heáh-setl
A high seat, throne, seat of honour [at table], seat of justice ⬩ throne ⬩ thronus, solium, triclinium ⬩ a high seat (at table)
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Se ríca man ðe sitt on his heáhsetle hraðe geswícþ hé his gebeórscipes gif ða þeówan geswícaþ ðæra teolunga the great man that sits on his high seat will soon discontinue his feast if the servants discontinue the attendance, Homl. Th. i. 272, 35.
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ǽ-welm
A welling up of water ⬩ spring ⬩ fountain ⬩ source ⬩ head of a river ⬩ beginning ⬩ aquæ fons
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A welling up of water, spring, fountain, source, head of a river, beginning; aquæ fons Swá sum mical ǽwelm and dióp as some great and deep spring, Bt. 34, 1; Fox 134, 10.
cyn-ren
A family course, family, generation, kind, nation, posterity ⬩ generatio, genus, natio, progenies, propago
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On ðam fiftan dæge úre Drihten gesceóp ða mycelan hwalas on heora cynrynum on the fifth day our Lord created the great whales with their kinds, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 8.
DELFAN
To dig, dig out, DELVE ⬩ fŏdĕre, effŏdĕre
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Hí dulfon áne mycle díc they dug a great ditch, Chr. 1016; Erl. 155, 22: Ex. 7, 24: Ps. Lamb. 21, 17: Ps. Th. 56, 8. Swelce hwá delfe eorþan as if any one should dig the earth, Bt. 40, 6; Fox 242, 5.
Eádgár
Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great. Edgar, in A.D. 955, succeeded to the kingdom of Mercia; and, at the death of his brother Eadwig, in A.D. 959, to the kingdoms of Wessex and Northumbria, over which he reigned sixteen years. He was, therefore, king for twenty years, from A.D. 955-975
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Edgar, second son of Edmund, and grandson of Alfred the Great.
hwæl
A whale
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Bí ðam miclan hwale concerning the great whale, Exon. 96 b; Th. 360, 10; Wal. 3. God ðá gegearcode ǽnne hwæl and hé forswealh ðone wítegan, Homl. Th. i. 246, 12. Wilt ðú fón sumne hwæl? Nic. For hwi?
mennisc
Men ⬩ people
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Ðǽr wæs mycel mennisc tóweard there was a great multitude of people coming, 182, 5. Ðeáh eal mennisc wǽre gegaderod though all men were gathered together, 26, 26.
gífer-nes
Greediness ⬩ avarice ⬩ voracity ⬩ gluttony ⬩ aviditas ⬩ gula
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Him wæs metes micel lust ac ðeáh mid nánum ǽtum his gýfernysse gefyllan ne mihte he had great craving for food but yet could he not with any viands satisfy his voracity, i. 86, 6: 168, 12.
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ge-mynan
To remember, remind
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Gemyne ðé sylfne hú mycel yfel ðé gelamp remember how great an evil befell thee, Blickl. Homl. 31, 12. Gemyne ðis remember this, 113, 23, 24: 225, 21: Exon. 81 a; Th. 305, 25; Fä. 93: Beo. Th. 1322; B. 659.
styrman
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Styrmendum wederum, Bt. 7, 3; 3 O 2Fox 22, 5. of persons, to storm, make a great noise, cry aloud, shout Ic ( the wood pigeon ) búgendre stefne styrme (cf. ic hlúde cirme, l. 18), Exon. Th. 390, 25; Rá. 9, 7.
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cræftiga
A craftsman ⬩ workman ⬩ artificer ⬩ architect ⬩ artifex ⬩ opifex ⬩ architectus
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A craftsman, workman, artificer, architect; artifex, opifex, architectus Se micla cræftiga the great craftsman Past. 8, 1; Hat. MS. 12b. 15; Andr. Reed. 3264; An. 1635. Cræftica [MS. D. cræftca] artifex Ælfc. Gr. 10; Som. 14, 43, MS. C; Ælfc.
cristnian
To christianize ⬩ catechize ⬩ catechizare
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To christianize, catechize; catechizare Ðæt Paulinus ðǽr ðæt folc cristnode and fullode [MS. cristnade RUNE fullade] that Paulinus might there christen and baptize the people, or as the original Latin of Bede has it, with greater precision, — ut Paulinus
þearle
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., very, to a great degree, very much, to a great extent, exceedingly Geðancas þearle deópe nimis profundae cogitationes, Ps. Th. 91, 4. Þearle mildheort multum misericors, 144, 8: Judth. Thw. 22, 23; Jud. 74.
ge-lynd
Grease, fat, fatness ⬩ adeps, pinguedo
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Grease, fat, fatness; adeps, pinguedo Ys sáwl mín swétes gefylled, swá seó fætte gelynd fægeres smeoruwes sicut adipe et pinguedine repleatur animea mea, Ps. Th. 62, 5. Gelynde ex adipe, 72, 6. Bringon gelynde offerent adipem, Lev. 3, 10.
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ange
Narrow ⬩ straitened ⬩ vexed ⬩ troubled ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ angustus ⬩ anxius ⬩ vexatus ⬩ tristis
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Ðá wæs ðam cynge swíðe ange on his mode then the king was greatly troubled in his mind, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 14
þúma
The thumb
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Swá greáte swá ðín þúma, Lchdm. iii. 18, 25. Ic com mid handa on ðone stán drífan, and se ðúma gebrocen wæs, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 24. Gif se þúma biþ of áslægen, ðam sceal .xxx. sciłł. tó bóte.
tó-brǽdan
to make broad, ⬩ enlarge, ⬩ extend, ⬩ make great in size or number ⬩ to make great, ⬩ magnify, ⬩ multiply, ⬩ increase, ⬩ improve the condition of a person ⬩ to expand, ⬩ extend, ⬩ spread out, ⬩ open wide, ⬩ distend ⬩ to extend, ⬩ spread abroad, ⬩ diffuse
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to make broad, enlarge, extend, make great in size or number, of material objects Hig tóbrǽdaþ hyra healsbéc dilatant philacteria sua, Mt.
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eald
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Add: of great age. of living creatures Ald senex, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 47. Hú mæg man beón eft ácenned þonne hé bið eald (ald, L. R.)?, Jn. 3, 4. Ic eom eald tó híwigenne I am (too) old to pretend, Hml. S. 25, 94.
ge-lynde
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Grease; arvina Gelynd adeps, Wrt. Voc. ii. 10, 27. Gelynde arvina, i. 283, 36. Wið ǽlcum sáre, gemylted león gelynde, Lch. i. 366, l. Foxes gelyndes dǽl ii. 308, I. Mid gelynde adipe, Ex. 29, 22 : Lch. i. 328, 8.