þeód-búend
Those living in nations, ⬩ mankind, ⬩ men
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Those living in nations, mankind, men Hé (Christ) earfeþu geþolade fore þearfe þeódbúndra, láðlícne deáð leódum tó helpe, Exon. Th. 72, 16; Cri. 1173. Hé geðingade þeódbúendum wið fæder swǽsne fǽhþa mǽste, 39, 3; Cri. 616: 84, 11; Cri. 1372
byrht-word
bright ⬩ a word ⬩ Bright of word, clear in words or speech ⬩ clarus voce
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[ Similar entries byrht = Similar entries beorht bright, Similar entries word a word] Bright of word, clear in words or speech; clarus voce Byrhtword arás engla ordfruma the creator of angels, bright of words, arose, Cd. 218; Th. 279, 15; Sat. 238
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Æðelrǽd
Ælhelred ⬩ Æthelréd ⬩ Æthelrédus
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When 896 winters were passed after his birth, and in the fourth indiction year, then in that year Æthelred alderman assembled all the witan of the Mercians together at Gloucester, bishops, and aldermen, and all his nobility; and did that with the knowledge
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mancus
A mancus ⬩ the eighth of a pound ⬩ the sum of thirty pence
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In Cnut's laws the heriot of an earl included twá hund mancus goldes (which is rendered in a Latin version by quinquaginta marcas auri, v. Schmid. p. 309, so that the mancus is the fourth of a marc), L. C. S. 72; Th. i. 414, 8.
ge-glengan
To adorn ⬩ embellish ⬩ set in order ⬩ compose ⬩ ornāre ⬩ cōmĕre ⬩ compōnĕre
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Ðæt he æfter medmiclum fæce in sceópgereorde mid ða mǽstan swétnesse and inbrydnesse geglencde, and in Englisc gereorde wel gehwǽr forþbrohte hoc ipse post pŭsillum verbis poēticis maxĭma suāvĭtāte et compunctiōne compĕsĭtis, in sua, id est, Anglōrum
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æt-standan
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II. in Dict.). to stop, remain in a certain state Hé ne ætstent ł hé ne þurhwunaþ non subsistet , Ps. L. 102, 16. ꝥ hús wearþ forburnen. . . see Ætstód se streám swá steáp swá munt, Hml. Th. ii. 212, 22
dǽd-bétan
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Ástrecce hé hine eallum limum on þám stede þe hé stande, and on þá wísan mid hreówsunge dǽdbéte oð se abbod hine geswícan háte proiciat se in terram in loco quo stat, et sic satisfaciat usque dum ei jubeat abba ut quiescat ab hac satisfactione, 70, 18
an-sýn
a face ⬩ countenance ⬩ facies ⬩ vultus ⬩ a view ⬩ aspect ⬩ sight ⬩ form ⬩ figure ⬩ aspectus ⬩ conspectus ⬩ visus ⬩ visio ⬩ species ⬩ forma ⬩ figura ⬩ a thing to be looked upon ⬩ a sight ⬩ spectaculum ⬩ a view or sight producing desire or longing ⬩ a desire of anything ⬩ want or lack of anything ⬩ desiderium ⬩ defectus
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Gúþlác wæs wlitig on ansýne Guthlac was handsome in countenance, Guthl. 2 ; Gdwin. 18, 3. God ableów on his ansýne líflícne blǽd God blew into his face the breath of life. Hexam. ii; Norm. 18, 25. Fleóþ his ansýne fugiant a facie ejus, Ps.
stycce-mǽlum
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-Ða ðýstru styccemǽlum swá ðicce wǽron tenebrae in tantum paulisper condensatae sunt, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 12. Men dydon styccemǽlum ðæt hí ða moldan nómon paulatim ablata terra, 3, 9; S. 533, 22.
higian
in strive after ⬩ to ⬩ towards ⬩ to strive to do
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Bt. ll, 2; F. 34, 8. with dat. infin. to strive to do, Past. 105, 14 (in Dict.). with clause Hié hîgiað ealle mægene ðæt hié ðæt gedwellen ðæt óðre menn ryhtlícé ongieten habbað student summopere ab aliis recte intellecta destruere, Past. 365, 23.
fýren
composed of fire ⬩ on fire, flaming, burning. ⬩ bearing fire ⬩ burning, red-hot
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H. 43, 31. figurative Is þín ágen sprǽc innan fýren ignitum eloquium tuum, Ps. Th. 118, 140: Ps. Srt. 118, 140
HELM
HELM ⬩ helmet ⬩ a crown ⬩ the top ⬩ overshadowing foliage of trees ⬩ a covering
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l0: Runic pm. 18; Kmbl. 342, 31; Hick, Thes. i. 135. a covering [in this sense the word is preserved in some dialects.
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elcor
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L. 5, 36, 37. elsewhere Seó fǽmne gá on mynster oððe ælcor on hire clǽnnysse hig healde eat puella in monasterium, vel alibi in castitate se contineat, Ll. Th. ii. 148, 4
stician
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Ða ságlas sticiaþ eallne weg inn on ðám hringum . . . Simle ða ofergyldan ságlas sceolden stician on ðǽm gyldnum hringum, Past. 22; Swt. 171, 1-22. Mé on hreðre heáfod sticade, Exon. Th. 479, 10; Rä. 62, 5.
ge-hátan
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L. 8, 31. with acc. and infin., the noun in acc. being subject to the infin. verb Gehéht ðá ðegnas ástíge in scipp jussit discipulos ascendere in naviculam, Mt. L. 14, 22.
ÁC
OAK ⬩ quercus ⬩ robur ⬩ The Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a
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Sume ác astáh got up into an oak, Homl. Th. ii. 150, 31. acc. Ác an oaken ship. Runic pm. 25; Kmbl. 344, 21. Geongre áce of a young oak, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 9. Of ðære ác [ for áce], Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. iii. 121, 22.
brád-nes
broad, large ⬩ -ness ⬩ BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies
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BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies Se ródor belýcþ on his bósme ealle eorþan brádnysse the firmament incloses in its bosom all the extent of the earth, Hexam. 5;Norm. 8, 27.
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hlýdan
To sound, ⬩ make a loud noise, ⬩ to clamour, ⬩ vociferate
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Hlýdende swíðust innan sounding chiefly from within, L. M. 2, 46; Lchdm. ii. 258, 19.
FEALLAN
FALL, fall down, fail ⬩ defĭcĕre
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Him on innan felþ muntes mægenstán a huge mountain-stone falls into it, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 30; Met. 5, 15. Se ðe fylþ uppan ðysne stán, he byþ tobrýsed qui cecĭdĕrit sŭper lăpĭdem istum, confringētur, Mt.
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ge-niman
To take, take up, take away, assume, receive, accept, obtain, comprehend, enter into ⬩ sūmĕre, tollĕre, auferre, assūmĕre, accĭpĕre, nancisci, comprehendĕre, inīre
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Ðe ic to swá myclum cyninge genom quod cum tanto rēge inii, Bd. 2, 12; S. 513, 25. He feówer túnas genom he took four towns, Chr. 571; Erl. 18, 13: 584; Erl. 18, 24. On ðam ilcan ðú eard genáme in quo hăbĭtas in idipsum, Ps. Th. 73, 3: 72, 19.
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