Cwénas
The Quaines
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The inhabitants of Cwén-land q. v Is to-emnes ðæm lande súþeweardum, on óðre healfe ðæs móres, Sweóland, óþ ðæt land norþeweard; and to-emnes ðæm lande norþeweardum, Cwéna land .
Linked entry: Cwén-sǽ
fót
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Add:: gen. fét; inst. fét. the foot of a living creature Sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þines fét. Tech. ii. 126, 9. Mid foet pede, Ps. Srt. 65, 6. Mid ðǽm fét, Past. 357, 21. Mid ðý fét, 358, 4.
strícan
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Sete þú þínne scytefinger uppon þínne fót and stríc on twá healfa þínes fét þám gemete þe hí gesceapene beóð, 126, 9.
tó-gán
to go in two different directions, ⬩ to part, ⬩ separate ⬩ to be sundered, ⬩ to part ⬩ to go in many different directions, ⬩ to disperse, ⬩ go away
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Mycel wæl feóll on ǽgðre healfe, and ða heras him sylfe tóeodan, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 20. Æfter ðon ðe wit nú tócyrraþ and tógáne beóþ postquam ab invicem digressi fuerimus, Bd. 4, 29; S. 607, 20 MS.
á-wecgan
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Ne léten hié nó hié on ǽlce healfe gebígean, ne furðum nó awecggan ... Paulus cwæð: 'Ne lǽte gé eów ǽlcre láre wind áwecggan' non circumferamur omni vento doctrinae, 306, 4-9. Heora mágas þǽra cnihta mód fram Crístes geleáfan woldon áwecgan, Hml.
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bæftan
behind, ⬩ ⬩ after
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Bæftan þǽre healle, 36, 97. Oft cymð sé bæftan ús þe ús forestæpð, Hml. Th. ii. 82, 17. marking inferiority Nis heora nán máre þonne óðer, ne nán lǽssa ðonne óðer; ne nán beforan óðrum ne nán bæftan óðrum, Hml.
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ge-síþ
A companion ⬩ fellow ⬩ companion or follower of a chief or king ⬩ socius ⬩ comes
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A companion, fellow, companion or follower of a chief or king; socius, comes Gif mon elþeódigne ofsleá gif he mǽgleás síe healf kynincg [áh] healf se gesíþ if one slay a foreigner, if he be kinless, half the king [has], half the companion, L.
weardian
to guard, keep, defend ⬩ with gen. (cf. O. Sax. wardón with gen. to have charge of something) ⬩ to act as guardian to, to rule ⬩ to keep, have charge of ⬩ to hold a country, to occupy a place, inhabit. ⬩ in the phrases lást, swaðe weardian to keep a track, ⬩ to follow ⬩ to remain behind
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Hwílum hygegeómor healle weardaþ ( keeps the house ), Salm. Kmbl. 762; Sal. 380. Ðonne færð se deófol intó his móder innoðe, and ðǽr hé hine healt, and weardaþ inne, Wulfst. 193, 10. Hé heánne beám wunaþ and weardaþ, Exon. Th. 209, 17; Ph. 172.
Linked entries: ge-weardian weardere
L
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So the West Saxon forms, healdan, sealt, healf, are found in the Northumbrian Gospels as halda, salt, half, and in Gothic, O. Sax., Icel., O. H. Ger. the vowel also is a.
tíderness
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Homl. 243, 30. the weakness of ill-health, infirmity Gif hwylc mæssepreóst untruman men sprǽce forwyrne, and hé ðonne on ðære tyddernesse ( infirmitate ) swelte, L. Ecg. P. i. 2; Th. ii. 172, 28.
toft
a piece of ground, ⬩ messuage, ⬩ homestead ⬩ a place marked out for a house or building ⬩ a square piece of ground with walls but without roof ⬩ an enclosed home-field ⬩ campus ⬩ an elevated piece of ground ⬩ a field where a house or building once stood.
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In the following passages it may mean the enclosed ground in which the house stood Healf ðæt land æt Súðhám, innur and úttur, on tofte and on crofte, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 317, 7. Nǽfre myntan ne plot ne plóh, ne turf ne toft, L.
FREÓLS
freedom ⬩ immunity ⬩ privilege ⬩ lībertas ⬩ immūnĭtas ⬩ privĭlēgium ⬩ a time of freedom ⬩ a holy day ⬩ feast ⬩ festival ⬩ the celebration of a festival ⬩ festum ⬩ festi celebratio
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Sunnan dæges freóls healde man georne let a man diligently keep the festival of Sunday, L. Eth. v. 13; Th. i. 308, 10: vi. 22; Th. i. 320, 11. Freólsa and fæstena healde man rihtlíce let a man rightly keep festivals and fasts, L.
wærlíce
warily, cautiously, circumspectly, ⬩ in a way that guards against surprise ⬩ in a way that guards against an ill result, safely ⬩ carefully, heedfully, prudently
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Mǽst þearf is ðæt ǽghwelc mon his áð and his wed wærlíce healde, L. Alf. pol. 1; Th. i. 60, 3: Wulfst. 167, 4. Cristendóm wærlíce healdan, 78, 8.
freónd-scipe
FRIENDSHIP ⬩ amīcĭtia
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Ðæt man friþ and freóndscipe rihtlíce healde that peace and friendship be lawfully observed, L. Eth. v. 1; Th. i. 304, 10: vi. 8; Th. i. 316, 28. Git móston freóndscype fremman ye might foster friendship, Exon. 123 a; Th. 473, 21; Bo. 18.
mann-sliht
Manslaughter ⬩ homicide ⬩ murder
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Ðǽr wǽron swá micle monslihtas on ǽgðere healfe ðæt hié mon bebyrgan ne mehte inhumatas strages reliquit, Ors. 4, 6; Swt. 176, 30. Ungetíma ǽgder ge on monslehtum ge on hungre, 1, 11; Swt. 50, 19: Chr. 994; Erl. 133, 18
nett
a net ⬩ a mosquito-net ⬩ net- work ⬩ web
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Lǽtaþ ðæt nett on ða swíðran healfe, Jn. Skt. 21, 6. Ic bréde nett plecto, Ælfc. Gr. 28; Som. 32, 8. Óþ ðæt ðe hig (wildeór) cuman tó ðám nettan ... Ne canst ðú huntian búton mid nettum? Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 15-21 : 22, 11.
GRÁPIAN
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Hire wið healse heard grápode bánhringas bræc the hard blade touched her neck, broke the bone-rings, Beo. Th. 3137; B. 1566: 4176; B. 2085.
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brycg
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Ðeáh se man nime ǽnne stán and lecge on fúl slóh, þæt se ælmesman mæge mid þám óðrum fét steppan on ðá clǽnan healfe, þæt him bið micel méd for Gode, Wlfst. 239, 9.
fur-lang
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Ðus feor sceal beón þæs cinges grið fram his burhgeate þǽr hé is sittende on feówer healfe his, ꝥ is .III. míla and .III. furlang ( quarentenis, Lat. vers.) . . ., Ll. Th. i. 224, 9. translating Latin stadium Furlang stadium, Wrt. Voc. i. 38, 9.
hyse
A young man ⬩ warrior
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Him be healfe stód hyse unweaxen cniht on gecampe by his side stood a youth not yet grown up, a boy in battle, Byrht. Th. 136, 17; By. 152. Hyse [Beowulf ], Beo. Th. 2438; B. 1217: Andr. Kmbl. 1190; An. 595: 1622; An. 812: Elen. Kmbl. 1043; El. 523.