riht-æþelu
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Take here the passage given under riht-aþelo
Linked entry: riht-aþelu
un-gecoplic
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Add: The original Latin is: Lites cum importunis
Linked entry: ge-cóplic
ymb-faru
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Take here the second passage under ymb-fær
crístnere
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one who performs the rite of crístnung (q.v.)
Gúþ-geátas
The warlike Gauts
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The warlike Gauts, Beo. Th. 3080; B. 1538
seofon-stirre
The Pleiades
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The Pleiades Sifunsterre (sibun-) pliadas, Txts. 86, 762
Linked entry: -stirre
weall
a wall that is made, ⬩ wall of a building, of a town, ⬩ side of a cave ⬩ a natural wall ⬩ a steep hill ⬩ a cliff.
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Norð-Denum stód egesa, ánra gehwylcum ðara ðe of wealle wóp gehýrdon ( to each that heard the cry coming from the hill on which the hall stood(?)) 1574; B. 785.
Linked entries: æt-foran-weall wala weal weall-clif weall-steáp
a-hyltan
should take support away ⬩ supplant ⬩ supplantaret
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should take support away, supplant; supplantaret Ða þohton ðæt hí ahyltan [ = ahylten] me who thought that they should supplant me, Ps. Th. 139, 5
efen-ríce
Equally mighty, of equal power ⬩ æqualis potentiæ, æquipollens
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Equally mighty, of equal power; æqualis potentiæ, æquipollens Wǽron hí eft efenríce they were again of equal power, Bd. 5, 10; S. 624, 27
ele-land
A foreign country ⬩ externa terra
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A foreign country; externa terra Ðǽr ic on elelande áhte stówe there I owned a place in a foreign country. Ps. Th. 118, 54
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éþ-begete
Easily got, got ready, prepared ⬩ făcĭlis adeptu, părātus
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Easily got, got ready, prepared; făcĭlis adeptu, părātus Ðá wæs grim andswaru éþbegete there was a fierce answer ready, Beo. Th. 5714; B. 2861
Linked entries: eáþ-gete eáþ-begeáte tór-begete
for-spendan
To spend utterly ⬩ to consume ⬩ consūmĕre
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To spend utterly, to consume; consūmĕre Swíðost ealle hys spéda hý forspendaþ they squander almost all his property. Ors. 1. 1; Bos. 22, 45
frymdi
Inquisitive ⬩ asking ⬩ desirous ⬩ suppliant ⬩ inquīsītīvus ⬩ requīrens ⬩ desīdĕrans ⬩ supplex
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Inquisitive, asking, desirous, suppliant; inquīsītīvus, requīrens, desīdĕrans, supplex Ic eom frymdi to ðé I am suppliant to thee, Byrht. Th. 137, 1; By. 179
and-feax
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Bald Andfeaxe (-fexe, v. l.) weorðaþ ðǽra swýðe manega very many of them shall become bald (cf. Isaiah 3, 17, 24), Wlfst. 46, 1
hirde-belg
A shepherd's bag
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A shepherd's bag Ðá nam he fif stánas on his herdebelig then he took five stones in his shepherd's bag, Blickl. Homl. 31, 17
hlín-bedd
A couch
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A couch Fundon on sande sáwulleásne hlin- [MS. hlim-] bed healdan they found him without life occupying his couch, Beo. Th. 6060; B. 3034
ongeagn
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Ládige hé (the accused) hine mid áðe ongeán hine ( the accuser), i. 489, 10. Ongeán gewunan contra ritum, An.
sum
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Skt. 20, 27. where the whole, of which the object denoted by sum is part, is to be inferred from the context Sigon ðá tó slǽpe: sum ( one of the sleepers) sáre angeald ǽfenreste, Beo. Th. 2507; B. 1251.
Linked entry: ÁN
wirn
A hindrance ⬩ obstacle ⬩ difficulty
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Færð ðæt fýr ofer eall . . . ne nán man næfð ðæra mihta, ðæt ðǽr ǽnige wyrne dó the fire will go everywhere . . . and no one will be able to hinder it, Wulfst. 138, 7
Linked entry: wyrn
ge-les
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cf. 5, 7; Sch. 585, 1 where gelice and geliese are two readings), þeós gémen þé wæs, and þis þú hyrde dydest hic labor, hoc studium, haec tibi cura, hoc pastor agebas, Bd. 2, 1; Sch. 108, 14.