nearu
narrow ⬩ strait ⬩ confined ⬩ not spacious ⬩ narrow ⬩ limited ⬩ poor ⬩ restricted ⬩ strait ⬩ oppressive ⬩ causing anxiety ⬩ oppressed ⬩ not having free action ⬩ strict ⬩ severe
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In án nearo fæsten ungeféredra móra in angustias inaccessorum montium, Bd. 4, 26; S. 602, 20. Nearo wíc mansionem angustam, 4, 28; S. 605, 23. Tóbrǽdan ofer ða nearwan eorþan (cf. ofer ðás nearowan eorþan sceátas, Met. 10, 16), Bt. 19; Fox 68, 25.
Linked entry: nearu-cræft
rodor
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as a technical term, the firmament, the heaven of the fixed stars Sunne sol, móna luna, roder firmamentum, Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 55-57 : 70, 8. Lyft aer, hroder aether, 52, 56. Se rodor ymbféhþ útan eall ðás niþerlícan gescæfte, Shrn. 63, 9.
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swégan
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To sound. to make a noise, with the idea of movement, to move violently with noise, to roar, rush, crash Ðonne swéiþ cum insonuerit, Kent. Gl. 12. Heora fyðera swégaþ swá swá wæteres dyne, Wulfst. 200, 15.
æt-bredan
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S. 5, 24. with idea of withdrawal, abstention Se wísdóm hine sylfne ætbrét fram módes híwunge. Hml. Th. ii. 326, 3. Hé hine ætbrǽd þám flǽsclicum lustum, i. 58, 18. Hí ætbrúdon menn fram flǽsclicum lustum, 576, 23.
lǽran
To teach ⬩ instruct ⬩ educate ⬩ to preach ⬩ to exhort ⬩ admonish ⬩ advise ⬩ persuade ⬩ suggest
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Sume lǽrdon ðæt hine mon onweg ácurfe quidam abscidendum esse dicebant, Bd. 4, 32; S. 611, 20. Lǽr ús doce nos, Lk. Skt. 11, 1: Ps. Th. 118, 12. Ðú ðé lǽr be ðon, Beo. Th. 3449; B. 1722. Lǽraþ ðæt hig healdon ealle ða þing ðe ic eów bebeád, Mt.
under-fón
to receive ⬩ to have given ⬩ to get ⬩ to receive ⬩ submit to ⬩ a rite ⬩ to receive a person ⬩ to receive for the purpose of entertaining, sheltering, harbouring ⬩ to receive for safe conduct, custody ⬩ to receive as a servant or dependent ⬩ to receive, admit into a society ⬩ to receive as a master ⬩ to submit to ⬩ to receive ⬩ admit the claims of ⬩ to receive, admit the force of a person's words ⬩ accept testimony ⬩ to receive what is offered ⬩ to accept ⬩ to receive ⬩ serve as a receptacle for ⬩ to receive or accept an office, a duty, etc. ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to undertake a labour, task, etc. ⬩ to receive what is burdensome ⬩ undergo ⬩ bear ⬩ to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal
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Eálá ðæt hit is gód ðæt mon micelne welan áge, nú se nǽfre ne wyrþ orsorg ðe hine underféhþ O praeclara opum mortalium beatitudo, quam cum adeptus fueris, secures esse desisti, Bt. 14, 3: Fox 46, 34.
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under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Ðá com of móre under misthleoþum Grendel gongan, 1425; B. 711. Under weallum, Cd. Th. 146, 6; Gen. 2418.
Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend
gearo
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Ǽlc here hæfð ðý lǽssan cræft ðonne hé cymð, gif hine mon ǽr wát, ǽr hé cume; for ðǽm hé gesihð ðá gearwe ðé hé wénde ðæt hé sceolde ungearwe findan.
híréd
a family ⬩ a family ⬩ house ⬩ the family ⬩ court
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L. 106, 41. a family, body of relatives, house Nán monn hiera cynnes ne hiera hiéredes (hióredes, v. l.) ne offrode homo de semine tuo per familias nan offeret, Past. 65, 1. Gif ðú (Cyrus) hine forstenst wé fordýlegiað þé and þínne hýred, Hml.
