LYSTAN
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Hine lyste mid him etan and drincan ipse delectaretur manducare et bibere cum eis, 5, 5; S. 618, 16: Beo. Th. 3591; B. 1793. Hine nánes þinges ne lyste on ðisse worulde he cared for nothing in this world, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 12: Bt. Met.
wiþer-rǽde
Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature
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Ne beó gé wiþerrǽde wið eówerne Drihten nolite este rebelles contra Dominum, Num. 14, 9. Se cásere wolde gewylclan mid wíge ða leóda ðe wiþerrǽde wǽron, and his ríce forsáwon, Homl.
Linked entries: wiþer-rǽdness wiþ-rǽde
wundor-líc
Wonderful ⬩ exciting admiration ⬩ surprise
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Wundorlíc wǽgbora, Beo. Th. 2884; B. 1440. Ic eom wunderlícu wiht, Exon. Th. 399, 16; Rä. 19, 1: 400, 14; Rä. 21, 1. Ðæt wæs wunderlícu gemetgung miro modo, Past, 17; Swt. 113, 16. Wunderlíc gestreón mirandum negotium, Hpt. Gl. 469, 3.
ymb
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Ne beó ðú carful ymbe woruldlicum gestreónum, Hml. Th. ii. 344, 2. Þá þe ymbe óðra manna bigleofan hogiað, 444, 1. cf. Dict. 3 d. Heó wæs bysig ymbe ánum ðinge, Hml. Th. ii. 440, 33.
wǽg
movement ⬩ a wave ⬩ water ⬩ the wave ⬩ sea
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Hié scufon wyrm ofer weallclif, léton wǽg niman, flód fæðmian frætwa hyrde, Beo. Th. 6256; B. 3132. Sum fealone wǽg stefnan steóreþ, streámráde con, Exon. Th. 296, 19; Crä. 53. On sealtne wǽg, 361, 30; Wal. 27: Cd. Th. 236, 19; Dan. 323.
wenian
To accustom ⬩ to accustom ⬩ train ⬩ prepare ⬩ fit ⬩ to draw ⬩ attract ⬩ to draw to ⬩ to draw ⬩ to wean ⬩ ablactare
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Th. 300, 17; Fä. 7. to draw, attract, to draw to Ðæt æt feohgyftum Folc-waldan sunu dógra gehwylce Dene weorþode, Hengestes heáp hringum wenede (he should attach them to himself by presents), efne swá swíðe swá hé Fresena cyn byldan wolde Beo.
HEARM
HARM, hurt, injury, evil, grief, affliction, pain, injurious speech, calumny, insult ⬩ pain, grief ⬩ grief, sorrow, harm ⬩ calamitas, calumnia, contumelia, ærumna, iujuria ⬩ grief, sorrow
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Nó hé mid hearme gæst ne grétte not with insult did he greet the guest, Beo. Th. 3788; B. 1892. Huscworde ongan herme hyspan with words of contumely and insult began to revile him, Andr. Kmbl. 1341; An. 671.
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ofer-hygd
pride, arrogance ⬩ honourable pride ⬩ high spirit ⬩ superbia
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Him oninnan oferhygda dǽl weaxeþ, Beo. Th. 3485; B. 1740. Oferhýda, 3525; B. 1760. Ða setl ðe deófol for his oforhygdum of áworpen wæs, Blickl. Homl. 121, 35. For oferhygdum, 156, 13: Cd. Th. 268, 4; Sat. 50: 269, 6; Sat. 69.
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ge-wit
wits ⬩ senses ⬩ [right] mind ⬩ mind ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ consciousness
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Cyning geweóld his gewitte the king recovered consciousness, Beo. Th. 5399; B. 2703
Linked entry: wit
HELM
HELM ⬩ helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ the top ⬩ overshadowing foliage of trees ⬩ a covering
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Se hwíta, hearda helm, Beo. Th. 2900, 4502; B. 1448, 2255. a crown, the top, overshadowing foliage of trees Helm corona, Wrt. Voc. 64, 39. Mid þyrnenum helme his heáfod be-féngon encircled his head with a crown of thorns, Homl. Th. ii. 252, 26; Mk.
