ceaster
a fortress ⬩ A city, fort, castle, town ⬩ urbs, civitas, castellum ⬩ the city ⬩ hæc civitas
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Se cyning hine west wende mid ðære fierde wið Exancestres the king turned west with the army towards Exeter, 168, 26, col. 1; 24, col. 2; 169, 21, col. 1; 18, col. 2. the name of a particular place, as CHESTER, CAISTOR, CASTOR, the city; hæc civitas
Linked entries: Exan ceaster cester cæster
clǽnsian
To CLEANSE, purify, chasten, clear oneself ⬩ mundare, purgare, castigare, se liberare
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Hí tiliaþ hí selfe to clǽnsianne mid ðý wópe they strive to purify themselves with mourning, Past. 54; Hat. MS. Ðis wæter cristnaþ and clǽnsaþ cwicra menigo this water cristeneth and purifieth a multitude of men, Salm. Kmbl. 791; Sal. 395.
Linked entries: be-clǽnsian clǽnsnian clǽsnian clénsian
leornian
To learn ⬩ study ⬩ read
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Ealswá David dyde leornigendum móde [with docile mind], Wulfst. 172, 22
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ge-sceppan
To form, create ⬩ formare, disponere, creare
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God wolde þurh his ágene handa hine gescyppan God would form him with his own hands, Boutr. Scrd. 19, 10. To gescippenne in order to create, 3
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weorþ-líce
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Th. 6304; B. 3162. in a way that shews honour to a person, honourably, with honour Ðá onféng Dioclitianus Galerius weorðlíce ( plurimo honore ), Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 280, 16. Hí swíðe weorðlíce hine of heora gryðe sendon, Chr. 1075; Erl. 212, 33.
wer
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Qui ergo dimittit aquam, caput est jurgiorum, Past. 38; Swt. 279, 16. often the wer is connected with fishing, and the word seems sometimes to be used of the water that is kept in by the dam Captura (captura locus piscosus, ubi capiuntur pisces, Migne
á-leógan
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</b> with dat. of person to whom promise has been given :--- Hí áleógaþ him má þonne hí him gelǽstan they break more promises to them than they perform, Bt. 26, 1; F. 90, 18. Ðú ús gehéte gebedo and wæccan, and þú hit ús áluge, Wlfst. 240, 17.
eác
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., 21, 2-5. combined with swá Fóron micel dǽl þára burgwara, and eác swá óþres folces, Chr. 896; P. 89, 5. Línsǽd sáwan, wádsǽd eác swá, Angl. ix. 262, 11. Beóð henna ákende ... eác swá ( preterea ) beóð wildeór ácennede, Nar. 34, 4.
eáre
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Égo, eára oculos, aures, Rtl. 125, 39. with reference to its function, the organ of hearing Of eáres hlyste hé hýrsumode mé, R. Ben. 19, 20. Ꝥ gé on eáre (in eáre, L. R.) gehýrað quod in aure auditis, Mt. 10, 27.
láf
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Add Him féla láf ( used with collective force and taking verb in plural? ) ne meahton sceððan, B. 1032. Add: Þǽr Alexandres láf wæs and his sunu, Ors. 3, 11; S. 148, 31. Of wífe ł hláfe seofa bróðra de uxore septem fratrum Mt. p. 19, 6.
scínan
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H. 7, 30. in figurative applications with retention of physical phraseology Ðá sóðfæste scínes ł líxeð (fulgebant) suǽ sunna, Mt. L. 13, 43. Hé næs þæccille bearnende and líxende ł scínende (lucens), Jn.
sár
Sore, painful, grievous, distressing
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Manaþ sárum wordum prompts with words that wound, Beo. Th. 4122 ; B. 2058 . Ealle ða sáran edwíta ðe hé ádreág, Blickl. Homl. 97, 15. Uncúðne eard cunnian, sáre síþas to make trial of a land unknown, of travails sore, Exon. Th. 87, 2; Cri. 1419 .
weler
A lip
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Wiþ sárum weolorum, gesmire mid hunige ða weoloras Lchdm. ii. 54, 20. Weleras labia Ps. Spl. 11, 3: Homl. Th. i. 568, 33: Exon. Th. 363, 15; Wal. 54. Weoloras Ps. Th. 11, 3. in Ps.
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of-þyncan
to cause regret or sorrow ⬩ to cause displeasure or offence
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with dat. of pers. and gen. of cause, nom. of cause, cause given by a clause to cause regret or sorrow Mé ofþincþ penetet, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 21. Mé ofþincþ ðæt ic hig worhte poenit t me fecisse eos, Gen. 6, 7. Hit mé ofþincþ, Lk. Skt. 17, 4.
toft
a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.
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A word apparently of Scandinavian origin, Icel. topt, tuft a piece of ground, messuage, homestead; a place marked out for a house or building; in the special later Icelandic sense a square piece of ground with walls but without roof: Dan. toft an enclosed
frymþ
the beginning ⬩ the beginning ⬩ the beginning of the world ⬩ at the outset ⬩ at first ⬩ in the first instance ⬩ to begin with ⬩ the beginning ⬩ source of all things ⬩ first-fruits
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tó freóbearne, Cri. 223: 121. referring to time, the beginning of the world Hé mec worhte æt frymðe, þá hé þisne ymbhwyrft ǽrest sette, Rä. 41, 6. the beginning of a condition; æt (on) frymþe at the outset, at first, in the first instance, to begin with
scild
a shield ⬩ a piece of defensive armour ⬩ a shield ⬩ protection
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or can scyld here be connected with sculdor ? cf. (?) shield-bone = shoulder-blade quoted by Halliwell. Icel. skjöldr is used of shield-shaped things) Is se scyld ufan frætwum geféged ofer ðæs fugles bæc, 219, 17; Ph. 308
Linked entries: hrung sceld scild-burh scyld
Gota
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etc Ða [MS. ðe] Gotan of Sciððiu mǽgþe, wið Rómána ríce gewin upahófon; and mið heora cyningum, Rǽdgota and Ealleríca [Alríca] wǽron hátne, Rómáne burig abrǽcon the Goths, from the country of Scythia, made war against the empire of the Romans; and with
ge-dwellan
To lead astray. ⬩ of matter in respect to which there is error ⬩ the object a thing, to confuse, obscure, give a wrong idea of ⬩ To err
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Léton gedwealde men swylce hé Godes sylfes sunu wǽre, Wlfst. 99, 7. with gen. of matter in respect to which there is error Ús se feónd ne gedwelle þæs rihtan geleáfan, Wlfst. 253, 2.
rǽsan
To rush, move violently or impetuously ⬩ inruere ⬩ of actual movement ⬩ of violent action, to proceed against with violence, to assault, attack ⬩ of precipitate action, to rush (into anything)
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Rush. 8, 32. of violent action, to proceed against with violence, to assault, attack Se hláford ne scrífþ freónde ne feónde, ac hé réðigmód rǽst on gehwilcne wédehunde gelícost (cf. se ne murnþ náuþer ne friénd ne fiénd ðe má ðe wédende hund, Bt. 37.
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