ceaster
a fortress ⬩ A city, fort, castle, town ⬩ urbs, civitas, castellum ⬩ the city ⬩ hæc civitas
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wende mid ðære fierde wið Exancestres the king turned west with the army towards Exeter, 168, 26, col. 1; 24, col. 2; 169, 21, col. 1; 18, col. 2. the name of a particular place, as CHESTER, CAISTOR, CASTOR, the city; hæc civitas He him sende scipon æfter
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hruse
The earth ⬩ ground
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Hreás on hrusan nalles æfter lyfte lácende hwearf, Beo. Th. 5654; B. 2831. Heofonas ðú wealdest hrusan swylce tui sunt cæli et tua est terra, Ps. Th. 88, 10: 120, 2: 133, 4. Under eorþan befeolan hinder under hrusan, Exon. 9l a; Th. 340, 24; Gn.
leán
- Wulfst. 168, 17 .]
To blame ⬩ reproach ⬩ disapprove ⬩ scorn
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Hý nǽfre man lyhþ se ðe secgan wile sóð æfter rihte a man that will rightly tell the truth will never blame them, Beo. Th. 2101; B. 1048. Ða ðe ðæt unliéfde leáþ and swá ðeáh dóþ qui accusant prava, nec tamen devitant, Past. 55, 1; Swt, 427, 12.
úht-sang
One of the services of the church ⬩ nocturns or matins
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Ðæt ðære nihte tó láfe sié æfter ðam úhtsange quod restat post vigilias, R. Ben. 32, 17.
wlítan
To look ⬩ gaze
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Hé æfter recede wlát, Beo. Th. 3149; B. 1572. Ða ðe on holm wliton, 3189; B. 1592. Wlítan on Wíláf, 5696; B. 2852: Cd. Th. 145, 8; Gen. 2402. Heó swá wíde wlítan meahte ofer heofonríce, 38, 18; Gen. 608.
wyrt-wala
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Á be wyrtwale . . . on hel ufeweardne æfter wyrtwalan, iii. 48, 11-16. On heáfdbeorh; ðonne on wyrtwalan on ðæs hagan ende . . . ; andlang herpaðes tó ðære efise, ðonon eft on wyrtwalen, v. 300, 8-13
ǽrende
a message ⬩ an errand, a mission
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Æfter hé hit áboden hǽfde, hé hié heálsade ðæt hié nánuht ðára ǽrenda ne underfénge . . . Ásǽdon his geféran hú hé heora ǽrenda ábeád, Ors. 4, 6; S. 178, 10-22. Earmra manna ǽrende wrecan (ǽrendo ábeódan, v. l.), Bd. 3, 6; Sch. 209, 20.
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spor
a trace, track, spoor ⬩ a trace, vestige, mark left by anything (of the marks made by weapons; cf. ⬩ a wound ⬩ tracing, tracking
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Th. 193, 1; Exod. 239. tracing, tracking Ðú teohhast ðæt ðú spyrige æfter mé, and swíþor swincst on ðam spore ðonne hí dón, Bt. 38, 5; Fox 206, 14. Ðæt ǽlc man wǽre óðrum gelástfull ge æt spore ge æt midráde, L. Ath. v. 4; Th. i. 232, 11.
Dún-stán
Dunstan ⬩ Dunstānus
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Hér Eádgár sende æfter S. Dúnstáne, and geaf [MS. gif] him ðæt bisceopríce on Wigarceastre, and syððan ðæt bisceopríce on [MS. an] Lundene in this year [A. D. 959] Edgar sent after St.
