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DÆG

(n.)
Grammar
DÆG, gen. dæges; pl. nom. acc. dagas; m: daga, an; m.

DAY dies the time of a man's life tempus vitæ humanæ the Anglo-Saxon Rune RUNE = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- RUNE byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men

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Fox 401; Men. 202. the time of a man's life; tempus vitæ humanæ On midle mínra dagena in the midst of my days, Ps. Th. l01, 21. Heora dagena tíd dies eorum, 77. 32. On þreóra monna dæg in three men's days or lives, Bd. App.

hreðer

(n.)
Grammar
hreðer, hræðer, hraðer, es; m. [?]

Breastbosom

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Him hildegráp hreðre ne mihte aldre gesceððan the hostile grasp could not harm his breast, his life, Beo. Th. 2897; B. 1446. Hreðra gehygd counsel, 4096; B. 2045: Exon. 77 b; Th. 290, 28; Wand. 72

Linked entries: hraðer hreðor

be-windan

(v.)
Grammar
be-windan, bi-windan; p. -wand, -wond, pl. -wundon; pp. -wunden; v. a.

To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turnamplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere

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Hwonne us líffreá tíre bewinde when the Lord of life may surround us with honour, >Exon. 8 a; Th. 3, 1; Cri. 29. Ic eom bewunden mid wuldre I am surrounded with glory, 108 a; Th. 412, 18; Rä. 31, 2.

hǽlan

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Sé þe wunde lácnian wille geóte wín on . . . and eft ele ðæt sé hié líðe and hǽle. Past. 124, 12. Ðæt úre haele wunde ut nostra cures vulnera, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 204, 9. Ꝥ hig hǽldun (curarent) ádle and ǽlce untrumnysse, Mt. 10, l.

híwung

shapingshapeframemakeconstitutionshapeformspecieskindtransformationan illusory shapedeceptive appearancea pretencetricksimulationhypocrisyfictionirony

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Wǽron óþre gedwolan Antecrístes lima, mid árleásra híwunge, 832. Hú hé árásode þá híwunge Totillan de simulatione Totilae deprehensa, Gr. D. 130, 13.

módor

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Th. ii. 218, 28. applied to a person who acts like a mother. one who shows motherly affection Hé ætiéwe his hiéremonnum ðæt hé sié hiera fæder on láre and hiera módur on mildheortnesse, Past. 123, 25. one who exercises control, the superior of a female

weccan

(v.)
Grammar
weccan, p. weahtewehteweahte, wehte; pp. weaht, weht

To wake, waken. to rouse from sleep to rouse to rouseto enliven, stimulate, refresh to rouseto excite, stir upto raise what is depressed to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise

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Th. 112, 6. to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise Feorbeáceno cynn, ða ðe flód wecceþ, Cd. Th. 13, 18; Gen. 204. Wyrd wóp wecccþ, Salm. Kmbl. 873; Sal. 436. Sunnan glǽm on lenctenne lífes tácen weceþ, Exon. Th. 215, 17; Ph. 255.

heán

(adj.)
Grammar
heán, adj.

Low, mean, abject, poor, humbled, humblehumilis, infamis

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Hú uncúþ biþ ǽghwylcum ánum men his lífes tíd ǽghweðer ge rícum ge heánum ge geongum ge ealdum how unknown to every single man is the period of his life, both to the rich man and to the poor, to the young and to the old, Blickl. Homl. 125, 8.

FREÓLS

(n.)
Grammar
FREÓLS, es; m. sometimes, but rarely, n.

freedomimmunityprivilegelībertasimmūnĭtasprivĭlēgiuma time of freedoma holy dayfeastfestivalthe celebration of a festivalfestumfesti celebratio

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To ðam eáster-lícan freólse to the paschal feast. Lk. Bos. 2, 42; L. Eth. v. 14; Th. i. 308, 14, 16, 17: L. C. E. 16; Th. i. 368, 25.

Linked entries: friólsend heals

GÁST

(n.)
Grammar
GÁST, gǽst, es; m.

the breathhālĭtusspīrāmenthe spiritsoulGHOSTspīrĭtusanĭmusănĭma

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Ðæt ic ofsleá eall flǽsc, on ðam ðe ys lífes gást that I may slay all flesh, in which is the breath of life, Gen. 6, 17. Mid gáste múþes his with the breath of his mouth, Ps. Lamb. 32, 6.

