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copp

(n.)
Grammar
copp, a cup.
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Bolla full ł copp full, Jn. L. 19, 29. Add

cwýst ðú

(v.; pronoun.)
Grammar
cwýst ðú, cwýst ðú lá, cwýst tú lá sayest thou? used in questions, as interrog. adv. numquid? — Cwýst ðú eom ic hyt? Mt. Bos. 26, 22

whether it am I? ⬩ numquid ego sum?

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whether it am I? Wyc. note rr; numquid ego sum? Vulg: Ps. Spl. 29, 12: 7, 12

wíf-gifta

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-gifta, pl. f.

Nuptials ⬩ marriage

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Nuptials, marriage Waes se weliga ðæra (-e, MS. ) wífgifta georn on móde, ðæt him mon fǽmnan gegyrede brýd tó bolde, Exon. Th. 245, 2 ; Jul. 38

CÉN

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
CÉN, es; m.

a torch ⬩ piuus ⬩ bold

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Thes. vol. i. p. 135; Runic pm. 6; Kmbl. 340, 17: Exon. 76a; Th. 284, 28; Jul. 704. this Rune appears sometimes to stand for the adj. céne bold, II q. v

Linked entry: C

an-mód

(adj.)
Grammar
an-mód, on-mód; adj. [Ger. anmüt gratus, Grimm]

Steadfast ⬩ eager ⬩ bold ⬩ courageous ⬩ daring ⬩ fierce ⬩ constans ⬩ alacer ⬩ animosus

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Steadfast, eager, bold, courageous, daring, fierce; constans, alacer, animosus Folc wæs anmód, rófe rincas the folk were steadfast, renowned men, Cd. 80; Th. 99, 23; Gen. 1650: 80; Th. 100, 10; Gen. 1662.

Linked entries: an-módlíce ǽ-men ge-anmétan on-mód

módig-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
módig-líc, adj.

Noble-mind ⬩ high-souled ⬩ courageous ⬩ brave ⬩ Superb ⬩ magnificent

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Módiglíce menn síðfrome brave men, bold in travel, Andr. Kmbl. 491; An. 246. Ne seah ic elþeódige men módiglícran no braver men from foreign lands have I seen, Beo.

Linked entry: móde-líc

loc

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Add: a bolt, lock Hé beleác ꝥ wínern and ásette his ágen insegl on ꝥ loc, Gr. D. 59, 6. Hæpsan, loca clustella (arcarum reserantur), An. Ox. 4003. Wurdon lanes dura fæste betýned, and his loca rustega. Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 21.

Linked entry: helle-loc

áninga

(adv.)
Grammar
áninga, ǽninga, ánunga; adv. [án one, inga]

One by one ⬩ singly ⬩ at once ⬩ clearly ⬩ plainly ⬩ entirely ⬩ altogether ⬩ necessarily ⬩ by all means ⬩ at all events ⬩ per singula ⬩ singulatim ⬩ plane ⬩ prorsus ⬩ omnino ⬩ necessario ⬩ ad omnem eventum

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one, singly, at once, clearly, plainly, entirely, altogether, necessarily, by all means, at all events; per singula, singulatim, plane, prorsus, omnino, necessario, ad omnem eventum Woldon áninga ellenrófes mód gemiltan they would entirely subdue the bold

Linked entries: ǽninga ánunga

dyrstig

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Add: bold, daring Þá men þe tó ðám dyrstige beóð ꝥ hí þæt gold nimen homines qui audaces sunt aurum tollere, Nar. 35, 10. audacious, presumptuous Dyrstig procax, Wülck. Gl. 250, 29.

FROM

(adj.)
Grammar
FROM, freom; comp. fromra; sup. fromest, frommast; adj.

FIRM ⬩ strong ⬩ stout ⬩ bold ⬩ strenuous ⬩ fortis ⬩ strēnuus ⬩ rich ⬩ abundant ⬩ excellent ⬩ ūber ⬩ abundans ⬩ præstans

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Ðæt wǽron frome folctogan those were bold leaders, Andr. Kmbl. 15; An. 8: Elen. Kmbl. 521; El. 261: Ps. Th. 103, 5: Bd. 5, 9; S. 622, 25.

