middan-eard
The middle dwelling ⬩ the abode of men ⬩ the earth ⬩ the world ⬩ the world ⬩ mankind
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Ðone eard Asiam, se ðe is geteald tó healfan dǽle middaneardes, Homl. Th. i. 68, 35. Eálá middaneard! eálá dæg leóhta! eálá upheofon! Cd. 216; Th. 275, 2; Sat. 165.
Linked entries: middan-geard mid-eard
ge-síþ
A companion ⬩ fellow ⬩ companion or follower of a chief or king ⬩ socius ⬩ comes
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A companion, fellow, companion or follower of a chief or king; socius, comes Gif mon elþeódigne ofsleá gif he mǽgleás síe healf kynincg [áh] healf se gesíþ if one slay a foreigner, if he be kinless, half the king [has], half the companion, L.
L
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So the West Saxon forms, healdan, sealt, healf, are found in the Northumbrian Gospels as halda, salt, half, and in Gothic, O. Sax., Icel., O. H. Ger. the vowel also is a.
streám
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Hát gefec-cean ongeán streáme healfne sester yrnendes wæteres, 12, l. Sing ðis on yrnendum wætere, and wend ðæt heáfod ongeán streám, 70, 8. Ondlang ðæs streámes . . . ondlang ðæs Doferdæles ongeán streám tó Wícforda, Cod. Dip, Kmbl. vi. 218, 29.
dígol-líce
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Add: Secretly, so as to take others unawares or at a disadvantage Hé gesette twá folc diégellíce on twá healfa his, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 32: 4, 10; S. 200, 13. He diégellíce for þǽm gewinne V geár scipa worhte, 2, 5; S. 78, 32.
toft
a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.
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In the following passages it may mean the enclosed ground in which the house stood Healf ðæt land æt Súðhám, innur and úttur, on tofte and on crofte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 317, 7. Nǽfre myntan ne plot ne plóh, ne turf ne toft, L.
ǽder
a channel for fluids ⬩ a sinew ⬩ a rein, kidney
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Ðá forcurfon hié him ðá twá ǽdran on twá healfa ðára eágena resectis palpebris, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 23. a rein, kidney Héðir renis, Txts. 93, 1731. Ǽddran renes, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 25. Ǽdran (éðre, Ps. V.) Ps. Spl. 15, 7. Édran, Kent. Gl. 884.
Linked entry: héþir
for-sleán
cut through ⬩ to slay ⬩ kill ⬩ to destroy ⬩ lay waste ⬩ finish ⬩ to rout ⬩ overthrow ⬩ to condemn
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Gif mon óðrum þá hond útan forsleá ... gif hió healf onweg fleóge, Ll. Th. i. 98, 7. Gif mon óðrum rib forsleá ... gif sió hýd sié tóbrocen, and mon bán of ádó, 11: 21. Hét se cásere him forsleán þone sweoran, Shrn. 145, 6.
gold
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Mid þridde healf hund mancusan goldes be gewihte, iii. 361, 24. Tó .viii. healfmarcum ásodenes goldes, Ll. Th. i. 154, 2. Twá and twéntig þúsend punda goldes and seolfres mon gesealde þám here wid friðe, 288, 12.
híwisc
a family ⬩ house
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On óðre healfe ánes híwisces, 435, 13. Ðis synt ðá landgemǽro ðæs híwisces æt Winterburnan ... Ðis his ðæs híwisces landgemǽro on Wiht (cf. duas mansas, unam mansam in Uecta Insula, aliam ... æt Uuinterburnan, ii. 299, 6-10), 431, 7-16.
módor
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Hé wæs Bryttisc on his móder healfe, Chr. 1075; P. 202, 7. Hí freónda ne róhton, ne fæder oððe méder (móder, v.l. ), Hml. S. 5, 45. For ðám mycclum geleáfan þǽre méder. Hml. Th. ii. 116, 13. Habban gýmene ǽgðer ge ðǽre méder ge þæs cildes, 196, 19.
