þreá-líc
Miserable ⬩ woeful ⬩ calamitous
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Miserable, woeful, calamitous Godes ágen bearn héngon fæderas ússe; ðæt wæs þreálíc geþóht, Elen. Kmbl. 851; El. 426. Wæs þreálíc þing ( the deluge ) þeódum tóweard, réðe wíte, Cd. Th. 79, 28; Gen. 1318.
bán-hús
The bone-house ⬩ the chest ⬩ body ⬩ ossea domus ⬩ pectus ⬩ corpus
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Hence bánhúses weard the body's guard, the mind, Cd. 169; Th. 211, 9; Exod. 523
fæstan
firm, entrust, commit, commend ⬩ firmāre, commendāre ⬩ FAST ⬩ jējūnāre
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War. 23, 46. some have taught and now teach that he who fasts properly, fastens or secures his salvation, hence, perhaps,- To FAST; jējūnāre Ne mágon hí fæstan non possunt jējūnāre, Mk. Bos. 2, 19
bi-rinnan
to run as a liquid ⬩ To wet, bedew ⬩ fluere, perfundere, irrigare
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to run as a liquid, hence - To wet, bedew; fluere, perfundere, irrigare Ðá wearþ beám monig blódigum teárum birunnen, sæp wearþ to swáte then many a tree became bedewed with bloody tears, their sap became [turned to] blood, Exon. 25 a; Th. 72, 19-23;
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bed-reda
One BEDRIDDEN ⬩ clinicus
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One BEDRIDDEN; clinicus Ðǽr læg be ðam wege án bedreda there lay by the way one bedridden, Homl. Th. ii. 422, 4. Arás se bedreda, and arn blissigende the bedridden arose, and ran rejoicing, ii. 422, 9. Ðá ðá se sunderhálga Iosias ðæt tácn geseah on ðam
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ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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The dignity of the ealdorman was supported by lands within his district, which appear to have passed with the office,—hence the phrases, ðæs ealdormonnes lond, mearc, gemǽro, etc. which so often occur.
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béna
A petitioner ⬩ demander ⬩ rogator ⬩ supplex
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Hence béna wesan to demand, request Beo. Th. 6272; B. 3140 : Cd. 107; Th. 142, 6; Gen. 2357
helde
Allegiance ⬩ fealty
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Heanrig ofer sǽ fór on ðæs cynges heldan Henry went over sea as liege man of the king, 1095; Erl. 231, 9
port-weall
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Ða heáfodleásan man héngc on ða portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum, and ðǽr flugon hrócas and hremmas intó ðære byrig geond ða portweallas, and tósliton ða hálgan Godes dyrlingas, 23, 73-80
irre-weorc
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A work undertaken in anger Engla drihten wile uppe heonan sáwla lǽdan and wé seoððan á ðæs yrreweorces hénþo geþoliaþ the Lord of angels will up from hence lead souls, and we ever after shall suffer the humiliation of that angry feat [the harrowing of
armélu
Field or wild rue
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Field or wild rue, which is called Mōly [ = μώλυ] in Cappadocia and Galatia, and by some Harmāla; hence the botanical name = pēgănum harmāla, Lin. vol. ii. p. 327, = πήγăνον άγριον wild rue Armélu wyl on buteran to sealfe boil wild rue in butter to a
beáh-gifa
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Egils Saga, 55: Aðalsteinn konungr tók gullhring af hendi sér, ok dró á blóðre-filinn, ok rétti yfir eldinn til Egils.) See also Coll. M. 22, 35 under beáh (3)) Ædelst. 2.
fylstan
To help ⬩ give help ⬩ aid ⬩ protect ⬩ adjŭvāre ⬩ auxĭliāri ⬩ protĕgĕre
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To help, give help, aid, protect; adjŭvāre, auxĭliāri, protĕgĕre Ongan him fylstan began to give help to them, Byrht. Th. 139, 37; By. 265. Hig bícnodon hyra geferan, ðæt hí him fylston annuērunt sŏciis, ut adjŭvārent eos [that they should give help
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ge-treów
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true, trustworthy, honest. of persons Getreów gesíþa, fida comes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 73. Hwá wénstu ðæt sié tó ðǽm getreów ( fidelis ) brytnere?, Past. 459, 11. Getreówe, Hml. A. 55, 124. Getreówe ( fidelis ) on eallum wordum his, Ps. L. 144, 13. Gif
cinnan
To generate, procreate ⬩ generare, procreare
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Hence it is called one of the twelve præterito-præsentia, enumerated under ágan. For cúðe the weak p. of cunnan, v. the inf. cunnan. Exon. 94b; Th. 354, 28; Reim. 52
ofer-sewenness
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In the laws of Henry I it corresponds to ofer-hírness in the Anglo-Saxon laws Habeat episcopus debita transgressionum et poenam delictorum quae nos dicimus ofersegeneisse (quae Anglice dicitur oferisæwenes, ii. 240, 22) et gyltwíte, C.
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BRÓM
The well-known shrub from which besoms are made, hence BROOM ⬩ genista
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The well-known shrub from which besoms are made, hence BROOM; genista Bróm genista, Ælfc. Gl. 46; Som. 64, 130; Wrt. Voc. 32, 64: L. M. 1, 55; Lchdm. ii. 126, 12: 1, 32; Lchdm. ii. 78, 19: Wrt. Voc. 80, 16: 285, 69.
hin-síð
A journey hence, ⬩ away, ⬩ from this world, ⬩ departure, ⬩ death.
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A journey hence, away, from this world, departure, death.
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fyr
Farther ⬩ ultĕrius ⬩ longius
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Ǽr gé fyr heonan feran ere ye proceed farther hence, Beo. Th. 510; B. 252 : 288; B. 143. Fyr faran longius īre, Lk. Bos. 24, 28. Fyr fleón to flee farther, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 4
Langa-Frige-dæg
Good-Friday
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[On langfridæi him on rode hengen, Chr. 1137; Erl. 263, 25.]