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út

(adv.)
Grammar
út, adv.

out ⬩ beyond the bounds within which a thing is enclosed ⬩ out on an expedition ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ out ⬩ forth ⬩ to knock out ⬩ pull out ⬩ out ⬩ away from home ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ away from land ⬩ out ⬩ outside ⬩ not within doors ⬩ not in the house ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ externally

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Kmbl. 962; Sal. 480. summoning to service Ðáhét se cyng ábannan út ealne þeódscipe of West-Seaxum. Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 8. Hét se cyning bannan út here ...

hál

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S. 30, 92: Lk. 8, 12. in forms of greeting. with verb Hál westú, Maria ave, Maria, Bl. H. 143, 17: Lch. iii. 54, 18. Wes þú, Hróðgár, hál, B. 407. alone Hál (hál beó þú, W. S.), láruwa have, Rabbi, Mt. L. R. 26, 49. Hál (hál wæs þú, W.

Linked entry: tunge

hríðer

(n.)
Grammar
hríðer, hrýðer, es; n.

ox ⬩ cow ⬩ heifer

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Se hláford geáhsode ðæt ðæt hrýðer [cf. fear, 7] geond ðæt wésten férde the master learned that the bull was going through the desert, Blickl. Homl. 199, 9, 11, 14, 19, 26. Ðǽr wǽron gecýpe hrýðeru and scép there were for sale oxen and sheep, Homl.

Linked entries: hruðer hrýðer

wíd-gil

(adj.)
Grammar
wíd-gil, wíd-gill, -giel, -gel, and-gille; adj.
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Ofer ðæt wídgille wésten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 5, 40: Jos. 11, 16. Behealde hé hú wídgille ðæs heofones hwealfa bíþ (hú widgil sint heofones hwealfe, Met. 10, 6) late patentes aetheris cernat plagas, Bt. 19; Fox 68, 22. Widgille passivos, Hpt. Gl. 405, 64.

Linked entries: -gill -gal

gár

a weapon with a pointed head ⬩ an arrow ⬩ the head ⬩ a wedge-shaped piece of land.

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Sceal gár wesan monig mundum bewunden, hæfen on handa, B. 3021. Gáras stódon ætgædere, æscholt ufan grǽg, B. 328.

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, p. ode

To beware ⬩ To make ware ⬩ to warn ⬩ to be on one's guard ⬩ guard against evil ⬩ take a precaution ⬩ to guard, hold

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Hé wésten warode, 2534; B. 1265. Goldsele Grendel warode, 2511; B. 1253. IIIb. to take possession of (cf. giseban thana hélagon gést énigan man warón, Hél. 1003 :-- Waraþ hine wræclást, nales wunden gold, Exon.

Linked entries: werian be-warian

ród

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D. rood; 8) West be ðý wioda andlanges ðǽre róde, Cht. E. 153, 3. Of ðǽre dúne andlang þǽre róde oð hit cymð beneoðan stáncnolle, 248, 16. Of wáddene andlang ðǽre róde innon syx æceres, C. D. vi. 29, 34.

mór

(n.)
Grammar
mór, es; m.

a moor ⬩ waste and damp land ⬩ high waste ground ⬩ a mountain

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Of ðissum wéstum wídum mórum a desertis montibus, Ps. Th. 74, 6. Waldend scóp wudige móras, Exon. 54b; Th. 193, 12; Az. 120

stíg

(n.)
Grammar
stíg, e; f.
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Be westan róde óó sticelan stíg; ðonne be ðære stíge óð ða ealdan díc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 406, 29. Of ðam stáne tó ðære grénan stíge, 38, 23.

Linked entries: stíga gát-ánstíg

cunnan

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Ðú cans eal ðis wésten, and wásð hwǽr wé wícian magon tu nosti in quibus locis per desertum castra ponere debeamus, Past. 304, 15. Swylce hé andgytful sý þe lytel can tó geráde on ǽnige wísan, Wlfst. 53, 5.

for-licgan

(v.)

fornicari

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Th. i. 68, 8. forlegen beón, wesan, weorþan fornicari: Thamar ys forlegen fornicata est Thamar, Gen. 38, 24. Se bið forlegen fornicatur, Past. 465, 2. Hit wyrð forlegen ad fornicationem ducitur, 463, 29.

