wæl-reáf
what is taken from the slain ⬩ spoil taken in war ⬩ spoil ⬩ prey ⬩ robbing the slain
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Ic sceal langne hám ána gesécan, lǽt mé on láste líc eorðan dǽl wælreáf wunigean weormum tó hróðre. Apstls. Kmbl. 189; Ap. 95.
Linked entry: weg-reáf
freólíc
Free ⬩ noble ⬩ ingenuous ⬩ comely ⬩ goodly ⬩ līber ⬩ ingĕnuus ⬩ egrĕgius ⬩ dĕcens
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Ðǽt he brohte wíf to háme, fǽger and freólíc that he should bring to his home a wife, fair and goodly, Cd. 83; Th. 103, 22; Gen. 1722. Beam freólícu tú two comely children, 82; Th. 102, 30; Gen. 1708.
Linked entry: frílíc
un-gelíce
Not in like manner ⬩ differently ⬩ diversely
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Is hám sceapen ungelíce englum and deóflum, Exon. Th. 56, 11; Cri. 899: 56, 34; Cri. 910: 83, 29; Cri. 1363: 283, 31; Jul. 688. Bið ðám óþrum ungelíce willa geworden, 77, 28; Cri. 1263.
ge-leánian
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Ic wille, gif ic ǽnigum menn ǽnig feoh unleánod hæbbe, þæt míne mágas þæt hám geleánian, Cht. Th. 491, 6. to recompense, remunerate Byð geleánod remuneratur, An.
stede
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Grn. 15, 39. v. beán-, ceáp-, ciric-, cwealm-, hám-, hleów-, hlós-, mynster-, plog-, treów-, tún-, wáfung-, wer-stede; in-stede; adv
Linked entry: welig-stedende
éce
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Þára écena háma, 2, 14
hærfest
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Mon eorðan wæstmas on hærfeste hám gelǽdeð . . . on rypes tíman, Ph. 244. <b>II a.</b> rendered in late Latin versions by Augustus (cf.
næs
was not
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Nǽron ðá welige hámas, ne diórwyrþra hrægla hí ne girndan, forðam hí ðá git nǽran, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 4-6. Ða cyningas Rómeburg begeáton ðǽr Mutius nǽre ( if it had not been for Mucius ), Ors. 2, 3; Swt. 68, 20.
here-hýþ
Spoil ⬩ booty ⬩ plunder
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Hiera heres ðone mǽstan dǽl hám sendon mid hiora herehýþe præcipuam exercitus sui partem onustam præda domum revocant, Ors. 1, 10; Swt. 46, 21. Mid ðære herehýþe [herehúþe, MS. E.], Chr. 885; Erl. 82, 30.
laðian
To invite ⬩ call ⬩ call upon
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Hé héht hám laðian Mellitum and Iustum revocavit Mellitum et Justum, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 33. Ðá hét hé Willfriþ tó ðam sinoþe laðian vocari jussit Vilfridum, 5, 19; S. 639, 35. Hé sende his þeówan tó laðigenne mancynn tó ðære écan feorme, Homl.
earmlíce
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Þá ealdan sculan earmlíce licgan heápmǽlum æt hám hungre ácwolene, Wlfst. 295, 15. meanly.
ge-þweran
To stir ⬩ beat or mix together ⬩ to churn ⬩ make thick [as butter from cream] ⬩ poetically ⬩ to forge ⬩ cudere
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Heoru hamere geþuren the sword forged with the hammer, Beo. Th. 2575; B. 1285: Exon. 129 b; Th. 497, 16; Rä. 87, 1. Eorþe is hefigre óðrum gesceafum þicre geþruen earth is heavier than the other elements, more closely compacted, Bt. Met.
Linked entries: ge-þrofen ge-þuren samod-þyrlíc ge-þruen
drincan
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Icel. sitja við drykkju to banquet, carouse ) Gif cyning æt mannes hám drincæð, Ll. Th. i. 4, 1. Ðá ðe wódlíce drincað, and heora gewitt ámyrrað, Hml. A. 6, 145. Gif man wǽpn ábregde þǽr mæn drincen, 32, 11, 8.
heorþ-pening
A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]
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And ðonne hé hám cume gylde ðam cynge hundtwelftig scillinga of the hearth-penny. Let every hearth-penny be paid up by St.
wræc-líc
strange ⬩ wonderful ⬩ wretched ⬩ miserable
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Hé sceóp ðám wérlogan wræclícne hám, Cd. Th. 3, 17 ; Gen. 37
hlýdan
chatter
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Ox. 1955. where there is disorderly conduct Sé ðe wile drincan and dwǽslíce hlýdan, drince him æt hám, ná on Drihtnes húse, Hml. S. 13, 84. Hé onféng þæs hlýdendan folces andgyte tumultuantis turbae suscepit sensum, Gr. D. 265, 6.
be-hátan
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Add: to promise Hú fela beháta behét God Abra-hame?, Angl. vii. 42, 396. Embe þis wé sprecað eft swíðor swá swá wé ǽr behéton, Lch. iii. 240, 8. Cantware heom feoh behéton, Chr. 865 ; P. 69, 4. ꝥ him man gafol behéte, 994; P. 129, II.
GANG
GANG ⬩ going ⬩ journey ⬩ step ⬩ way ⬩ path ⬩ passage ⬩ course (of time) ⬩ ĭter ⬩ grădus ⬩ gressus ⬩ incessus ⬩ ambŭlātio ⬩ sēmĭta ⬩ a passage ⬩ drain ⬩ privy ⬩ latrīna ⬩ secessus
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Heó freó on hira fóta gangum blíðe hám wæs hweorfende ipsa lībĕro pĕdum incessu dŏmum læta reversa est; Bd. 4, 10; S. 578, 33. Heora geára gang anni eorum, Ps. Th. 77, 32. Geára gongum in the course of years, Elen.
meltan
to melt ⬩ become liquid ⬩ be consumed, dissolved ⬩ to digest
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His sylfes hám brynewylmum mealt ( was consumed ), Beo. Th. 4642; B. 2326. Multon meretorras ( when the waters of the Red Sea fell upon the Egyptians ), Cd. 167; Th. 208, 16; Exod. 484. Ðonne mé mægen mylte dum defecerit virtus mea, Ps. Th. 70, 8.
BOLD
a building, dwelling, house ⬩ ædificium, domicilium, domus ⬩ a superior house, hall, castle, palace, temple ⬩ aula, palatium, ædes ⬩ a builder
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Ðá wæs Beówulfe gecýðed, ðæt his sylfes hám, bolda sélest, brynewylmum mealt then it was made known to Beowulf, that his own home, the best of mansions, was consumed by flames of fire, Beo. Th. 4641; B. 2326.