þrúh
Wood or stone hollowed out ⬩ a trough ⬩ pipe ⬩ conduit ⬩ a box ⬩ chest ⬩ a coffin ⬩ sarcophagus ⬩ tomb
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Hé worhte áne ðrúh on hwítum seolfre tó ðæra apostola líce, Homl. Th. ii. 498, 3. ¶ The word seems left in local names, Thrubrook, Througham, v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. vi. 342
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god-webb
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Þá wóhgeornan woruldrícan mid heora golde and seolfre and godwebbum (gode-, v. l., cf. godweb-girla), Wlfst. 183, 9. a curtain. See also Godweb curtina, Wrt.
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pening
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Wið lúsum ; cwic seolfor, án pening seolfres, 124, 24. Drenc biþ on peninge the dose will be a pennyweight, 272, 24. Ceorf nygan penegas cut up nine pennyweights, iii. 8, 2. Man ðysses wyrttruman genime týn penega gewihte, i. 260, 17.
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ge-bycgan
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Ælfsige abbod and æt eallon híréde tó écean freóte, C.D. iv. 271, 4, 10: 270, 17. to rescue from punishment by payment. secular Sé þe fals wyrce þolige þǽra handa þe hé ꝥ fals mid worhte, and hé hí mid nánum þingum ne gebicge, ne mid golde, ne mid seolfre
hám
Home, house, abode, dwelling, residence, habitation, house with land, estate, property ⬩ domus, domicilium, prædium, villa, mansio, possessio ⬩ a village ⬩ a dwelling-place ⬩ an abode, world, this world ⬩ home ⬩ domus, domicilium, patria
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Se cyng him wel gegifod hæfde on hámon and on golde and seolfre and forbærndon Tegntún and eác fela óðra gódra háma ... and ðone hám æt Peonhó ... and ðone hám æt Wealthám and óðra cotlífa fela the king had given him many gifts oft vills and of gold and
ge-sǽlig
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</b> having a fortune, wealthy Hé gewát ǽhte lǽdan . . . golde and seolfre swídfeorm and gesǽlig, Gen. 1770.
ge-þanc
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</b> thought, thinking about something :-- þǽr nǽfre unnytte sprǽce nǽron, ne geþanc goldes and seolfres, Hml. S. 23 b, 88
ge-streón
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Seó gesomnung þára deárwyrþra gimma oþþe ꝥ unmǽte gestreón goldes and seolfres, Bl. H. 99, 28. Of eorþlicum cýpinga gestreóne de terreno nundinarum mercatu. An. Ox. 2656. Mid mangunge, gestreóne commercio, 3064.
wela
wealth ⬩ riches ⬩ abundance ⬩ wealth ⬩ weal ⬩ prosperity ⬩ happy estate
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Ðæt unmǽte gestreón goldes and seolfres, oþþe eal se wela Blickl. Homl. 99, 29. Eal eorþan wela Blickl. Homl. 51, 30. Wala divitiae Rtl. 81, 18. Welan patrimonii, welan, spédignesse opulentia Hpt. Gl. 491, 7-9.
welig
Wealthy ⬩ rich ⬩ opulent
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Swíðe welig on golde and on seolfre and on orfe and on geteldum Gen. 13, 5. Forseó ðysse worulde wlenco, gif ðú wille beón welig on ðínum móde Prov. Kmbl. 50. Ðes and ðeós welega hic et haec diues Ælfc. Gr. 6, 2; Zup. 18, 12.
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treów
a tree ⬩ a material ⬩ wood ⬩ trees ⬩ a wood ⬩ roof-tree ⬩ saddle-tree ⬩ a piece of wood ⬩ a beam ⬩ log ⬩ stake ⬩ staff ⬩ cudgel ⬩ gallows-tree ⬩ tree used of the cross
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part of many compounds, e.g. æppel-, ceder-, corn-, cwic-, cyrs-, ele-, fíc-, gyr-, hwíting-, magdala-, palm-, persoc-, pín-, plúm-, ulm-, wín-, windeltreów; see also láð-, wudu-treów. a material, wood Hí worhton him anlícnyssa, sume of golde, sume of seolfre
stán
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</b> a stone that contains metal :-- Ða gyldenan stánas and ða seolfrenan aureae arenae, Bt. 34, 8; Fox 144, 30. <b>II f.</b> a precious stone :-- Gerénod mid golde and mid ðæm stáne iacinta, Past. 14; Swt. 83, 24.
