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færeld

(n.)
Grammar
færeld, (n. and) m.

goingwalkinga goingcoursejourneya wayroadthe runcarriagevehicle a trainretinuecourseproceeding

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Hig æfter ridon ídelum færelde, Jos. 2, 7. Faran þreóra daga færeld, Ex. 3, 18. Gif þet Godes wille seó þæt heó ꝥ færeld áge (that she be able to make the journey), Cht. Th. 481, 13.

swín

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Æðelsige forstæl Æðelwines swín ... ðá ridon his men tó and tugon út ðæt spic of Æðelsiges húse, and he oðbærst tó wuda, C.D. iii. 291, 15.

ge-neát

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Hé héht his geneát, Ecgláf hátte, rídan mid ceastersétna preóste, Wulfhún hátte, and hé hine gelǽdde ealle ðá gemǽra . . and se ceastersétna preóst hit gerád and se Æðelwaldes geneát mid hine . . . Ðus him gewísede se Æðelwaldes mon ðá gemǽru, C.

hlǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hlǽw, hláw, hláu, hléw, es; m.

a lowlaw a rising ground, an artificial as well as a natural mound, a funeral mound;tumulusthe interior of a mound, a cave

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Dá hý ofer ðone hlǽw ridan when they rode over the hill, Lchdm. iii. 52, 14.

Linked entry: hláw

hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
hwæt, adj.

Quickactivevigorousstoutboldbrave

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Quick, active, vigorous, stout, bold, brave Sum biþ tó horse hwæt one is a bold rider, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 7; Crä. 81.

meolc

(n.)
Grammar
meolc, meoluc, milc, e; f.

Milk

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Of ðam lande ðe weóll meolce and hunie ... ðe fléwþ on riðum meolce and hunies, Num. 16, 13-14. Mid þynre meolce with skim milk, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 35. Mid lytle meolc (MS. B. meoloce) wætere gemengedre cum parvo lacte aqua mixto, 3, 23; S. 554, 33.

Linked entry: milc

earnian

(v.)
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Hú ne wást ðú ꝥ nán mon for þý ne rít ðe hine rídan lyste, ac rít for þý þe hé mid þǽre ráde earnaþ sume earnunga.

swefan

(v.)
Grammar
swefan, p. swæf, pl. swǽfon; pp. swefen
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Hǽðene swǽfon, deáðwang ridon, Andr. Kmbl. 2004; An. 1004. Hláfurd sécan oððe hér swefan, Vald. 1. 31. metaphorically, to denote lack of watchfulness Ðonne se weard swefeþ, sáwele hyrde, Beo.

Linked entry: sweofot

eall-swá

(adv.)
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Hé sý on swége gelencged eallswá (eal-, v. l. ) on Sunnandæge, 37, 8. as (if) Hí ridon tó Bosanhám eallswá hí sceoldon tó Sandwíc, Chr. 1049; P. 168, 35. correlative forms Eallswá bealdlíce mót se ðeówa clypigan God him tó Fæder ealswá se cyning, Hml

lád

(n.)
Grammar
lád, e; f.

a coursewaya lodewatercoursecarryingcarriagebringingSustenanceprovision

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Thus, L.E.I. 24; Th. ii. 420, 21-, it is said no secular work was to be done 'bútan hwam gebyrige ðæt hé nýde faran scyle; ðonne mót hé swá rídan swá rówan swá swilce færelde faran swylce tó his wege gebyrige.'

hunig

(n.)
Grammar
hunig, es; n.

Honey

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Tó ðam lande ðe eall fléwþ on riðum meolce and hunies ... of ðam lande ðe weóll meolce and hunie in terram, quæ fluit rivis lactis et mellis ... de terra, quæ lacte et melle manabat, Num. 16, 14, 13.

Linked entry: teár-líc

wearg

(adj.)
Grammar
wearg, werg, werig, wyrig; adj.

Evil, vile, malignant, accursed,

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Evil, vile, malignant, accursed, of human beings Sum sceal on galgan rídan ... bið him werig noma, Exon. Th. 329, 31; Vy. 42. Ðú ( the body ) werga (weriga, Soul Kmbl. 43), 368, 15; Seel. 22. Ðú woldest brúcan ungemetlícre wrǽnnesse.

land-scearu

(n.)
Grammar
land-scearu, e; f.

landcountry

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a share, division, or portion of land, land, country Sume hine lǽtaþ ofer landscare ríðum tórinnan. Nis ðæt rǽdlíc þing gif swá hlutor wæter tóflóweþ æfter feldum óð hit tó fenne werþ some let it [spring of water] run away over their land in rills.

of

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Sum ridda geband on ánum cláþe of þám hálgan dúste, 26, 223. Achan behýdde of ðám herereáfe, Hex. 54, 4. Swilce hé ǽte of þám spice, Hml. S. 25, 92.

scíran

(v.)
Grammar
scíran, p. de.
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Ðæm folce wæs ǽgðres waa ge ðæt hié ðæt mǽste yfel forberan sceoldon ge eác ðæt hié his scíran ne dorstan there was trouble to the people on both accounts, that they had to bear a very great evil, and that they durst not get rid of it, Ors. 3, 7 ; Swt

cild

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Ðá cild rídaþ on heora stafum and manigfealdne plegan plegiaþ, Bt. 36, 5; F. 180, 9. Gé sint giet cilderu, Past. 459, 17. Cildra pueri, R. Ben. I. 60, 16. Iung cildra lactantes, i. infantes, An. Ox. 2591. Cildas (cild, R.) parvoli, Mt. L. 19, 13.

plega

(n.)
Grammar
plega, an; m.
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Ða cild rídaþ on heora stafum, and manigfealde plegan plegiaþ, Bt. 36, 5; Fox 180, 9. Wé forbeódaþ ǽgðer ge plegan, ge unnytta word, ge gehwylce unnyttnesse in ðám hálgan stówum tó dónne, L. E. I. 10; Th. ii. 408, 22.

Linked entries: plegan hand-plega

teón

Grammar
teón, [On p. 978, ll. 2, 3 for leáh, tongne l. teáh, longne.]
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</b> add :-- Ðá ridon his men tó and tugon út ðæt spic of Æðelsiges húse, C.D. iii. 291, 16. <b>III 2.</b> add :-- Hé ofslóg Tetricum for þý þe hé hí him teáh tó anwalde, Ors. 6, 26; S. 276, 23. <b>III 3.

sittan

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</b> to sit on an animal, to ride :-- Þá hé on þám horse sæt when he was riding on the horse, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 257, 10. Wearð his hors ofslagen þe hé on sæt the horse he was riding was killed, Chr. 1079; P. 214, 6.

hors

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But if a passage in Alfred's translation of Boethius describes English feeling, riding as an amusement was little known (v. rídan). In war, too, and in farming horses were less used than in later times.