folgere
aFOLLOWER ⬩ attendant ⬩ disciple ⬩ assecla ⬩ pĕdĭsĕquus ⬩ assectātor
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aFOLLOWER, attendant, disciple; assecla, pĕdĭsĕquus, assectātor Folgere assecla, Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 131; Wrt. Voc. 60, 35. Hwæt wille we sprecan be ðam cyninge, and be his folgerum what shall we say about the king, and about his followers? Bt. 29
frum-sceaft
the first creation ⬩ the creation ⬩ beginning ⬩ origin ⬩ original state or condition ⬩ prīma creātio ⬩ ŏrīgo ⬩ prīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtio ⬩ a created being ⬩ creature ⬩ creātūra
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the first creation, the creation, beginning, origin, original state or condition; prīma creātio, ŏrīgo, prīmĭtīva vel pristĭna condĭtio Sing me frumsceaft canta princĭpium creatūrārum, Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 16. Moyses awrát ǽrest be frumsceafte Moses wrote
æt-berstan
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Add: of actual motion, absolute Hé ætbærst and hé ys geworden né tó wealdgengan, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 5. Se here ætbærst, Chr. 992; P. 127, 17. Uneáþe cwic ætberstende, Coll. M. 27, 3. when person from whom or place from which is given, dat. Hé heom
blind
dark ⬩ dim ⬩ blind
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Add: physical Ic wæs blind bám eágum, Hml. Th. i. 422, 7: Bt. 38, 5; F. 206, 26. Palpo ic grápige; hic palpo ðes blinda mann, hujus palponis ðyses blindan, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 216, 10. (Dele the rendering in Dict.) figurative, of persons Ðá dysegan men sint
el-þeódignes
exile ⬩ banishment ⬩ pilgrimage
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Add: absence from one's own country, generally that which is a result of compulsion or of a sense of religious duty, exile, banishment, pilgrimage Wræcsíð exilium, ælðeódignes peregrinatio, Wrt. Voc. i. 51, 37. literal: In forsetenesse elþeódignesse
fús
ready ⬩ eager ⬩
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Add: where there is prompt or rapid movement. of a person Hé fús gewát from his ágenum hofe Isaac lǽdan, Gen. 2869. Þǽr fúse feorran cwóman tó þám æðelinge, Kr. 57. Hé gemétte Hingwar mid eallre his fyrde fúse tó Eádmunde (hurrying to Edmund), Hml. S
swice
departure, escape, ⬩ escape from that which threatens to befall, evasion ⬩ outcome, event, issue ⬩ deceit, fraud, treachery ⬩ offence, stumbling-block, snare ⬩ scandalum
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departure, escape, v. swícan, II. Helle hlinduru nágon hwyrft ne swice, útsíþ ǽfre the gates of hell allow of no return or escape, of egress ever, Exon. Th. 364, 30; Wal. 78. escape from that which threatens to befall, evasion :-- Ne biþ ð æes lengra-swice
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here
an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging
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an army. Add: a body of armed men. not referring to England, an army, a host Cempa miles, here exercitus, Wrt. Voc. i. 72, 69: faccus, exercitus, ii. 146, 70. Fird, here expeditio, 29, 69. Bið se here eal ídel, ðonne hé on óðer folc winnan sceal, gif
Æðelflǽd
Æthelfled ⬩ Æthelfleda
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Æthelfled; Æthelfleda, The eldest and most intellectual daughter of king Alfred the Great, and sister of king Edward, the Elder. She married Æthelred, a Mercian nobleman, who was made viceroy of Mercia by king Alfred. He died in A. D. 912, Chr. Erl. 100
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hyld
Favour ⬩ protection ⬩ grace ⬩ loyalty ⬩ allegiance
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Favour, protection, grace [of a superior to an inferior], loyalty, allegiance [of the inferior to the superior] Ic hálsige eów for ðæs cáseres helda ðæt gé mé secgon I adjure you by your allegiance to the emperor that you tell me, Nicod. 8; Thw. 4, 7
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L
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In the later specimens of the West Saxon dialect those words in which the vowel a immediately preceded a combination of consonants beginning with 1 are generally found to have undergone a change which was represented by writing ea instead of a. This change
BÓSUM
The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts ⬩ sinus, gremium, pectus, interna ⬩ sinus
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The space included by the folding of the arms, the BOSOM, lap, breast, interior parts; sinus, gremium, pectus, interna Ðæt ic híg bǽre on mínum bósume, swá fóstormódor déþ cyld ut portarem eos in sinu meo, sicut portare solet nutrix infantulum, Num.
