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fǽr

a calamitydisasterevilaccident

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sóna deád wæs. Ðá ꝥ gesáwon ðá burgware, ðá wurdon hié swíðe forhte for ðǽm fære, Bl. H. 199, 24. Preóstas magon bútan fére (without ill result?) þæs mónan ylde findan mid geráde, Angl. viii. 332, 46.

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ge-limp

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Mid gesǽligum gelimpum fortuitis casibus, 4186. what happens in the case of a person, lot, hap, fortune Þ endenécste gelimp suprema sors, An. Ox. 1835.

ge-cyndelic

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Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 16. naturally belonging to, proper Þám fódre þe him ( animals ) gecyndelic biþ, Bt. 14, 2; F. 44, 24. native (land) In ðǽre gecyndelice in genetali (solo ), Wrt.

hleóþrian

(v.)

To make a soundto soundresoundTo speak words

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David býmendre stefne hleóðriende cwæð, Angl. viii. 331, 12. of song Hleóðriað Drihtne praecinite Domino Ps. L. 146, 7. Hleóðriað concinant, Ps.

wild-deór

(n.)
Grammar
wild-deór, wildeór, es; n.

A wild animalwild beast

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Wilddeóra holl and denn lustra i. 59, 10: Soul Kmbl. 164; Seel. 82. Wildeóra þeáw, Cd. Th. 252, 2; Dan. 572: 255, 10; Dan. 622. Uildeár (-deára? -dera?) bestiarum . Rtl. 117, 4. Anweald ofer wilddeórum, Hexam. II; Norm. 18, 16.

Linked entry: wildedeór

HÝRAN

(v.)
Grammar
HÝRAN, heran, hiéran; p. de [with acc., with infin., and with acc. and infin.]

to HEARhear ofto listen tofollowserveobeybe subject tobelong to

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Hié cwǽdan ðæt se án wǽre sóþ God se ðe Martinus hýrde they said that he alone was true God whom Martin followed, Blickl. Homl. 231, 1. Englas hérdon him angeli ministrabant illi, Mk. Skt. Rush. 1, 13.

múþ

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ðæs líchoman múð belúcen, Past. 271, 23. to put words in another's mouth, tell him what to say Sete mín word on his múð, and ic beó on þínum múðe and on his múðe, Ex. 4, 15. to seek in a person's mouth, seek to be told by a person Sió ǽ sceal beón sóht

wela

(n.)
Grammar
wela, weola, weala, an; m.

wealthrichesabundancewealthwealprosperityhappy estate

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Ǽlc sóþ wela opes 7, 3; Fox 20, 16. Ðæt unmǽte gestreón goldes and seolfres, oþþe eal se wela Blickl. Homl. 99, 29. Eal eorþan wela Blickl. Homl. 51, 30. Wala divitiae Rtl. 81, 18. Welan patrimonii, welan, spédignesse opulentia Hpt. Gl. 491, 7-9.

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sittan

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Þæt folc sum hé þǽr sittan lét, sum þonan ádræfde some of the people he left where they were, some he expelled, 3, 9 ; S. 126, 15. (a 1) :-- His here . . . sum ymb þá burg sæt, Ors. 3, 7; S. 116, 16.

ELN

(n.)
Grammar
ELN, e; f.

the Royal

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Molbeck, in his Dansk Ordbog, thus defines it 'Alen, et vist længdemaal, som deles i 24 tommer ... Tomme een 12te fod, og een 24de alen,' ... That is, Ell, a certain measure of length, which is divided into 24 inches ...

Linked entry: eln-gemet

þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl.
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. = þý, the Swá biþ micle þe winsumre sió sóþe gesǽlð tó habbenne æfter ðám eormþum ðisses lífes, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 30.

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níwe

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Heó forgit sóna hire níwan taman, Bt. 25; F. 88, 12. Níwe sibbe, B. 949. Caelf niówe vitulum novellum, Ps. Srt. 68, 32. <b>VI a.

a-reccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-reccan, -recan, -reccean; ic -recce, ðú -reccest, -recest, he -receþ, -recþ; p. -reahte, -rehte; impert. -rece; pp. -reaht, -reht; v. trans.

to put forthstretch outstrainraise upextendereexpandereerigereto put forthrelaterecountspeak outexpressexplaininterprettranslateproponereexponereenarrareeloquiexprimeredisserereinterpretarireddereto set in orderadorndeckexpedireexpolirecomere

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Th. 112, 6 : 144, 15. to put forth, relate, recount, speak out, express, explain, interpret, translate; proponere, exponere, enarrare, eloqui, exprimere, disserere, interpretari, reddere Ðara sume we areccan wyllaþ some of which we will relate, Bd. 5

Cwén-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cwén-land, es; n.

Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north. Malte-Brun says that the inhabitants of Cwén-land were a Finnish race. They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines. 'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . . Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman

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hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman e Sweón habbaþ be súþan him ðone sǽs earm Osti; and be eástan him Sermende; and be norþan him ofer ða wéstennu is Cwén-land the Swedes have, to the south

I

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In the later MSS. instead of i or ie, y is found very commonly; indeed even in the earlier MSS. y has in some instances already made its way into the place of i, thus ryht is the form regularly used in Alfred's translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care.

lyb-lác

(n.)
Grammar
lyb-lác, es; n. m.

Sorcerywitchcraft

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Gif hí hwilc man niman wile oððe hyra æthríneþ ðonne forbærnaþ hí sona eall his líc ðæt syndon ungefrægelícu lyblác if any man wants to catch them [certain fowls] or touches them, then at once they consume all his body: those are most extraordinary cases

Linked entry: unriht-lyblác

mengan

(v.)
Grammar
mengan, mængan, mencgan; p. de.

to mixminglecombineto mingle togetherstir updisturb

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Mengan lyge wið sóðe, Elen. Kmbl. 612; El. 306.

Linked entries: mængan for-mengan

ge-treówan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-treówan, -triówan, -triéwan; p. de; pp. ed.

to trustbelievehave confidencehopeconfiderecrederesperareto make true or credibleto persuadesuggestto make one's self out to be trueto clear one's self

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Gúþlác sette hyht in heofonas hǽlu getreówde Guthlac put his hope in heaven, trusted in salvation, 39 a; Th. 128, 19; Gú. 406. to make true or credible Ðín gewitnes is weorcum geleáfsum and mid sóþe is swíðe getreówed testimonia tua credibilia facta

scrýdan

(v.)
Grammar
scrýdan, p. de.
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Linen reáf scrédan sume seócnysse ge' ácnaþ ( in a dream) to put on a linen garment betokens some sickness, Lchdm. iii. 206. 30. to rig a ship (?

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æt-standan

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Spl. 37, 12. where there is or may be change of condition, to stop growing, cease to operate Þá wearð ꝥ fýr gestilled and ætstód sóna, Hml. S. 8, 229. Gif se hlyst ætstande, ꝥ hé ne mæge gehiéran, Ll. Th. 1. 92, 23.