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híran

(v.)

to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to hear ⬩ to give ear ⬩ hearken ⬩ listen ⬩ To listen to ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to obey ⬩ to be subject to ⬩ to serve ⬩ error ⬩ to belong to ⬩ authority ⬩ jurisdiction ⬩ of a due ⬩ privilege ⬩ occupation ⬩ office ⬩ hear of ⬩ be told

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Nǽfre wé hýrdon hæleð ǽnigne þyslic cýðan, El. 538. with infin. only, to hear say: Ic hiérde secgan þæt. . . Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 18. Hýrde, B. 582: Reb. I. þone ic Andreas nemnan hérde, An. 1178.

wesan

Grammar
wesan, I a.
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(a) Add Hé in þá ylcan tíd híwcúðlíce mid him waes ei ipso in tempore familiarissimus fuit, Gr. D. 14, 10. add Wæs hyre willa mǽrlícor, Hml. A. 32, igp. Hý wiston hú hit þǽr besúðan wæs, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 18.

Cwén-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cwén-land, es; n.

Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north. Malte-Brun says that the inhabitants of Cwén-land were a Finnish race. They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines. 'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . . Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman

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'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . .

wǽdla

(n.; adj.)

poor ⬩ needy ⬩ indigent ⬩ wanting ⬩ deficient in ⬩ poor in ⬩ begging ⬩ poor ⬩ needy ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a beggar

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Surt. 108, 17. with gen. of what is wanting, wanting, of persons Ne geseah ic his sǽd, ðæt wǽre hláfes wǽdla non vidi semen ejus egens panem, Ps. Th. 36, 24.

ge-standan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-standan, -stondan; p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to stand ⬩ stand still ⬩ remain ⬩ last ⬩ exist ⬩ be ⬩ stāre ⬩ mănēre. existĕre ⬩ esse ⬩ to stand against any one ⬩ oppose ⬩ oppress ⬩ attack ⬩ urge ⬩ seize ⬩ insurgĕre ⬩ ingruĕre ⬩ urgĕre ⬩ corrĭpĕre

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Th. ii. 340, 23: i. 6, 24. Ðá gestód hine swá micel líchamlíc costung then so great a temptation of the body assailed him, ii. 156, 25: 122, 17: Guthl. 20; Gdwn. 80, 5.

Linked entry: ge-stondan

gearwe

(n.)
Grammar
gearwe, an; f.

Clothing ⬩ attire ⬩ vestītus ⬩ hăbĭtus

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Clothing, attire; vestītus, hăbĭtus Ic on his gearwan geseó ðæt he is ǽrendsecge uncres Hearran I see by his attire that he is the messenger of our Lord, Cd. 30; Th. 41, 16; Gen. 657

eorþ-gealla

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Voc. i. 67, 14. Eorðgealla fel terre uel centaurum, An. Ox. 56, 423. Nim centaurian, ꝥ is hyrdewyrt, óðre naman eorþgealla, Lch. ii. 248, 14. Hirdewyrt, ꝥ is eorðgealla, 202, 23. Add

leás

(n.)
Grammar
leás, n.
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Add: what is untrue, untruth Sege ús nú sóðe búton ǽlcon leáse, Hml. S. 23, 590. what is incorrect Micel yfel déð sé ðe leás wrít, búton hé hit gerihte, Hml. Th. ii. 2, 23

mere

(n.)
Grammar
mere, mære, es; m. f(?).

the sea ⬩ a mere ⬩ lake ⬩ an artificial pool ⬩ cistern

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Voc. i. 54, 15: ii. 121, 28. Nis ðæt feor heonon ðæt se mere standeþ, Beo. Th. 2729; B. 1362. In eálonde ðæs myclan meres ( stagni ), Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 10. Seó menigeo ðe stód begeondan ðam mere, Jn. Skt. 6, 22. On culfran mere; of ðæm mere ...

