Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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Ireland [the land of the Ire] to seek once more. Gst. Rthm. ii. 66, 19-22.
hergian
To harry ⬩ pillage ⬩ plunder ⬩ ravage ⬩ waste ⬩ devastate ⬩ make an incursion or a raid ⬩ make war
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To harry, pillage, plunder, ravage, waste, devastate, make an incursion or a raid, make war Ða Cwénas hergiaþ hwílum on ða Norþmen ofer ðone mór hwílum ða Norþmen on hý sometimes the Fins made incursions across the mountains on the Norwegians, sometimes
hreód
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D. iii. 79, 26: hreód-burne, 25, 18: hreód- íg, v. 121, 30: hreód-leáh, iii. 246, 19: hreód-mǽd, vi. 153, 9: hreód-mór, C. D. B. ii. 433, 29: hreód-pól, C. D. ii. 29, 10: hreód-slæd, vi. 137, 17
LǼTAN
to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let
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Ðá com sum óðer and beád máre ðonne ðe óðer ǽr sealde and se cyng hit létt ðam menn ðe him máre beád then some other man came and offered more than the other had before given, and the king let it to the man that offered more, Chr. 1086; Erl. 220, 10.
Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt
tán
a twig, sprout, shoot, branch ⬩ a stake ⬩ a twig used in casting lots ⬩ a lot; also a share that is determined by lot
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Kmbl. iv. 45, 25. a twig used in casting lots ['Augury and divination by lot no people practise more diligently. The use of the lots is simple.
Ælfríc
Ælfric ⬩ Ælfricus
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This Ælfric was a very wise man, so that there was no more sagacious man in England.
þider
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Ðyder ðe hé sylfa tóweard wæs æfter deáþe, ðider hé his módes eágan sende ǽr his deáþe ubi erat futurus post mortem, ibi oculos mentis ante mortem misit, Bd. 5, 14; S. 634, 41. Þider ðe Stephanus forestóp, ðider folgode Paulus, Homl.
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ofer
with dat. generally with the idea of rest; ⬩ above, over ⬩ denoting contact with anything, upon, on ⬩ denoting extension over, throughout, in, on ⬩ denoting a higher degree, beyond, more than ⬩ denoting the cause of an emotion, over ⬩ denoting the object over which power is exercised ⬩ with the idea of movement, where the accusative might be expected ⬩ marking time, after, beyond ⬩ denoting motion in a definite direction across, to the other side of an object ⬩ denoting motion which is diffused over a surface ⬩ denoting extension through a space, throughout, among ⬩ denoting motion from below, over, above ⬩ denoting motion from above, upon, on ⬩ denoting the object upon which an action or feeling takes effect ⬩ denoting the object over which power is exercised ⬩ above, more than ⬩ supra, super ⬩ beyond, besides ⬩ ultra ⬩ denoting the passing over moral bounds, in violation of, in opposition to, contrary to, against ⬩ with words implying rest ⬩ (cf. to talk over) ⬩ denoting the cause of an emotion (cf. I. 5) ⬩ without ⬩ with words expressing time, ⬩ after ⬩ through, during
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Th. 154, 17; Gú. 843. denoting degree (ά) above, more than; supra, super Ioseph wæs gleáwra ofer hí ealle, Ors. 1, 5; Swt. 34, 1. Hé lufode Iosep ofer his suna he loved Joseph more than all his children, Gen. 37, 3 : 44, 20.
Linked entries: ofer-bord ofer-sceótan
tácnian
to make a mark upon something, to mark ⬩ to be a token or mark of something, to indicate, mark ⬩ to indicate, point out ⬩ to signify ⬩ to be the figurative expression of, be a figure of something, to symbolize ⬩ to indicate what is future, to portend
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Ðæt hé sǽde and tácnode hwylcum deáðe hé wolde sweltan hoc dicebat significans qua morte esset moriturus, Jn.
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ǽr
ERE ⬩ before ⬩ sooner ⬩ earlier ⬩ formerly ⬩ already ⬩ some time ago ⬩ lately ⬩ just now ⬩ till ⬩ until ⬩ antea ⬩ prius ⬩ mane ⬩ mature ⬩ dudum
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Ǽr on morgen early in the morning, Cd. 224; Th. 297, 10; Sat. 515: Ps. Th. 18, 5: Ex. 12, 22. Nóht micle ǽr non multo ante, Bd. 4, 23; S. 593, 21. Hwéne ǽr scarcely before, just before, Bt. 23; Fox 78, 25. Swýðe ǽr very early; valde mane, Mk.
DOCCE
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Doccan moran dust dust of root of dock, L. M. 1, 54; Lchdm. ii. 126, 6. Sume seóðaþ bétan oððe doccan on geswéttum wíne some seethe beet or dock in sweetened wine, L. M. 2, 25; Lchdm. ii. 218, 7: 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 96, 11: 1, 76; Lchdm. ii. 150, 10.
HRÍM
RIME
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Nǽnig móste heora hrórra hrím æpla gedígean occidit moros eorum in pruina, Ps. Th. 77, 47
ge-blandan
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16,
- An. 33.
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Oð þæt ic spǽte, spilde geblonden, áttor, Rä. 24, 8. in a moral sense Geblond infecit (cordavenenis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 94, 16. Siofa synnum fáh, sáre geblonden, gefylled mid fácne, Leas. 16. Is þes middangeard máne geblonden, 31.
ge-healdsumnes
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Add: moral restraint, modesty, sobriety, v. ge-healdsum ; Gehealdsumnyss inpuderatio, Scint. 225, 16. <b>I a.
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ge-myndgian
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Add: to recall the memory of (gen. ) Wé geedníwiað and gemyndgiað ðǽre scylde ðe úre ieldesta mǽg ús on for-worhte parentis primi lapsus iteratur, Past. 313, 15. to remember Symble bið gemyndgad morna gehwylce eaforan ellorsíð, B. 2450.
HEL
HELL ⬩ the place of souls after death ⬩ Hades ⬩ the infernal regions ⬩ the place of the wicked after death
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For ðam ða deádan ðe on helle beóþ ðín ne gemunan ne ðé andetaþ swá swá wé dóþ quoniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui: in inferno quis confitebitur tibi, Ps. Th. 6, 4. On ðære sweartan helle in the black hell, Cd. 35; Th. 47, 16; Gen. 761.
hrepian
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Ne hrepa þú þæs treówes wæstm, for þan ðe þú bist deádlic, gif ðú ðæs treówes wæstm geetst de ligno . . . ne comedas . . . in quocumque enim die comederis ex eo, morte morieris, Hml.
wirsa
Worse ⬩ worst
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Worse, worst, in a moral sense For hwam lifaþ se wyrsa leng? Salm. Kmbl. 716; Sal. 357. Ne wearð nán wærsa dǽd gedón ðonne ðeós wæs, Chr. 979; Erl. 129, 4.
innan
In ⬩ into ⬩ within ⬩ from within
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Gif hé ǽr on ðæs ofermódan engles wísan innan his geþance of Godes gesiehþe ne áfeólle nisi more superbientis angeli a conspectu conditoris prius intus aversione mentis caderet, Past. 47, 1; Swt. 359, 1.
Linked entries: innan-bordes innane innon on-innan
swǽs
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Freónda má swǽsra and gesibbra more of friends dear and near Exon. Th. 408, 34; Rä. 27, 22. Freóndum swǽsum and gesibbum, Cd. Th. 97, 13; Gen. 1612. Hé hét hine ( Beowulf ) leóde swǽse sécean. Beo. Th. 3741; B. 1868.