þorfend
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Ofer armne and ðorfend super egenum et pauperem, Rtl. 175, 33. Ðorfendo pauperes, Mk. Skt. Lind. 14, 7. Eádgo ða ðorfendo beati pauperes, Lk. Skt. Lind. 6, 20. Ic sello ðorfendum do pauperibus, 19, 8: Mk. Skt. Lind. Rush. 14, 5.
wil-síþ
A desired journey, ⬩ a wished for, welcome journey
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Kmbl. 445; El. 223. Sunnan wilsíð, Exon. Th. 2, 29; Cri. 26
turtur
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A turtle-dove Speara gemoeted him hús and turtur nest passer invenit sibi domum et turtur nidum, Ps. Surt. 83, 4. Twégen culfran briddas and twégen turturan gemæccan, Blickl. Homl. 23, 27. Tuoe (twoege, Rush.) turturas par turturum, Lk. Skt. Lind.
morgen
morning ⬩ morn ⬩ the morning of the next day ⬩ morrow
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Tó morgen cras, Ex. 8, 23: Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30: Kent. Gl. 54: Cd. 111; Th. 147, 12; Gen. 2438. Tó morhgen (morgen, MS. A.), Lk. Skt. 13, 32, 33
hrif
The womb ⬩ belly ⬩ uterus ⬩ venter
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Of hryfe ex utero, Ps. Spl. 21, 8. On hrife ðære á clǽnan fǽmnan, Blickl. Homl. 33, 15. Bán biþ funden on heortes heortan hwílum on hrife a bone is found in a hare's heart, sometimes in its belly, L. Med. ex Quadr. 2, 17; Lchdm. i. 338, 6.
Linked entry: in-gehrif
heaðu-wælm
Fierce, intense heat
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Kmbl. 1154; El. 578: 2607; El. 1305
dihtere
An informant, expounder, disposer, manager, steward ⬩ auctor, commentātor, expŏsĭtor, dispensātor
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Hwá ys getrýwe and gleáw dihtnere, ðæne se hláford geset ofer his híréd quis est fidēlis dispensātor, et prudens, quem constĭtuet Domĭnus supra famĭliam suam? Lk. Bos. 12, 42: Homl. Th. ii. 344, 5
Linked entry: dihtnere
magu-timber
A child ⬩ progeny ⬩ all those who are born
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Ex. 33
BEÓR
BEER ⬩ nourishing or strong drink ⬩ cerevisia ⬩ sicera ⬩ a beverage made of honey and water ⬩ mead ⬩ metheglin ⬩ hydromeli ⬩ ĭtis ⬩ ydromellum ⬩ mulsum
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In their drinking parties, they pledged each other in large cups, round at the bottom, which must be emptied before they could be laid down, hence perhaps the name of a tumbler.
Linked entry: biór
ymb-hwyrft
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Eorðe and eall hire gefyllednys, and eal ymbhwyrft and ða ðe on ðám wuniaþ,ealle hit syndon Godes ǽhta Domini est terra et plenitudo ejus, orbis terrarum et universi qui habitant in eo, Homl. Th. i. 172, 9. Ymbhwyrft eorðena, Ps. Spl. Surt. 23, 1.
æl-
all ⬩ totus ⬩ omnis ⬩ foreign ⬩ peregrinus
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= eal all; totus, omnis, as æl-beorht, æl-ceald, etc. æl- = el-, ee-, foreign; peregrinus, as æl-fylce, æl-wihta, etc
móraþ
A drink formed by boiling down and sweetening wine (with mulberries) ⬩ a decoction of wine and herbs
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Nim eald mórod. iii. 14, 8
wígend
a fighting man ⬩ a warrior ⬩ soldier ⬩ a noble ⬩ strenuous man
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Ðú eart weoroda God, wígendra hleó, helm alwihta, Exon. Th. 25, 31; Cri. 409. Wíggendra hleó, Eádmund cyning, Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 18
célan
To be or become cold ⬩ algere, refrigerari
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To be or become cold; algere, refrigerari Célan is of untrumnysse ðæs gecynnes algere ex infirmitate naturæ est, Bd. 1, 27; S. 494, 15
a-þenian
to stretch out ⬩ extend ⬩ distend ⬩ expand ⬩ stretch ⬩ tendere ⬩ extendere ⬩ expandere ⬩ to prostrate ⬩ prosternere ⬩ to stretch ⬩ apply ⬩ intendere
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Bos. 2, 11. to stretch, apply; intendere He ða geornlíce his mód aþenode on ða þing, ðe he gehýrde ille sollicitus in ea, quæ audiebat, animum intendit, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 45
Linked entry: a-þenung
morþ
death ⬩ destruction ⬩ perdition ⬩ that which causes death ⬩ murder ⬩ slaying with an attempt at concealment of the deed ⬩ murder ⬩ homicide
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Cf. the distinction in Icelandic law between morþ murder and víg manslaughter, 'Þat er morþ ef maðr leynir eða hylr hræ ok gengr eigi í gegn,' but if declaration (lýsing) were made it was víg. v. Gl. & Vig. Dict. and Grmm. R. A. 625. Schmid.
Linked entries: morþ-weorc morþ-wyrhta
FLÓD
a flowing of water ⬩ flow ⬩ flowing water ⬩ wave ⬩ tide ⬩ FLOOD ⬩ sea ⬩ running stream ⬩ river ⬩ flūmen ⬩ fluctus ⬩ fluentum ⬩ æstus ⬩ accessus ⬩ flŭvius ⬩ the Flood ⬩ deluge ⬩ dilŭvium
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Ic gebringe flódes [m. or n.] wæteru ofer eorþan, ðæt ic ofsleá eall flǽsc ĕgo addūcam aquas dilŭvii sŭper terram, ut interfĭciam omnem carnem, Gen. 6, 17: 7, 6, 7: 9, 11.
Linked entry: flóde
swegel
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Kmbl. 1242; El. 623. Ða ðe swegl búan, Cd. Th. 6, 2; Gen. 82. On swegl faran, Exon. Th. 32, 15; Cri. 513. the sun (but can swegel here = segel, sigel (q.v.) ? cf. swegl = segl a sail, Cd.
Linked entries: swegel-horn swegl be-falden
GǼLAN
to hinder ⬩ delay ⬩ impede ⬩ keep in suspense ⬩ retardāre ⬩ mŏrāri ⬩ impĕdīre ⬩ to hesitate ⬩ delay ⬩ cunctāri
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Kmbl. 1381; El. 692 : 1999; El. 1001
Linked entry: hyge-gǽlsa
Burgenda land
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The land of the Burgundians, an island in the west of the Baltic sea; Boringia. Burgenda land is the Icelandic Burgundarhólmr, of which the present Danish and Swedish name Bornholm is a contraction Burgenda land the land of the Burgundians, Ors. l, 1