breóst
the chest ⬩ thorax ⬩ the stomach ⬩ womb ⬩ a breast ⬩ mamma ⬩ mamilla
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Add: the front of the chest Mid gildenum girdle his breóst wæs befangen . . . hé silf wæs begird æt his hálgum breóste (praecinctus ad mamillas zona aurea, Rev. l, 13), Ll. Th. ii. 370, 4-7. Oþ mannes breóst (cf. swyran, Shrn. 81, 13) heah, Bl.
deófol-gild
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Þǽr wæs þǽre sunnan anlýcnys geworht of golde, ond heó wæs on gyldenum scryde, ond æt þám wǽron gyldene hors, Mart. H. 220, 28: 206, 4.
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ge-cynd
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Hy. 7, 43. a native place or position, that to which one has a natural right Brytland him wæs on gewealde ... Norman-díge ꝥ land wæs his gecynde, Chr. 1086; P. 220, 25.
gód
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Noe wæs gód . . . dómfæst and gedéfe (cf. Noe wæs rihtwís, Gen. 6, 9), Gen. 1285. Ic þé gódne wát, fæsthýdigne, 1346. Oft þá gódan déman (cf. þá unrihtwísan déman, 21) habbað yfele gingran, Ll. Lbm. 475, 28.
sceáwian
to look ⬩ to look at ⬩ observe ⬩ behold ⬩ see ⬩ to look at, look on with favour, to regard, have respect to ⬩ to look at with care, consider, inspect, examine, scrutinize, reconnoitre ⬩ to look out, seek for, select, choose, provide ⬩ to shew (favour, respect, etc.) ⬩ to grant
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Ðá ðæt eall gedón wæs swá se geótere ðæm æðelinge ǽr behét se æðeling ðæt ðá sceáwode when all that was done as the founder (Perillus) promised the prince (Phalaris), the prince then inspected it, Ors. 1, 12; Swt. 54, 29.
werian
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Ðam folce wæs gewunelíc, ðæt hí weredon býman on ǽlcum gefeohte, Jud. 7, 16. Deóplíc dǽdbót bið ðæt lǽwede man . . . wyllen werige, L. Pen. 10; Th. ii. 280, 20.
hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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Beóð þý hefigran heortan benne, Wand. 49. hard to perform, difficult, requiring exertion, laborious, toilsome Hefig ł uneáðe difficile, Lk. L. 18, 24: Mt. L. 19, 23.
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Beda
Venerable Bede
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acenned on sundor-lande ðæs ylcan Mynstres. - Mid ðý ic wæs seofon wintre, ðá wæs ic mid gýmenne mínra maga seald to fédanne and to lǽranne ðam árwurþan Abbude Benedicte, and Ceolfriþe æfter ðon and syððan ealle tíd mínes lífes on ðæs ylcan Mynstres
ge-hæftan
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Gehæftad wæs diwl in helle dampnatus est diabolus in infernum, Rtl. 197, 25
Cwén-land
Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north. Malte-Brun says that the inhabitants of Cwén-land were a Finnish race. They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines. 'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . . Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman
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Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the
EALD
old, ancient ⬩ vĕtus, ætāte provectus, priscus, antīquus
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Eald enta geweorc the old work of giants, Exon. 77b; Th. 291, 24; Wand. 87: 60b; Th. 220, 16; Ph. 321: 86b; Th. 326, 1; Wíd. 122. Of ðære ealdan moldan hátaþ hý upp-astandan he bids them to arise up from the old mould, 21a; Th. 55, 25; Cri. 889.
Linked entries: ald eald-spræc
gifan
To give ⬩ dare ⬩ impertire
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On Moyses hand wearþ wíg gifen into Moses' hand martial force was given, Cd. 173; Th., 216, 11; Dan. 5.
gnornan
To grieve ⬩ mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ mœrere
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Ic cúþlíce wát for hwon ðú gnornast scio certissime quare mæres, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 42. Gnornaþ he grieves, Exon. 82 b; Th. 311, 14; Seef. 92: 51 a; Th. 178, 6; Gú. 1240.
be-tweonum
BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio
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Ne sceólon unc betweonan teónan weaxan injury shall not wax between us two, Cd, 91; Th, 114, 10; Gen. 1902. Hluton hell-cræftum, hǽðengildum teledon betwinum they cast lots, counted, with hellish arts, amid heathen gods, Andr. Kmbl. 2207; An. 1105.
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þweál
washing ⬩ what is used in washing ⬩ ointment
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Icel. þvál a kind of soap, þvæla to wash with soap: Swed. twål hard soap.) Similar entries v. þweán, II Pund ðuahles librum ungenti, Jn. Skt. Lind. 12, 3
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fǽringa
unexpectedly ⬩ of a sudden ⬩ all at once ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ early ⬩ by chance ⬩ forte
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Fǽringa ymbe þá herehúðe hé hlemmeð tógædre grimme góman, Wal. 60: 44. Hé fǽringa feóll tó þǽre eorðan. . . and hé forðférde, Chr. 1042; P. 162, 14: Bl. H. 223, 11.
ge-limplíce
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A. 129, 439. rightly, properly, in accordance with the actual state of the case Gelimplíce hé ús lǽrde and monade hú wé ús gebiddan sceoldan, and hwæðere cwæþ : 'Eówer Fæder wát hwæs eów þearf biþ ǽr gé hine biddan' quite properly he taught us and admonished
geap
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Strúdende fýr steápes and geápes forswealh eall every roof was burnt Gen. 2556. Under geápne hróf, B. 836. Þás hofu dreórgað and þǽs teáfor geápu ( these vaulted and red-tiled roofs ?)
wæccan
To watch ⬩ wake
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To watch, wake; except in the Northern specimens the verb seems to occur only in the present participle, wacian (q.v.) being used elsewhere Wæccaþ (-as, Lind.) gé vigilate, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 24, 42. Wæcceþ (wæcas, Lind.), 26, 41. Wæccas, Mk. Skt.