heáp
- Cd. 215 ;
- Th. 270, 9 ;
- Sat. 87 .
A HEAP, pile, great number, host, multitude, crowd, band, troop, body of people, assembly, company ⬩ a troop, flock ⬩ strues, acervus
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Gewíteþ mid ðý wuldre mǽre tungol faran on heápe the great star departs accompanied with that glory, 93 b; Th. 350, 26; Sch. 69. Hwanon ferigeaþ gé heresceafta heáp whence bear ye a heap of war shafts, Beo. Th. 675; B. 335.
or-sorg
free from care, without anxiety, secure, prosperous ⬩ secure from danger, safe
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Hé ús sealde orsorh wuldor (glory secure from the assaults of men), Blickl. Homl. 151, 12. Ða hálgan martyras orsorge becómon tó wulderbeáge ðæs écan lífes, Homl. Th. i. 416, 9.
hýnþ
Humiliation ⬩ abasement ⬩ disgrace ⬩ contempt ⬩ injury ⬩ harm ⬩ loss
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Helle hiénþu heofones mǽrþu the disgrace of hell, the glory of heaven, Exon. 16 b; Th. 37, 10; Cri. 591. Hýnþu unrim ills unnumbered, Cd. 37; Th. 48, 15; Gen. 776. Fela heardra hýnþa many cruel injuries, Beo. Th. 334; B. 166. Hénþa, Bt. Met.
CEÓSAN
to CHOOSE, select, elect ⬩ legere, seligere, eligere ⬩ to accept ⬩ oblatum accipere, accipere
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Ceósan us eard in wuldre may we choose us a dwelling in glory, Cd. 217; Th. 277, 14; Sat. 204. Ðæt he óðer líf cure that he chose another life, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 6. Ǽr he bǽl cure ere he chose the funeral pile, Beo.
lof
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Lof sé gewyrceð, hafad heáhfæstne dóm, Vid. 142. the ascription of glory to the Deity Lofe leánian leóhtes hyrde, Az. 121. Of lofe hweorfan þínre eádgife, Jul. 275.
ríceter
power ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ greatness ⬩ glory ⬩ violence ⬩ force
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power, dominion, rule, greatness, glory Rícceter gloria, Germ. 389, 41. Wé ne sceolon ða rícan for heora ríccetere wurðian we are not to honour the great ones for their greatness, Homl. Th. i. 128, 22.
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Wætlinga-strǽt
Watling Street, the Roman road running from Dover, through Canterbury, Rochester, London, St. Alban's,Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, Towcester, Weedon, Wroxeter to Chester.
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Glouc. 8, 1. According to Trevisa it went 'besides Wrokecestre, and then forth to Stratton, and so forth by the myddell of Wales unto Cardykan, and endeth atte Irisshe see.' Polychron. bk. i. c. 45.
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GÚÞ
War, battle, fight ⬩ bellum
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Ðe ðé æsca tír æt gúþe forgeaf who gave thee martial glory in fight, Cd. 97; Th. 127, 11; Gen. 2109: Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 15; Jud. 123: Exon. 17b; Th. 42, 17; Cri. 674; Beo. Th. 3074; B. 1535; Byrht.
wín-geard
a vineyard ⬩ a place where vines grow ⬩ the vines growing in such a place ⬩ vinea ⬩ a place where other plants than vines grow ⬩ a vine ⬩ vitis ⬩ vinea
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Ðú sealdest ús landǽhta and wíneardas dedisti nobis possessiones agrorum et vinearum, Num. 16, 14. a place where other plants than vines grow Wínegeardes palmeti (cf. the gloss of same passage in Wrt. Voc. ii. 75, 77: Palmbearwes palmeti), Hpt.
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fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Glóf. . . searobendum fæst, 2086. Fæstostan eardungstówe firmissimo habitaculo, Ps.
weorþ-mynd
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Th. 467, 18 ; Alm. 3. honour, glory, fame Byð ðé weorðmynd (wurðmynt, v. l.) beforan midsittendum erit tibi gloria coram simul discumbentibus Lk. Skt. 14, 10.
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ge-wunian
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Hafuc sceal on glófe gewunian the place for the hawk is the (falconer's) glove, Gn. C. 18. to remain, not to be removed, be left Ꝥte ne geuunadon ( remanerent ) on róda ðá líchomo, Jn. L. R. 19, 31.
a-stígan
to go ⬩ come ⬩ step ⬩ proceed ⬩ climb ⬩ ire ⬩ venire ⬩ gradi ⬩ procedere ⬩ scandere ⬩ to go in any direction ⬩ to rise ⬩ ascend ⬩ descend ⬩ surgere ⬩ ascendere ⬩ descendere
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Se mót wuldres dreám astígan he may climb the delight of glory, Exon. 84 b; Th. 317, 30; Mód. 73: Ps. Th. 79, 10. Ic astíge scando, Ælfc.
ge-férscipe
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Deóffelicum geférscipe demonico globo, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 65. Gif gé mé (the cook) út ádrífaþ fram eówrum geférscipe (collegio), Coll. M. 29, 9. in special senses, a society of ecclesiastics Þeáh feáwa witena on þám geférscipe beón, R.
wífian
To take a wife ⬩ to marry ⬩ on
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Glouc. 35, 9.] [To wyui nubere. Ayenb. 225, 17.] [Wyvyn or weddyn a wyfe uxoro, Prompt. Parv. 531.]
DRIGE
DRY ⬩ siccus, arĭdus
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Dríra arentum, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 151, 22. Dysegaþ se ðe wile sǽd óþfæstan ðám dríum [drygum, Cot.] furum he does foolishly who will sow seed in the dry furrows, Bt. 5, 2; Fox 10, 31.
DREÁM
joy, pleasure, gladness, mirth, rejoicing, rapture, ecstasy, frenzy ⬩ jubĭlum, lætĭtia, gaudium, delīrium ⬩ An instrument of music, music, rapturous music, harmony, melody, ⬩ orgănum = όργανoν, musĭca, concentus, harmŏnia = άρμoνία, modulātio, modus, melōdia = μελωδία, cantus
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Dreámum modis, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 143, 9
ge-stígan
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Met. 29, 12. to reach, attain a lofty position Nsénig þæs swíðe in þeóde brym þisses Kfes forð gestígeit none amongst men attains such a pitch of earthly glory, CRä 20
pening
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[In l. 4 hymenis is a corruption of nummi s(ervire), as the gloss at Wrt. Voc. ii. 96, 71 belongs to Ald. 207, 5: Semper avaritiae nummi servire volentem.] Add Smeágað sume men hwæt se pening (pænig, penig, v. ll.) getácnige, Hml, A. 44, 505.
ge-wítan
to see ⬩ behold ⬩ videre ⬩ spectare ⬩ to turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that direction ⬩ to set out towards ⬩ start ⬩ pass over ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ withdraw ⬩ go away ⬩ retreat ⬩ retire ⬩ die ⬩ transire ⬩ discedere
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Him Noe gewát eaforan lǽdan Noah went leading his offspring, Cd. 67; Th 82, 2; Gen. 1356: 96; Th. 126, 21; Gen. 2098. c [followed by a clause] :-- Gewát ðæt he in temple gestód wuldres aldor the prince of glory went so as to stop in the temple, Andr.
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