swæðer
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Dó swæþer ðú wille do whichever you like, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 218, 10. in combination with swá. . . swá. . . either. . . or. . . whichever, whether. . . or Hé móste swá geceósan swá áweorpan swaþer (swæðer, other MSS.) hé wolde licuit ei excusare aut suscipere
Linked entry: swaðor
ge-mæcca
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Take here in Dict. and add: an equal, a like, fellow Fædor gimacca (but see ge-maca; I.I) Patris compar, Rtl. 164, 3.
heáh-geréfa
A high reeve, reeve of high rank
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Lind. 13, 9. Héghgeroefa comes, Rtl. 193, 9. Cyninges heáhgeréfan gild iiii þúsend þrymsa the 'wergild' of a king's high reeve four thousand 'thrymsas,' L.
staca
A stake
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In the following passages there seems to be a reference to the method of witchcraft, that consisted in thrusting a pin or the like into the figure of a person, whom it was desired to injure.
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Cwén-land
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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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.
fold-búend
Earth-dwellers ⬩ earth's inhabitants ⬩ inhabitants of a land or country ⬩ terrĭcŏlæ
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Ðæt eorþwaran ealle hæfden foldbúende fruman gelícne that all mortals, inhabitants of the earth, had a like beginning. Bt. Met. Fox 17, 3; Met. 17, 2.
EALD
old, ancient ⬩ vĕtus, ætāte provectus, priscus, antīquus
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Mid ðý ealdan líge with the ancient fame, 30b; Th. 94, 28; Cri. 1547. Ða ealdan race the old story, 28a; Th. 85, 26; Cri. 1397.
Linked entries: ald eald-spræc
lange
Long ⬩ a long time ⬩ far
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Ðænne ðú lenge ne móst lífes brúcan, Dóm. L. 32, 61. Lencg, Lk. Skt. 16, 2. Leng swá swíðor, Cd. 47; Th. 60, 30; Gen. 989. Swá leng swá swíðor, Exod. 19, 19. Ná leng heó ne gebád ðonne hit dæg wás she waited only till it was day, Apol. Th. 19, 2.
nunne
A nun ⬩ a vestal
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Nunnan regollíce libban let nuns live according to their rule, L. Eth. v. 4; Th. i. 304, 27. Sum fǽmne of ðæra nunnena ríme quaedam de numero virginum, Bd. 5, 3; S. 616, 3. Nunnena pól, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 313, 26
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raðe
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Héht lífes brytta leóht forþcuman ofer rúmne grund; raðe wæs gefylled heáhcininges hǽs, Cd. Th. 8, 13; Gen. 123 : 95, 26; Gen. 1584 : Exon. Th. 93, 15; Cri. 1526 : Beo. Th. 1453; B. 724. Ðæs cymþ raðor iste egredietur prius, Gen. 38, 28.
ge-treówan
to trust ⬩ believe ⬩ have confidence ⬩ hope ⬩ confidere ⬩ credere ⬩ sperare ⬩ to make true or credible ⬩ to persuade ⬩ suggest ⬩ to make one's self out to be true ⬩ to clear one's self
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Lind. 28, 14: 27, 20. Ðe hálig gást gitrióweþ iówih alle ða ðe swá hwæt ic cweðo iów spiritus sanctus suggeret vobis omnia quæcumque dixero vobis, Jn. Skt.
Linked entries: ge-treówian ge-triéwan ge-trýwan
seonu-wealt
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Lind. 6, 31, rubc. Hyre wyrttruma ys synewealt the root is a bulb , Lchdm. i. 152, 16. Seó byrgen ( Christ's tomb ) is sinowalt bús ácorfen of ánum stáne, Shrn. 68, 35. Of sinuwealtum cliwene ex teriti glomere , Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 20 : 83, 19.
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stycce
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-Twá stycgce (stycas, Lind.) duo minuta, Mk. Skt. Rush. 12, 42. a short space of time:?-Ðú á embe sticce (after a bit) féhst eft on ða ilcan sprǽce ðe ðú ǽr spǽce, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 164, 14
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teóða
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Tenth, marking order Seó teóðe (teigða, Lind.) tíd hora decima, Jn. Skt. 1, 39. Ða wæteru wanedon óð ðæne teóðan mónð, and on ðam teóðan mónðe æteówdon ðæra munta cnollas, Gen. 8, 5.
þweál
washing ⬩ what is used in washing ⬩ ointment
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Lind. 12, 3
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ge-limplíce
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S. 20, 82. so as to meet the requirements of a case, suitably, fitly Ꝥ þínes lífes lofu singan wé, heortan unclǽnre wom þú gelimplíce ( apte ) tólés, Hy. S. 72, 22.
geap
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Geápum pandis, 116, 23 : curvis 21, 16. of a line Geápum ł gebígedum pando, curvo (arcu ), Hpt. Gl. 405, 69. Geáp, Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 70. Geápe, 69, 4. On geápum galgan rídan, Vy. 33. In ðá geápan linde, C. D. iii. 375, 5.
sárig
feeling grief, sorry, sorrowful, sad ⬩ expressing grief, mournful, sad, bitter
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Ðá sceolde se hearpere weorþan swá sárig ðæt hé ne mihte on gemong óðrum monnum beón the harper (Orpheus) is said to have become so afflicted with grief, that he could not live among other men, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 6.
on-sittan
to occupy ⬩ to oppress (cf. colloquial to sit on a person) ⬩ to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative)
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Ger. int-sizzen metuere: Goth. and-sitan to regard) to fear (taking like ondrǽdan a reflexive dative) Nó ic mé onsitte non vereor, Wrt. Voc. ii. 61, 46. Ne ic mé herehlóþe helle þegna swíðe onsitte, Exon. Th. 166, 15; Gú. 1043.
spówan
To succeed. ⬩ to be successful ⬩ it succeeds with a person (dat.)
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Gesæh Pilatus ðæt him náuwiht speóu (spéua, Lind.) videns Pilatus quia nihil proficeret Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 27, 24. Him speówhwónlíce.Homl. Skt. i. 7, 94.