word
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God cwæð be eallum synfullum mannum twá word . . . , ' Declina a malo' . . . Eft cwæð God, 'Gif se synfulla wyrcð dǽdbóte . . . , ' Hml. S. 12, 145-155. (10) :-- Ic gewunode in Laurenties worde (cf.
scortlíce
shortly ⬩ before long ⬩ soon ⬩ shortly ⬩ briefly ⬩ compendiously
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Nú is óðer cwyde be gódum mannum sceortlíce gecweden, Homl. Th. i. 484, 20. Wé willaþ furðor swíðor sprecan, and wé secgaþ nú sceortlíce, Lchdm. iii. 240, 2
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simbel
Continual ⬩ perpetual ⬩ ever ⬩ always ⬩ continually
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Hió þyrstende wæs on symbel mannes blódes she was continually thirsting for human blood; haec, sanguinem sitiens, inter incessablia homicidia, Ors. 1, 2; Swt. 30, 27.
þeówetling
A (poor) slave
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Ǽlces mannes þeówetlingas ða ðrý dagas weorces beón gefreóde, Wulfst. 171, 19. Be teóðunge ... þridda dǽl gá þearfum and earman þeówetlingan, L. Eth. ix, 6; Th. i. 342, 9. Þearfena helpan and þeówetlingan beorgan, L. I. P. 11; Th. ii. 318, 26.
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CAMP
A contest, war, battle ⬩ certamen, pugna, bellum
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Drihten tǽcþ handa míne to gefeohte, and fingras míne to slehte oððe to campe Dominus docet manus meas ad prælium, et digitos meos ad bellum, Ps. Lamb. 143, 1; Bd. 3, 24; S. 556, 21; Judth. 11; Thw. 14, 21; Jud. 200; Beo.
Linked entry: campian
á-streccan
to stretch out ⬩ hold oat ⬩ to extend:-- ⬩ to prostrate,
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Hé hine ástreahte ofer leomu þæs deádan mannes, Bl. H. 117, 27. Hé hine on gebed ástreahte, 219, 17. Hié sculon licgean ástreahte debent jacere substrati, Past. 109, 23. to lay low Críst oferswíðde hine and ástrehte, Hml. Th. i. 176, 29.
curmealle
the greater centaury ⬩ chlora perfoliata, Lin ⬩ the lesser centaury ⬩ erythræa centaurium, Lin
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Voc. 31, 39. the lesser centaury ; erythræa centaurium, Lin Ðeós wyrt ðe man centauriam minorem and óðrum naman curmelle seó læsse nemneþ, biþ cenned on fæstum landum this herb which is named centaurea minorand by another name the lesser centaury, is
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latian
To be slow ⬩ to linger ⬩ loiter ⬩ delay
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Hit is swytol ðæt man ðæs latode ealles tó lange, Wulfst. 168, 2. Ne lata ðú ne cuncteris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 60, 34. Ne yld ðú ł ne lata ðú non tardaveris, Ps. Spl. 39, 24: Ps. Th. 69, 7: Exon. 13 a; Th. 23, 23; Cri. 373.
Linked entry: elcian
middan-eard
The middle dwelling ⬩ the abode of men ⬩ the earth ⬩ the world ⬩ the world ⬩ mankind
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Hé sǽde, ðæt eal ðes middaneard nǽre ðé máre dríges landes ofer ðone mycelan gársecg, ðonne man ǽnne prican ápricie on ánum brádum brede.
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ge-gangan
to go ⬩ happen ⬩ take place ⬩ befal ⬩ to fall to one's share ⬩ to come in ⬩ ire ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ to exercise ⬩ effect ⬩ accomplish ⬩ exercere ⬩ perficere ⬩ efficere ⬩ to go against with hostile intention ⬩ to pass over ⬩ overcome ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ aggredi ⬩ transgredi ⬩ superare ⬩ subigere ⬩ oblinere ⬩ adipisci ⬩ possidere
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Ðá wæs gegongen gumum unfródum, ðæt . . . then it had befallen the youthful man, that . . . Beo. Th. 5634; B. 2821.
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stæl-wirðe
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A man þat es yhung and light, Be he never swa stalworth and wyght, Pr. C. 689. Cf. stanndenn stallwurrþlig ȝæn þe deofless wille, Orm. 1194. Louerd mi stalwurnesse (stalworthhede, other MSS.) Domine, virtus mea, Ps. 17, 2.] Cf. nyt-wirðe
þurh-faran
to go through or over ⬩ to traverse ⬩ pertransire ⬩ To pass ⬩ to pierce ⬩ pass through ⬩ to pass beyond ⬩ transcend ⬩ to penetrate
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On anlícnysse þurhfærþ man in imagine pertransit homo, 38, 9: 102, 15. Ðǽr scipu þurhfaraþ (ðorhfearaþ, Surt.) illic naves pertransibunt, 103, 26. of a weapon, to pierce, pass through His swurd ðíne sáwle þurhfærþ, Lk. Skt. 2, 35.
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Wóden
Woden
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Wyrm com snícan, tóslát hé man ; ðá genam Woden viiii. wuldortánas, slóh ðá ða næddran, ðæt heó on viiii tófleáh, Lchdm. iii. 34, 23. ¶ Woden is found in most of the genealogies of the old English royal families Ðæs (Wihta) fæder wæs Wóden nemned, of
be-ginnan
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Gif hwá útácymen man beginne tó þénienne. swelte hé deáðe externus, qui ad ministrandum accesserit, morietur, Num. 3, 10. <b>II a.</b> to attack :-- Ymbe þreó mónað þæs þe hié mon ǽr ongon (began, v.l. ), Ors. 5, II; S. 238, II
ge-forþian
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'Man ofsleá Amanes mágas.' Þis wearð geforþod, Hml. A. JOi, 312. On þone seofoðan dæg ðú gerestest. Þá wæs geforðad ðín fægere weorc, Btwk. 198, 8
hǽþen-scipe
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Ǽghwylcne hǽðenscype wordes and weorces forhogie man ǽfre, id est idolatria et ueneficia, . . .
hǽmed
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Ælþeódige mæn gif hió hiora hǽmed rihtan nyllað, 38, Ceorlisc man.. . ꝥ hǽmed mid hreówe forlǽte, 7. Þá forbodenan gyfta ł hǽmeda uetitos hymeneos, An. Ox. 1781. Hémedo, Txts. 69, 1036. Hémeða, Wrt. Voc. ii. 78, 29. Wífþing, gifta, hǽmed, 43, 13
reáfian
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Gif hwylc man reáfige óðerne æt his dehter si homo quis alterum filia sua spoliaverit, Ll. Th. ii. 208, 7. 2.
saltere
a stringed musical instrument, a psaltery ⬩ the book of Psalms ⬩ a psalter, ⬩ to sing psalms
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Grn. 7, 26. a psalter, a service-book containing the book of Psalms divided into certain portions for Matins, and the Hours, so as to be gone through in the course of the week :-- Hé (the mass-priest)] saltere swá man singþ on Róme, Chart.
HEÁWAN
To HEW, cut, strike, smite
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To HEW, cut, strike, smite [with a sharp weapon] Gif mon óðres wudu heáweþ unáliéfedne if a man cut another's wood without leave, L. Alf. pol. 12; Th. i. 70, 4.