wód
Mad ⬩ raving ⬩ blasphemous ⬩ mad ⬩ raging ⬩ furious
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Similar entries v. ellen-, tung-wód; wéde
gár
a weapon with a pointed head ⬩ an arrow ⬩ the head ⬩ a wedge-shaped piece of land.
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Cf. spere Habbað heó on ǽfyn fýr edneówe; þonne cymðon úhtan forst fyrnum cald, symble fýr oððe gár, Gen. 316. a wedge-shaped piece of land. v. gára Tó ðes góres súðende, C. D. v. 40, 13
Constantīnus
Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
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Constantius, se mildesta man, fór on Bryttanie, and ðǽr gefór; and gesealde his suna ðæt ríce, Constantínuse, ðone he hæfde be Elenan his wife Constantius, the most merciful man, went into Britain, and died there; and gave the empire to Constantine, his
on-sendan
to send off, despatch (an emissary) ⬩ to send forth or out, ⬩ to emit (an odour, etc.) ⬩ to send forth (the spirit), to give up (the ghost)
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Onsendum gewritum missis literis, Bd. 2, 10; S. 512, 17. to send forth or out, literal Ðǽr wǽron on carcerne ccxlviii wera and xlix wífa, ða Andreas ðanon onsende, Blickl. Homl. 239, 15. metaph. to emit (an odour, etc.)
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ge-þeódan
To join ⬩ connect ⬩ unite ⬩ associate ⬩ apply ⬩ adjust ⬩ translate ⬩ jungĕre ⬩ adjungĕre ⬩ conjungĕre ⬩ cōpŭlāre ⬩ sŏciāre ⬩ aptāre
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Mihte swýðe well beón to him geþeóded se cwide ðe Iacob se heáh-fæder cwæþ cui mĕrĭto pŏtĕrat illud quod Patriarcha dīcēbat aptāri, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499,25. Ðá wæs geþeóded hefig gefeoht conserto grăvi prælio, 2, 20; S. 521, 10: 4, 21; S. 590, 12.
HOLT
a HOLT, ⬩ wood, ⬩ grove, ⬩ copse ⬩ wood; ⬩ lignum
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Gewiton áweg tó holte they went away to the wood, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 12. Holt ofgeáfon they left the wood, Beo. Th. 5685; B. 2846: 5190; B. 2598. Abraham ðá plantode ǽnne holt Abraham vero plantavit nemus, Gen. 21, 33.
seóc
Sick ⬩ ill ⬩ sick at heart ⬩ ill at ease ⬩ sad
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Wéna mé ðíne seóce gedydon, Exon. Th. 380, 26; Rä. I. 14
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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Ic gesié heofenas (caelos), werc fingra ðínra. Ps.
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MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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MAIN, might, strength, force, power, vigour, efficacy, virtue, faculty, ability Úrum líchoman cymþ eall his mægen of ðam mete ðe wé þicgaþ all its strength comes to our body from the food that we take, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 34.
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ge-met
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Hwæt magon wé dón, gyf þú nást þæt gemet? Þú sceoldest witan hwænne þé genóh þúhte, Solil. H. 15, 8. [Perhaps here might be taken the passages given at gemet; adj.]
níwe
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Wé cweðað níwne mónan æfter menniscum gewunan, ac hé is ǽfre se ylca þeáh ðe his leóht gelómlíce hwyrfe, 242, 15.
DEÓRE
DEAR, beloved ⬩ cārus, dilectus, familiāris ⬩ dear of price, precious, of great value, desirable, excellent, glorious, magnificent, noble, illustrious ⬩ pretiōsus, magni æstimandus, desiderabĭlis, exĭmius, gloriōsus, magnifĭcus, nobĭlis, illustris
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Cot.] ðonne ǽnig wéla good fame is better and more precious than any wealth, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 24: Exon. 128 b; Th. 493, 16; Rä. 81, 31. Ða me synd golde deórran they are dearer to me than gold, Ps. Th. 118, 127.
swín
a swine. ⬩ the image of a boar as the crest of a helmet.
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[As may be seen from the charters and the laws, swine were an important item in the livestock of the English.
wiþ-standan
to withstand ⬩ resist ⬩ to stand against ⬩ succeed in opposing ⬩ be a match for ⬩ refute ⬩ to stand in the way ⬩ be a hindrance ⬩ obstruct ⬩ prevent ⬩ be a preventive ⬩ to stand off ⬩ keep away, ⬩ be absent ⬩ to be hostile
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Gif hwylc eów wiþstondeþ (restiterit), ðonne gefultumiaþ wé eów, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 17. Him man swíðe fæstlíce wiðstód and heardlíce, Chr. 1001; Erl. 137, 8: Exon. Th. 156, 15; Gú. 875. Hé galdorcræftum wiðstód stranglíce, Andr. Kmbl. 333; An. 167.
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feallan
to run ⬩ to be overcome ⬩ to stumble ⬩ snare ⬩ to fail ⬩ fall away ⬩ decay ⬩ crumble away
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Þes middangeard flýhð from ús, and wé him fleóndum fylgeaþ, and hine feallendne lufiaþ, Bl. H. 115, 18
ge-bǽru
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Wé wéndon þæt þú wǽre godfyrht and hæfdest gástlice gebǽru, 240, 27. Placidus þágyt heóld his cnihtþeáwas and gebǽru (-o, v.l.) Placidus puerilis adhuc indolis gerebat annos, Gr. D. 111, 9.
hǽlend
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Þú (Satan) ús (the fallen angels) gelǽrdest þæt wé Hǽlende hýran ne sceoldan, 54. Herigean Hǽlynd Drihten Laudate Dominum, Ps. Th. 112, 1: 98, 10. applied to the second person Frumbearn Godes sǽde: ' Ic eów geworhte . . .
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Þæt hit (þis godspel, 21) tó hefigtýme ne ðince þám heorcnigendum, ii. 72, 23. by a clause or pronoun representing one Þincð ús hefigtýme ꝥ wé him gehýrsumian, Hml. A. 6, 134. Him hefigtýme wæs ꝥ hí hine gesáwon, 75, 74.
on-drǽdan
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Þonne mihte wé onðrǽdan ús deádes rihtlíce, Hml. S. 34, 139. with clause Ðá ondrǽdde hé him ꝥ hí wurdon þám cynge leófran ðonne hé, Lch. iii. 424, 19. Hé him ondrǽdan sceal ðæt hé unmedome sié, Past. 73, 21.
þanne
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</b> add :-- Hwæt wille wé lencg wrítan be Martines wundrum, þonne Sulpicius sǽde ꝥ hí synd ungeríme, Hml. S. 31, 1301, <b>C.</b> add :-- Ðónne drincð se láreów ðæt wæter of his ágnum mere, ðonne hé gehwirfð ...