Linked entries: góst gaast gǽst gǽst

god-webb

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Add: fine woven material, material woven from silk or cotton, fine linen Twihíwe godweb caecum bis tinctum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 135, 44. Godeweb purpura, An. Ox. 1378. Seolcen godewebbes bombicinum purpurae (peplum ), 461.

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CNIHT

(n.)
Grammar
CNIHT, cneoht, cnyht, es; m.

A boyyouthattendantservantKNIGHT:puerjuvenisadolescensservus

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Ðyssum cnyhtum wes líðe be gentle to these boys Beo. Th. 2443; B. 1219. Ðæt hie ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton that they should seek the young man's death Andr. Kmbl. 2243; An. 1123: 1824; An. 914.

Linked entries: cneoht cnyht

swégan

(v.)
Grammar
swégan, p. de

To sound.to make a noisewith the idea of movement, to move violently with noise, to roar, rush, crash without the idea of movementof regulated, modulated sound, of speech, tone, musicto signify

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Hé sette hine sylfne ongeán ðam swégendan líge, ii. 510, 8. Hé ásende swǽgende fýr of heofonum, Homl. Skt. i. 2, 260. without the idea of movement Swégþ tinnit, Ælfc. Gr. 22; Zup. 128, 16. Swagoþ (swégaþ? v. swég, I.) ða eáran. Lchdm. iii. 88, 5.

sweart

(adj.)
Grammar
sweart, adj.

swart, swarthy, black, darkof absence of light or brightness, dark, black, gloomyof absence of good, black (crime), dark, dismal

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Voc. i. 46, 32, 53 (in a list of colours): furvus, ii. 34, 39, 40: fuscus, 38, 27: luridus, 53, 15: pullus, 57, 10: niger. Ælfc. Gr. 8 ; Zup. 27, 9 : caeruleus, Hpt. Gl. 516, 14. Wuduréc sweart, Beo. Th. 6281; B. 3145.

Linked entries: swart swertling

gearo

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Þé synt tú gearu, swá líf, swá deáþ, El. 605. Gerewe sint télerum ... parata sunt derisoribus judicia, Kent. Gl. 720. Habbað word gearu ... eall getrahtod, An. 1360. <b>VII a.

heáfod

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Ex. 68. as part essential to life, cf. heáfod-ǽ. — Ne sý nán óðer bót bútan ꝥ heáfod (cf. forgá þýfðe be his feóre, 210, 3), Ll. Th. i. 282, 2, 23. Sý hé þeóf, and þolige heáfdes, 276, 13. For þon ðín éþel (wyrd ?)

strang

(adj.)
Grammar
strang, adj.
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. : strongra, Lind.) ðonne ic est fortior me, Mt. Kmbl. 3, 11 : Lk. Skt. 11, 22. Wé wénaþ ðæt mon beó ðý strængra (strencra, Cott. MS.) ðe hé biþ micel on his líchoman, Bt. 24, 3 ; Fox 84, 7.

teóðung

(n.)
Grammar
teóðung, teóðing, e; f.
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.: teigðuncgas, Lind. decimas ) ealles ðæs ðe ic hæbbe, Lk. Skt. 18, 12. Abraham geaf ðam kincge Melchisedech ða teóðunga ( decimas ) of ðám ðingon ðe hé gewunnen hæfde, Prud. 56. with special reference to the English church.

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wolcen

(n.)
Grammar
wolcen, wolcn (wolc), es;n. : also wolcne, an; f.

A cloudthe cloudsthe heavensthe skythe clouds of nightunder heavenon earthskywelkin

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Beorht wolcn (wolcen, Lind. : wolken, Rush. ) nubes lucida. Mt. Kmbl. 17, 5. Blódig wolcen, Blickl. Homl. 91, 32. Wan wolcen. Met. 5, 4. Windig wolcen, Exon. Th. 201, 24; Ph. 61. Se ðe him ǽlc wolcn ondrǽdt. . . .

ge-sceád

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Ǽlc þe gescád wite (omnis qui discrecionis particeps est), hliste him georne, 424, 19 : Bd. 3, 5 ; Sch. 207, 20. reason, reasoning faculty, understanding Gesceád is ðǽre sáwle forgifen tó stýrenne hire ágen líf, Hml. S. l, 107.