FOLDE
the earth ⬩ dry land ⬩ tellus ⬩ terra ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ district ⬩ region ⬩ territory ⬩ rĕgio ⬩ tractus ⬩ plăga ⬩ terrĭtōriuni ⬩ the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ hŭmus ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ earth ⬩ clay ⬩ terræ līmus ⬩ lŭtum
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Unlytel dǽl sídre foldan geond-sended wæs bryne no small part of the wide land was overspread with burning, Cd. 119; Th. 154, 5; Gen. 2551. Nyste hine on ðæere foldan fira ǽnig none of the men in the land knew him, Salm. Kmbl. 547; Sal. 273: Menol.
lád-teów
A leader ⬩ guide ⬩ conductor ⬩ general
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Hé sóhte hine him tó látðeówe on ðæm wege ducem requirebat in via, Past. 41, 5; Swt. 305, 5.
Linked entries: lǽttewestre lǽd-teów láteów látwa
mearc
a limit ⬩ bound ⬩ term ⬩ a limit ⬩ boundary ⬩ a boundary ( = gemǽre) of a particular estate ⬩ a boundary ⬩ confine of a district ⬩ border ⬩ the territory within the boundaries ⬩ fines
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Ðæt is ðonne ðæt mon his mearce brǽde ... hira mearce mid tó rýmanne terminum suum dilatare est ... ad dilatandum terminum suum (cf. getryman hira landgemǽru, 4), Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 13-15: Cd. 136; Th. 171, 19; Gen. 2830.
níwe
new ⬩ not yet used ⬩ new ⬩ recent ⬩ not of long standing ⬩ not long made ⬩ new (to anything) ⬩ inexperienced ⬩ new ⬩ novel ⬩ different from what has gone before
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MSS.) and ða angeleáffullan mód mid hira láre gelǽde tó ryhtum geleáfan vectibus arcam portare est bonis doctoribus sanctam ecclesiam ad rudes infidelium mentes praedicando deducere, Past. 22, 2; Swt. 171, 13.
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swingan
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MSS. ) ǽlc bearn ðe hé underfón wile, Past. 36; Swt. 253, 1-4. Ðone heó ǽr mid wítum swong. Exon. Th. 279, 22 ; Jul. 617. Mid monnum ne biþ swungne cum hominibus non flagellabuntur; they are not plagued as other men, A. V. Ps.
tweó
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., Past. 6; Swt. 47, 10: Bt. 16, 3; Fox 54, 20. Nis ðæs nán twý (tweó, Cott. MS.), ðæt . . ., 40, 1; Fox 234, 36. Ðám englum nis nán tweó nánes ðæra ðinga ðe hí witon, 41, 5; Fox 254, 10. Ðæt hit heofoncyninges tácen wǽre, and ðæs tweó nǽre, Elen.
wépan
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Ðæt ðætte óðre menn unáliéfedes dót hé sceal wépan suá suá his ágne scylde illicita perpetrata ab aliis ut propria deplorat, Past. 10; Swt. 61, 15. Ðá hé hine ealle wépende geseah when he saw all mourning him, Blickl. Homl. 225, 22.
wist
subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting
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Hé ǽlce dæge symblede and mid micelre wiste wǽre geleormod, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 24
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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creature God selfa tyhte Móyses on ðone folgoð, swáðeáh hé him ondréd; and nú fandiaþ swelce wræccan and teóð tó, woldon underfón ðone weorðscipe and eác ða byrðenne Moyses suadente Domino trepidat, et infirmus quisque, ut honoris onus percipiat, anhelat, Past
á-hebban
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MS. ), Past. 154, 16. to lift, carry. remove Hwá áhefeþ hí heonon quis eos hine levat? , Gr. D. 208, 24. Nis nánum men cúð hwider hyre líchama áhafen sý, Hml. Th. i. 440, 20.
