be-eástan
To the east of,
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Nóht feor be-eástan ðǽre byrig, Shrn. 66, 22. with acc. On þǽm londe be-eástan Rín, Chr. 887; P. 80, 23. Be-eástan ðá bircan, C. D. iii. 213, 3
FYRD
an army ⬩ the military array of the whole country ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ an army ⬩ agmen ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ a camp ⬩ castrum
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Ðeáh ðú mid us ne fare on fyrd though thou go not with us in the expedition, Ps. Th. 43, 11.
beón
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Lucius bæd hine crístenne beón (christianum se fieri), Bd. 1, 4; Sch. 16, 4. oblique case of noun ꝥ hí ne mihtan him sylfum nǽnige góde beón, Bl. H. 45, 16: Ors. 6, 30; S. 282, 18. gerundial infin.
gíme-líst
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Th. i. 84, II. the want of care to do or not to do something, negligence.
wác
yielding ⬩ not rigid ⬩ pliant ⬩ fluid ⬩ weak ⬩ feeble ⬩ wanting mental or moral strength ⬩ wanting courage ⬩ poor ⬩ mean ⬩ not of great value or in high esteem ⬩ vilis
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Th. ii. 48, 17. poor, mean, not of great value or in high esteem; vilis. Similar entries v. wác-líc, -ness Mid wáces olfendes hǽrum gescrýdde, Homl. Th. ii. 506, 23.
neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ near ⬩ nearly ⬩ about ⬩ of place
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Nihtscúwan neáh ne mihton ( could not nearly ) heolstor áhýdan, Col. Th. 184, 29; Exod. 114. Hí ne notigaþ náwér neáh feórþan dǽles ðisse eorþan they do not use anywhere near a fourth part of the earth, 18, 1; Fox 62, 9.
mund
a hand ⬩ a hand ⬩ protection ⬩ Guardianship ⬩ A protector ⬩ guardian ⬩ protection ⬩ guardianship extended by the king to the subject ⬩ the king's peace, by the head of a family to its members ⬩ the fine paid for violation of mund
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Gif hý him syððan ne dóþ mete ne munde if afterwards they do not feed or shelter him, L. Edm. S. l; Th. i. 248, 7. Gif mete and munde ðam ðe ðæs beþurfe, L. Pen. 15; Th. ii. 282, 25 : Hy. 7, 48; Hy. Grn. ii. 288, 48.
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þing
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Næs nó on gesundum þingum ánum ac eác swylce on wiðearweardum þingum not only in prosperity but also in adversity, Blickl. Homl. 13, 7: 35, 33: Exon. Th. 337, 1; Gn. Ex. 58. Tó écum ðingum to eternity, Homl. Th. i. 16, 18: 616, 21: 568, 25.
ge-dón
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Heó hyre bán on níwe þrúh ásette and on cyricean gedyde ( ossa eius in locello nouo posita in ecclesiam transferri), Bd. 4, 19 ; Sch. 445, 4. Hí his líc gedydon on þrúh, Bl. H. 191, 33.
be-cweðan
to say ⬩ assert ⬩ dicere ⬩ to reproach ⬩ exprobrare ⬩ to BEQUEATH ⬩ to give by will ⬩ legare
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Th. 88, 44. to BEQUEATH, to give by will; legare Ealle ða, mynstra and ða cyrican wǽron givene and becweðene Gode all the minsters and churches were given and bequeathed to God, Chr. 694; Th. 66, 6, note 2 : Th. Diplm. A. D. 830; 465, 16
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ge-hwyrftnian
to tear
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gecýdaþ on ðam ǽte hwylc heora mǽst mæg gehwyrftnian his successors afterwards rent and tore it most like to when the lion brings its hungry whelps something to eat, then they show in that food which of them can tear it most, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 71, 39, note
sweoloþ
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Gr. 9, 1; Zup. 33, 12 note. Swoleðe caumate, Hpt. Gl. 482, 48: 495, 22. Hét Hildeburh æt Hnæfes áde hire selfre suna sweoloðe befæstan, bánfatu bærnan and on bǽl dón, Beo. Th. 2235; B. 1115. v. swelan, and next word
eorþ-wæstm
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Usus nittung vel notu vel eorðwæstmas (printed -wæstm, cess) tó ǽte álýfed, Wrt. Voc. i. 21, 39. Sý ǽlcere geoguðe teóðung gelǽst be Pentecosten, and þára eorðwæstma be emnnihte, Ll. Th. i. 262, 21: Wlfst. 116, 3.
Hámtún-scir
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and add: Northamptonshire Hí ( the Danes ) heafdon þá ofergán East-Engla i, and Eást-Seaxe ii, . . . and healfe Huntedúnscíre ix, and micel on Hámtúnscíre x, Chr. 1011; P. 141, note 3.
Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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It appears most probable that Beowulf was originally an Old Norse heathen Saga, written in the language common at the earliest age in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, but now only spoken in Iceland.
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hátan
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H. 64, 25. where the complement is a class or common noun in the nominative Ðeós wyrt þe . . . sume men hennebelle hátað, Lch. i. 94, 6. Þæt þú sóðfestnes hǽtst, þæt ys God, Solil. H. 52, 12.
ge-rísan
To behove, become, befit, suit ⬩ dĕcēre, convĕnīre
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Ðæt ðæm weorce nánum men ne geríse bét to fandienne, ðonne ðam wyrhtan ðe hit worhte that it became no man better to prove the work than the workman who made it, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 37
reáf-lác
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In. 10; Th. i. 108, 8 (where see note). Gif ciricgrið ábrocen beó, sí hit þurh feohtlác, sí hit þurh reáflác, L. Eth. ix. 4; Th. i. 340, 22 : L. C. S. 48; Th. i. 402, 30. Gif hwá reáflác gewyrce, ágife and forgylde, 64; Th. i. 410, 2.
CLIF
A CLIFF, rock, steep descent ⬩ promon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium
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Ðæt hí ne hlipen on ðæt scorene clif that they leap not down the abrupt cliff, Past. 33, 1; Hat. MS. 41a. 9. Be clifum on the cliffs, Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 15; Secf. 8.
ildra
A parent ⬩ ancestor ⬩ father ⬩ forefather ⬩ predecessor ⬩ elder
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Nolde hé him geceósan welige yldran he [Christ]. would not choose wealthy parents for himself, 23, 25