ealneg
Always, quite ⬩ semper, prorsus
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Always, quite; semper, prorsus Ýþ wið lande ealneg winneþ the wave contends always against the land, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 114; Met. 28, 57: Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 36. Ðe ǽfre biþ ealnig smylte which ever is quite calm, Bt. Met. Fox 21, 30; Met. 21, 15
lád-mann
A leader ⬩ guide
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A leader, guide Ðú canst wegas geond ðæt wésten beó úre ládmann thou knowest the ways through the desert; be our guide; eris ductor poster, Num. 10, 31.
lǽca
A leech ⬩ doctor ⬩ physician
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A leech, doctor, physician Se lǽca ðe sceal sáre wunda wel, gehǽlan hé mót habban góde sealfe ðǽrtó the doctor who has to make a good cure of painful wounds, must have good salve for the purpose, L. Pen. 4; Th. ii. 278, 15: 5; Th. ii. 278, 20
mealmiht
Sandy ⬩ chalky
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Tó mealmehtan leáhe ( the land lay in Surrey ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 394, 13. [E. D. S. Ellis' Farming Words, 'The chalk and mould were so mixed together, that in Hertfordshire we call it a maumy (malmey) earth.' 'A chalk or a maume.'
be-stapan
To step, step upon, tread with the foot, go, enter ⬩ gradi, calcare, ire, inire
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Se deófol into Iudan bestóp the devil went [entered] into Judas, Homl. Th. ii. 242, 14
be-wenian
To entertain, take care of ⬩ hospitio accipere
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Dryht-bearn Dena duguþa bewenede [MS. and Thorpe's note, 4077; bí werede, B. 2035] a noble offspring of the Danes entertained the knights, 4077, note
Linked entry: be-þénede
be-warenian
To guard, beware ⬩ custodire, cavere
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Ða ðe hie wið ða læssan scylda bewareniaþ those who guard themselves against the lesser sins, Past. 57, 1; Hat. MS
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bóc-tǽcing
Book-teaching, a book of decrees, writings, the scriptures, holy writ, the Bible ⬩ Scripta Lambardo; Sacra Scriptura Bromto: rectius fortasse Sacri Canones, vel Liber Judicialis,
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Book-teaching, a book of decrees, writings, the scriptures, holy writ, the Bible; Scripta Lambardo; Sacra Scriptura Bromto: rectius fortasse Sacri Canones, vel Liber Judicialis, Lye Be bóctǽcinge ex scriptis, L. C. S. 35; Wilk. 140, 3.
ge-wilde
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., and add: Perhaps the three passages, Ors. 3, 9; S. 133, 22: Guth. 56, 23: Ps. Th. 59, 7, at the end of <b>ge-wyldan</b> in Dict. might be taken here
Linked entries: wilde ge-wylde un-gewilde -wilde
grínu
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(The word occurs in a list with the title 'Nomina colorum'.) Hwít albus, grionu avidius, giolu aureus, ii. 10, 29
hafenian
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Add: The meaning 'grasp, hold' seems supported by 0. H. Ger. hebinóa tractare, inthepinót pin sustentor, but in later English heven means to raise, a sense which would suit the passages. v. N. E.
heáh-engel
An archangel
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Micahel, se heáhengel se wæs ealra engla ealderman Michael the archangel who was the chief of all angels, Blickl. Homl. 147, 2. Englas and heáhenglas angels and archangels, 103, 32: Homl. Th. i. 10, 13
heáh-flód
High tide [as opposed to neap tide], deep water ⬩ a high flood-tide
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Lét fleógan hrefn ofer heáhflód he let a raven fly over the deep water [of the deluge], Cd. 71; Th. 87, 1; Gen. 1442
hilte
A hilt, ⬩ handle
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Swá ðæt ða hiltan eodon intó ðam innoþe the haft went in after the blade, Jud. 3, 22. Óþ ða hiltan capulotenus, Mone Gl.432
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sweard
Sward ( = rind of bacon; cf. too green-sward the turf-covering of the earth), skin, hide ⬩ skin (of the head) ⬩ skin ⬩ skin with hair on ⬩ skin, rind ⬩ the skin (especially of the head) ; hide of walrus;
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Sward ( = rind of bacon; cf. too green-sward the turf-covering of the earth), skin, hide Sweard cutis, fel pellis, Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 32-3. Sweard cutis, rib costa, heorte cor, ii. 16, 54-6. Swearth cater, 103, 22. Suge sweard vistula, 124, 1.
tún-rǽd
A town-council
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A town-council Man beád ðam túnrǽde ðe his suna on áfédde wǽron ðæt man sceolde twégen cempan gescyrpan an order was given to the council of the town in which his sons had been brought up, that two soldiers should be equipped, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 297
for-súgan
To suck in
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To suck in (used of the spasmodic action of the stomach in hiccough? Similar entries Cf. súgan; II, sogoþa) Lǽcedómas wið ádeádodum magan and gif hé forsogen sié, Lch. ii. 158, 14.
man
One ⬩ anyone ⬩ they ⬩ people
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One, anyone, they, people; it is often used with the active voice where modern English would take the passive Man brohte his heáfod on ánum disce and sealde ðam mǽdene allatum est caput ejus in disco, et datum est puellæ, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 11.
níwan
Recently ⬩ lately ⬩ newly
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For ðære swíðlícan ehtnysse ðe ðá níwan ásprang æfter Carines slege on account of the fierce persecution that just then had sprung up after the murder of Carinus, Homl. Skt. 5, 326.
be-tellan
exculpate ⬩ excuse
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ǽlc þǽra þinga þe him man on léde, 1048 ; P. 175, 2. ꝥ hé mage wið Crist hine betellan, Hml.