wǽdl
- P. B. viii. 535
Poverty ⬩ want ⬩ poverty ⬩ indigence ⬩ want ⬩ penury ⬩ unproductiveness ⬩ barrenness
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Homl. 185, 18. Hí wilniaþ ða heafene ðysse gestreónfullan wǽdle, R. Ben. 136, 1.
Linked entry: wéðel
gaderian
to join, unite ⬩ to bring together ⬩ to bring together ⬩ collect ⬩ accumulate, amass ⬩ to bring ⬩ garner ⬩ to gather ⬩ to gather ⬩ compile
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Fela tilða hám gæderian, Angl. ix. 261, 17. used absolutely Seó grundleáse swelgend hæfð swíþe manegu wéste holu on tó gadrianne (-enne, v. l.), Bt. 7, 4; F. 22, 33. to gather fruit, crops, harvest, &c. (lit. and fig.)
hwǽr
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Foxas habbað holu ... mannes sunu næfð hwǽr hé hys heáfod áhylde, Mt. 8, 20.
BÝSEN
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He us býsene sealde his árfæstnysse he gave us an example of his piety, Homl. Th. i. 492, 23. Wolde ic eów býsne onstellan I would give you an example, Andr. Kmbl: 1942; An. 973: Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 1.
for-gitan
To FORGET ⬩ neglect ⬩ oblīvisci ⬩ neglĭgĕre
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Hig his hálgan ǽ forgeáton they forgot his holy law, Jud. 3, 7: Ps. Lamb. 105, 21: 118, 139: Cd. 227; Th. 305, 6; Sat. 642. Hig forgǽton his welldǽda oblīti sunt benefactōrum, Ps. Lamb. 77, 11.
Linked entry: for-gietan
láð
harm ⬩ evil ⬩ injury ⬩ hurt ⬩ trouble ⬩ grief ⬩ pain ⬩ annoyance ⬩ enmity
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Homl. 45, 8. Nis hit gód ðæt hié síen on ðam láðe it is not good that they be in that durance [the fiery furnace], Cd. 193; Th. 243, 2; Dan. 430. Ne dó ic him ná láð I will not harm them, Gen. 18, 30: Nar. 16, 22.
pening
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Pening, Homl. Th. ii. 78, 27. Mé sind wana penegas desunt mihi nummi, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 37. Wé eác wiernaþ úrum cildum úrra peninga mid tó plegianne pueris nummos subtrahimus, Past. 50, 4; Swt. 391, 27.
Linked entry: pending
grið
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Dict.) means first home, domicile, then in pl. truce, peace, pardon; friðr is the general word, grið the special, deriving its name from being limited in time or space (asylum)] Leófsig ealdorman grið wið hí gesætte alderman Leofsig made a truce with
BLIND
BLIND, deprived of sight ⬩ cæcus ⬩ a blind or inward wound ⬩ a bite, the wound of which does not appear because of the swelling of the part affected ⬩ morsus, cujus vulnus non apparet præ tumore partis affectæ,
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Blinde cweartern a blind or dark prison; cæcus vel tenebrosus carcer Gebrohton hí hine binnan ðam blindan cwearterne they brought him into the dark prison, Homl. Th. i. 416, 28.
streónan
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Homl. 53, 28. Guman gylpe strýnaþ men proudly lay up treasure, Exon. Th. 445, 28; Dóm. 14. Hé hié gemyndgaþ ðara welegra ðe longe stríndon (striéndon, Hatt.
Linked entries: striénan strínan strýnan a-striénan
wyrhta
a wright ⬩ workman ⬩ artificer ⬩ labourer ⬩ one who works at some trade ⬩ a maker ⬩ producer ⬩ author ⬩ creator ⬩ fabricator ⬩ the Creator ⬩ Maker ⬩ a doer ⬩ worker
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Hond bið gelǽred, wís and gewealden, swá bið wyrhtan ryht, sele ásettan, Exon. Th. 296, 5; Crä. 46.
