ríce
powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ great ⬩ possessed of power ⬩ rich ⬩ possessed of wealth ⬩ strong ⬩ powerful ⬩ mighty ⬩ potent
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Cúð is eów ðæt se ríca biþ namcúðre on his leóde ðonne se þearfa, Homl. Th. i. 330, 3-6. 'Hé forlét ða rícan ídele.' Ðæt sind ða rícan ða ðe mid módignysse ða eorþlícan welan lufiaþ swíðor ðonne ða heofonlícan.
BE
BY ⬩ near to ⬩ to ⬩ at ⬩ in ⬩ on ⬩ upon ⬩ about ⬩ with ⬩ juxta ⬩ prope ⬩ ad ⬩ secus ⬩ in ⬩ cum ⬩ of ⬩ from ⬩ about ⬩ touching ⬩ concerning ⬩ de ⬩ quoad ⬩ for ⬩ because of ⬩ after ⬩ by ⬩ through ⬩ according to ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ er ⬩ secundum ⬩ beside ⬩ out of ⬩ e ⬩ ex
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Ne leofaþ se man be hláfe ánum, ac be ǽlcon worde, ðe of Godes múþe gǽþ non in solo pane vivit homo, sed in omni verbo, quod procedit de ore Dei, Mt. Bos. 4, 4.
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mǽl
a measure ⬩ a mark ⬩ sign ⬩ cross ⬩ crucifix ⬩ fixed, suitable, appointed time ⬩ season ⬩ occasion ⬩ the time for eating ⬩ a meal
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S. 47; Th. i. 402, 24: Homl. Th. ii. 590, 25. Gífernys biþ ðæt se man ǽr tíman hine gereordige oððe æt his mǽle tó micel þicge it is greediness when a man eats before the time or takes too much at his meal, 218, 30.
wang
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Homl. 105, 14. Ðú eorðan wang ealne gesettest, Hy. 10, 3. Se Ælmihtiga eorþan worhte wlitebeorhtne wang, Beo. Th. 186 ; B. 93. Gangan ofer foldan wang, Menol. Fox 225; Men. 114.
wann
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Homl. Th. ii. 58, 16. Sweart wæter, wonne wælstreámas, Cd. Th. 78, 30; Gen. 1301 : 86, 13; Gen. 1430.
for-wyrcan
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Hé monegum yfelum wið hine selfne forworhtum geárode malis noverat parcere, Past. 37, 1. as regards divine law Ꝥ se rihtwísa man hreówsige hine sylfne swylce hé wið God forwyrht sig ut justus homo poenitentiam agat eorum quae erga Deum deliquerit, Ll
gímen
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., and add Gýmen vel hoga studium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 59. Gýmen exercitio, i. meditatio 144, 66. care for a person or thing, seeing after the welfare, proper condition of. Cf. gíman; I. 3, 4. with gen.
ídel
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Man byð merwe gesceaft, mihtum ídel homo vanitati similis factus est, 143, 5. of actions, feel-ings, thoughts, words, &c., void of worth or usefulness, vain, ineffective, frivolous His ǽfæstnes bið suíðe ídlu hujus vana est religio, Past. 281
be-fón
to seize ⬩ catch ⬩ take, ⬩ to seize ⬩ take forcible possession of ⬩ to seize a criminal ⬩ lost property ⬩ to catch ⬩ get to see a person ⬩ to get ⬩ attain to ⬩ to surround ⬩ encompass ⬩ to enclose, ⬩ to serve as a covering for ⬩ contain ⬩ to put into a covering ⬩ to encircle, ⬩ to lie round ⬩ to place round ⬩ to include ⬩ contain ⬩ comprise ⬩ to surround with words ⬩ furnish with a commentary ⬩ to have to do with an object ⬩ to engage in an occupation ⬩ get involved in an action
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Add: to seize, catch, take, of persons Ýþelíce þú his hond beféhst, Nar. 31, 24.