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lást
A step ⬩ footstep ⬩ track ⬩ trace
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Ðæt nǽnig man ða lǽstas sylfe ufan oferwyrcean ne mihte ne mid golde ne mid seolfre so that no man might overlay the footsteps themselves, neither with gold nor with silver, 125, 35. Sceáwian láðes lástas, Beo. Th. 1686; B. 841.
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wlite
aspect ⬩ countenance ⬩ looks ⬩ appearance ⬩ shape ⬩ form ⬩ good looks ⬩ beautiful appearance ⬩ beauty ⬩ glory ⬩ ornament
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Heó nalles on goldes wlite and on seolfres ne scíneþ, Blickl. Homl. 197, 9: Elen. Kmbl. 2636; El. 1319: Exon. Th. 238, 24; Ph. 609. Of wlite wendaþ wæstma gecyndu, 104, 29 ; Gú. 15.
biddan
to ask ⬩ to ask ⬩ to pray to
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Ne bæd se blinda náðor ne goldes, ne seolfres, ne náne woruldlice ðing, Hml. Th. 1. 158, 20. with a clause Wé biddaþ ꝥ þú fram ús ne gewíte, Bl. H. 145, 18. Hé bæd ꝥ hé móste faran, 23, 13: 211, 29.
ná-wiht
nothing ⬩ naught ⬩ a thing of no value ⬩ an evil thing ⬩ not
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Mon nóhtes wyrþe his sáule ne déþ ne his goldes ne his seolfres a man does not make his soul worthy of anything, of his gold or of his silver, Blickl. Homl. 195, 5. Næfdon heó nóht on hire, búton ðæt án ðæt heó hæfde mennisce onlícnesse, 147, 15.
ge-weorþian
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Hé his folc golde and seolfre geweorþade, Ps. Th. 104, 32. Giworðadun hine mið giwédum his induerunt eum uestimentis suis. Mk. R. 15, 20. Geweorðad donatur (virgo peplis donatur dominicis, Aid. 60, 20), Wrt. Voc. ii. 85, 29.
dǽl
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
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Beran wunden gold and seolfres dǽl, 56, 4. Weána dǽl, B. 1150: 2028: Vy. 67. Ne mæg weorðan wís wer, ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl (many years) in woruldríce, Wand. 65. Leóðworda dǽl reccan, An. 1490. ¶ sum-dǽl some-what, some (cf.
þúsend
a thousand
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Betere ðonne mon mé geofe ðúsende goldes and seolfres super millia auri et argenti, 118, 72. Grammar þúsend, with other numerals as multipliers, Grammar þúsend, alone Twá þúsend, Ælfc.
weallan
of water, &c. issuing from a source ⬩ to well, bubble forth, spring out, flow ⬩ of the source, to well with, ⬩ flow with, ⬩ with a noun ⬩ absolute ⬩ implying abundance ⬩ to swarm, exist in large numbers ⬩ of production in large numbers or great quantity, ⬩ to swarm with ⬩ flow with ⬩ of violent movement, ⬩ to boil, rage, heave ⬩ of movement in liquids caused by heat, ⬩ to boil (intrans.), ⬩ to be hot ⬩ used of a vessel in which a liquid boils ⬩ of other than liquids, ⬩ to be hot, burn, blaze, rage ⬩ figuratively, of persons, passions, emotions, ⬩ to be fervent, to burn, rage, to be strongly moved ⬩ trans. ( = willan?) To roll, turn
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To roll, turn Hine on lyfte lífgetwinnan sweopum seolfrenum swíðe weallaþ, óð ðæt him bán blícaþ, blédaþ ǽdran, Salm. Kmbl. 288; Salm. 143. [O. Sax. wallan to well; to boil, burn (fig.): O. Frs. walla: O. H.
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