heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Þolige hé heáfdes let him lose his head, L. Edg. S. 11; Th. i. 276, 13. His heáfdes segl his head's sun [the eye], Andr. Kmbl. 100; An. 50.
tyllan
To draw ⬩ attract
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Þe world tyl hym drawes And tilles ... þam þat him knawes, Pr. C. 1183. To þe scole him for to till (tille), C.M. 12175. He hauede ... Al þe folk tilled intil his hond, Havel. 438.
Linked entries: tillan be-tyllan for-tyllan
ge-feolan
to press into, ⬩ to make ones way into a place, get and remain in ⬩ to enter the mind ⬩ to stick to. ⬩ to continue instant in, pursue unremittingly ⬩ to adhere to a person, an opinion
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Ðá warð his leóhtbora áfyrht swýðe, and gefeall him in ánan heale and slǽp his light-bearer became very frightened, and got in a corner and went to sleep, Vis.
Linked entry: ge-felgan
rǽdlíce
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Gif. . . ǽnig gehádod man hine sylfne rǽdlíce (but cf. oftrǽdlíce, 214, 12) oferdrince, Ll. Th. ii. 258, 26. advisably Beþence gehwá hine sylfne, and hú him rǽdlícost sý tó dónne, Wlfst. 305, 34
ge-stincan
To perceive by the sense of smelling; ⬩ olfacere aliquid ⬩ odorare ⬩ odorari
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Hí ðæs landes lyft gestuncon they smelt the air of the land, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 35. Hí ná gestingcaþ [ = gestincaþ] they smell not, Ps. Spl. 113, 14
ge-irnan
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Geurnon him tuoege occurrerunt ei duo, Mt. L. 8, 28. Giurnon (gwurnun, L.) tógægnes him, Jn. R. 4, 51.
un-riht
Wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ bad ⬩ unjust ⬩ unlawful ⬩ depraved ⬩ perverse
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Ic geléfe ðætte ǽlc unriht wítnung sié ðæs yfel ðe hit déþ, næs ðæs ðe hit þafaþ apparet, illatam cuilibet injuriam non accipientis, sed inferentis esse miseriam, 38, 6; Fox 208, 20. Unreht, 37, 2; Fox 188, 7.
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be-týnan
to inclose or surround with a hedge, inclose, close, shut, shut up ⬩ sepem circumdare, sepire, intercludere, claudere, occludere, concludere ⬩ to end, finish, conclude ⬩ finire
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Hí hine betýndon in án nearo fæsten they inclosed him in a narrow fastness, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, note 19. Háteþ heáhcyning helle betýnan the mighty king shall command to close hell, Salm. Kmbl. 348; Sal. 173.
ge-cirredness
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Sý swylcera gebyrda oþþe gecyrrednesse swylce hé sý ( whatever his birth or the time of his coming to the monastery ), sý hé gemedemad on stede swá swá his gecerrednes sý, R. Ben. 12, 20-13, 2: 107, 10-11.
Ciren-ceaster
CIRENCESTER, Cicester, Gloucestershire ⬩ Cirencestria in agro Glocestriensi
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Him eóde on hand se cyning and ða burhware ðe wǽron on Cyrnceastre the king came into his hands and the townspeople who were in Cirencester, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 22
Linked entries: Cyren-ceaster Cyring-ceaster Cyrn-ceaster Cirn-ceaster
hwíl-tídum
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S. 36, 420. at times, at intervals, as opposed to always or continuously Cwyst þú hwæþer hittó gelýfenne sý ꝥ þysum Godes þeówan mihte symble æt beón se wíte-dómes gást, hwæþer be hwíltídum ( per intervalla temporum ) his mód gefylde þæs wítedómes gást
fódder
FODDER ⬩ dry food for cattle ⬩ hay ⬩ corn ⬩ provender ⬩ food generally ⬩ jūmenti pābŭlum ⬩ fœnum ⬩ ĕdūlium ⬩ pābŭlum ⬩ esca ⬩ victus ⬩ a case from which anything is fed ⬩ a case ⬩ cover ⬩ sheath ⬩ thāca ⬩ θήκη
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Fódor, Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 17; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 49. Brúceþ fódres has an enjoyment of food, Runic pm. 28; Kmbl. 345, 6; Hick. Thes. i. 135, 55. Gif ðam ðe ðæs beþurfe fýr and fóddor let him give fire and food to him who needs it, L.
HLÚD
LOUD, ⬩ sonorous
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Ðæt ár ðonne hit mon slihþ hit biþ hlúdre ðonne ǽnig oðer ondweorc aes dum percutitur amplius metallis celeris sonitum reddit, Past. 37, 3; Swt. 267, 24. Hlúdast, Menol. Fox 467; Gn. C. 4
folc-scearu
A division of the people ⬩ nation ⬩ multitude ⬩ nātio ⬩ provincia
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A division of the people, nation, multitude; nātio, provincia Ðæt hie hine onsundne gebrohten of ðære folcsceare that they should bring him uninjured from that tribe of people, Cd. 90; Th. 112, 17; Gen. 1872: 114; Th. 149, 20; Gen. 2477.
Linked entry: leód-scearu
ceaster-gewara
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Se cyngc hine sylfne ætýwde his ceastergewarum, Ap. Th. 3, 3. Sleán þá ceastergewaran, Hml. S. 13, 254: 22, 167. Cf. ceaster-wara
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ge-sibsumian
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Gá ǽr gesibbsumian bréþer þínum, Scint. 23, 16. to make gesibsum, bring to an agreement, reconcile, conciliate Sé þe bróþer his lator gesibsumað God him lator gegladaþ qui fratrem sibi tardius reconciliat Deum sibi tardius placat, Scint. 25, 7.
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brid
The young of any of the feathered tribe; ⬩ pullus
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Hit sculon beón micle briddas it should be big young ones, L. M. 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 14. Hrefnes briddum corvi pullis, Ps. Th. 146, 10
ge-dyrstignes
presumption, audacity ⬩ a bold undertaking
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Substitute: presumption, audacity Ðý lǽs sió gedyrstignes his módes hine tó upp áhebbe ne mentem praesumtio spiritus levet, Past. 79, 17. Sý forboden on mynstre ǽlcere gedyrstignesse (praesumtionis) intinga. R. Ben. 129, 13.
Linked entries: ge-durstignes ge-dyrstnes
flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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Þá git wæs flǽsc (carnes) on hira tððum. Num. ii. 33. Flǽsces hí bǽdon petierunt carnes, Ps. Th. 10. -, 35. Gif mon his heówum in fæsten flǽsc gefe, Ll. Th. i. 40, 9.