murcung
Complaint ⬩ grief ⬩ murmuring
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Hý ðé willaþ on murcunga gebringan ðonne hié ðé fram hweorfaþ fortuna cum discesserit allatura moerorem Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 19 note
Gota
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Hit gelamp ꝥ him cómon twégen men tó of Gotena þeóde, þá sǽdon ꝥ hí tó Rauennan faran woldon, Gr. D. 66, 3-7. Add
ofer-feohtan
to conquer, vanquish ⬩ expugnare, devincere
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Hí feónd oferfeohtaþ, Exon. Th. 150, 7; Gú. 775. Oft hí ofyrfuhtun expugnaverunt mé, Ps. Spl. C. 128, 2. Hæfde Drihten feónd oferfohten, Cd. Th. 289, 29; Sat. 405.
folc-land
the land of the folk or people
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Þegenes lagu is, ðæt he sý his bóc-rihtes wyrðe, and ðæt he þreó þinc of his lande dó, fyrd-færeld, and burh-bóte, and brycg-geweorc [MS. bryc-] thane's law is, that he be worthy to make his will, and that he perform three things for his land, military
un-meahtig
not mighty ⬩ weak ⬩ impotent ⬩ of little power or means ⬩ impossible
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Ne bepǽce nán man hine sylfne, ðæt hé secge, ðæt ǽnig hád sý unmihtigra ðonne óðer, Homl. Th. i. 284, 17. Swá hwæt swá unmihtigre bið, ðæt ne bið ná God, 228, 27: Hexam. 3; Norm. 6, 7, 5.
ge-hát
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Hé bád sóðra geháta, hwonne him Freá reste ágeáfe, Gen. 1425: Cri. 541: Gú. 913. a promise to a deity, a vow Gehát oððe wirgnes devotatio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 26, 2: i. 29, 1.
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georn
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</b> diligent about something (but see georne, ) Hú giorne (georne, v. l. ) hié wǽron ǽgðer ge ymb láre ge ymb liornunga, ge ymb ealle ðá ðiówotdómas ðe hié Gode dón scoldon, P. 3, 9
under-niman
to take surreptitiously ⬩ to steal ⬩ to take into the mind ⬩ receive what is said, taught ⬩ to take upon one's self ⬩ to blame ⬩ resent
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[Hire fader hefde iset hire to lare and heo undernom (-ueng, MS. R.) hit wel, Kath. 117.] to take upon one's self Gif ðú leornian wille hú ðæt gewurðan mæge, ðonne undernim ðú leorningcnihtes híw, Homl. Th. i. 590, 20.
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tweó
uncertainty ⬩ hesitation ⬩ delay ⬩ a doubtful state of things ⬩ state of indecision
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Kmbl. p. 4, 4. a doubtful state of things, state of indecision On ðæm tweón ðe hié swá ungeorne his willan fulleodon ðá becom him Antigonus mid firde on in this state of indecision, in which they carried out his will so reluctantly, Antigonus fell upon
hwón
Little ⬩ few
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Hine hwón fram ðám cnihtum gewænde, Ap. Th. 21, 27. Gif huidir huón ic sægde quominus dixissem, Jn. Skt. Lind. 14, 2. Gif hé hwón hnappode if he dozed a little, Hom. Th. i. 86, 18. Ðá hwón onslép, Shrn. 60, 17. Hwónn, Bd. 3, 9; S. 534, 11.
Linked entries: æt-hwón ná-teþeshwón hwéne
GEONG
YOUNG, youthful, new, recent, fresh ⬩ jŭvĕnis, adolescens, nŏvellus, rĕcens ⬩ young
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He héht hine geonge twegen men mid síþian he bade two young men accompany him, Cd. 138; Th. 173, 27; Gen. 2867: Beo. Th. 4040; B. 2018. Geongra ic wæs, witendlíce ic ealdode jūnior fui, etenim sĕnui, Ps. Spl. C. 36, 26.
þeów
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Servile, not free, bond Ðes ðeówa mann hic manceps, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 55; Zup. 67, 2. Gif þeów noun wyrce on Sunnandæg be his hláfordes hǽse, sié hé frioh, L. In. 3; Th. i. 104, 2. Ðeów swán and ðeów beócere, L. R. S. 6; Th. i. 436, 19.
eáca
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Hé ofslóh án hund þúsend manna and hundeahtatig ðúsend and sumne eácan ðǽrtó, Hml. S. 18, 404
gearwian
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H. 31, 6. (1 a) where the purpose for which a thing is prepared is given :-- Hé gearwaþ þínne innoð his Suna tó brýdbúre, Bl. H. 9, 9. of ships, to equip Ꝥ man ǽghwilce geáre sóna æfter Eástron fyrdscipa gearwige, Ll.
spor
a trace, track, spoor ⬩ a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. ⬩ a wound ⬩ tracing, tracking
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Gif man spor gespirige of scýre on óðre, fón ða menn tó ðe ðǽr nýcst syndon, and drífan ðæt spor óð hit man ðam geréfan gecýðe; fó hé syþþan tó and ádrífe ðæt spor út of his scíre, L. Ath. v. 8, 4; Th. i. 236, 20-23.
leahter
a crime ⬩ fault ⬩ offence ⬩ sin ⬩ vice ⬩ disgraceful ⬩ reproach ⬩ opprobrium ⬩ blame ⬩ disgrace ⬩ disease ⬩ disorder ⬩ hurt ⬩ malady
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Homl. 37, 3. a bodily defect, disease, disorder, hurt, malady Hyt áfeormaþ ðone leahtor ðe grécas hostopyturas hátaþ, ðæt ys, scurf ðæs heáfdes, Herb. 184, 4; Lchdm. i. 322, 15.
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segn
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Hæfdon him tó segne beácen árǽred, gyldenne león the tribe of Judah had a golden lion for their standard, Cd. Th. 198, 7 ; Exod. 319. Hé under segne sinc ealgode fighting under his flag he defended his treasure, Beo. Th. 2412 ; B. 1204.
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FEARR
a bull, an ox ⬩ taurus, bos ⬩ the Bull, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac ⬩ taurus
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He geworhte ánes fearres anlícnesse of áre he made an image of a bull with brass, Ors. 1, 12; Bos. 36, 29. Fearras fætte ofsettun oððe ymbsǽton me tauri pingues obsēdērunt me, Ps. Lamb. 21, 13: Mt. Bos. 22, 4.
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ful-geare
Full well ⬩ very well ⬩ fully ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ sătis bĕne ⬩ plēne ⬩ pĕnĭtus
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Hió ne fulgeare cúðon gesecggan be ðám sigebeácne they could not fully tell about the victorious sign, Elen. Kmbl. 334; El. 167. Ic fulgearwe wát ðæt he byþ wís and mildheort I know full well that he is wise and merciful, Ps.
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mæðel-stede
A place of assembly ⬩ place where a meeting is held ⬩ a place of hostile meeting ⬩ a battle-place
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A place of assembly, place where a meeting is held (cf. þing-stede) Tó ðam meðelstede manige cómon snottere selerǽdend, Andr. Kmbl. 1315; An. 658: 1393; An. 697. Swá him Offa ǽr ásǽde on ðam meðelstede ðá hé gemót hæfde, Byrht.
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