heáfod
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Slóg hé hors mid his sweorde ꝥ him wand þæt heáfod of, Ors. 5, 2 ; S. 216, 24. Ðá heáfudu (heáfdu, v. l. ), Past. 105, 5. Hí hine oftorfodon mid hrýðera heáfdum, Chr. 1012; P. 142, 23.
lást
A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace
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Homl. 127, 5-11, 55, 59. Ðæt nǽnig man ða lǽstas sylfe ufan oferwyrcean ne mihte ne mid golde ne mid seolfre so that no man might overlay the footsteps themselves, neither with gold nor with silver, 125, 35. Sceáwian láðes lástas, Beo.
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ge-ceósan
To elect ⬩ choose ⬩ decide ⬩ prove ⬩ approve ⬩ eligere ⬩ præeligere ⬩ seligere ⬩ asciscere ⬩ petere ⬩ nancisci
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He hyht geceóseþ he chooseth hope, Frag. Kmbl. 77; Leas. 40 : Exon. 79 b; Th. 298, 21; Crä. 88 : Ps. Th. 64, 4 : Exon. 61 a; Th. 225, 1; Ph. 382. Ðonne hine man to gewitnysse gecýsþ when he is chosen as witness, L. Edg. S. 6; Th. i. 274, 15.
ge-mót
A meeting, coming together, MOOT, assembly, council ⬩ conventus, congregatio, concursus ⬩ Concĭlium, Conventus, Synŏdus, Synŏdāle concĭliābŭlum,
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Se gedwola cwæþ gemót ongeán ðone bisceop the heretic proclaimed a council against the bishop, Homl. Th. i. 290, 12. Ðú me oft aweredest wyrigra gemótes protexisti me a conventu malignantium, Ps. Th. 63, 2: Andr.
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Sunnan-dæg
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Crist árás of deáðe on ðone Eásterlícan Sunnandæg, Homl. Th. i. 216, 33. Men ne móton baðian Sunnandagum, L. Ecg. C. 35; Th. ii. 160, 27. Gif wé ða six Sunnandagas of ádóþ, Wulfst. 284, 4. The observance of the Sunday was enjoined by the laws.
worþig
enclosed homestead ⬩ a place surrounded by buildings ⬩ place ⬩ street ⬩ platea
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Hygeláce wæs gecýðed ðæt ðǽr on worðig (into the precincts of the palace) wígendra hleó cwom tó hofe gongan, Beo. Th. 3948; B. 1972. Æt Hunigburnan twégen weorðias and . xi. æceras earðlandes, vi. 219, 1.
ge-sellan
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Sunu monnes gesald bið (tradendus est ) in hond monna, 17, 22. Geseald, Bl. H. 73.
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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Brunanburh was written by Ingulf, in A.D. 1109, Brunford: Hunt. in 1148, Brumesburh, Brunesburih, Brunesburh, Bruneburh: Hovd. in 1204, Brunnanbyrg, Brumenburh; Brom. in 1330, Brunneburyh.]
teohhian
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scyle mid ðý reáfláce ælmessan gewyrcean pro misericordia facienda peccare, Past. 45; Swt. 341, 22. with tó Swá hwæt swá ðú mé tó gyfe tihhie bring ðæt Gode tó onsægednysse whatever you may intend as a gift to me, bring that as a sacrifice to God, Homl
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þeód
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</b> in pl. the gentiles :-- Se þeóda láreów Paulus, Homl. Th. i. 96, 35: Shrn. 58, 33. Þara þeóda (ðeóda, Lind.) Galilea, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 4, 15. <b>I c.</b> a race :-- Giganta cyst ... ðæt wæs fremde þeód écean Dryhtne, Beo.
fæste
shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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L. 15, 44. with firm grasp or attachment, fast (in to bind, hold fast) (lit. and fig.) Dó on ꝥ dolg and bind fæste, Lch. ii. 132, 18: Sat. 324. Oft þrǽl þegen cnyt swýðe fæste, Wlfst. 163, 2: Gen. 374.
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