cringan
To yield ⬩ CRINGE ⬩ fall ⬩ perish ⬩ die ⬩ occumbere ⬩ mori
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Crungon they perished Exon. 124a; Th. 477, 17;f Ruin. 26: 124a; Th. 477, 24; Ruin. 29. Fǽge crungon the fated died Cd. 167; Th. 208, 11; Exod. 481; Beo. Th. 1275; B. 635
Linked entries: ge-cringan crincgan
spild
Destruction ⬩ ruin ⬩ desperatio, effusio
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Ðurh deófles spild through the ruin caused by the devil, Elen. Kmbl. 2235; El. 1119
fyl
A fall ⬩ ruin ⬩ ⬩ cāsus ⬩ intĕrĭtus
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A fall, ruin, ; cāsus, intĕrĭtus Hy ðam feore fyl gehéhton they threatened destruction to his life, Exon. 40 b; Th. 135, 7; Gú. 520: Byrht. Th. 133, 57; By. 71: 139, 35; By. 264
sídling-weg
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A road that runs obliquely (?) Ofer feld on ða rihtlandgemǽre on ðone sídlingweg tó wuda, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 446, 19. Cf. Halliwell Dict. sidelings aslant, sideways : Jamieson sideling, oblique ; sydlingis obliquely, not directly
ge-fillness
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Ruin. overthrow Æfter gefaellnisse Babilones after the overthrow which led to the captivity in Babylon; post transmigrationem Babylonis, Mt. L. l, 12. On gefælnise (gæfelnisse. R.) monigra in ruinam multorum, Lk. L. 2, 34
Linked entry: ge-fællnis
ÆLF
An ELF ⬩ genius ⬩ incubus
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An ELF ; genius, incubus Wið ælfe gníd myrran on win against an elf rub myrrh in wine, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm, ii. 296, 9. Ylfe, pl. nom. m. Beo. Th. 224; B. 112
Linked entries: ælf-sogoða ilf berg-ælfen
E
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</b> The Runic RUNE not only stands for the vowel e, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon, eh a war-horse, v. eh a war-horse, and RÚN
seón
- Lchdm. ii. 26, 11
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To run as a sore, ooze, trickle Manegum men liþseáu sýhþ. Lchdm. ii. 132, 10. Ðæt se lǽce sceolde ásceótan ðæt geswell; ðá dyde hé swá, and ðǽr sáh út wyrms, Homl. Skt. i. 20, 64. Wið seóndre exe, Lchdm. iii. 70, 20.
ÆSC
an ash-tree ⬩ fraxinus excelsior ⬩ the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚨ ⬩ an ash-spear ⬩ a spear ⬩ lance ⬩ hasta fraxinea ⬩ hasta ⬩ a small ship ⬩ a skiff ⬩ a light vessel to sail or row in ⬩ navis ⬩ navigium ⬩ dromo
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Thes. vol. i. p. 135; Runic pm. 26; Kmbl. 344, 23.
nón-belle
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The bell rung at the hour for the service of nones Monegra monna gewuna is þonne hé fæstan sceolan, ꝥ sóna swá hig þá nónbellan gehýrað hig tó mete fóð, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 34
lagu
sea ⬩ water
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Kmbl. 343, 19; Rún. 21. Swá ᛚ tóglídæþ, Elen. Kmbl. 2536; El. 1269
wyn
delight ⬩ pleasure ⬩ delightfully ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ a delight ⬩ that which causes pleasure ⬩ the best of a class, ⬩ the pride of its kind. ⬩ the name of the w-rune
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Wenne (Hickes prints ᚹ (wen) ᚹne) brúceþ ðe can weána lyt, and him sylfa hæfð blǽd and blisse, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 29; Rún. 8. On wuldres ᚹ (Kemble writes wealdend in place of the rune in the MS.; but cf. wuldres wynn, Andr.
Linked entry: mód-wén
ÁC
OAK ⬩ quercus ⬩ robur ⬩ The Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a
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The Anglo-Saxon Rune ᚪ = a, the name of which letter, in Anglo-Saxon, is ác an oak, hence, this Rune not only stands for the letter a, but for ác an oak, as ᚪ byþ on eorþan elda bearnum flǽsces fódor the oak is on earth food of the flesh to the sons
cwelm-bǽrnys
Destruction, ruin, deadliness, mortality ⬩ pernicies, mortalitas
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Destruction, ruin, deadliness, mortality; pernicies, mortalitas Cwelm-bǽrnyss pernicies, Ælfc. Gr. 12 ; Som. 15, 52. Þurh myrran is gehíwod cwelmbǽrnys úres flǽsces by myrrh is typified the mortality of our flesh, Homl. Th. i. 118, 3
Linked entry: cwealm-bǽrnes
ge-hror
A fall ⬩ ruin ⬩ death
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A fall, ruin, death Ðonne ðæt gelumpe ðæt hí of middangearde genumene wǽron ðý ylcan gehrore ðe hí óðre gesáwon cum eas eodem quo cæteros exterminio raptari e mundo contingeret, Bd. 4. 7; S. 574, 38
rǽd-geþeaht
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Héht gefetigean tó rúne ðone ðe rǽdgeþeaht þurh gleáwe miht georne cúðe, 2322; El. 1162
ymb-strícan
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To rub round so as to smooth Gif ðæs dolges ófras synd tó heá ymbstríc mid háte ísene if the edges of the wound are too high, pass a hot iron round Lchdm. ii. 96, 5
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on-sundrum
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Oþ þæt cildra inngân þâ cyrcean ân on-sundron sê gehringed belle ( let a bell be rung without the accompaniment of any other? ; but the Latin is: Unum continuatim pulsetur tintinnabu-lum), Angl. xiii. 380, 211. Add
for-wordenes
A coming to nothing ⬩ perishing ⬩ ruin ⬩ intĕrĭtus
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A coming to nothing, perishing, ruin; intĕrĭtus Ðis wæs swíðe gedyrfsum geár hér on lande þurh wæstma forwordenessa this was a very grievous year in the land through the perishing of fruits, Chr. 1105; Erl. 240, 15
Linked entry: for-weorþenes