Embene
The inhabitants of Amiens, Amiens, in Picardy, France ⬩ Ambiānum
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The inhabitants of Amiens, Amiens, in Picardy, France; Ambiānum Hér for se here up on Sunnan to Embenum, and ðǽr sæt án geár in this year [A.D. 884] the army went up the Somme to Amiens, and remained there one year, Chr. 884; Erl. 82, 17
scilian
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Eádwerd cing scylode ix scypa of mále and hí fóron mid scypon mid eallon anweg King Edward put nine ships out of commission, and they went away ships and all, (?) áscelede (-scerede?) dividuntur, Hpt. Gl. 438, 50
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tó-stician
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To stab to pieces, mound severely by stabs, destroy by thrusts Funde he hiene ǽnne be wege licgan mid sperum tósticad healfcucne invenit in itinere solum relictum, confossum vulneribus et extrema vitae efflantem, Ors. 3, 9 ; Swt. 128, 14. [Cf.
þǽr-mid
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Skt, ii. 23 b, 767. temporal, straightway, at the same time Ðá forceáw hé his ágenan tungan and wearp hine ðǽrmid on ðæt neb foran, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 52, 25
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þeósterness
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Darkness Wearð micel þeósternes ofer eallne middangeard tetra nox obducta terris est, Ors. 6, 2; Swt. 256, 16. Ðá com ðære nihte þýsternys, Homl. Ass. 203, 265. Þǽsternes (cf þióstro, Met. 21, 40), Bt. 34, 8; Fox 146, 4.
un-gesewen
Unseen ⬩ invisible
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Unseen, invisible Ðá ðá ða tungel-wítegan ðone cyning gecyrdon, ðá wearð se steorra him ungesewen, Homl. Th. i. 108, 29. Ðone ungesewenan ( invisibilem ) engel, Past. 36; Swt. 257, 8. Óðre ungesawene þing mon mót mid áðe gewyrðan, L. O.
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wrecend
An avenger
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Ðæt gesýne wearð, ðætte wrecend ðágyt lifde æfter láþum, Beo. Th. 2517 ; B. 1256. Hí habbaþ eác wrecend (ultorem), Scint. 39, 13
wróht-dropa
A drop which brings strife ⬩ crime
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A drop which brings strife ( Similar entries v. wróht, IV) or crime ( Similar entries v. wroht, III) Wearð fǽliþo fyra cynne, siþþan swealg eorðe Abeles blóde, . . . of ðam wróhtdropan wíde gesprungon, micel mán (mon, MS.) ældum, monegum þeódum bealoblonden
hálig-ern
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Ðæt háliern wearð geopenod and þá lác wǽron in gebróhte, Ap. Th. 24, 6. On hálierne sacello, An. Ox. 3237. Oð ic ingá on háligern donec intrem in sanctuarium Dei, Ps. Rdr. 72, 17. Of háligetnum de sacrariis, Germ. 392, 43
ofer-módig
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Róma áliésed wearð of þeówdóme þára ofermódgestana cyninga þe mon hǽt Tarcuinie, Ors. 2, 1 ; S. 62, 6. Add
timbrung
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Hít næs ná búton gewyrhtum ꝥ his húses timbrung weóx Sæternesdagum non immerito domus ipsias fabrica sabbato crescebat, Gr. D. 322, 10.
á-wendendlic
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God ána unáwendendlic wunaþ and eallra ðára áwendendlicra welt rerum orbem mobilem rotat, dum se immobilem conservat, Bt. 35, 5; F. 166, 10. Add
Englisc
ENGLISH ⬩ Anglĭcus
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Ic [Ælfríc Abbod] gesett hæbbe wel feówertig lárspella on Engliscum gereorde I [Abbot Ælfric] have composed about forty sermons in the English tongue, Ælfc. T. 27, 17.
fór-steal
an assault ⬩ assultus sŭper ălĭquem in via rēgia factus ⬩ viæ obstructio ⬩ the fine for an assault ⬩ mulcta pro assultu
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Wes-Sexan], ðæt is ... fórsteal these are the rights which the king enjoys over all men in Wessex, that is ... the fine for assault, L. C. S. 12; Th. i. 382, 14, note 27, MS. G.
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GANG
GANG ⬩ going ⬩ journey ⬩ step ⬩ way ⬩ path ⬩ passage ⬩ course (of time) ⬩ ĭter ⬩ grădus ⬩ gressus ⬩ incessus ⬩ ambŭlātio ⬩ sēmĭta ⬩ a passage ⬩ drain ⬩ privy ⬩ latrīna ⬩ secessus
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Him tǽcean lífes weg and rihtne gang to heofonum to teach them the way of life and the right path to heaven, Blickl. Homl. l09, 18. Ðíne gangas gressus tui, Ps. Th. 67, 23. Fóta gangas pedum gressus, 72, 1. Míne gangas meæ sēmĭtæ, 138, 2.
lǽswian
To pasture ⬩ feed ⬩ graze
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Ða assan wið hí lǽswodon the asses were grazing by them, Homl. Th. ii. 450, 6. Lǽswa míne scép feed my sheep, 290, 30.
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nett
a net ⬩ a mosquito-net ⬩ net- work ⬩ web
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Voc. ii. 19, 18. net- work, web Swá tedre swá swá gangewifran nett, Ps. Th. 38, 12. Ðonne hió ( the spider ) geornast biþ ðæt heó áfǽre fleógan on nette, 89, 10. Folc gescylde hálgan nette ( with a net-work of clouds ), Cd. Th. 182, 11; Exod, 74
stocc
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Ðá ge*-*náman men eft ðone stoc on weg and feówer syllíce stánas on ðære ilcan stówe álegdon, Blickl. Homl. 189, 12-15. Gé þeówiaþ fremdum godum, stoccum and stánum ( ligno et lapidi ), Deut. 28, 36. Stoccon lignis, 64. Tó stoccum, Cod. Dip.
un-hǽlu
bad health ⬩ disease ⬩ sickness ⬩ infirmity ⬩ unsoundness ⬩ misfortune ⬩ mishap
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Goth. un-haili; n. ill-health.] misfortune, mishap Sorge ne cúðon, wonsceaft wera, wiht unhǽlo, Beo. Th. 241; B. 120
wang-stede
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On ðam wongstede (the, place of the last judgement) wérig bídan, 50, 18; Cri. 802. Hwæðer hé cwicne gemétte in ðam wongstede (cf. Wong. 4809; B. 2409) Wedra þeóden, Beo. Th. 5565; B. 2786.