wæl-gífre
eager to slay ⬩ eager to prey on the dead
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Th. 292, 16; Wand. 100. eager to prey on the dead Se grǽga mǽw wælgífre wand. Andr. Kmbl. 743; An. 372. Se wanna hrefn, wælgífre fugel, Judth. Thw. 24, 25; Jud. 207. Wulfum tó willan, and eác wælgíftum fuglum tó frófre, 25, 37; Jud. 296
Linked entries: hrá-gífre wæl-grǽdig
Cwén-sǽ
The White Sea ⬩ hyperboreus oceanus
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The White Sea ; hyperboreus oceanus Fram ðære eá Danais, west óþ Rín ða eá . . . and eft súþ óþ Donua ða eá. . . and norþ óþ ðone gársecg, ðe man Cwénsǽ hǽt: binnan ðǽm syndon manega þeóda; ac hit man hǽt eall, Germania from the river Don, westward to
éran
a shrill sound, the ears ⬩ tinnulus, aures
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a shrill sound, the ears; tinnulus, aures, Som. Ben. Lye
án-haga
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Wulf sceal on bearowe, earm ánhaga, Gn. C. 19. Add
for-cnídan
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Hé forcnýdeþ hí comminuet eas, Ps. Spl. 28, 6. Add
eþel-riht
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Him wæs on þám leódscipe lond gecynde, eard, éðelriht, B. 2198. Add
EARNIAN
EARN, merit, deserve, get, attain, labour for ⬩ mĕrēri
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He hæfþ ðæt ðæt he earnaþ he has that which he earns, Bt. 37, 2; Fox 188, 6
móraþ
A drink formed by boiling down and sweetening wine (with mulberries) ⬩ a decoction of wine and herbs
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Nim eald mórod. iii. 14, 8
Germania
Germany
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-Fram ðære eá Danais, west óþ Rín ða eá, [seó wylþ of ðæm beorge ðe man Alpis hǽt, and yrnþ ðonne norþ-ryhte on ðæs gársecges earm, ðe ðæt land útanymblíþ, ðe man Bryttannia hǽt] and eft súþ óþ Donua ða eá, [ðære ǽwylme is neáh ðære eá Rínes, and is siððan
ge-ligernes
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Wearð Alexander ofslagen from his ágenne méder, þeh heó hiere óþerne sunu eác ǽr ofslóge, for hiere geligernesse Alexandra scelere matris occiso, quamvis ea, jam commisso adulterio et altero filio interfecto, generi nuptias mariti morte pepigisset, 3,
nytt
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Hí (friends) beóð mé on sumum ðingum nytte, and ic eác heom, Solil. H. 40, 5.
ge
and ⬩ even ⬩ even ⬩ both . . . and . . . ⬩ and
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Ge ꝥ hié him selfum heora synna bebeorgaþ, ge eác óþre syngiende rihtaþ, 63, 24. and Hí hit eall álugon, ge wed, and eác áþas, Chr. 947 ; P. 112, 25.
LIBBAN
To LIVE
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Hé hié ealle geniédde ðæt hié áþas swóran, ðæt hié ealle ætgædere wolden oððe on heora earde licggean, oððe on heora earde libban, 4, 9; Swt. 190, 27. Hé cwæþ 'Ðú eart ðæs lifigendan Godes sunu.'
lafor
A leopard
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Swelce eác laforas ðǽr cwóman unmǽtlícre micelnisse and monig óðer wildeór and eác tigris nec minus apri ingentis forme mixti maculosis lincibus tygribusque, Nar. 15, 1
nic
not I
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Eart ðú wítega? Hé cwæþ nic, Jn. Skt. 1, 21. Eart ðú of ðysses leorningcnihtum? Ðá cwæþ hé : Nicc, ne eom ic, 18, 17
slá-wyrm
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Eal swá sláwyrm (regulus) áttru hit tósend, Scint. 105, 9. Add
wád-sǽd
Woad-seed
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Woad-seed Línséd sáwan, wádsǽd eác swá, Anglia ix. 262, 11
here-feoh
Booty
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Booty Eal ðæt herefeoh forléton prædam amiserunt, Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 118, 5
Linked entry: feoh
scildere
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A shielder, protector: — Ðú eart mín scyldere protector meus, Ps. Th. 17, 3
á-hýðan
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Wildeór áhíðende wes hié ferus depastus est eam, Ps. Srt. 79, 14. Add