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ge-rǽcan
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L. 24, 33. (2a) with immaterial object to give, yield, grant :-- þte clǽnegirýno ús smyltnisse girǽce (tribuat), Rtl. 31, 30. to succeed in touching by stretching the hand or some other part of the body Se hróf hæfde mislice heáhnysse; on sumere stówe
ge-restan
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Th. 18, 22-25. (4a) adverbial complement :-- Ðonne gerest ðæt mod hit orsorglice on ðǽre fortruwunga mens in sui mnfidentia secura requiescit, Past. 463, 10. trans. to give rest to a person, cause to cease or refrain from work Gerested feriatus, Wrt.
hring
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Wyrc feówer hringas ( circulos ), and áhóh hié on ðá feówer hyrnan ðǽre earce; and hát wyrcean twégen stengas . . . and sting út ðurh ðá hringas, Past. 169, 20-24.
HEARD
HARD, harsh, austere, severe, rigorous, stern, stubborn, firm, hardy, brave ⬩ durus, rigidus, asper, acer
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Ða heardan heortan the hard hearts, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 154, 2. Ða heardan þrowunga ðe hé ádreág the hard sufferings that he endured, Blickl. Homl. 97, 15. Ic hine heardan clammum wríðan þohte I thought to bind him with hard bonds, Beo.
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slege
a stroke, blow ⬩ of a serpent's sting, ⬩ a striking, beating, ⬩ stamping, coining ⬩ clashing, collision ⬩ a crash, clap of thunde ⬩ a fatal stroke, slaying, slaughter, death (by violence ⬩ a defeat, loss inflicted on an army; clades ⬩ a stroke of affliction, punishment, disease ⬩ an instrument for striking ⬩ a slay ⬩ a plectrum ⬩ plectro] ⬩ a stroke, blow ⬩ slaying ⬩ plaga, ictus, tusio, percussio : ⬩ a blow, defeat; ⬩ n. a blow; a defeat, slaughter, loss; a stroke of apoplexy
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Past. 3; Swt. 34, 23. Be elþiódies monnes slege. Gif mon elþeódigne ofsleá L. In. 23; Th. i. 116, 13. Mid his bróðor slege parricidio Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 64, 23. Hé tihte ðæt folc tó ðæs Hǽlendes slege Homl. Th. i. 292, 6: 216, 15.
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á-wendan
To turn. ⬩ to give a certain direction to ⬩ to return ⬩ to reduce ⬩ bring into subjection ⬩ to turn aside, ⬩ to remove ⬩ divert ⬩ to avert ⬩ to pervert ⬩ to change ⬩ to turn into something else ⬩ transform ⬩ to translate ⬩ reproduce something with other material ⬩ to exchange ⬩ To turn ⬩ take a certain direction
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Áwende móde mutata mente, Past. 39, 22. Gelícost þám þe monna heortan áwende wurden, Ors. 5, 15;S. 250, 30. to turn into something else, transform Drýmenn áwendon úre dohtor tó myran, Hml. S. 21, 482.
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þencan
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Hié nyllaþ ðæs ðencean, hú hié mægen nyttweorðuste beón hiera niéhstum, Past. 5; Swt. 45, 18. Wé móton ðæs þencan ðe egeslíc on ðissum bócum is gewriten, L.
folc
a people ⬩ a nation ⬩ an army ⬩ a race ⬩ tribe ⬩ sect ⬩ lay-folk ⬩ the laity ⬩ the people ⬩ followers ⬩ the people ⬩ the common people ⬩ country-folk ⬩ folk ⬩ men ⬩ people ⬩ folks ⬩ a crowd ⬩ company ⬩ troop ⬩ people ⬩ folk
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Bið se here ídel, ðonne hé on óðer folc winnan sceal in exploratione hostium frustra exercitus sequitur, Past. 129, 9. Hé ús on þæt fýr fylde folca mǽste, Gen. 749.
gód
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D. 324, 9: Past. 87, 4. Þæt wé bugon fram yfele and dón góda ( bona ), Coll. M. 33, 9. (3 a) of the services of the church :-- Ðættæ mon unce tíde geuueorðiae on godcundum gódum and ǽc on aelmessan, C. D. i. 292, 32: 293, 3.
BURH
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Ðonne hý hweorfaþ in ða hálgan burg when they pass into the holy city, Exon. 44b; Th. 150, 26; Gú. 784. Ðæt he gesáwe ða burh ut videret civitatem, Gen. 11, 5. Ða burh ne bærndon they burnt not the city, Ors. 2, 8; Bos. 52, 8.