fóre-mǽre
Fore-great ⬩ very honourable ⬩ illustrious ⬩ eminent ⬩ famous ⬩ celebrated ⬩ præclārus ⬩ illustris ⬩ excellens ⬩ fāmōsus ⬩ celeberrĭmus
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Hwǽr is nú se fóremǽra and se arǽda Rómwára heretoga where is now the illustrious and the prudent consul of the Romans? Bt. 19; Fox 70, 6. Hæfde gefohten fóremǽrne blǽd Iudith Judith had gained illustrious honour, Judth. 11; Thw. 23, 15; Jud. 122.
módigian
to be or become proud ⬩ to glory ⬩ exult ⬩ to take offence through pride ⬩ to bear one's self proudly ⬩ impetuously
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Ðǽr ǽr wegas lágon mere módgode (v. módig, IV.) where before ran the roads, now raged the sea, 166; Th. 206, 27; Exod. 458. Similar entries v. ofer-módigian
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sceanca
a shank, shin, ⬩ the upper part of the leg
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a shank, shin, the leg from the knee to the foot Sceanca crus Ælfc. Gr. 9, 33 ; Som. 12, 22: Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 21: i. 71, 56. Scance(-a?) crus, sceanca[n] crura 44, 68. Gif se sconca biþ þyrel beneoðan cneówe, L. Alf. pol. 63; Th. i. 96, 16.
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ge-wealden
Subject ⬩ under the power ⬩ control of any one ⬩ inconsiderable ⬩ small
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Búton swíðe gewaldenum dǽle eásteweardes ðæs folces except a small part of the people of the east of England, Chr. 894; Erl. 91, 11: Ors. 4, 9; Bos. 92, 1.
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a-rǽran
To rear up ⬩ raise up ⬩ lift up ⬩ exalt ⬩ set up ⬩ build up ⬩ create ⬩ establish ⬩ erigere ⬩ excitare ⬩ resuscitare ⬩ extollere ⬩ ædificare ⬩ creare
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Eardas rúme Meotud arǽrde for mon-cynne the Creator established spacious lands for mankind, Exon. 89 a; Th. 334, 14; Gn. Ex. 16
leóf
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Hí cwǽdon tó ðám apostolon lá leóf hwæt is ús tó dónne they said to the apostles, Sirs, what shall we do? Homl. Th. i. 314, 33
ge-cnǽwe
acknowledging the accuracy of a statement ⬩ acknowledging the justice of a charge that is or may be made, making confession of sin. ⬩ cognizant of ⬩ acknowledged, recognized as valid
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of persons. acknowledging the accuracy of a statement 'Þis gewrit is gefylled.' And hig ealle wǽron þæs gecnáwe, Lk. 4, 22. acknowledging the justice of a charge that is or may be made, making confession of sin. with gen.
ge-dwild
wandering ⬩ error, a being astray ⬩ false opinion, heresy; superstition, false religion ⬩ deception, a leading astray,
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Add: in a physical sense, wandering Ilias ꝥ beóð gewyn, and Odissia beóð gedwyld (cf. the opening of the Odyssey, 'Sing of the man who wandered much . . . and saw the cities of many men'), swá Omérus on þǽre béc recð, Angl. viii. 330, 46. error, a being
ge-réfa
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Gescádwís geréfa sceal . . . ( the duties of the reeve are then given ], Angl. ix. 259, 3. þæs biscopes gerefa. Ll. Th. i. 342, 16: 262, 24.
dæg
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Eall swá þicce is þeó heofon mid steorrum áfylled on dæg swá on niht . . .
a-calan
To become cold ⬩ algere ⬩ frigescere
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To become cold; algere, frigescere Nó acól for ðý egesan he never became cold for the terror, Andr. Grm. 1267
æ-ryst
The resurrection
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The resurrection Ða secgeaþ ðæt nán æryst ne sý qui dicunt non esse resurrectionem, Mt. Bos. 22, 23: 27, 53
æt-grǽpe
Grasping at ⬩ seizing ⬩ prehendens
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Grasping at, seizing; prehendens Ðǽr him aglǽca ætgrǽpe wearþ where the miserable being seized him. Beo. Th. 2542; B. 1269
æðel-cund
Of noble kind or origin ⬩ noble ⬩ nobilis originis
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Of noble kind or origin, noble; nobilis originis Æðelcunde mægþ the noblewoman. Exon. 119 b; Th. 459, 18; Hö. 1
ancleow
The ANCLE ⬩ talus
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The ANCLE; talus Ancleow talus, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Wrt. Voc. 44, 74. Lytel ancleow taxillus, 75 ; Wrt. Voc. 45, 1
aprotane
The herb southernwood ⬩ wormwood ⬩ abrotonum ⬩ ἀβρότονον
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The herb southernwood, wormwood; abrotonum = ἀβρότονον [artemisia, Lin.] Genim aprotanan take wormwood, L. M. 1, 16; Lchdm. ii. 60, 1
be-flagen flǽsc
The bowels ⬩ viscera
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The bowels; viscera Beflagen flǽc [ = flǽsc] vel innoþes innewearde viscera, Ælfc. Gl. 75; Som. 71, 99; Wrt. Voc. 45, 7
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a-wend
turned ⬩ translated
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turned, translated; Seó bóc is on Englisc awend the book is turned [translated] into English, Homl. Th. ii. 358, 30
beadu-rún
A war-secret ⬩ quarrel ⬩ jurgiosum arcanum ⬩ rixa
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A war-secret, quarrel; jurgiosum arcanum, rixa Húnferþ onband beadurúne Hunferth unbound the war-secret, Beo. Th. 1006; B. 501
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