DÓGOR
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Ic mána fela æfter dógrum dyde I did many evils during my days, Hy. 4, 51; Hy. Grn. ii. 284, 51. Þrió dógor for the space of three days; triduo, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 15, 32. Uferan dógrum in later days, Beo. Th. 4407; B. 2200
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FRIGNAN
To ask ⬩ inquire ⬩ interrŏgāre ⬩ sciscĭtāri
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Ðeáh hine rinca hwilc æfter frigne though any man inquire about it, Bt. Met. Fox 22, 91; Met. 22, 46. Gif he frugnen biþ if he is asked, 12, 104; Met. 22, 52: Invent. Crs. Recd. 1083; El. 542
FRÓFOR
comfort ⬩ solace ⬩ consolation ⬩ help ⬩ benefit ⬩ profit ⬩ refuge ⬩ sōlāmen ⬩ sōlātium ⬩ consōlātio ⬩ auxĭlium ⬩ refŭgium
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Hie fuhton ðé æfter frófre they fought for help to thee, Cd. 98; Th. 130, 3; Gen. 2154. Frófor mín refŭgium meum, Ps. Spl. 17, 1: 30, 4: 58, 19. the following examples are m Frófres ic ðé bidde I ask thee for comfort, Hy. 6, 1; Hy.
portic
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His líchoma on ðære cyricean norþportice ( porticu aquilonali ) wæs bebyriged; in ðam eác swylce ealra ðæra æfter-fylgendra ærcebiscopa líchoman syndon bebyrged bútan twegra ; heora líchaman sindon on ðære cyricean sylfre gesette, forðan ðe on ðone fore-cwedenan
georne
Eagerly, earnestly, diligently, carefully, zealously, willingly, readily, gladly, well ⬩ cŭpĭde, enixe, dīlĭgenter, stŭdiōse, prompte, lĭbenter, bĕne
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He sóhte georne æfter grunde he sought diligently along the ground, Beo. Th. 4577; B. 2294: Exon. 44 b; Th. 150, 11; Gú, 777: 57 a; Th. 204, 4; Ph. 92.
síðian
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. ¶ of the spirit's journey to another world :-- Æfter deáþe somod síðiaþ sáwla mid líce, 237, 2 ; Ph. 584. Scolde se ellorgást on feónda geweald feor síðian, Beo. Th. 1621 ; B. 808. Ðæt mín sáwul tó ðé síðian móte, Byrht. Th. 136, 65
storm
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Ða strongan stormas weoruldbisgunga, Met. 3, 3. uproar, tumult Storm up árás æfter ceasterhofum, cirm unlytel hǽðnes heriges, Andr. Kmbl. 2474 ; An. 1238. Storm up gewát heáh tó heofonum, herewópa mǽst, Cd.
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tihtle
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A charge, accusation Gif hit ánfeald tyh[t]le sý, dúfe seó hand æfter ðam stáne óð ða wriste, and gif hit þryfeald sý, óð ðæne elbogan, L. Ath. iv. 7; Th. i. 226, 16. Gif hit tihtle (tihtla, MS.
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un-gewiss
uncertainty ⬩ ignorance ⬩ unconsciousness ⬩ in ignorance ⬩ unintentionally ⬩ unconsciously ⬩ unwittingly ⬩ what is uncertain or unknown ⬩ incertum ⬩ ignominia
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Ðæt hié on swá micle néþinge and on swá micel ungewiss ǽgðer ge on sǽs fyrhto ge on wéstennum wildeóra ge on þeóda gereordum, ðæt hié hiene æfter friþe sóhton that they ventured upon so much that was hazardous and so much that was unknown in respect to
cunnan
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Voc. ii. 31, 13. to be able Wé him ne cunnon æfter*-*spyrigean, Past. 5, 16. Hwæðer hé cúðe gán, Hml. S. 10, 33. Swíðe feáwa wǽron ðe hiora ðéninga cúðen understondan on Englisc, Past. 3, 14
ge-hreósan
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Ðá wæs gehroren sió úpá-hæfenes Paules, . . . and æfter ðǽm hryre hé ongan timbran eáðmódnesse elationis ejus fabrica tota corruerat, et post ruinam suam humilis aedi-ficari requirebat Past. 443, 29. to fall from a higher to a lower level, fall headlong