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Brunan burh

(n.)
Grammar
Brunan burh, gen. Brunan burge; dat. Brunan byrig; f.

Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,

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I cannot, however, discover why he places it to the north of Northumbria. For the reasons I have stated, I believe it was to the south-west of Lurham. — Dr.

on-geagn

(prep.)
Grammar
on-geagn, -gegen, -gægn, -gegn, -geán, -gán, -geǽn, -gén.

opposite, over against, against ⬩ towards, in the direction of, to meet, in the way of ⬩ against ⬩ against, for the reception of, to receive ⬩ in reply to ⬩ in return for, as an equivalent for ⬩ opposite, over against ⬩ against, in a direction opposite to ⬩ against, with, contrary to, in opposition to ⬩ in reply to ⬩ as an equivalent for, in return for, in exchange for ⬩ against, ready for ⬩ towards ⬩ opposite ⬩ again, back ⬩ Lat re- ⬩ in reply ⬩ towards ⬩ on the other hand ⬩ again

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Ic ne mǽg nó wiðcweþan ne furþum ongeán ðæt geþencan I cannot contradict, I cannot even have a conception contrary to it.

Linked entries: a-gén a-gén on-gegen

werian

(v.)
Grammar
werian, wergan; p. ede.
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Se ðe can mid leásungan wæwerdlíce werian, and mid unsóðe sóð oferswíðan, Wulfst. 169, 1. <b>III c.

nama

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Heó ongan swegles weard be naman nemnan, Jud. 81. with verb of knowing, individually Ic can þé be naman novi te ex nomine, Ex. 33, 12. on (in) naman in phrases expressing invocation of, reliance on, devotion to, the persons of the Godhead Ðǽr twégen

ge-sceaft

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Ne mæg mín líchoman wið þás lǽnan gesceaft deáð gedǽlan ( my body cannot separate death from this frail condition natural to it) ac hé geureósan sceal, Gú. 342. Heó sægde ymb hyre sylfre gesceaft: Is mín módor cynnes þæs deórestan, Rä.34, 8.

GRUND

(n.)
Grammar
GRUND, es; m.
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Mid fótum ne mæg grund gerǽcan cannot reach the bottom with his feet, Salm. Kmbl. 453; Sal. 227: Beo.

ge-healdan

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Seó gítsung ne cann gemet, ne nǽfre ne biþ gehealden on þǽre nídþearfe, ac wilnaþ simle máran þonne hé þurfe avaritiae nihil satis est, Bt. 26, 2; F. 94, 6. Ꝥ hé þone áð funde . . . þe se onspeca on gehealden wǽre, Ll. Th. i. 158, 20.

windan

(v.)
Grammar
windan, p. wand, pl. wundon; pp. wunden

of motion that results from a blow, swing, or other impetus, to fly, leap, start ⬩ to fly, wheel, spring ⬩ of the movement of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ of abstract subjects ⬩ of twisting ⬩ rolling movement ⬩ of living things ⬩ of inanimate things ⬩ to waver ⬩ to twist ⬩ roll ⬩ to brandish ⬩ wave ⬩ to twist, plait, weave ⬩ to twist, give a curved form to

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Canto xxv of the Inferno), Cd. Th. 273, 13; Sat. 136. Hé wearp hine ðá on wyrmes líc, and wand him ymbútan ðone deáðes beám he twined round the tree of death, Cd.

Linked entry: winde

mód

(n.)
Grammar
mód, es; n.

the inner man ⬩ the spiritual as opposed to the bodily part of man ⬩ spirit ⬩ soul ⬩ mind ⬩ soul ⬩ heart ⬩ spirit ⬩ mind ⬩ disposition ⬩ mood ⬩ Courage ⬩ high spirit ⬩ Pride ⬩ arrogance ⬩ Greatness ⬩ magnificence ⬩ pride

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Like the English spirit, soul it can be used to denote a person, e.g. ðæt æðele mód (St. Andrew), Andr. Kmbl. 2486; An. 1244: (St. Juliana), Exon. 68 b; Th. 255, 4; Jul. 209. Ðæt milde mód (St.

ge-þafian

(v.)
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Hé ne can ongitan for hwí God swylc geþafaþ, Bt. 39, 2; F. 214, 10. Hé gedwolan wiðsóc and þone ne geðafode, Bd. 5, 21; Sch. 676, 17.

CRÆFT

(n.)
Grammar
CRÆFT, es; m.

power ⬩ might ⬩ strength as of body or externals ⬩ vis ⬩ robur ⬩ potentia ⬩ an art ⬩ skill ⬩ CRAFT ⬩ trade ⬩ work ⬩ ars ⬩ peritia ⬩ artificium ⬩ occupatio ⬩ opus ⬩ craft of mind, cunning, knowledge, science, talent, ability, faculty, excellence, virtue ⬩ astutia, machinatio, scientia, facultas, præstantia, virtus ⬩ a CRAFT ⬩ any kind of ship ⬩ navis qualiscunque

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Nán mon ne mæg nǽnne cræft cýðan bútan tólum no man can shew any skill without tools Bt. 17; Fox 58, 29; Boutr. Scrd. 17, 8.

on

(prep.)
Grammar
on, an ; prep. adv. A.

