ge-gangan
to go ⬩ happen ⬩ take place ⬩ befal ⬩ to fall to one's share ⬩ to come in ⬩ ire ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ to exercise ⬩ effect ⬩ accomplish ⬩ exercere ⬩ perficere ⬩ efficere ⬩ to go against with hostile intention ⬩ to pass over ⬩ overcome ⬩ subdue ⬩ conquer ⬩ obtain ⬩ acquire ⬩ aggredi ⬩ transgredi ⬩ superare ⬩ subigere ⬩ oblinere ⬩ adipisci ⬩ possidere
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Th. 1791; B, 893. to go against with hostile intention, to pass over, overcome, subdue, conquer, obtain, acquire; aggredi, transgredi, superare, subigere, oblinere, adipisci, possidere Gif fríman edor gegangeþ if a freeman pass over a fence, L.
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Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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Alfred the Great, born A.D. 849, grandson of Egbert, and fourth son of king Ethelwulf, reigned thirty years, A.D. 871-901 Ða, A.D. 871, féng Ælfréd, Æðelwulfing, to West Seaxna ríce ...
be-týnan
to enclose ⬩ surround ⬩ to shut in ⬩ out ⬩ shut up ⬩ to close ⬩ shut ⬩ to close ⬩ end
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Voc. ii. 24, 38. to enclose, surround with a fence: pú eorþan on þínre fýst betýndest, Nar. 47, 3. Bebbanburh wæs ǽrost mid hegge betíned and þǽrǽfter mid wealle, Chr. 547; P. 17, 21.
ge-streón
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Hé æfter him tó eallum his gestreónum féng haereditalem ejus adsumsit, Ors. 5, 13; S. 244, 23. <b>IV a.</b> of costly things, as collective, treasures, wealth, treasure.
land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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Nis ðæt rǽdlíc þing gif swá hlutor wæter tóflóweþ æfter feldum óð hit tó fenne werþ some let it [spring of water] run away over their land in rills.
haga
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Add: a fence or a fenced enclosure Haga sepis (spinarum ), Kent. Gl. 527. Fram earnes beáme Cregsétna haga an eást*-*halfe scéd hit tó Liówsandene . . . fram swelgende Cregsétna haga tó sioxslihtre, C. D. ii. 73, 25-28 : iii. 227, 20-23.
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ríce
power ⬩ authority ⬩ dominion ⬩ rule ⬩ empire ⬩ reign ⬩ bishops ⬩ consuls ⬩ a kingdom ⬩ realm ⬩ a diocese ⬩ a nation
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Brihtwold biscop féng tó ðam ríce (biscopstóle, MS. F.) on Wiltúnscíre Brihtwold became bishop of Wiltshire, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 2. Ðæt is ðæt hí (men) swíðost wilniaþ tó begitanne, wela and weorðscipe and ríce, Bt. 24, 4; Fox 86, 28.
fæder
a parent ⬩ a step-father ⬩ forefather ⬩ fathers ⬩ ancestors ⬩ father ⬩ a god-father ⬩ a patron
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Féng Carl tó þám westríce . . . swá hit his þridda fæder (his great-grandfather) hæfde, Chr. 885; P. 78, 32. Félix wæs his (Gregory's) fífta fæder Felix ejus fuit atavus (Bd. 2, 1), Hml. Th. ii. 118, 9.
ród
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Sé forlét his crisman and his róde and his gǽstlican wǽpnu, and féng tó his spere and tó his swurde, Chr. 1056; P. 187, 24. (not ) a crucifix.Add: in a church Hit líhte under þǽre róde swýðran earme þe stód ofer ꝥ weófed, Vis. Lfc. 53.
máðum
A precious or valuable thing ⬩ a treasure ⬩ jewel ⬩ ornament
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Ðæt se fénge ǽgðer ge tó lande ge tó mádmum and tó eallum his ǽhtum that he should succeed to the land and to the valuables and to all his possessions, Chart. Th. 486, 1.
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hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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Wá ðǽm ðe gaderað an hine selfne þæt hefige fenn . . . Ðæt is ðæt mon gadrige ðæt ðicke fenn . . . vae ei qui aggravat contra se densum lutum. Contra se densum lutum aggravare est . . . Past. 329, 18.
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búgan
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Se streám beáh for his fótum ꝥ hé mihte drýge ofergangan uidit undam suis cessisse ac uiam dedisse uestigiis, Bd. 1, 7 ; Sch. 24, 9, Sóna swá hí tógædere féngon, þá beáh seó Englisce fyrd , Chr. 1001; P. 133, 23. to bend one's steps, turn, go Þæt folc
FEALO
FALLOW, pale yellow or red coloured as withered grass or leaves, dusky, bay? ⬩ flāvus, gilvus, fuscus
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flāvus, gilvus, fuscus Fealo líg feormaþ and fénix byrneþ the yellow flame consumes and burns the Phœnix, Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 1; Ph. 218: 104b; Th. 396, 8; Rä. 16, 1. Fealu busius? [= fuscus? ], Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 81; Wrt. Voc. 46, 38.
FEÐER
FEATHER ⬩ penna ⬩ plūma ⬩ Wings ⬩ ālæ ⬩ pennæ ⬩ what is made of a feather ⬩ A pen ⬩ penna ⬩ călămus
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Se fenix ascæceþ feðre the phœnix shakes its feathers, Exon. 58a;Th. 207, 21; Ph. 145: 58b; Th. 212, 5; Ph. 205. Feðrum bifongenc clad with feathers, 61a; Th. 224, 23; Ph. 380: Bt. Met.
dæg
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Féng Æþelbryht tó þám ríce . . . on his dæge cuóm micel sciphere, Chr. 860; P. 68, 2. Mauricius and Valentines onféngon ríce, and rícsodon .vii. winter; and on hiera dagum Hengest and Horsa gesóhton Bretene, 449; P. 12, 5.
mid
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Sóna swá se hræfn þá cartan geseah, þá genam hé hig sóna and gewát mid on þæne fenu corvus, ut chartulam prospexit, rapido forcipe arripuit, Guth. Gr. 141, 6. Þá gewǽda þe heó bewunden wæs mid, Hml. S. 20, 94.
of-gán
to demand what is due, seek satisfaction for, require, exact ⬩ to require what is not due, to exact with violence, extort ⬩ to require what is not one's due but is granted as a favour or for a fair equivalent, to obtain, hold by allowance of another ⬩ to start of, make a beginning of anything.
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Gif óðres mynstres ár on óðres mynstres rýmette lége ðæt ðes mynstres ealdor ðe tó ðam rýmette fénge ofeode ðǽs óðres mynstres áre mid swilcum þingum swylce ðam híréde ðæ ða áre áhte gecwéme wǽre if one monastery's property lay in the space allotted
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þætte
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Æfter ðæm ðe Rómeburg getimbred wæs twá hunde wintra and IIIIX, þætte ( it came to pass, that ) Cambisis féng tó Persa ríce, Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 78, 2 : 4, 1; Swt. 154, 2. And ðæs embe fíf niht ðætte fulwiht tiid éces Drihtnes tó ús cymeþ, Menol.
stræc
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Ða hǽþenan féngon tó wurðienne entas and strece woruldmen ðe mihtige wurdan on woruldafelum and egesfulle wǽran ða hwýle ðe hý leofedon, Wulfst. 105, 34
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cunnian
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Hí woldon cunnian heora mihte on þæs cáseres fyrde ǽr þám þe hig féngon tó sibbe, Jud. Thw. 162, 31. Þá apostolas hine létan heora seódas beran ꝥ hié woldan mid þon his gítsunga cunnian, Bl. H. 69, 12.