ge-wyrtún
A garden
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A garden Ðǽr wæs fæger gewyrtún ubi erat hortus, Jn. Skt. Lind. 18, 1
gifeðe
What is granted by fate ⬩ lot ⬩ fortune ⬩ fate
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And. u. El. p. 108
GRAMA
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Ðæne úre yldran for graman to deáþe gedémdon whom our elders for anger doomed to death, H. R. 9, 23. Wel hí sind Dere gehátene forðan ðe hí sind fram graman generode well are they named Dere [ = de ira], for they are saved from wrath, Homl.
gráf
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A grove Heó hæbbe ða wudurǽddenne in ðæm wuda ðe ða ceorlas brúcaþ and éc ic hire léte to ðæt ceorla gráf let her have right of pasturage in the wood which the 'ceorls' use, and besides I leave to her the ' ceorls' grove, Cod. Dipl.
GREÓT
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Hér líþ úre ealdor on greóte here lies our chief in the dust, Byrht. Th. 140, 68; By. 315: Andr. Kmbl. 2169; An. 1086: Judth. 12; Thw. 26, 4; Jud. 308.
grið
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[The word comes into use during the struggles with the Danes. Icel. grið (v. Cl. and Vig.
þearfan
To need, ⬩ suffer need ⬩ indigent, ⬩ needy, ⬩ poor ⬩ a poor person; ⬩ the poor ⬩ a miserable person
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Úre ceaster is þearfende ... wé þoliaþ ðone heardestan hungor, Ap. Th. 9, 7. Ðú, þíne þearfende thou, needing food (? v. þigen, II), Cd. Th. 149, 25; Gen. 2480. Ðæt ðú miltsige mé þearfendum, Exon. Th. 269, 13; Jul. 449.
Linked entries: ge-þearfan be-þearfende be-þearfaþ þearfende þorfan
þegen
a servant, ⬩ one who does service for another ⬩ an officer, ⬩ minister ⬩ a soldier ⬩ a follower of a great man, ⬩ a retainer ⬩ a follower of a teacher, ⬩ a disciple ⬩ one engaged in a king's or queen's service, whether in the household or in the country, a thane ⬩ a thane who served a bishop ⬩ one engaged in the service of a republic ⬩ a person of rank, one of a class higher than the ordinary freeman (ceorl) ⬩ a brave man, ⬩ noble man, ⬩ good warrior ⬩ vir fortis. ⬩ man, warrior
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'Ðone forhycgend úra goda ðú mé helan woldest swýþor ðonne mínum ðegnum (militibus) secgean,' Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 7-20. Hí sealdon ðám þegenum militibus micyl feoh, Mt. Kmbl. 28, 13.
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegen-scipe þegin þén búr-þegen
þegnung-bóc
A service-book, ⬩ a book giving the religious services that were to be performed
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Some úre ðéningbéc onginnaþ on Aduentum Domini, Homl. Th. i. 98, 26
þeód-scipe
Connexion, ⬩ association, ⬩ fellowship.
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Similar entries v. þeód-ness, þeódan Uton witan hwá hine ðæs wurðscipes cúðe ðe hé sceolde gestandan on ðam rímcræfte. Ic wát gere, ðæt hé ys þeódscipes wyrðe it is entitled to be connected with arithmetic, Anglia viii. 308, 23.
þeów-racu
A threat ⬩ threatening
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Uae getácnaþ hwílon wánunge, hwílon ðeówracan (þeówrace, MS. D.: þ-iwrace, MS. C.: ðíwwrace, MS. U.), hwílon wyrigunge, Ælfc, Gr. 48; Zup. 278, 17. Ðíne ðeówracan synd hwílwendlíce, Homl. Skt. i. 14, 100.
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þignen
a female servant ⬩ female attendant ⬩ handmaid ⬩ a mid-wife
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Seó abbudisse eode mid ánre hire ðígnenne (cum una sanctimonialium feminarum) ... Ðá hét heó hire ðínenne (ministram) gán, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 18-27. Þínenne, Judth. Thw. 24, 4; Jud. 172. Heó hæfde áne þínene (ancillam) Gen. 16, 1.
þorp
an assemblage ⬩ the assemblage of workers on an estate ⬩ the estate on which they worked ⬩ hamlet ⬩ village
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Perhaps the idea at first connected with the words is that of an assemblage, cf. the use in Icelandic: Maðr heitir einnhverr ... þorp ef þrír ero, Skáldskaparmál; þyrpast to crowd, throng: þyrping a crowd: later the word may have been used of the assemblage
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wille
A well, spring, stream, fountain
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Ðǽr com upp wærtres welle, Shrn. 93, 36. Seó wylle fluvius Bd. I. 7 ; S. 478, 29. Is sǽd ðæt wylle (án welle, v. l.) (fons) áweólle, seó wæter geóteþ, 5, lo ; S. 625, 23. Lífes wylle (waelle, Ps. Surt.) fons vitae Ps.
wín-bóh
A branch of a vine
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Of ðámwínbógum mid berium mid eallum palmitem cum uva sua, Num. 13, 24
windwian
To winnow ⬩ ventilare ⬩ literal ⬩ figurative
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To winnow; ventilare, literal Hé corn ðærsc and windwode, Shrn. 61, 19. figurative Fiónd úre wé windwiaþ inimicos nostros ventilavimus, Ps. Surt. 43, 6. Ic windwade (ventilabam) in mé gást mínne, 76, 7
Linked entries: a-windwian windung
wín-getred
A place inhere the juice is trodden out of the grapes
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A place inhere the juice is trodden out of the grapes Wíngetred forus, ubi uva calcatur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 39, 66
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winter-gerím
numbering by years ⬩ a number of years
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numbering by years Ymb þrítig wintergerímes after thirty units of a numbering which takes a year as the unit, i. e. after thirty years (cf. ymb þrittig wintra, 39, 3; Fox 214, 25 ), Met. 28, 26. a number of years Gé ða wintergerím on gewritu setton,
wír
Wire ⬩ metal thread
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Ic eom fægerre frætwum goldes, þeáh hit mon áwerge wírum útan, 424, 31; Rä. 41, 47. Wírum bewunden, Beo. Th. 2066; B. 1031. Hygeróf gebond weallwalan wírum wundrum tógædre, Exon. Th. 477, 7; Ruin. 21
burh-waru
The inhabitants of a city considered as a community, the whole body of citizens ⬩ civitas, civitatis populus
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The inhabitants of a city considered as a community, the whole body of citizens; civitas, civitatis populus Ǽlc burhwaru wæs búgende to him non fuit civitas quœ se traderet illis, Jos. 11. 19. Wearþ eall seó burhwaru onstyred commota est universa civitas
Linked entries: land-waru burg-waru buruh-waru