Æðelinga
The island of nobles ⬩ Athelney ⬩ nobilium insula
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The island of nobles, Athelney; nobilium insula Æt Æðelinga ígge apud nobilium insulam. Chr. 878; Th. 146, 42, col. 2. Wið..., Th. 148, 31, col. 2 : Chr. 879; Th. 148, 30, col. 3
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óþ-þringan
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Th. 92, 3; Gen. 1523 : Exon. Th. 330, 11; Vy. 49. Ecghete fǽgum feorh óþþringeþ, 310, 8; Seef. 71. Ðám ic ealdor óþþrong, 272, 17; Jul. 500: Judth. Thw. 24, 12; Jud. 185.
hǽðen-scipe
Heathenism, paganism
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S. 5; Th. i. 378, 17, 20. Ðæt ys mycel hǽðenscype id magnus est paganismus, L. Ecg. P. 4, 20; Th. ii. 210, 19 : L. N. P. L. 48; Th. ii. 296, 27 : Chr. 634; Erl. 25, 31.
wine-dryhten
A friendly, gracious lord.
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Th. 139, 3: By. 248
eald-land
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Old-land, land that has remained long untilled: (cf. old-land ground that has lain untilled a long time and is now ploughed up; arable land which has been laid down in grass more than two years. D.D.)
æfter
After ⬩ then ⬩ afterwards ⬩ post ⬩ postea ⬩ exinde
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Th. 24; B. 12. Word æfter cwæþ then he spake these words. Beo. Th. 636; B. 315. Ǽr oððe æfter sooner or later, Exon. 32b; Th. 103, 22; Cri. 1692. Ic wát æfter nú hwá mec ferede ofer flódas now afterwards I know who conveyed me over the floods, Andr.
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weorold-líf
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Th. 103, 33 : 61, 12: Exon. Th. 427, 7; Rä. 41. 87. the period of the world's duration, the while the world lasts Ealle on weoruldlífe weorþaþ gedréfde conturbentur in seculum seculi, Ps. Th. 82, 13.
pýtan
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to push, poke, thrust, put out the eyes Gif þé slána lyste, þonne sete þú þínne winstran þúman on þínes lytlan fingres lið and pýt mið þínum scytefingre in þíne wynstran hand on þornes getácnunge þe hí on weaxað, Tech. ii. 124, 24.
smeáh
creeping in, penetrating ⬩ subtle, crafty ⬩ insinuating
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Two þing ben in þe manne, on his þat clene kinde þat God haueþ þeron broht þureh his smehnesse (wisdom, skill) 205, 19. Smeihliche bicharede 71, 28.]
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flítan
To strive ⬩ contend ⬩ dispute ⬩ rebel ⬩ contendĕre ⬩ certāre ⬩ dispŭtāre ⬩ jurgāre
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Me þincþ nú ðæt ðín gecynd and ðín gewuna flíte swíðe swíðlíce wið ðæm dysige methinks now that thy nature and thy habit contend very powerfully against error, Bt. 36, 4; Fox 178, 28
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tæfl
Properly a board for the playing of a game. But the word seems also used of a game played on such a board: cf. the use of the word tables at a later time ⬩ The word seems to denote also a die used in playing a game. What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ. c. 24, noticed among the Germans. But games of skill like chess may sometimes be meant. In Icelandic tafl is used of chess or draughts, as well as of dicing, and the Danes in England seem to have played chess ⬩ Among the Welsh, too, was a game something like draughts, called tawlbwrdd
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What was the precise nature of the games, to which this word and related forms are applied, does not appear; some of the references below would imply that games of chance are meant, and this would be in keeping with the love of gaming which Tacitus, Germ
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gold-fáh
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Goldfág scinon web æfter wagum the hangings along the walls shone interwoven with gold, 1993; B. 994
ge-styllan
To spring ⬩ move rapidly
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Cyning engla munt gestylleþ gehleápeþ heá dúne the king of angels shall mount a hill, shall leap the high downs, 18 a; Th. 45, 9; Cri. 716
wæter-egesa
Terror caused by water
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Grendles módor wæteregesan wunian sceolde, cealde streámas Grendel's mother must live among the dreadful waters, the cold streams. Beo. Th. 2524; B. 1260. Cf. wæter-bróga
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Langbeardas
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Þára ungeleáffulra Langbeardna (-ena, v. l. ), 234, 10: 293, 1. Leódbrond, Longbearda kyning, Shrn. 122, 26. Þá wyrcendan Langbearde hé grétte, 250, 17
prica
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Add Seó forme ábécédé ys bútan pricon, and seó ððer ys gepricod on þá swýðran healfe, and seó þrydde on þá wynstran healfe, Angl. viii. 332, 42. add Ǽlce geáre wanað án tíd and án prica and se nigonteóða dǽl ánes prican, Angl. viii. 308, 46.
ge-ǽrendian
To go on an errand ⬩ to ask ⬩ tell ⬩ intercede ⬩ mandātum deferre ⬩ nuntiāre ⬩ interpellāre
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In. 33; Th. i. 122, 13. Ðæt he him sceolde Gaiuses miltse geǽrendian that he might ask the mercy of Caius for them, Ors. 6, 3; Bos. 117, 36. He geǽrendaþ [geǽrndaþ MSS. A.
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sweor-beáh
A collar, band or chain for the neck, necklace
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Th. 554, 1. Ǽnne sweorbeáh (on XL mancysan, on LXXX mancys), 501, 20, 31. Ic ðé forgife gyldenne swurbeáh thou shall have a chain of gold about thy neck (A. V.), Homl. Th. ii. 436, 4, 16.
eðða
Or ⬩ aut
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Or; aut Hú se cuma hátte,eðða se esne how the guest is called, or the servant, Exon. 112 b; Th. 430, 31; Rä. 44, 17: Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 5, 18
fámig-heals
Foamy-necked ⬩ spūmōsus in collo
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Foamy-necked ; spūmōsus in collo Sǽ-genga fór, fleát fámigheals the sea-goer went, the foamy-necked floated, Beo. Th. 3822; B. 1909: 441; B. 218: Andr. Kmbl. 993; An. 497
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