á-beódan
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Engel stefne ábeád, hét ðæt treów ceorfan, Dan. 510. to summon, call out Hé fyrde hét út ábeódan, Chr. 1091 ; Erl. 227, 33. Ábeódende eliciens (igniferas fulminum coruscationes Ald. 62), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 46.
Linked entry: eoton-weard
drincan
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H. 229, 16. to swallow the contents of a cup Mage gyt drincan þone calic þe ic tó drincenne hæbbe? Gyt mínne calic drincað, Mt. 20, 22, 23: Mk. 10, 38-39. to use as a beverage Ne drincþ hé wín ne ealu, Bl. H.165, 11.
ge-tellan
To tell ⬩ number ⬩ reckon ⬩ esteem ⬩ consider ⬩ ascribe ⬩ assign ⬩ numerare ⬩ computare ⬩ reputare ⬩ comparare ⬩ dinumerare
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Ðæt is geteald ðæs læssan mílgetæles ðe stadia hátte ccc and þreó twentig it is, reckoned by the smaller measure of distance that are called stadia, three hundred and twenty-three, Nar. 36, 16: 34, 27.
Linked entry: ge-talian
alor
An ALDER- tree ⬩ alnus ⬩ alnus glutihosa
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An ALDER- tree, called ELLER and ALLER ; alnus; alnus glutihosa, Lin. The alder, or rather aler, is an inhabitant of swamps and meadows in all Europe, the north of Africa and Asia, and North America.
for-swerian
To FORSWEAR ⬩ to swear falsely ⬩ perjure ⬩ ejūrāre ⬩ pējĕrāre
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He hine forsworenne and trýwleásne clypode he called him forsworn and faithless. Chr. 1094; Erl. 229, 32. Ða forsworenan mid forsworenum forwurþaþ perjurers shall perish with perjurers, Homl. Th. i. 133, 24
frum-gár
a chieftain ⬩ leader ⬩ prince ⬩ patriarch ⬩ primĭpīlus ⬩ prŏcer ⬩ dux ⬩ princeps ⬩ patriarcha
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Ða frumgáran hátene wǽron Abraham and Aaron the patriarchs were called Abram and Haran, 82; Th. 102, 31; Gen. 1708
lícham-
Bodily ⬩ corporeal ⬩ material ⬩ carnal
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Bodily, corporeal, material, carnal, not spiritual Seó [heofene] is geháten firmamentum seó is gesewenlíc and líchamlíc it [heaven] is called the firmament; it is visible and material, Lchdm. iii. 232, 14.
steort
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a tail, start (as in red-start, one of the names for ruticilla phoenicurus, also called fire-tail. Start, plough-start = plough-tail, v. Halliwell's Dict. Stark-naked is a corruption of start-naked) Steort cauda, Wrt. Voc. ii. 103, 20: 129, 75.
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tǽl
Evil speaking, calumny, detraction
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he calum- niated, 260, 21; Jul. 300) hét mé fremdne god ofer ða óþre ðe wé ǽr cúþon weorþian that she attacked me with blasphemy, bade me honour a strange god above the others that we knew before, 247, 4; Jul. 73
Linked entry: tál
hlǽw
a low ⬩ law ⬩ a rising ground, ⬩ an artificial as well as a natural mound, ⬩ a funeral mound; ⬩ tumulus ⬩ the interior of a mound, ⬩ a cave
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Hátaþ hlǽw gewyrcean se sceal tó gemyndum mínum leódum heáh hlifian on Hrones næsse, ðæt hit sǽlíðend syððan hátan Biówulfes biorh bid them make a mound; it shall as a memorial to my people tower high on Hronesness, so that hereafter may seafarers call
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gram
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Ða graman Gydena ðe folcisce men hátaþ Parcas the fierce goddesses whom common people call Parcæ, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 24. Grame gúþfrecan fierce warriors, Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 35; Jud. 224: Andr. Kmbl. 1833; An. 919: Ps. Th. 104, 30.
Linked entry: grom
ge-
- p. 48 of O. E. T.
- Corpus Gloss.
- 2152
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 53, 73.
- Erf. 75
- Ep. 228.
- Durham Ritual
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GYLT
Guilt ⬩ crime ⬩ sin ⬩ offence ⬩ fault ⬩ wrong ⬩ debt ⬩ fine ⬩ forfeiture
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For ðam gylte ðe hig worhton ðæt gildene celf for the sin of making the golden calf, Ex. 32, 35; Deut. 9, 21.
Linked entry: gelt
Baðan
The city of Bath, Somersetshire ⬩ Bathoniæ urbs a balneis dicta, in agro Somersetensi
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The city of Bath, Somersetshire, so called from its baths; Bathoniæ urbs a balneis dicta, in agro Somersetensi Baðan, Baðon, Baðun, for Baðum, æt Baðum, Cod.
Linked entries: Acemannes burh Hátabaðan
CLÁTE
CLOT-bur ⬩ burdock, goose-grass, clivers ⬩ philanthropos = φιλάνθρωπος , lappa, arctium lappa, galium aparine
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ðæt ys on úre geþeóde menlufigende, forðý heó wyle hrædlíce to ðam men geclyfian: ða man eác óðrum naman cláte nemneþ that is in our language men-loving, because it will readily cleave to a man: it is also named by another name clivers, this herb is called
deór
brave, bold, as a wild beast ⬩ fortis, strēnuus ⬩ heavy, severe, dire, vehement ⬩ grăvis, dīrus, vehĕmens
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Ðæt wæs se deóra, Didĭmus wæs háten that was the bold one, he was called Didymus, Cd. 225; Th. 299, 1; Sat. 543. Georne gewyrcan deóres dryhtscipes to zealously labour for bold rulership, Salm. Kmbl. 775; Sal. 387.
eáster
the passover, paschal lamb ⬩ pascha
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Freóls-dæg, se is gecweden Eástre a feast day which is called Easter, Lk. Bos. 22, 1. the passover, paschal lamb; pascha To eástron for the Easter lamb, Mt. Bos. 26, 17.
miltan
To melt ⬩ to digest ⬩ to refine by melting ⬩ To melt ⬩ become liquid
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Beó ǽlc calic geworht of myldendum antimbre ( of fusible material ), gilden oððe seolfren, glæsen oððe tinen; ne beó ná hyrnen, ne húru treówen, L. Ælfc. P. 45; Th. ii. 384, 6. to digest Sió wamb seó ðe biþ hátre gecyndo melt mete wel ...
á-geótan
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Add: to pour out a liquid Gif hé ( a priest) his calic ágýt (effundat), Ll. Th. ii. 128, 20. ꝥ wæter ic niðer ágeát (effudi ), Nar. 8, 10. Þá fatu þe hé ǽr on ágeát litelne dǽl þæs wǽtan, Gr. D. 59, 13. Ág(e)át exsicat , Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 23.
freólíc
Free ⬩ noble ⬩ ingenuous ⬩ comely ⬩ goodly ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ egrĕgius ⬩ dĕcens
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Se eafora wǽs Enoc háten, freólíc frumbearn the offspring was called Enoch, a comely first-born, Cd. 59; Th. 72, 19; Gen. 1189. Freólíc fyrdsceorp a goodly war-vest, Exon. 1043; Th. 395, 25; Rä. 15, 13: Cd. 55; Th. 67, 29; Gen. 1108.
Linked entry: frílíc