seolh-ýða
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cf. flóda, holma begang. Or (?) sioleþ still water. Cf. Goth. ana-silan : Swed. dial. sil still water. v. Heyne's note) bigong sunu Ecgþeówes, Beo. Th. 4723; B. 2367
Linked entry: sioleða
wuldor-torht
Gloriously bright ⬩ splendid
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Gloriously bright, splendid Wuldortorht heofon-weardes gást, Cd. Th. 8, 5; Gen. 119. Hádor sægl wuldortorht gewát, Andr. Kmbl. 2912; An. 1459 : Cd. Th. 174, 7; Gen. 2874. Beácen wuldortorht, 167, 21; Gen. 2769. Woldortorhtan weder, Beo.
cǽg-bora
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[Cf. N. E. D. key-bearer.] Cf. cǽg-hirde
ge-snid
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Cf. sníþan ; Beóð oft ðá wunda mid ele gehǽlda, ðá ðe mon mid gesnide ( incisione ) gebétan ne meahte, Past. 271, 2. killing. Cf. sníþan; Swá swá sceáptð gesnide, R. Ben. 27, 10
hilfan
to halve
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bipertitum (cf. bipertitum, in duobus pertitum, 128), Corp. Gl. H. 25, 138; Wrt. Voc. ii. 102, 2. [Cf. Scipen gunnen helden, bosmes þer rendden, seiles þer helfden (split in half), Laym. 7851.]
Linked entry: herbid
scip-wræc
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what is cast up from a wreck Cum omni maris eiectu, quod shipwrec appellamus, C. D. iv. 146, 9. Cum omnibus quaecunque maris procellosis tempestatibus, in aquam uel in terram eorum eiecta fuerint, quod Anglice shipwreck promulgatum est onomate, 28
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wær-word
A word of caution, forewarning
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A word of caution, forewarning Wærwordum antefatis(as if from ante-fatus= spoken before, cf. antefataforewyrde, 100, 28; but the Latin is ante fatis. Cf. Hpt. Gl. 529, 40 fatis ge*-*wyr[dum]), Wrt. Voc. ii. 88, 34: 5, 42
æg-léca
A wretch ⬩ miscreant
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A wretch, miscreant, Cd. 214; Th. 269,14; Sat. 73
Linked entry: ag-léca
æll-mihtig
all-mighty
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all-mighty, Cd. 17; Th. 20, 19; Gen. 311
afera
a son
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a son, Cd. 95; Th. 123, 31; Gen. 2054
alet
Fire ⬩ ignis
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Fire; ignis, Cd. 186; Th. 232, 3; Dan. 254
bád
expected ⬩ waited
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expected, waited,Cd. 132; Th. 167, 32; Gen. 2774;
bare
bare ⬩ naked
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bare, naked,Cd. 37; Th. 48, 30; Gen. 783;
beót
beat ⬩ hurt
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beat, hurt Cd. 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265;
culufre
a dove
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a dove Cd. 72 ; Th. 88, 12 ; Gen. 1464
driht-folc
a nation
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a nation, Cd. 144; Th. 179, 26, Exod, 34
dihtig
Doughty ⬩ valĭdus
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Doughty; valĭdus, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 11; Gen. 1993
éþfynde
Easily found
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Easily found, Cd. 171; Th. 215, 6; Exod. 579
firnian
to sin
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to sin, Cd. 227; Th. 303, 29; Sat. 621
for-borsten
bursted ⬩ failed
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Cd. 4; Th. 5, 11; Gen. 70;