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HWÍT
WHITE ⬩ bright ⬩ clear ⬩ fair ⬩ splendid
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Se hwíta helm the shining helm, Beo. Th. 2900; B. 1448. Ðú ne miht ǽnne locc gedón hwítne oððe blacne non potes unum capillum album facere aut nigrum, Mt. Kmbl. 5, 36.
mónaþ
A month ⬩ lunar ⬩ calendar
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Ðæs mónan mónaþ is ðonne hé gecyrþ níwe fram ðære sunnan óð ðæt hé eft cume hyre forne ágeán, eald and áteorod, and eft þurh hí beó ontend. On ðam mónþe synd geteald nigon and twentig daga and twelf tída, ðis is se mónelíca mónaþ ...
ge-rǽcan
To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer
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Hyne Wulf wǽpne gerǽhte Wolf reached him with his weapon, Beo. Th. 5923; B. 2965: 1117; B. 556: Byrht. Th. 135, 63; By. 142: 136, 29; By. 158. He ða burh gerǽhte he took the town, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 14.
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werian
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Hwæt sindon gé searohæbbendra byrnum werede, Beo. Th. 481; B. 238: 5052; B. 2529. Hí lifgaþ á leóhte werede, Exon. Th. 237, 26; Ph. 596. to wear a garment, wear or bear a weapon, etc.
ge-hlýd
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'Beo se árleása ofelagen, ' 22, 160: 23, 612. Grymetende mid gehlýde, 7, 242. noise made by people in excited action, tumult, disturbance, din of business Swégende gehlýd gedréfde tumultuous (secularium) strepitus obturbabat An. Ox. 5432.
wæcce
wakefulness ⬩ sleeplessness ⬩ watching ⬩ watchfulness ⬩ a watch ⬩ vigil ⬩ a division of the night ⬩ a watch
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Ðæs módes wæcce is micele betere, ðæt se man hogie hú hé gehealden beó wið ðone deófol, Homl. Ass. 51, 35-49: R. Ben. 35, 2.
self
self ⬩ very ⬩ own ⬩ (the) same
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Nime fíf and beó him sylf sixta, L. C. S. 44; Th. i. 402, 7. Him sylfa, 30; Th. i. 394, 5. Eall ðis mágon him sylfe geseón, Exon. Th. 69, 6; Cri. 1116. denoting voluntary or independent action (not inflected?). Cf. Goth.
cyning
a king, ruler, emperor ⬩ rex, imperator ⬩ a spiritual King, God, Christ ⬩ Deus, Christus ⬩ the devil ⬩ diabŏlus, satănas ⬩ Anglo-Saxon kings were at first elected from a family or class, by Witena gemót the assembly of the wise. ⬩ fidelity was sworn to them by the people, in the following words ⬩ the king took a corresponding oath to his people ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon king had royal power to pardon transgressors ⬩ of all forfeits the king had one half ⬩ all hoards above the earth, and within the earth. As we learn from Beowulf, in early and heathen times, much treasure was buried in the mound raised over the ashes of the dead, besides what was burned with the body ⬩ Pastus or Convivium ⬩ The king visited different districts personally or by deputy to see that justice was done to all his subjects. In these periodical journeys the king received support and entertainment wherever he went. Hence perhaps the privileges of our judges ⬩ Vigilia ⬩ head ward, or a proper watch set over the king, which he claimed when he came into any district ⬩ the mint or coinage of money. The king exercised a superintendence over the circulating medium
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'On ðone Drihten, ðe ðes háligdóm is fóre hálig, ic wille beón N. hold and getríwe, and eal lufian ðæt he lufaþ, and eal ascúnian ðæt he ascúnaþ, æfter Godes rihte and æfter woroldgerysnum, and nǽfre, willes ne gewealdes, wordes ne weorces, ówiht dón
ge-hiwian
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Seó gýtsung gehíwod wæs weorðlíce on gegyrelan avaritia transformatur in habitum honestum Prud. 61. to make an object appear other than it really is Deófol gemacað þæt sume men beóð swá gehíwode líceteras swylce hý Godes ege habban, and bið eal heora
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horn
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Ealle hornas synfulra ic tóbrece and beóð úp áhefen hornas ryhtwíses, Ps. Rdr. 74, II. Ic cwæð tó ðǽm ðe syngodon: ' Ne hebbe gé tó úp eówre hornas. ' Ðonne áhebbað ðá synfullan swíðe úp hira hornas, ðonne hí hí nǽfre nyllað geeáðmédan . . .