wiga
one who fights ⬩ a (fighting) man ⬩ a warrior ⬩ a noble, strenuous man
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Wiga wintrum geong, Byrht. Th. 137, 62; By. 210. Wælreów wiga ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 1262; B. 629. Wiga ellenróf, Wald. 79; Vald. 2, 11. Wác wiga, Exon. Th. 290, 18; Wand. 67. Wigan wígheardne, Byrht. Th. 133, 64; By. 75: Cd. Th. 189, 22; Exod. 188.
Linked entry: wihgena
wuldor-full
glorious ⬩ vainglorious
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Tó ðare wuldorfullan byrig Hierusalem, H. R. 7, 4. Wuldorfulle on mægðháde, Homl. Ass. 44, 499. Wuldorfulle lofu glorificum melos, Hymn. Surt. 57, 24. Babilonia ðe hwílon wæs wuldorfullost burh ealra burha, Wulfst. 194, 10. vainglorious.
Linked entry: wuldor
á-faran
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Siþþan Gallia út of þǽre byrig áfóran, 2, 8; S. 92, 28. Hié of þǽm londe áfóron, Chr. 794; P. 56, 4. Of Eádweardes anwalde áfaran, 918; P. 98, 23. Hé wæs út áfaren on hergaþ, 894; P. 86, 20. Hé wæs áfaren tó ðám castele, 1087; P. 224, 10.
ǼS
Food ⬩ meat ⬩ carrion ⬩ a dead carcase ⬩ esca ⬩ cibus ⬩ pabulum ⬩ cadaver
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Food, meat, carrion, a dead carcase; esca, cibus, pabulum, cadaver Earn ǽses georn the eagle eager for food, Byrht. Th. 134, 60; By. 107.
folme
The hand ⬩ mănus
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Forlét drenga sum daroþ fleógan of folman one of the warriors let fly a dart from his hand, Byrht. Th. 136, 12; By. 150. Ða ísenan næglas, ðe wǽron adrifene þurh Cristes folman the iron nails, which were driven through Christ's palms, Homl.
hearra
A lord
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It occurs twenty-three tines in that part of the Genesis [vv. 235-851] for which Sievers claims an old Saxon origin, and only four times elsewhere, Cd. 192; Th. 240, 28; Dan. 393: Judth. 10; Thw. 22, 9; Jud. 56: Byrht.
Linked entry: herra
hláford-leás
Lordless, ⬩ not having a lord
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Lordless, not having a lord Ætwítan mé ðæt ic hláfordleás hám síðie to taunt me that I return home without my lord, Byrht. Th. 139, 8; By. 251: Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 35; Rä. 21, 22: Beo. Th. 5863; B. 2935: Andr. Kmbl. 810; An. 405.
æt-wítan
To reproach ⬩ blame ⬩ upbraid ⬩ imputare ⬩ improperare ⬩ exprobrare
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Byrht. Th. 138, 15; By. 220. Siððan Gúþláf and ósláf ætwiton weána dǽl since Guthlaf and Oslaf reproached him for a part of their woes. Beo. Th. 2304; B. 1150: Ps. Th. 88, 44: 73, 17: Ps. Spl. 31, 2
Linked entry: ed-wítan
gilp-word
A boastful word ⬩ a boast ⬩ vaunt
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Th. 1355; B. 675: Byrht. Th. 139, 55; By. 274
telgor
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Gif hwá mid him ðysse wyrte ( verbascum ) áne tealgre byrþ, ne biþ hé bréged mid ǽnigum ógan, Lchdm. ii. 176, 3. Tealgras propagines, Blickl. Gl. Ðeós wyrt (wild gourd ) wið ða eorðan hyre telgra tóbrǽdeþ, Lchdm. i. 324, 3 note
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ge-syrwan
armour ⬩ to arm ⬩ wily ⬩ a wile ⬩ having belief ⬩ to plot ⬩ machinate
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[v. searu armour] to arm Eode ða gesyrwed secg to ðam eorle then went an armed man to the earl, Byrht. Th. 136, 30; By. 159.
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apostol
One sent ⬩ an apostle ⬩ apostolus
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Ða apostoli becómon to ðære byrig, the apostles came to the city, 494, 14: 482, 18, 25, 27. Æt ðæra apostola fótum at the apostles' feet, 488, 4. Ðá fleáh ðæt folc eal to dám apostolum the folk then all fled to the apostles, 492, 12.
Linked entry: postol
FORD
A FORD ⬩ vădum
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Gr. 47; Som. 47, 38: Byrht. Th. 134, 22; By. 88: Beo. Th. 1140; B. 568. He oferfór ðone ford transīvit vădum, Gen. 32, 22.
Linked entry: fyrd
heals
The neck, the prow of a ship ⬩ collum, amplexatorium ⬩ neck, part of the bow of a ship
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Lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals he let his weapon pass through the man's neck, Byrht. Th. 135, 60; By. 141
Linked entry: hals
ge-nyht
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Hé can weána lyt, and hæfð byrga geniht, Run. 8. Hé sylð goldes and seolfres genyhða, Wlfst. 196, 21. Sellan éce mǽrþa and fulle genyht, Bt. 33, 3; F. 126, 13
franca
A javelin ⬩ lance ⬩ lancea ⬩ frămea ⬩ hasta
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A javelin, lance; lancea, frămea, hasta He lét his francan wadan þurh ðæs hysses hals he let his javelin go through the youth's neck, Byrht. Th. 135, 59; By. 140.
húsel-fæt
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Subdiaconus is underdiácon se ðe ða fatu byrþ forþ tó ðam diácone and þénaþ under ðam diácone æt ðam hálgan weófode mid ðam huselfatum, L. Ælfc. C. 15; Th. ii. 348, 11.
wæl-rest
The rest or bed of the slain
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Th. 99, 8; Gen. 1643: Byrht. Th. 135, 5; By. 113. Sceal fǽge flǽschoma foldærne biþeaht wunian wælræste (inhabit the grave), Exon. Th. 164, 3; Gú. 1006. Sió ród foldan getýned wunode wælreste (lay buried), Elen. Kmbl. 1444; El. 724
Linked entry: wǽl-bed
wæl-wulf
a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolf ⬩ a fierce cannibal, one who preys on the dead like the wolf
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as an epithet of a warrior, a war-wolf, one who is as fierce to slay as is a wolf Wódon wælwulfas, wícinga werod, Byrht.
flán
An arrow ⬩ a dart ⬩ săgitta ⬩ tēlum
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An arrow, a dart; săgitta, tēlum Þurh flánes flyht through the flight of an arrow, Byrht. Th. 133, 56; By. 71. Fram fláne fleógendre a săgitta vŏlante, Ps. Spl. 90, 6: Beo. Th. 4868; B. 2438.