sweora
a neck ⬩ of land, a hause ⬩ a col ⬩ the neck, the declination of a mountain near the summit; the most level spot between two hills, ⬩ the local name of a neck-shaped ridge in western Iceland. ⬩ of water, the part where the distance between opposite shores is least
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Óþ mannes swuran, Blickl. Homl. 245, 33: Gen. 41, 42: Deut. 28, 48. Swiran (swioran) cladam, Lchdm. i. lxx, 1 (see note). On ða swyran sínra þegena Met. 9, 56. of land, a hause (as in Esk Hause), a col; cf. ge-sweoru Dúna swioran juga, Wrt.
ELLEN
Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitude ⬩ vis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo
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Ic gefremman sceal eorlíc ellen I shall perform a manly deed of valour, Beo. Th. 1278; B. 637. Ne lǽt ðín ellen gedreosan let not thy strength sink, Wald. 10; Vald. 1, 6: Beo. Th. 1208; B. 602: Exon. 120 b; Th. 463, 7; Hö. 66: Apstls.
tácnian
to make a mark upon something, to mark ⬩ to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark ⬩ to indicate, point out ⬩ to signify ⬩ to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize ⬩ to indicate what is future, to portend
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Ðæt sweflene fýr tácnode hwelc gewinn ðá wǽron be ðǽm ðe nú sindon, Ors. 2, 6; Swt. 88, 30. to indicate what is future, to portend Hí ( two stars) wítegan wǽron grimmes wæles ... ðæt hí micel yfel mannum tóward tácnedon (signarent ), Bd. 5, 23; S. 645
Linked entries: tǽcnan tǽcnian firen-tácnian
þyrstan
To thirst
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Hió ðyrstende wæs on symbel mannes blódes, 1, 2; Swt. 30, 27
wiþer-rǽde
Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature
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Nis nán ǽ wiðerrǽde þusgeworhtum mannum, Homl. Skt. i. 17, 60. Ðeós wyrt bið ðam góman stíð and wiðerrǽde for mete geþiged, Lchdm. i. 300, 10. Wulfes tǽsl hafaþ leáf wiþerrǽde (unpleasant, rough?)
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hærfest
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II. the part of Autumn in which the fruits of the earth are gathered in, harvest, v. hærfestlic; II. hærfest-mónaþ, hærfest-tíd ; II :-- Agusius síhð tó mannum mid genihtsumum hærfeste and autumnus cymð tó mancynne binnan seofon nihta fyrste, Angl. viii
rím
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., have not been, or cannot be, counted: Mé ymbhringde manig yfel, þǽr nis nán rím circumdederunt me mala, quorum non est numerus, Ps.
hǽðen
HEATHEN, pagan, gentile ⬩ a heathen ⬩ a heathen, gentile woman ⬩ ethnicus, gentilis, paganus, samaritanus ⬩ a heathen
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Hǽðenra þeównéd thraldom under the heathen, Cd. 189; Th. 235, 17; Dan. 307 Hé hí on handgeweald hǽðenum sealde tradidit eos in manus gentium, Ps. Th. 105, 30. Hie férdon ongeán ðǽm héðnum they marched against the heathens, Blickl. Homl. 203, 3
slǽd
A slade ⬩ slade ⬩ a breadth of greensward in ploughed land ⬩ a flat piece of grass ⬩ a broad strip of greensward between two woods, generally in a valley ⬩ Narrow strips of boggy ground running into the hard land at Rockland ⬩ breadth of greensward in ploughed land, or in plantations ⬩ valley ⬩ vallis ⬩ low, flat, marshy ground, with a broad bottom ⬩ a valley
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B. 7 (West Riding) In Levin's Manip. Vocab. -1570- a slade, valley = vallis, and Drayton uses the word in this sense, v. Nares; see also Halliwell's Dict., low, flat, marshy ground, with a broad bottom, a valley.
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wénan
to ween ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ imagine ⬩ opine ⬩ believe ⬩ to hope ⬩ expect ⬩ look for
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Wénde ðæs formoni man, ðæt wǽre hit úre hláford Byrht. Th. 138, 52. Ne wéne ðæs ǽnig, ðæt ic lygewordum leóð somnige Exon. Th. 234, 26; Ph. 546.
sittan
to sit ⬩ be seated ⬩ to stay ⬩ dwell ⬩ sojourn ⬩ abide ⬩ reside ⬩ remain in a place ⬩ to sit down before a place ⬩ to encamp ⬩ to continue in a state or condition ⬩ live ⬩ remain ⬩ to sit or bear heavy on ⬩ weigh ⬩ press ⬩ rest ⬩ to sit in authority ⬩ preside ⬩ To occupy a seat
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Gang tó ciricean and site ðǽr and stille wuna and geseoh ðæt ðú fit ðanon ne gonge ǽr seó ádl from ðé gewiten sý ingredere ecclesiam & ibi reside, quietus manens; vide ne exeas inde, nec de loco movearis, donec hora recessionis febris transierit,
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mótan
to be allowed ⬩ may ⬩ mote ⬩ to be inferred otherwise ⬩ to be obliged ⬩ must
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Ðæt hé móste mid ðæm sunu wið Somnitum, 3, 10; Swt. 140, 17. to be obliged, must Man mót on eornost mótian wið his drihten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 15, 3. Londríhtes mót monna ǽghwylc ídel hweorfan, Beo. Th. 5765; B. 2886.
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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Man útan bordes wísdóm hieder on lond sóhte one from abroad [lit. outside the boundary] sought wisdom in this land, Past. pref; Hat. MS
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fæstlíce
fast ⬩ firmly ⬩ constantly ⬩ persistence ⬩ fast ⬩ strictly ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Him man swýðe fæstlíce wiðstód and heardlíce, Chr. 1001; P. 133, 19. Þe fæstlícor þǽm wergan gáste wiþstondan, Bl. H. 135, 10. expressing firmness of purpose.
ge-nemnan
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Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu . . . and fela ðinga ðe ic nú genæmnian ne can, Angl. ix. 264, 6. <b>III a.
hrædlíce
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Ne hádige man ǽfre wudewan tó hrædlíce, Ll. Th. i. 416, 16. in respect to time during which action continues, quickly, shortly, briefly Hý wǽron gebrytte swá hrædlíce swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycð, Ps. Th. 47, 6.
hróf
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Þe;áh man gesette án brád ísen þell ofer þæs fýres hróf, Wlfst. 147, 3. Cwóm wiht ofer wealles hróf, Rä. 30, 7
of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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[Ich wille ðæt hit cume in ongeǽn, ððer ðæt man hit ofgó on hise gemóð, 387, 22.] Eádmund æþeling bæd ðone híréd ðæt hé móste ofgán (have, hold) ðæt land . . .
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sunne
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Þeah hine (the sick man) mon on sunnan lǽde, 340, 17; Gn. Ex. 112. <b>II a.</b> in the phrase under sunnan= in this world, cf. sublunary :-- Hié ǽfre geseón under sunnan, Andr. Kmbl. 2025; An. 1015.
grówan
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Þeós wyrt byð seldon funden, ne hý man gecnáwan ne mæg búton ðonne heó gréwð and bléwð, Lch. i. 98, 4. Swá nú lencten and hærfest, on lencten hit gréwþ, and on hærfest hit fealwaþ, Bt. 21; F. 74, 22. Greów fronduerat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 23.