spír
a spire
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Plant Names, where spire is given as the name of the reed and of various spiked grasses. The word is also used of tapering trees, v. Baker's Northampt. Gl. Hreódes spír Lchdm, ii. 266, 10
Sunnan-dæg
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The observance of the Sunday was enjoined by the laws.
ge-sceapennys
A creation, creating, formation ⬩ creātio
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Se man ðe deófle ge-efenlǽcþ se biþ deófles bearn, ná þurh gecynd oððe þurh gesceapenysse, ac þurh ða geefenlǽcunge and yfele geearnunga the man who imitates the devil is a child of the devil, not by nature nor by creation, but by that imitation and evil
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geolca
A YOLK ⬩ ovi vitellus
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On æge biþ gioleca on middan in an egg the yolk is in the middle, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 339; Met. 20, 170. Genim geolocan take the yolk, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 7
brim-streám
the sea's current, ocean-stream, the sea, ocean ⬩ maris fluctus, mare, oceanus ⬩ a rapid stream, river ⬩ fluvius rapidus, amnis
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the sea's current, ocean-stream, the sea, ocean; maris fluctus, mare, oceanus Ic on brimstreáme spræc worda worn I spake many words on the ocean-stream, Andr. Kmbl. 1806; An. 905. Beóton brimstreámas the sea-streams dashed, 477; An. 239.
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hand-geweorc
Work of the hand, handiwork
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Work of the hand, handiwork Ðæra hǽðenra anlícnyssa sind gyldene and sylfrene manna handgeweorc the idols of the heathen are of gold and of silver, the work of men's hands, Homl. Th. i. 366, 26: Deut. 4, 28.
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N
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If, however, n and s come together by the loss of an intervening vowel the n remains, e. g. winstre; O. H. Ger. O. Sax. winistar. The character which appears in the Runic poem is ᚾ and the verse, in which the name (cf.
for-swelgan
To swallow up ⬩ devour ⬩ absorb ⬩ devŏrāre ⬩ degluttīre ⬩ absorbēre
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Heó beóþ forswelgene they shall be swallowed up, 57, 8
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a-stépan
to bereave, as children of their parents
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to bereave, as children of their parents, Gr. Dial. 1, 2 : Ps. Vos. 108, 8
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druncen-hád
Drunkenness ⬩ ebriĕtas
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-hed] through their drunkenness, Chr. 1070; Th. 345, 42
æt-íwendlic
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Demonstrative Iste þes ys æteówiendlic (-eów-endlic, -ýwigendlic, v. ll. ), Ælfc. Gr. Z. 93, 9
cíp-lic
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For sale þes sáwle his cýplice hæfð hic animam suam uenalem habet, Scint. 98, 17
BORH
a security, pledge, loan, bail ⬩ fœnus ⬩ a person who gives security, a surety, bondsman, debtor ⬩ fidejussor, debitor
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It is generally thought, that the borh originated with king Alfred, but the first time we find it clearly expressed, is in the Laws of Ine, v. Turner's Hist. of A. S. Bk. vi.
geap
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Sé þincð nú wærrest and geápest þe óðerne mæig beswícan, 17, 23
hrycg-hǽr
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tail, without fear you will perform the journey; but the wolf will have trouble about his journey, L.
ge-hýdan
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úp gewítað (cf. an ealond he (the sailors) wenen it (the whale) is, . . . sipes on festen and alle up gangen, Misc. 17, 533), Wal. 13
on-orettan
to perform with effort, to accomplish ( a difficult undertaking)
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Iudiscféða án onorette uncúð gelád the tribe of Judah by itself performed the difficult and unknown course (the passage of the Red Sea ), Cd. Th. 197, 25; Exod. 313
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swinglung
Giddiness, dizziness, vertigo ⬩ to rove ⬩ to reel ⬩ giddy ⬩ vertigo
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Giddiness, dizziness, vertigo [cf. swingan, though the verb does not seem much used in the sense of modern swing.
cantic
A canticle, song ⬩ canticum
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A canticle, song; canticum Hafaþ se cantic ofer ealle Cristes béc wídmǽrost word the canticle hath the greatest repute over all Christ's books, Salm. Kmbl. 99; Sal. 49.
leóht
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Þone þe leóht gescóp. Jul. 117: Gen. 122. (1 a) light as a mark of a habitable region, a region or condition in which there is light, used of this world and the next :-- Hé sáwla lǽdeð on úprodor, þǽr [is] leóht and líf, Exod. 545.