EORÞE
EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil ⬩ terra, hŭmus, sŏlum
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Lamb. 23, 1: Ex. 9, 29: Deut. 10, 14. Ðæt gé ne swerion þurh eorþan, forðamðe heó ys Godes fótscamul that ye swear not by the earth, because it is God's foot-stool, Mt. Bos. 5, 35
FEÐER
FEATHER ⬩ penna ⬩ plūma ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ ⬩ what is made of a feather ⬩ A pen ⬩ penna ⬩ călămus
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Lamb. 54, 7: 138, 9. He gesihþ brimfuglas brǽdan feðra he sees sea-fowls spread their wings, Exon. 77a; Th. 289, 13; Wand. 47. Cómon earnas on flyhte, feðerum hrémige eagles came in flight, exulting in their wings, Andr. Kmbl. 1728; An. 866: Bt.
for-niman
To take away ⬩ deform ⬩ plunder ⬩ destroy ⬩ ransack ⬩ waste ⬩ consume ⬩ devour ⬩ rapĕre ⬩ perdĕre ⬩ extermĭnāre ⬩ vastāre ⬩ consūmĕre ⬩ devŏrāre
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Lamb. fol. 190 b, 14. Hig fornymaþ hyra ansýna extermĭnant făcies suas, Mt. Bos. 6, 16. Hine wyrd fornam fate took him away, Beo. Th. 2415; B. 1205: 2877; B. 1436: 4245; B. 2119.
Linked entry: for-nyman
ildra
elder ⬩ older ⬩ grand ⬩ greater ⬩ superior
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Þurh heora yldran módor láre hí gelýfdon gode through their grandmother's teaching they believed on God, Shrn. 53, 10, 16, 21. Ða gingran árísaþ wið ðám yldrum the younger shall arise against the elder, Blickl. Homl. 171, 23.
ildu
an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ age ⬩ ætas ⬩ age ⬩ senectus
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Nis ðǽr on ðam londe yldu ne yrmþu there is not in that land old age nor misery, Exon. 56 b ; Th. 201, 6 ; Ph. 52. On geóguþe ... on yldo, 88 a ; Th. 330, 32; Vy. 60. Geógoþ búton yldo, Blickl. Homl. 103, 35.
líc-hama
The body ⬩ the corporeal
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Wé nán ðing nabbaþ búton land and líchaman, Gen. 47, 18. Hé healdeþ ða deádan líchoman ungemolsnode he keeps the dead bodies undecayed, Shrn. 82, 21
metan
to mete ⬩ measure ⬩ to measure out ⬩ mark off ⬩ assign the bounds of a place ⬩ to measure by paces ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pass over ⬩ to measure one thing by or with another ⬩ to compare
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Ðú gedydest ðæt wé mǽtan úre land mid rápum, Ps. Th. 15, 6. Wícsteal metan castra metari, Cd. 146; Th. 183, 16; Exod. 92. to measure by paces, to traverse, pass over Him eoh fore mílpaðas mæt, Elen. Kmbl. 2523; El. 1263.
scip-here
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Ðæt on land Dena láðra nǽnig mid scipherge sceðþan ne meahte, Beo. Th. 491; B. 243. Ne gehérde nón mon ðáget nánne sciphere, ne furþon ymbe nán gefeoht sprecan, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 14.
geond
Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond ⬩ per, trans, inter, post, ultra ⬩ κατά
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Ðǽr se hálga stenc wunaþ geond wynlond there a holy fragrance rests over the pleasant land, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 10; Ph. 82. Geond sídne grund over the wide abyss, Cd. 6; Th. 8, 35; Gen. 134.
Linked entries: gind giond gond eond giend geond-innan be-geondan geondan gynd
ge-mǽne
Common, general, mutual, in common ⬩ communis ⬩ communis, generalis, solitus ⬩ communis
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Gemǽne læs compascuus ager, Ælfc. Gl. 96; Wrt. Voc. 53, 54. Him eallum wǽron eall gemǽne erant eis omnia communia, Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 15 : Jos. 8, 2. Unc sceal worn fela máðma gemǽnra to us two shall be a great many common treasures, Beo.
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sin-gal
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Se singala ege ne lǽt nǽnne mon gesǽligne beón continuus timor non sinit esse felicem, Bt. 11, 2 ; Fox 34, 28 : 12 ; Fox 36, 28. Mid ðæm sin*-*galum geþohte ab hac cogitatione continua, Past. 11, 7 ; Swt. 72, 6. Geleáfan singalum fides jugis, Hymn.
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stingan
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</b> fig. to thrust one's self into the affairs of another, to exercise authority. v. in-, on-sting :-- Ná stinge nán mann on ðæt land, búton se hýred æt <b>Xp~es</b> cyrcean. Chart. Th. 578, 6.
stæþ
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A bank, shore, the land bordering on water Stæð ripa, Wrt. Voc. i.54, 19. Stæð vel brerd labram, margo, vel crepido, 57, 25. Of ðæm mere ðe Truso standeþ in staðe, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 9. On ðam staþe ðe is genemned Ypwines fleót, 449; Erl. 12, 2.
wrítere
a draughtsman ⬩ painter ⬩ a writer ⬩ scribe ⬩ copyist ⬩ a writer ⬩ author ⬩ a scribe
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Ðe læs ðe wé þurh gýmeleásum wríterum geleahtrode beón, Homl. Th. ii. 2, 22. purh gýmeleáse wríteras, i. 8, 12 : Ælfc. T. Grn. 24, 32. a writer, author Se gyt óþ tó dæg, cwæþ se wrítere, lifigende is, Bd. 5, 18 ; S. 636, 11.
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wórian
To wander about ⬩ to wander about ⬩ ramble ⬩ be a vagabond
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Ne férde heó wórigende geond land, ac wæs wunigende binnan Godes temple, Homl. Th. i. 148, 3: ii. 160, 21. Wórigende geond wudas and feldas, 188, 14. Eówre beam beóð wórigende on ðisum wéstene felii vestri ernnt vagi in deserto, Num. 14, 33 : Homl.
á-fédan
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Voc. ii. 105, 25. of that which produces food Hú þis land mihte þone here áfédan. Chr. 1085; P. 216, 1. of material which is food Manna wæs geháten se heofon-lica mete þe áfédde þæt folc on wéstene. Hml.
a-rédian
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Þe lǽs þe hý unwære wurðan áredode (-reodade, v. l. ), Wlfst. 79, 16: 273, 18. to find out what is appropriate, to hit upon Fultuma mé ꝥ ic simle þone rǽd árædige ðe ðé lícworðe sí, Shrn. 170, 30 : Angl. xii. 512, 32.
ge-sceap
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Ǽr gé sceonde wið gesceapu fremmen ere ye commit shameful sin against the laws of nature, Gen. 2469. lot, fate, appointed condition of life, destiny [Hé] heóld on heáh gesceap he fulfilled a high destiny, B. 3084.
ge-dafenian
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H. 67, 12: 77, 12. without a subject, alone Godes laga bealdan swá swá his háde gedafenað, Ll. Th. i. 346, 24. Dó hire swá dohtrum gedafenað faciet illi juxta morem filiorum, Ll.
ge-frédan
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Past. 139, 16-20. of the sense of easte Ðý lǽs hé ðá bieternesse ðǽre wyrte gefréde, Past. 303, 15. to be sensible of a state or condition Hé swilces nán þing ofer ꝥ on him sylfum ne gefrédde (ongæt, v.l. ), Gr. D. 102, 4.