weccan
To wake, waken. ⬩ to rouse from sleep ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to enliven, stimulate, refresh ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to excite, stir up ⬩ to raise what is depressed ⬩ to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise
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Hí ǽled weccaþ they kindle a fire, 361, 18; Wal. 21. Wec ðú cléne hiortan in mé cor mundum crea in me, Ps. C. 50, 88. Ðæt his bróðor nime his wíf and his bróðor sǽd wecce ( resuscitet ), Mk. Skt. 12, 19. Wæcce, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 22, 24.
on-týnan
to open ⬩ of places or things, ⬩ to make an opening in ⬩ to open, allow to burst forth ⬩ to open so as to admit of ingress or egress ⬩ to open (a door) ⬩ to open the mouth, lips, to speak ⬩ to open the eyes (one's own), to look, (another's), to give sight to ⬩ to open the ears, to listen to a person ⬩ to disclose, reveal, display
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Th. 364, 10; Wal. 68. Ðæt hí Godes cyricean ontýndon ( aperirent ), Bd. 3, 30; S. 562, 16. Ðé is neorxna wang ontýned, Andr. Kmbl. 209; An. 105. to open (a door) Geatu ontýnaþ, Exon. Th. 36, 15; Cri. 576.
ge-gangan
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</b> of movement. movement irrespective of the point of departure or destination. to go on foot, walk Gif huoelc gegeongað ( ambulauerit ) on næht, Jn.
rún
a whisper ⬩ confidence, counsel, consultation ⬩ a mystery ⬩ a secret ⬩ a rune, a letter.
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Ex. 87. of that which is written, with the idea of mystery or magic Ðæt hé him bócstafas árǽdde and árehte hwæt seó rún ( the writing on the wall of Belshazzar's palace ) bude, Cd. Th. 262,9 ; Dan. 741.
Linked entry: rún-stæf
irsung
Anger ⬩ irascibility
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Sió gesceádwísnes sceal on gehwelcum waldan semle irsunge [cf. wealdan ðæs yrres, Fox 132, 10], Bt. Met. Fox 20, 397 ; Met. 20, 199. Of irsunge wyxt seófung and of ðære geþwǽrnesse lufu from anger grows sighing, and from gentleness love, Prov.
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Alríca
Alaric ⬩ Alarícus, king of the Visigoths
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Ðæt Eallríca, Gotona cyning, hyre an-waldes hí beniman woldan that Alaric, king of the Goths, would deprive her of her power, Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 39, 37. Ealleríca, Bt. 1; Fox 22
ge-riht
What is right, a right, due, last office of the church, direction ⬩ rectum, jus, ratio, officium
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Man ána gǽþ mid his andwlitan up on gerihte man alone walks with his face erect, Bt. Met. Fox 31, 34; Met. 31, 17. On geryhte ongeán ðænemúþan in a direction opposite the mouth, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 24, 8.
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FOR
FOR ⬩ on account of ⬩ because of ⬩ with ⬩ by ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per ⬩ according to ⬩ pro ⬩ sĕcundum ⬩ juxta ⬩ For ⬩ instead of ⬩ pro ⬩ lŏco ⬩ vĭce ⬩ For ⬩ on account of ⬩ because of ⬩ through ⬩ pro ⬩ propter ⬩ per
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Ne mum ðú for ðí méce mourn not for the sword, Wald. 43; Vald. 1, 24. For ðý, for ðí, for ðý ðe, for ðí ðe for that, therefore, wherefore, because; proptĕrea, quia
be-swícan
To deceive, entice, seduce, delude, betray, offend, supplant, weaken, evade ⬩ decipere, illicere, seducere, illudere, prodere, scandalizare, supplantare, deficere, evadere
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Mid gedwolan beswicen errore deceptus, Deut. 30, 17: Exon. 97 a; Th. 363, 20; Wal. 56. Ge sind beswicene ye are deceived, Andr. Kmbl. 1489; An. 746. Ic beswíce illicio, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 5; Som. 31, 67.
hǽtu
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H. 7, 27. great warmth of feeling, fervour Se rehtgeleáfa mid haetu (calore ) walle, Ps. Srt. ii. p. 201, 17. v. lencten-, sumer-hǽtu hǽte
Mirce
The Mercians ⬩ Mercia
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Hé fór ofer Mierce on Norþ-Walas, 853; Erl. 68, 10. Innan Mierce (Myrce, MS. E.) tó Snotengahám, 868; Erl. 72, 21, Of Wesseaxum on Merce, 853; Erl. 68, 22
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toft
a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.
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A word apparently of Scandinavian origin, Icel. topt, tuft a piece of ground, messuage, homestead; a place marked out for a house or building; in the special later Icelandic sense a square piece of ground with walls but without roof: Dan. toft an enclosed
an-gin
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úre angin (writing Gulhlac's life) and weorc tǽle, Guth. 4, l. persistent effort, enterprise, endeavour, pertinacity þára þegna angin . . . ꝥ hié noldon þæs weallgebreces geswícan the pertinacity of the thanes in not desisting from breaking down the wall
burg
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</b> a residence surrounded by a wall (v. burg-geat) :-- Þá geáscode hé þone cyning on Merantúne, and hine þǽr berád and þá burh útan beeóde ...
LUST
LUST ⬩ desire ⬩ pleasure ⬩ voluptuousness
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desirous of fair weather, Exon. 97 a; Th. 361, 28; Wal. 26. Of luste flǽsces ex voluntate carnis, Jn. Skt. Rush. 1, 13. In lust in luxum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 47, 3: Hpt. Gl. 514, 5.
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stæf
a staff ⬩ stick ⬩ a written character ⬩ a letter ⬩ the old letters having been carved on staves ⬩ a mark in writing ⬩ a letter as representing a minute detail ⬩ a collection of written symbols ⬩ a letter ⬩ writing ⬩ letters ⬩ book-learning ⬩ literature ⬩ an element, a rudiment ⬩ baculus, virga, regula ⬩ a staff, post; a letter ⬩ learning
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Gangan bí stafe to walk with the aid of a staff, L. Alf. 16; Th. i. 48, 10: Ex. 21, 19. Mid ylpenbánenon stæfe ða eorðan delfan, Lchdm. i. 244, 24. 'Hafa ðé mínne stæf on handa.' Se drý ðá nam ðone stæf Homl. Th. ii. 418, 1-2.
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swán-geréfa
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He seems to have been under the direct control of the alderman Ðá (at a gemót in 825) wæs tiolo micel spréc ymb wuduléswe tó súðtúne ongægum west on scýrhylte waldon ða swángeréfan ða lǽswe forður gedrífan ond ðone wudu geþiogan (-cgan, Thorpe) ðon hit
til
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Th. 362, 10; Wal. 34. Habbaþ freónda ðý má sóþra and gódra, tilra and getreówra, 409, 2; Ra. 27, 23. of physical excellence Toscean teolum húsum on, cyninga cofum, eardedan, Ps. Th. 104, 26. til is found in proper names, see for examples Txts. 497
un-rǽd
evil counsel ⬩ ill-advised course ⬩ bad plan ⬩ folly ⬩ disadvantage ⬩ prejudice ⬩ hurt
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Th. 364, 14; Wal 70. Hí drugon heora sylfra écne unrǽd, Cd. Th. 116, 16; Gen. 1937
grim
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Hé ymbe þá herehúðe hlemmeð tógædre grimme góman, Wal. 62: 76.