wá
Woe ⬩ ill ⬩ woe ⬩ alas ⬩ vae, ⬩ well-a-way ⬩ well-a-day ⬩ ah ⬩ vah
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Kmbl. 1253; El. 628. with a clause Him bið wá on his móde, ðæt gé swá ánrǽde beód, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 167.
mǽgþ
A collection of mǽgas ⬩ a family ⬩ stock ⬩ race ⬩ as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied ⬩ descendants of a common ancestor living at the same time ⬩ a generation ⬩ a tribe ⬩ subdivision of a people ⬩ a people ⬩ nation ⬩ province ⬩ country
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Ða mǽgþe ðe mon háteþ Gallia Belgica, 1, 1; S. 473, 12. On Palestina ðære mǽgþe, Shrn. 100, 26. On Tiro ðære mǽgþe, Th. Ap. 3, 24: Blickl. Homl. 211, 16: Andr. Kmbl. 528; An. 264
tó-dǽlan
To divide, ⬩ separate, ⬩ distribute ⬩ to divide a whole into parts, ⬩ to destroy unity, ⬩ make dissension in ⬩ to divide a whole by assigning the limits of the different parts ⬩ to divide one number by another ⬩ to divide one thing from another, ⬩ part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to scatter, ⬩ disperse ⬩ to destroy ⬩ to distribute, ⬩ give away parts of a whole, ⬩ to divide into shares ⬩ to share ⬩ to divide, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ separate, ⬩ make a difference between ⬩ to be different, ⬩ be distinguished from. ⬩ to separate with the mind ⬩ discern, ⬩ discriminate, ⬩ distinguish, ⬩ to give forth, ⬩ utter
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In góman ðǽr mon ðone smæc tódǽleþ in palato, Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 4. Nú tódǽlde Petrus swutelíce ðone sóðan geleáfan ðá ðá hé cwæð: 'Ðú eart ðæs lifigendan Godes sunu,' Homl. Th. i. 366, 31.
ende-byrdnes
a row ⬩ series ⬩ a rank ⬩ grade ⬩ degree ⬩ rank ⬩ position ⬩ degree ⬩ an order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ order ⬩ method ⬩ regulation ⬩ ordering ⬩ an injunction ⬩ ordinance
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A. 129, 442-130, 449. a stated form of a rite, order of service: Þá gefullode hine mon on ðǽre ciricean endebyrdnesse, Bl.
gíman
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Ben. 74, 15. to core for. to have a liking or desire for. the object a person Wǽrleás mon and . . . ungetreów, þæs ne gýmeð God, Gn. Ex. 164. the object a thing, material Eádige beóð þá þe þissa eorþwelena ne gýmaþ, Bl. H. 159, 30.
hǽþen
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Gif ungefullod cild fǽrlíce bið gebróhte tó þám mæssepreóst, ꝥ hé mót fullian sóna, ꝥ hit ne swelte hǽden, 352, 17. Cf. Gif hit bútan fulluhte gewit, 412, 24. barbarous. Cf.
hwá
Who ⬩ what. ⬩ any one ⬩ some one ⬩ anything ⬩ something ⬩ whosoever ⬩ whatsoever, ⬩ whatever
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Ic ne can for hwam se streám ne mót stillan nihtes I know not why the stream cannot rest at night, Salm. Kmbl. 795; Sal. 397.
CYFES
A concubine, handmaid ⬩ concubina, pellex, ancilla
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Of cifise ex pellĭce, Mone B. 4553. Se ðe hæbbe riht wíf, and eác cifese [MS.
DEÓP
DEEP, profound, stern, awful, solemn ⬩ prŏfundus, grăvis, sōlemnis
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Moyses sægde hálige spræce, deóp ǽrende Moses delivered a holy speech, a solemn message, Cd. 169; Th. 210, 20; Exod. 518
ísern
Iron
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Se lǽce hýd his ísern wið ðone moon ðe hé sníðan wile the surgeon hides his knife from the man he wants to cut, 26, 3 ; Swt. 185. 25
mǽg-burh
Kindred ⬩ family ⬩ relatives ⬩ tribe
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Hé hit ne móste sellan of his mǽgburge he might not sell it (bócland) out of the family, L. Alf. pol. 41; Th. i. 88, 18. Wes mǽgburge mínre árfæst be kind to my kindred, Cd. 136; Th. 171, 8; Gen. 2825 : Exon. 88 a; Th. 331, 3; Vy. 62.
ge-limpan
To happen ⬩ occur ⬩ befall ⬩ come to pass ⬩ take place ⬩ accĭdĕre ⬩ evĕnīre ⬩ contingĕre
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Frófor eft gelamp sárigmódum comfort afterwards came to the sad of mood, Beo. Th. 5875; B. 2940. Ðá sió tíd gelomp when the time came, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 34; Met. 26, 17 : Bt. 18, 4; Fox 66, 27.
teóða
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Ða wæteru wanedon óð ðæne teóðan mónð, and on ðam teóðan mónðe æteówdon ðæra munta cnollas, Gen. 8, 5. Wite cristenra manna gehwilc, ðæt hé his Drihtene his teóðunge, á swá seó sulh ðone teóðan æcer gegá, rihtlíce gelǽste, L.
ufera
upper ⬩ higher ⬩ upmost ⬩ highest ⬩ later ⬩ after
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Ðý læs hit mono uferan dógore wrǽce ne quis eum umquam ulcisci meditaretur, Ors. 4, 5; Swt. 168, 6. Gif eówre bearn eów befrínaþ eft on uferum dagum quando interrogaverint vos filii vestri cras, Jos. 4, 6. On uferan dagum, Wulfst. 88, 20: Chart.
fægernes
ornament ⬩ beauty ⬩ pleasantness
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Voc. ii. 89, 62. of things Hwæt belimpþ þé heora (sun, moon and stars) fægernesse? hwæþer ðú durre gilpan ꝥ heora fægernes þín sié?, Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 22. Fægernes venustas (marmoris ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 73.
heord-rǽden
watching over ⬩ a guard ⬩ watch
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Sete, Drihten, heordrǽdene mínum móðe. Hml. S. 30, 209.
Linked entries: hird-ness hird-ræden
sárig
feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad ⬩ expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter
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Ðá wurdon hiora wíf swá sárige on hiora móde, and swá swíðlíce gedréfed, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 44, 29. Hig wæron sárie ( dolentes ¨ ) for hira geswince, Num. 11, 1. Monge ðe hine sárge gesóhtun, freórigmóde, Exon. Th. 155, 12; Gú. 859.
ofer-stǽlan
to confute, convince, convict
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Ic eom geþafa ðæt ic eom swíðe rihte oferstéled, and ic beó ealne weig micle gefegenra ðonne ðú mé myd þillícum ofærstǽlest, ðonne ic ǽfre wéræ ðonne ic óðerne man oferstǽlde I allow that I am very properly confuted, and I am always much more pleased
trucian
to fail in doing something ⬩ to fail a person ⬩ be wanting in duty to a person ⬩ to fail ⬩ come to an end
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castelas him tó hearme, Chr. 1090; Erl. 226, 32. to fail, come to an end Trucaþ periclitatur, ic trucige periclitor (the passage is: Propria manu perire non licet, absque eo ubi castitas periclitatur ; but the glosser seems to have taken the word to mean more
tyslian
To dress
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I will say no more about that shameful fashion of dress, but that books tell us, that he is accursed, who holds the customs of heathen men in his life and thereby dishonours his own race, Wanley Cat. pp. 121-122; see also Engl. Stud. viii. 62.
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