hraþe
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Hraður þonne ic mæge án word gecweþan dicto citius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 2.
hund
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Wildu diór wolde stondan swilce hí tamu wǽron ðeáh hí men oððe hundas wið eódon, 3. Hú wǽre þú dyrstig ofstikian bár? Hundas bedrifon hyne tó mé, Coll. M. 22, 15.
hwæt-hwega
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Huothuoego þ sum ðing, 21, 3: Lk. L. 7, 40. Huothuogu (hwæthwoegu) quid, Jn. L. 4, 33. Hwæthwogu aliquid, Jn. R. 13, 29. Huodhuoge quid, Mk.
wilde
Wild ⬩ wild ⬩ not domestic ⬩ not tamed ⬩ not broken in ⬩ wild ⬩ not cultivated ⬩ wild ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ uninhabited ⬩ wild ⬩ turbulent ⬩ ungoverned
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Wildu diór, Met. 27, 20: Cd. Th. 91, 22; Gen. 1516. Wildu deór and neáta gehwylc, 240, 20; Dan. 389. Cómon wilde beran and wulfas. Homl. Th. i. 244, 18. Wildra deóra ðæt grimmeste, Exon. Th. 371, 28 ; Seel. 82.
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Cædmon
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He became a monk of Whitby, and died in the monastery about A. D. 680. A full account is given of him in Bede's History, bk. iv. ch. 24.
láf
remnant ⬩ remains ⬩ relic ⬩ remainder ⬩ rest ⬩ lave ⬩ legacy ⬩ heirloom ⬩ a relict ⬩ widow
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Ðá hæfde Eádríc láfe and nán bearn then Eadric died ... Eadric left a widow but no child, Chart. Th. 272, 22
þicgan
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Ceorf nygan penegas, and ðige ða, Lchdm. iii. 8, 2. Nǽfre gé beódgereordu unárlíce eówre þicgeaþ, Cd. Th. 91, 29; Gen. 1519. Ne hé náht fúles ne þicge ( comedat ), Jud. 13, 4. Wiþ þon þe mon þicge átor, Lchdm. ii. 110, 24.
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un-weorþ
of no value ⬩ of no dignity ⬩ little esteemed ⬩ unworthy ⬩ not of sufficient merit ⬩ worthless ⬩ bad ⬩ contemptible ⬩ despicable ⬩ ignoble ⬩ ignominious ⬩ dishonouring
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Ðú wilt habban ealle fægere ðing and ácorene, and wilt ðé sylf beón wáclíc and unwurð, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 20. Unwurð scop tragicus vel comicus, Wrt. Voc. i. 60, 9. Unweorþe scopas tragedi vel comedi, 39, 39.
wang
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Dæg se georstenlíca God besceáwede on wangum dies hesterna Deum conspexit in arvis, Hymn. Surt. 47, 10. On sumeres tíd stincaþ on stówum, wynnum æfter wongum wyrta geblówene, Exon. Th. 178, 24; Gú. 1249.
á
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Á fordh in dies, Txts. 70, 529. Forþ unwemme á, Cri. 300. Á mid ældum in ǽlce tíd geweorþad, 405. Ús freódóm gief from yfla gehwám á tó wídan feore, Hy. 5, ll. Á in wintra worn, Dan. 324. Á ic symles wæs willan þínes georn, An. 64.
eorþe
the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ land ⬩ earth ⬩ the earth ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ soil ⬩ mould ⬩ dust
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H. 101, 2. as suitable for cultivation, soil, land Dǽl rénas ofer þíne eorðan . . syle wæstmas þínre eorðan . . . bið þín eorðe ídel and unnyt, Wlfst. 260 6-10. as productive Ðiós eorðe, ðe him ðæt gestreón of cóm, eallum mannum is tó gemánan geseald
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hebban
to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount
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Cleopa, hefe úp ðíne stefne suá bíme quasi tuba exalta vocem tuam, Past. 91, 19: Wlfst. 283, 1. [Þæt hé] hófe háligu word, Dan. 543. Wæs lof hafen . . . hí Fæder weorðodon, and þone Sunu wordum heredon, El. 890: Jul. 693.
habban
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</b> to take as guardian :-- Gif se ceorl (ere forð, hæbbe sió módor hire beam and féde if the husband die, let the mother take tie chile! and bring it up, Ll.
ende
a region ⬩ quarter ⬩ side ⬩ quarter ⬩ part ⬩ proportion ⬩ death ⬩ end ⬩ finished ⬩ issue ⬩ event ⬩ goal ⬩ ultimately ⬩ always ⬩ ultimately ⬩ continuously ⬩ consecutively ⬩ kind ⬩ sort
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Ego sum α et α, principium et finis, dicit Dominus Deus, Rev. 1, 8), An. 556. Ic þé secgan wille ór and ende, 649. Ongeat cyning ord and ende þæs þe him ýwed wæs, Dan. 162. From orde oþ ende forð, El. 590.
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leód
A man ⬩ poet ⬩ a prince ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ country
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Gif ðú ðæt gerǽdest ðæt ðú ðíne leóda lýsan wille if you decide to save thy men, Byrht. Th. 132, 56; By. 37
Sunnan-dæg
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On ánum ðara restedaga se nú Sunnandæg is nemned una Sabbati quae nunc Dominica dies dicitur, Bd. 3, 17; S. 545, 30. Dómes dæg ... se hálgesta Sunnandæg ... ðý dæge blissiaþ ða ðe Sunnandæges freóls heóldan, Wulfst. 244, 14-19.
wanian
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Manega nellaþ heora ðing wanian on Mónandæg (cf. þrý dagas ( the last Monday in April, the first Mondays in August and January ) syndon on ðám for nánre neóde ne mannes ne neátes blód sý tó wanienne . . .
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lócian
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Him biþ swá þǽm fuglum þe magon bet lócian on niht ðonne on dæg similes avibus sunt, quorum intuitum nox illuminat, dies caecat, Bt. 38, 5 ; F. 206, 4. Simle hé bið lóciende, ne slǽpþ hé nǽfre, 42 ; F. 258, 8.
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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Athelstan prepared to attack him for rejecting his sister, but Sihtric died, when Anlaf his son fled to Ireland, and Athelstan added Northumbria to his dominions.
lyft
Air ⬩ atmosphere ⬩ breeze ⬩ sky ⬩ heavens ⬩ cloud
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Under lyfte sub divo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 83, 34: Andr. Kmbl. 839; An. 420. Nalles æfter lyfte lácende hwearf he went not sporting through the air, Beo. Th. 5656; B. 2832. Hé gesette storm his on lyfte statuit procellam ejus in auram, Ps. Spl. 106, 29.