weorold-þing
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A worldly thing, matter, affair Ne sý nán sacerdhádes man ðe durre geþrístlǽcan, ðæt ǽnig ðara fata, ðe tó god-cundum bígonge gehálgod bið, tó ǽnigum woruldþinge dó ( put it to any secular use ), L. E. I. 18; Th. ii. 412, 30. Mid ungerisenlícum gewilnungum
clǽne
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Add: physical. of metal, free from dross or alloy Fífténe scillingas clǽnes feós, Cht. Th. 168, 16. Mid claene feó, ðæt wæs mid clǽne golde, Txts. 175, 5. of land, free from hurtful growth, clear Ðone æcer ðe wæs mid ðornum áswógen . . . ðone æcer
drý-cræft
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Add: sorcery, magic Syxte mægen is ꝥ drýcræft þám men ne dereþ þe hine ( agate ) mid him hæfð, Lch. ii. 298, 10. Ðín drýcræft ðe tó nánre freme ne becymð, Hml. Th. ii. 414, 14. Ágróf se mon on ǽrenum brede drýcræftæs word, Shrn. 141, 16. ' Miht þú ádwǽscan
féþa
a footman ⬩ a foot-soldier ⬩ troops ⬩ infantry
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Dele II, and add: a footman Féða pedester (nunquam pergo pedester, Ald. 272, 34), An. Ox. 23, 54. Rídende oþþe féþan fær dónde equitando vel pedites iter agendo, Angl. xiii. 373, 116. Féþan pedestres, An. Ox. 61, 17. Féþena peditum, 826. Foeðan statores
ge-sceótan
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Add: trans, to shoot an arrow, hurl a spear, &c. Ǽr þǽr wǽre ǽnig spere gescoten, Chr. 1055 ; P. 186, 5. Arewan, gauelucas wǽron gescotene catapultae diriguntur, i. misse sunt, An. Ox. 4240. to assign to a position, allot to a place Þás Godes
ge-singan
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Add: to make a sound. of persons, to play an instrument Wé gesungun iúh mið hwistlum cantauimus nobis tibiis, Lk. L. 7, 32. of a bird (cock), to crow Gisingeð ðe hona cantabit gallus, Jn. R. L. 13, 38. Ðe hona gisang, 18, 27 : Mk. R. L. 14, 68 : Lk.
heorot
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Add Heort cervus, hind cerva. Wrt. Voc. i. 22, 63. Heorot, ii. 23, 9: Ps. Vos. 41, 2. Geseah hé micelne floc heorta . . . æteówde him sylfum án ormǽte heort. Hml. S. 30, 29. Heorutes (heorotes, Ps. Vos., heortes, Ps. Rdr. Spl.) cervi, Ps. Srt. 17, 34
hýd
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Add: the skin of an animal, raw or dressed Hiera sceldas wǽron betogen mid elpenda hýdum ( scuta elephanti corio extenio habilia ). . . elpendes hýd wile drincan wǽtan gelíce and spynge déð, Ors. 5, 7 ; S. 230, 26. Hýde bysse, i. corii, An. Ox. 3285:
on-búgan
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Add Hí bǽdon ꝥ heora geféran . . . heora cwellerum onbugon (should bend their heads: cf. hí ástræhton heora swuran tó slæge, 71 : or under ?) blíþe tó slæge, Hml. S. 28, 63. add: to bend in submission to (tó) Him onbugon þá Francan tó þám wynsuman iuce
sóna
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Add: within a short time, with reference to a definite past or future time Hǽlend him tó cwæþ, 'Lóca nú'. . . Hé þá sóna instæpes geseh, Bl. H. 15, 27. Þá cleopedon his ðegnas him tó . . . Hé him sóna ondwyrde, and him stiernlíce stiérde, Past. 197,
HEBBAN
To HEAVE, lift up, raise ⬩ levare, extollere
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To HEAVE, lift up, raise Ic míne handa tó ðé hebbe and þenige expandi manus meas ad te, Ps. Th. 87, 9. Tó ðé ic hæbbe mín mód ad te levavi animam meam, 24, 1. Hine sylfne hefeþ on heáhne beám raises itself into a lofty tree, Exon. 57 b; Th. 205, 13;
HORD
HOARD, treasure ⬩ n. thesaurus
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HOARD, treasure Hord thesaurus. Wrt. Voc. 86, 47. Ðá wæs óþboren beága hord then was borne off the hoard of rings, Beo. Th. 4557; B. 2284: 6015; B. 3011. Hyrde ðæs hordes keeper of the hoard, Exon. 130 a; Th. 498, 7; Rä. 87, 9: Beo. Th. 1778; B. 887.