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leóht
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Se móna mid his blácan leóhte, Bt. 4; F. 6, 35. Se móna hys leóht (lęht, L. ) ne sylð, Mt. 24, 29.
furþum
Take here ⬩ in Dict., and add: ⬩ even, ⬩ just
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Hé hét ofsleán ealle þá witan, ge furþon his ágene móder, and his ágene bróðer; ge furðon his ágen wíf hé ofslóg mid sweorde, Bt. 16, 4; F. 58, 6-8. Ge furðum ðára scylda ðe openlíce beóð gesewena . . . hié beládian, Past. 241, 1.
treów
truth to a promise or engagement, ⬩ faith ⬩ good or bad faith ⬩ to keep faith with a person ⬩ troth ⬩ truth to a person, ⬩ fidelity ⬩ fealty ⬩ loyalty ⬩ the truth of the stronger to the weaker, ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ help ⬩ an assurance of faith or truth ⬩ word (in to give or pledge one's word) ⬩ a promise ⬩ an engagement ⬩ a covenant ⬩ league ⬩ faith in something ⬩ belief ⬩ trust ⬩ confidence
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Cf. hold Ðæs getreówan freóndes, ðone mon lufaþ for treówum, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 35. Dauid forbær ðæt hé Saul ne dorste ofsleán for ðǽm ealdum treówum, Past. 28; Swt. 199, 3: 3; Swt. 37, 7. Cham ne wolde cýðan hyldo and treówa, Cd.
hweorfan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return ⬩ depart ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ roam
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þan mægen, Th: heánmægen, Grem: mægenhwyrfe, Btwk.] hwyrfe in hǽðendóm they strove earnestly to perform all God's law, and not to be apostate from the Lord of hosts any more than to turn to heathendom, Cd. 183; Th. 229, 22; Dan. 221.
Linked entries: hwerfan hworfan hwurfan ge-hweorfan
FUGEL
A bird ⬩ FOWL ⬩ ăvis ⬩ āles
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Fugle gelícost most like to a bird, Beo. Th. 442; B. 218. Ðone fugel hátaþ Filistina fruman uasa mortis the princes of the Philistines call the bird vāsa mortis. Salm. Kmbl. 559; Sal. 279: Exon. 17 a; Th. 40, 10; Cri. 636.
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sunu
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.: sunena, Rush.) módor mater filiorum Zebedaei, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 56. Sunana, p. 18, 14. Beód Aarone and his sunum, Lev. 6, 20. Mid sunum ðínum, Cd. Th. 78, 28; Gen. 1300. Heora bearn blótan feóndum, sceuccum onsæcgean suna and dohter, Ps. Th. 105, 27.
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be-witan
watch over
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Ælfríc þá sócne mínre móder tó handa bewiste, C. D. iv. 222, 20. Hé ealle his gemót bewiste, Chr. 1099; P 235, 1. ꝥegn þe his ælmyssan bewiste his almoner, Hml. S. 26, 91. Se munuc þe þæs mynstres geat bewiste, 23 b, 66.
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brecan
to shatter ⬩ demolish ⬩ to subdue ⬩ tame ⬩ reflex ⬩ to struggle ⬩ strive
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Th. i. 174, 3. to force a way through obstructions, move impetuously On bricþ ingruerit (quasi tempestas), Kent. Gl. 13. Se Wendelsǽ brycð swíðor on ðone suðdǽl þonne hé dó on þone norðdǽl (in meridiem magis vergens), Ors. 1, 1: S. 24, 26.
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hengen
a cross ⬩ a rack
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In the two glosses and in the passage from Cnut's Laws the word seems used in a more general sense of confinement
HLÁF
Bread, ⬩ food, ⬩ a loaf
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On xii mónþum ðú scealt sillan ðínum þeówan men vii hund hláfa and xx hláfa búton morgenmetum and nónmetum in twelve months thou shalt give thy slave-man seven hundred and twenty loaves, besides meals at morn and noon, Salm. Kmbl. 192, 18.
þegnung
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Gif him mon oftíhþ ðara þénunga, Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 10, 14. Þegnunga, Met. 25, 24, 32. Ðara gumena ðé him mid þegnungum þringaþ ymbe útan, 25, 28. For ðý ða óþra gesceafta þeówe sint, hí healdaþ hiora þénunga, Bt. 41, 3; Fox 248, 18.
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