FEN
FEN ⬩ marsh ⬩ mud ⬩ dirt ⬩ pălus ⬩ lŭtum ⬩ līmus ⬩ sordes
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A FEN, marsh, mud, dirt; pălus, lŭtum, līmus, sordes Ic fúlre eom ðonne ðis fen swearte I am fouler than this swart fen, Exon. 110 b; Th. 423, 33; Rä. 41, 31. Fenn lŭtum, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 6: līmus, lŭtum, Ælfc. Gl. 57; Som. 67, 61; Wrt.
un-feor
Not far off ⬩ at no great distance off ⬩ no great distance
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A.) án swýna heord erat non longe ab illis grex porcorum, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 30. Ðá geseah hé deófol ðǽr unfeor standan, Blickl. Homl. 227, 24. Grammar un-feor, with dative Ðá hé wæs unfeor ðam húse cum non longe esset a domo, Lk. Skt. 7, 6.
læc
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With the reading hrǽs for hrær the passage might be translated 'first of all sank down Garulf ... around him moved many a stout man weak or wounded in body: the raven wheeled round swart and dusky.'
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ge-coren
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Se sunnandæg is swíáe micelum gecoren eallum Godes gesceaftum, for ðám þe hé wæs ealra daga se ǽresta, and hé bið se néxta, Wlfst. 209, 31.
torfian
to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; ⬩ to throw. ⬩ to throw at an object, ⬩ strike with a missile, ⬩ to stone a person ⬩ to throw, ⬩ cast,
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In the first instance to throw with turf at a person (cf. stǽnan), and then with stones or the like; so Icel. has tyrfa með grjóti ok með torfi, and Swed. tyrva med stenom.
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ild
an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ sæculum ⬩ age ⬩ years ⬩ ætas ⬩ mature ⬩ eld ⬩ senectus ⬩ vetustas ⬩ age
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Ǽrðæmðe hé self wǽre fulfremedre ielde nisi perfecta ætate, Past. 49, 5 ; Swt. 335, 19. Hundehtatig ylda octoginta anni, Ps. Th. 89, 11. mature or old age, eld ; senectus, vetustas Yld senectus, Ælfc. Gr. 9 ; Som. 12, 28.
MǼG
A relative ⬩ kinsman
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Úre ieldesta mǽg our first parent, Past. 43, 5; Swt. 313, 15. Ne hǽme nán man wið his mǽges (fratris) wíf, Lev. 18, 16. Mǽges filii, Cd. 140; Th. 176, 5; Gen. 2907. Moises heóld his mǽges (soceri) sceáp, Ex. 3, 1. Moises gecirde tó his mǽge, 4, 18.
wrítan
To write. ⬩ to cut ⬩ to draw ⬩ to form letters ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ to compose, ⬩ be the author of ⬩ to write ⬩ to write ⬩ write ⬩ to write ⬩ state ⬩ to write ⬩ get a thing written ⬩ to convey by charter
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Kmbl. 3018; An. 1512. to draw a figure, Similar entries v. writere, 1 Nim sume tigelan, and wrít on hiere ða burg Hierusalem sume tibi laterem, et describes in eo civitatem Jerusalem, Past. 21; Swt. 161, 3, 10.
brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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D. 477-514], king of the South-Saxons, who had thus much sway. The second was Ceawlin [A. D. 560-593], king of the West-Saxons. The third was Æthelbriht [A. D. 593-616], king of the men of Kent. The fourth was Rædwald [A. D. 617 ?
bisceop
a BISHOP, prelate ⬩ episcopus ⬩ a chief priest of the Jews ⬩ pontifex ⬩ a heathen priest of the Romans and Egyptians
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And séce man hundred-gemót swá hit ǽr geset wæs; and hæbbe man þríwa on geáre burh-gemót; and túwa scír-gemót; and ðǽr beó on ðære scíre bisceop and se ealdorman, and ðǽr ǽgðer tǽcan ge Godes riht ge woruld-riht and let the hundred-moot be attended as
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ge-tellan
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Swá man rihtost mage oþþe gemetan oþþe getellan oþþe áwegan, Ll. Th. i. 194, 8. Geteald dinumerari, An. Ox. 3228 : calculatur, i. numeratur, 3830. Getealde calculantur, numerantur, 1537. Geteledra týn þúsendo decem milia, Ps. Th. 90, 7.
wist
subsistence ⬩ sustenance ⬩ food ⬩ provisions ⬩ dainty food ⬩ a feast ⬩ eating ⬩ feasting
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Hé ǽlce dæge symblede and mid micelre wiste wǽre geleormod, Past. 45; Swt. 337, 24
weder
weather, condition of the atmosphere ⬩ good weather ⬩ wind, storm, breeze, air ⬩ weather (as in weather-bow, -bound), wind.
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Hit wæs ceald weder, Ors. 6, 32; Swt. 286, 31: Met. 26, 28. Forstas and snáwas, winterbiter weder, Cd. Th. 239, 32; Dan. 379. Wearm weder. Exon. Th. 198, 30; Ph. 18. Réuig weder, 380, 18 ; Rä. 1, 10. Wederes blæst, hádor heofon*-*leóma. Andr.
FEORH
life ⬩ soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ vīta ⬩ ănĭma ⬩ a living being ⬩ person ⬩ hŏmo ⬩ persōna
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Ðæt is sárlíc ðæt swá fæger feorh sceolan ágan þýstra ealdor it is grievous that the prince of darkness should own such beautiful beings, Bd. 2, 1; S. 501, 15
ge-met
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VII. measure as opposed to excess, extent not to be exceeded, limit. of space Merestreáma gemeotu, An. 454. of amount Þý weorðeð on foldan swá fela fira cynnes; ne sý þæs magutimbres gemet ofer eorþan, gif hí ne wanige sé þæs woruld teóde, Gn.
ELE
OIL ⬩ ŏleum
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ageót wæter uppon ðone ele, and se ele abrecþ up and swimþ bufon it is the nature of oil that it will rise above every fluid: pour oil upon water or on another fluid, the oil will float above: pour water upon the oil, and the oil will break through and swim
hǽþen-gild
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Dele passages from Num. 25, 2: 31, 16, in l. 10 for 454 read 456, and add: idolatry Swutele synd þæs flǽsces weorc . . . hǽðengild manifesta swnt opera carnis . . . idolorum servitus (Gal. 5, 20), Hml. S. 17, 25.
bodung
annunciation ⬩ declaration ⬩ testimony ⬩ interpretation ⬩ reciting ⬩ rehearsing ⬩ preaching
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Heora (the Apostles') bodunge swég swégde geond eall, and heora word be*-*cómon tó eorþan gemǽrum, Hml. A. 56, 144. Hé mé (St. Paul) tó bodunga sende, Bl. H, 185, 33. Críst clypode on his bodunge, Hml. S. 16, 130.
hleahtor
a laugh
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Dyde ic mé tó gomene ganetes hleóðor and huilpan swég fore hleahtor wera, Seef. 21. Leahter risum Scint. 171, 12. attributed to other than human beings: Wæs engla þreát hleahtre blíðe, Cri. 739.
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ge-licgan
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Gelegen wæs swér Sýmónes febrende wæs decumbebat socrus Simonis febricitans, Mk. L. R. 1, 30. to lie with a person, have sexual intercourse with Gif man wið cyninges maegdenman geligeð, Ll. Th. i. 6, 4, 11, 13: 10, 6.