on-galan
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Add: to recite a charm Þis derian ne móste þǽm þe þis galdor begytan mihte oððe þe þis galdor ongalan cúþe, Lch. iii. 42, 18
scrind
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Cf. the intransitive use of the verb in reference to a ship Brimwudu scynde, Gú. 1305
sweotolian
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Add: used impersonally in the beginning of documents Hér swutelað on þisum gewrite embe þá forewyrd þe Ægelríc worhte wið Eádsige, C.D. iv. 86, 7
wár
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Ox. 1818 on the forms and meaning of the instances given from Hpt. Gl
bræd-ísen
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.), the vowel is short, but if it may be compared with Icel. bragð in bragð-alr the vowel is long
weald-swaþu
A forest-track
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A forest-track Lástas wǽron æfter waldswaþum wíde gesýne the steps were to be seen far along the forest-tracks, Beo. Th. 2810; B. 1403
heáfod-gerím
The chief number, majority; or number of heads, i. e. of men
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The chief number, majority; or number of heads, i. e. of men [cf. the other compounds of gerím], Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 4; Jud. 309
sóþ-fæder
the father of truth or justice ⬩ the Deity
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the father of truth or justice, the Deity Á tó worulde forð in engla dreáme mid sóðfæder symble wunian, Exon. Th. 7, 18; Cri. 103
Linked entry: sóþ-cyning
freóls-niht
The night before a festival
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The night before a festival Þá cildra þe beóð begiten on Sunnanniht and on þám hálgan freólsnihtum. hí sceolan beón geboren bútan eágon, Nap. 26
býrignes
A tasting, a taste ⬩ gustus
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A tasting, a taste; gustus Mid býrignesse ðæs wæteres by the tasting of the water, Bd. 5, 18; S. 635, 29. Bírgness gustus, Cot. 97
Linked entry: bírg-nes
æðelo
Nobility ⬩ pre-eminence ⬩ origin ⬩ family ⬩ race ⬩ nature ⬩ talents ⬩ genius ⬩ nobilitas ⬩ principatus ⬩ origo ⬩ natales ⬩ prosapia ⬩ natura ⬩ indoles ⬩ ingenium
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His æðelo bióþ on ðam mode his nobility is in the mind, 30, 1; Fox 110, 1. Ryht æðelo biþ on ðam móde, næs on ðam flǽsce true nobility is in the mind, not in the flesh, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 19.
Linked entry: ge-æðele
a-lýsan
To let loose ⬩ free ⬩ deliver ⬩ liberate ⬩ to pay for loosing ⬩ to pay ⬩ redeem ⬩ ransom ⬩ liberare ⬩ redimere
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He alýsde leóda bearn oflocan deófla he released the sons of men from the prison of devils, Elen. Kmbl. 361; El. 181. Ða ðe ic na reáfode ðá ic alýsde quæ non rapui tunc exsolvebam, Ps. Spl. C. 68, 6: 48, 7.
beó-breád
BEE-BREAD ⬩ apum panis ⬩ honey-comb ⬩ favus
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. ☞ Quite distinct from weax beeswax; cera = κηρόs : and hunig-camb honey-comb; favus the pollen of flowers collected by bees and mixed with honey for the food of the larvæ; Ic eom swétra ðonne ðú beóbreád blénde mid hunige I am sweeter than if thou
Linked entries: beón-breád bí-breád bió-breád
DISC
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Þweah ðæt gewrit of ðam disce wash the writing off the dish, L. M. 1, 62; Lchdm. ii. 136, 9. Syle me on ánum disce Iohannes heáfod ðæs Fulluhteres da mihi in disco caput Ioannis Baptistæ, Mt. Bos. 14, 8, 11: Mk. Bos. 6, 25, 27.
mǽst
most ⬩ chiefly ⬩ especially ⬩ almost ⬩ nearly
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Swá hié mǽst mehten as much as ever they could, 6, 5; Swt. 260, 32: Past. 28; Swt. 190, 9. Ealles mǽst maxime, Bd. 2, 4; S. 505, 7. Preóst oftor ne mæssige ðonne þríwa mǽst ðara þinga (at the utmost), L. Edg.
ge-beorglic
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The Lat. version has remissio uenialis apud Deum) and for weorulde áberendlic, LI. Th. i. 266, 6. Gefadige man þá steóre swá hit for Gode sý gebeorhlic ( the lat. versions have erga Deum clementius, propter Deum parcibilis), 376, 17.
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smeágung
search, inquiry, investigation, where something is lost ⬩ inquiry carried on by the mind, inquiry, consideration, meditation, discussion, deliberation
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Ðá geseah se árleása áídlian his smeágunge then the impious king saw all his deliberation was of no avail Homl. Skt. i. 4, 399. Smeáunga yfle cogitationes malae Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 19. Smeáwunga 9, 4. Smeáwungas (smeóunge, Rush.) Lk. Skt.
síþ
Late ⬩ at last ⬩ in the end
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Him lásta wearþ síþast gesýne the last trace of them was seen, Exon. Th. 270, 34; Jul. 475. Ðæt ðæm þeódne wæs síþas[t] sigehwíl (his last hour of victory) Beo. Th. 5413; B. 2710.
Bedewinda
BEDWIN, Wilts
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BEDWIN, Wilts Ic, Ælfréd, West-Seaxena cining [MS. cingc], an Eádweade, mínum yldran suna, ðæs landes æt Bedewindan I, Alfred, king of the West-Saxons, give the land at Bedwin to Edward, my elder son [lit. made a grant of the land at Bedwin ], Alfd.
blédan
To BLEED, emit blood ⬩ sanguinem emittere
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[blód blood] To BLEED, emit blood; sanguinem emittere Blédaþ ǽdran the veins shall bleed, Salm. Kmbl. 290; Sal. 144. Se blédenda fíc the bleeding fig or disease, Wanl. catal. 305, 4.