Linked entries: mǽr-bróc mære mire

ge-ortríwan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-ortríwan, ge-ortreówan; p. de.
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Th. ii. 400, 1. with clause Sé ðe tó lange wunað on ðǽm wlacum treówum, hé geortreówð ðæt hé ǽfre mæge on welme weorðan ( calore desperato ), Past. 447, 9. absolute, to despair Hé geortriéwð in desperatione est, Past. 447, 11. <b>I a.

ge-sittan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-sittan, p. -sæt, pl. -sǽton; pp. -seten.

to sit ⬩ sit down ⬩ settle ⬩ lean ⬩ recline ⬩ sĕdēre ⬩ consīdĕre ⬩ discumbĕre ⬩ to occupy ⬩ possess ⬩ inhabit ⬩ possĭdēre ⬩ hăbĭtāre

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to sit, sit down, settle, lean, recline; sĕdēre, consīdĕre, discumbĕre Ic gesitte I sit, Exon. 73 a; Th. 272, 6; Jul. 495. Hí gesittaþ him on gesundum þingum they sit in sound condition, 89 b; Th. 337, 1; Gn. Ex. 58.

Linked entry: ge-setenness

wícian

(v.)
Grammar
wícian, p. ode.
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, et morati sunt ibi tres dies, Jos. 3, 1: Elen.

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wlátung

(n.)
Grammar
wlátung, e; f.

Nausea ⬩ loathing

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Nausea, loathing Uulatung (-ing, -unc) nausatio, vomitus, Txts. 78, 667. Mid micelre wlátunge gewíteþ ðæt sár, Lchdm. i. 80, 14. Wiþ wlátunge, ii. 62, 18. Wlátunge nausiam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 67

fen

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Ic gean ꝥ fen þe þurlác mé sealde ... ic gean ... án þúsend werð fen ... ꝥ healfe þúsend fen, C.D. iv. 59, 16-23

æfter-yldo

(n.)
Grammar
æfter-yldo, -yld, e; f.

after-age ⬩ old age ⬩ ætas provecta ⬩ an after-age ⬩ after-time ⬩ posterius ævum

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after-age, old age; ætas provecta Ne mágon ða æfteryld in ðam ǽrestan blǽde geberan they may not produce [show] old age in their first strength [youth ], Exon. 39b; Th. 132, 3; Gú. 467. an after-age, after-time; posterius ævum Swá nǽnig æfteryldo syððan

Linked entry: æfter-ild

lǽce-cræftig

(adj.)
Grammar
lǽce-cræftig, adj.
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Skilled in medicine Arestolobius wæs háten án cing hé wæs wís and lǽcecræftig hé ðá gesette forðon gódne morgendrænc wið eallum untrymnessum ðe mannes líchoman iond styriaþ there was a king named Arestolobius, he was wise and skilled in medicine, for

lǽn-dagas

(n.)
Grammar
lǽn-dagas, pl. m.
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The days granted to a man in which to live, the time during which a man lives Sceolde lǽndaga [MS. þend daga] æþeling ende gebídan worulde lífes the end of the days that had been granted, of life in this world, was to come upon the prince, Beo.

Mónan-dæg

(n.)
Grammar
Mónan-dæg, es; m.

Monday

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... the first Monday after the end of December, Lchdm. iii. 76, 14-18.

Linked entry: Món-dæg

ge-défelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-défelíce, adv.

Becomingly ⬩ filly ⬩ decently ⬩ properly ⬩ dĕcenter ⬩ opportūne

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Becomingly, filly, decently, properly; dĕcenter, opportūne Sóna ðæs ðe gehálgod wæs, ða dyde mon his líchoman in, and on ðære cyricean norþ-portice gedéfelíce wæs bebyriged mox vēro ut dedĭcāta est, intro inlātum, et in portĭcu illīus aquĭlōnālis dĕcenter

tíg

(n.)
Grammar
tíg, (?), es; m.
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; a form occurring in composition with fore, forþ. For the former see fore-tíge (read -tíg); the instances of the latter are as follows Forðtíges vestibuli, atrii, Hpt. Gl. 496, 28. On ðam forðtége in ipsis foribus, Kent. Gl. 228.

Linked entries: fore-tíge forþ-tége