wundor
a wonder ⬩ a circumstance ⬩ act that excites astonishment ⬩ a circumstance that excites astonishment as being out of the usual course of nature, ⬩ a prodigy ⬩ portent ⬩ a wonder ⬩ miracle ⬩ a miracle ⬩ a wonderful object ⬩ wondrous thing ⬩ wonderful ⬩ miraculous power ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration
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Ðæt wæs wundra sum, ðæt ðæt sweord gemealt íse gelícost, Beo.
weorþian
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Úre Hǽlend wæs weorþod and hered from Iudéa folce, Blickl. Homl. 67, 4. Hé wæs of cilda múþe gecnáwen and weorþad, 71, 33. to honour, pay respect to, heed, attend to (cf.
tún
an enclosed piece of ground ⬩ a yard ⬩ court ⬩ the enclosed land surrounding a single dwelling ⬩ a manor ⬩ vill ⬩ 'an estate with a village community in villenage upon it under a lord's jurisdiction,' ⬩ the buildings or inhabitants being referred to ⬩ the towns of Roman Britain ⬩ a habitation of men ⬩ the residence or estate of a single person ⬩ an estate ⬩ farm ⬩ a collection of dwellings ⬩ a village ⬩ town
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Ðes tún (villa) wæs forlǽten, and óþer wæs getimbred, Bd. 2, 14; S. 518, 11. Hé eode tó ðære cyricean ðæs túnes (villulae), 5, 12; S. 627, 20. Hé hæfde ðæt bisc̃ríce .L. wint' æt Scíreburnan, and his líc líþ ðǽr on túne (or túne = cyrictúne?)
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ge-swencan
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Heó wæs swíðe geswenced (vexatus), Gr. D. 72, 30. Gé bióðun giswenced uapulabitis, Mk. R. 13, 9.
treów
truth to a promise or engagement, ⬩ faith ⬩ good or bad faith ⬩ to keep faith with a person ⬩ troth ⬩ truth to a person, ⬩ fidelity ⬩ fealty ⬩ loyalty ⬩ the truth of the stronger to the weaker, ⬩ grace ⬩ favour ⬩ help ⬩ an assurance of faith or truth ⬩ word (in to give or pledge one's word) ⬩ a promise ⬩ an engagement ⬩ a covenant ⬩ league ⬩ faith in something ⬩ belief ⬩ trust ⬩ confidence
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Se wæs ofslagen ofer áþas and treówa (or under I.) contra fidem jurisjurandi peremptus est, Bd. 2, 20; S. 521, 17.
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hwæðer
either ⬩ both
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Bí swá hwaðerre efes swá hit ðonne fierdleáswæs on whichever border there was then no force, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 13. On swá hwæðere hond on whichever hand, Beo. Th. 1376; B. 686.
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hínan
to humble ⬩ humiliate ⬩ degrade ⬩ insult ⬩ to conquer ⬩ subject ⬩ o oppress ⬩ afflict ⬩ to lay low ⬩ destroy ⬩ to lay waste ⬩ destroy ⬩ to accuse
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Sum óðer hine wolde slán on his heáfde mid heardum ísene, ac ꝥ wǽpen wand áweg mid þám slege of þæs réðan handum þe hine hýnan wolde. Hml.
sceadu
Shadow, shade ⬩ shadow (cast by an object) ⬩ darkness ⬩ shadow, protection ⬩ a shady place, shade, arbour ⬩ an obscure image
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Sceadwe scenam, 80, 1. shadow as opposed to substance, an obscure image Seó ealde ǽ wæs swilce sceadu, and seó níwe gecýðnys is sóðfæstnys, Homl. Th. i. 356, 1.
