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
ǽ-smæl
a contraction of the pupil of the eye
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a contraction of the pupil of the eye Wiþ ǽsmælum and wiþ eallum eágna wærce, Lch. ii. 338, 1 : 2, 9 : 36, 16, 19
Linked entry: smæl
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
Linked entry: streng
hrǽw
a corpse ⬩ carcase ⬩ trunk ⬩ carrion
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Deádra hrǽwum over the corpses of the dead, Cd. 144; Th. 180, 6; Exod. 41
ge-sinscipe
Marriage ⬩ wedlock ⬩ matrimony ⬩ in pl. Married people ⬩ connubium,
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Eác is gesynscipum micel þearf for those married also there is much need, L. E. I 43; Th. ii. 440, 7
lift
the air
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the air
seeg
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the sea
hræce
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the throat
sceran
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shear sheep in their own time, Chart.
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
Linked entry: a-stépte
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
a-gifan
To restore ⬩ give back ⬩ give up ⬩ leave ⬩ return ⬩ repay ⬩ render ⬩ pay ⬩ give ⬩ reddere ⬩ restituere ⬩ tradere ⬩ relinquere ⬩ exsolvere ⬩ dare
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Úton agifan ðæm ésne his wíf let us restore to the man his wife, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 170, 6. Eorþe ageaf ða the earth gave up those, Exon. 24b; Th. 71, 15; Cri. 1156. Ðone hie ðære cwéne agéfon they gave him up to the queen. Elen. Kmbl. 1171; El. 587.
ge-þafa
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Add: [The word, which occurs only as predicate of the verbs beón, weorþan, seems at least generally to be an adjective; in some instances it appears indeclinable, see the last three passages, and cf. similar adjectival forms in Icelandic.] where there
LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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LONG, tall Hé sǽde ðæt ðæt land síe swíðe lang norþ ðonan he said that the land stretches thence far to the north, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 4.
bíte
A BITE, pain, the biting or pain of a wound, a biting disease or cancer ⬩ morsus, cancri morbus vel cancer
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Wið apan bíte for the bite of an ape, 11, 7; Lchdm. i. 366, 24: L. Ethb. 35; Th. i. 12, 5: Beo. Th. 4126; B. 2060. Þurh sweordes bíte through the bite of the sword, Apstls. Kmbl. 68; Ap. 34. Bíte írena the bite of swords, Beo. Th. 4511; B. 2259.
þaccian
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Nicholas had ... thacked hire about the lendes wel, 3304.] to clap, put one thing to another Nim ða wyrta and wyrce tógadere ... þacc yt þanne gelómelíce betwex ðan scaldrun take the herbs and work together ... clap the mixture often between the shoulders