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earming

(n.)
Grammar
earming, erming, yrming, es; m.

A wretched or miserable being mĭser

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Ða ðe ðæs wélan gitsiaþ, hí biþ symle wædlan and earmingas on hyra móde they who covet wealth are always poor and miserable beings in their mind, Prov. Kmbl. 50

Linked entry: erming

burg

(n.)
Grammar
burg, burh, burhg, buruh (-ug, -ig), byrg, byrig; gen. byrig, burge, burhge, burcge; dat. byrg, byrig, byrh, burh; n. acc. pl. byrg, byrig, burh, burga, burha; gen. pl. burga, burha; dat. pl. burgum, burhum, byrgum.
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Tó burge and tó wealle ad arcem et ad moenia, Kent. Gl. 287. For íserne weall betuh ðǽm wítgan and ðǽre byrig (byrh, v.l. ), Past. 165, 10. Hine wærlíce healdan on ðǽre byrg his módes intra mentis castra se munire, 431, 6.

Bebban burh

(n.)
Grammar
Bebban burh,
  • Chr. 547; Th. 28, 25; 29, 24 : 641
  • ;
  • Th. 49, 3 : 993
  • ;
  • Th. 240, 17; 241, 16, col. 2
  • :
Bæbba-burh,
  • Chr. 1093; Th. 360, 6
  • :
Bebba-burh,
  • Chr. 1095 ; Th. 361, 39, 40
  • :
gen. -burge ; dat. -byrig ; acc. -burg, -burh; f.

BAMBOROUGH, in NorthumberlandBabbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum

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He timbrode Bebban burh, seó wæs ǽrost mid hegge betýned, and ðǽr æfter mid wealle here [A. D. 547] Ida began to reign, from whom arose the royal race of the Northumbrians, and reigned twelve years.

Linked entries: Bæbban burh Bebba-burh

a-settan

(v.)
Grammar
a-settan, p. -sette ; pp. -seted, -sett.

to setputplaceappointlayset uperectbuildto set or taketo plantponerestatuereconstituereinstituerecollocaredeponeredesumereplantareto make a journeyiter facere

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Hét ǽnne weall asettan he ordered a wall to be built, Ors. 6, 15 ; Bos: 122, 34. Hét hí eft asettan he bade her again be taken, Exon. 69 a; Th. 256, 14; Jul. 231.

Linked entries: a-seted a-sette

stǽnen

(adj.)
Grammar
stǽnen, (in the oblique cases the -en is sometimes contracted or absorbed; see below, and for other instances see under stapol); adj.
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Weall stǽnene, Cd. Th. 101, 33; Gen. 1691. Wíf hæbbende stǽnna (stǽna, Rush.) fulle smirinisse mulier habens alabdstrum unguenti, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 7. Ða stǽnenan bredu the tables of stone, Past. 17; Swt. 125, 18: Ex. 31, 18.

F

At the end of syllables, and between two vowels, the Anglo-Saxon f is occasionally represented by u, the present English v; it is, therefore, probable that the Anglo-Saxon f in this position had the sound of our present v, as Luu, luf = lufu love; fíf five; hæuþ, hæfþ haveth; Euen, efen even. In the beginning of Anglo-Saxon words, f had the sound of the English f, as Fíf five, finger finger, finn fin, fisc fish . The Rune ᚠ not only stands for the letter f, but for Feoh, which, in Anglo-Saxon, signifies money, wealth. v. feoh IV and RÚN

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The Rune ᚠ not only stands for the letter f, but for Feoh, which, in Anglo-Saxon, signifies money, wealth. v. feoh IV and RÚN

ge-welgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-welgian, -welegian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To enrichmake wealthyendowdītāredōtāre

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Mid hire gestreóne he gewelgode Róme burh he enriched Rome with its wealth, Ors. 5, 13; Bos. 113, 36: Bd. 1, 33; S. 499, 1. Ic gewelegode Abram ĕgo dītāvi Abram, Gen. 14, 23.

Linked entry: weligian

weorold-gestreón

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-gestreón, es ; n.
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Worldly gain, this world's wealth Wéndest ðú, gif ðú mé sealdest ówiht ðínes, ðæt ðé ðonne wǽre ðín woruldgestreón eall gelytlad? Wulfst. 260, 19. Ðás woruldgestreón, Exon. Th. 106, 15 ; Gú. 41.

heall

(n.)
Grammar
heall, es; m.

