Beda
Venerable Bede
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Venerable Bede, born at Monkton by Jarrow, near the mouth of the Tyne, in A. D. 674. He wrote his Historia Ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum about A. D. 731, and died May 26, at the age of 61, in 735. - He gives the following account of himself, according
féða
a band on foot ⬩ infantry ⬩ a host ⬩ troop ⬩ tribe ⬩ company ⬩ phălanx pĕdestris ⬩ pĕdites ⬩ lĕgio ⬩ ăcies ⬩ trĭbus ⬩ căterva ⬩ a battle ⬩ pugna
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a band on foot, infantry, a host, troop, tribe, company; phălanx pĕdestris, pĕdites, lĕgio, ăcies, trĭbus, căterva Eórod sceal getrume rídan, fæste féða stondan a band of horse [ = cavalry] shall ride in a body, a band of foot [ = infantry] stand fast
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ge-siht
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Add: faculty of seeing Gesihð visus, hlyst auditus, Wrt. Voc. i. 42, 54. Blind sceal his eágna þolian, oftigen bið him torhtre gesihðe, Gn. Ex. 40. Blindum gesihðo caecis uisum, Lk. L. 4, 18. <b>I a.</b> the exercising of the faculty, a seeing
ge-weaxan
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Add: to grow, be produced. of animals or plants Eall se dǽl sé þe þæs treówes on twelf mónþum geweaxeþ (-wexð, v. l. ), Bt. 34, 10; F. 150, 1. Swá hwá swá gebyrgde þæs on þám beáme geweóx, Gen. 483: Rä. 78, 6. Ealles ðæs ðe him on heora ceápe geweaxe
be-windan
To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turn ⬩ amplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere
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To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turn; amplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere Hí ísene næglas mid flexe bewundon they wound iron nails round with flax, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 78, 8. Wæs bewunden was
wulf
a wolf ⬩ used in reference to outlaws
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a wolf Wulf lupus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 113, 32 : i. 77, 77: licos, 22, 61: lupa, ii. 51, 29. Hwonne of heortan hunger oððe wulf sáwle and sorge somed ábregde, Cd. Th. 137, 20; Gen. 2276. Wulf sceal on bearowe, Menol. Fox 496; Gn. C. 18. Sceal hine wulf etan
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hopian
To hope, ⬩ have hope or confidence [in a person], ⬩ expect, ⬩ watch for [with gen.]
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To hope, have hope or confidence [in a person], expect, watch for [with gen.] Ic hopige tó him swá gódan and swá mildheortan ðæt hé hit nylle sylf dón I have confidence in him, so good and merciful, that he himself will not do it, Chart. Th. 548, 20.
bend
A band ⬩ bond ⬩ ribbon ⬩ a chaplet ⬩ crown ⬩ ornament ⬩ vinculum ⬩ ligamen ⬩ diadema
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A band, bond, ribbon, a chaplet, crown, ornament; vinculum, ligamen, diadema; What ties, binds, or bends Ðæt benda onlýseþ that looseneth bonds Exon. 8 b; Th. 5, 12; Cri. 68. On láþne bend in a loathsome bond Cd. 225; Th. 298, 27; Sat. 539. Heora bendas
dæg-rím
A number of days, a course of days ⬩ dierum numerus
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A number of days, a course of days;dierum numerus Wiste ðe geornor ðæt his aldres wæs ende gegongen, dógora dægrím he knew the better that his life's end was passed, his days' number, Beo. Th. 1650; B. 823. Upon ðæt ígland ðǽr Apollines dóhtor wunode
dysegian
to be foolish, act foolishly, err ⬩ ineptīre, errāre ⬩ to talk foolishly, blaspheme ⬩ blasphĕmāre
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to be foolish, act foolishly, err; ineptīre, errāre Ða, dysiende, wénaþ ðætte ðæt þing sió ǽlces weorþscipes wyrþe they, foolish, think that the thing is worthy of all estimation, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 9. He dysegaþ, se ðe wile sǽd óþfæstan ðám dríum forum
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fulluht-ere
A baptizer ⬩ the Baptist ⬩ baptista
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A baptizer, the Baptist; baptista On ðám dagum com Iohannes se Fulluhtere in diēbus illis vēnit Joannes Baptista, Mt. Bos. 3, 1: 14, 2: Mk. Bos. 6, 14: Lk. Bos. 7, 20, 28, 33: Homl. Th. i. 356, 7: 358, 22: 478, 1, 30. Syle me on ánum disce Iohannes heáfod
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mæcg
A man
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A man Ic meþelcwide mæcges (the angel that visited Guthlac) ongeat, Exon. 50 b; Th. 175, 9; Gú. 1192. Mægþ and mæcgas, 45 a; Th. 153. 29; Gú. 833 : 113 a; Th. 434, 7; Rä. 51, 7. Fréfra ðíne mæcgas ( the disciples of St. Andrew ), Andr. Kmbl. 843; An.
