ELLEN
Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitude ⬩ vis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo
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Strength, power, vigour, valour, courage, fortitude; vis, rōbur, vĭgor, virtus, fortĭtūdo Wísdóm hæfþ on him feówer cræftas, ðara is án wærscipe, óðer metgung, þridde is ellen, feórþe rihtwísnes wisdom has in it four virtues, of which one is prudence
FÍF
FIVE ⬩ quinque
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FIVE; quinque. Hyra fíf wǽron dysige, and fíf gleáwe quinque ex eis ĕrant fătuæ, et quinque prūdentes, Mt. Bos. 25, 2: Lev. 26, 8. Cómon ða fíf cynegas ascendērunt quinque rēges, Jos. 10, 5, 16. Ðæra fíf hláfa quinque pānum. Mt. Bos. 16, 9. Of fíf hláfum
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hreówan
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Add: p. hreów. With dat. or acc. of person, or used absolutely. to affect with sorrow, to distress, grieve, vex. with pronoun (in apposition to clause) as subject Þæt mé on mínum hyge hreóweð, þæt hié heofonríce ágan, Gen. 426. with clause as subject
GÚÞ
War, battle, fight ⬩ bellum
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War, battle, fight; bellum Gúþ nimeþ freán eówerne war shall take away your lord, Beo. Th. 5066; B. 2536: 4960; B. 2483: 3320; B. 1658: 2251; B.1123. Sumne sceal gúþ abreótan war shall crush one, Exon. 87a; Th. 328, 12; Vy. 16: 88a; Th. 331, 15; Vy.
heals-fang
'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' ⬩ embracing ⬩ to embrace
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A term occurring in the laws which Thorpe thus defines: 'The sum every man sentenced to the pillory would have had to pay to save him from that punishment had it been in use.' The word occurs in the following passages Gif ceorl búton wífes wísdóme deóflum
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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a freeman of the lowest class,CHURL, countryman, husbandman; homo liber, rusticus, colonus Ceorles weorþig sceal beón betýned a churl's close must be fenced, L. In. 40; Th. i. 126, 13. Se ceorl, 60; Th. i. 140, 8. Swá we eác settaþ be eallum hádum, ge
hrægel
A garment ⬩ dress ⬩ robe ⬩ rail ⬩ clothing
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A garment, dress, robe, rail [in night-rail] clothing Gerǽwen hrægel segmentata vestis: þicce gewefen hrægel pavidensis: þenne gewefen hrægel levidensis: purpuren hrægel clavus vel purpura: feala hiwes hrægel polymita: wógum bewerod hrægel ralla vel
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ge-rǽcan
To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer
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To reach, obtain, seize, get, lay hold on, attain, reproach, present, offer Sió fird hie gerǽcan ne mehte the [English] force could not reach them, Chr. 895; Erl. 93, 22: 894; Erl. 90, 11: Cd. 216; Th. 275, 10; Sat. 169. Gerǽcean, Blickl. Homl. 207,
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BRAND
a BRAND, fire-brand, torch; ⬩ titio, torris ⬩ a burning, flame, fire; ⬩ incendium, flamma, ignis ⬩ A sword; ⬩ ensis
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a BRAND, fire-brand, torch; titio, torris Brand titio vel torris, Ælfc. Gl. 30; Som. 61, 76; Wrt. Voc. 27, 6. Brand titio, Wrt. Voc. 82, 55: Glos. Epnl. Recd. 163, 42. Bǽron brandas on bryne blácan fýres they bare fire-brands into the burning of the
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hild
War, ⬩ battle ⬩ pugna, prælium
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War, battle, pugna, prælium Hild sweðrode war ceased Beo. Th. 1807; B. 901: 3180; B. 1585: 3698; B. 1847: Andr. Kmbl. 2840; An. 1422: Elen. Kmbl. 36; El. 18: 298; El. 149. Hyne Hetware hilde gehnǽgdon him the Hetwaras conquered in battle, Beo. Th. 5825
BEÓ
A BEE ⬩ apis
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A BEE; apis. The keeping of bees was an object of much care in the economy of the Anglo-Saxons. The great variety of expressions, taken from the flavour of honey, sufficiently account for the value they placed upon it. While the bee-masters [beó-ceorlas
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cyne-dóm
royal dominion or power, kingdom, realm ⬩ imperium, regnum, sceptrum, potestas
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royal dominion or power, kingdom, realm;imperium, regnum, sceptrum, potestas Cynedóm sceptrum, Ælfc. Gl. 69; Som. 69, 127; Wrt. Voc. 42, 7. We willaþ ðæt án cynedóm fæste stande ǽfre on þeóde we will that one kingship standfast for ever in the nation
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for-swerian
To FORSWEAR ⬩ to swear falsely ⬩ perjure ⬩ ejūrāre ⬩ pējĕrāre
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To FORSWEAR, to swear falsely, perjure; ejūrāre, pējĕrāre He sigewǽpnum forsworen hæfde he had forsworn martial weapons, Beo. Th. 1613; B. 804. Ic forswerige pējĕro, Ælfc. Gl. 84; Som. 73, 98; Wrt. Voc. 49, 6. Ne forswere ðú non perjūrābis, Mt. Bos.
