ge-þing
a council ⬩ an assembly ⬩ concilium ⬩ counio ⬩ a compact ⬩ an agreement ⬩ a condition ⬩ pactum ⬩ what is impending over one ⬩ what is awaiting one ⬩ what is certainly to be expected or hoped for ⬩ fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ quod est imminens vel expectandum ⬩ fatum ⬩ sors
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A. 600. what is impending over one, what is awaiting one, what is certainly to be expected or hoped for, fate, destiny; quod est imminens vel expectandum, fatum, sors Bád beadwa geþinges he awaited the fate of the battle, Beo.
Linked entry: gúþ-geþingu
tó-þindan
To swell ⬩ grow big ⬩ to swell with pride ⬩ be puffed up ⬩ be arrogant
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Hé hine mid tóðundenum móde forseah, Homl. Th. i. 330, 20: 450, 33. Tóþundenne and ástrehtne hneccan tumentem et erectam cervicem, Scint. 83, 17
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wyn-sum
winsome ⬩ agreeable ⬩ pleasant ⬩ pleasant ⬩ joyous
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Homl. 115, 13. Wæs on ðam ofne windig and wynsum, Cd. Th. 237, 33; Dan. 347. Wynsum gefeá, Exon. Th. 77, 8; Cri. 1253. Hú wynsum (iocundum) is ðæt mon eardige on ðara gebróðra ánnesse, Blickl. Homl. 139, 29.
Linked entries: wynsumlíce wynsumness winsum
sorh
care ⬩ anxiety ⬩ sorrow ⬩ grief ⬩ affliction ⬩ trouble ⬩ sorrow, care ⬩ cura, solicitudo, angor, moeror, labor ⬩ care, sorrow
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Homl. 5, 29
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Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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This Saga it is hoped may yet be found in some Swedish library. The story informs us that Hrothgar built a splendid palace at Heorot in the north of Jutland.
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lácan
to swing ⬩ wave about ⬩ to play ⬩ fight ⬩ to play
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, Beo. 5689; B. 2848. to play [a musical instrument] Hió dumb wunaþ hwæðre hyre is on fóte fæger hleóþor; wrætlíc mé þinceþ hú seó wiht mǽge wordum lácan þurh fót neoþan dumb does it dwell, yet in its foot bath a fair voice; wondrous it seems to me how
rǽran
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Hú neáh ðære tíde wǽre ðætte ða bróðru árísan sceolden and Godes lof rǽran and heora úhtsang singan quam prope esset hora qua fratres ad dicendas Domino laudes nocturnal excitari deberent, Bd. 4. 24; S. 599, 4
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swegel
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Swegles gǽst the Holy Ghost, Exon. Th. 13, 16; Cri. 203. Swegles weard, Judth. Thw. 22, 27; Jud. 80. as the abode of the blessed Nó ðæs gilpan þearf synfull sáwel ðæt hyre sié swegl ongeán, Exon. Th. 449, 11; Dóm. 69.
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god-spell
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Add: the body of doctrine taught by Christ and his apostles Þis godspel byð bodod ofer ealle eorðan praedicabitur hoc evangelium regni in universo orbe, Mt. 24, 14: 26, 13. On ealle þeóda ǽrest gebyrað beón ꝥ godspel gebodud, Mk. 13, 10.
magan
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Hé sǽde náne gyltas magan beón álýsede. . . dixit nulla scelera posse redemi. . 159, 6. expressing the admissibility or certainty of a supposition For ðám hé mæig wénan, gyf hé ꝥ ǽr forgýmð, ꝥ . . . qua scire debel, si minus hoc servabit. . . Ll.
sittan
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Þá þá seó mætetíd cóm and eallinga seó læteste tíd þæs dæges on sæt cum tempus refectionis incumberet atque dies hora tardior excrevisset, 277, 25.
ge-healdan
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Hyge sceal gehealden, hond gewealden, Gn. Ex. 122. to content, satisfy, pay Hé of his ágenum þone gehealde þe ꝥ orf áge, Ll. Th. i. 354, 8.
rǽdan
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Hí ealle ánmódlíce rǽddon ðæt ealle his gesetnyssa áýdlode wǽron, Homl. Th. i. 60, 4. Rǽdan decernere, Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 67. <b>III a.</b> rǽdan on (cf.
hreósan
To fall ⬩ fall down ⬩ ruere ⬩ corruere
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Ongeán ðam hreósendum treówe towards the falling tree, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 35. Synt swíðe hreósende ðás gesǽlþa these goods are very perishable, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 22
níd-þearf
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ constraint ⬩ need ⬩ a necessary thing ⬩ what a person needs ⬩ need ⬩ distress ⬩ trouble ⬩ a necessary business
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Homl. 151, 23. Gedó ðæt ðú mé gefriðie æt mínre nýdþearfe de necessitatibus meis eripe me, Ps. Th. 24, 15. Fylston eów æt nýdþearfe in necessitate vos protegant, Deut. 32, 38.
rand
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Siððan ic hond and rond hebban mihte since I could bear arms, 1316; B. 656. Hond rond geféng geolwe linde, 5212; B. 2609.
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scippan
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God gesceóp ealle gesceafta, and deófol náne gesceafta scyppan ne mæg, Homl. Th. i. 102, 1. Hé ( God ) selcúðe syððan scyppan nolde, Hexam. 12; Norm. 20, 15. Ic scyppendum wuldorcyninge hýrde, rícum dryhtne, Exon. Th. 453, 16; Hy. 4, 15.
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tawian
to taw, dress or prepare material ⬩ to intreat shamefully or evilly, treat badly, abuse, insult.
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V.) he burnt up their cities and evilly intreated them, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 388. Hé Godes templ tawode tó bysmore he had shamefully abused God's temple (cf. l. 538), 25, 542.
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þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Homl. 79, 25, Ða þryttig scyllingas, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 3. Grammar þrítig, in combination with other numerals Ðæt is ealles .xxx. and vi. peningas, Anglia xi. 8, 18. Mid þrym and ðrittigum mannum, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 128.
sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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Sceadwe scenam, 80, 1. shadow as opposed to substance, an obscure image Seó ealde ǽ wæs swilce sceadu, and seó níwe gecýðnys is sóðfæstnys, Homl. Th. i. 356, 1.
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