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þanan

(adv.)
Grammar
þanan, þonan (-on, -un, -en); adv.
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Hé gewát on Hibernia, ðonan hé ǽr com, Bd. 4, 25; S. 600, 13. Þonan, Exon. Th. 17, 12; Cri. 269. He tó ðæm fæderlícan setle eode, þonon hé nǽfre onweg ne gewát, Blickl.

weorþian

(v.)
Grammar
weorþian, wurþian, wyrþian; p. ode.
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<b>IV c.

Linked entries: a-wyrþian wyrþian

a-weccan

(v.)
Grammar
a-weccan, -weccean ; ic -wecce, ðú -wecest, -wecst, he -wecceþ, -weceþ, -wecþ, pl. -weccaþ,-wecceaþ; p. -weahte,-wehte, pl. -weahton, -wehton; impert. -wec, -wece, pl. -wecceaþ; pp. -weaht, -weht ; v. trans.

to awakearouse from sleepawake from deathe somno excitaresuscitareresuscitareto exciterousestir upcall forthraise upraise up childrenexcitareconcitaresuscitareresuscitare

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Awehte wǽlníþ Babilónes brego deadly hatred excited the prince of Babylon, Cd. 174; Th. 218, 28; Dan. 46.

cyme

(n.)
Grammar
cyme, cime,es; m. [cuman to come]

A coming, an approach, advent adventus

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A coming, an approach, advent; adventus Me is ðín cyme on myclum þonce gratus mihi est multum adventus tuus, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 21: Exon. 21a; Th. 56, 8; Cri. 897: 21a; Th. 57, 10; Cri. 916: 44b; Th. 152, 2; Gú. 802: 56b ; Th. 201, 9; Ph. 53: 69b; Th.

Linked entry: cime

ÉCE

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ÉCE, ǽce; gen. m. n. éces; gen. f. écre, écere; dat. m. n. écum; f. écre, écere; def. se écá, écea; seó, ðæt éce; gen. écan, écean; adj.

Eternal, perpetual, everlasting sempĭternus, æternus

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Cd. 64; Th. 76, 23; Gen. 1261. Ðé síe éce hérenis eternal praise be to thee, Exon. 13 b; Th. 26, 10; Cri. 415. Ðæt is écu rest that is eternal rest, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 142; Met. 13, 71.

Linked entry: ǽce

FEOH

(n.)
Grammar
FEOH, fioh; gen. feós; dat. feó; n.

cattleliving animalspĕcusjūmentaMoneyvaluepricehirestipendFEErewardpĕcūniamercesGoodspropertyricheswealthbŏnadīvĭtiæŏpes

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ᚠ [ = feoh] on foldan wealth on earth, Exon. 19 b; Th. 50, 28; Cri. 808: Elen. Grm. 1270

Linked entries: feá fioh feoh-fang

FINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
FINDAN, to findanne; ic finde, ðú findest, findst, fintst, finst, he findeþ, fint, pl. findaþ; p. fand, fond, funde, pl. fundon; pp. funden; v. trans.

To FINDinventimaginedevisecontriveorderdisposearrangedetermineinvĕnīredispōnĕreconsŭlĕre

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Kmbl. 2157; El. 1080: Cd. 72; Th. 87, 6; Gen. 1444. Se cyng hæfde funden, ðæt. . . the king had contrived, that . . Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 3

FYLGEAN

(v.)
Grammar
FYLGEAN, fylgan, fylgian, fyligean, fylian, filian, feligean; p. de; pp. ed; v. trans. dat. acc.

To followattendfollow or carry outsĕquiinsĕquiexsĕqui

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Kmbl. 742; El. 371: Exon. 29 a; Th. 88, 16; Cri. 1441. Twegen leorningcnihtas fyligdon ðam Hǽlende duo discĭpŭli sĕcūti sunt Jēsum, Jn. Bos. 1, 37. Fyle [fylge MS. C.] ðu ðam persĕquĕre eam, Ps. Spl. 33, 14. Ðæt we Godes lage fylgean [fylgian MS.

hrǽw

(n.)
Grammar
hrǽw, hráw, hreáw, hrá, es; n. m.

a corpsecarcasetrunkcarrion

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Deádra hrǽwum over the corpses of the dead, Cd. 144; Th. 180, 6; Exod. 41

Linked entries: hráw hreáw hrá

tæfl

(n.)
Grammar
tæfl, e; f.: es ; n.(?): tæfle, an(?); f.

Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later timeThe word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chessAmong the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd

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Voc. i. 202, col. 2. See also Strutt's Sports, Bk. iv, c. 2. The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game.

Linked entry: tebl

wéste

(adj.)
Grammar
wéste, adj.
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Hié gedydon on ánre wéstre ceastre, Chr. 894; Erl. 93, 5. Hé gesyhð wínsele wéstne, Beo. Th. 4903; B. 2456. On wéste wíc, Cd. Th. 128, 25; Gen. 2132.

ge-wis

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-wis, ge-wiss, es; n.
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Cf. witodlíce, sóþlíce Mid gewisse se foresǽda bisceop . . . angan . . . tó befrínenne, Lch. iii. 432, 26

hearm

evilan evilinjurya calamitygriefafflictioncalumnya calumny

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Þá cýdde man mé ꝥ ús mára hearm tó fundode þonne ús wel lícode, and þá fór ic . . . into Denmearcon þe eów mǽst hearm of cóm . . . wé ne þurfon þanon nénes hearmes ús ásittan, Cht. E. 230, 1-10. Him eallum tó hearme, Hml. S. 13, 127.

Linked entry: hearm-fullic

efne

(adv.)
Grammar
efne, [ = efen]; adv.

Even, exactly, precisely, just, alike, likewise, just now plāne, æque, omnīno, mŏdŏ, jam prīdem

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Efne swá even so, even as And efne swá he ðec gemétte meahtum gehrodene and even so he found thee adorned with virtues, Exon. 12 b; Th. 21, 5; Cri. 330.

for-gildan

(v.)
Grammar
for-gildan, -gyldan, -gieldan, -geldan; he -gildeþ, -gilt; p. ic, he -geald, ðú -gulde, pl. -guldon; subj. pres. -gilde, pl. -gilden; p. -gulde, pl. -gulden; pp. -golden

To pay formake goodrepayrequiterecompenserewardreddĕreexsolvĕrecompensāreretrĭbuĕre

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Th. 3087; B. 1541: 5929; B. 2968: Cd. 158; Th. 197, 31; Exod. 315: 226; Th. 301, 8; Sat. 578. Ða forguldon yfelu for gódum retrĭbuērunt măla pro bŏnis, Ps. Spl. 37, 21: Chr. 1039; Erl. 167, 20.

Linked entries: for-geldan for-gieldan

sirwan

(v.)
Grammar
sirwan, sirwian, sirewan ; p. sirwde, sirwede, sirede, sirewede, sirwode.
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in a good sense, to plan, devise, use art in doing something Hé ( the Creator ) serede and sette eorþan dǽlas, Cd. Th. 265, 29 ; Sat. 15. in a bad sense, trans.

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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Cf. 1 Þæt ðú þé ne geortrýwe nánes gódes, Bt. 6; F. 14, 35. to doubt, distrust. to doubt the possibility of, be uncertain about something, with acc.

samnian

(v.)
Grammar
samnian, ode. v. trans.

to collect, assemble, bring together, gather to draw together, join, uniteto get materials together for a poem to composeto collect, assemble, come togetherto draw together, join, uniteto glean

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Fyrde somnian, Chr. 1016; Erl. 154, 2. Folc somnigean. Cd.

Linked entry: samode

snotor

(adj.)
Grammar
snotor, snottor (-er, -ur); adj.

Prudent, wise, sagacious prudens

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Cwom Daniel tó dóme, se wæs snotor Cd. Th. 225, 8; Dan. 151. Nis nǽnig swá snotor . . . ne ðæs swá gleáw, nymþe God seolfa 286, 8; Sat. 349. Á sceal snotor hycgean ymb ðysse worulde gewinn Menol. Fox 570; Gn. C. 54: Beo. Th. 1656; B. 826. Snotur Ps.

Linked entry: snytre

wæter

(n.)
Grammar
wæter, es; n. (the word seems to be feminine inon ðisse wætere,
  • Homl. 247, 25
  • ; see also
  • Ps. Th. 17, 11
: and a weak genitive plural wæterena is found in
  • Ps. Th. 31, 7.
)

waterwater water in the sky, rain water of a river, sea, etc. water as in Derwentwater, a body of water, a stream, lake, sea waters of a great river, of a sea, etc.

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Th. 61, 23 ; Cri. 989. Blód and wæter ætsomne út bicwóman, 68, 33; Cri. 1113. Ealle gewítaþ swá swá wolcn, and swá swá wæteres streám, Blickl. Homl. 59, 20.