sundor-hálga
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Ðæra wrítera and sundorhálgena, 5, 20. Sunderhálgena, Homl. Th. ii. 216, 26. Ða wǽron of sundorhálgon, Jn. Skt. 1, 24
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mearcung
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D. 7, 3. a mark Wrítera mearcunga notariorum caracteres, An. Ox. 2847. a description Steorwigele, mearcunge (stiorwigle ł mearcunge, Hpt. Gl. 468, 1) constellationem (cf. constellatio, notatio siderum, Corp. Gl. H. 33, 517), An. Ox. 2631
sealm-scop
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A writer or maker of psalms, a psalmist (generally the psalmist David) Se sealmscop (salm-, Cott. MSS.), Past. 1; Swt. 29, 8. Salmscop, 14; Swt. 85, 23. Psalmsceop (-scop, Cott. MSS.), 37; Swt. 273, 13: 275, 21. Se sealmsceop, Blickl.
bócere
A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructor ⬩ scriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus
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Ǽlc gelǽred bócere forlǽt ealde þing and niwe every learned writer brings out old things and new, 39, 5.
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un-seht
Not in agreement ⬩ in hostility ⬩ at variance
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The same writer, under the year 1070, notes that Edric was reconciled with William) and fought with the garrison at Hereford, Chr. 1067; Erl. 203, 40.
heard-sǽlþ
A hard fate, ill fortune, misfortune, unhappiness, wickedness, misconduct
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Hit gebyrede þurh ða heardsǽlþa ðara wrítera ðæt hí for heora slǽwþe and for gímeléste and for recceléste forléton unwriten ðara monna dǽda ðe on hiora dagum foremǽroste wǽron quam multos clarissimos suis temporibus viros scriptorum inops delevit oblivio
rún-stæf
a rune
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Isaac Taylor's Greeks and Goths, and the same writer's work 'The Alphabet.' Ðrý sind in naman rúnstafas, Exon. Th. 440, 9; Rä. 59, 15. Ic mæg þurh rúnstafas rincum secgan, ðam ðe béc witan, 429, 17; Rä. 43, 6.
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Dene-mearc
DENMARK ⬩ Dānia
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In Danish mark signifies a country; hence Denmark the low country of the Danes: so Finmark thee is the most early writer hitherto known, who mentions Denmark] Wulfstán sǽde ðæt he gefóre of Hǽðum.
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twǽman
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Þys táken gesetton ða ealdan wríteras on ciriclícum bócum, ðæt hig twǽmdon oððe ætýwdon ða gewitnyssa háligra gewrita, Anglia viii. 334, 11. to part what has been joined Man wite, ðæt hý þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón, ðe læs ðe man eft twǽme ðæt man
feþer
a feather ⬩ a wing ⬩ a pen ⬩ quill
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Mín tunge ys gelícost þæs wríteres feþere þe hraðost wrít lingua mea calamus scribae velociter scribentis, Ps. Th. 44, 2. Swylce sum getýd wer sum metervers mid his feðere áwríte, Angl. viii. 317, 23
word-cwide
a saying ⬩ words ⬩ speech ⬩ language
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Sum mæg searolíce wordcwide wrítan one is a clear writer, Exon. Th. 42, 15 ; Cri. 673
same
Similarly, in the same way
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Swá same swá Hú ne forealldodon ða gewritu swá some swá ða wríteras dydon, Bt. 18, 3; Fox 66, 1. Twá ðara gecyndu habbaþ nétenu swá swá men, 33, 4; Fox 132, 5. Ðǽr wífmenn feohtaþ swá same swá wǽpnedmen. Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 76, 27
Cwén-land
Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north. Malte-Brun says that the inhabitants of Cwén-land were a Finnish race. They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines. 'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . . Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman
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They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines.
ge-wyrd
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Ox. 8, 15 a (v. ge-wyrdelic; gewyrd-wrítere). Ge-wyrda fata, i. fortuna, eventus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 28. Cf. Gewyrd fatus, ta, tum (ut rerum tibi fata latentia solvant, Aid. 153, 9), An. Ox. 18 b, 32. what is made, an effect.
lǽce-finger
The leech-finger
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See too in the same writer's Dictionarius, Wrt. Voc. p. 121, 35 'medicus dicitur digitus eo quod illo medici imponunt medicinam.'
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hreód
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Or should wríteres be read for writ? The best version is given in Ps. Rdr. where calamus scribę, is rendered wrítingfeþer bóceres) hrædlíce wrítendes calamus scribae uelociter scribentis, Ps. L. 44, 2.
wé
We. ⬩ used of more than one person, ⬩ dual ⬩ plural ⬩ used by a king in reference to himself and his counsellors ⬩ used of one person, ⬩ by a writer or speaker ⬩ by a prince
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E. 6; Th. i. 364, 5. used of one person, by a writer or speaker Nú hæbbe wé scortlíce gesǽd (cf. Scortlíce ic hæbbe nú gesǽd, 10, 3), Ors. 1,1; Swt. 14, 26: 22, 1: 24, 23. Swá wé ǽr cwǽdon (cf. swá ic ǽr cwæþ, 8, 14), 24, 32.
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stæf
a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning
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Oft gehwá gesihþ fægre stafas áwritene, ðonne heraþ hé ðone wrítere and ða stafas, and nát hwæt hí mǽnaþ, Homl. Th. i. 186, 1-3: Lchdm. iii. 290, 13. Ne cúðe hé bóclíce stafas ... hé nǽnne stæf ne cúðe, Homl.
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ge-hwá
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Nis hit nán wundor ðeáh hwá wéne ꝥ swylces gehwæt (hwæt, v. l. ) unmyndlinga gebyrige, Bt. 39, 2 ; F. 214, 9. some one (thing) Oft gehwá gesihð fægre stafas áwritene, þonne herað hé ðone wrítere, Hml.
ge-weald
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another does (where another's action is dependent upon oneself, v. ge-wealdes; ) Ic bidde nú, gif hwá þás bóc áwrítan wylle, ꝥ hé hig gerihte wel be þǽre bysne; for þan þe ic náh geweald ( I cannot help it ) þeáh þe hig hwá tó woge bringe þurh lease wríteras