expressing local relations, rest upon and contact with an object, on ⬩ dependence upon an object ⬩ extension over a surface ⬩ nearness ⬩ in or at a place, or with a person ⬩ rest where one object is contained in another, or is surrounded by others, within, among; and metaphorically in ⬩ marking the seat of feeling, thought, etc., in, within, at ⬩ on, at, in ⬩ within, in the course of, in, during ⬩ on, a- ⬩ from ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ by, with ⬩ of, consisting of or in ⬩ in respect to, in the matter of, in ⬩ in, of ⬩ at (a distance), of (the weight of), ⬩ with, in ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ of ⬩ in ⬩ motion, actual or figurative, which is external to the object expressed by the word which on governs, upon, on, on to, to ⬩ marking motion from without to the inside, into, among ⬩ continuously, together, anon, at once ⬩ expressing temporal relations, ⬩ on, in, at ⬩ into (one's power, etc. ) ⬩ against ⬩ in accordance with ⬩ marking the object of thought, emotion, speech, trust, sight ⬩ marking price ⬩ in (the name of), by (in adjuration)

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Ne ic ðǽr nán þing on ne cann. St. And. 28, 24: 40, 3. Ðǽr wæs on Leo (at the synod), Chr. 1046; Erl. 171, 12. Ealles ðæs ðe ðǽr ðenne on biþ, Chart. Th. 534, 5. Swá swá Drihten cwæþ on ǽr, Jos. 11. 23: Gen. 6, 6.

Linked entries: an un-reordian

FEORH

(n.)
Grammar
FEORH, feorg, fiorh, ferh, fyorh; gen. feores; dat. inst. feore; pl. nom. acc. feorh; gen. feora; dat. inst. feorum; n. m.

life ⬩ soul ⬩ spirit ⬩ vīta ⬩ ănĭma ⬩ a living being ⬩ person ⬩ hŏmo ⬩ persōna

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Th. 2616; B. 1306. a living being, person; hŏmo, persōna Ða yldestan Chus and Cham hátene wǽron, fulfreólíce feorh, frumbearn Chames the eldest were called Cush and Canaan, most liberal beings, Ham&#39;s firstborn, Cd. 79; Th. 97, 25; Gen. 1618.

tíd

(n.)
Grammar
tíd, e; f.
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</b> a proper time, time at which a thing can or ought to be done, time (as in to be in time), season, opportunity :-- Ðæt tíd wǽre stánas tó sendanne and tíd tó somnienne, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 9. Tíd is ðæt ðú fére, Exon. Th. 179, 30; Gú. 1269.

Linked entry: týd

here

(n.)

an army ⬩ an army ⬩ a host ⬩ a division of an army ⬩ army corps ⬩ legion ⬩ cohort ⬩ troop ⬩ infantry ⬩ cavalry ⬩ an army ⬩ an army ⬩ multitude ⬩ host ⬩ crowd ⬩ multitude ⬩ harrying ⬩ devastation ⬩ plundering ⬩ ravaging

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Eádmund gegaderode fyrde and þone here áflymde, l. 5), Chr. 1016; P. 150, 2. used of things that can injure Mid herige hrímes and snáwes, Men. 204. a large number of people, multitude, host. of persons engaged in acts of violence, Similar entries v.

líf

(adv.)
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Unlǽde bið on eorðan, unnyt lífes . . . sé þurh þone cantic ne can Críst geherian, Sal. 21. (For other instances see Dict. )

healf

(adj.)
Grammar
healf, adj.

a half

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or can healfe be taken as adverb qualifying fornumen ?) hire líchama mid hreófnisse fornumen ecce jam medium carnis ejus devoratum est lepra, Num. 12, 12. Ic gean healfes ðæs landes, C. D. iv. 300, 6, 28. Be healfre þǽre bóte, Ll. Th. i. 70, 1.

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þe

(adv.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
þe, indecl. particle.

any ⬩ the ⬩ that ⬩ than ⬩ whether ... or ⬩ whether ... or

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Wén ne brúceþ ðe can weána lyt, Runic pm. Kmbl. 340, 30; Rún. 8. Tó middes eów stód þe gé ne cunnon, Jn. Skt. 1, 26. Hér syndon þe ðíne deórlingas beón sceoldon, Homl.

Linked entry: þý

ge-tæl

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</b> in phrases denoting that objects have not been, or cannot be, counted :-- Ymbsealdon mé yflu þǽra nis getell (quorum non est numerus), Ps. L. 39, 13: 146, 5. God is bútan getele, for ðon ðe hé is ǽfre. Hml.

tún

(n.)
Grammar
tún, es; m.

an enclosed piece of ground ⬩ a yard ⬩ court ⬩ the enclosed land surrounding a single dwelling ⬩ a manor ⬩ vill ⬩ 'an estate with a village community in villenage upon it under a lord's jurisdiction,' ⬩ the buildings or inhabitants being referred to ⬩ the towns of Roman Britain ⬩ a habitation of men ⬩ the residence or estate of a single person ⬩ an estate ⬩ farm ⬩ a collection of dwellings ⬩ a village ⬩ town

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Rush. ) on Galilées mégð a Cana Galilaeae, Jn. Skt Lind. 21, 2. Of Abian túne (lond, Lind. Rush. ) de uice (vico has been read ?) Abia, Lk. Skt. 1, 5. Of ðæm túne ðe Scariot hátte, Blickl. Homl 69, 6 : 211, 17 : 221, 19: Homl. Th. ii. 54, 3.

Linked entries: bold tún-geréfa