ÁN
ONE ⬩ unus ⬩ una ⬩ unum ⬩ alone ⬩ only ⬩ sole ⬩ another ⬩ solus ⬩ alius ⬩ sole ⬩ alone of its kind ⬩ singular ⬩ unique ⬩ without an equal ⬩ unicus ⬩ eximius ⬩ a certain one ⬩ some one ⬩ quidam ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ a ⬩ an ⬩ each ⬩ every one ⬩ all ⬩ unus-quisque ⬩ una-quæque ⬩ unum-quodque ⬩ One ⬩ other
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Hý forbærndon ánne finger, and ánne they burnt off one finger, and then another, Ors. 2, 3; Bos. 42, 15. Ete ǽnne and ǽnné let him eat one and another, one after another, Herb. 1, 20; Lchdm. i. 76, 24.
wer-gild
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In 687 Mul, Ceadwalla's brother, was burnt in Kent : in 694 'Cantware geþingodon wiþ Íne, and him gesaldon xxx m., for ðon ðe híe ǽr Mul forbærndon, Chr. 694; Erl. 42, 15. [O. Frs. wer-geld, -ield : O. H. Ger. wer-, weri-gelt fiscus, pretium. Cf.
MÆGEN
MAIN ⬩ might ⬩ strength ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ vigour ⬩ efficacy ⬩ virtue ⬩ faculty ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ effort ⬩ a mighty work ⬩ miracle ⬩ a force ⬩ military force
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Ða burga on ðám wǽrun gedóne manega hys mægena, Mt.
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sceótan
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Th. 420, 1; Rä. 39, 4. of speech Hé ðæs geanwyrde wes ætforan eallum ðám mannum ðe ðǽr gegaderode wǽron, ðeáh him ðæt word of scute his unnþances though the remark burst from him involuntarily, Chr. 1055; Erl. 189, 6. to run (of a road, etc.)
hús
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</b> house, as in wash- house, of a separate building forming part of a residence :-- Hé wolde wyrcan þá healle . . . and þá óþre gebytlu bæftan þǽre healle, bæðhús and kycenan and winterhús and sumerhús and wynsume búras, twelf hús tógædere, Hml
wendan
To turn ⬩ To cause to move ⬩ to change ⬩ alter ⬩ convert ⬩ to translate ⬩ interpret ⬩ to move one's self ⬩ take one's way ⬩ go ⬩ proceed ⬩ wend ⬩ To wend ⬩ go ⬩ proceed
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Hí wendon him tó ðære burge weard 1048; Erl. 177, 40. to turn round Swylce ex wendende quasi axis versatilis Scint. 97, 4. to turn from one condition to another to change, alter Hí on wiðerméde wendan and cyrdan conversi sunt in arcum perversum Ps.
wyrcan
to work ⬩ labour ⬩ to make ⬩ to make ⬩ form ⬩ construct ⬩ to be the source ⬩ cause of, to produce ⬩ to make ⬩ constitute ⬩ to work ⬩ do ⬩ perform ⬩ to perform a rite ⬩ keep a season ⬩ to work ⬩ effect a purpose ⬩ attain an object,
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Burg wyrcean, Ors. 5, 5 ; Swt. 226, 18. Wyrcan ðone wíhagan, Byrht. Th. 134, 50; By 102. Wyrcan spell, Bt. 38, 1; Fox 194, 30. Wercan, Met. 26, 73.
secgan
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Segeþ ðǽron, ðæt sum ríce man wǽre on ðære burh, 197, 27. Sægþ on ðissum bócum, ðæt . . . , 41, 3. Hér sægþ be ðisse tíde árwyrþnesse, hú Drihten hine selfne geeaþmédde, 65, 29.
Linked entries: ǽrend-secgan sæcgan sagian
lytel
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. ; small in number Hér is an lytele (parva) burg swíðe neáh . . . Hió is án lytel (modica ), Past. 399, 23. Is hiora here . . . tó lytel swelcra láriówa, Met. 10, 55. Lytlo édo pusillo gregi, Lk. p. 7, 15. Lytle werede, Gen. 2093.
CYRICE
in the compound ⬩ a church, the material structure ⬩ ecclesia ⬩ a heathen temple ⬩ templum paganum
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D. 1066] Christchurch [Canterbury] was burnt, Chr. 1066; Erl. 202, 1. Cyrice weard, cyrce weard a warden of a church, 1043; Erl. 169, 33: 1070; Erl. 207, 33. In ðæare cyrce in the church, 1070; Erl. 209, 40.
friþ
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Þæt his hergas wǽron mihtígran mannum tó friðe þonne Drihten, Dan. 716. by a place Hié burga gehwone ábrocen hæfdon þára þe þám folce tó friðe stódon, Dan. 64. (b α) in a technical sense of the privilege of a sanctuary :-- Be circena friðe.
weorþan
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Seó burh sceolde ábrocen weorþan, Blickl. Homl. 77, 29. Ne mihte him bedyrned wyrðan ðæt his engyl ongan ofermód wesan, Cd. Th. 17, 18; Gen. 261. of intransitive verbs Ðé sunu weorðeþ cumen, Cd. Th. 132, 19; Gen. 2195.
sculan
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Hé (Christ) wiste, ðæt seó burh (Jerusalem) sceolde ábrocen weorþan. Blickl. Homl. 77, 29. On ðære nihte ðe hý on ðone dæig tógædere fón sceoldan. Chr. 992; Erl. 130, 32.
þæt
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Ða Gotan læssan hwíle hergedan, þæt hié þurh Godes ege þæt hié náþer ne þa burg ne bærndon ne þæs þone willan næfdon ....
under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Burga fífe wǽran under Norðmannum gebégde, Chr. 942; Erl. 116, 15. Ic eom man under anwealde gesett, and ic hæbbe þegnas under mé, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 9. Ealle ða rícu ðe him under beóð, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 3.
Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend
ge-weorþan
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Bd. 3, 10 ; Sch. 233, 12, to be brought to Swelce sió burg wǽre ðurh ðæs sǽs stemne tó scame geworden guasi per vocem mam ad verecundiam Sidon adducitur, Past. 409, 35.
swá
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Dón swá swá hý git dóþ, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 2. with indic. or subjunct. expressing an actual or possible result, so that Se consul fór tó Tarentan, swá Hannibal nyste, and ða burg ábræc, swá ða nyston ðe ðǽrinne wǽron, Ors. 4, 10; Swt. 198, 7-9 : 4, 11
þegen
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Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 21, and búr-, disc-, hrægl-þegen; in others it is official work in the country. For the development of the class of thanes in England, see Stubbs' Const. Hist. s. v. thegn; Kemble's Saxons in England, I. c. 7, II, c. 3; Schmid, A.
Linked entries: þegen-boren þegen-líc þegin þén
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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S. 23b. 701. where great height is expressed by saying a thing reaches heaven. physical Micle burga and oð heofun fæste urbes magnae et ad coelum usque munitae, Deut. I. 28. Þá tó heofenum úp heáh ástígað ascendant usque ad coelos, Ps.
Linked entries: heofone heofon-lic
hé
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hæfde þá burh beseten, Hml. S. 7, 348. combined with þe to express the relative. v. þe; 3 Sé bið siweníge sé ðe his andgit bið tó ðon beorhte scínende, Past. 67, 24.