lyre
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Hé þolode lyre (jacturam) eallra þára þinga þe on þám scipe wǽron, 141, 13. loss of a living creature by death Hé nolde ábúgan fram Godes lufe for bærna lyre, Hml. S. 16, 48.
sceáwere
an observer, ⬩ a spy ⬩ a watch-tower ⬩ a mirror ⬩ a buffoon, an actor
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Leáse sceáweras, Beo. Th. 511; B. 253. Moises sende twelf sceáweras, Num. 13, 4: Jos. 2, l. a watch-tower (?) Sceáwere(the word occurs in a list of military terms), speculia Wrt.
Linked entry: sceáwend-sprǽc
BRINGAN
To BRING, adduce, lead, produce, bear, carry ⬩ ferre, adducere, ducere, producere, offerre, proferre
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Cd. 140; Th. 175, 7; Gen. 2891: Exon. 23 b; Th. 65, 23; Cri. 1059. Ic ðé þúsenda þegna bringe I will bring thee thousands of warriors, Beo. Th. 3663; B. 1829: Exon. 103 a; Th. 390, 22; Rä. 9, 5.
ge-férness
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Archiv cxxii, p. 248),Bl. H. 163, 10-13. The original is so imperfectly reproduced by the translation, that it is difficult to connect the several corresponding parts, and to understand what the translation means.
ídel
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Onǽled mid ídele gefeán, Bt. 14, l; F. 40, 29. For þínum ídlan gilpe (v. ídel-gilp). Bl. H. 31, 14. Ymb ídelne gilp, Past. 85, 7. Mid ídelum gescotum iactibus uacuis An. Ox. 49, 2. Be ídelstum wordum de otiosis uerbis, Scint. 217, 2. <b>II a.
georn-full
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Geornfulle beón Godes miltsa, Bl. H. 109, 9. desirous to do. with dat. infin. Þú sǽdest ꝥ þú swíþe geornfull wǽre hit tó gehýranne, Bt. 22, 2; F. 78, 4.
snotor
Prudent, wise, sagacious ⬩ prudens
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Se snotera Beo. Th. 2631; B. 1313. Snotra 6231; B. 3120. Snottra 3577; B. 1786. Salomon se snottra Past. 4; Swt. 37, 16. Seó snotere mægð Judth. Thw. 23, 17; Jud. 125. Snottrum men snǽd óðglídeþ Salm. Kmbl. 803; Sal. 401.
Linked entry: snytre
scildan
to shield ⬩ protect ⬩ guard ⬩ defend ⬩ to shield from ⬩ guard against ⬩ to make a defence
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Him wæs lýfnesse sceald, ðæt hé him móste scyldan and besecgan, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 11. Scildende protegente, Rtl. 103, 34. Ðætte wé síe scildad defendi, 75, 5. Scylded beón tueri, Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 59.
ge-swinc
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Ic nát hú nyt ic beó, bútan þæt ic mín geswinc ámirre, Ors. 4, 13; S. 212, 26. ꝥ is sió án ræst eallra firra geswinca haec requies laborum, Bt. 34, 8; F. 144, 27.
gang
going, walking, moving on foot, step. ⬩ the sole of the foot (?) ⬩ the being habitually in a specified condition ⬩ power of walking ⬩ of moving about ⬩ mode of walking, walk, gait ⬩ a walk, journey ⬩ go, time, occasion of going ⬩ a way, road, path, passage ⬩ a track ⬩ course ⬩ a stream ⬩ a narrative ⬩ space traversed ⬩ expanse covered ⬩ an ox-gang, a bovale, the eighth part of the carucate. ⬩ legal process ⬩ legal procedure, process ⬩ a company of people (?), a gang. ⬩ a step, stair ⬩ a privy
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S. 23 b, 408. Wæs on gange gifu oft geæhted, B. 1884. Ic gong tó þám ágan móste, Jul. 517. Bióðon unrehte in gongum (geongom, L.) erunt praua in directa Lk. R. 3, 5. Gongas (geongas. L.) semitas Mk. R. 1, 3. Geongas, Lk.
EORÞE
EARTH in opposition to the sea, the ground, soil ⬩ terra, hŭmus, sŏlum
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Th. 3069; B. 1532: Elen. Kmbl. 1655; El. 829 : Bt. Met. Fox 8, 118 ; Met. 8, 59.
fultum
help ⬩ aid ⬩ assistance ⬩ support ⬩ succour ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ adjūtōrium ⬩ adjūmentum ⬩ a helper ⬩ an army ⬩ forces ⬩ adjūtor ⬩ cōpiæ
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Him Drihten forgeaf frófor and fultum the Lord gave to them comfort and succour, Beo. Th. 1400; B. 698: 3674; B. 1835: Salm. Kmbl. 882; Sal. 440: Bt. Met. Fox 31, 15; Met. 31, 8.
Linked entry: fultom
hyrst
An ornament ⬩ a decoration ⬩ jewel ⬩ trapping ⬩ equipment ⬩ armour ⬩ implement
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Bég and siglu eall swylce hyrsta swylce on horde ǽr men genumen hæfdon ring[s] and jewels, just such ornaments as before men had taken in the hoard, Beo. Th. 6309; B. 3165.
leóma
Light ⬩ radiance ⬩ sheen ⬩ splendour ⬩ lightning ⬩ ray
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Fýrleóht geseah blácne leóman beorhte scínan he saw the firelight, a pale gleam, shine brightly, Beo. Th. 3038; B. 1517.
Linked entries: sunnan-leóma ge-leómod
racu
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Ben. 66, 17. comedy Racu, túnlíc spǽc comedia, Wrt.
Linked entry: eá-racu
un-blíðe
sad ⬩ sorrowful ⬩ grieved ⬩ unkind ⬩ shewing ill-will or displeasure ⬩ stern ⬩ angry ⬩ unquiet ⬩ not peaceful
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Rush. 19, 22: Beo. Th. 261; B. 130. Giómormód, unblíðe, 4529; B. 2268. Wæs hé swýðe unblíðe ... Ðá geseah Gúðlác ðone bróþor sárig, Guthl. 9; Gdwin. 50, 6. Beón in unblíðum móde moestus esse, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 26, 37.
leóht
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Sió sunne bringþ leóhte dagas, Bt. 21; F. 74, 24. <b>II a.</b> fig. in respect to the mind Crisantus leornode mid leohtum andgite and mid gleáwun móde grammatican cræft, Hml.
scip-here
a collection of ships of war ⬩ a naval force ⬩ a fleet of war ⬩ the men of a ship of war
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Ðá cóman hí sóna mid sciphere mox advecti navibus, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 34. Ðæt on land Dena láðra nǽnig mid scipherge sceðþan ne meahte, Beo. Th. 491; B. 243.
DROPA
DROP ⬩ stilla, gutta, stillicĭdium
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Snáw cymþ of ðam þynnum wǽtan, ðe byþ upatogen mid ðære lyfte, and byþ gefroren ǽr ðan ðe he to dropum geurnen sý snow comes of the thin moisture, which is drawn up with the air, and is frozen before it be run into drops, Bd. de nat. rerum ; Wrt. popl
cunnian
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Án æþele lǽce . . . cúðe tócnáwan, gif hé cunnode þæs mannes, be his ǽdrena hrepunge hweðer hé hraðe swulte, 568.