A stonerock

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Hallinga homme, weallan, iii. 389, 7, 19 (the last three occur in the same charter, which refers to Halhagan). The word is used also as a proper name

fíftig

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Th. i. 426, 25. helping to form ordinals Sé wæs feórða eác fíftigum fram Agusto ab Augusto quinquagesimus quartus, Bd. 1, 23; Sch. 47, 31. uncertain constructions Wealh gafolgelda .cxx. sciłł . . . ðeówne .lx.; somhwelcne fíftegum; weales hýd twelfum

wág

(n.)
Grammar
wág, (-h),wǽg, es; m.

A wall, mostly of a building

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Ne beó wé tó weallum oððe tó wágum geworhte on ðære gástlícan gebytlunge, Homl. Th. ii. 582, 14. Web æfter wágum, Beo. Th. 1994;B. 995. Ðæt cyricgrið stande ǽghwǽr binnan wágum, L. I. P. 25 : Th. ii. 338, 35.

Linked entries: wǽg wáh

BINDAN

(v.)
Grammar
BINDAN, to bindenne; ic binde, ðú bindest, bintst, binst, he bindeþ, bint, pl. bindaþ; p. ic, he band, bond, ðú bunde, pl. bundon; pp. bunden; v. a.

To BIND, tieligare, alligare

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Fæste binde swearte wealas I bind the swart strangers fast, Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 21; Rä. 13, 3. Hrusan [MS. hruse] bindeþ wintres wóma the winter's violence binds the earth, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 21; Wand. 102.

Linked entries: a-búnden band

un-gelífedlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelífedlíc, adj.

Incrediblemarvellous

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Ðæs wealles micelness is ungeliéfedlíc tó secgenne murorum ejus vix credibilis relatu magnitudo, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 14. Hit is ungeliéfedlíc tó secganne incredibile dictu est, 3, 9; Swt. 134, 15.

á-metan

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Syndon from þǽre burge weallum twelf míla ámetene up tó þǽm heán cnolle, Bl. H. 197, 23. Syndon betwyh þám twám mynstrum þreóttýne mila ámetenra (-metene, v. l. ], Bd. 4, 23; Sch. 480, 14. Ámetenra demetarum, Wrt.

ræced

(n.)
Grammar
ræced, reced, es; m. n.
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Wið ðæs recedes weal, 658; B. 326 : 1452; B. 724. His ( Lot ) recedes hleów, Cd. Th. 147, 18; Gen. 1441. Se beorn ( Noah ) reste on recede, 95. 25; Gen. 1584. In ræcede, Exon. Th. 314, 21; Mód. 17 : 413, 11; Rä. 32, 3. Recyde, Runic pm.

Linked entry: reced

múþa

(n.)
Grammar
múþa, an; m.

the mouth of a riveran openingdoor

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On ða eá hí tugon up hiora scipu óþ ðone weald, iiii míla fram ðæm múþan útanweardum, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 25-32. Ǽlc ceápscip friþ hæbbe ðe binnan múþan cuman, L. Eth. ii. 2; Th. i. 284, 20; ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 6.

wice

(n.)
Grammar
wice, (and wic?), es; m.
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Tó ðam wic . . . of ðam wice tó ðære hapuldre . . . of ðam alre tó ðám twám wycan standaþ on geréwe eal swá ðæt gemére gǽð; swá up tó ðam wice stynt beneoðan bælles wæge; of ðam wice . . . á be hege tó ealdan wycan tó ðam wealle, Cod. Dip.

Linked entry: wic

tówendan

(v.)
Grammar
tówendan, p. de

To overthrowupsetsubvertoverturnto overthrowdemolishto overthrowdestroyto destroy by changingto repeal a lawabrogateabolishoverthrowdestroy

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Hæfde se deófol tówend ðone weall the devil had thrown down the wall, 166, 19. Heora deófolgild wearð tówend, Homl.

cépan

(v.)
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Th. i. 580, 28. with clause Sé ðe his feóndum ofer sumne weall ætfleón wile, ðonne cépð hé hwǽr se weall unhéhst sý, Hml. Th. i. 484, 10. Þá hǽðenan cépton hwǽr se godspellere mæssode, Hml. S. 15, 49. <b>I a.

ge-weorc

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Ꝥ hí férdon on þæt geweorc þæs Godes wordes, Bd. l, 23; Sch. 50, l. v. ǽfen-, brycg-, ealu-, fasten-, land-, stán-, sulh-, tigel- timber-, weall- web-geweorc. <b>IV a.