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módig-ness
Pride ⬩ Highmindedness ⬩ magnanimity ⬩ greatness of mind which does not resent injury
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in a bad sense, Pride Módignys superbia, Wrt. Voc. i. 76, 26. Se eahteoða heáfodleahter is módignyss (þe ehtuðe sunne is ihatan superbia, þet is on englisc modinesse, O. E. Homl. i. 103, 33), Homl. Th. ii. 218, 22. Flǽsces tóbryte módignesse carnis terat
ge-wilnung
A wish ⬩ desire ⬩ longing ⬩ seeking ⬩ appetite ⬩ will ⬩ vow ⬩ oncŭpiscentia ⬩ desīdĕrium ⬩ ambĭtus ⬩ appĕtītus ⬩ affectus ⬩ vōtum
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A wish, desire, longing, seeking, appetite, will, vow; oncŭpiscentia, desīdĕrium, ambĭtus, appĕtītus, affectus, vōtum Gewilnung ambĭtus, Ælfc. Gr. 30, 5; Som. 35, 10. Of gewilnunge ic gewilnode etan mid eów ðás eástron desīdĕrio desīdĕrāvi hoc pascha
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scrid
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A carriage, chariot, litter Scrid basterna, Wrt. Voc. ii. 101, 49: carracutium, vehiculum, 121, 81. Scrid ( currus ) Godes, Ps. Surt. 67, 18: ii. p. 187, 14. Scrides basterne, Wrt. Voc. ii. 11, 80. Scriðes, Hpt. Gl. 504, 15. On scride ł on cræte in
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ciric-weard
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Take here passages under cyrc-, cyric-weard, and add Ðæs cyricweardes tácen is þæt mon sette his twégen fingras on his twá eágan and dó mid his handa swylce hé wille áne hangigende bellan teón, Tech. ii. 118, 16. In þǽre cyricean hé breác and þeówode
dirne
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Add:to examples given in Dict. under dyrne: secret, hidden Dyrne hordas (gerýna) abdita archana, An. Ox. 4215. Dyrnum pricelsum clandestinis stimulis, 4655. Of dymmum díglum vel of dyrnum de latebrosis recessibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 56. secret (so as
ge-seóþan
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To cook in a liquid, seethe, boil. [Take here <b>ge-soden</b> in Dict.] Gedó on ceác fulne wínes and geseóþ . . . þonne hió gesoden sié, Lch. ii. 30, 23. Gáð and geseóðað (coquite) úra wyrhtena sufl, Gr. D. 201, 24. Gedó on ꝥ fæt þe þú hit
full-boren
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in a physical sense, fully formed and living at birth Ic gonge mid cwican cilde, nalæs mid cwellendum, mid fulborenum, nalæs mid fǽgan, Lch. iii. 66, 29. Ðá wíf ðe ðá geeácnodan bearn cennað ðe ðonne git fulborene ne beóð, ne fyllað hié nó mid ðǽm hús
ge-windan
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Add: intrans. of movement, by living things, to roll together, roll up Se iil . . . sóna suá hiene mon geféhð, suá gewint hé tó ánum cliéwene ericius . . . mox ut apprehensus fuerit, semetipsum in sphaeram colligit, Past. 241, 11. by inanimate things