þorn
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. ¶ The name of the letter þ was þorn Þ byþ þearle scearp, Runic pm. Kmbl. 339. 13; Rún. 3
weorold-ríce
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Th. 91, 32 ; Cri. 1501 : 275, 12; Jul. 549: 290, 14; Wand. 65: 442, 16 ; Kl. 13. Hú wolde ðæt geweoðan on woruldríce? Elen. Kmbl. 910; El. 456. In worldríce, 2095 ; El. 1049. Hé hét ðæt on worldríce wunian éce fundavit eam in secula, Ps. Th. 77, 68.
cirlisc
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Se feórþandǽl byð quadrans gecíged, beó hyt penig oððe pund, swá ꝥ wel wát ceorlisc folc, Angl. viii. 306, 31. Vulgaris dies, ꝥ byð ceorliscdæg, 317, 11. Cyrlisc plebeia, Germ. 393, 115: barbarus, An. Ox. 56, 228.
ge-lendan
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Gecwǽdon þæt þá hám gelendon eos Spartam remittunt, 1, 14; S. 56, 25. of things. material Nis nán tó þæs lytel ǽwelm ꝥ hé þá sǽ ne geséce, and eft of þǽre sǽ gelent in on þá eorþan there is no spring so small that it do not make its way to the sea, and
ge-singan
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Mið ðý warð gebed gesungen facta oratione, Jn. p. 2, 2. Þá seó cyrice gehálgad wæs and se bisceop mæssan gesungene hæfde, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567, 21. to celebrate in words Sculan wé martira gemynd . . . wrecan wordum forð, wisse gesingan, Men, 70.
ge-camp
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Th. ii. 86, 22. non-physical Hú micel wǽre ꝥ gecamp ( certamen ) þe wann on þæs rihtwísan mannes breóstum, Gr. D. 18, 4. Hé ábád mid his gebróðrum tihtende hí tó ðám tówerdan gecampe ( the coming persecution ), Hml. S. 4, 103.
of-þryccan
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Se áwyrgeda gást tówearp þone wáh, and mid þæs wáges hryre ofþryccende (opprimens) tócwýsde ǽnne .munuccnapan, Gr.
sceaga
A shaw, small wood, copse, thicket ⬩ Shaws broad belts of underwood ⬩ Shaw a natural copse of wood
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The word is found in many local names, and was preserved in various dialects, e. g. shaw a small shady wood in a valley, E. D. S. Pub. B. 7 (West Riding): A wood that encompasses a close, B. 16 (Sussex).
ed-wist
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'Se stán wæs Críst.' Hé cwæð 'wæs' for ðǽre getácnunge, ná for edwiste ( figuratively, not as indicating material ), 98, 12. Þæt Godes sunu becume on mínne innoð, and mennisce edwiste of mé genime, 200, 20: 360, 9.
ést-full
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Enoch wæs éstful on móde, Hml. S. 16, 17. Martirius wæs swíðe éstfull þeów Gode devotus valde Dei famulus, Gr. D. 86, 27. Éstfulre bróðerrǽdene devotae germanitatis, Hpt. Gl. 403, 4. Ꝥ ic þé mid éstfullum móde sylle ea ego tibi devotus dabo, Gr.
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ge-líffæstan
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H. 163, 18. to endow with active properties Ic wæs gemedemod gebiddan þá gerýnu þǽre deórwurðan and þǽre gelíffæstan róde, Hml. S. 23 b, 467
heáh
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Wæs nán tó gedále nymðe heá wæs áhafen on þá heán lyft, Gen. 1401.
FRUMA
a beginning ⬩ commencement ⬩ origin ⬩ princĭpium ⬩ inĭtium ⬩ ŏrīgo ⬩ prīmordium ⬩ exordium ⬩ an originator ⬩ author ⬩ founder ⬩ inventor ⬩ auctor ⬩ inventor ⬩ a chief ⬩ prince ⬩ ruler ⬩ king ⬩ prŏcer ⬩ princeps ⬩ rex
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Tubal Cain sulhgeweorces fruma wæs Tubal Cain was inventor of plough-work, Cd. 52; Th. 66, 20; Gen. 1087. Hie leahtra fruman lárum ne hýrdon they obeyed not the doctrines of the author of crimes, Elen. Kmbl. 1674; El. 839.
for-wyrcan
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Crw. 20, 27 (see note p. 113 on crimes for which forfeiture of land was a penalty). Hæbbe hé hit ... bútan hé hit forwyrce, Cht. E. 238, 24. Hit wæs his lǽn ðæt hé on sæt, hé ne meahte ná his forwyrcan, C. D. ii. 134, 35.
Etna
Etna, the volcano of Sicily
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the island Lipara, which was next to it, could abide in their dwellings, for the heat and for the stench, 5, 4; Bos. 105, 9-12.
herian
To praise
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Se hálga wer hergende wæs metodes miltse the holy man was praising the Lord's mercy, Cd. 190; Th. 237, 8; Dan. 334. Heri-gende. Andr. Kmbl. 1314; An. 657. Ðú byst hered perfecisti laudem, Ps. Th. 8, 2; Blickl. Homl. 67, 4
Linked entry: hergan
hwearfian
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ roll about ⬩ revolve ⬩ wander ⬩ move ⬩ toss about
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Ǽlc gesceaft hwearfaþ on hire selfre swá swá hweól and tó ðam heó swá hwearfaþ ðæt heó eft cume ðǽr heó ǽr wæs every creature turns on itself as a wheel, and it so turns to the end that it may come again where it was before: repetunt proprios quæque recursus
Linked entry: hreafigende
gód
Good ⬩ good thing ⬩ good deed ⬩ benefit ⬩ goodness ⬩ welfare
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His gód wæs swíðe gecýðed his goodness was very famous, Blickl. Homl. 217, 3: Bt. Met. Fox 20, 57; Met. 20, 29. Ðæt héhste gód the supreme good, 90; Met. 20, 46: Bt. 32, 1; Fox 114, 5. Swá hwæt swá we to góde dóþ whatever good we do, Blickl.
scríðan
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Com on wanre niht scrídan sceadugenga, 1410; B. 703. to go hither and thither, go about, wander: — Líg scríðeþ geond woruld wide fire shall spread itself far and wide through the world, Exon. Th. 51, 3 ; Cri. 810.
ár
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Ǽlc man sceolde cennan his áre every man was to state the amount of his property (for 'taxing) . Hml. Th. i. 30, 5. Hí behwyrfden heora are on gymstánum, 60, 28. Þá áre þe hé him forgeaf, wícstede weligne, B. 2606.