candel-treów
A candlestick with branches, a candlestick ⬩ candelabrum
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A candlestick with branches, a candlestick; candelabrum Ne menn blǽcern in beornaþ and settaþ hine under mytte, ah on candeltreów neque accendunt lucernam et ponunt eam sub modio, sed super candelabrum, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 15
wyrþe-land
Land that has lain fallow, land ploughed for the first time, a cultivated field
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Land that has lain fallow, land ploughed for the first time, a cultivated field Wyrðelandum novalibus (tellus millenos animarum manipulos in fructiferis ecclesiae novalibus protulit, Ald. 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 79, 26: 77, 50: 59, 56
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on-rǽs
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S. 37, 243. of destructive movement by a thing, material Ongan seó bryne beón gebíged in hí sylfe, efne swá swá mid bígnesse his ágnes onrǽses ( sui impetus), Gr. D. 48, 7. Onrǽs inruptionem (diluuii), An.
gryre
Horror, terror, dread, something horrible, dreadful
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Ðæt he in ðone grimman gryre gongan sceolde that he should go into that fell and fearful place, Exon. 41a; Th. 136, 18; Gú. 543. Hie wyrd forsweóp on Grendles gryre fate has swept them off into the terrible power of Grendel, Beo.
Aríus
A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A. D. 336
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A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A.
cyric-sceat
Church-scot, church-money, tax or rate
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In. 4; Th. i. 104, 8-11. Ðæt neád-gafol úres Drihtnes; ðæt sýn, úre teoðunga and cyric-sceattas the necessary tribute of our Lord; thatt In church-scet lx gallinas et semen frumenti ad tres acras, Chartul. de Glaston. MS. f. 38: L.
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for-gifnes
FORGIVENESS ⬩ remission ⬩ indulgence ⬩ permission ⬩ remissio ⬩ vĕnia ⬩ indulgentia
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Se næfþ on écnysse forgyfenesse non hăbēbit remissiōnem in æternum, Mk. Bos. 3, 29. On hyra synna forgyfenesse in remissiōnem peccātōrum eōrum, Lk. Bos. 1, 77: 3, 3. On synna forgyfennesse in remissiōnem peccātōrum, Mt. Bos. 26, 28.
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ge-þrowian
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</b> to sympathize with, be patient or in harmony with (?)
ge-cennan
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regula suindrig án éghwelc ðá ne habbas in óðrum gecendon in canone propria unusquisque quae non habentur in aliis ediderunt, Mt. p. 3, 17. with object and complementary adj.
BRÉME
Celebrated, renowned, illustrious, famous, notable, BRIM, glorious, esteemed; ⬩ celeber, clarus, illustris, famosus, notus, coguitus
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Ðis is anlícnes ðæs brémestan mid ðám burgwarum in ðære ceastre this is the image of the most celebrated amongst the inhabitants in the city. Andr. Kmbl. 1435; An. 718. Beówulf wæs bréme Beowulf was renowned. Beo.
swán
a herd, particularly a swineherd; ⬩ a man, warrior ⬩ boy, lad, journeyman
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, in a list de suibus, i. 286, 58: ii. 11. 59. Hiene án swán ( subulcus, Flor. Wig.) ofstang, Chr. 755; Erl. 48, 23. Hé (Alfred) on sumes swánes (the swán is called vaccarius in the Latin Vita S. Neoti, but in other forms of the story, e.g.
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hál
Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation
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Whole, hale, well, in good health, sound, safe, without fraud, honest; often used in salutation Iosep áxode hwæðer hira fæder wǽre hál Joseph asked whether their father were well, Gen. 43, 27. Se man wæs sóna hál statim sanus factus est, Jn.
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ge-wild
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Substitute: <b>ge-wild</b> power, control, in the phrase ánum tó gewildum gedón to get into one's power, subdue, subjugate Æfter þǽm þe Alexander hæfde ealle Indie him tó gewildon gedón perdomita Alexander India, Ors. 3, 9; S. 132, 9.
gára
a gore ⬩ a gore ⬩ flap ⬩ lappet
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Add: a gore of land [' When a field, the sides of which are straight, but not parallel, is divided into lands, the angular piece at the side is called a gore. ' Leicester Gloss. in N. E. D.]
mere
the sea ⬩ a mere ⬩ lake ⬩ an artificial pool ⬩ cistern
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Ðæt wé fundon sumne swíðe micelne mere in ðæm wǽre fersc wæter, Nar. 11, 26. On mære in stagnum, Blickl. Gl. Be norþan hodes mære ... ðonon up on ðone mære, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 10, 19-26.
wer
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Terram cum omnibus ad se pertinentibus rebus necessariis hoc est, in siluis, in campis, in captura etiam piscium quae terrae illi adjacet, ubi sunt scilicet duo quod nostratim dicitur waeres, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 64, 10.
seld
a seat ⬩ that on which one sits ⬩ a throne ⬩ sedes ⬩ a seat ⬩ residence ⬩ mansion ⬩ hall
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a seat, that on which one sits, a throne; sedes In heofene seld his his throne is in heaven (A. V.), Ps. Surt. 10, 5: 44, 7. Dóm gegearwung seldes ðínes, 88, 15: 96, 2. Of dúne sette maehtge of selde, ii. p. 200, 20: Cd.
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sígan
to pass from a higher to a lower position ⬩ to sink ⬩ descend ⬩ decline ⬩ fall down ⬩ to sink as the sun to its setting ⬩ to move towards a point ⬩ of the movement of time ⬩ to ooze ⬩ run as matter ⬩ to strain ⬩ filter ⬩ act as a filter
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Homl. ii. 109, 22.] in a figurative sense Ða men ðe sígaþ on ðisses middangeardes lufan óþ ðæt hié áfeallaþ of hiera ryhtwísnessum cadentes a sua rectitudine animas, atque in hujus mundi se delectatione reclinantes, Past. 19, 1; Swt. 143, 16.
wudu
wood ⬩ the substance of growing trees ⬩ a tree ⬩ (hewh) wood ⬩ the material obtained from trees ⬩ wood which forms something ⬩ something made of wood ⬩ wood ⬩ wood ⬩ the wood ⬩ woods ⬩ a wood ⬩ wild
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In. 43 ; Th. i. 128, 17, 20. Hé rǽsde intó ðam wudu, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 31. Of ðam wudu, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 390, 1. Wæs hé eall mid wudu(silva) beweaxen, Nar. 12, 8. Of ðæm wudo, 21, 19.
BORD
a BOARD, plank ⬩ tabula sectilis, tabula ⬩ what is made of a board, - A table, shield ⬩ mensa, clypeus ⬩ the board, covering or deck of a ship, the ship itself ⬩ tabulatum, stega ⬩ constratum, navis ⬩ at home and abroad ⬩ domi et foris ⬩ a foot-stool
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Geweorþe bord oððe mése heora befóran him on grine fiat mensa eorum coram ipsis in laqueum, Ps. Spl. T. 68, 27.
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