BREÓST

(n.)
Grammar
BREÓST, es; n.

the breast of man or beast; ⬩ pectus ⬩ the breasts; ⬩ ubera ⬩ The heart, mind, thought ⬩ pectus, cor, mens

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Mæg ðín mód wesan blíðe on breóstum thy mind may be blithe in thy breast. Cd. 35; Th. 46, 28; Gen. 751. Beoran on breóstum blíðe geþohtas to bear in our breasts blithe thoughts, 217; Th. 277, 17; Sat. 206.

sóna

(adv.)
Grammar
sóna, adv.

Soon, immediately, directly, at once

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And sóna (statim) gást hine on wésten genýdde Mk. Skt. 1, 12, 10. Hí ðá sóna forléton hyra nett Mt. Kmbl. 4, 22. Ðá sóna (continuo) forscranc ðæt fictreów 21, 19: Cd. Th. 53, 16; Gen. 862. Ðá sóna and hræðe ac[t]utum Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 17.

Linked entry: be-sóne

swician

(v.)
Grammar
swician, p. ode.

to wander ⬩ to depart, turn ⬩ to deceive ⬩ with prep, on, ymb, to practise deceit in relation to a matter ⬩ to offend; also to be offended; scandalizare, scandalizari ⬩ to give offence by words, speak injuriously ⬩ vagari

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Hí swycedan geond wésten erraverunt in solitudine, Ps. Th. 106, 3. Swicedan, 39. Swiciende pervagatus. Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 79. to depart, turn Ná ic fram ðínum dónum dǽdum swicade a judiciis tuis non declinavi, Ps.

CNIHT

(n.)
Grammar
CNIHT, cneoht, cnyht, es; m.

A boy ⬩ youth ⬩ attendant ⬩ servant ⬩ KNIGHT: ⬩ puer ⬩ juvenis ⬩ adolescens ⬩ servus

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Ðyssum cnyhtum wes líðe be gentle to these boys Beo. Th. 2443; B. 1219. Ðæt hie ðæs cnihtes cwealm gesóhton that they should seek the young man's death Andr. Kmbl. 2243; An. 1123: 1824; An. 914.

Linked entries: cneoht cnyht

hleów

(n.)
Grammar
hleów, hleó, es; n.

A shelter, ⬩ protection, ⬩ covering, ⬩ refuge;

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Wes earmra hleó be a refuge for the poor, Cd. 203; Th. 252, 32; Dan. 587. Eorla hleó [Beowulf] Beo. Th. 1586; B. 791:Hrothgar, 2074; B. 1035: 3736; B. 1866: Exon. 100 b; Th. 379, 30: Deór. 41. Tó ðam bisceope reordode: Ðú eorla hleó, Elen.

tán

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
tán, es; m.

a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot

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Hé sealde him wéste land ðæt hí mid táne getugan rihte sorte divisit eis terram in funiculo distributionis, Ps. Th. 77, 55.

fægere

(adv.)

beautifully ⬩ elegantly ⬩ gently ⬩ fair ⬩ plausibly ⬩ speciously ⬩ impurity ⬩ thoroughly ⬩ nobly ⬩ splendidly ⬩ justly

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Wese God á gebletsad, and þæt fægere becweðe folca ǽghwylc, Ps. Th. 105, 37. justly, in equity Sceal wearh hangian, fægere ongildan þæt hé ǽr fácen dyde, Gn. C. 56

lást

(n.)
Grammar
lást, lǽst, leást, es; m.

A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace

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Wesseaxe on lást legdun láþam þeódum the West Saxons hung on the rear of the foe, Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 22; Ædelst. 22. On lást [cf. Icel. á lesti] at last. Ðú sárgige on lásð gemas in novissimis, Past. 36, 2; Swt. 249, 13.

Linked entry: lǽst

Þú

(pronoun.)
Grammar
Þú, pers. pron.

Thou

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Westú gearo, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 44. Scealtú ceól gestígan, Andr. Kmbl. 439; An. 220. Hié woldon þín onbídan, Blickl. Homl. 233, 27. Se ðe mid þé (ðec mið, Lind. Rush.) wæs qui erat tecum, Jn. Skt. 3, 26.

Linked entries: tú þec þeh þistel