nam-cúþ
Having the name well-known ⬩ celebrated ⬩ famous ⬩ of note ⬩ of renown
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Se ríca biþ namcúðre on his leóde ðonne se þearfa the name of the rich man is better known in his country than that of the poor man, Homl. Th. i. 330, 5. [Sodome and Gomorre, and alle þe nomecuðe buruhwes (famous cities ), A. R. 334, 25
ge-lícian
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Cf. ge-líc; Þá geceás hé him áne burg wið þone sǽ, Bizantium wæs hátenu, tó ðon þæt him gelícade ꝥ hié þǽr mehten betst frið binnan habban, and eác ꝥ hié þǽr gehendaste wǽren on gehwelc lond þonan tó winnanne maritimam urbem, Byzantium, aptissimam judicavit
wuldor-full
glorious ⬩ vainglorious
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Similar entries v. wuldor (I a) Betere ys þearfa and behófigende him þænne wer wulderfull (gloriosus) and genihtsumigende hláfe, Scint. 178, 15. Wuldorfull, 180, 6
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fealwe
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of fealo
GÝMAN
To care for ⬩ take care of ⬩ take heed to ⬩ heed ⬩ observe ⬩ regard ⬩ keep
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Ða ðe bet cunnon sceolon gýman óðra manna those who know better are to take care of other men, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 1; Ps. Th. 77, 10; Exon. 31 a; Th. 96, 5; Cri. 1569. Gif his ðé géman lyst if you pleased to care about it, Bt. Met.
triumpha
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The explanation is called forth by the passage: Heora an consul forsóc ðone triumphan, ðe him mon ongeán brohte . . . and sǽde, ðæt hié hæfden bet gewyrht, ðæt him mon mid heáfe ongeán cóme ðonne mid triumphan, 17-21.
under-wreðian
to support ⬩ sustain ⬩ supponere
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Ða ðe bet cunnon, sceolon gýman óðra manna, and mid heora fultume underwryðian, Homl. Th. ii. 282, 2. Sceancan míne mé tó underwreðigenne on yfel strange wǽron crura mea ad me sustinendum in malum fortes fuere, Anglia xi. 117, 23.
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trendel
a circle ⬩ ring ⬩ a disk ⬩ orb ⬩ a round place ⬩ a circus
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Gl. 419, 8. a circle used in calculation Ðás þing wégeopeniaþ bet on ðissum trendle (cf. gým ðisses hwióles; hyt ðé ætýwþ eall ðæs mónan ryne, 33 : and: Ðás circulas synt behéfe preóstum, 44), Anglia viii. 328, 38. figurative Trendel (benedicens) coronam
dolh-sealf
A wound-salve, poultice for a wound ⬩ vulnĕrārium emplastrum
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A wound-salve, poultice for a wound; vulnĕrārium emplastrum Dolhsealf; genim wegbrǽdan sǽd, getrifula smale, scead on ða wunde, sóna biþ sélre a wound-salve; take seed of waybroad, bray it small, put [shed] it on the wound, soon it will be better, L.
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ge-ner
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Betere wé faran ús intó þám niycclan scræfe . . . and ðǽr wé magon on genere wunian, Hml. S. 23, 204. Gif. . . hí manna ǽnig on genere heólde, 50.
ofer-reccan
to convince, confute, convict
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Ðonne is betere ðæt hié mid ryhtre race weorðen oferreahte and mid ðære race gebundene and ofersuíðde prodest, ut in suis allegationibus victi jaceant, Past. 30; Swt. 205, 3.
mynster
a monastery ⬩ a place where a body of monks or of nuns resided ⬩ a church ⬩ minster
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Heáfodmynstres griþbryce . . . béte man be cyninges munde . . . and medemran mynstres mid hundtwelftigan sciłł., L. Eth. ix. 5; Th. i. 342, 1: L. C. E. 3; Th. i. 360, 21.
neáh
nigh ⬩ near ⬩ later ⬩ latter ⬩ last ⬩ latest
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Cedd and Adda and Bete and Dema, se nýhsta wæs Scyttysces cynnes, 3, 21; S. 551, 15. Ðis is Byrhtríces níhsta cwide ( last will ), Chart. Th. 500, 24. Óðer is se ǽresta apostol, óðer se néhsta, Blickl. Homl. 171, 9.
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hlóþ
spoil, ⬩ booty ⬩ a band, ⬩ troop, ⬩ company, ⬩ gang, ⬩ crew, ⬩ body of robbers ⬩ the crime of taking part in the action of a hlóþ
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Seðe hlóþe betygen síe geswicne se hine be cxx hída oððe swá béte, L. In. 14; Th. i. 110, 15
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hrind
barky ⬩ rinded ⬩ caudex ⬩ codex ⬩ liber ⬩ cortex ⬩ frozen to death ⬩ to destroy ⬩ dead
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Voc. 38, 56, 57 hrind translates caudex vel codex, and liber is translated seó inre hrind, but perhaps the better reading for the former would be rind = cortex. Otherwise hrinde bearwas might be [?] groves with [large-] stemmed trees.
sáwan
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Wæs heora lár sáwen and strogden betuh feówer sceátum middangeardes, Bl. H. 133, 33
lícian
To please
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Ðé lícaþ se almihtiga God bet ðonne Þeodisius, Shrn. 196, 35. Ealle ða þing ðe hér liciaþ sint eorþlíce, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 35. Hit lícode Herode, Mt. Kmbl. 14, 6: Mk. Skt. 6, 22. Swá heó wiste ðæt his fæder lícode, Gen. 27, 14.
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ge-méde
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[Gif áni land sý out of þan bissopríche gedón, ich wille ꝥ hit cume in ongeán, óðer ꝥ man hit ofgó on hise gemóð swó man wið him bet finde mage si quid inde fuerit sublatum, volumus quod revocetur, vel quod aliter ei satisfaciat, 387, 23.]
ge-warenian
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hwæt is se man on lífe búton ... hé ǽr gewarnod þe bet sý, þæt hé þonne ðurh deófol beswicen ne wyrðe, Wlfst, 101, 16-21. <b>I a.</b> to warn a person against something :-- Folc wið synna gewarnian, Ll.
hwǽte
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Voc. ii. 22, 5. as a plant growing Átió hé ǽrest of þám lande þá þornas, ... ꝥ se hwǽte mæge ðý bet weaxan liberat arva prius fruticibus, ... ut nova fruge gravis Ceres eat, Bt. 23; F. 78, 23.