sweord
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Th. 6089; B. 3048: the sword which Beowulf seized in Grendel's retreat was golden-hilted, 3358; B. 1677, and 'wæs on ðǽm scennum scíran goldes þurh rúnstafas gesǽd, hwam ðæt sweord geworht, írena cyst, ǽrest wǽre, wreoþenhilt and wyrmfáh,' 3390-3400;
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hwít
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Hwítes seolfres (cf. reád as an epithet of gold ), Jos. 7, 21. Dó on hwít sealt, Lch. ii. 94, 8 : 124, 10. <b>II a.
be-wyrcan
surround
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Hió ðá róde bewyrcan hét mid golde and mid seolfre, H. R. 15, 13.
segn
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His segen se wæs mid golde and mid godewæbbe gefrætewod and ofer his byrigenne geseted vexillum ejus super tumbam auro et purpura compositum adposuerunt, Bd. 3, 11 ; S. 535. 31. Segn, Beo. Th. 5909 ; B. 2958.
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Cynewulf
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Á wæs sæc óþ-ðæt, Ever was contest till then, cnyssed cearwelmum with waves of sorrow tossed ᚳ [cén] drúsende, <b>C</b> [the torch] sinking, ðeáh he, in medohealle though he, in meadhall máþmas, þege treasures, handled æplede gold, appled
gamel
Old ⬩ aged ⬩ sĕnex ⬩ vĕtustus
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Wæs gylden hilt gamelum rince gyfen the golden hilt was given to the aged warrior, 3359; B. 1677 : Elen. Kmbl. 2491; El. 1247.
ge-scrýdan
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Gescríd mid goldum and mid gimmum, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 9. Hé gelǽdde Mardocheum mǽrlíce gescrýdne, Hml. A. 99, 241
notian
to make use of ⬩ employ ⬩ enjoy ⬩ to discharge an office
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Gold and seolfor sind góde, gif ðú hí wel notast : gif ðú sylf yfel bist, ne miht ðú hí wel notian, Homl. Th. ii. 410, 8-9. Grammar notian, case undetermined Man ða reáf nime, ðe hé ǽr notode, R. Ben. l01, 24.
a-blendan
To blind ⬩ make blind ⬩ darken ⬩ stupify ⬩ cæcare
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To blind, make blind, darken, stupify; cæcare Ða gyldenan stánas ablendaþ ðæs módes eágan the golden stones blind the mind's eyes, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 34. Swá bióþ ablend so are blinded, 38, 5; Fox 206, 1.
sund-búend
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Hí (the people of the golden age) hió (acc. ) nánwuht ne gesáwon, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 5), 8; 13. Ðæs ðe ǽfre sundbúend ( men ) secgan hýrdon, Exon. Th. 5, 22; Cri. 73. Ðæt ásecgan sundbúendum, 14, 19; Cri. 221
á-geótan
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Guth. 44, 23. to cast, found (of metal); in pp. molten (image) Cræt of golde ágoten, Hml. Th. ii. 494, 23, 24. Godas ágotene of áre, Hml. S. 7, 132. Ágo-tene oððe ágrafene, 4, 136. to consume, destroy Hé ágeát gylp wera, Exod. 514.
læfer
a rush
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Xerxes beworhte ða bígelsas mid gyldenum læfrum Xerxes wrought over the arches of the roof with golden plates, Homl. Th. ii. 498, 3. Mid læfrum liscis, Wrt. Voc. ii. 51, 9
ge-nóg
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Ic eów wísige þæt gé genóge neón sceáwiað beágas and brád gold, B. 3104. as predicate 'Hér synt twá swurd.' Hé cwæð: 'Ꝥ ys genóh (-nóg, R., sat est ),' Lk. 22, 38. Genóg is ús sufficit nobis, Jn. L. R. 14, 8. Genóh is, Kent. Gl. 1088.
EOFOR
a boar, a wild boar ⬩ ăper
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II. the figure of a boar on a helmet; signum apri sŭper găleam Swýn eal-gylden, eofer íren-heard the swine all-golden, the boar iron-hard, Beo. Th. 2228; B. 1112: 2660; B. 1328
smiþþe
A smithy, a smith's workshop ⬩ officina, fabrica
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Gáþ tó smiððan and fandiaþ ðises goldes and ðissera gymstána Homl. Th. i. 64, 6. Ðæt wíde geat be-eástan Welandes smiððan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 332, 23
nealles
Not ⬩ not at all
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Waraþ hine wræclást, nales wunden gold; ferþloca freórig, nalæs foldan blǽd, Exon. Th. 288, 16-19. Ðis ic cweþe æfter forgifenysse nalæs æfter bebode hoc autem dico secundum indulgentiam, non secundum imperium, Bd. 1, 27; S. 495, 45.
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næs
Not
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Næs ná mid golde, ac mid gódum dǽdum, 95, 19. Lufian wé hine næs nó on gesundum þingum ánum, ac eác swylce on wiðerweardum þingum, 13, 7
treów
a tree ⬩ a material ⬩ wood ⬩ trees ⬩ a wood ⬩ roof-tree ⬩ saddle-tree ⬩ a piece of wood ⬩ a beam ⬩ log ⬩ stake ⬩ staff ⬩ cudgel ⬩ gallows-tree ⬩ tree used of the cross
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Swá hwá swá getimbraþ ofer ðisum grundwealle gold, oððe seolfor, oððe treówa, Homl. Th. ii. 588, 25. Treówu, 590, 13. Hié námon treówu and slógon on óþerne ende ísene neglas, Ors. 4, 1; Swt. 158, 4.
CLǼNE
CLEAN, pure, clear ⬩ mundus, purus, merus, serenus ⬩ chaste, innocent ⬩ castus, innoxius
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Ðæt land ic selle Cynulfe for syxtigum mancesa clǽnes goldes I sell the land to Cynulf for sixty mancuses of pure gold, Cod. Dipl. 313; A. D. 883; Kmbl. ii. 111, 21.
ge-girwan
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Gegyred mid golde, 16. Golde gegerede and gimcynnum, Met. 25, 6. to equip, furnish, supply Seó wiht wæs wundrun gegierwed, hæfde feówere fét under wombe, Rä. 37, 2: 68, 2: 30, 3: Sch. 61. to direct. v. gegirwung. (Cf.
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