Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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BEOWULF, a celebrated warrior of the Scyldings'; race, a record of whose heroic deeds is given in the Anglo-Saxon poem bearing his name.
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healf
HALF
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Ic him sylle vii æcras feórþe helfne on ánum stede and feórþe halfne an óðrum stede I give him seven acres, three and a half in one place and three and a half in another, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 263, 12-15.
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Seó leó gif heó blódes onbirigþ ábít ǽrest hire ládteów the lioness, if she tastes blood, will first rend her keeper; primusque lacer dente cruento domitor rabidas imbuit iras, Bt. 25; Fox 38, 14.
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LECGAN
to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay
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Gif hine hwá lecge, L. Eth. iv. 4; Th. i. 222, 9. Se ðe mid þeófe stande and mid feohte, lecge hine man mid ðam þeófe. v. 1, 3; Th. i. 228, 23. Ðæt hine man lecgan ne móste, Th. i. 230, 6
scrífan
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Gif hé bétan móte sylle wið his lífe swá hwæt swá man him scrífe si pretium ei fuerit impositum, dabit pro anima sua, quidquid fuerit postulatus, Ex. 21, 30. Þrowige hé ( a pledgebreaker ) swá biscep him scrífe, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 10.
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þreát
a troop ⬩ band ⬩ crowd ⬩ body of people ⬩ swarm ⬩ press ⬩ throng ⬩ violence ⬩ compulsion ⬩ force ⬩ oppression ⬩ punishment ⬩ ill-treatment
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Gif hé on þreát cymeþ, Exon. Th. 380, 4; Rä. 1, 2. Ofer ðreótt, Mk. Skt. Rush. 8, 2. Menigo ł ðreátas turbae, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 2. Engla þreátas, Blickl. Homl. 11, 12. Ealle ða mycclan þreátas ðe him mid férdon, 99, 35. Þurh þreáta geþræcu, Exon.
wundrian
to wonder at ⬩ to regard with surprise ⬩ admiration ⬩ to make wonderful ⬩ magnify
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Gif hwá wundrie, hú hit gewurðan mihte, Jud. 15, 19. with gen. and clause Hwá ne wundraþ ðæs, ðæt sume steorran gewítaþ under ða sǽ? Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 26.
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wrecca
one driven from his own country ⬩ a wanderer in foreign lands ⬩ an exile ⬩ a stranger ⬩ pilgrim ⬩ a wretch ⬩ an evil person ⬩ a wretched person ⬩ a miserable, feeble creature ⬩ a wretched ⬩ unhappy ⬩ miserable ⬩ poor person
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Gifu byð wræcna gehwám ár and ætwist, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 26 ; Rún. 7. Wreccena mǽrost, Beo. Th. 1800; 8. 898. Wreccena feormunge, L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 62, 16.
fundian
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Gif mon fundige wið his feónd tó gefeohtanne, Lch. ii. 154, 5. with a clause Þá fundiaþ ꝥ hié willon genimon myccle herehýþ, Bl. H. 95, 1. in the following passages fundian is used as the equivalent of fandian. [In M.
ge-mána
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Sé ðonne unryht-líce talað, sé þe talað ðæt hé sié unscyldig, gif hé ðá gód, þe ús God tó gemánan sealde, him synderlíce ágnað cunctis hominibus terra communis est . . .
heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Gif hǽðen cild binnon .ix. nihton þurh gímelíste forfaren sí . . . gilde .xii. ór for þáre heorde þe hé wæs háðen swá lange (i. e. the priest was to pay a fine, because his care of his flock had been such that an infant member of it had been allowed to
hyht
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Þæs þú gife hleótest, háligne hyht on heofonþrymme, 481. Ic þé háte þæt þú hellwarum hyht ne ábeóde, ah þú him secgan miht sorga mǽste, Sat. 695.
on-gitan
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Add Ðonne hé geornlíce ongiett (-git, v. l.) ðá inneran and ðá gǽstlican ðing on his ingeðonce cum studiose interiora penetrat, Past. 141, 15. Ðæt hé clǽnlíce and ryhtwíslíce ongiete ðæt ðæt hé ongiete caste intelligit, 349, 3.
sǽ
Sea . ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ sea ⬩ a sea ⬩ a sea, lake
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Gif hwá his ágenne geleód bebycgge ofer sǽ L. In. 11; Th. i. 110, 4. God gecígde ða drígnesse eorþan and ðæra wætera gegaderunga hé hét sǽs Gen. 1, 10. Sǽs up stigon, Cd. Th. 83, 6; Gen. 1375. Ðæt ðás deópan sǽ drí geweorðaþ, Ps. Th. 65, 5.
weder
weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.
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Gif hit sié gód weder, Lchdm. ii. 182, 10. Hyt byð smylte weder serenum erit, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 2: Bt. 23; Fox 78, 26. Ðonne wind ligeþ, weder bið fæger, Exon. Th. 210, 8; Ph. 182. Hreóh weder tempestas, Mt. Kmbl. 16, 3.
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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Gif esne þeów weorc wyrce, L. Wih. 9 ; Th. i. 38, 18. Ðæt mon óðrum riht wyrce, L. O. D. 2 ; Th. i. 352, 17. On ða gerád, wyrce ðæt hé wyrce, ðæt ðæt land sí unforworht, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 383, 32. Weorce, 384, 21.
heorte
breast ⬩ bosom ⬩ will ⬩ intellect ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ intent ⬩ will ⬩ desire ⬩ inclination ⬩ disposition ⬩ temperament ⬩ character
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Add: the heart as organ of an animal's body Gif þín heorte ace ad cardiacos, Lch. iii. 42, l. Þǽre heortan þá líflican cordis uitalia, t. lxxiv, 26. Bán bið funden on heortes heortan, Lch. i. 338, 6.
líf
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Lífes leóht, Bt. 5, 3; F. 14, 13. animate existence viewed as a possession of which one is deprived by death ꝥ is gít deórwyrþre þonne monnes líf, Bt. 10; F. 28, 38. Sié Jó on cyninges dóme, swá deáð swá líf, swá hé him forgifan wille, Ll.
irþling
a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo
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In connection with the cuckoo it may be noticed that cucusare is given in DuCange as the verb properly used of the note of the cuckoo ; and see Grmm. D. M. 640, sqq. on the cuckoo as associated with a particular season of the year. However, in Wrt.
rǽdels
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The riddle is given on p.4. Ða clamme ðe ða rǽdellan(rǽdelsan ?) wið rýnemenn heáld, Exon. Th. 423, 31; Rä. 43, 13. Ic sprece tó him openlíce næs þurh rédelsas ( per aenigmata; dark speeches, A. V.), Num. 12, 8