síd
wide ⬩ broad ⬩ spacious ⬩ ample ⬩ extensive ⬩ far-reaching ⬩ large ⬩ capacious ⬩ ample ⬩ spacious ⬩ large ⬩ long ⬩ hanging ⬩ of ample length
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Icel. sítt skegg), Homl. Th. i. 466, 24. Síde beardas, 456, 18. Se beard and ðæt feax him wǽron óþ ða fét síde (cf. Icel. lokkar siðir til jarðar), Shrn. 120, 25.
cúþ
known, clear, plain, evident, manifest ⬩ notus, cognĭtus, manifestus ⬩ known, well known, sure, safe, noted, known as excellent, famed, celebrated ⬩ notus, certus, præstans, egregius ⬩ familiar, intimate, related, friendly ⬩ notus, familiāris, amīcus, benevŏlus
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Cúþes werodes of the famed host, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 12; Exod. 230: Beo.
teóða
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Tenth, marking order Seó teóðe (teigða, Lind.) tíd hora decima, Jn. Skt. 1, 39. Ða wæteru wanedon óð ðæne teóðan mónð, and on ðam teóðan mónðe æteówdon ðæra munta cnollas, Gen. 8, 5.
æt-standan
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His sceaft ætstód ætforan him ( the shaft got fixed in the ground in front of him ), and ꝥ hors hine bær forð swá ꝥ ꝥ spere him eóde þurh út, Hml. S. 12, 54. Mid þám ðe Drihten hrepode ðá bǽre, ðá ætstódon þá bǽrmenn. Hml. Th. i. 494, 7.
geap
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Þás hofu dreórgað and þǽs teáfor geápu ( these vaulted and red-tiled roofs ?), tigelum sceádeð hróst-beáges róf, Ruin. 31. curved (of a boat), v. sǽ-geáp. rounded (of a mountain) Munt is hine ymbútan, geáp gylden weal (or under ?)
hleápan
to run ⬩ rush ⬩ to jump ⬩ spring ⬩ to leap ⬩ to mount ⬩ jump about
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Þá hét ic þá hors gerwan and eóredmen hleápan úp imperaui equitibus ut ascen-derent equos Nar. 21, 22. to spring up and down, jump about.
gærsum
treasure ⬩ an article of value ⬩ treasures
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Walþeóf bæd forgyfenysse and beád gærsuman, 1076; P. 211, 34. an article of value; in pl. treasures Hé forleás ǽgðer ge men ge hors and feola his gersuma (unárímede gærsaman, v. l. ), Chr. 1076; P. 213, 6.
tyslian
To dress
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I will say no more about that shameful fashion of dress, but that books tell us, that he is accursed, who holds the customs of heathen men in his life and thereby dishonours his own race, Wanley Cat. pp. 121-122; see also Engl. Stud. viii. 62.
Linked entry: tyslung
ge-weorc
work ⬩ ŏpus ⬩ ŏpuscŭlus ⬩ a fort ⬩ fortress ⬩ arx
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Ðe æt hám æt ðǽm geweorcum wǽron who were at home in the fortresses, 894; Erl. 92, 18. Hí worhton tú geweorc they wrought two forts, 896; Erl. 94, 11. Geweorc arx, figmentum, māchĭna, Scint. 62: Cot. 85: 128, Lye
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cæg-loca
The action of locking up, a key-locking, any repository locked up ⬩ clavis et loculamentum
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gebroht wǽre, sý heó clǽne, ac ðæra cǽgean heó scéal weardian; ðæt is, hire hordern, and hire cyste, and hire tege unless it has been brought under his wife's 'lock and key,' let her be clear; for it is her duty to keep the keys of them; namely, her 'hord-ern
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.
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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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.
wyrt
a wort (e.g. St. John's wort), plant, herb ⬩ a garden herb, herb for food ⬩ a root
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Gl. 687. a garden herb, herb for food Gé teóþiaþ mintan and ǽlce wyrte (alle wyrte, Rush. omne holus ), Lk. Skt. 11, 42. Wyrta olera, Wrt. Voc. i. 82, 31: fordalium (cf. wyrtmete), ii. 150, 20.
Linked entries: blód-wyrt candel-wyrt
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.
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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and abroad; domi et foris Hie sibbe innan bordes gehióldon they preserved peace at home [lit. inside the boundary], Past. pref; Hat.
Linked entries: bord-gelác bord-wudu byrdu-scrúd
wís
wise ⬩ discreet ⬩ judicious ⬩ cunning ⬩ wise ⬩ learned ⬩ skilled ⬩ expert ⬩ known
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Ðú eart gleáw and scearp, wís on ðínum gewitte and on ðínum worde snottor, 463, 30; Hö. 78. Cyninges rǽswa, wís and wordgleáw, Cd. Th. 242, 12; Dan. 418. Ne hýrde ic snotorlícor guman þingian. Ðú eart wís wordcwida, Beo. Th. 3694; B. 1845.
ranc
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C. 35; Th. ii. 358. 5. v. ofer-ranc. bold, valiant (Icel. rakkr courageous, bold) Ðǽr mihton geseón Winceastre leódan rancne here and unearhne a host bold and fearless, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 26
Linked entry: ranc-strǽt