Gúþ-lác
The hermit ⬩ saint of Crowland died at the age of 41,in A. D. 714
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Hæfde Gúþlác ðá on ylde six and twentig wintra ðá he ǽrest on ðam wéstene [Crúlande] gesæt then Guthlac was six and twenty years of age when he first settled in the desert [Crowland ], Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 24, 3.
Linked entry: Crúland
scolu
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Se ( Marinus ) gefreóde Ongelcynnes scole be Ælfrédes béne West-Seaxna cyninges, Chr. 885; Erl. 84, 19.
eorl
a hero
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Cnut cyng eall Englalandes ríce tódǽlde on feówer; him seolfan West-Sexan, and Þúrkylle Eást-Englan . . . 1017; P. 154, 4), Chr. 1020; P. 154, 24. Ðá cóm Godwine eorl and Swegen eorl and Harold eorl . . .
hæc
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Swá west ðæt hit cymð tó ðan hæcce be súðan Cranrnere, C. D. iii. 399, 22. Capturam in arnne Derentan constructarn, quae usitato æt Ginan hecce nuncupatur uocabulo, 199, 8. Of ðám hæcce . . . eft innon ðane hæcc, vi. 171, 5-8. Ðæne hæcce, 76, 29.
hlǽfdige
A lady, ⬩ mistress of a house; ⬩ after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king,
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A lady, mistress of a house; after Bertric's time it is the title given to the wife of the West-Saxon king, v. William of Malm. bk. ii. c. 2 Hlǽfdige, domina, Wrt. Voc. 72, 79. Hírédes hlǽfdige materfamilias, 73, 21.
hrycg
a back ⬩ dorsum ⬩ spina ⬩ a ridge ⬩ rigg
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West ðonan on ðone hrycg, 416, 17. Ofer ðæs temples hricg supra pinnam templi, Lk. Skt. 4, 9. Com ic on sǽs hricg veni in altitudinem maris, Ps. Th. 68, 2. Ofer sǽs hrygc, Lchdm. iii. 34, 16.
slǽd
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B. 7 (West Riding) In Levin's Manip. Vocab. -1570- a slade, valley = vallis, and Drayton uses the word in this sense, v. Nares; see also Halliwell's Dict. , low, flat, marshy ground, with a broad bottom, a valley.
Linked entries: sléd wíþig-slǽd wæter-slæd
tácnian
to make a mark upon something, to mark ⬩ to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark ⬩ to indicate, point out ⬩ to signify ⬩ to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize ⬩ to indicate what is future, to portend
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Kmbl. p. 148, 4. to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark Se steorra ðe wé hátaþ ǽfensteorra, ðonne hé biþ west gesewen, ðonne tácnaþ hé ǽfen, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 34.
Linked entries: tǽcnan tǽcnian firen-tácnian
wícian
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Ðú cans eal ðis wésten and wásð hwǽr wé wícian magon tu nosti, in quibus locis per desertum castra ponere debeamus, Past. 41; Swt. 304, 16. Ðá hét ic míne fyrd restan and wícian ego jussi castra poni, Nar. 8, 26.
Linked entry: ge-wícian
hwearfian
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ roll about ⬩ revolve ⬩ wander ⬩ move ⬩ toss about
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Coll.] geond ðæt wésten they went wandering through the desert; per vasta deserti evagatur, Ors. 6, 31; Swt. 286, 19
Linked entry: hreafigende
blǽd
a blowing ⬩ breath ⬩ breathing ⬩ spirit ⬩ inspiration ⬩ flame ⬩ blaze ⬩ prosperity
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Zephirus blǽwð westan, and þurh his blǽð (blǽd, v. l.) ácuciað ealle blǽdu, Lch. iii. 274, 20. Blǽdas flabra, i. flatus ventorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 24: fla(b)ra, 37, 21. Blǽdas (-es, MS.) auras, An. Ox. 50, 4.
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mór
a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain
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Of ðissum wéstum wídum mórum a desertis montibus, Ps. Th. 74, 6. Waldend scóp wudige móras, Exon. 54b; Th. 193, 12; Az. 120
stíg
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Be westan róde óó sticelan stíg; ðonne be ðære stíge óð ða ealdan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 29. Of ðam stáne tó ðære grénan stíge, 38, 23.
Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg
Columba
An Irish priest, the Apostle of the Highlands
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He preached to the Picts, whose king gave him the Western Isle, Iona, in which he founded his abbey and college.
ymb-útan
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Glídeþ ǽg ymbútan, 20, 171. with other adverbs Se sciphere sigelede west ymbútan, Chr. 877; Erl. 78, 17. Sum hund scipa fóron súð ymbútan, and sum feówertig scipa norþ ymbútan, 894 ; Erl. 91, 6. Tó farenne eást ymbútan, Ors. 6, 36; Swt. 292, 29.
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Wintan-ceaster
Winchester
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Hí West-Seaxna bisceopum underþeódde wǽron, ða ðe on Wintaceastre wǽron, Bd. 4, 15 ; S. 583, 35. Tó Wintaceastre (Winte-, v. l.) .vi. myneteras, L. Ath. i. 14 ; Th. i. 206, 31 : Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 326, 16. Winteceastre, ii. 176, 11: v. 163, 11.
Linked entries: Wænte Win-ceaster
hwón
Little ⬩ few
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Hé ðǽr bád westanwindes and hwón norþan he there waited for a wind rather from the north of west, 1, 1; Swt. 17, 15. Hwón lange rather long, Herb. 152, 1; Lchdm. i. 276, 24. Hwón weredre swæce of a rather sweet taste, 151, i; Lchdm. i. 276, 9.
Linked entries: æt-hwón ná-teþeshwón hwéne
bodian
to declare ⬩ proclaim ⬩ to foretell ⬩ prophesy ⬩ celebrate ⬩ praise ⬩ to preach ⬩ a person ⬩ a doctrine ⬩ belief
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Birinus bodude West-Seaxum fulwuht, Chr. 634; P. 26, l. Felix bodade Eást-Englum Crístes geleáfan, 636; P. 26, 5.
wealcan
To roll, toss. ⬩ of the movement of water ⬩ trans. ⬩ of other movement ⬩ literal ⬩ metaph. ⬩ of action ⬩ of thought, ⬩ trans. To turn over in the mind ⬩ to revolve, consider ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ intrans. ⬩ to turn over, deal with
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Kmbl. 341, 6; Rún. 9. metaph. of action Godwine eorl and ealle ða yldestan menn on West-Seaxon lágon ongeán swá hí lengost mihton, ac hí ne mihton nán þing ongeán wealcan (another MS. has hí náht ná gespéddan) Earl Godwin and the chief men of Wessex
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eác
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Be westan Sealwuda ge be eástan, ge eác be norþan Temese, 894; P. 87, 17: Bl. H. 15, 4: 21, 10. Hié beóð úpáhafene and eác beóð onbærnde ... ge eác beoð besmitene, 25, 7.