ge-wit
wits ⬩ senses ⬩ [right] mind ⬩ mind ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ consciousness
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Nú bidde ic dé ðæt ðú hí on gewitte gebringe now I beseech thee bring her to her wits, Homl. Th. i. 458, 11: Exon. 67 b; Th. 251, 12; Jul. 144: 74 b; Th. 278, 13; Jul. 597.
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græf
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Ðonne þú græf habban wille, þonne sete þú þíne þrí fingras tósomne swilce þú græf hæbbe, and styra þíne fingras swilce þú wríte, Tech. ii. 128, 6. [From Latin graphium.] Add
Sætern-niht
Friday night,
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Friday night, the night between Friday and Saturday His (Christ) líc læg on byrgene ða Sæterniht and Sunnanniht his body lay in the sepulchre on the nights of Friday and Saturday, Homl. Th. i. 216, 27
maga
Powerful ⬩ strong ⬩ a powerful person
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Powerful, strong, a powerful person Ic lǽre ǽlcne ðara ðe maga sí I advise every one that is powerful, Shrn. 163, 12. Ne derige se maga ðam unmagan let not the strong injure the weak, L. I. P. 7; Th. ii. 314, 1.
wer-tihtle
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An accusation where the crime of which a person is accused involves the payment of the wer; the crime itself Be wertyhtlan. Gif mon sié wertyhtlan betogen . . . bíde mon mid ðære wíterǽdenne óþ ðæt se wer gegolden sié, L. In. 71; Th. i. 148, 1-4
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a-mán-sumian
To excommunicate ⬩ anathematize ⬩ excommunicare ⬩ anathematizare
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Hý amánsumodon ðone mæsse-preost Arríum they excommunicated the mass-priest Arius, L. Ælf. C. 3; Th. ii. 344, 2. Amánsumed excommunicated, Chr. 675 ; Th. 59, 12: 963; Th. 221, 23: 1070; Th. 347, 4: L. Eth. v. 29; Th. i. 312, 1
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Ceolwald
Ceolwald
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Ceolwald, son of Cuthwulf, an ancestor of the West-Saxon kings Ceolwald wæs Cúþwulfing Ceolwald was the son of Cuthwulf, Chr. Th. 2, 3
Weder-mearc
The district occupied by the Wederas
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The district occupied by the Wederas Óþ ðæt eft byreþ ofer lagustreámas leófne mannan wudu wundenheals tó Weder-mearce, Beo. Th. 602 ; B. 298
brego-ríce
a governor, ruler, king; ⬩ a region, kingdom ⬩ A kingdom; ⬩ regnum
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A kingdom; regnum Se wæs Babylónes bregoríces fruma he was the founder of the kingdom of Babylon, Cd. 79; Th. 98, 21; Gen. 1633
wíg-bealu
War-bale ⬩ harm caused by war ⬩ the calamity of war
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War-bale, harm caused by war, the calamity of war Wígbealu weccean to kindle the wasting flame of war, Beo. Th. 4098; B. 2046
hearpe-streng
A harp-string
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A harp-string Hé ða hearpestrengas mid cræfte ástirian ongan he began to move the strings of the harp skilfully, Ap. Th. 17, 8
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ge-offrian
To offer, sacrifice
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Abel geoffrode ða sélostan lác Gode Abel offered the best sacrifices to God, 18, 5: 22, 9: Gen. 8, 20. Ðæt hí be hreówsunge Gode geoffrodon that they should sacrifice to God by penitence, Homl. Th. i. 68, 17. Geoffrod sacrificed, Lev. 4, 15
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Scildingas
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The descendants of Scild, or more generally the Danes. The word occurs often in Beowulf, and is also found in the compounds Ár-, Here-, Sige-, Þeód-Sciídingas
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EARD
land, country, province, region, place of residence, dwelling, home ⬩ sŏlum nātīvum, patria, rĕgio, dŏmĭcĭlium ⬩ on land ⬩ terra, terra firma ⬩ state, station, condition ⬩ sĭtus, condĭtio
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Eard git ne const frécne stówe, ðǽr ðú findan miht secg thou dost not yet know the land, perilous place, where thou mayest find the man, Beo. Th. 2759; B. 1377: Exon. 38 b; Th. 128, 4; Gú. 399: 129 a; Th. 495, 20; Rä. 85, 6.
freónd
A FRIEND ⬩ ămīcus
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Gif ðú áge freónd ǽnigne if thou have any friend, Cd. 116; Th. 150, 30; Gen. 2499: 135; Th. 170, 10; Gen. 2811: Beo. Th. 2774; B. 1385. Hwylc eówer hæfþ sumne freónd quis vestrum habēbit amīcum? Lk. Bos. 11. 5: Ps. Th. 90, 2.
hreð-mónaþ
March
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Ðonne se hréðmónaþ biþ ágán ðonne biþ seó niht twelf tída lang and se dæg ðæt ilce when March is past then the night is twelve hours long and the day the same, 69, 7
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CÝLE
A cold, coldness, CHILL ⬩ frīgus
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Nabbaþ we to hyhte nymþe cýle and fýr we have nought in hope, save chill and fire, Cd. 220; Th. 285, 10; Sat. 335. Hý wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on they bring the cold upon him, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 23, 6, 8
GÓMA
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Ic eom on góman swétra ðonne ðú beóbreád blende mid hunige sweeter am I on the palate than didst thou blend honeycomb with honey, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 18; Rä. 41, 58: 113 a; Th. 433, 11; Rä. 50, 6.
líf-lád
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Ben. 9, 21. conduct, conversation, mode of life Þéh þe seó tunge þǽre helle tintregu forswígode, seó his líflád hí spræc and cýðde etiamsi taceret lingua, cottversatio loqueretur. Gr. D. 317, 21.
camp-stede
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The place of battle, battle-field; locus pugnæ On ðam campstede on the battle-field, Chr. 937; Th. 204, 2, col. 1; Æðelst. 29: 937; Th. 206, 1, col. 1; Æthelst. 49. Fór campstede [MS. campsted] sécan he went forth to seek the place of battle, Bt.