wlanc
proud ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ bold ⬩ proud ⬩ bold ⬩ arrogant ⬩ haughty ⬩ insolent ⬩ proud ⬩ elate ⬩ exultant ⬩ splendid ⬩ great ⬩ high ⬩ august ⬩ magnificent ⬩ rich
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Se Hǽlend cwæð tó ðam wlancan: 'For hwí wǽre ðú swá fæsthafol mínra góda, ðe ic ðé sealde?' Wulfst. 258, 12. Ðam wlancan to the great king (Nebuchadnezzar), Cd. Th. 221, 30; Dan. 96.
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gæst
a GUEST ⬩ hospes ⬩ sŏcius ⬩ a stranger ⬩ an enemy ⬩ vir aliēnĭgĕnus ⬩ hostis
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a GUEST; hospes, sŏcius Gæst inne swæf the guest slept within, Beo. Th. 3605; B. 1800. Biþ symle gæst will ever be a guest, Exon. 84 c; Th. 318, 9; Mod. 80. Gársecges gæst the ocean's guest, 97 a; Th. 301, 33; Wal. 29.
lǽswian
To pasture ⬩ feed ⬩ graze
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Heord swýna lǽsiendra [lésuuandra, Lind.] grex porcorum pascentium, 8, 32. On lǽswigendum eówdum in pascendis gregibus, Ælfc. Gr. 26; Som. 28, 20
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un-gecoren
unchosen ⬩ unselected ⬩ reprobate ⬩ evil
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Gif hé ðone ne mehte, ðonne namede him man six men and begéte ðara syxa ǽnne æt ánum hrýðere, i.e. if he could bring those to swear with him, that the claimant was satisfied with, there was no need to nominate persons from whom he was to choose; if he
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flór
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Ne mihte seó his swaðu nǽfre beón þǽm óðrum flórum geonlícod his footstep could never be made like the rest of the floor, Shrn. 80, 39. Andlang ríðiges ðæt hit cymð tó fágan flóran (= flórum, or sing, ?
hríþer
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Hrýðeran styllan, swýn stigian, Angl. ix. 262, 1. Man slóh þǽr hrýðera and gehwilces cynnes nýtenu, Hml. S. 23, 34.
bed
a bed ⬩ couch ⬩ a surface on which something rests?
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Swalt hé fǽringa on his bedde, Chr. 1054; P. 185, 29. Hié restað búton bedde and bolstre quiescentes sine ceruicalibus stratisque, Nar. 31, 11.
CLÁTE
CLOT-bur ⬩ burdock, goose-grass, clivers ⬩ philanthropos = φιλάνθρωπος , lappa, arctium lappa, galium aparine
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Genim doccan oððe clátan, ða ðe swimman wolde take dock or clote, such as would swim, 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 122, 22
un-mǽte
Immense ⬩ enormous ⬩ excessive
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Micelne swég unmǽtes wópes sonitum immanissimi fletus, 5, 12; S. 628, 29. Ðæt mægen ðære unmǽtan ( immensi) hǽto ... on middel ðæs unmǽtan (infesti ) cyles, S. 627, 41, 42: Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 573.
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ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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Ðæt is ðonne ǽrest ðæt ic wylle; ðæt man rihte laga upp-arǽre, and ǽghwilce unlaga georne afylle, and ðæt man aweódige and awyrtwalige, ǽghwylc unriht, swá man geornost mǽge, of ðissum earde this is then the first that I will; that right laws be established
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ge-hwirfan
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Heó nele swá beón gefréfrod, þæt hí eft tó woruldlicum gecampe gehwyrfon, Hml. Th. i. 84, 30. Farende and ná gehwyrfende uadens et non rediens Ps. L. 77, 39
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ge-þeón
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S. 12, 280. where that in which growth takes place is stated Heó on þá kynewísan geþéh, eall swá hire gecynde wæs, Chr. 1067; P. 202, 18. On Godes láre geþogen, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 34.
ge-weorþian
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Wé þé heriað, swá ꝥú eart gewurðod á on worlda forð, Hy. 7, 123. to honour by granting what is of worth, put in an honourable position or condition Ús geweorðade Godes gǽstsunu and ús giefe sealde uppe mid englum éce staðelas, Cri. 659.
módig
of high or noble spirit ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ noble-minded ⬩ bold ⬩ brave ⬩ courageous ⬩ proud ⬩ arrogant ⬩ hearty ⬩ earnest ⬩ impetuous ⬩ bold ⬩ headstrong ⬩ stubborn ⬩ wilful
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On óðre wísan sint tó manianne ða módgan ( prolervi) on óðre ða unmódgan (pusillanimes ) Past. 32, 1; Swt. 209, 4
þurh
Through ⬩ through ⬩ for ⬩ during ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ by means of ⬩ by use of ⬩ through ⬩ in consequence of ⬩ as the result of ⬩ by reason of ⬩ on account of ⬩ through ⬩ from ⬩ through ⬩ in virtue of ⬩ by right of ⬩ in ⬩ by ⬩ in the character of ⬩ by way of ⬩ in ⬩ with ⬩ with a view to ⬩ through ⬩ by ⬩ in
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.; Swt. 7, 4. Seó hergung wæs ðurh Alaricum geworden, Bd. 1, 11; S. 480, 11. Hé ða bisceopðéninge ðurh hine sylfne ( per se ) ðénian ne mihte, 4, 23; S. 594, 27.
EAL
sometimes used indecl ⬩ without substantive, and sometimes governing the genitive ⬩ are sometimes used, almost adverbially
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Swed. al: Icel. allr, öll, allt, ale: Grk. ὅλος.]
sprecan
To speak. ⬩ to exercise the faculty of speech ⬩ to use words in conversation, discourse, etc. ⬩ to mention ⬩ to say ⬩ to speak ⬩ to sue for, make a claim against, lay claim to
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Th. 108, 20. where the object is that which is spoken about, to mention On swelcum cræftum swelce wé ǽr sprǽnoc, Past. 9; Swt. 59, 12. Of ðsǽm beorgum ðe wé ǽr sprǽcon (sǽdonMS. L.), Ors. 1, 1; 805. 17, 44.
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lár
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Ox. 3128. that which is learned, learning, erudition Hié ne wéndon ðætte sió lár sceolde swǽ oðfeallan, Past. 5, 23. Sió lár Lǽdengeðiódes, 7, 15. Of his láre bit ancnáwen, Kent. Gl. 399.
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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Gif he ðonne nán riht næfde ne on bóc-lande ne on folc-lande, ðæt se wǽre ðe rihtes wyrnde scyldig xxx scillinga wið ðone cyning; and æt óðrum cyrre, eác swá: æt þriddan cyrre, cyninges oferhýrnesse, ðæt is cxx scillinga, búton he ǽr geswíce also we have
fúl
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Swín þe simle willnaþ licgan on fúlum solum, Bt. 37, 4; F. 192, 26. Fúle syle lurida (i. caccabata) uolutabra, An. Ox. 4289. Ðet swín . . . bið fúlre ðonne hit ǽr wæs, Past. 421, 3. opposed to fair of aspect, dark, ugly (?)