ge-bǽru
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Mid cnihtum þe unrǽdlíce férdon on ídelum lustum and wáclicum gebǽrum, Ælfc. T. Grn. 17, 16. Ongeán Godes ege deófol syleð dyrstignesse mid dwǽslicum gebǽrum réceleásum mannum, Wlfst. 59, 20.
hefig-tíme
heavy ⬩ weighty ⬩ of great importance ⬩ serious ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ oppressive ⬩ annoying ⬩ troublesome ⬩ hard to bear ⬩ grievous ⬩ tedious
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Þuhte mé hefigíme þé tó tiþienne þæs, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1, 6.
byrgen
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Ælf.
cwealm
Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion ⬩ QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium
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Cwealm pestilentia vel contagium vel lues, Ælfc. Gl. 9; Som. 57, 8; Wrt. Voc. 19, 18. Ðæt us cwealm on ne becume ne forte occidat nos pestis, Ex. 5, 3.
LÆS
Less ⬩ lest
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Án læs twentig undeviginti, twám læs twentig duodeviginti, Ælfc. Gr. 49; Som. 50, 41. Hé ríxode twá læs xxx geára, Chr. 641; Erl. 27, 16. Óðrum healfum læs ðe xxx wintra, 901; Erl. 96, 24.
Linked entry: læsast
LANG
LONG ⬩ tall
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Ealle ðás naman habbaþ langne .o. on eallum casum all these nouns have long o in all cases, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 52. Ðá andswarode hé ymbe long then answered he after long, Bt. 39, 2; Fox 214, 8. Lange tíde multis temporibus, Lk. Skt. 8, 27, 29.
þweorh
crooked ⬩ cross ⬩ adverse ⬩ opposed ⬩ cross ⬩ angry ⬩ bitter ⬩ perverse ⬩ wrong ⬩ evil ⬩ depraved ⬩ froward ⬩ wrongly ⬩ evilly
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Similar entries v. þweorian, þweor-líc, II Þwyr oððe wiðerrǽde adversus, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 240, 1. Gif gé beóð þwyre tó ðisum, Homl. Skt. i. 11, 94. Ungeþwǽre and þwyre him betwýnan at variance among themselves, 13, 236. cross, angry, bitter.
worn
A swarm ⬩ band ⬩ Jlock ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ many ⬩ a great number ⬩ a great quantity ⬩ much ⬩ many
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Láð æfter láðum, leódmægnes worn, þúsendm ǽlum, Cd. Th. 190, 7; Exod. 195. Grammar worn, of inanimate objects, abstract or concrete, Grammar worn, alone, much, many things Hé worn gemunde, Beo. Th. 4235;B. Hé worn eall gespræc, 6180; B. 3094.
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ealdor
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<b></b> a primitive, that from which something is derived :-- Rex cyning is frumcenned nama, and regalis cymð of þám and hæfð ealle þá ðing þe his ealdor hæfð, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 245, 4
hálig-dóm
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Sum wudewe wolde efsian ǽlce geáre þone sanct ( St. Edmund ) and his næglas ceorfan and on scrýne healdan tó háligdóme on weófode, 32, 194. Gá man mid háligdóme út and mid háligwætere, Wlfst. 173, 13. Út ealle mid hálidóme, 181, 3.
mearc
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D. 112, 29. a standard, an ensign Nymað þá sigefæstan mearca uictricia tollite signa, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 71, 10. an object placed to indicate a point to be reached Beó þǽr gemeten nygon fét of þám stacan tó þǽre mearce, Ll.
trymman
to make firm or strong ⬩ to construct strongly, ⬩ of physical health or strength ⬩ to give strength to ⬩ strengthen ⬩ of mental or moral strength ⬩ to confirm ⬩ establish ⬩ give strength to mind or heart ⬩ to confirm, ⬩ to corroborate ⬩ confirm an agreement, a grant, testimony, statement ⬩ to give as surety ⬩ to trim ⬩ to set infirm order ⬩ array troops ⬩ to settle ⬩ arrange ⬩ to strengthen with words ⬩ exhort ⬩ encourage ⬩ comfort ⬩ to become strong ⬩ to be arrayed.
