un-grund
Bottomless ⬩ boundless ⬩ immense
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Bottomless, boundless, immense Ðæs heriges hám eft ne com ealles ungrundes ǽnig of that host, all boundless as it was, not one came home again, Cd. Th. 209, 32; Exod. 508
récels
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Genim . . . swefl and récels . . . lege on hátne stán, drinc þurh horn þone réc, Lch. ii. 316, 10: 56, 10. Add
wǽpen-wiga
An armed warrior
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the subject of the riddle is a horn) nú mec þeceþ geong hagostealdmon golde and sylfore, Exon. Th. 395, 1; Rä. 15, 1
lá
Lo ⬩ Oh ⬩ Ah
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Homl. Th. ii. 20, 12. Wénst ðú lá ðæt ðú beó álýsed fram ðisum tintregum do you suppose then that you will be released from these torments? Homl. Th. i. 424, 29. Dá cwæþ ic hwæt is ðæt lá then said I 'what then is that?'
þearle
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Ðis godspel belimpþ swíðe þearle tó ðære mǽran freólstíde this gospel belongs very specially to the great festival, Homl. Th. ii. 360, 10. Hig þearle etaþ nimium comedunt, Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 11.
weá
woe ⬩ misery ⬩ evil ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ evil ⬩ wickedness ⬩ malice
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Homl. 53, 9. Biþ hé on écne weán bedrifen, 95, 5.
al
An AWL ⬩ a fork ⬩ flesh-hook ⬩ subula ⬩ fuscinula ⬩ harpago
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An AWL, a fork, flesh-hook; subula, fuscinula, harpago Þirlige his eáre mid ale bore his ear through with an awl, Lev. 25, 10: L. Alf. 11; Th. i. 46, 10, MS. G
ge-néhwian
To approach, draw near, adhere
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To approach, draw near, adhere Monn genéhwas wífe his homo adhærebit uxori suæ, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 19, 5. Ánum genéhwaþ uni adhærebit, Lk. Skt. Lind. 16, 13. Genéhwade ánum adhæsit uni, 15, 15
ge-lagu
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A lay, layer, material spread out, a stretch of water Ofer holma gelagu, Seef. 64. [Cf. Icel. lag a layer.] Cf. licgan
preóst-lic
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Seofon preóstlice tíde septem canonice horę, 426, 866
swefecung
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Sleep, slumber Se hopa þæs tóweardan ǽrystes, þonne þá rihtwýsan swylce of slǽpes swæfcunge (a sopore somni ) árísað, Chrd. 26, 25. Ic ne sylle swefcunge ( somnum ) mínum eágum, 31, 4. See preceding word
wel-boren
Well-born ⬩ noble
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Monn sum welboren homo quidam nobilis Lk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 19, 12. Ic nam wíse menn and welborene (nobiles) Deut. 1, 15
wolcen
A cloud ⬩ the clouds ⬩ the heavens ⬩ the sky ⬩ the clouds of night ⬩ under heaven ⬩ on earth ⬩ sky ⬩ welkin
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Homl. 91, 32. Wan wolcen. Met. 5, 4. Windig wolcen, Exon. Th. 201, 24; Ph. 61. Se ðe him ǽlc wolcn ondrǽdt. . . . Hwæt getácnaþ ðæt wolc (wolcn, Cote. MSS. ) ? . . . Se wind drífeþ ðæt wolcn.
ge-habban
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Th. i. 228, 28. to have in the mind, hold, entertain a feeling, &c. Fácn ne sceal mon on heortan gehabban dolum in corde non tenere, R. Ben. 17, 7. <b>IX a.
or-trúwian
To be without hope of, to despair of
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To be without hope of, to despair of Hé ortrúw-ode his Drihtnys mildheortnysse he despaired of his Lord's mercy, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 25. To ortrúwienne desperandum, Wulck. Gl. 250, 36
beó-ceorl
A BEE-CEORL ⬩ bee farmer or keeper ⬩ bocherus ⬩ apum custos
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It behoves a keeper of bees, if he hold a taxable hive [stock of bees], that he then shall pay to the country what shall be agreed.
cyne-stól
A royal throne or dwelling, chief city, capital ⬩ thronus, urbs regia, arx, metropolis
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Sancta Hierusalem, cynestóla cyst holy Jerusalem, choicest of royal cities, Exon. 8b; Th. 4, 11; Cri. 51
CYRTEL
KIRTLE, vest, garment, frock; coat ⬩ palla, tunica
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Bicgaþ cyrtlas buy kirtles, Homl. Th. i. 64, 13. Ðam ðe wylle on dóme wið ðé flítan, and niman ðíne tunecan [cyrtel oððe hrægl, Mt. Kmbl.
Elene
Helena ⬩ Helĕna = Ἑλένη
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His [Constantínes] módor wæs cristen, Elená geháten, swíðe gelýfed mann, and þearle eáwfæst his [Constantine's] mother was a christian, called Helena, a very faithful person, and very pious, Homl. Th. ii. 306, 3. See Ors. Bos.
fyrmest
FOREMOST ⬩ first ⬩ prīmus
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Ðis ys ðæt mǽste and ðæt fyrmeste bebod hoc est maxĭmum et prīmum mandātum, Mt. Bos. 22, 38. Agynn fram ðám ýtemestan óþ ðone fyrmestan begin from the last to the first, 20, 8.
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