sprǽc
Speech. ⬩ speech, talking ⬩ speech, the faculty of speaking ⬩ skilful speech, speaking with art, eloquence ⬩ what is said, a speech, saying, collection of words ⬩ speech, language, talk, discourse, words ⬩ a speech, language ⬩ speech, e.g. to have speech of or with a person, conversation, consultation, conference, discussion ⬩ a question, case that requires explanation ⬩ a sentence, decision, agreement, terms ⬩ a case, cause, suit, claim ⬩ talk about a person or thing, report, fame ⬩ words denoting places where there is speaking ⬩ lingua, loquela ⬩ colloquium, eloquium, ratio, judicium, consilium, senatus
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Skt. 1, 45. in the Northern Gospels spréc translates words denoting places where there is speaking In spréce (spréc, Lind.) in synagoga, Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 2. On spréce (spréc, Lind.) in foro, 12, 38: Lk. Skt. Rush. 20, 46: Lind. 7, 32
wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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Th. ii. 298, 18. moisture in an animal body, humour Ðonan cymeþ sió mettrymnes ðæm healedum,ðe se wǽta ðæra innoða ( humor viscerum ) ástígð tó ðæm lime, Past. 11; Swt. 73, 9.
þúsend
a thousand
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Tele nú ðæt tén þúsend geára wið ðæt éce líf, Bt. 18, 3: Fox 66, 6-10. Wæs þreó þúsend ðæra leóda álesen, Elect. Kmbl. 569; El. 285: Blickl. Homl. 119, 3. Similar entries v. under 2. other examples.
rǽd
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For a list of such names v. Txts, 603 sqq., and for similar O. H. Ger. names v. Grff. ii. 463
Linked entry: rád
þeód
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Lind. 4, 45. Aulixis hæfde twá ðióda under ðam Kásere.
stán
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</b> a stone in the bladder :-- On ðære blǽdran stánas weaxaþ, Lchdm. ii. 238, 18: i. 212, 22. rock, a rock (lit. and fig.) Ðæt hig sucon hunig of stáne and ele of ðam heardustan stáne, Deut. 32, 13. Hé lǽdde wæter of stáne ( de petra ), Ps.
Linked entry: stán-weorþung
ceorl
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Th. ii. 344, 18. þæt mæssepreóst lybbe his líf swá swá ceorl, Wlfst. 269, 29. <b>II d.</b> as a term of contempt?
fédan
to suckle ⬩ nurse ⬩ to feed up ⬩ fatten ⬩ to support ⬩ maintain ⬩ nurture ⬩ educate ⬩ foster ⬩ to nourish ⬩ sustain ⬩ to bring forth ⬩ To graze
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Add: of living creatures. to give food to (lit. or fig.) Gif hié mon ongemang ðǽre ðreátunga fét mid sumere heringe, Past. 303, 1. Wiþ feóndseócum men, þonne deófol þone monnan féde oððe hine innan gewealde mid ádle, Lch. ii. 136, 25.
ge-medemian
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Furðor beón gemedemod in majori loco stabiliri, lio, 7
háwian
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Hé hét his cnapan háwian tó ðǽre sǽ gif ǽnig mist árise, 18, 145. figurative, where the mind is directed to a subject Hwónlíce fremað ðæs mannes líf ðe bið nýtene gelíc, ðe háwað symle tó ðǽre eorðan, ꝥ is, tó eorðlicum ðingum, Hml. Th. ii. 442, 8.
of-sleán
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Gif man leúd ofsleá an þeófðe, licge bútan wyrgelde, 42, 13. Gif hine mon ofsleá, licgge hé orgilde, 60, 14: 286, 14, Gif þeóf brece mannes hús nihtes, and hé weorðe þǽr ofslegen, ne sié hé (the slayer) ná mansleges seyldig, 50, 19.
wær
ware ⬩ aware ⬩ having knowledge of something which is to be guarded against ⬩ ware ⬩ prepared for ⬩ on guard against something that might be hurtful ⬩ ware ⬩ careful to avoid something ⬩ on guard against doing something ⬩ ware ⬩ observant of ⬩ attentive to a warning ⬩ wary ⬩ cautious ⬩ sagacious ⬩ prudent ⬩ cunning
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Lind. 10, 17. ware, careful to avoid something, on guard against doing something, with gen. Wénde ic ðæt ðú ðý wærra weorþan sceolde swylces gemótes, Exon.
Linked entries: wacor wær-geápnis wærþu
ord
a point, ⬩ of a weapon ⬩ a spear, pointed weapon ⬩ one who is at the topmost point, a head, chief, prince ⬩ head, front ⬩ line of battle, forefront ⬩ the beginning, origin, source (applied to persons and things)
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Icel. með oddi ok eggju) it protected life from thrust and cut, Beo. Th. 3102; B. 1549. putting a part for the whole, a spear, pointed weapon Mé sceal wǽpen niman, ord and íren ( spear and sword ), Byrht. Th. 139, 12; By. 253.
cwealm
Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium
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To ðam swíðe awédde se cwealm ðæt hundeahtatig manna of lífe gewiton the plague raged to that degree that eighty men departed from life, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 18: Exon. 89a; Th. 335, 7; Gn. Ex. 30.
ge-standan
to stand ⬩ stand still ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ exist ⬩ be ⬩ stāre ⬩ mănēre. existĕre ⬩ esse ⬩ to stand against any one ⬩ oppose ⬩ oppress ⬩ attack ⬩ urge ⬩ seize ⬩ insurgĕre ⬩ ingruĕre ⬩ urgĕre ⬩ corrĭpĕre
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Hie on eallum heora lífe orleahtre gestódan they continued blameless in all their life, Blickl. Homl. 163, 17, 4. Hie mon to his andweardnesse héht gestandan they were ordered to stand in his presence, 173, 11.
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CLǼNE
CLEAN, pure, clear ⬩ mundus, purus, merus, serenus ⬩ chaste, innocent ⬩ castus, innoxius
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-lice] Cælebs, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 49; Som. 13, 13. Ðú byst clǽne absjue peccato eris, Deut. 23, 22: Chr. 1066; Erl. 198, 4; Edw. 23. Gif heó clǽne sý if she be innocent, L. Ath. V. § 1, 1; Th. i. 228, 17: L. Eth. iii. 7; Th. i. 296, 9.
ESNE
A man of the servile class, a servant, retainer, man, youth ⬩ mercēnārius, servus, vir, jŭvĕnis
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Gif man mid esnes cwynan geligeþ, be cwicum ceorle, ii gebéte if a man lie with an 'esne's' wife, her husband still living, let him make twofold amends, L. Ethb. 85; Th. i. 24, 9.
ge-frignan
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Gefrægn ðone weligo from lif éce interrogans diues de uita aeterna, Lk. p. 9, 16. (2 a) where and (l a) are combined Gifraigað of sedum aldum, huoelc sié woeg gód, Rtl. 36, 13. to ask. question a person Huæd mec gefraignes ðú ?
ge-sund
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S. 23, 438. where injury is avoided, uninjured. of persons His gebedu ádwǽscton þone líg, and hé beláf gesund. Hml. S. 29, 251: Jul. 584. Ne sý him bánes bryce . . . ac gé hine gesundne ásettað, Gú. 673.
gild
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Gl. 202, 27. abstract, worship, rite, service, sacrifice Æt ðám gilde Luperc[a]lia Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 27. Gield cultum 90, 27. Gild, 19, 24. Geld ceremoniae, . 28, 54: ceremonie, i. ritus sacrificandi, religiones, sacrificia Wülck. Gl. 202, 27.