hwyrft
A turn ⬩ revolution ⬩ going ⬩ course ⬩ orbit ⬩ circuit ⬩ orb ⬩ circle
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Sóna æfter ðǽm wordum helle hæftas hwyrftum scríðaþ þúsendmǽlum straightway after those words shall the captives of hell by thousands bend thither their steps, Cd. 227; Th. 304, 17; Sat. 631: Beo. Th. 329; B. 163.
Linked entry: hwearft
samod
Together. ⬩ and, both . . . and, also, too
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Somod eardedon Meotudes bearn and se monnes sunu. Exon. Th. 8, 30; Cri. 125. Tó gebede feóllon sinhíwan somed, Cd. Th. 48, 19; Gen. 778. Samed síþian. Exon.
and-weardnes
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On andwerdnysse beón to be present, ii. 288, 7. On andwyrdnysse standan, 30, 12. Tó andwerdnesse (-wurdnysse, Hpt. Gl. 477, 21) ad praesentiam, An. Ox. 3015. temporal Þysses dæges þe wé nú on andweardnesse ( at the present time ) weorþiað, Bl.
ciric-sócn
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L. 30, 4. seeking a church for protection, a church as sanctuary. v. sócn, Be ciricsócnum. Gif hwá sié deáðes scyldig, and hé cirican geierne, Ll.
earm-sceapen
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Ðá micelan wíta þe þǽr beóð þám earmsceapenan for heora ǽrdǽdum gegearwode, Wlfst. 137, 1
fore-weard
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Ne mihte hé beón weorðe þǽra forewarde þe him ǽr behátene wǽron, Chr. 1093; P. 228, 2. [Þá þreó þúsend marc þe him seó cyng be foreweard ǽlce geáre gifan sceolde, 1103; P. 238, 24.
Linked entries: on-foreweardan fór-weard
hlíp
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a leaping-place, a place to be jumped over (v. N. E. D. deer-leap a lower place in a hedge or fence where deer may leap) On hinde-hlýp; of hinde-hlýpe, C. D. iv. 19, 24.
Linked entry: hlípe-burna
werian
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Hwæt sindon gé searohæbbendra byrnum werede, Beo. Th. 481; B. 238: 5052; B. 2529. Hí lifgaþ á leóhte werede, Exon. Th. 237, 26; Ph. 596. to wear a garment, wear or bear a weapon, etc.
sib
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Hréðel ( the grandfather of Beowulf) sibbe gemunde, næs ic (Beowulf ) him láðra beorn ðonne his bearna hwylc, Beo. Th. 4854; B. 2431.
Linked entry: syb
andeta
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Substitute: The word seems indeclinable and to be used only in the phrase beón (wesan, weorþan) andetta = to admit a charge, liability, & c., with gen.
HERE
An army ⬩ a host ⬩ multitude ⬩ a large predatory band
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In. 15; Th. i. 112, 1, be herige; and L. Alf. 28; Th. i. 52, 2.] Hé gearo wǽre tó ðæs heres þearfe he would be ready to supply the needs of the Danes, Chr. 874; Erl. 76, 32: 878; Erl. 80, 3.
Linked entries: flot-herge hors-here
hreósan
To fall ⬩ fall down ⬩ ruere ⬩ corruere
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Ðý læs cild sý hreósende ðæt is fylleseóc lest a child be falling, that is, be ill of the falling sickness [epilepsy ], L. Med. ex Quadr. 5, 12; Lchdm. i. 350, 12. Hríð hreósende the storm rushing, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 20; Wand. 102.
fæstnung
stability ⬩ fixity ⬩ fortifying ⬩ a fastening ⬩ binding ⬩ an exhortation ⬩ confirmation ⬩ ratification ⬩ a covenant ⬩ assurance
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Be þám his beháte sette hé fæstnunga mid gewrite tó ðæs abbodes naman and ðǽra hálgena þe heora bán on ðǽre stówe restað. Wríte hé ðá fæstnunga mid his ágenre handa, R. Ben. 100, 1-4.
nimþe
Unless ⬩ except
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Th. 93, 16 : Beo. Th. 3321; B. 1657.
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forod
Broken ⬩ fractured ⬩ violated ⬩ fractus ⬩ violātus
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Gif se earm biþ forod if the arm be broken, L. Alf. pol. 54; Th. i. 94, 24, note 57. Gif monnes ceácan mon forslihþ, ðæt hie beóþ forode if a man smite another's cheeks, so that they be broken, L. Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 15: Ps. Th. 30, 12.
Linked entries: forad fored forud un-forfeored
ge-ortrúwian
To distrust, despair ⬩ diffīdĕre, dēspērāre
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To distrust, despair; diffīdĕre, dēspērāre Ða ðé ne lǽtaþ geortrúwian be ðis andweardan lífe they suffer thee not to despair of this present life, Bt. 10; Fox 30, 7.
Linked entry: ge-ortréwan
ge-riht-lǽcan
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Menn be his láre heora líf gerihtlǽton men by his instruction rectified their lives, Homl. Th. ii. 146, 8. Gif we beóþ fram úrum ðwyrnyssum gerihtlǽhte if we be corrected from our perversities, 124, 35
ge-réþru
Rudder, helm
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'Geréþrum' can however hardly be a case of 'geréþra' nauta, as singular number would be used with ‘ǽlc;’ it is rather a plural like ‘geatwe’ or ‘frætwe’
strand
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Hí sǽton be ðam strande secus littus sedentes, Mt. Kmbl. 13, 48 : Jn. Skt. 21, 4. Ða eode hé be strande, Ap. Th. 7, 19. Gáþ tó ðære sǽ strande, Homl. Th. i. 64, 3. Urk mín húskarl habbe his strand eall forne gén hys ágen land, Cod. Dip.
glengan
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Manege mid oferrence glengdan hý sylfe, Wlfst. 46, 2. to adorn, be an ornament to, be becoming to Ne glenget non decet (non decent stultum verba composita, Prov. 17, 7), Kent.