treówan
to trust ⬩ to prove one's self true ⬩ to clear one's self of a charge of untrue conduct ⬩ to make firm and trusty
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Cf. Icel. tryggva to make firm and trusty Gif he (a person accused of plotting against his lord) hine selfne triówan wille, dó ðæt be cyninges wergelde, L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 64, 2. Treówan, 33 ; Th. i. 82, 8 note. Trýwan, 19 ; Th. 1. 74, 7 note
tó-weard
future ⬩ that is to come ⬩ about to come ⬩ coming ⬩ at hand ⬩ approaching ⬩ toward ⬩ (that is) to happen or be some time or other, ⬩ (that is) to come ⬩ about to happen ⬩ (that is) to come soon ⬩ imminent ⬩ impending ⬩ to take place ⬩ come to pass ⬩ coming towards a place ⬩ approaching ⬩ about to come ⬩ with the face towards a person, ⬩ facing
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On ðære tóweardan tíde ðe ðá neálǽhte niðða bearnum, Cd. Th. 77, 30; Gen. 1283.
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wíf
a woman ⬩ a female person ⬩ a being in the form of a woman ⬩ a married woman ⬩ a wife
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C. S. 75; Th. i. 416, 20. a female, v. wer, Ǽlcne mon, ge wíf ge wǽpned, Ors. 3, 6; Swt. 108, 27. Ða forman twá, fæder and móder, wíf and wǽpned, Cd. Th. 12, 33; Gen. 195. IV a. as a grammatical term, feminine
Linked entry: BRÝD
dæg-réd
Dawn, daybreak, early morning ⬩ dilūcŭlum, matutīnum, aurōra
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Cwom Maria on dægréd Mary came at dawn, Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 34; Hö. 9: 57 a; Th. 204, 15; Ph. 98: Cd. 222; Th. 289, 27; Sat. 404: Salm. Kmbl. 429; Sal. 215. Se Hǽlend com on dægréd to ðam temple Iesus dilūcŭlo venit in templum, Jn. Bos. 8, 2: Lk.
for-weorþan
To become nothing ⬩ to be undone ⬩ to perish ⬩ die ⬩ ad nihilum devĕnīre ⬩ pĕrīre ⬩ interlre ⬩ deficére
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Seó mænegeo forwearþ the multitude perished, Cd. 121; Th. 156, 14; Gen. 2588: 213;Th. 266, 13; Sat. 21: Chr. 655; Erl. 28, 1. Ealle nýtenu neáh forwurdon nearly all the cattle died, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 31: Chr. 593; Erl. 18, 33.
Linked entries: for-wurþan ge-forwearþan
land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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Kmbl. 2460; An. 1231. a boundary of land [cf. Icel. skör a rim, edge]. With this meaning the word occurs in charters which Kemble [Cod.
nædre
Any kind of serpent ⬩ adder ⬩ viper
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Mé nædre beswác, Cd. Th. 55, 20; Gen. 897. Næddre vipera vel serpens vel anguis, Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 55. Fleónde næddre, 24, 1. Ðære nedran basilisci, ii. 12, 2 : 86, 58. Efter gelícnisse nedran ( serpentes ), Ps. Surt. 57, 5: Cd. Th. 271, 8; Sat. 102.
pytt
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On fúlan pyt; of ðam pytte on dene, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 77, 20. On wulfputt; of ðam pytte on ða wógan ǽc, 449, 31-32. Tó wulfpytte, Cod. Dip. B. i. 280, 20. Gelǽste man á ðone sáwelsceat æt openum pytte (cf. æt openum græfe, L.
sester
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Cf. Unum sextarium mellis triginta duarum unciarum, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 285, 1.
Linked entry: seolfor-gewiht
scíma
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Metod æfter sceáf scírum scíman ǽfen, Cd. Th. 9, 5; Gen. 137. Ðá gesundrode Waldend sceade wið scíman, 8, 22; Gen. 128. Se móna gehrán mid his scíman (splendore) ðǽm treówum ufeweardum, Nar. 30, 7.
Linked entry: scímian
streng
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Strenga nervorum, 475, 13. fig. a line, lineage (cf. Icel. strengr, used of a narrow water-channel) Of ðam strenge com Noe and his wíf, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 28
teáh
a tie, band ⬩ a case, coffer, casket, box ⬩ an enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)
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C. S. 77; Th. i. 418, 22. Tégum, fódrum tepis ( = thecis ), Txts. 101, 2010. an enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock) Hujus telluris termini ... et aquilone meara-teág ( = horses' close; cf. horsa croft, iii. 464, 3), Cod.
ge-mæcca
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Þonne hí gegadriaþ þá gelícan tó heora gemæccum in þám gelícum tintregum, and þá oferhýdigan mid þám oferhígdum . . . cum pares paribus in tormentis similibus sociant, ut superbi cum superbis . . . Gr.
gíming
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[Hic am God ðe in min geming nam Jacob, Gen. and Ex. 2783.] ruling, rule Hér onféng Pilatus gýminge ofer Júdéas, Chr.
hǽþen-gild
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Cf. deófol-gild; Þá þe hǽðengildum þeówiað idolis servientes, Hml. S. 17, 39. Bartholaméus þá hǽðengild hýran ne wolde, wíg weorðian (cf. Hwí tówurpe ðú ( St. Bartholomew ) úre godas?, Hml. Th. i. 468, 16), Ap. 47.
híw-rǽden
- Ps. L.
a family ⬩ a house ⬩ a house ⬩ family ⬩ tribe ⬩ nation
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Nime ǽghwylc híwrǽden of ǽlcum húse án lamb (cf. nyme ǽlc mann án lamb tó his híwrǽdene tollat unusquisque agnum per familias et domus suas, Ex. 12, 3), Angl. viii. 322, 6. Ǽnne man ic ofslóh of þínre híwrǽdene (cf. hýrman, 783), Hml. S. 31, 778.
hwý
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Th. ll, 4. in dependent clauses, after verbs of asking, telling, thinking, &c. cf. hwá, Wundrian hwí ꝥ is weorþe, Bt. 39, 3; F. 214; 35. Uncúð hwí sió wyrd swá wó wendan sceolde, Met. 4, 40.
hyhtan
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Swá se hyhtenda gigant (cf. exultavit ut gigas, Ps. 18, 6), 9, 34
þing
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Se crístena man cwæð þæt hé hæfde his ðing (cf. ýddysce, 27. ) and hine sylfne betǽht Benedicte (cf. ꝥ héé Add Ðá sǽde ic ꝥ ic his þinga feola ne cúþe respondi ignorare me quid faceret Alexander, Nar. 18, 24.
BRIM
Surf, the sea, ocean, surface of the sea ⬩ æstus aquæ, mare, pelagus ⬩ πέλαγος ⬩ æquor
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C. 45: Andr. Kmbl. 884; An. 442: 3147; An. 1576: Cd. 166; Th. 208, 2; Exod. 477: Exon. 95 b; Th.356, 6; Pa. 7. Beáteþ [MS. beataþ] brim staðo [MS. stæðo] the sea beats the shores. Andr. Kmbl. 991; An. 496.
Linked entry: brym