god
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Hié God sylfne áhéngon, El. 209. where the three persons are given Se Ælmihtiga Fæder is God, and his Sunu is Ælmihtig God, and se Hálga Gást is Ælmihtig God; ná ðrý Godas, ac hí ealle án Ælmihtig God untódǽledlic, Hml.
un-ábeden
Unbidden ⬩ unasked
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Unbidden, unasked God beád mancynne ðæt hí hine biddan sceoldon, and hé wile syllan unábeden ðæt ðæt wé ús ne wéndon þurh úre béne, Homl. Th. ii. 372, 16: L. O. 8; Th. i. 180, 28
Linked entry: á-biddan
CÍGAN
To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summon ⬩ vocare, nominare, invocare, convocare ⬩ To cry, call ⬩ clamare, vocare
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Ealle gewunedon hí móder cýgean all were accustomed to call her mother, Bd. 4, 23; S. 594, 39. Swá hine cígþ Engle and Seaxe as the Angles and Saxons call it, Menol. Fox 366; Men. 184.
under-hnígan
to descend beneath ⬩ go lower than a place ⬩ to submit to what is laborious or painful ⬩ be subjected to evil ⬩ undergo punishment
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., Grammar under-hnígan, with acc. of that which is undergone Ðonne hí ða scandlícan lustas ðisses middangeardes mid hira módes willan underhnígaþ cum turpi hujus mundi desiderio humanae mentis voluntas substernitur, Past. 52; Swt. 405, 3.
heáh-geréfa
A high reeve, reeve of high rank
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A high reeve, reeve of high rank. Kemble, Saxons in England, ii. 156, observes of this word, 'It is a name of very indefinite signification, though not of very rare occurrence.
FÓT
a FOOT ⬩ pés ⬩ the foot ⬩ pēs
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Swá his fót gestóp where his foot stepped, Andr. Kmbl. 3163; An. 1584. Námen ðá ðet fótspure ðe wæs undernæðen his fóte then [they] took the footstool, that was underneath his foot, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 8.
ge-helan
To conceal ⬩ hide ⬩ cover up ⬩ cēlāre ⬩ occŭlere ⬩ tĕgĕre
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Woldon hí and wéndon dæt hí ðǽr mihton dígle and geholene beón fram andsýne ðæs unholdan cyninges occŭlendos se a făci rēgis victōris crēdĭdissent, 4, 16; S. 584, 25
ge-wénan
To hope ⬩ expect ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ esteem
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Ðás beóþ men gewénede hi putantur homines fuisse, Nar. 35, 33
ymb-þanc
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Hié eallneg rǽswaþ and ondrǽdaþ ðæt hí mon tǽlan wille and beóð eallneg mid ðæm ymbeðoncan (-ðonce, Cott. MSS.) ábisgode and ofdrǽdde dum deprehendi metuunt, semper pavidis suspicionibus agitantur Past. 35; Swt. 239, 7.
á-gildan
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Th. i. 274, 3. to pay for, make retribution for Hí sculon deóre ágildan eal þæt hí forgímdon. Wlfst. 190, 22. Þá ǽrran þing ágoldene wǽron. Ors. 5, 15; S. 250, 31
weorold-líf
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Nis him onwendednes on woruldlífe non est illis commutatio, 54, 20: 114, 7: 118, 92 : Cd. Th. 222, 12 ; Dan. 103 : Exon. Th. 172, 11; Gú. 1142 : 294, 15 ; Crä. 15 : Wulfst. 258, 15.
ge-cennan
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Gecened, 1. 13. to give forth a statement, declare, make known. absolute, to state the conditions of a case Ic gecende be ðám ðe ic cúðe; sé ðe bet cunne gecýðe his máre I have set forth the state of things as I knew it; let him that knows it better
swán
a herd, particularly a swineherd; ⬩ a man, warrior ⬩ boy, lad, journeyman
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Hit gelamp ðæt ðæs swánes wíf hǽtte hire ofen . . . and cwæþ tó ðan kinge: 'Wænd ðú ða hláfes ðæt heó ne forbeornen, for ðam ic geseó dæighwamlíce ðæt ðú micelǽte eart. Shrn. 16, 13-20. Swána steorra (cf. swán-steorra) hesperius. Wrt.
Linked entry: swon-
són
A musical sound, music vocal or instrumental
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Gif hit mycel geférǽden is sýn hý (the psalms) mid antefene gesungene, gif seó geférǽden lytel is, sýn hý forðrihte bútan sóne gesungene si major congregatio fuerit cum antiphonis, si vero minor in directum psallantur R. Ben. 41, 9.
Linked entry: be-sóne
CWELLAN
To kill, slay = QUELL? ⬩ necare, trucidare, occidere, mactare
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necare, trucidare, occidere, mactare Ða cwelleras ne woldan hine cwellan the executioners would not till him, Bd. 5, 19; S. 638, 30: Cd. 140; Th. 176, 2; Gen. 2905: Hy. 7, 105; Hy. Grn. ii. p. 289, 105.
cyne-hláford
A royal lord, sovereign lord, king ⬩ regius vel supremus dominus, rex
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A royal lord, sovereign lord, king; regius vel supremus dominus, rex Be his cynehláfordes geþafunge with the permission of his royal lord, Cod. Dipl. 593; A. D. 965-975; Kmbl. iii. 127, 8.
níhsta
A neighbour ⬩ proximus
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Tó nýhstan his, Ps. Spl. 11, 2 : Ps. Th. 11, 2
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deór-ling
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His (Godwin's) sunan wǽron eorlas and þæs cynges dýrlingas, Chr. 1052 ; P. 176, 24. Dýrlingas penates, Germ. 397, 448. Se wela þe hé ( the king ) gifþ his deórlingum, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 3.
mægen-þrymm
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Lbmn. 415, 19. mighty power Ðonne hé cymð mid his mægenðrymme tó démanne and his wuldor tó ætiéwanne cum virtutis suae gloriam venit ostendere, Past. 307, 17
lácan
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Add: to delude, trick Óðer gást lǽdeð hine and lǽceð (læceð? v. læccan) and geond land spaneð, Sal. 496.