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HLÁF
Bread, ⬩ food, ⬩ a loaf
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Hláf wexenne a wax plaster, Lchdm. iii. 210, 1, 2. Gesufelne hláf, L. Ath. V. 8, 6; Th. i. 236, 36. Ðeorfe hláfas unleavened loaves, Homl.
duguþ
multitude, troops, army, people, men, attendants, the nobles, nobility, the heavenly host ⬩ cōpiæ, exercĭtus, pŏpŭlus, hŏmĭnes, comĭtātus, prŏcĕres, mīlĭtia cœlestis ⬩ majesty, glory, magnificence, power, virtue, excellence, ornament ⬩ majestas, magnificentia, potentia, virtus, dĕcus ⬩ advantage, gain, good, happiness, prosperity, riches, blessings, salvation ⬩ commŏdum, lucrum, bŏnum, prospĕrĭtas, divĭtiæ, ŏpes, sălus ⬩ benefit, gift ⬩ benefĭcium, mūnus, dōnum ⬩ that which is seemly, suitable, seemliness ⬩ dĕcōrum
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Be ðám hringum mon mihte witan hwæt Romána duguþe gefeallen wæs by the rings one might know how many of the nobility of the Romans had fallen, Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 91, 11: 3, 11; Bos. 74, 30: 1, 12; Bos. 35, 43.
siððan
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Syððan Iohannes geseald wæs, com se Hǽland, Mk. Skt. 1, 14. Hwæt biþ hit búton flǽsc, seoððan se écea dǽl of biþ ? Blickl. Homl. iii. 31 : Cd. Th. 309, 7 ; Sat. 706
tácnian
to make a mark upon something, to mark ⬩ to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark ⬩ to indicate, point out ⬩ to signify ⬩ to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize ⬩ to indicate what is future, to portend
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Tácnade Leoniða, hwelc moncwealm on Créca londe wæs, mid ðæm ðe hé sprecende wæs tó his geférum: 'Uton brúcan ðisses undernmetes swá ða sculon ðe hiora ǽfengifl on helle gefeccean sculon,' Ors. 2, 5; Swt, 84, 31.
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wiþer-rǽde
Adverse ⬩ contrary ⬩ at variance ⬩ hostile ⬩ rebellious ⬩ contumacious ⬩ out of harmony ⬩ repugnant ⬩ offensive ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ adverse ⬩ not fitted to further the good of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ disadvantageous ⬩ contrary ⬩ of an opposite nature
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Wiþerrǽde contrarius, 47; Zup. 275, 6. where there is ill-will, at variance, hostile Ðæra Persiscra cyning wæs ðam Cásere wiþerrǽde, Jud. Thw. 162, 24.
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wóp
a whoop ⬩ cry ⬩ a cry of grief ⬩ wailing ⬩ lamentation ⬩ weeping
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Se wæs ðurh micelne wóp áblend, Homl. Th. i. 420, 31. Similar entries See wópes hring under hring
wundor-líc
Wonderful ⬩ exciting admiration ⬩ surprise
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Seó burg ðe ǽr wæs ealra weorca fæstast and wunderlecast and mǽrast, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 24. Is ðæt eác ealles wundorlícost, ðæt..., Blickl. Homl. 127, 14
and
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Críst simle ánes willan wæs and God Fæder Filio hominis una semper cum Patre voluntas est, Past. 307, 8
borh
payment ⬩ suretyship ⬩ security ⬩ loan ⬩ debt
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Sum mon sealde óþrum scilling seolfres tó borge, Shrn. 127, 26. of persons Sanctulus his borh (fide-jussor) wæs, Gr. D. 253, 26. Se godfæder wæs þæs cildes forspreca and borh wið God, Hml. Th. ii. 50, 17
hearga
a grove ⬩ a temple ⬩ fane ⬩ an idol
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Þæt hé becrupe on þæs Amones anlícnesse þe inne on þǽm hearge (templo) wæs, Ors. 3, 9; S. 126, 28. Haerga sacellorum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 119, 51. Hergana sacellorum (sacellum templum idolorum), Hpt. Gl. 451, 23.
hleóþor
a sound ⬩ noise ⬩ voice
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Wæs stefn geworden, seó forðgelǽd-dum hleóðre swá gecleopode and þus cwæð vox facta est, quae producto sonitu clamaret, dicens Gr. D. 53, 23. Hé ne meahte ellensprǽce hleóðor áhebban, Gú. 1129. Hé þurh hleóðor ábeád ege earmum gǽstum, 657.
flówan
to pass away ⬩ be transitory ⬩ to issue ⬩ to flow ⬩ to be flooded ⬩ to flow ⬩ to abound
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Hé bát his tungan þæt heó on blóde fleów he bit his tongue, so that it was bathed in blood, 312, 25. Feól sum preóst of þám weorce, swá ꝥ hé sámcucu læg . . . and fleów eall blóde, Hml.