in-geþanc
Thought ⬩ thinking ⬩ cogitation ⬩ intent ⬩ mind ⬩ heart ⬩ conscience
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Agustinus worhte twá béc be his eágnum ingeþance Augustine composed two books about his own mind, Shrn. 164, 16. Ðú ongitst ðín ágen ingeþanc ðæt hit biþ micele beorhtre ðonne seó sunne, Bt. 35, 1 ; Fox 154, 28.
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gryndan
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Voc. ii. 28, 9, and add: [The sonne ... and many sterren By easte aryseth ... By weste hy grendeth, Shoreham]
twádæg-líc
Lasting two days
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Lasting two days Twádæglíc (twydæglíc, Bd. M. 350, 32) fæsten is genóh tó healdenne biduanum sat est observare jejunium, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 8
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hryre
Fall ⬩ downfall ⬩ ruin ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ decay ⬩ decline ⬩ death
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Ðæt ðæs folces sceolde micel hryre beón that there should be a great destruction among the Romans, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 45. Líces hryre the fall of the body [death ], Exon. 48 b; Th. 167, 26; Gú. 1066: 65 a; Th. 240, 27; Ph. 645: Andr.
molde
mould ⬩ dust ⬩ sand ⬩ earth ⬩ ground ⬩ earth ⬩ land ⬩ earth
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Of moldan on ða mǽran gesceaft from earth to heaven, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 561; Met. 20, 281. Men ofer moldan men upon earth, Rood Kmbl. 23; Kr. 12: Hy. 3, 12; Hy. Grn. ii. 281, 12: Exon. 50 b; Th. 176, 2; Gú. 1203.
hyldan
To bend ⬩ incline ⬩ heel ⬩ tilt
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Hylde hine hleór bolster onféng he bent himself [to the couch] and the pillow received his cheek, Beo. Th. 1380; B. 688. Ðá hig hyra andwlitan on eorþan hyldan cum declinarent vultum in terram, Lk. Skt. 24, 5.
þryccan
To press ⬩ crush ⬩ oppress ⬩ repress ⬩ trample ⬩ To press ⬩ force a way
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Hé mid wédenheortnesse módes ðrycced wæs mentis vesania premebatur, Bd. 2, 5; S. 507, 4. Untrumnesse ðrycced and hefigod infirmitate pressus, 4, 24; S. 598, 25. Grammar þryccan, intrans.
ofer-þeón
To thrive beyond others, to excel, surpass
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Ben. 12, 16. Hé oferþeáh biscopes, Shrn. 17, 11. Bútan hwylc óðerne mid geearnunge oferþeó, R. Ben. 12, 21. Bonan mǽndon ðæt hý monnes beam oferþunge. Exon. Th. 128, 10; Gú. 402. Oferþuge praestaret, superaret, superexcelleret, Hpt. Gl. 480, 1.
for-swerian
to commit perjury ⬩ To perjure one's self ⬩ forsworn ⬩ perjured ⬩ to constrain by swearing ⬩ to bewitch
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This power seems attributed to Grendel), B. 804
ge-weorpan
to throw ⬩ cast ⬩ jacere ⬩ projicere ⬩ to turn one's self away ⬩ go away ⬩ depart ⬩ pass by ⬩ averti ⬩ abire ⬩ transire
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Th. 87, 5. to turn one's self away, go away, depart, pass by; averti, abire, transire Winter sceal geweorpan, weder eft cuman, sumor hát winter shall pass by, fair weather again shall come, hot summer, Exon. 90 a; Th. 338, 11; Gn. Ex. 77
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Aríus
A presbyter of Alexandria, founder of the Arians, born in Cyrenaica, Africa, and died in A. D. 336
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D. 336 Ðá cwæþ Arrius ðæt Crist, Godes Sunu, ne mihte ná beón his Fæder gelíc, ne swá mihtig swá he; and cwæþ, ðæt se Fæder wǽre ǽr se Sunu, and nam býsne be mannum, hú ǽlc sunu biþ gingra ðonne se fæder on ðisum lífe....
ge-sib
Peaceable, near, related, familiar ⬩ pācĭfĭcus, cognātus, prŏpinquus, fămĭliāris ⬩ consanguineus
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Sweolcum swelce him ðonne gesibbast wǽre to such as may then be nearest of kin to him, 105, 29
el-þeódignes
exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ pilgrimage
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Hé ús gesóhte on þás ælþeódignesse, Bl. H. 11, 35
on-hyrian
To imitate, emulate
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MS.), Bt. 40, 4; Fox 240, 4; Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 2. Ðæt onhyrian woldan, 4, 3; S. 569, 43. Heora líf onhyrian wolde, 4, 13; S. 582, 24: 5, 9; S. 622, 12. Onhyrigean, 1, 26; S. 487, 32. Onhyrgan, 3, 18; S. 545, 43.
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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I am led to this conclusion by these facts relating to the battle, and by the Feodarium Prioratus Dunelmensis, published by the Surtees Society, vol. lviii, in 1872.
stów
A place ⬩ a place, spot, locality, site ⬩ a place on the body ⬩ a place which is built, a house or collection of houses, a habitation, dwelling ⬩ a place, position, station ⬩ a place in a series ⬩ place, room, stead ⬩ a place, passage in a book
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Nis ðæt heóru stów, Beo. Th. 2749; B. 1372. Wæs seó londes stów bimiþen fore monnum, óþþæt Meotod onwráh beorg on bearwe, Exon. Th. 110, 32; Gú. 117.
cúþ
known, clear, plain, evident, manifest ⬩ notus, cognĭtus, manifestus ⬩ known, well known, sure, safe, noted, known as excellent, famed, celebrated ⬩ notus, certus, præstans, egregius ⬩ familiar, intimate, related, friendly ⬩ notus, familiāris, amīcus, benevŏlus
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Th. 1738; B. 867: 4362; B. 2178: Cd. 226; Th. 302, 9; Sat. 596 . familiar, intimate, related, friendly; notus, familiāris, amīcus, benevŏlus Swá swá he cúþre stæfne wæs to me sprecende quasi familiari me voce alloquens, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 43.
níwe
new ⬩ not yet used ⬩ new ⬩ recent ⬩ not of long standing ⬩ not long made ⬩ new (to anything) ⬩ inexperienced ⬩ new ⬩ novel ⬩ different from what has gone before
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Ben. 9, 6. Hé ðone winter mid ðý níwan folce ( the newly converted Frisians ) wunode, Bd. 5, 19; S. 639, 26. Níwan stefne anew, Cd. Th. 94, 1; Gen. 1555 : Andr. Kmbl. 245; An. 123. Niówan, Beo. Th. 3582; B. 1789. On swá niówan gefeán, Andr.
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tó
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(h) :-- Hié him æfest tó genáman, Bl. H. 7, 11. Ic wylle hold beón tó Godes gerihtum and tó rihtre woroldlage, Cht. E. 229, 22. (i) :-- On þone hálgan handa sendon tó feorhlege, El. 458.
ge-staþelian
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Hé gesæt Godfæder on þá swíþran healfe . . . hé symle þǽr gestaþelod wæs, Bl. H. 91, 6. <b>I a.</b> of residence, to settle, lodge :-- Hwelpas leóna . . . in bedcleofum heara hié gesteaðeliað ( se conlocabunt), Ps. Srt. 103, 22.
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