fæstlíce
fast ⬩ firmly ⬩ constantly ⬩ persistence ⬩ fast ⬩ strictly ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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., the West-Saxon version has nothing) cuoedon quidam autem dicebant, Jn. L. 7, 41. Ǽc ł fæstlíce (W. S. has nothing) quidem, 16, 9: 11, 6: Lk. L. R. 11, 4. Ðes fæstlíce (etiam) synna forgefeð, Lk. L. 7, 49 (W. S. has nothing): L. R. 9, 5.
túdor
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Brengþ eorþe ǽlcne westm and ǽlc túdor ǽlce geáre, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 14 : Met. 29, 58. metaphorical Weá wæs árǽred, tregena tuddor, Cd. Th. 60, 27; Gen. 988.
Linked entry: tuddor
byrgen
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They seem, at an early period, to have been laid north and south, like many of those in the pagan cemeteries, and not east and west, as was the position of the bodies of the nuns of Hartlepool, buried towards the end of the seventh century, which were
Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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Alfred the Great, born A.D. 849, grandson of Egbert, and fourth son of king Ethelwulf, reigned thirty years, A.D. 871-901 Ða, A.D. 871, féng Ælfréd, Æðelwulfing, to West Seaxna ríce ...
LICGAN
To LIE ⬩ fail ⬩ to lie ⬩ go ⬩ run
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Seó Wisle líþ út of Weonodlande and líþ in Estmere ... and ligeþ of ðæm mere west and norþ on sǽ, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 20, 7-12. On Swalewan streáme se ligþ be Ceterehttúne in fluvio Sualua, qui vicum Cataractam præterfluit, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 15.
Linked entry: for-lǽge
ÍDEL
empty ⬩ destitute ⬩ void ⬩ devoid ⬩ vain ⬩ useless ⬩ idle ⬩ idle ⬩ unemployed
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Wese wíc heora wéste and ídel fiat habitatio eorum deserta, Ps. Th. 68, 26. Unnyt oððe ýdel supervacuus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 48, 46.
feld
plain ⬩ field
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Ne gesáwon wé nóht elles búton þá wéstan feldas and wudu and dúna be þǽm gársecge nihil praeter desertos in oceano campos, siluasque ac montes, Nar. 20, 10. field as opposed to garden Mid þǽre lactucan þe on felda wixð cum lactucis agrestibus, Ex. 12
sweltan
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Hwí lǽddest ðú ús ðæt wé swulton on ðisum wéstene, Num. 21; 5. Ic mæg sweltan blíðelíce laetus moriar, Gen. 46, 30: Mt. Kmbl. 26, 35: Ex. 10, 28. Sceal fǽge sweltan, Exon. Th. 335, 2; Gn. Ex. 27. Swyltan, Blickl. Homl. 59, 30.
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swégan
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Swégde swíðlíc wind of ðam wéstene, ii. 450, 18. Ða wæterburnan swégdon and urnon, Dóm. L. 3: Ps. Spl. 45, 3. Ærðan ðe ðæt scearpe swurd swége tó his hneccan descend with a crash upon his neck, Homl. Skt. i. 19, 185. Swégende tumultuans, Hpt.
MǼG
A relative ⬩ kinsman
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Hér Æþelherd cining forþférde and fǽng Cúðréd his mǽg tó West-Seaxna ríce, 740; Erl. 47, 33 : 754; Erl. 49, 18 : 962; Erl. 120, 2. Abrahames mǽg (Lot), Cd. 94; Th. 121, 19; Gen. 2012. Higeláces mǽg (Beowulf), Beo. Th. 820; B. 408.
stán
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</b> a stone (in its natural state or wrought) that serves as a mark :-- Andlang herepaðes west on ðone þyrla[n) stán; of ðam stáne on ðone háran stán, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 12 (and often).
Linked entry: stán-weorþung
in-tó
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Th. i. 262, 12-16 : 308, 6 : 340, 17: 360, 4. (1 a) of political supremacy :-- Hwílon Wentsǽte hýrdon intó Dúnsǽtan, ac hit gebyreð rihtor intó West-Sexan; þyder hý scylan gafol and gíslas syllan, Ll.
treów
a tree ⬩ a material ⬩ wood ⬩ trees ⬩ a wood ⬩ roof-tree ⬩ saddle-tree ⬩ a piece of wood ⬩ a beam ⬩ log ⬩ stake ⬩ staff ⬩ cudgel ⬩ gallows-tree ⬩ tree used of the cross
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Æppelbǽre treów westm wircende, l, 11. Tree arborem, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 6: 19, 4. Gif man óðres wudu heáweþ unáliéfedne, forgielde ǽlc greát treów mid .v. sciłł., L. Alf. pol. 12; Th. i. 70. 5. Óftost beóþ ða treówa getealde feminini generis, Ælfc.
ge-teón
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Hé sealde him wéste land þæt hí mid táne getugan rihte sorte divisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis, Ps. Th. 77, 55. Uesoges wolde him tó geteón þone súðdǽl, p. i. 24. Tó geteón usurpare, i. uindicare (monarchiam), An. Ox. 675.
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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His metis rus hoc gyratur ... forþ on ða mearce ... andlang mearce ... ðonon tó Æðelbirhtes mearce ... ðonan forþ on ða mearce tó Beonetlégæ gæmǽre ... ðonan west on ða mearce ðǽr Ælfstán líþ on hǽðenan byrgels ... ðonan Wulfstanes mearce, Cod. Dip.
-ing
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These may be compared with the forms in the Chronicle, West Kentingas, 999; Erl. 134, 28 ; Eást Centingas, 1009 ; Erl. 142, 19; Centingas, l0ll ; Erl. 144, 27.
wealh
a foreigner ⬩ properly a Celt ⬩ a Celt of Britain; the word occurs mostly in pl., ⬩ the British ⬩ the Welsh ⬩ Wales ⬩ a Roman ⬩ a slave ⬩ servant ⬩ a shameless person
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Bret- (Bryt[t]-), Corn-, Norþ-, West-Wealas (-Walas). a Roman Weala sunderriht jus Quiritum (cf. Rómwara sundorriht, Wrt. Voc. ii. 49, 11, reht Rómwala, Rtl. 189, 13, which translate the same phrase), Wrt. Voc. i. 20, 64. [O. H.
geár
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</b> </b> Brengþ eorþe ǽlcne westm ǽlce geáre, 39, 13 ; F. 234, 14. Gif hit gebyrað on geáre (if it happen some year) þæt náðer ne byð . . . ne æceren ne bóc ne oðer mæsten, Nap. 10, 28. <b>III b.
etan
to devour ⬩ consume ⬩ destroy
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H. 229, 8. to eatof something: Fela monna ǽton of ðám heofonlican mete on ðám wéstena, Hml. Th. ii. 274, 20. Sittað under ðám fíctreówe and etað of his wæstmum, Bl. H. 239, 7. to provide food for a person (dat.)
sceaþa
a criminal, wretch, miscreant, an enemy ⬩ fiend, devil ⬩ a spoiler, robber ⬩ a warrior
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Hé wæs on mycelre frecednysse on wéstene betwux sceaþum, Homl. Th. i. 392, 7. Sum man becom on ða sceaþan ða hine bereáfodon homo quidam incidit in latrones qui etiam despoliauerunt, Lk.