BEORHT
BRIGHT ⬩ light ⬩ clear ⬩ lucid ⬩ splendid ⬩ excellent ⬩ splendidus ⬩ lucidus ⬩ coruscus ⬩ clarus ⬩ formosus ⬩ bright ⬩ brilliant ⬩ magnificent ⬩ noble ⬩ glorious ⬩ sublime ⬩ divine ⬩ holy ⬩ clarus ⬩ præclarus ⬩ eximius ⬩ augustus ⬩ divus ⬩ sanctus
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Easter-time, on that bright day Exon. 48 b; Th. 168, 17; Gú. 1079.
haga
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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. Þǽr se haga út ligeþ, Cht. E. 294, 23.
Linked entry: hecge
land-scearu
land ⬩ country
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Ðonne eást andlang hricgweges tó Brytfordinga landsceare, 302, 16. The word also occurs in compounds landscar-hlinc [also landscare hlinc], landscar-ác
til
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Eástro ubi vis paremus tibi comedere Pascha? 26, 17
slipor
slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily ⬩ slipping easily, easily moved ⬩ foul ⬩ lubricum
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slippery, not easy to hold, moving easily Deófol næddre ys slipor ðæs gif heáfde ná byþ wiðstanden eall on innemystum heortan ðænne ná byþ ongyten byþ ásliden diabolus serpens est lubricus, cuius si capiti non resistitur, totus in interna cordis, dum
ild
an age ⬩ ævum ⬩ sæculum ⬩ age ⬩ years ⬩ ætas ⬩ mature ⬩ eld ⬩ senectus ⬩ vetustas ⬩ age
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Ðǽr wærþ Eást-Engla folces seó yld ofslagen there the principal men of the East Angles were slain, Chr, 1004; Erl. 139, 33
brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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Eást-Engla cing: fifta wæs Eádwine, Norþhymbra cing: syxta wæs Oswald, ðe æfter him ríxode: seofoða wæs Ósweo, Óswaldes bróðor: eahtoða Ecgbriht, West-Seaxna cing in this year [A.
hér
here . . . there
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Th. ii. 80, 24. be-eástan cf. I a. Wé witan óþer égland hér be-eáston (to the east of this country), Cl. r. P. 3, II. beforan Ðeára sáula ðe haer beforan hiora namon áuurifene siondon. C. D. i. 294, 3: Hml. Th. ii. 368, 5.
búan
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Hé búde on Eást-Englum, Chr. 890; P. 82, 10. Manna þe mé ymbútan búdon circumhabitantium, Ps. Th. 30, 15. Ðá ðe býedon in Hierusalem, Lk. L.R. 13, 4. Býa habitare, Mk. L.R. 4, 32. Allo býendo (habitantes) in ðǽm, Rtl. 100, 17. <b>I a.
fæstnian
to betroth
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Mon fæstnode þone frið ǽgðer ge wið Eást-Engle ge wið Norðhymbre, Chr. 906; P. 94, 21. Se here hine gecés him tó hláforde, and þæt fæstnodon mid áþum, 921; P. 103, 20. Wére trume fæstnie pactum firmum feriat, Lch. i. Ixix, 4.
fúlian
To become foul ⬩ putrefy ⬩ rot ⬩ decay ⬩ putrescĕre ⬩ computrescĕre ⬩ corrumpi
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To become foul, putrefy, rot, decay; putrescĕre, computrescĕre, corrumpi Ðǽr is mid Eástum án mǽgþ, ðæt hí mágon cýle gewyrcan; and ðý ðǽr licgaþ ða deádan men swá lange, and ne fúliaþ, ðæt hí wyrcaþ ðone cýle hine on there is among the Esthonians a
súþ-healf
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On súðhealfe ðære eás, Chr. 921; Erl. 108, 18: 913; Erl. 102, 10. On súðhalfe Humbre streámes ad meridianam Humbrae fluminis ripam, Bd. 2, 16; S. 519, 19. Hí wendon ábútan Penwihtsteort on ða súðhealfe, Chr. 997; Erl. 135, 10.
muud-bora
one who can give protection (mund) ⬩ protector ⬩ patron ⬩ guardian ⬩ advocate ⬩ a guardian
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Eást-Engla cyning and seó þeód gesóhte Ecgbryht him tó mundboran, 823; Erl. 62, 25 : 921; Erl. 108, 14. Sceal him (an ecclesiastic or a foreigner who was wronged) cyng beón oððon eorl and bisceop for mǽg and for mundboran, L. E.
wícing
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Gegaderode micel here hine of Eást-Englum, ǽgðer ge ðæs landheres ge ðara wícinga ðe hié him tó fultume áspanen hæfdon, 921; Erl. 107, 15. Wearð wícingum wiþerleán ágifen, Byrht. Th. 135, 10; By. 116.
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ge-myþe
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Icel. dals-mynni Of Dellen norð intó ðére gemýðe; eást intó hafegeæte, C. D. iv. 157, 10. Ymbe cráwan hyll útan ðæt hit cymeð tó ðám gemýðum ; ðæt úp be ðám gemǽnan lande in hǽðbeorh, iii. 391, 29. opening of an enclosure (?)
ǽþm
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Æthme vapore, 123, 14. breath of a living creature Ǽlces fisces sciell bið tó óðerre geféged ðæt ðǽr ne mæg nán ǽðm út be-twuxn una squama uni conjungitur, et ne spiraculum quidem incedit per eas, Past. 361, 19. hot breath, blast of fire Hé gefrét
weall-fæsten
a walled stronghold ⬩ a fortress ⬩ a wall for defence ⬩ a bulwark
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a walled stronghold, a fortress Ða gesceádaþ ðæt land westan and eástan óð ðæt weallfæsten, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 86, 27. Hé ongan ceastre timbran, ðæt wæs weallfæstenna ǽrest, Cd.
wilwan
to roll ⬩ fig. ⬩ to join ⬩ compound ⬩ compose
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Sibb áflýmð saca, anda tógædre wilaþ hí pax effugat discordias, inuidia copulat eas, Scint. II, 8. Hé hine sylfne betweox ðises andweardan middangeardes (wǽlum?)
óra
A border, edge, margin, bank
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Ðonan on ðone óran foran wið-eástan Ecgulfes setl west be ðatn óran eft tóweard setle, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 216, 2-3. Siððan dú gehýrde on hliþes óran galan geác on bearwe. Exon. Th. 473, 28; Bo. 21. On óra[n] his hrægles in oram vestimenti ejus, Ps.
smiþþe
A smithy, a smith's workshop ⬩ officina, fabrica
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Ðæt wíde geat be-eástan Welandes smiððan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 332, 23