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dagung

(n.)
Grammar
dagung, e; f.

A dawning, dawn, day-break aurora, tempus matutinum, diluculum

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Eóde he út on dagunge of ðam húse egressus est tempore matutino de cubiculo, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 1. On dagunge he eft acwicode and semninga uppasæt diluculo reviviscens ac repente residens, 5, 12; S. 627, 13: 4, 8; S. 576, 9: 4, 23; S. 596, 17.

helpend

(n.)
Grammar
helpend, es; m.

A helper

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Syððan hé ne hæbbe helpend ǽnne quia non est qui eripiat eum, Ps. Th. 70, l0. Helpendra leás without helpers, Exon. 28 b; Th. 86, 27; Cri. 1414

líc-tún

(n.)
Grammar
líc-tún, es; m.

a grave-yardcemetery

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On ðæra bróðra líctune wæs bebyriged in cœmeterio fratrum sepultum est, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 46: 4, 10; S. 578, 2, 17, 28: Chart. Th. 157, 23. Hé nǽfre binnan nánum gehálgodum líctúne ne licge let him never lie in a consecrated graveyard, L.

mése

(n.)
Grammar
mése, meóse, míse, mýse, an; f.

A tablewhat is on a table

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Meóse mensorium (mensoriumquod est in mensa, ut mantile, et vas escarium), Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 61. Mýse ł beód mensa, 82, 21. Ða hwelpas etaþ of ðám crumon ðe feallaþ of heora hláfordes mýsan ... Seó mýse is bódlíce lár ...

Linked entries: meóse mýse

ge-un-rétan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-un-rétan, p. -rétte; pp. -réted, -rét

To make sorrowfulsaddentroublecontristare

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Ðá wearþ se cyning geunrét for ðam áðe and for dám ðe him mid sǽton nolde ðeáh hí geunrétan et contristatus est rex propter jusjurandum et propter simul discumbentes noluit eam contristare, Mk. Bos. 6, 26: Mt. Bos. 14, 9: Lk. Bos. 18, 23

ge-beorhlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-beorhlíc, -beorglíc; adj.

Safecautiousprudentbecomingtūtuscircumspectusdĕcens

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Safe, cautious, prudent, becoming; tūtus, circumspectus, dĕcens Gebeorhlícre ys me faran to eá, mid scype mýnum, ðænne faran mid manegum scypum, on huntunge hranes tūtius est mihi īre ad amnem, cum nāve mea, quam īre cum multis nāvĭbus, in venātiōnem

ge-endebyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-endebyrdan, p. -byrde; pp. byrded, -byrd

To set in orderarrangedisposeordĭnāredispōnĕre

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Rihte Godes dóme geendebyrded wæs æfter synne ðæs ǽrestan mannes est digno Dei jūdĭcio post culpam ordĭnātum, 1, 27; S. 494. 13. Gif heora mód wǽre geendebyrd if their minds were ordered, Bt. 21; Fox 76, 1 : Bt. Met. Fox 11, 199; Met, 11, 100

un-gerisenlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerisenlíc, adj.

Unseemlydishonourablebase

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Unseemly, dishonourable, base Is ðæt ungerisenlíc wuldor ðisse worulde and swíþe leás gloria quam fallax, quam turpis est, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 106, 30.

un-gestæððig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gestæððig, adj.

Inconstantunstable

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Ninwuht nis on ús unstilre and ungestæððigre ðonne ðæt mód nil in nobis est corde fugacius, 38; Swt. 273, 11

gítsung

Grammar
gítsung, Add: <b>giétsung, gídsung</b>
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Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas gítsung is wyrtruma ǽghwylces yfeles, Wlfst. 69, 9. For ðǽre gewilnunga woruldgielpes and giétsunga (gídsunge, v. l. ), Past. 157, 2. Gítsunge philargiria, Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 67: An. Ox. 7, 226.

maga

Grammar
maga, able.
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Sé þe lǽsse maga (mæge, mage, v. ll.) sý ( qui minus potest, qui impotencior est [old Latin versions]), 414, 19. Þá preóstas þe áðer oððe ágen wylla oððe mage aelmeshand (a parent who had means but exhausted them by almsgiving; cf.

