wudu-fæsten
a place rendered secure by woods ⬩ a wood as a place of security ⬩ a place of security built of wood
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I. 2), pref. ; Erl. 5, 12. a place of security built of wood Sceal fæsl wesan cwiclifigendra cynna gehwylces on ðæt wudufæsten(Noah's ark) gelǽded, Cd. Th. 79, 16 ; Gen. 1312
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ge-þúf
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Voc. ii. 52, 28. of trees, having foliage, of plants, having leaves, leafy, bushy Geþúf fícbeám frondea ficus, i. frondosa, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 15. Geþú[f] uiriscens (ramosa fronde ), An. Ox. 2628. Geþúfe beámas frondea robora, Wrt.
tó-sceád
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Ox. 27, 12. Wæs heora ǽghwæðer Heáwold nemned.
cweþan
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S. 8, 59. (2 a) to use a particular phrase :-- Wé cweðað níwne mónan, ac hé is ǽfre se ylca, Lch. iii. 242, 15. where the subject of discourse is object of the verb, to tell, speak of. Cf. secgan; II 2.: sprecan; III c.
ge-yppan
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</b> of legal notice, to lay an information of a crime :-- Gif mon on, folces gemóte cyninges geréfan geyppe eofot and his eft geswícan wille, gestǽle on ryhtran hand, gif hé mæge if a man in the folkmoot give to the king's reeve notice of a crime
hreód-bedd
A reed-bed
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A reed-bed Ðá wæs ðǽr on middan ðam mere sum hreódbed there was in the middle of the mere a reed-bed, Guthl. 9; Gdwin. 50, 15. Heó ásette hyne on ánum hreódbedde be ðæs flódes ófre exposuit eum in carecto ripæ fluminis, Ex. 2, 3.
mǽgþ
A collection of mǽgas ⬩ a family ⬩ stock ⬩ race ⬩ as a technical term in the laws, relatives, kindred, the mǽgas who were living at the same time, and to whom the mǽg-lagu applied ⬩ descendants of a common ancestor living at the same time ⬩ a generation ⬩ a tribe ⬩ subdivision of a people ⬩ a people ⬩ nation ⬩ province ⬩ country
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Nis nán wítega búton wurþscipe búton on his éðele and on his mǽgþe (cognatione ) and on his húse, Mk. Skt. 6, 4.
em-niht
Equal day and night, equinox ⬩ æquĭnoctium
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Equal day and night, equinox ; æquĭnoctium On emnihtes dæg, ðæt is ðonne se dæg and seó niht gelíce lange beóþ on the day of the equinox, that is when the day and night are equally long, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 12, 19; Lchdm. iii. 260,
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læt
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One of a class that was inferior to that of the ceorl but above that of the slave.
beorgan
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Wið ǽlc wóh gestreón beorge man georne, Wlfst. 70, 2. absolute, to abstain from wrongdoing Nis on ǽnigne tíman unriht álýfed, and þeáh man sceal on freólsstówan georn-lícost beorgan, 398, 19.
gylt
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</b> a penalty, payment on account of crime, Cht. Th. 423, 3 (v. Dict. ). responsibility for an offence, a (person's) fault, Chr. 1048; P. 173, 11. (v.
hand
HAND, side, power, control
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Sette Ephraim on his swíðran hand ðæt wæs on Israhéles wynstran hand and Manasses on his winstran hand ðæt wæs on Israhéles swíðran healfe he placed Ephraim on his right hand, that was on Israel's left hand, and Manasseh on his left hand, that was on
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tó-geagnes
towards, ⬩ so as to meet ⬩ against, ⬩ to meet ⬩ in the way of, ⬩ to meet the approach of ⬩ in readiness for, ⬩ against the coming of ⬩ against, ⬩ for the purpose of resisting ⬩ on the approach of, ⬩ towards ⬩ again, ⬩ in return
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Ða scipu fóran tógénes him, 911; Erl. 100, 21. where there is motion of the object governed by the word; without idea of opposition, in the way of, to meet the approach of, in readiness for, against the coming of Biþ hit eft him tógeánes gehealden it
Cwichelmes hlǽw
CUCKHAMSLEY hill or Cuchinslow, Berkshire, a large barrow on a wide plain overlooking White Horse Vale ⬩ Cwichelmi agger in agro Berchensi
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On Cwicelmes hlǽw to Cuckhamsley hill, 291, 28
beót-word
a word of threatening ⬩ threats ⬩ minæ ⬩ a word of boasting ⬩ jactationis verbum
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[beót III. a boasting] a word of boasting; jactationis verbum Beówulf beótwordum spræc Beowulf spake in words of boasting Beo. Th. 5014; B. 2510
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popul
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in popul-finig Of ðam ellene tó populfinige; of populfinige tó Lambhyrste, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 219, 8. The second part of the compound occurs again v. 194, 2-3 : 195, 10
á-blinnan
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On ðám seofoðan dæge áblan Drihten fram ǽlcum weorce, Wlfst. 210, 25. Monige men nellaþ áblinnan from heora unrihtum gestreónum, Bl. H. 25, 5. of things, to cease, stop, fail, come to an end Ðæt leóht on nánre tíde ne áblinneþ, Bl. H. 21, 16.
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norþ
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. ¶ the word is of constant occurrence in the lists of boundaries given in charters. with reference to place or location Swá hit súð licgeð ymbe Gealboe and ymb Geador norð, Sal. 191: 188.
hleóþor
a sound ⬩ noise ⬩ voice
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Hleóðor gryrelic, An. 1553. the sound of a bell or musical instrument, voice of the trumpet Hyre is on fóte fæger hleóðor, wynlicu wóðgiefu, Rä. 32, 17. For þǽre bellan hleóðre (ad sonum tintinnabuli) hé ongǽte hwænne Rómánus him þone hláf bróhte.