wíg-heafola
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Icel vígr in fighting state, serviceable for fighting, and afli strength; so that the passage would mean he had or brought strength that might serve to help his lord in battle. (?)
hord-cófa
A place for treasure, a retired chamber, closet, a place where the thoughts are stored, the breast, heart
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A place for treasure, a retired chamber, closet, a place where the thoughts are stored, the breast, heart Ðá æfter ðon ðá cégde seó hálige Mariæ tó eallum apostolum on hire hordcófan post hec vocavit Sancta Maria omnes apostolos in cubiculo suo, Blickl
oft-rǽde
frequent ⬩ ready at many times
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ready at many times Gafolswán sceal beón swá ic ǽr be beócere cwæþ (cf. 1. 3, beóceorl sceal hwíltidum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan) oftrǽde tó gehwilcon weorce the swain must be, as I said before of the beekeeper, generally ready for
hnesc-ness
Softness, ⬩ delicacy, ⬩ gentleness, ⬩ weakness
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Gif hwá for his hnescnysse ðæt fæsten áberan ne mæg si quis præ mollitie sua jejunium perferre nequeat, L. Ecg. P. iv. 60; Th. ii. 220, 24. Gif þurh his hnescnysse seó heord forwurþ if through his want of vigour the flock perish, L. I.
swealwe
A swallow
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For instances of the word in local names, see Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 338
Linked entry: swalewe
swegle
Brightly, brilliantly, splendidly,
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Scíneþ sunna swegle hát, sóna gecerreþ ísmere ǽnlíc on his ágen gecynd (cf. ðæt is for ðære sunna[n] scíman tó his ágnum gecynde weorþe, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 1), Met. 28, 61. Sumor swegle hát, Exon. Th. 338, 13; Gn.
sendan
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Sende ðá his béne fore bearn Godes, Andr. Kmbl. 3224; An. 1615. Sendon hira béne fore bearn Godes, 2055; An. 1030. Þinga gehwylces ðara ðe ðú mé sendan wylle tó cunnunge, Exon. Th. 453, 32 ; Hy. 4, 23.
þurh-teón
to carry through ⬩ get a proposal accepted, a request granted ⬩ to carry out a plan, orders, etc. ⬩ give effect to an intention ⬩ to carry through ⬩ carry on to a (successful) end ⬩ to accomplish ⬩ perform ⬩ to perpetrate ⬩ to carry on ⬩ continue ⬩ to bring to a successful issue ⬩ to achieve ⬩ bring about ⬩ bring to pass ⬩ to afford ⬩ to go through ⬩ undergo ⬩ to draw ⬩ drag
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so for six and twenty days he continued the journey, as if he were with certainty travelling to some one, Homl.
á-licgan
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Álicgan heonan forð þá unlaga henceforth let there be an end of all bad laws, Ll. Th. i. 312, 13. Þæt on his dagum sceolde rihtwísnes and wísdóm beón swá swíðe álegen ( be brought so low ). Ps. Th. 11. arg.
Linked entry: á-lecgan
butsa-carlas
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['The " butsecarls" stand in the same relation to the "scip-fyrd" that the housecarls occupy towards the " land-fyrd "; i. e. they are the king's standing force, as opposed to the national levies.
horu
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[A weak form occurs, Hml. S. 7, 129.] of physical impurity (or uncertain) Fúles horewes squalentis ceni, An. Ox. 3598. Mixe, horwe ceno, i. luto, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 71. Fúle horewas putidos (ergastuli) squalores, An.
á-þeówan
to drive away ⬩ force away ⬩ to press out ⬩ thrust out ⬩ squeeze out ⬩ to press into
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Grammar á-þeówan, (v. þeówan),á-þéwan, á-þýwan, á-þýgan, á-þýn. to drive away, force away Þú út áþýdest ús, (reppulisti) Ps. L. 59, 3. Áþýgdest, 42, 2. Hé hié áweg áþéwde, Ors. 6, 36; S. 294, 2. Út áþýde egessit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 32, 10.
swerian
To swear, make oath. ⬩ absolute ⬩ to swear by or on ⬩ to swear to anything ⬩ to swear an oath by something ⬩ to swear by, on . . . that . . .
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Ðæt land ðe ic fore swór heora fæderum terram pro qua juravi patribus eorum, Num. 14, 23. Ðæt land ðe ðú hira fæderum fore swóre, 11, 12. Hí wið mé sweórun adversum me jurabant, Ps. Surt. 101, 9. Ic secge eów, ðæt gé eallunga ne swerion, Mt.
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of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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God wile ðæt wé mid gemáglícum bénum his mildheortnesse ofgán God wishes us to seek for his mercy by importunate prayers, Homl. Th. ii. 126, 5.
Linked entry: of-eode
ge-síne
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R. 24, 11 : Rtl. 86, 14. v. forþ-gesíne, íþ-gesíne, un-gesíne
lícettan
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Swelce hé lícette eáðmétto, and doo ðeáh for gilpe. 51, 3. with acc. and complementary adj.
lah-mann
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C. 38; Th. i. 461, 21 the latinized form of the word occurs Postea inquirat justicia per lagemannos, et per meliores homines de burgo vel hundredo vel villa. See Cl. & Vig. Dict. sub voce lögmaðr
gréting
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Lufiaþ grétinga on strǽtum diligitis salutationes in foro, 11, 43. Pápa sende Eádwine grétinge the pope sent to Edwin greeting, Bd. 2, 10; S. 512, 20.
bleoh
colour ⬩ form
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S. 23, 13. form Hú moniges bleós bið ðæt deófol and se Pater Noster? Ðrítiges bleós . . . Ðæt deófol bið on cildes onlícnisse; se Pater Noster on háliges gástes onlícnisse, Sal. K. 144, 1-7. Hé brǽd hine on feala bleóna þurh deófles þegnunga, Bl.
clǽne
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Ǽlcere synne swá clǽne ámerede, swá ǽfre ǽnig gold mæg clǽnost ámerod weorðan, Wlfst. 96, 14. in full, without reservation Man sealde Godwine clǽne his eorldóm, swá full and swá forð swá hé fyrmest áhte, Chr. 1052; P. 180, 29. [O. H. Ger. chleino.]