wundor
a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration
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cf. Ðam gyldnan gylde ðe hé him tó gode geteóde,1. 19) teódest, Cd.
spéd
Speed ⬩ success ⬩ means ⬩ speed ⬩ quickness ⬩ speedily ⬩ quickly ⬩ speed ⬩ success ⬩ prosperous issue ⬩ means ⬩ substance ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ power ⬩ faculty ⬩ opportunity ⬩ means of doing anything ⬩ progeny ⬩ celeritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia
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Th. 42, 16; Cri. 673. Æt wigge spéd, sigor æt sæcce, Elen. Kmbl. 2362; El. 1182. Hié ðære spǽce spéd ne áhton the people at Babel had no advantage from speech, Cd. Th. 101, 23; Gen. 1686.
acsian
To ask ⬩ ask for ⬩ demand ⬩ rogare ⬩ expostulate ⬩ exigere
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Hú mæg ǽnig man acsigan how can any man inquire? Bt. 35. l; Fox 156, 6
ÁD
A funeral pile ⬩ pile ⬩ heap ⬩ rogus ⬩ congeries
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Ád stód onæled the pile was [stood] kindled, Cd. 141; Th. 176, 35; Gen. 2922. Hét ád onælan he commanded to kindle the funeral pile, Exon. 74a; Th. 277, 13; Jul. 580. Mycelne aad [ád MS. B.
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a-déman
To judge ⬩ adjudge ⬩ doom ⬩ deem ⬩ try ⬩ abjudicate ⬩ deprive ⬩ examinare ⬩ abjudicare ⬩ judicio facto relegare
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Ðú adémest me fram duguðe thou deprivest me of good, Cd. 49; Th. 63, 14; Gen. 1032
a-hleápan
To leap ⬩ leap up ⬩ exsilire ⬩ insilire ⬩ prosilire ⬩ desilire
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Ahleóp ðá fór hæleðum hilde-calla the herald of war leaped then before the warriors, Cd. 156; Th. 193, 25; Exod. 252 : Andr. Kmbl. 1472; An. 737: 2405; An. 1204: Beo. Th. 2798; B. 1397
a-hwettan
to whet ⬩ excite ⬩ excitare ⬩ accendere ⬩ to provide ⬩ adhibere ⬩ subministrare ⬩ to cast away ⬩ drive away ⬩ abigere ⬩ repudiare
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Kmbl. 678; An. 339. to cast away, drive away; abigere, repudiare God ahwet hie from his hyldo God will cast them away from his favour, Cd. 21; Th. 26, 13
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a-rǽman
To raise ⬩ lift up ⬩ elevate ⬩ excitare ⬩ erigere ⬩ elevare ⬩ To raise or lift up one's self ⬩ to arise ⬩ se erigere ⬩ se elevare ⬩ surgere
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To raise or lift up one's self, to arise; se erigere, se elevare, surgere Dæges þriddan ord arǽmde the beginning of the third day arose, Cd. 139; Th. 174, 10; Gen. 2876: 162; Th. 203, 29; Exod. 411
dǽd-fruma
A deed-doer, perpetrator, labourer ⬩ facinoris vel facinorum auctor, actor
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Cain and Abel, ða dǽdfruman, dugeþa strýndon, wélan and wiste Cain and Abel, the original labourers, acquired goods, wealth and food, Cd. 46; Th. 59, 27; Gen. 970
fǽringa
Suddenly, quickly, by chance ⬩ sŭbĭto, repente, forte
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C. 72, 19. Ðú fǽringa gehogodest sæcce sécean thou suddenly resolvedst to seek conflict, Beo. Th. 3980; B. 1988: Exon. 46 b; Th. 158, 20; Gú. 911: Bt. Met. Fox 28, 82; Met. 28, 41. Ðonne he fǽringa cymþ cum vēnĕrit repente, Mk. Bos. 13, 36.
fore-þingung
A pleading for anyone ⬩ intercession ⬩ intercessio
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Catal. 294, 20, col. 2. Mid gódum foreþingungum with good intercessions, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 21, note, MS. Ca.; Rtl. 49, 34
EARFEÐE
Hardship, labour, difficulty, trouble, suffering, woe ⬩ lăbor, mŏlestia, tribŭlātio
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Earfoða dǽl a deal of sufferings, Cd. 9; Th. 12, 4; Gen. 180
heorþ-werod
A band of household retainers ⬩ those who share the same hearth ⬩ a family
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A band of household retainers, those who share the same hearth, a family Ðá wearþ Jafeðe áféded heorþwerod suna and dóhtra then for Japhet was reared a family of sons and daughters, Cd. 78; Th. 96, 35; Gen. 1605.
lecg
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Leo takes lecg = gift, legacy, and then a dish of three pounds and a cup of equal amount would go to make up the amount of eighty mancusses. As regards the value of a handseax, Chart.
lyft-lácende
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Hefonfugelas lyftlácende, Cd. 192; Th. 240, 17; Dan. 388
munt-geóf
The Alps
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Hé com tó Alpis ðǽm muntum ... and ðone weg geworhte ofer munt Ióf, Ors. 4, 8; Swt. 186, 18. Muntgeófa Alpium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 27
murcung
Complaint ⬩ grief ⬩ murmuring
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Hý ðé willaþ on murcunga gebringan ðonne hié ðé fram hweorfaþ fortuna cum discesserit allatura moerorem Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 19 note
ge-werian
To put on ⬩ cover ⬩ clothe ⬩ induĕre ⬩ vestīre
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Cd. 23; Th. 30, 5; Gen. 462. In hwítum hræglum gewerede englas ne óþeówdun angels appeared not clad in white robes, Exon. 14 a; Th. 28, 16; Cri. 447: 15 b; Th. 35, 3; Cri. 552
ge-wyrhta
A worker ⬩ doer ⬩ fellow-worker ⬩ accomplice
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A worker, doer, fellow-worker, accomplice Ǽlc ðe gewita oððe gewyrhta sí every one who is cognisant or co-operating, L. O. D. 6; Th. i. 354, 28. Þeófa gewita and geweorhta an accessory and accomplice of thieves, L. Eth. 9, 27; Th. i. 346, 9: L.
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blæse
a BLAZE, flame ⬩ ardor, flamma ⬩ that which makes a blaze,- A torch, lamp ⬩ fax, facula, lampas ⬩ fax, lampas
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Iudas com ðyder mid leóhtfatum, and mid blasum, and mid wǽpnum Iudas venit illuc cum laternis, et facibus, et armis, Jn. Bos. 18, 3. Blæsum faculis, Mone B. 3487. Blase lampas, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 54; Wrt. Voc. 26, 53