telga
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A branch, bough, literal Telge ramus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 24, 32: Mk. Skt. Lind. 13, 28. Telgan fronde, Wrt. Voc. ii. 33, 60. Telgan virgultum, i. 39, 17. Unberende telgan spadones, 38, 8. Telgan gehladene, Exon. Th. 202, 28; Ph. 76. Telgu rami, Mk. Skt.
ge-tæl
a number ⬩ series ⬩ reckoning ⬩ computation ⬩ numerus ⬩ series ⬩ computus ⬩ computatio ⬩ a company ⬩ race ⬩ tribe ⬩ centuria ⬩ tribus ⬩ a book of reckoning ⬩ a register ⬩ catalogue ⬩ laterculum ⬩ catalogus ⬩ = κατάλoγos
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a number, series, reckoning, computation; numerus, series, computus, computatio Ðæra etendra getæl wæs fíf þúsenda wera manducantium fuit numerus quinque millia virorum, Mt. Bos. 14, 21. Seó Abbudisse hét hine [Cædmon] lǽran ðæt getæl ðæs hálgan stǽres
fandian
to try ⬩ to tempt ⬩ to try ⬩ to try ⬩ taste ⬩ feel ⬩ to try ⬩ to visit ⬩ tempt ⬩ provoke ⬩ attempt
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Dele passage from Runic poem, and add: to try, test the quality or character of an object (gen.) Gáð tó smiððan, and fandiað þises goldes, Hml. Th. i. 64, 6. On ðǽm anbíde ðe hé hira fandige interveniente correptionis articulo, Past. 153, 15. God áfandað
fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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Add: fire Ðonne mon beám on wuda forbærne, . . . geselle, .LX. sciłł., for þám þe fýr bið þeóf . . . sió æx bið melda, nalles þeóf, Ll. Th. i. 128, 19. On þissum geáre atýwde ꝥ wilde fýr (v. wilde, IV.), Chr. 1032; P. 159, 4. Fýr oððe fýres god Vulcanus
scúr
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a shower, storm of rain, snow, hail, etc. Scúr nimbus, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 60 : 76, 42. Scyúr (scúr, Rush.), Lk. Skt. Lind. 12, 54. Ðes scúr hic imber, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18; Zup. 43, 7. Swylce scúr ofer gærs quasi imber super herbam, Cant. M. ad fil. 2. Rénes
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scilling
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as a denomination of English money (uncoined), a shilling. The shilling appears to have been of different values in different parts of the country; in Wessex five pennies make a shilling: Fíf penegas gemacigaþ ǽune scillinge, Ælfc. Gr. 50; Som. 52, 8:
wrixlan
to change ⬩ vary ⬩ alter ⬩ to change ⬩ alternate ⬩ to exchange ⬩ deal ⬩ conversation ⬩ intercourse ⬩ to lend ⬩ of what is lent ⬩ of words ⬩ to speak
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to change, vary, alter Is him áæt heáfod hindan gréne, wrǽtlíce wrixleþ wurman geblonden (the head shews shifting colours), Exon. Th. 218, 13; Ph. 294. with dat. of that in which change is made Ic þurh múþ sprece mongum reordum, wrencum singe, wrixle
duguþ
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Add: The word is sometimes masc. virtue, excellence Sinope tó eácan hiere hwætscipe and hiere monigfealdum duguþum hiere líf geendade on mægðháde Sinope singulorum virtutis gloriam perpetua virginitate cumulavit, Ors. 1, 10; S. 46, 25. Sé wǽre wierðe