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Ðæt trymeþ sió hálige ǽ, ðǽr hió cuæð, Past. 43 ; Swt. 309, 12. Wé trymmaþ adstipulabimur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 3, 28. lc ðíne gewitnesse wordmn trymede servavi testimonia tua, Ps. Th. 118, 168. Ðæt trymede sanctus Paulus, ðá hé cuæð ðæt . . . Past.
þrymm
a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur
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Ðú ( Christ ) ǽr wǽre eallum geworden worulde þrymmum, 14, 10; Cri. 217. Of ðǽm engelícum þrymmum from the angelic hosts (or glories? ), Blickl. Homl. 5, 13: 21, 15. Weras and wíf, wornum and heápum, ðreátum and þrymmum þrungon and urnon, Judth.
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wer
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</b> in grammar, masculine gender :-- Participia belimpaþ tó þrým cynnum, tó were and tó wífe and tó náðrum cynne, Ælfc. Gr. 39; Zup. 243, 19
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sóþ
Sooth ⬩ truth in a general sense ⬩ conformity with an absolute standard ⬩ truth ⬩ that which conforms to an absolute standard ⬩ truth ⬩ what is true in general ⬩ truth in regard to a particular circumstance ⬩ exact conformity with the facts of a case ⬩ truth ⬩ fidelity to a promise ⬩ truth ⬩ reality ⬩ certainty ⬩ real condition of things ⬩ what really is ⬩ affirmation of truth ⬩ asseveration ⬩ truth ⬩ conformity with right ⬩ righteousness ⬩ equity ⬩ justice
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Ðeáh gé ða ǽ cúðon, gé ne woldon sóð oncnáwan, Elen. Kmbl. 790; El. 395. Bútan ðú forlǽte ða leásunga and mé sweotollíce sóð gecýðe, 1377; El. 690. Ðeáh ic ðæt sóð tó late gecneówe, 1412; El. 708. Hwæðer mon sóð ðe lyge sagaþ, Exon.
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FÁCEN
Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime ⬩ dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio
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Ðis fácn hæc fraus, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 36; Som. 12, 34. Ne ætfyligeþ ðé áhwǽr fácn ne unriht numquid adhæret tĭbi sēdes inīquĭtātis, Ps. Th. 93, 19. Fácnes cræftig skilled in guile, Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 24; Wal. 24: 62 a; Th. 229, 4; Ph. 450.
FYRD
an army ⬩ the military array of the whole country ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ an army ⬩ agmen ⬩ exercĭtus ⬩ an expedition ⬩ expĕdītio ⬩ a camp ⬩ castrum
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Onginnaþ ymb ða fyrde þencean they begin to think about the expedition, Cd. 21; Th. 26, 18; Gen. 408 : 32; Th. 43, 11; Gen. 689 : 92; Th. 118, 7; Gen. 1961. a camp; castrum Fyrd castrum, Ælfc. Gl. 7; Som. 56, 76; Wrt. Voc. 18, 28.
módig
of high or noble spirit ⬩ high-spirited ⬩ noble-minded ⬩ bold ⬩ brave ⬩ courageous ⬩ proud ⬩ arrogant ⬩ hearty ⬩ earnest ⬩ impetuous ⬩ bold ⬩ headstrong ⬩ stubborn ⬩ wilful
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Módig contumax, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 60; Som. 13, 42. Gif ǽnig man hæbbe módigne sunu and rancne si genuerit homo filium contumacem et protervum, Deut. 21, 18.
neáh-west
nearness ⬩ neighbourhood ⬩ the being with another ⬩ presence ⬩ society ⬩ fellowship
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Ælfc. C. 1; Th. ii. 342, 14 : Homl. Skt. 10, 204. Libia and Agrippina wurdon swá gelýfede ðæt hí forbugon heora wera neáwiste, Homl. Th. i. 374, 33. Ne can ðara idesa ówðer þurh gebedscipe beorna neáwist, Cd. Th. 148, 36; Gen. 2467
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tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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Ic on neorxna wonge ásette treów, ðæt ða tánas æpla bǽron, Cd. Th. 295, 7; Sat. 482. Tánum, fingerapplum dactylis, Hpt. Gl. 496, 64. Hé ( the phenix ) getimbreþ tánum and wyrtum nest on bearwe, Exon. Th. 227, 29; Ph. 430.