mægen-þrymm
Majesty ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ Christ ⬩ great power ⬩ might ⬩ an instance in which the divine glory or power is displayed ⬩ the glory of heaven ⬩ heaven ⬩ the angels who inhabit heaven
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(using the attribute for the person), Christ Mægenþrym árás, sigefæst and snottor, Exon. 120 a; Th. 420, 25; Hö. 22. great power, might Gé geseóþ mannes Bearn sittende on ða swýðran healfe Godes mægenþrymmes videbitis filium hominis sedentem a dextris
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scíran
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He hét wurpan ac hé ne scýrde on hwæðere healfe hí ðæt net wurpansceoldon he bade throw, but he did not decide on which side they were to throw the net, Homl.
be-sittan
to sit round, surround, beset, besiege ⬩ circumdare, cingere, obsidere ⬩ to be in session, to hold sessions ⬩ to posess ⬩ considere, ⬩ possidere
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Hie hine besǽton on ǽlce healfe on ánum fæstenne they beset it [the army] on every side in a fastness, Chr. 894; Erl. 92, 23 : 918; Erl. 102, 35. He wæs beseten mid his feóndum on ðære byrig he was beset by his enemies in the city, Ps.
Linked entry: be-seten
sweotol
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Seotol, 107, 42. of what may be clearly perceived by the senses, by sight Biþ mín swæð sweotol, sweart on óþre healfe, Exon. Th. 403, 19; Rä. 22, 10. Wiht sweotol and gesýne, 420, 13; Rä. 40, 3. Him on eaxle wearð syndolh sweotol, Beo.
ge-wundian
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Þá burhmen ofslógon .xix. menn on óðre healfe, and gewundoden ꝥ hí nystan hú fela, 1048; P. 173, 5. Ðone geuundadon illum uulnerantes, Lk. L. R. 20, 12. Gif hé wígie and man gewundie, Ll. Th. i. 170, 9. Gewundige 202, 21: 404, 8.
pund
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(tó healfan punde, MS. G.), L. Edg. ii. 8 ; Th, i. 270, 3. of other money Ánum hé sealde fif pund ( talenta ), Mt. Kmbl. 25, 15, 16, 20, 22. Hé sealde týn pund ( mnas ), Lk. 19, 13. Týn þúsend punda decem millia talenta, Mt. Kmbl.18, 24.
Linked entries: mund-bryce borh-leás
scolu
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Cildru on scole betǽcan, Lchdm. iii. 184, 27 : 188, 18. a band or troop of people, a shoal, school (in school of fishes) Him on healfa gehwone heofonengla þreát ymbútan faraþ, ælbeorhtra scolu, Exon. Th. 58, 2; Cri. 929.
hláford
a ruler ⬩ sovereign ⬩ governor ⬩ captain ⬩ a master ⬩ a major-domo ⬩ an owner ⬩ a proprietor ⬩ a husband ⬩ the husband ⬩ a ruler ⬩ lord
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Healf cyninge, healf biscepe and þǽre cirican hláforde þe þá nunnan áge, 66, 17. Wiib and cild ðǽm hláforde and hígum and ðǽre stówe befestan, C.D. i. 316, 10. Geunnan healfes Gode and sancte Petre and ðǽre cyrcean hláforde, v. 143, 2.
hínan
to humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ degrade ⬩ insult ⬩ to conquer ⬩ subject ⬩ o oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ to lay low ⬩ destroy ⬩ to lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ to accuse
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Ðý lǽs hé his eáðmódnesse forleóse, geðence hé dæt hé bið self swíðe gelíc ðǽm ilcan monnum þe hé ǽr ðreátað and hiénð, Past. 116, 16. to treat with dishonour, degrade, insult Hé hié for þǽre gewilnunga swíþe bismrade, and bebeád ꝥ hié mon on ǽlce healfe