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gár-secg

(n.)
Grammar
gár-secg, -sæcg, es; m. [gár a spear, secg man] .

a spear-manthe oceanhŏmo jăcŭlo armātusoceănusa seamăre

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Be norþan ðæm beorgum, andlang ðæs gársecges, óþ ðone norþ-eást ende ðyses middangeardes, ðǽr Bore seó eá scýt út on ðone gársecg to the north of the mountains, along the ocean to the north-east end of this mid-earth, there the river Bore shoots out into

Linked entry: secg

þeód

Grammar
þeód, <b>I a.</b> add: 'a body of warriors, old and young, attached by personal service to the king ... the comitatus mentioned by Tacitus apparently resembled the þeód in all respects,' Chadwick's Origin of the English Nation, p. 311. Cf. pp. 156, 303, 3, 4. v. þeód-guma, -wita,
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and cf. þeóden; dryht, dryhten Hér is seghwylc eorl ... mandrihtne hold, þegnas syndon geþwǽre, þeód ealgearo, druncne dryhtguman B. 1230. Wæs seó þeód tilu, 1250

lǽrig

(n.)
Grammar
lǽrig, A word of doubtful meaning occurring only twice
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Bærst bordes lǽrig, Byrht, Th. 140, 6; By. 284. Ne him bealubenne gebiden hæfdon ofer linde lǽrig, Cd. 154; Th. 192, 29; Exod. 239.

Linked entry: ymb-lǽr(i)gian

BOLLA

(n.)
Grammar
BOLLA, an; m.

Any round vessel, cup, pot, BOWL, a measurevas, cyathuscaput, globusa punch-bowlthe brain-pan, skullbowl

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Ðǽr wǽron bollan steápe boren æfter bencum there were carried deep bowls behind the benches, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 14; Jud. 17

scǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
scǽnan, p. de

To break

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Breken brade sperren, bordes scænden, 5186

beorþor

child-bearingpartusgestationpartusfoetus

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S. 23 b, 46 gestation Þá ácende heó ðæt bearn on ðone seofoðan mónað þæs beorðres, Shrn. 61, 2. what is born partus, foetus Þæs byrþres líc on hire innoþe, Lch. iii. 146, 14. Mid beorþre foetu, Wrt. Voc. ii. 36, 34.

ge-eácnung

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Ox. 3136. what is born Þú Alýsend . . . geeácnung mǽdenes Redemptor . . . partus virginis, Hy. S. 41, 34

lah-ceáp

(n.)
Grammar
lah-ceáp, -cóp, es; m.
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In the note on the latter passage an illustration is quoted from old Danish Law, where 'bylagh' [town law] being lost under certain conditions after an absence of a year and a day, a man 'bör at köbe sigh thet igen a ny.'

Linked entry: land-ceáp

CEÓL

(n.)
Grammar
CEÓL, ciól, es; m.

KEELa shipcarina, celox, navis

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Ofer ceóles bord from the vessel's deck, 20b; Th. 54, 2; Cri. 86a: Andr. Kmbl. 620; An. 310. In ðam ceóle wæs cyninga wuldor the glory of kings was in the ship, 1707; An. 856: Exon. 81b; Th. 306, 9; Seef. 5. He ceól gesóhte he sought the ship, Andr.

Linked entry: ciól

sculan

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Hé forgeaf on Godes ést Centingan ðæne borh ðe hý him sceoldan, C.

on-wacan

(v.)

to awake, cease to sleepto arise, spring, be derived, be born

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Ða men onwócan, and út urnon, Ors. 4, 2; Swt. 160, 22. to arise, spring, be derived, be born Ðú wást ðæt ðú of mínre ( the speaker is Eve ) dehter, Drihten, onwóce, Blickl. Homl. 89, 20: Cd. Th. 292, 12; Sat. 439.

Linked entries: wacen á-wacan

mennisc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mennisc-ness, e: f.

humanityhuman natureincarnationhumanenesshumane behaviour

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humanity, human nature (generally in reference to Christ), incarnation Crist becom on hire innoþ and þurh hí on menniscnysse wearþ ácenned ( was born a man ), Homl. Th. i. 194, 8. Ne wearþ se Fæder mid menniscnysse befangen, 284, 23.

mennisc

(n.)
Grammar
mennisc, es; n.

Menpeople

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Gif ðǽr óðer mennisc borh síe if other people be surety, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 19. Ðá wearþ micel mennisc geweaxen then men began to multiply, Homl. Th. i. 20, 21.

un-ácumendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-ácumendlíc, adj.

Unbearableintolerableimpossible to be borneexcessive

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Unbearable, intolerable, impossible to be borne, excessive Be unácumenlícra (-endlíca, 8, 24) ðinga gebode. Gif hwylcum bréþer hwæt hefelíces and unacumenlíces beboden sý si fratri impossibilia jubentur.

flet-sittend

(n.)
Grammar
flet-sittend, es; m.

A court-residentin aula sĕdens

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Ðǽr wǽron boren æfter bencum orcas fulle fletsittendum there were full jugs carried along the benches to the court-residents, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 15; Jud. 19: 21, 24; Jud. 33

be-útan

(prep.)
Grammar
be-útan, prep. dat. [be, útan out]

Withoutextra

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Ða be-útan beóþ earce bordum who shall be without the boards of the ark, Cd. 67; Th. 81, 32; Gen. 1354

líc-rest

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Add: a vehicle or bier in which a corpse is borne Man slóh án geteld ofer þá hálgan ban binnan þǽre lícreste (of. tentorio maiore supra carrum in quo reliquiae (þá bán ) inerant extenso, Bd. 3, ll), Hml.

eorþ-waru

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-waru, e; f: -ware; gen. -wara; pl. m; -waran; gen. -warena; pl. m.

Inhabitants or population of the earthterrĭcŏlæ, terrĭgĕnæ

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Ðæt cynebearn acenned wéarþ eallum eorþwarum the royal child was born for all the inhabitants of the earth, Andr. Kmbl. 1135; An. 568: Exon. 41 b; Th. 138, 21; Gú. 579: Bt. Met. Fox 13, 120; Met. 13, 60: Menol. Fox 124; Men. 62.

á-bycgan

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[If byrgan (cf. borg) could be read for bycgan,,] Cf. á-ceápian

god-fæder

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Add: a godfather Se godfæder wæs þæs cildes forspreca and borh wið God, Hml. Th. ii. 50, 17: 52, 4-15. Godfæder his godbearn lufie, Wlfst. 74, 13. Petrus wæs his ( St.