on-hildan
to lean, incline, recline, bend down ⬩ with the idea of favourable disposition towards a person or thing, to incline ⬩ to bow, bend ⬩ to turn from the right course ⬩ to cause to sink ⬩ To decline, deviate, incline, sink
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trans. of actual motion, to lean, incline, recline, bend down Onheldeþ hine and falleþ inclinabit se et cadet, Ps. Surt. 9, 31. Se biscop hine onhylde tó ánre ðære studa, Bd. 3, 17; S. 543, 37: 4, 9; S. 577, 7. Hé his heáfod onhylde swá swá hé slápan
or-lege
war, strife, hostility ⬩ a place where hostility is shewn
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war, strife, hostility Ðá wæs orlege eft onhréred, níð upp árás, Andr. Kmbl. 2605 ; An. 1304. Ic ðæs orleges or anstelle (speaking of the strife of the elements), Exon. Th. 386, 9; Rü. 4, 59. Se ðæs orleges or onstealde, Beo. Th. 4805; B. 2407. Ðonne
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tó-faran
to go in different directions, ⬩ go off separately, ⬩ part ⬩ to disperse (intrans.) ⬩ scatter ⬩ to go away, ⬩ pass off, ⬩ depart, ⬩ become extinct.
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to go in different directions, go off separately, part On sumera tófór se here, sum on East-Engle, sum on Norðhymbre, Chr. 897; Erl. 94, 25. Ðá hié tógædere woldon, ðá com swá ungemetlíc rén, ðæt heora nán ne mehte nánes wǽpnes gewealdan, and for ðæm
wígend
a fighting man ⬩ a warrior ⬩ soldier ⬩ a noble ⬩ strenuous man
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a fighting man, a warrior, soldier Wígend weorðtullost ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 6189; B. 3099. Ðæm wíggende ( Constantine ), Elen. Kmbl. 1964; El. 984. Ðone wíggend ( Holofernes ), Judth. Thw. 25, 13; Jud. 258. Wígend cruncon wundum wérige, Byrht. Th. 140
irsian
to be angry ⬩ to rage ⬩ to make angry ⬩ to anger ⬩ provoke
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to be angry, to rage Hú lange yrsast ðú on ðínes esnes gebed quousque irasceris in orationem servi tui, Ps. Th. 79, 5. Synfull yrsaþ peccator irascetur, 111, 9. Ðonne ús ðara manna mód yrsade and ús wiðerwearde wǽron cum irasceretur animus eorum adversum
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LYSTAN
To LIST
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To LIST, cause pleasure or desire [with dat. or acc. of person in whom the feeling is caused, and gen. of the thing, or infin.] Mé ne lyst piget, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 23. Mé lyst rǽdan lecturio, 34; Som. 37, 56. Hine ne lyst his willan wyrcean, Blickl
siððan
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adv. Afterwards, since Gé faraþ siððan postea transibitis, Gen. 18, 5. Siððon, Exon. Th. 131, 33 ; Gú. 465. Sioððan, Elen. Kmbl. 2292 ; El. 1147. Syððan ( exinde ) ongan se Hǽlend bod*-*ian, Mt. Kmbl. 4, 17. Ðá ongan hyne syððan hingrian postea esuriit
þeccan
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To cover, to cover an object with something Ic wreó mé, leáfum þecce, Cd. Th. 53, 29; Gen. 868. Ðú ðín sylf þecest líc mid leáfum, 54, 15; Gen. 877. Se ðe heofen þeceþ wolcnum qui operit coelum nubibus, Ps. Th. 146, 8. Mec ( a horn ) þeceþ mon golde
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