wel-hwá
Every one ⬩ every thing
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Hé þenceþ ðæt his wíse welhwam þince eal unforcúþ Exon. Th. 315, 13; Mód. 30 Weódmónað on tún welhwæt bringeþ Menol. Fox 274; Men. 138
heáh-ealdorman
A chief alderman, ruler, patrician
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A chief alderman, ruler, patrician Ætius mǽre man se wæs iú ǽr heáhealdorman Ætius vir inlustris qui et patricius fuit, Bd. 1, 13; S. 481, 40. Ðe hǽlend cwæþ tó ðæmhéhaldurmenn ihesus ait archesynagogo, Mk. Skt. Rush. 5, 36.
brim-þisa
a noise ⬩ A ship ⬩ navis
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Kmbl. 475; El. 238
ofer-tredan
to trample upon, tread under foot
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Seó rúmgyfolnes ða gýtsunge mid cneówum and mid fótum ofertræd largitas avaritiam genibus et calcibus perfodit, 68 a
on-hyring
Imitation, emulation
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Ðonne wé onhyrigaþ Criste and eác ða onhyringe gefyllaþ tunc legem Christi imitando complemus, Past. 51, 3; Swt. 397, 2
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leó
A lion ⬩ lioness
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Etan león flǽsc ... Nim león gelynde to eat lion's flesh ... take lion's suet, L. Med. ex Quad. 10, 12; Lchdm. i. 364, 22, 24. Gefriða mé of ðæs león múðe libera me de ore leonis, Ps. Th. 21, 19. Of león hwelpum, 56, 4: 103, 20.
ge-secgan
To say, tell, relate, declare, prove ⬩ dicere, narrare, indicere
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Ex. 2: Elen. Kmbl. 1966: El. 985. Ic ðé sceal Meotudes mægenspéd I shall relate to thee the Creator's power, Exon. 92 b; Th. 348, 7; Sch. 24. Him sceolde se yldra eall gesæcgan narrabunt eam filiis suis, Ps. Th. 77, 8.
Linked entries: ge-sǽccan ge-sagian ge-sæcgan ge-secggan
scúr
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Syððan ( after the overflow of the Nile) tó twelf mðndurn ne cymþ dǽr nán óðer scúr, óð ðæt seó eá eft up ábrece, Lchdm. iii. 254, 2. Ðonnesceór cymeþ, Andr. Kmbl. 1024; An. 512.
Linked entries: scýr-mǽlum sceór
seóþan
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Kmbl. 2479; An. 1241. (2 a) to reduce by pain or disease :-- Heó swá swýðe mid ða untrumnysse soden wæs ðæt ða bán án tó láfe wǽron in tantum ea infirmitate decocta est, ut vix ossibus haereret, Bd. 4, 9; S. 577, 15. to prepare food for the mind, to make
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wrixlan
to change ⬩ vary ⬩ alter ⬩ to change ⬩ alternate ⬩ to exchange ⬩ deal ⬩ conversation ⬩ intercourse ⬩ to lend ⬩ of what is lent ⬩ of words ⬩ to speak
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Ex. 4. to lend Wrixlan mutuare, Wrt. Voc. ii. 56, 10. Wrislan, 72, 18. with dat. of what is lent, fig. of words, to speak Secg eft ongan síð Beówulfes snyttrum styrian, . . . wordum wrixlan, Beo. Th. 1752; B. 874.
libban
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Hió is án lytel and ðeáh ic mæg ðǽron libban modica est, et tiivet anima mea in ea, 399, 24. Tó tácne þæt hié óþer woldon, oþþe ealle libban oþþe ealle licgean, Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 32. <b>I b.
þweán
to wash ⬩ to anoint.
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Ic in ða eá ástáh and of ðam wætere míne handa þwóh, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 502. Hé hire fét mid his teárum þwóh, 744. Hé þwóh Aaron and his suna, Lev. 8, 6. Heó hí ðwóhg, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 13.
irfe
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Ðonnæ is þǽr nú irfæs nigon ealð hríðru . . . and fíftig wæþera terra omni pecunia caruit. Tune ego ipse peccuniam meam in ea reparare studui, unde interim pauperes vixerunt . . . Modo habetur ibi pecunia IX veteres boves . . . et L arietes, Cht.
ge-staðelian
To found ⬩ establish ⬩ build ⬩ erect ⬩ place ⬩ settle ⬩ strengthen ⬩ confirm ⬩ fortify ⬩ repair ⬩ restore ⬩ fundāre ⬩ stăbĭlīre ⬩ ædĭfĭcāre ⬩ collŏcāre ⬩ lŏcare ⬩ confortāre ⬩ confirmāre ⬩ restaurāre
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Ðe hit gestaðelod wæs qua fundāta est, Ex. 9, 18: Ps. Th. 121, 5. Ðǽr gestaðelad wæs æðelíc ingong where a noble entrance was placed, Exon. 12 a; Th. 19, 28; Cri. 307: 67 a; Th. 249, 6; Jul. 507.
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hnesce
Nesh, ⬩ soft, ⬩ delicate, ⬩ tender, ⬩ effeminate
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Syle him etan hnesce ægere give him lightly boiled (?) eggs to eat, Lchdm. iii. 134, 22. Ǽlc wuht biþ innanweard hnescost every creature is softest inside, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 6.
stræc
strict, severe, rigorous, stern, hard ⬩ rigid, unyielding, obstinate, persistent ⬩ violent, using force, uncompromising, vehement
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Illis dicendum est, quod plus de se, quam sunt, sentiunt, et idcirco alienis consiliis non acquiescunt, Past. 42, 1; Swt. 305, 12-15. violent, using force, uncompromising, vehement Manig strec (stræc, MS.
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hundred
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Hundrað centesimum, 8. þreó [hundr]ed æt cwicum men, Ll. Lbm. 473, [4]. In Danelage per xviii hundreda, qui numerus cornplet septies XX. libras et 1111. ; forisfacturam enim hundredi Dani vocabant viii. libras, Ll. Th. 1. 454. 10-12.
wís-dóm
wisdom ⬩ discretion ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cognizance ⬩ wisdom ⬩ knowledge ⬩ learning ⬩ philosophy
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Kmbl. 1875; El. 939. Hé wísdómes beþearf, worda wærlícra, 1082 ; El. 543. Hié náhton foreþances, wísdómes gewitt, 713; El. 357: Andr. Kmbl. 1289; An. 645. Wé willaþ wesan wíse. On hwilcon wísdó;me (sapientia)?
eardian
To dwell, live, feed ⬩ habĭtāre ⬩ To inhabit ⬩ inhabĭtāre
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For yfelnesse ðara eardiendra ðǽr on ðære byrig a malītia inhabĭtantium in eo, Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 22: Ps. Th. 82, 6: 135, 27: Ps. Spl. 16, 13. Eardendra, Ps. Th. 106, 33.
folc-scearu
A division of the people ⬩ nation ⬩ multitude ⬩ nātio ⬩ provincia
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Kmbl. 1933; El. 968. Geond ða folcsceare among the nation-host, Cd. 85; Th. 106, 34; Gen. 1781. On ðisse folcscere in this country, Elen. Kmbl. 804; El. 402. Búton folcscare except the host of people, Beo. Th. 146; B. 73
Linked entry: leód-scearu