EAL
sometimes used indecl ⬩ without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive ⬩ are sometimes used, almost adverbially
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We ealle we all, Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 12; Hö. 69. Feówer eallum to all four, 113 b; Th. 434, 28; Rä. 52, 7. Me ealne, Ps. C. 50, 98. Hit eal it all, Beo. Th. 3220; B. 1608.
þreágan
- Met. 26, 97.
to reprove ⬩ rebuke ⬩ reproach ⬩ to punish one who deserves punishment ⬩ to chastise by way of discipline, with a view to amend ⬩ to chasten ⬩ correct ⬩ to torture ⬩ torment ⬩ afflict ⬩ distress ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress
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Homl. 49, 25. Synfulle ( those in purgatory ) beóþ þreád, Elen.
CLIF
A CLIFF, rock, steep descent ⬩ promon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium
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A CLIFF, rock, steep descent; promon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium Ða ludéi lǽddon Crist to ánum clife, and woldon hine niðerascúfan the Jews led Christ to a cliff, and would cast him down, Homl. Th. ii. 236, 33.
ELE
OIL ⬩ ŏleum
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uppon ðone ele, and se ele abrecþ up and swimþ bufon it is the nature of oil that it will rise above every fluid: pour oil upon water or on another fluid, the oil will float above: pour water upon the oil, and the oil will break through and swim above, Homl
nædre
Any kind of serpent ⬩ adder ⬩ viper
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God bebeád Moyse ðæt hé gewothte áne ǽrene næddran, and sette up tó tácne, and ðæt hé manode ðæt folc ðæt swá hwá swá fram ðám næddrum ábiten wǽre, besáwe up tó ðære ǽrenan næddran, Homl. Th. ii. 238, 4-19. Nædran serpentes, Ps. Th. 139, 3.
gold
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Ealle ðás goldsmiþas secgaþ ðæt hí nǽfre ǽr swá clǽne gold ne swá reád ne gesáwon all these goldsmiths say that they never before saw such pure and such red gold, Homl. Th. i. 64, 9.
scotian
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Gif ðé man scotaþ tó, Homl. Th. ii. 538, 10. Scotiaþ scríðende scín scearpum wǽpnum, Exon. Th. 385, 28; Rä. 4, 51. Mid ðám strǽlum ðæs hálgan sealmsanges hé wið ðám áwerigedum gástum sceotode, Guthl. 3; Gdwin. 24, 12.
ge-býsgian
To occupy ⬩ busy ⬩ afflict ⬩ trouble ⬩ vex ⬩ oppress ⬩ overcome ⬩ agitate ⬩ weaken ⬩ destroy ⬩ occupare ⬩ affligere ⬩ turbare ⬩ vexare ⬩ opprimere ⬩ corripere ⬩ conficere
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Ðonne hí hí gebýsgiaþ mid woruldlícum hordum when they busy themselves with worldly treasures, Homl. Th. i. 524, 14. Ic eom lég býsig, fýre gebýsgad I am a busy flame, with fire occupied, Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 21; Rá. 31, 3.
Linked entries: ge-biesgian ge-bisgian ge-býsigan
staþol-fæst
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Homl. 217, 7. Staðolfæst on hire heortan wið deófies costnungum, Wulfst. 237, 12. Beó strang and staðulfæst confortare et esto robustus Deut. 31, 7. Ic eów friðe healde strengðu staþolfæstre, Exon. Th. 31, 3; Cri. 490.
sundor
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Homl. 15, 7. Sundor ácígan to call aside, Elen. Kmbl. 1203; El. 603. severally, each by himself Sundor ánra gehwilc herige ðec let each one severally praise thee, Cd. Th. 239, 15; Dan. 370. Féran sceal sundor ánra gehwæs sáwl of líce, Exon.
teáh
a tie, band ⬩ a case, coffer, casket, box ⬩ an enclosure, a close (cf. Icel. teigr (teygr?) a close, paddock)
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Hí ðás hálgan martyrrace on ánum leádenum tabulan mid stafon ágrófon, and ðæt gewrit mid twám inseglum on ánre teáge geinsegledon, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 344. Gemétton hí áne teáge, seó wæs geinsæglod mid twám insæglum ... Man bær út ða teáge ...
án-forlǽtan
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Add: to let go what one holds 'Ic bebeóde ꝥ gé hine leng ne beran, ac hine ánforlǽtan.' And hié sóna hine forlétan and hé gefeól, Bl.
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hálgung
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Th. i. 360, 32. hallowing, holding in honour as holy. v. hálgian; Seó hálgung þæs mǽran naman Godes ongann ús mannum þá þá Críst wearð geflǽschamed ; ac seó ylce hálgung wunað on écnysse, for ðan ðe wé on ðám écan lífe bletsiað and herigað ǽfre Godes
grymetan
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Þæt hors ongan bláwan and grymetigean (gremetian, v. l.) coepit flatu et fremitu, 183, 11. Leó grymetigende ( rugiens ), Scint. 207, 12. Grymetiende rugientes, Ps. Vos. 103, 21. Urnon þá beran grymetende, Hml. S. 24, 53.
híw-rǽden
- Ps. L.
a family ⬩ a house ⬩ a house ⬩ family ⬩ tribe ⬩ nation
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Híwrǽdene, Hpt. 31, 18, 504. a house, body of people living together with common interests and occupations, a religious house Þæt heó sién þǽm biscope holde and þǽre heórǽdene æt Weogornaceastre, Cht. Th. 168, 24.
Gúþ-lác
The hermit ⬩ saint of Crowland died at the age of 41,in A. D. 714
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Se hálga Gúþlác ðás word gehýrde the holy Guthlac heard these words, 4; Gdwin. 30, 9.
Linked entry: Crúland
stǽlan
To impute a crime to ⬩ a person ⬩ to charge ⬩ declare something against a person
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Ic gefrægn mǽg óðerne billes ecgum on bonan stǽlan I heard that one kinsman with the edge of the sword brought home to the slayer the death of the other (? Eofor killed Ongentheow, who had slain his brother), Beo. Th. 4964; B. 2485
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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It is a mistake to imagine with Lambarde, Spelman, and a host of antiquaries, that it was possessed by the common people only.
spéd
Speed ⬩ success ⬩ means ⬩ speed ⬩ quickness ⬩ speedily ⬩ quickly ⬩ speed ⬩ success ⬩ prosperous issue ⬩ means ⬩ substance ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ power ⬩ faculty ⬩ opportunity ⬩ means of doing anything ⬩ progeny ⬩ celeritas, successus, provectus, prosperitas, substantia
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Homl. 179, 10. Ðú eart mǽgena God, nis ðé gelíc on spédum, Ps. Th. 88, 7. Wæs heofonweardes gást ofer holm boren miclum spédum, Cd. Th. 8, 8; Gen. 121. Meotud monnum syleþ sundorgiefe, sendeþ wíde ágne spéde (faculties peculiar to each), Exon.
leger
a lying ⬩ dead ⬩ sickness ⬩ death ⬩ a couch ⬩ a lair ⬩ a grave
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On ðam sixtan dæge his legeres on the sixth day of his illness, Homl. Th. ii. 186, 28. Mid langre ádle laman legeres swíðe gehefigod longo paralysis morbo gravatam, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 6.