heard-sǽlþ
A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct
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Hit gebyrede þurh ða heardsǽlþa ðara wrítera ðæt hí for heora slǽwþe and for gímeléste and for recceléste forléton unwriten ðara monna dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron quam multos clarissimos suis temporibus viros scriptorum inops delevit oblivio
of-talu
The successful defence made against a claim
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Ðá ðá him seó talu cúð wæs, ðá sende hé gewrit tó ðam arcebisceope, and beád him ðæt hé and hys þegenas hý on riht gesémdon be ontale and be oftale the suit became known to the king.
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ge-swerian
To swear ⬩ take an oath ⬩ jūrāre
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To swear, take an oath; jūrāre Ic ðæt geswerige þurh sunu Meotudes this I swear by the son of the Creator, Elen. Kmbl. 1368; El. 686. Ic geswerge I swear, Exon. 67 a; Th. 247, 17; Jul. 80. Swá ic geswór wið Drihten sīcut jūrāvit Domĭno, Ps.
hnescian
To make, ⬩ or to become, soft, ⬩ to soften
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Hí hnescodon sprǽca his molliti sunt sermones ejus, Ps. Spl. 54, 24. Ongunnon ða godes cempan hnexian God's warriors began to yield, Homl. Skt. 5, 48, 51: 8, 29
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symbel-dæg
a feast-day, ⬩ a festival, day of a religious feast
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Se biscop sæt sume symbeldæge on ðære cierecan, Shrn. 78, 26. Ðone mǽron symbeldæg Drihtnes upstiges, Blickl. Homl. 131, 10. On symmeldæge (symbel-, MS. A.) per diem festum, Mk. Skt. 15, 6. His symbeldæg (natalitia) wé mérsiaþ, Rtl. 44, 28.
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ge-endian
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Geendad wéron ðá færmo impletae sunt nubtiae, Mt. L. 22, 10. of time Æfter ðon geendad wéron dagas æhto postquam consummati sunt dies octo, Lk. L. R. 2, 21: 4, 2. Geendade, 2, 43. intrans.
a-weccan
to awake ⬩ arouse from sleep ⬩ awake from death ⬩ e somno excitare ⬩ suscitare ⬩ resuscitare ⬩ to excite ⬩ rouse ⬩ stir up ⬩ call forth ⬩ raise up ⬩ raise up children ⬩ excitare ⬩ concitare ⬩ suscitare ⬩ resuscitare
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Hys bróðor sǽd awecce suscitet semen fratri suo, 20, 28
cyme
A coming, an approach, advent ⬩ adventus
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Morgensteorra bodaþ ðære sunnan cyme the morning star announces the sun's approach, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 4.
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for-bærnan
To burn up ⬩ consume ⬩ ŭrĕre ⬩ combūrĕre
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Ðæt seó sunne mid hyre hǽtan middaneardes wæstmas forbærne that the sun with her heat burn up the fruits of the earth, Wrt. popl. science 9, 6; Lchdm. iii. 250, 17.
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lácnian
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ tend ⬩ take care of ⬩ treat ⬩ dress(a wound)
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Freónd ðe his gýmenne dyde and his wunda lácnian wolde amicos qui sui curam agerent, Bd. 4, 22; S. 591, 2. Ðis is þearf ðæt se se ðe wunde lácnian (Hatt.
Linked entry: lǽcnan
GLEÁW
Clear-sighted ⬩ wise ⬩ skilful ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ good ⬩ sagax ⬩ prudens ⬩ astutus ⬩ sapiens ⬩ gnarus
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Sum biþ leóþa gleáw one is skilled in songs, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 16; Crä. 52: 79 b; Th. 298, 33; Crä. 94: Bt. Met. Fox 1, 103; Met. 1, 52. Ǽcraftig gleáw geþances cunning in the law, wise of thought, Cd. 212; Th. 262, 13; Dan. 743.
gram
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Ic eom nalæs grames módes non sum turbatus, 118, 60. Of gramum folce de populo barbaro, 113, 1. Ðín ðæt grame yrre thy fierce anger, 68, 25: 84, 1: 108, 18.
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scolu
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Sum leorningman on scole scholasticus quidam, Bd. 3, 13; S. 538, 18. Ic ( Ethelwulf ) on Róme Englisce scole gesette, Chart. Th. 116, 33. Se ( Marinus ) gefreóde Ongelcynnes scole be Ælfrédes béne West-Seaxna cyninges, Chr. 885; Erl. 84, 19.
Birīnus
Birīnus, the first bishop of Wessex,
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Itaque evangelizante illo in præfata provincia, cum rex ipse catechizatus, fonte baptismi cum sua gente ablueretur, contigit tunc temporis sanctissimum ac victoriosissimum regem Nordanhymbrorum Osualdum adfuisse....
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Boétius
Anicius Manlius Severīnus Boëthius, born in Rome between A. D. 470-475, was Consul in 510. He was so eminent for his integrity and talents that he attracted the attention and obtained the patronage of Theodoric the Great, king of the East or Ostrogoths. He was afterwards accused of treason, and cast into prison, where he wrote his celebrated work De Consolatione Philosophiæ, which king Alfred translated into Anglo-Saxon about A. D. 888. Being condemned to death, without a hearing, he was beheaded in prison about A. D. 524
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D. 524 Ðá wæs sum consul, ðæt we heretoha hitaþ, Boétius wæs háten. Se wæs, in bóccræftum and on worold-þeáwum, se rihtwísesta there was a certain consul, that we call heretoha, who was named Boëthius.
ge-hycgan
To think ⬩ conceive ⬩ consider ⬩ devise ⬩ reflect ⬩ be mindful ⬩ think about ⬩ care ⬩ intend ⬩ resolve
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Sum in mæðle mæg folcrǽdenne gehycgan one in council can devise a nation's law, Exon. 79 a; Th. 295, 33; Crä. 42 : Cd. 203; Th. 252, 29; Dan. 586.
swát
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Suát, Rtl. 192, 17. His swát ( sudor ) wæs swylce blódes dropan, Lk. Skt. 22, 44. Of ealdum cláðum ðe beóþ eal on swáte, Homl. Ass. 35, 280. Swá ða swát (but ii. 56, 15 has spátl), beóþ missenlícu, Lchdm. iii. 72, 28. <b>Ia.
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wirdan
To injure ⬩ hurt ⬩ annoy ⬩ to injure, ⬩ do wrong to ⬩ violate a law ⬩ hinder
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Sum mon wæs, ðam unwlitig swile his eágan brégh wyrde and wemde, cui tumor deformis palpebram oculi foedaverat Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 18.
cunnian
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Add: with gen. to try, test Þæs cunnede sum lǽce a certain doctor tested that statement, Lch. iii. 152, 6. Ðæt wé his cunnedon hwæþer hit swelc wǽre, Nar. 26, 2. Hí woldon cunnian heora mihte on þæs cáseres fyrde ǽr þám þe hig féngon tó sibbe, Jud.