Linked entries: fram freom fromnis frum

fram

(adj.)
Grammar
fram, adj.
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., and add: stout, bold From, fraam acris, fortis, Txts. 37, 60. From efficatus, 59, 727: Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 13. From, snel explicitus, liber, efficatus, 145, 35. Sum from wer uir strenuissimus, Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 471, 21.

cweþ ðú

(v.; pronoun.)
Grammar
cweþ ðú, say thou, cweðe he let him say, cweðaþ, cweðe ge say ye, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 33, 39: Mt. Bos. 3, 9: Gen. 50, 19; impert.
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of cweðan

stóc

(n.)
Grammar
stóc, (stoc ?). A word occurring mostly in local names, either alone or in compounds. The meaning seems, like that of stów, to be place (in the first instance perhaps a place fenced in, cf. (?) staca), and both words remain now only as names of places,
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Stoke, Stowe, or as parts of such names, Basingstoke, Tavistock, Walthamstow. As may be seen from the Index to the Charters, Stóc occurs frequently, some of the references are here given Ðis is ðara þreora hída and .xxx. æcera bóc æt Stóce, Cod. Dip.

Linked entries: stóc-weard stóc-wíc

þurh

(prep.)
Grammar
þurh, þurg, þuruh, þorh, þorch, þerh, þerih, þærh; prep.

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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Through. Grammar þurh, with acc. v. also C. local, marking motion into and out at the opposite side Þorh (dorh, ðorh) ludgaet per seudoterum, Txts. 84, 741. Ðurh ða duru wé gáð in per hostium intramus, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Zup. 269, 18: Cd. Th. 29, 8; Gen.

Linked entries: þerh þorch þorh þuruh

hyrdan

(v.)
Grammar
hyrdan, herdan, hierdan; p. de

to embolden ⬩ encourage ⬩ brace

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To make hard, strong or bold, to embolden, encourage, brace Sóna æfter ðon suíðe líðelíce hierde [hirde, Cott. MS.] ða ðe hé unfæsðráde wisse caute monendo postmodum, quæ infirma sunt, roborat, Past. 32, 2; Swt. 213, 8.

Linked entries: herdan hyrdung ge-hyrdan

arod

Grammar
arod, strenuous, bold.
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Tó ðám arod so bold, Jud. 275. Arude strenua (luctamina ), An. Ox. 5, 1. Ꝥ wíf wæs á siððan þý aredra on hire béne, Shrn. 99, 36. Add

Temes

(n.)
Grammar
Temes, Temese the Thames. In the declension both weak and strong forms are found. [In Latin, nom. Temis, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. i. 30, 12, Temes, ii. 23, 12: gen. Tamisae, i. 98, 1: dat. Taemise, 216, 25: acc. Tamesim Bd. 1, 2; S. 42, 34 may be cited]
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Neáh ðære ié ðe mon hǽt Temes (Temese, MS. C.) ad flumen Tamesim, Ors. 5, 12; Swt. 238, 22. Sý eá hátte Temese, Chr. Erl. 5, 11. Ymbe heora landgemǽra: andlang Temese (on Temese, 8), L. A. G. 1; Th. i. 152, 18. Út on Temese; ðonne ondlong Temese, Cod.

bodian

(v.)
Grammar
bodian, bodigan, bodigean; part. bodiende, bodigende; p. ode, ede, ade, ude; pp. od, ed, ad, ud; v. a. [bod a message] .

to tell, announce, proclaim, preach ⬩ nuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizare ⬩ to foretell, predict, prophesy, promise ⬩ prædicere, promittere ⬩ to announce

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to tell, announce, proclaim, preach; nuntiare, annuntiare, enuntiare, narrare, prædicare, evangelizare Ongan se Hǽlend bodian cœpit Iesus prædicare, Mt. Bos. 4, 17: Mk. Bos. 1, 45: Exon. 49 a; Th. 169, 2; Gú. 1088. He ongan bodigean on Decapolim cœpit

Linked entries: bodiend-lic bodigean

snell

(adj.)
Grammar
snell, snel; adj.

Quick, active, strong ⬩ of rapid movement, quick, rapid, swift ⬩ active, prompt, ready, quick in action, bold ⬩ keen, severe; sharp ⬩ acute ⬩ firm, determined ⬩ bold, active ⬩ alacer, acer, agilis, strenuus, robustus, pernix ⬩ valiant, brave; ready of speech, eloquent

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Snellra werod, cénra the band of the bold and the brave Judth. Thw. 24, 21; Jud. 199. [Snel (strong, 2nd MS.) cniht wes Carric Laym. 28860.]

hwæt

(adj.)
Grammar
hwæt, adj.
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Ben. 20, 3. active, nimble Þá handa áwindað þá ðe ǽr hæfdon ful hwæte fingras, Wlfst, 148, 4. keen, bold, active Hé úsic gárwígend góde tealde, hwate helmberend, B. 2642: 2517.

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