Linked entry: werta
grim
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Storm holm gebringeð in grimmum sǽlum, Gn. Ex. 52. Grimre wræc acrior ultio, Bd. 1, 14; Sch. 39, 12. of a painful or destructive implement or agency Heora geoguðe grimme líge fýr fæðmade juvenes eorum comedit ignis, Ps. Th. 77, 63.
rícsian
to exercise or have power ⬩ to rule ⬩ govern ⬩ reign ⬩ to domineer ⬩ dominate ⬩ tyrannize ⬩ exercise violence ⬩ to prevail
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On ðám dagum ríxode Æþelbyrht cyning on Cantwarebyrig, Homl. Th. ii. 128, 17. Circe rícsode on ðam íglonde, Met. 26, 57. Ríhcsode regnavit, Ps. Spl. 92, 1 : 96, 1. Gif ðín willa síe ðæt rícsie se ðe on róde wæs, Elen. Kmbl. 1544; El. 774.
hláford
A LORD; ⬩ dominus. ⬩ herus
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Praise be to the Lord that liveth for ever, Homl. Th. ii. 562, 6. Sum sceal mid hearpan æt his hláfordes fótum sittan feoh þicgan one shall sit with the harp at the feet of his lord, receive money, Exon. 88 a; Th. 332, 5; Vy. 80.
Linked entries: hláf-weard hlǽfdige
tó-flówan
To flow different ways, ⬩ disperse in flowing, ⬩ flow away ⬩ to flow in different directions, ⬩ be dispersed ⬩ to melt away, ⬩ be destroyed ⬩ to wander, ⬩ be drawn hither and thither, ⬩ be distracted ⬩ to be separated, ⬩ take different directions ⬩ to spread ⬩ to pass away, ⬩ be dissipated, ⬩ scattered, ⬩ rendered useless, ⬩ brought to nothing ⬩ to separate in confusion, ⬩ become disconnected
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Gl. 473, 37. referring to material objects, to flow in different directions, be dispersed Iudas tóbærst on emtwá and his innoð tófleów, náteshwðn gelógod on nánre byrgene, Homl. Th. ii. 250, 26.
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CWIC
Alive, QUICK ⬩ vivus, vivax
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Ath. i. prm ; Th. i. 194, 6: Homl. Blick. 39, 18. Æt cwicum [cwicon MS.] menn for a living man, L. Eth. iii. 1, 2; Th. i. 292, 10, 13. Be cwicum ceorle the husband being alive, L. Ethb. 85; Th. i. 24, 9.
treów
truth to a promise or engagement, ⬩ faith ⬩ good or bad faith ⬩ to keep faith with a person ⬩ troth ⬩ truth to a person, ⬩ fidelity ⬩ fealty ⬩ loyalty ⬩ the truth of the stronger to the weaker, ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ help ⬩ an assurance of faith or truth ⬩ word (in to give or pledge one's word) ⬩ a promise ⬩ an engagement ⬩ a covenant ⬩ league ⬩ faith in something ⬩ belief ⬩ trust ⬩ confidence
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Cf. hold Ðæs getreówan freóndes, ðone mon lufaþ for treówum, Bt. 24, 3; Fox 82, 35. Dauid forbær ðæt hé Saul ne dorste ofsleán for ðǽm ealdum treówum, Past. 28; Swt. 199, 3: 3; Swt. 37, 7. Cham ne wolde cýðan hyldo and treówa, Cd.
byrgen
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Thrupp's Anglo-Saxon Home, 8vo. 1860, pp. 397-405. A very valuable paper by George Rolleston, Esq. M.D. F.R.S.
wrecan
To drive ⬩ press ⬩ to drive ⬩ force to move ⬩ to drive out ⬩ expel ⬩ to drive out ⬩ to express ⬩ utter ⬩ recite ⬩ to drive in ⬩ impress ⬩ inlay ⬩ to drive ⬩ practise ⬩ carry out ⬩ on ⬩ to drive ⬩ press on ⬩ to wreak ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to punish ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to avenge ⬩ to take vengeance (on)
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Homl. 49, 3. to punish a person Grammar wrecan, (dat.) for a fault Grammar wrecan, (acc. or clause) Ongset gumena aldor hwæt him Waldend wræc wíteswingum, Cd. Th. 112, l; Gen. 1864.
Linked entries: wracian a-wrecan wreogan ǽrend-wreca
irfe
Inheritance ⬩ property
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Gif hé wite hwá ðæs deádan ierfe hæbbe tiéme ðonne tó ðam ierfe and bidde ða hond ðe ðæt ierfe hafaþ ðæt hé him gedó ðone ceáp unbeceásne oððe gecýde ðæt se deáda nǽfre ðæt ierfe áhte if he know who has the property of the dead, let him then vouch the