Athéniense

(n.)
Grammar
Athéniense, pl.

The Athenians

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Latin forms are also used: -- Pelopensium and Athéniensium, Gréca þeóda him betweónum winnende wǽron Peloponnensium Atheniensiumque bellum commissum est, l, 13; S. 56, 7. Wið þǽm Athénienses, 2, 7; S. 90, II. Wið Athénienses, 2, 5; S. 78, 21.

ǽren-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
ǽren-dæg, es; m. [contracted for on ærran dæg on a former day]

The day beforeyesterdaypridie

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The day before, yesterday; pridie, Ælfc. Gl. 96; Wrt. Voc. 53, 31

ambyht-secg

(n.)
Grammar
ambyht-secg, es; m. [ambeht an office, command, message; secg a man, messenger]

An official mana messengerambassadorministernunciuslegatus

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An official man, a messenger, ambassador; minister, nuncius, legatus Ðæt ic seó gramum ambyhtsecg, nales Godes engel that I am a minister to the malignant one, not God's angel, Cd. 27; Th. 36, 35 ; Gen. 582

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ald-hád

(n.)
Grammar
ald-hád, es; m. [ald = eald old; hád hood]

Old agesenectus

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Old age; senectus,

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Aldhelm

(n.)
Grammar
Aldhelm, Ealdhelm, es; m. [aid=eald old; helm an helmet i]

ALDHELM bishop of SherborneAldhelmus apud Scireburnam episcopus

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ALDHELM bishop of Sherborne; Aldhelmus apud Scireburnam episcopus Hér Aldhelm be westan Selewuda bisceop forþférde here [A. D. 709] Aldhelm bishop west of Selwood [Sherborne] died, Chr. 709; Th. 68, 17, col. 2. Ealdhelm, Chr. 731; Th. 74, 31, col. 2

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áþ-gehát

(n.)
Grammar
áþ-gehát, áþe-gehát, es; n. [áþ an oath, gehát a promise]

A promise on oathsacred pledgean oathsacramentum

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A promise on oath, sacred pledge, an oath; sacramentum Áþ-wed vel áþe-gehát sacramentum, Ælfc. Gl.13 ; Som. 57, 119 ; Wrt. Voc. 20, 56

Linked entries: áþe-gehát áþ-wed

BEORN

(n.)
Grammar
BEORN, birn, es; m. [this word is only used by poets].

a manvira princenoblemanchiefgeneralwarriorsoldierprincepsvir nobilisduxmilesrichdives

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a man; vir Se beorn on waruþe scip gemétte the man found a ship on the strand Andr. Kmbl. 478; An. 239 : 1203; An. 602. Boétius wæs beorn bóca Boethius was a man skilled in books Bt. Met. Fox 1, 103; Met. 1, 52 : Exon. 83 a; Th. 313, 22; Mód. 4. Beornes

Beó-wulf

(n.)
Grammar
Beó-wulf, es; m. [ = Beado-wulf a war-wolf, = Icel. Böðúlfr a warwulf]

BEOWULF

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BEOWULF, a celebrated warrior of the Scyldings'; race, a record of whose heroic deeds is given in the Anglo-Saxon poem bearing his name. It appears most probable that Beowulf was originally an Old Norse heathen Saga, written in the language common at

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CAWEL

(n.)
Grammar
CAWEL, cawl, caul, es; m. COLE, colewort, cabbage; caulis, magudăris = μαγύδαρις , brassica, Lin
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Caul caula [ = caulis] vel magudaris, Wrt. Voc. 79, 44. Befeald on caules [cawles MS. H.] leáf fold it in the leaf of a cabbage, Herb. 14, 2; Lchdm. i. 106, 17. L. M. 1, 46; Lchdm. ii. 114, 22: 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 23. Sele him etan geso-denne cawel

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