here-hýþ
Spoil ⬩ booty ⬩ plunder
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Spoil, booty, plunder Hér wæs mycel herehúþe [herehýþe, MS. C.] ðǽr genumen in this year much spoil was taken at Bamborough, Chr, 993; Erl. 133, 2. Hé his ðone feórþan dǽl and ðære herehýþe for Gode gesealde quartam partem ejus et prædæ Domino daret,
myne
the mind ⬩ mind ⬩ purpose ⬩ desire ⬩ love
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the mind Mód mægnade, mine fægnade, Exon. 94 b; Th. 353, 56; Reim. 33. mind (as in to have a mind for anything), purpose, desire Læssan hwíle ðonne his myne sóhte for a less time than he would have desired, Beo. Th. 5138; B. 2572. Wæs him út myne fleón
BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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An old military weapon, with a hooked point, and an edge on the back, as well as within the curve, a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion. Whatever its shape, it must have had two edges; as, in the earliest poem, an envoy is attacked, billes ecgum
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ge-belgan
To make one angry ⬩ irritate ⬩ enrage ⬩ īra se tumefăcĕre ⬩ irrītāte ⬩ exaspĕrāre ⬩ To anger ⬩ incense ⬩ irrītāre ⬩ exaspĕrāre ⬩ To be angry ⬩ indignāri ⬩ irasci
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v. reflex. acc. [ge, and belgan to irritate] To make one angry, irritate, enrage; īra se tumefăcĕre, irrītāte, exaspĕrāre Se wísa Catulus hine gebealg the wise Catulus made himself angry, Bt. 27, 1; Fox 94, 32. Ðá gebealh he hine tunc ille indignātus
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un-þearf
Disadvantage ⬩ hurt ⬩ harm ⬩ detriment
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Disadvantage, hurt, harm, detriment Gif ðú heora untreówa onscunige, oferhoga hí and ádríf hí fram ðé, for ðam hí spanaþ ðe tó ðínre unþearefe si perfidam perhorrescis, sperne atque abjice perniciosa ludentem, Bt. 7, 2; Fox 18, 10. Ðæt wyrð ðære þeóde
ge-tyngnes
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Take here ge-tingnes in Dict., and add: skill in speaking, v. ge-tynge; I Getingnes eloquentia, peritia, Wrt. Voc. ii.143, 23. Getingnesse facundia, 34, 16. Meterlicere getincnesse gegódod metrica facundia (i. eloquentia) fretus, An. Ox. 125. Getincnesse
sceatt
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Add [S]ceatta bíbycgong rerum distractio, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 35. Naaman beád ðám, Godes menn deórwurðe sceattas . . . 'Genim feówer scrúd and twá pund.' Hé ðá gewende ongeán mid þám sceattum, Hml. Th. i. 400, 10-22. <b>I a.</b> add: money