FORD
A FORD ⬩ vădum
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Ða Walas adrifon sumre eá ford ealne mid scearpum pílum greátum the Welsh staked the ford of a river all with great sharp piles, Chr. Erl. 5, 9, 12. Ofer ðone ford trans vădum, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 38: Byrht. Th. 134, 22; By. 88: Beo.
Linked entry: fyrd
for-drífan
To drive away ⬩ force ⬩ compel ⬩ drive out ⬩ eject ⬩ banish ⬩ pellĕre ⬩ prōpellĕre ⬩ compellĕre ⬩ cōgĕre ⬩ expellĕre
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To drive away, force, compel, drive out, eject, banish; pellĕre, prōpellĕre, compellĕre, cōgĕre, expellĕre Sumne sceal hreóh fordrífan the tempest shall drive one away, Exon. 87 a; Th. 328, 10; Vy. 15.
heord-rǽden
Guard ⬩ guardianship ⬩ care ⬩ keeping
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Surt. 11, 27. Ðá gesette God æt ðam infære engla hyrdrǽdene then God set a guard of angels at the entrance, Gen. 3, 24: Boutr. Scrd. 20, 32. Ge habbaþ heordrǽdenne habetis custodiam, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 65.
Linked entry: hyrd-rǽden
hwæl
A whale
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Wilt ðú fón sumne hwæl? Nic. For hwi? Forðam plyhtlíc þingc hit ys gefón hwæl vis capere aliquem cetum? Nolo. Quare? Quia periculosa res est capere cetum, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 15-22. Hé gesceóp ða micclan hwalas, Lchdm. iii. 234, 12
leornere
A learner ⬩ reader
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Johannes gesende twægen leorneras his Joannes mittens duos de discipulis suis. Mt. Kembl. Rusts. 11. 2, 1: 10, 1. Ealle ða gelǽredestan men and ða leorneras multis doctioribus viris, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 30
meahtig
mighty ⬩ powerful ⬩ able ⬩ Possible
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Surt. 23, 8: 71, 12: Mk. Skt. Lind. 9, 29. Mæhtih, Lk. Skt. Lind. 24, 19. Meahtig God, Ps. C. 50; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 89. Cyning ríce and mihtig rex potentissimus. Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 16. Wyrta módor, innan mihtigu, Lchdm. iii. 32, 8.
mennisc
Men ⬩ people
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Ðæt ðú ne nyme wíf mínum suna of ðisum menisce ( de filiabus Chananæorum ), Gen. 24, 3. Josue ofslóh eall ðæt mennisc ðe on muntum wunode ( omnem terram montanam ), Jos. 10, 40: Thw. 161, 37. Ácwealde ðæt earme mennisc, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 7
meox
Muck ⬩ dung ⬩ ordure ⬩ dirt
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Surt. 136, 1. Meoxa stercorum, 484, 22
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micelian
to become great ⬩ to increase in size or in quantity ⬩ to make great ⬩ to increase the size or quantity of a thing ⬩ to extol ⬩ magnify
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Surt. 68, 31. Wé micliaþ magnificabimus, 11, 5. Eal ðæt folc his noman myccledon, Blickl. Homl. 15, 29. Mycclian wé his noman, 13, 7
recene
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Hét him recene tó his sunu gangan, Cd. Th. 53, 20; Gen. 864 : 134, 41; Gen. 2228. Ðú nú recene beheald intende, Ps. Th. 29, 1. Recone ł sóna confestim, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 29 : cito, 9, 39 : statim, Lind. 14, 45. Recune (recone, Rush.) continuo, Jn.
Linked entry: ricene
blótan
To sacrifice, to kill for a sacrifice ⬩ immolare, sacrificare ⬩ sacrificare
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Ongunnon heora bearn blótan feóndum immolaverunt filios suos dæmoniis, Ps. Th. 105, 27: Cd. 138; Th. 173, 5; Gen. 2856. Úre yldran on ðam mónþe bleóton á our forefathers always sacrificed in this month, Hick. Thes. i. 219, 57.
Linked entry: a-blótan
georn-ful
Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligent ⬩ sollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens
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Surt. 49, 21. Geornfulle men diligent men, Bt. 32, 3; Fox 118, 10. Se is yfla gehwæs geornfulra ðonne ic who is more zealous than I for every evil, Exon. 70 b; Th. 261, 33; Jul. 324.
Linked entry: gearnfull
Seaxe
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Of Seaxum, ðæt is of ðam lande ðe mon háteþ Eald-Seaxan, cóman Eást-Seaxan (-Seaxa, -Sexa, Chron. 449) and Súþ-Seaxan (-Sexa, Chron.) and West-Seaxan (-Sexa, Chron.), Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 20-24. Ðá wǽron Seaxan sécende intingan, S. 483, 36.
scip
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Surt. 47, 8: 103, 26
sláw
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Surt. 37, 10. Ðú yfela þeów and sláwa (piger). Mt. Kmbl. 25, 26. Ðú sláwa gá ðé tó æmethylle vade ad fortnican, o piger, Past. 28, 3; Swt. 191, 25.
un-medume
Unmeet ⬩ unfit ⬩ unworthy
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Him ðúhte selfum ðæt hé wǽre swíðe unmedeme parvulum se in suis oculis viderat, 17; Swt. 112, 11. Ic swíðe unmeodum néðde tó Dryhtnes líchoman, Anglia xi. 99, 70. Hwylc ðæt unmedeme gód wæs quae sit imperfecti boni forma, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 5.
Linked entry: medume
wiþ-winnan
To strive against ⬩ resist
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Ðá cwæþ ic: "Né wéne ic ðæt ǽnig wuht sié ðe wiþwinne" non est igitur aliquid, quod summo huic bono possit obsistere. Non, inquam, arbitror, Bt. 35, 4; Fox 160, 31. Hwæt wilt ðú cweþan, gif hwá nylle wiþwinnan, 36, 6; Fox 182, 6.
weorold-spéd
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Mid hire ǽhtum and worldspédon possessionibus suis et mundanis opibus, L. Ecg. P. ii. 16 ; Th. ii. 188, 3. Weoroldspédum, Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 489, 27. Ða ðe habbaþ weoruldspéde habentes subsidia, S. 490, 8.
wull
Wool
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Surt. 147, 16. Wullan (? the MS. has wulla with a stroke after the a) lanam, Kent. Gl. 1135. Wulla lanas, Hpt. Gl. 524, 14
durran
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Add: subj. prs. dyrre, durre Ich darr audeam, Mt. p. 1, 9. Ne dear man gewanian, Wlfst. 157, 15. Hǽlda ic ni darstæ, Txts. 126, 5. Húmeta dorstest ðú gán?, Hml. Th. i. 530, 2. Darston (-un, R.) audebant, Lk. L. 20, 40.