forþ-weg
An onward course ⬩ a going forth ⬩ departure ⬩ journey ⬩ progressus ⬩ profectio ⬩ ăbĭtus ⬩ ŏbĭtus
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An onward course, a going forth, departure, journey; progressus, profectio, ăbĭtus, ŏbĭtus Fús forþweges desirous of departure, Exon. 108 a; Th. 412, 20; Rä. 31, 3.
frécne
Horribly ⬩ savagely ⬩ fiercely ⬩ severely ⬩ insolently ⬩ boldly ⬩ dangerously ⬩ atrōcĭter ⬩ dūre ⬩ audacter ⬩ perīcŭlōse
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Hie hit frécne genéðdon they severely oppressed it, Cd. 170; Th. 214, 17; Exod. 570: Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 23; Rä. 21, 16: Ps. Th. 67, 2: 103, 33: 104, 25. Ðæt him hit frécne ne meahte sceððan that it might not dangerously wound him, Beo.
Linked entries: frécen frécne-stíg
geatwe
Arms ⬩ trappings ⬩ garments ⬩ ornaments ⬩ armāmenta ⬩ vestīmenta ornāmenta
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Geatwum with ornaments, Exon. 109 a; Th. 417, 26; Rä. 36, 10. Ic geondseah recedes geatwa I looked over the ornaments of the house, Beo. 6167; B. 3087
mǽw
A sea-mew ⬩ gull
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Mǽwes song, 106 b; Th. 404, 25; Rä. 25, 6. Mere, mǽwes éðel, 123 b; Th. 474, 6; Bo. 25
Linked entry: meáu
magu-rinc
A child ⬩ young man ⬩ a man ⬩ warrior
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Cwom LX monna . . ne meahton magorincas ofer mere feolan, Exon. 106 a; Th. 404, 9; Rä. 23, 5. Magorinca heáp ( the men in Hrothgar's hall ), Beo. Th. 1464; B. 730. Magorinca mód, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 51; Met. 1, 26
mín
Of me
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Ne wát ic hygeþoncum mín, 109 a; Th. 417, 14; Rä. 36, 4. Hé wæs mín on ða swíðran, Elen. Kmbl. 694; El. 347. Mín sylfes gást wæs órmod worden, Ps. Th. 76, 4. Mín sylfes weorc hí gesáwon, 94, 9
ge-habban
To hold ⬩ be [ill] ⬩ habere ⬩ tenere
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Bos. 18, 26 : Exon. 105 a; Th. 398, 19; Rä. 17, 10. Ðara synna gé gihabbaþ quorum peccata retinuerites, Jn, Skt. Lind. 20, 23 : Past. 51, 9; Swt. 401, 32; Hat. MS. Æfter ðisum wordum wearþ gemót gehæfd after these words a meeting was held, Homl.
Linked entry: ge-hafa
gum-cynn
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Idisí. . . gumkunnies wíf, Mariun munilíka, Hél. 5785) Eom ic gumcynnes ánga ofer eorðan I am the only one of the race (cf. his sunu . . . ángan ofer eorðan yrfeláfe his only son and heir, Isaac, Exod. 403), Rä. 85, 12.
hleów
cover ⬩ shelter ⬩ Protection ⬩ a protector
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Add: cover, shelter furnished by an object Under hrófes hleó, Rä. 28, 5. Hé holtes hleó geméteð, Ph. 429. Protection afforded by a person Hé ácenned wearð tó hleó and tó hróðre hæleða cynne, An. 567: III.
hliþ
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Streámas weorpað on stealc hleoða stáne and sonde, Rä. 3, 7. Stealc hliðo stígan, 88, 3. as the first part of compounds: On þone hliðwege, C. D. iii. 436, 25. Þis sint þá denstówa . . . hliþwíc, ii. 318, 30
gum-cynn
Mankind, men, a race, nation ⬩ humanum genus, gens, natio
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We synt gumcynnes Geáta leóde we are of the race of the Gauts' people, 525; B. 260
on-hǽle
Secret, hidden
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Gif mec onhǽle án onfindeþ, ðǽr ic wíc búge (cf. gif ic mǽgburge mót míne gelǽdan on dégolne weg, 397, 15-17), 396, 19; Rä. 16, 7. Wíd is ðes wésten, wræcsetla fela, eardas onhǽle earmra gǽsta, 121, 7; Gú. 268: 123, 13; Gú. 322.
on-hnígan
To bend down, bow, press down ⬩ To bend down, bow
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Onhnigenum heáfde simle his gesyhþa ádúna on eorþan besette, R. Ben. 31, 8. intrans. To bend down, bow Hí onhnígaþ tó mé, Exon. Th. 412, 29; Rä. 31, 7. Ealle eáðmódlíce tó Criste sylfum onhnigan, Blickl. Homl. 203, 23 ; Cd. Th. 227, 3 ; Dan. 181.
Linked entry: á-hnígan
hlæder
A ladder, ⬩ flight of steps; ⬩ scala
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on swefne standan áne hlædre and godes englas up stígende and nyðer stígende on ðære hlædre viditque in somnis scalam stantem, angelos quoque del ascendentes et descendentes per eam, Gen. 28, 12, 13: Past. pref; Swt. 23, 17: Exon. 114 a; Th. 437, 11; Rä
Linked entry: hlædder
hlæst
Burden, ⬩ freight, ⬩ lading
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Hlæst beran to bear a burden, Exon. 101 a; Th. 381, 23; Rä. 2, 15. Ic ástíge mín scyp mid hlæstum mínum ego ascendo navem cum mercibus meis, Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 31
gor
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Ðæs gores sunu, ðone we wifel nemnaþ son of the dung, which we call [dung-] beetle, Exon. 111 a; Th. 426, 11; Rä. 41, 72. Mid swínenum gore with swine dung, Herb. 9, 3; Lchdm. i. l00, 11.
wifel
A weevil ⬩ a beetle
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Th. 426, 13; Rä 41, 73. Æfter ðam wifele. Lchdm. ii. 320, 2. Weorp ofer bæc ðone wifel (tordwifel, l. 15) on wege; beheald ðæt ðú ne lócige æfter, 318, 19. ¶ the word seems to occur in several local names, v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 352
Linked entry: wibil
DÚN
A mountain, hill, DOWN ⬩ mons, collis
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Of denum and of dúnum from dells and from downs, 107 b; Th. 409, 18; Rä. 28, 3: Cd. 69; Th. 84, 15; Gen. 1398: 71; Th. 85, 28; Gen. 1421. Seó wiht dúna briceþ the creature will burst the hills, Exon. 109 b; Th. 420, 6; Rä. 39, 6.
stund
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Th. 499, 12; Rä. 88, 14.
wudu
wood ⬩ the substance of growing trees ⬩ a tree ⬩ (hewh) wood ⬩ the material obtained from trees ⬩ wood which forms something ⬩ something made of wood ⬩ wood ⬩ wood ⬩ the wood ⬩ woods ⬩ a wood ⬩ wild
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Th. 384, 8; Rä. 4, 24. Secgan hú se wudu (a sheathe) hátte, 437, 32; Rä. 56, 16 : (a loom), 438, 10; Rä. 57, 5. Liþendum wuda (a ship), 392, 9; Rä. ii. 5. Wudu bundenne, Bec. Th. 438; B. 216: 3842; B. 1919.