brýten-walda
A powerful ruler or king ⬩ præpotens rex ⬩ a ruler ⬩ the British aborigines ⬩ to bruise, break, to break into small portions, to disperse ⬩ a ruler, king, ⬩ an extensive or powerful king, a king whose power is widely extended. ⬩ a powerful king ⬩ the wide expanse of earth ⬩ a spacious realm ⬩ the spacious world ⬩ a spacious dwelling ⬩ a war-king
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and note i] that the true meaning of brýten-walda, compounded of walda a ruler, and the adj. brýten, is totally unconnected with Brettas or Bretwalas, the name of the British aborigines; for brýten is derived from breótan to bruise, break, to break into
tǽcan
To shew. ⬩ to offer to view, present ⬩ to shew an object to a person so that the object may be attained by the person, to shew a way, a place, etc. ⬩ without an object, to shew the way, direct ⬩ without an object, to direct ⬩ to shew a person (dat. or acc.) the direction that must be taken, to direct, to cause a certain direction to be taken, the direction being marked, by a preposition. ⬩ to shew the course that must be followed, what should be observed, to direct, appoint, prescribe, enjoin. ⬩ to shew, indicate, signify
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Ǽfre se ðe áwent oþþe se þe tǽcþ of Lédene on Englisc ǽfre hé sceal gefadian hit swá ðæt ðæt Englisc hæbbe his ágene wísan he that makes a translation from Latin into English, or he that in teaching turns Latin into English must use idiomatic English,
up
Up. ⬩ up ⬩ on high ⬩ up ⬩ erectly ⬩ up ⬩ to a high point
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Th. 3844; B. 1920. marking arrival, or coming into notice (cf. colloquial to turnup). Cf. a.β Ðæs ymb.iii. niht ridon .ii. eorlas up, Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 6. Up ábrecaþ erumpunt, Wrt.
leornung
Learning ⬩ study ⬩ meditation ⬩ reading
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On smeáwunge and on leornunge háligra gewrita ... ðonne hí on heora leornunge wǽron and heora béc rǽddon and beeodan meditationi scripturarum ... cum illi intus lectioni vacabant, 4, 3; S. 567, 29-34.
á-ídlan
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Hé bið innan áídlad ðǽre ryht*-*wísnesse intus veritate vacuatur, 111, 9
irþling
a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo
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Eorþtilþ forðam se yrþling ús ealle fétt qualis tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum? Agricultura, quia arator nos omnes pascit, 30, 23-8.
mengan
to mix ⬩ mingle ⬩ combine ⬩ to mingle together ⬩ stir up ⬩ disturb
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Hí hí wið mánfullum megndan þeóde commisti sunt inter gentes, Ps. Th. 105, 26. Hí mínne mete mengde wið geallan, 68, 22. Meng ða blisse wið ða unrótnesse, Prov. Kmbl. 71. Fífleáfon seáw mencg (mængc, MS. B) tó wíne, Herb. 3, 6; Lchdnl. i. 88, 112.
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be-tweonum
BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midst ⬩ inter, in medio
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BETWEEN, betwixt, among, amid, in the midst; inter, in medio. dat. Betweonan ðám between them, Ps. Th. 102, 12. Betweonum ðissum þingum amid these things, Bd. 1, 27; S. 488, note 26.
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Cynewulf
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a tail-piece to the whole book, comes a poetical passage, in which the author principally refers to himself, and after a reference to his own increasing age and the change from the strength and joyousness of youth, he breaks out, in the 15th Canto, into
FULL
FULL ⬩ filled ⬩ complete ⬩ entire ⬩ plēnus ⬩ sătiātus ⬩ confertus ⬩ intĕger
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Be-yrnþ se móna hwíltídum ðonne he full byþ on ðære sceade ufeweardre the moon, when it is full, sometimes enters into the upper part of the shadow, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 5, 14, 20; Lchdm. iii. 240, 22; 242, 1.
láð
hateful ⬩ hated ⬩ loathed ⬩ loth ⬩ displeasing ⬩ injurious ⬩ grievous ⬩ hostile ⬩ malign ⬩ inimical
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Ðec gelegdon on láðne bend they put thee into grievous captivity, Cd. 225; Th. 298, 27; Sat. 539. Ða fuglas ús nǽnige láðe ne yfle newæron aves non nobis perniciem ferentes, Nar. 16, 18.
LECGAN
to lay ⬩ place ⬩ put ⬩ lay ⬩ to slay
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Wé on bearm lægdon we put them into our laps, Salm. Kmbl. 864; Sal. 431. Gé on his wergengan wíte legdon ye imposed pain upon his pilgrim, 43 a; Th. 144, 29; Gú. 685.
ge-restan
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(l a) of the sleep of death, to die, fall on sleep :< — Her lohs hine gereste in Effesia (cf. he John eode cucu and gesund into his byrgene, Hml.
ge-writ
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On gewrit settan to put into writing, Ll. Th. i. 58, 22. a number of written characters Þis mon sceal wrítan on húsldisce . . . + + + A + C D + . . . In principio . . . sunt.
heord
keeping ⬩ custody ⬩ care ⬩ guard
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Se hyrde þe þonne þá heorde intó Godes ríce mót lǽdan, Ll. Th i. 424, 10. a family under the care of its head Siððan mé se hálga (God) of hyrde freán mínes fæder [hæfde] fyrn álǽded (cf. Postquam eduxit me Deus de domo patris mei, Sen. 20, 13.
tó
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Add Hé sylf intó þǽre inran eóde and ðá duru him tó beclýsde, Hml. A. 196, 31. add: Þú cwǽde ꝥ ic ne þorfte ná máre áwendan þǽre béc búton tó Isaace, Ælfc. Gen. Thw. 1. 9.
ge
and ⬩ even ⬩ even ⬩ both . . . and . . . ⬩ and
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vos fornicatio, et talis fornicatio qualis nec inter gentes Past. 211, 8.
ge-tellan
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Th. i. 162, 13. to a class or category Suíðe ryhte sé bið geteald tó ðǽm líceterum inter hypocritas jure deputatur, Past. 121, 23.
ge-métan
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II. intrans. of two or more persons, to meet, come together, come into one another's company Ðǽr leófe ne tódǽlað, ne láðe ne gemétað, Wlfst. 190, 2 : 204, 24. Þonne hý ( or acc. cf.
ge-cirran
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</b> to turn into another language, translate :-- In Grécisc spréc gecerred in Graecam linguam uersa, Mt. p. 2, 4. <b>B.