Dún-stán
Dunstan ⬩ Dunstānus
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D. 978] all the chief witan of the English race fell at Calne from an upper floor, but the holy archbishop Dunstan alone stayed upon a beam; and some there were very much maimed, and some did not escape with life, Chr. 978; Th. 231, 30-39, col. 1.
weorþan
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Add Heó mid þám cilde wearð sóna and þæt gebær, Wlfst. 22, 9. Hit is áwriten ðætte úre Hǽlend wurde beaftan his méder and his mágum. Past. 385, 20. add: (a) weorþan æt to be at something; cf.
ge-standan
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Th. 93, 18. of condition, to be so and so. with complementary noun as in to stand a friend to a person Drihten him fultum gestandeð and him scyldend byð Dominus adjutor eorum et protector eorum est, Ps. Th. 113, 20. Hé him fultum gestód, 19.
flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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D. v. 164, 32 below) the soft material of an animal body, often in connexion or contrast with skin or bone Tóeth;a flǽsc gingiuae, Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 33. Bán of mínum báne and flǽsc of mínum flǽsce, Gen. 2, 23.
ge-hwá
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Nis hit nán wundor ðeáh hwá wéne ꝥ swylces gehwæt (hwæt, v. l. ) unmyndlinga gebyrige, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 214, 9. some one (thing) Oft gehwá gesihð fægre stafas áwritene, þonne herað hé ðone wrítere, Hml.
hálgian
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<b>II b</b>. to bless a thing so that it possesses special virtue :-- Þú sunnandæg sylf hálgodest and gemǽrsodest hine manegum tó helpe, Hy. 9, 25. Gif hwá ordáles weddige þonne cume hé . . . tó þǽm mæssepreóste þe hit hálgian scyle, Ll.
nese
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Ðá cwæð se cásere: 'Nese' ( there was no reason for them to think so), Hml. S. 23, 275. Hé cwæð be him sylfum tó þám cýpemannum: 'Syllíce is mé ánum gelumpen . . . man mid wítum ofgán willað æt mé ꝥ ic mid rihtan þingon begyten hæfde.'
Engle
The Angles ⬩ Angli
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Engel] lies on the south-east part of the Duchy of Sleswick, in Denmark.
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freórig
freezing ⬩ chilled ⬩ frigid ⬩ frozen ⬩ frīgens ⬩ frīgŏre rīgens ⬩ frīgĭdus ⬩ gĕlĭdus ⬩ chilled with fear or sorrow ⬩ trembling ⬩ sad ⬩ trĕmens ⬩ tristis
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Ongon hygegeómor, freórig and ferþwérig, fúsne grétan he, sad in mind, trembling and weary of soul, resolved to greet the departing [man ], Exon. 49 b; Th. 171, 21; Gú. 1130. Ferþloca freórig a trembling body, 76 b; Th. 288, 18; Wand. 33
lofian
To praise ⬩ value
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Song áhófun, lofedun líffruman, 15 a; Th. 31, 31; Cri. 504. Hé gehýrde hú hí God lofodon and heredon, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 36. Lofa lauda, Ps. Lamb. 147, 1. Ðec mihtig God gástas lofige, Cd. 192; Th. 239, 21; Dan. 373.
norþe-weard
Northward ⬩ north
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Ðonne is tóemnes ðæm lande súþeweardum Sweóland, óþ ðæt land norþeweard; and tóemnes ðæm lande norþeweardum Cwéna land alongside the south of the country (Norway), up to its northern part, lies Sweden; and alongside its northern part the country of the
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caru
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Habban máran care úre sáwle þonne ðǽre scortan gesǽlðe to care more about our soul than about transitory happiness, ii. 460, 16
ǽnig
unicus
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áneg = single, sole; cf. O. Sax. énag: O. H. Ger. einag unicus.] with gen. Ic mé ne ondréd ðæt mé ðǽra ǽnig beswice, Nar. 30. 1. Aenge þinga quoquo modo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 60. adjectival On ǽnige óðre wísan aliter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 2, 56.
tit
A teat, ⬩ pap, ⬩ Brest
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A fostre wimman on was tette he sone aueð lagt, Gen. and Ex. 2621. Tete rimes with swete (I sweat), Chauc. C. T. 3704; with lete, pp. of leten, Gow. i. 268, 3. Tete uber, Prompt. Parv. 489
niþþas
Men
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Neáh is Drihten niþum eallum ðe hine mid sóþe hige séceaþ prope est Dominus omnibus invocantibus eum in veritate, 144, 19. Ðú eart mihtum swíð niþas tó nergenne, Cd. Th. 234, 1; Dan. 285
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þǽr-on
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thereon Hé com tó ðam treówe, sóhte wæstm ðǽron, and nǽnne ne gemétte, Homl. Th. ii. 408, 1. Se déma hét wyrcan áne hencgene and hét hón ðone bisceop þǽron, Homl. Skt. ii. 29, 253 : Blickl.
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þracu
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Se cásere héht bannan tó beadwe, beran út þræce ... wǽron Rómware sóna gegearwod the emperor bade give the summons to war, bade put forth their power(?) ... At once were the Romans prepared, 90; El. 45.
ymb-hygdig
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Homl. 55, 27. causing anxiety, anxious Gif him þince ðæt hé geseó man mid wǽpnan gewundodne, ymbhídig sorg ðæt byð, Lchdm. iii. 174, 12
ge-ner
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Gehwá sóhte gener (or ) ðǽr hé ǽnig findan mihte, 231. a place of safety, a refuge, an asylum Hiera wíf ácsedon . . . hwider hié fleón woldon ; þæt hié óðer gener næfden, búton hié on heora wífa hrif gewiton uxores quaerentes num in uteros uxorum vellent