heáh-burh
A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation
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A chief town, large town; also a town having an elevated situation Ðǽr is Créca heáhburg there is the chief town of the Greeks, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 21: Beo. Th. 2258; B. 1127. Tó ðære heáhbyrig to the chief town [Babylon], Cd. 209; Th. 259, 30; Dan. 699.
sweþel
A swathe, wrap, band, bandage; cf. swaddling band, clothes ⬩ of a funeral pile in whose fire the body is wrapped
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Wuduréc ástáh sweart ofer swioðole (swicðole, MS.) the smoke rose black above the pile where Beowulf's body lay enwrapped, Beo. Th. 6281; B. 3146, cf. swaþul
swíþlíce
very greatly, exceedingly ⬩ powerfully, energetically, strongly ⬩ sternly, strictly, severely
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Ic wát ðæt ðú woldest swíþe swíþlíce beón onǽled quanto ardore flagrares, Bt. 22, 2; Fox 78, 3. Ðá wunode se hálga wer on ancerlífe swíðlíce stíðe, Homl.
stæf-cræft
the art of letters ⬩ grammar ⬩ skill in letters ⬩ learning ⬩ study
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Litteratus se ðe can stæfcræft, 43; Zup. 257. 7. skill in letters Similar entries (v. stæf, IV), learning, study Ðeodorus mid hálgum gewritum and stæfcræftum hí (the English) georne hét beón lǽrende literarum sanctarum coeperint (Angli) studiis imbui
Linked entry: stæf-cyst
a-dǽlan
To part ⬩ divide ⬩ separate ⬩ partiri ⬩ dividere ⬩ separare
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To part, divide, separate; partiri, dividere, separare He sceal wesan of eorþan feor adǽled he shall be far parted from the earth, Cd. 106; Th. 140, 4; Gen. 2322.
fóre-tiohung
A fore-appointing ⬩ predestination ⬩ prædestĭnātio
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Be ðære Godes fóretiohunge concerning the predestination of God, 40, 5; Fox 240, 13. Sió godcunde fóretiohhung the divine predestination, 40, 6; Fox 242, 9
Linked entry: fóre-teohung
fúl
A convicted offender ⬩ reus, qui scĕlĕris damnātus est
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Be ðon ðe fúl friðiaþ concerning those who protect a convicted offender, 8 titl; Th. i. 164, 1
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mamorian
to be deep in thought about anything
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to be deep in thought about anything(?) Hí mamriaþ mín and unriht they are plunged in thought of crime and wrong; scrutantes scrutinio, Ps. Th. 63, 5.
ge-neát-riht
The conditions regulating the tenure of the 'geneát-land :'
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The conditions regulating the tenure of the 'geneát-land :' -Geneát-riht is mistlic be ðam ðe on lande stænt. On sumon he sceal land-gafol syllan ... villani rectum est varium et multiplex secundum quod in terra statutum est.
wrídan
To put forth shoots ⬩ be productive
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To put forth shoots, be productive Weaxaþ and wrídaþ, . . . fyllaþ eówre fromcynne foldan sceátas, teámum and túdre. Cd. Th. 92, 21; Gen. 1532. Wríðende sceal mǽgðe ðínre monrím wesan, 105, 33; Gen. 1762.
deorfan
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II. to be in peril :-- On frecednesse he dyrfð periculo periclitat, Lch. iii. 151, 10, 15. Manega for éhtum durfon multi propter opes periclitauerunt, Scint. 215, 13
ge-hámettan
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Substitute: To domicile, settle in a fixed residence and so bring within reach of the law Wé cwǽdon be þǽm hláfordleásum mannum þe man nán ryht æt begytan ne mæg, ꝥ man beóde þǽre mǽgðe ꝥ hí hine tó folcryhte gehámetten, and him hláford finden, Ll.
ge-fiscian
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.), to fish for, catch or try to catch fish Críst dyde þæt hí mid his heofonlican láre manna sáwla gefixodon . . . be dám cwæð se wítega : 'Ic ásende míne fisceras, and hí gefixiað hí' ( ego mittam piscatores, et piscabuntur eos, Jer, 16, 16), Hml.
Linked entry: fiscian
pistol-rǽding
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Be ðyssere tíde (Advent) mǽrsunge spræc se apostol Paulus on ðyssere pistolrǽdinge tó Rómániscum leódum (Rom. 13, 11 sqq.), 600, 31. Add
treówlíce
Faithfully ⬩ truly
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R. 218, 13. pouz ze be trewe of zowre tonge and trewliche wynne, Piers P. i. 177
þrítig
Thirty ⬩ thirty (years old)
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Þrittig síðon seofon beóð twá hundred and týn, Anglia viii. 303, 7. Þrittig síðon twelf, 29. Þrittigun sýþum hundteóntig þúsenda, Blickl. Homl. 79, 25, Ða þryttig scyllingas, Mt. Kmbl. 27, 3.
fúhtiende
To become moist
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To become moist Þá ðá þurh híwunge beóð swá hole swá hreód . . ., and þá ðe fúhtigende beóð on fúlre gálnesse, on swylcum se deófol macað his wnnunge, Nap. 26. Substitute:
húru
At least ⬩ at all events ⬩ at any rate ⬩ in any case ⬩ however ⬩ even ⬩ yet ⬩ only ⬩ indeed ⬩ certainly ⬩ especially
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Be emnihte oððe húru be ealra hálgena mæssan by the equinox or in any case by Allhallows' mass, L. Eth. ix. 9; Th. i. 342, 22. Eallum cristenum gebyreþ ðæt hí riht lufian and húru [ certainly ] gehádode men scylon á riht rǽran, L. I.
Linked entry: híru
ge-wit
wits ⬩ senses ⬩ [right] mind ⬩ mind ⬩ intellect ⬩ knowledge ⬩ understanding ⬩ consciousness
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Cyning geweóld his gewitte the king recovered consciousness, Beo. Th. 5399; B. 2703
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and
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Add: , end Aend suilcae, end suilce atqueve, Txts. 42, 98. introductory to a clause which is not preceded by one with which it can be connected Ðá cwæð Eustachius: 'And ne sǽde ic ꝥ wilde deór hí gelǽhton?', Hml.