and be his folgerum what shall we say about the king, and about his followers? Bt. 29, 1; Fox 104, 10.
fór
A going ⬩ setting out ⬩ journey ⬩ course ⬩ way ⬩ approach ⬩ ĭtio ⬩ profectio ⬩ ĭter ⬩ cursus ⬩ sĕmĭta ⬩ accessus
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He sona ongann fýsan to fóre he soon began to hasten for the way, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 12; Gen. 2860. Ne can ic Abeles ór ne fóre I know not Abel's coming nor going, 48; Th. 61, 33; Gen. 1006.
for-leósan
To lose ⬩ let go ⬩ destroy ⬩ amittĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ destruĕre
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Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 41. Gif he forlýst an of ðám si perdĭdĕrit ūnam ex illis, Lk. Bos. 15, 4. Ic forleás perdĭdĕram, Lk. Bos. 15, 9. Ðú forleóse láþra gehwylcne mayest thou destroy every one of my enemies, Ps. Th. 142, 12.
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fulluht
Baptism ⬩ baptismus
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Gr. 9, 1; Som. 8, 22. Ðæt fulluht us aþwehþ fram eallum synnum baptism washes us from all sins, Homl. Th. ii. 48, 29: 46, 24, 33: 48, 18, 20: i. 94, 2. Fram gyfe ðæs hálgan fulluhtes a sacri baptismătis gratia, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 10.
G
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In later English the place of the earlier g is often taken by y, sometimes by w; as, - Geár a year, dæg a day, dagas days. etc; morg(en) morrow, sorg = sorrow, etc.
heonan
Hence ⬩ from here
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Gr. 16; Som. 20, 4. Feor heonan far from here, Exon. 55 b; Th. 197, 19; Ph. 1. Ic mæg heonon geseón I can see from here. Cd. 32; Th. 41, 34; Gen. 666. Ǽr ðú heonan móte ere thou mayest go hence, Exon. 72 a; Th. 269, 29; Jul. 457.
líxan
To shine ⬩ glitter ⬩ gleam
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Sóðfæste scínes ł líxeþ swǽ sunna justi fulgebunt sicut sol, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 43. Líxaþ, 64 b; Th. 238, 15; Ph. 604. Líxte fulminavit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 18: Exon. 15 a; Th. 31, 34; Cri. 505: Beo. Th. 627; B. 311. Ðonne dæg líxte, 975; B. 485.
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mynetere
a moneyer ⬩ a money-changer ⬩ money-dealer ⬩ a minter ⬩ one who coins
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Gr. 7; Som. 6, 43. Mynetera nummulariorum Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 51. Munetera, 73, 8, 41. Ða setl ðara mynetera the seats of the money-changers, Blickl. Homl. 71, 19. Hyt gebyrede ðæt ðú befæstest mín feoh mynyterum, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 27: Homl.
Linked entry: mynet-smiððe
GOD
God ⬩ the Deity ⬩ a god
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The following epithets occur: dryhten, wealdend, nergend, hǽlend, sóþ, hálig, mihtig, ælmihtig, lifgende, ealwealda, heáhengla, heofona, heofonengla, heofonríces, gǽsta, mihta, mægena, weoruda, wuldres, sigores, sigora. Án God ys gód, Mt. 19, 17.
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