Acemannes burh
Bath, Somersetshire
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At Acemannes beri at Akeman's bury, Ing. 158, note g
cyne-hád
A royal personage or condition, dignity, kinghood ⬩ regia persona vel dignitas
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A royal personage or condition, dignity, kinghood; regia persona vel dignitas Ðæt se cynehád [MS. cynehade] ðæs hálgan weres éce gemynd hæfde ut regia viri sancti persona memoriam haberet æternam, Bd. 3, 11; S. 535, 30, note.
fore-þingung
A pleading for anyone ⬩ intercession ⬩ intercessio
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Mid gódum foreþingungum with good intercessions, Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 21, note, MS. Ca.; Rtl. 49, 34
murcung
Complaint ⬩ grief ⬩ murmuring
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Hý ðé willaþ on murcunga gebringan ðonne hié ðé fram hweorfaþ fortuna cum discesserit allatura moerorem Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 19 note
grǽdig-
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Ðonne him hingraþ he yt grǽdilíce when he is hungry he eats greedily, Hexam. 20; Norm. 28, 21
græfa
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Earle in his note on this word, p. 300, suggests a translation other than that given by previous editors. By them it has been translated 'coal,' he suggests 'gravel.'
ge-bleód
Coloured ⬩ of different colours ⬩ variegated ⬩ gifted with beauty ⬩ beautiful in countenance ⬩ colōrātus ⬩ versĭcŏlor ⬩ spĕcie prædītus ⬩ aspectu formātus
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colours, variegated, gifted with beauty, beautiful in countenance; colōrātus, versĭcŏlor, spĕcie prædītus, aspectu formātus Ða wyrta greówon, mid menigfealdum blóstmum mislíce gebleóde the plants grew, diversely coloured with manifold blossoms, Hexam. 6; Norm
til-módig
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Noble-minded Se eádga ( Abraham ) Drihtnes noman weorðade, tilmódig eorl tiber onsægde, Cd. Th. 113, 14; Gen. 1887.
ildest
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Add: eldest Seó mǽgð ásprang of Nóes eltstan suna, Hml. Th. i. 24, 7. chief. as adjective Yldest burhwara proceres vel primores vel primarii, Wrt. Voc. i. 18, 40. Ðæt ieldesðe setl on gemétengum hí sécað, Past. 27, 8.
tó-fleótan
To float in different directions, ⬩ be dispersed by water, ⬩ be carried away by water
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Forstoppeð ouwer þouhtes, ase ȝe wulled ꝥ heo nout ne touleoten ȝeond te world, 72, 22
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ge-witnes
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Cf. ge-wita; <b>III a</b> Swá hwylc man swá mid his gewitnysse hine óðre síþe fullað quicunque sciens (cf. non ignoranter, 45, 5) secunda vice baptizatus sit, Ll. Th. ii. 144, 21
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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., not to insist upon what is due Éghuelc scyld forgeaf ic ðé omne debitum dimisi tibi, Mt. L. 18, 32. Þæt him nǽre nán þing þæs tigolgeweorces forgifen non minuetur quidquam de lateribus, Ex. 5, 19. Sié him sió swingelle forgifen, Ll.
nebb
a neb ⬩ nib ⬩ a beak ⬩ a beak-shaped thing ⬩ a nose ⬩ the gristle of the nose ⬩ the face ⬩ countenance
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Ic ( a helm ) hæbbe heard nebb, 489, 29; Rä. 79, 1. a nose, the gristle of the nose Neb internasum (cf. nose gristle internasus, 43, 20), Wrt. Voc. i. 64, 50. Gif mon óðrum ðæt neb (nebb, MSS. B. H.: næb, MS.
gelíce
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Hé ne dyde þæslíce łswá gelíce ǽlcere þeóde non fecit taliter omni nationi, 147, 20. Swá gelíce bið þám gódum and ðám yfelum, Bt. 36, 4; F. 178, 19: Chr. 1067; P. 202, 15. Swae gelíc similiter, Mt. p. 11, 1.
ofer
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Non habeas Deos alienos ; ðæt is, ne lufa ðú óðerne God ofer mé, Sal. K. 188, 22. Add Hí fuhton unwærlíce ofer Iúdan leáfe (cf. they were not obedient unto Judas, 1 Macc. 5, 61), Hml.
ge-weorþian
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</b> to honour with something (inst. or mid.), to honour a person by the grant of something (material or non-material) of worth, enrich, endue Sancta Marian þú mid heofonlicum wuldre geweorþodest, Bl. H. 89, 18.
BRECAN
to BREAK, burst, violate break or burst through; ⬩ frangere, confringere, rumpere, perfringere, perrurnpere ⬩ to press, force, urge; ⬩ urgere ⬩ to rush into ⬩ take ⬩ by storm ⬩ in locum irrumpere, expugnare, ⬩ erumpere, prorumpere, crepare, fremere ⬩ to break ⬩ burst forth ⬩ make a noise ⬩ crash ⬩ to sail; ⬩ navigare ⬩ To retch; ⬩ screare
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Ne brǽcon hí ná his sceancan non fregernt ejus crura, Jn. Bos. 19, 33. Swá swá fæt tigelen ðú bricst hi tanquam vas figuli confringes eos, Ps. Spl. 2, 9.
Angel
Anglen in Denmark, the country between Flensburg and the Schley from which the Angles came into Britain ⬩ Angulus, nomen terræ quam Angli ante transitum in Britanniam coluerunt
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Anglen in Denmark, the country between Flensburg and the Schley from which the Angles came into Britain; Angulus, nomen terræ quam Angli ante transitum in Britanniam coluerunt Of Angle cómon Eást-Engle from Anglen came the East-Angles, Chr. 449; Ing.
CWELAN
To die ⬩ mori
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L.] ǽlc eorþlíc líchama gyf he byþ ðære lyfte bedǽled as fishes die if they are out of water, so also every earthly body dies if it be deprived of the air, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl. science 17, 9-11; Lchdm. iii. 272, 25, and note 36
Franc-land
Frank-land ⬩ the country of the Franks ⬩ Francōrum terra ⬩ Francia
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Frank-land, the country of the Franks; Francōrum terra, Francia Námon [MS. noman] hí him wealhstódas of Franclande mid accēpērunt de gente Francōrum interprĕtes, Bd. 1, 25; S. 486, 24.
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