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Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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C. 135 ], fire sprang up from Etna among the Sicilians, and burnt more of the land than it ever did before, Ors. 5, 2; Bos. 103, 16.

Linked entries: Ætne Etne

hwón

(adj.)
Grammar
hwón, adj.

Littlefew

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Swá hwæt swá hé læs and hwón hæfde geearnunge si quid minus haberet meriti, Bd. 4, 29; S. 608, 1. Bealosíþa hwón, Exon. 81 b; Th. 307, 24; Seef. 28. Dó hwón on ðíne tungan put a little on to your tongue, L.

nægel

(n.)
Grammar
nægel, nægl, es; m.

the nail of a finger or toea nailpegan instrument for striking the strings of a harp

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God of ðam láme flǽsc worhte and blód, bán and fell, fex and næglas, Homl. Th. i. 236, 16. a nail, peg Nægl clavus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 10. Nægl paxillum, palum, 116, 27. Nægles epigri vel clavi, i. 39, 63. Nægle cuspide, ii. 21, 24.

be-windan

(v.)
Grammar
be-windan, bi-windan; p. -wand, -wond, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden; v. a.

To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turnamplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere

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Mec mon folmum biwond, and mec ðá on þeóstre alegde biwundenne mid wonnum cláðum one with hands enwrapped me, and then laid me in darkness enwrapped in dusky clothes, Exon. 28 b; Th. 87, 9-12; Cri. 1422-1424.

þus

(adv.)
Grammar
þus, adv.

Thusin this manner, degree

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Heó andwyrde: 'Geá, leóf, swá micel' Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much (Acts 5, 8), Homl. Th. i. 316, 32

ár

Grammar
ár, honour.
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Ic geswutelige on ðisum gewrite hú ic míne áre and míne ǽhta geunnen hæbbe, 557, 14. v. land-, un-, weorold-ár

beótian

(v.)

to threatento threatento threaten witha weapona penalty, to promise

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Bd. 4, 32; Sch. 545, 16. to threaten with (mid or instrumental), a weapon, Hé mid his tuxum tó him beótode, Guth. 48, l. a penalty, Þá Lang-beardan ongunnon beótian (-igean, v. l.) heom tó deáðe coepere Longo-bardi mortem eis minari, Gr.

cwide

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On cwyde þínum lǽf þearfum in testamento tuo relinque pauperibus, Scint. 146, 13. v. folc-, fore-, samnung-, sealm-, spell-cwide

éhtan

Grammar
éhtan, éhtian.
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Ðý lǽs hwelc ðára niéhstena his éhte ( persequatur ) and gefoo, Past. 167, 4. Engel éhtiende hig angelus persequens eos, Ps. L. 34, 6. Éhtendum insequente, i. persequente, An. Ox. 4749. Éhtende persequente, Kent.

for-déman

to condemnto condemnsentence to punishmentto confiscatesequestratedecidedetermine

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H. 223, 32. in a civil case Þý lǽs ǽnig man cweðe þæt ic míne mǽgcild mid wó fordémde, Cht. Th. 486, 28. in a criminal case, to condemn, sentence to punishment Hwǽr synd þá ðe þé wrégdon? Ne fordémde (condemnauit) þé nán man ...

for-niman

to comprehendcarry offdo away withdefraudconsume

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Læg heó swilce mid slǽpe fornumen, Hml. Th. ii. 32, 29. Seó módor mid murcnunge wæs fornumen, Hml. S. 2, 105. Mid fyrhte fornumene, 3, 138: Hml. Th. ii. 382, 3. Mið costungum fornumena tormentis comprehensos, Mt.

Linked entry: for-nǽman

frófor

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Add: [A weak form occurs in the late Shrn. 202, 16.] consolation. the action of consoling Þé is nú frófres máre þearf þonne unrótnesse medicinae tempus est, non querelae, Bt. 3, 3; S. 9, 17.

ge-stígan

(v.)
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II. to descend to, reach by descending :-- Ne se steorra (Ursa) gestígan wile westdǽl wolcna; ealle stiorran segað æfter sunnan under eorþan grund, he ana stent Ursa nunquam occiduo lata profundo, cetera cernens sidera mergi, cupit oceano tingere jlammas

hǽlan

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Ðý lǽs. . . hwærfa hiá and ic hǽlo ( sanem ) hiá, 13, 15 : Jn. L. 13, 40. Ꝥte haelde ðrael his ut saluaret seruum eius, Lk. L. 7, 3. Críst hié hǽlan wolde, BI. H. 105, 26. Hǽla ðá unstronga sanare infirmos, Lk.

hearde

firmlytightly

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[The last three passages might be taken under IV] in a way that involves pain Hrinon hearmtánas hearde and sáre drihta bearnum, Gen. 992. Þæs wráðe ongeald, hearde mid híwum, hægstealda wynn, 1862: Dan. 598.

neáh

(adv.)
Grammar
neáh, adv. prep.
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H. 45, 17. add: in superlative, of order in time, last Hét se cing þá módor ealra neáhst ácwellan, Shrn. III, 22. Æðelstán and Eádmund, and Eádgár þe níhst wæs, Ll. Th. i. 350, 7. Be ðám þe ic nú niéhst ácsode, Solil. H. 65, 3.

wine

(n.)
Grammar
wine, es; m.

A friend.applied to an equalapplied to one who can help or protecta friendly lorda (powerful) friendused of a husband or loverapplied to an inferior or subordinate, one to whom favour or protection may be shewn

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Geared lǽfde land and leódweard (cf. Geared gold brittade..., his freómágum leóf, 72, 8; Gen. 1183), Cd. Th. 72, 29; Gen. 1194. Ne þurfon mé hæleð ætwítan, nú mín wine (Byrhtnoth) gecranc, ðæt ic hláfordleás hám síðie, Byrht. Th. 139, 7; By. 250.

Linked entries: dæg-wine wine-leás

ge-teón

(v.)
Grammar
ge-teón, ic -teó, ðú -týhst, he -týhþ, pl. -teóþ; p. -teáh, -teág, -téh, pl. -tugon; pp. -togen.

to drawleadinciteexciteconstrainrestrainbring upinstructbring to an endcompletedraw or bind togetherstring a musical instrumenttrahereducereperducerestringereevaginareexcitareconstringereeducareinstitueread finem perducerecomplerenervis aptare vel instruereto bring as an offering or giftcontributebestowgiveconferre

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He geteág ealde láfe he drew an ancient relic [i. e. a sword ], Cd. 162; Th. 203, 22; Exod. 407. Getogene ðý wǽpne evaginata sica, Bd. 2, 9; S. 511, 21. Folc to mánum getogen excitatum ad scelera vulgus, 2, 5; S. 507, 42.

Cerdic

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdic, es; m.

CerdicCerdĭcus

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And six years after they landed, they subdued the West-Saxons' kingdom; and they were the first kings, who conquered the West-Saxons' land from the Welsh; and he had the kingdom sixteen years; and when he died, then his son Cynric succeeded

GÁST

(n.)
Grammar
GÁST, gǽst, es; m.

the breathhālĭtusspīrāmenthe spiritsoulGHOSTspīrĭtusanĭmusănĭma

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Lamb. 32, 6. Blǽde oððe gáste spīrāmĭne, Hymn Surt. 43, 36. the spirit, soul, GHOST; spīrĭtus, anĭmus, ănĭma Gást spīrĭtus, Wrt. Voc. 76, 31. Se gást is hræd spīrĭtus promptus est. Mt.

Linked entries: góst gaast gǽst gǽst