bunden-stefna
bound ⬩ the prow of a ship ⬩ A bound prow ⬩ ligata prora
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[bunden bound, stefna the prow of a ship] A bound prow; ligata prora Sǽgenga fleát ofer ýðe, bundenstefna ofer brimstreámas the ship [lit. sea-goer] floated over the wave, the bound prow over the ocean-streams. Beo. Th. 3824; B. 1910
fámig
FOAMY ⬩ spūmōsus
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FOAMY; spūmōsus Fámig sǽ the foamy sea, Cd. 72; Th. 87, 22; Gen. 1452. Fámige flódas foamy floods, 100; Th. 133, 19; Gen. 2213: Exon. 101 b; Th. 383, 32; Rä. 4, 19: Salm. Kmbl. 315; Sat. 157
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teón-líg
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Hurtful, destructive flame, of the conflagration at the last day Eall þreó nimeþ fýres wælm . . . teónlég somod bærneþ þreó ( earth, sea, and sky ) eal on án, Exon. Th. 60, 14; Cri. 969. Tiónlég, Elen. Kmbl. 2556; El. 1279
sǽ-næss
a cape
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A ness or promontory stretching into the sea, a cape Sǽnesse promontorio, Hpt. Gl. 420, 7. Ða líðende land gesáwon brimclifu blícan, beorgas steápe, síde sǽnæssas, Beo. Th. 451; 6. 223. Sǽnæssas geseón, windige weallas, 1146; B. 571
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cépa
A chapman, merchant ⬩ mercator
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A chapman, merchant; mercator Nǽnig cépa ne seah ellendne wearod no merchant saw a foreign shore, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 58; Met. 8, 29. Ne geseah nán cépa eáland no merchant visited an island, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 13.
erce-hád
Archhood, an archbishop's pall, his dignity, of which the pall was a sign ⬩ pallium
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which the pall was a sign; pallium Ðæt his æftergengan symle ðone pallium and ðone ercehád æt ðam apostolícan setle Rómániscre gelaðunge feccan sceoldon that his successors should always fetch the pall and the archiepiscopal dignity from the apostolic seat
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ge-wleccan
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Dele ge-wlecian, and add: pp. ge-wlæcced Genim beolonan seáw, gewlece, and þonne on eáre gedrýp, Lch. ii. 40, 13: 46, 30. Him mon on eáre drýpe gewlæccedne ele, 22, 8. Genim þás wyrte . . . on ele gewlæhte (-wlehte, v. l. ), i. 212, 5.
ribbe
The herb hounds-tongue ⬩ cynoglossum officinale
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Ribban seáw, ii. 40, 29. Genim ribban, 36, 23
ealdor-biscop
An elder or chief bishop, an archbishop ⬩ sĕnior episcŏpus, archiepiscŏpus
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An elder or chief bishop, an archbishop; sĕnior episcŏpus, archiepiscŏpus; the Pope is so called by king Alfred Ðá wæs Vitalianus Papa ðæs apostolícan setlesealdorbiscop then Pope Vitalian was the chief bishop of the apostolic seat; sedi apostŏlĭcæ præerat
ge-wringan
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Add: to squeeze out moisture Celeþonian seáw oþþe þára blóstmena gewring and gemeng wið hunig, Lch. ii. 30, 12.
þeód-
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O. Sax. and Icel. The form is also found in proper names, e.g. Ðeód-bald, Bd. 1, 34; S. 499, 33. Ðeód-ríc, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 5. Þeód-Scyldingas, Beo. Th. 2042; B. 1019. Cf. regn-
Ter-finnas
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Finns occupying country west of the White Sea Ða Beormas hæfdon swíþe wel gebúd hira land ... Ac ðara Terfinna land wæs eal wéste ... Finnas, him þúhte, and ða Beormas sprǽcon neáh án geþeóde, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 17, 29
GRINDAN
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To GRIND, grind together, rub, rub together; molere, commolere, terere, frendere, allidi, collidi Ic seah searo grindan wið greóte I saw a machine grind against the dust, Exon. 108 b; Th. 414, 30; Rä. 33, 4. Ic grynde molo, Ælfc.
ge-syrwan
armour ⬩ to arm ⬩ wily ⬩ a wile ⬩ having belief ⬩ to plot ⬩ machinate
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[Or gesyrwed wily, searu a wile; cf. gelýfed having belief.] to plot, machinate [searu artifice] Wom-dǽda ðe [MS. ðy] ic gesyrede the ill-deeds that I have devised cunningly, Exon. 72 b; Th. 270, 20; Jul. 468
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sǽ-weard
sea-ward,
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sea-ward, keeping watch and ward on the sea-coast; it was a duty that might be required in some cases of the thane and of the 'cotsetla' Of manegum landum máre landriht áríst tó cyniges gebanne . . . sǽweard ( the section refers to the
tó-fleón
To flee in different directions, ⬩ be dispersed in flight, ⬩ flee away
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To flee in different directions, be dispersed in flight, flee away Gif wæter on eáran swíðe gesigen sý, genim ðysse ylcan wyrte seáw, drýpe on ðæt eáre; sóna hyt tóflýð (-flíhð, MSS. H. B.) the water will run away directly.
earm-cearig
Miserable and sad ⬩ mĭser et tristis
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Miserable and sad; mĭser et tristis Hú ic, earm-cearig, íscealdne sǽ, winter wunade how I passed a winter, miserable and sad, on the ice-cold sea, Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 27; Seef. 14: 76 b; Th. 287, 26; Wand. 20
flód-wudu
Flood-wood ⬩ a ship ⬩ mărīnum lignum ⬩ nāvis
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Flood-wood, a ship; mărīnum lignum, nāvis Swá we ofer cald wæter ceólum líðan, geond sídne sǽ flódwudu fergen as if we journey in vessels over the cold water, convey our ships through the wide sea, Exon. 20a; Th. 53, 21; Cri. 854
nép
Lacking ⬩ scanty
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Mægen wæs on cwealme fæste gefeterod forþganges nép the force of the Egyptians was fast fettered in death, they could make no advance (when they were overwhelmed in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 207, 20; Exod. 469. v. next word
un-land
What is not land
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What is not land On ðam fíftan dǽle healfum londes and unlondes ( sea, marsh, etc. ), Bt. 18, 1; Fox 62, 23. Tó ðam unlonde ( the whale, by whose side seamen,'deeming him some island,' moor their bark ), Exon. Th. 361, 3; Wal. 14