mǽrþu
greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work
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Ic ongite ðæt . . ða mǽstan mǽrþa ne sint on ðysse woruldgylpe video . . nec celebritatem gloria posse contingere, 33, 1; Fox 120, 4. Mǽrþa gesǽligost most blessed of glories, Salm. Kmbl. 136; Sal. 67.
simble
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Ne swylteþ hé symle ac him eft cymeþ bót he does not die for ever, does not remain dead, but remedy comes again to him, Exon.
burg
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Th. i. 432, 16. where the idea of fortification is at least not prominent, a town, city Burh municipium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 8. Sió burg Siracusas, 84, 33.
ceaster
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</b> of hell :-- Hé byrnwígend tó þám burggeatum lǽdan ne wolde; ac þá locu feollon, clústor of þám ceastrum ( at the harrowing of hell ), Hö. 40. used of places in England [in place-names gen. -ceastres and -ceastre occur, and the acc.
ealdor
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Þæt dǽra ðeóstra ealdras mé ne geméton, Hml. Th. i. 76, 4. of things, the chief, principal of its kind, head Seó Níl is ealdor fallicra (ful- ?) eá Nilus est capud fluuiorum.
flíma
a run-away ⬩ deserter ⬩ an apostate ⬩ an outlaw ⬩ exile ⬩ an outcast ⬩ wretch
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N. E.
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ge-girwan
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Mid fellum gegerwed pellibus uestitus, Nar. 27, 1. Gegered, Ps. Srt. 131, 9. Gegyrlan gegyred fasce togatus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 83. Synd hí on sóðfæstnesse gegierede induantur justitia, Ps.
Linked entries: girwan ge-gerwan ge-girwung ge-gyrian
ge-neahhe
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Swég úp ástág níwe geneahhe (new enough, i. e. that had not been heard before, for Grendel had never been attacked in the hall), B. 783. Hé hǽðengield gesóhte neóde geneahhe ( very diligently), Jul. 24.
ge-dihtan
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S. 23, 347. to arrange God þás þingc swá gescifte, and mid his fadunge gedihte, ꝥ heora nán gefélan ne mihte, Hml. S. 23, 257. Hú hé þurh gesihðe gedihte þá mynstertimbrunge de fabrica monasterii per visionem at eo disposita, Gl. D. 147, ii.
ge-freógan
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Ué nǽnigum ne gehérdon ǽfre, huu ðú cueðes, 'Gé biðon gefriód (-frióde, R.),' Jn. L. 8, 33. (l a) figuratively :-- Gif sunu iów gefrióð (-friáð, L.), sóðlíce frió gé bióðon. Jn. R. 8, 36.
hlutor
clear ⬩ bright ⬩ shining ⬩ splendid ⬩ bright ⬩ untroubled ⬩ peace ⬩ clear ⬩ splendid ⬩ glorious ⬩ illustrious ⬩ brilliant ⬩ guilt ⬩ deceit ⬩ pure ⬩ sincere
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Swín þe . . . nyllaþ hí áspyligan on hlúttrum wæterum, 37, 5; F. 192, 27. of air, weather, clear, not cloudy Þurh þá hlútran per sudum Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 64. of bright objects, bright, shining, splendid, not dimmed (lit. and fig.)
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mearc
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Th. i. 226, 13. a sign, token, indication, symptom Him næs nán deáðes mearc on gesewen, Hml.
ǽr
early ⬩ expressing readiness, quickness, soon ⬩ earlier, before ⬩ previously, beforehand ⬩ sooner ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ first
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S. 31, 788. making present perfect and preterite pluperfect :-- Redic ete ǽr, ne mæg ðé nán man áttre áwyrdan if you have eaten radish, nobody can injure yon by poison, Lch. ii. 110, 10.
ge-standan
to stand ⬩ stand still ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ exist ⬩ be ⬩ stāre ⬩ mănēre. existĕre ⬩ esse ⬩ to stand against any one ⬩ oppose ⬩ oppress ⬩ attack ⬩ urge ⬩ seize ⬩ insurgĕre ⬩ ingruĕre ⬩ urgĕre ⬩ corrĭpĕre
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Ne mæg hús náht lange standan on ðam heán múnte, gif hit full ungemetlíc wind gestent a house cannot long stand on the high mountain if a violent wind press on it, Bt. 12; Fox 36, 16: 38, 1; Fox 194, 10.
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wer
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Ðú ne wilnast weora ǽniges deáð, Ps. C. 54. Feówertig daga níð wæs wællgrim werum, Cd. Th. 83, 23; Gen. 1384: 109, 1; Gen. 1816. Lencten on tún geliden hæfde werum tó wícum, Menol. Fox 58; Men. 29. Næs ðǽr hláfes wist werum, Andr. Kmbl. 43; An. 22.
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wíc
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Ðæt nán biscop ne nán mæssepreóst næbbe on his wícan ne on his húse wunigende ǽnigne wífman, L. Ælfc. P. 31; Th. ii. 376, 21. Of Lambhyrste tó huntan wícan ( huntsman's lodge ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 219, 9.
wyn
delight ⬩ pleasure ⬩ delightfully ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ a delight ⬩ that which causes pleasure ⬩ the best of a class, ⬩ the pride of its kind. ⬩ the name of the w-rune
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Grammar wyn, with prep. tó, marking object in which delight is taken Ne biþ him tó hearpan hyge, ne tó wife wyn, Exon. Th. 308, 25; Seef. 45. Wæs mé wyn tó ðon, 380, 22; Rä. 1, 2. Næs him tó máðme wynn, Andr. Kmbl. 2228; An. 1115 : 2326; An. 1164.
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Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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It appears most probable that Beowulf was originally an Old Norse heathen Saga, written in the language common at the earliest age in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, but now only spoken in Iceland.
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FYRD
an army ⬩ the military array of the whole country ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ an army ⬩ agmen ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ a camp ⬩ castrum
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Ðeáh ðú mid us ne fare on fyrd though thou go not with us in the expedition, Ps. Th. 43, 11.
ge-ban
a command ⬩ ordinance ⬩ decree ⬩ proclamation ⬩ mandātum ⬩ stătūtum ⬩ decrētum ⬩ the indiction ⬩ indictio ⬩ edictum
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N. P. 4; Th. ii. 290, 20. Grammar ge-ban, ge-bann, -bonn, es; n. the indiction; indictio, edictum. The indiction is a cycle or revolution of 15 years, like the date of the year from the Birth of our Saviour.
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