merigen
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Ben. 47, 9. add Swá swá ꝥ godspel sægð : 'Ne þenc þú be mergene,' Hml, S. 31, 57. Heó swór ꝥ Helias sceolde ðæs on mergen (merigen, v. l. ) sweltan, 18, 158
for-feran
to perish ⬩ perish
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Georgies mæssedæg æfter miclum geswince Chr. 1016; P. 148, 21. of violent or untimely death, to perish Forférde Hácun eorl on sǽ (comes Hacun in mari periit, Fl. Wig.), Chr. 1030; P. 157, 36.
torr
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D. 170, 16-21. add Þeáh hine ǽlc ýð geséce mid þám héhstan þe seó sǽ forðbringð, and þeáh hine ǽlc tor geséce þe on eallum clyfum syndon, Verc. Först. 110, 13.
þes
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Be ðǽm wæs swíðe wel gecweden ðurh ðone wítgan tó ðǽre byrig ðe Sidon hátte, sió stód bi ðǽre sǽ: 'Ðiós sǽ cwið ðæt ðú dín scamige, Sidon' unde bene per prophetam dicitur: 'Erubesce Sidon, ait mare,' 409, 33.
feld-more
A parsnip ⬩ carrot ⬩ pastĭnāca
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Nim feldmoran sǽd take seed of parsnip, L. M. 3, 12; Lchdm. ii. 314, 19: iii. 72, 3. Wyrtdrenc of feldmoran sele drincan give to drink a herb-drink of parsnip, L. M. 1, 48; Lchdm. ii. 122, 15.
þyle
An orator ⬩ spokesman
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In two passages it is noted that he sat at his lord's feet Húnferð maþelode ðe æt fótum sæt freán Scyldinga, 1002; B. 499: 2335; B. 1165.
á-blycgan
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Hé wearð áblicged . . . and forhtmód wafode . . . hé sæt áblicged, Ælfc. T. 17, 40-4. Hé wearð þurh ðás bodunge áblicged . . . hí cwǽdon him tó, 'Hwæs ondrǽtst ðú ðé?', Hml. Th. ii. 342, 16.
Linked entries: a-blícgan un-geblýged blycgan
tó-beran
To carry off in different directions, ⬩ carry off ⬩ To move in different directions, ⬩ separate
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Ðæt sǽd ðe feóll be ðam wege . . . wegférende hit fortrǽdon, and fugelas tóbǽron (birds carried it off in all directions), Homl. Th. ii. 90, 15. Létan hí his líchaman licgan bútan ðære ceastre and woldon ðæt hine fughs tóbǽron, Shrn. 32, 6.
land-fird
An expedition ⬩ a land force
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An expedition, journey by land, a land force Ne him tó ne dorste sciphere on sǽ ne landfyrd the fleet durst not approach them at sea nor the land force [on land], Chr. 1001; Er1. 137, 18.
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scip-hlæst
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the body of (fighting) men on a ship Claudius se consul fór an Púnice and him Hannibal út on sǽ ongeán com and ealle ofslóg búton .xxx. sciphlæsta ða óþflugon tó Libeum ðæm íglande Claudius consul contra hostem profectus superatus est.
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bǽtan
to bait ⬩ worry with dogs, ⬩ to beat ⬩ make way against the wind or current
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[Icel. beita to bait, hunt with dogs] to beat, make way against the wind or current Good scipstióra ongit micelne wind on hreóre sǽ ǽr ǽr hit geweorðe, and hǽt fealdan ꝥ segl, anð eác hwílum lecgan þone mæst and lǽtan þá bǽtinge; gif hé ǽr þweores windes
heóf
Lamentation ⬩ grief ⬩ sorrow
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Sǽde ðæt hie hæfden bet gewyrht ðæt him mon mid heáfe [heófe MS. C.] ongeán cóme ðonne mid triumphan Fabius oblatum sibi a senatu triumphum suscipere recusaret, quia luctus potius debebatur, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 20. Heóf mínne planctum meum, Ps.
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Ciren-ceaster
CIRENCESTER, Cicester, Gloucestershire ⬩ Cirencestria in agro Glocestriensi
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Hér fór se here to Cirenceastre [Cyrenceastre, col. 2, 3] of Cippanhamme, and sæt ðǽr án geár in this year [A. D. 879] the army went from Chippenham to Cirencester, and remained there one year, 879; Th. 148, 38, col. 1: 880; Th. 150, 8, col. 1.
Linked entries: Cyren-ceaster Cyring-ceaster Cyrn-ceaster Cirn-ceaster
for-tredan
To tread upon ⬩ tread under foot ⬩ conculcāre ⬩ calcāre
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Wegferende ðæt sǽd fortrǽdon the wayfarers trod the seed down, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 15: i. 544, 28. Búton ðæt hit sý fram mannum fortreden nĭsi ut conculcētur ab hŏmĭnĭbus, Mt. Bos. 5, 13.
wódness
madness ⬩ fury ⬩ frenzy ⬩ rage ⬩ blasphemy
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Surt. 132, 18. blasphemy, Similar entries v. wód (1 a) Ðá sæt hé tǽlende ðone Hǽlend . . . His wódnys wearð gewrecen ðurh God, Homl. Ass. 60, 212
cáfer-tún
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Ic sæt binnan mínan cafertúne, 30, 372: 5, 324. Cauertúne, Hml. Th. ii. 248, 27. In cæfertún (atrium) ðæs aldorsácerdas, Mt. L. R. 26, 3. Ceafertún (cæfer-, R.), 58: Lk. L. (R.), 11, 21. Ceafortúnum atriis, Ps. Srt. 133, 1. Ceafultúnum, 83, 11
symbel
a feast, banquet, entertainment ⬩ a feast,
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Ðá sǽde Marcellus him ðæt hé wǽre cristen, and him nǽre álýfed ðæt hé birgde ðara hǽþenra symbles, Shrn. 125, 28-31. Swefan æfter symble, Beo. Th. 238;B. 119. Symle, 2020;B. 1008.
wealcan
To roll, toss. ⬩ of the movement of water ⬩ trans. ⬩ of other movement ⬩ literal ⬩ metaph. ⬩ of action ⬩ of thought, ⬩ trans. To turn over in the mind ⬩ to revolve, consider ⬩ with a preposition ⬩ intrans. ⬩ to turn over, deal with
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He gehýrde ðæt gebrec ðara storma and ðæs weallendes (v. l. wealcendau) sǽs audito fragore procellarum ac ferventis oceani, Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 4. Wealcendre sǽ flódas ferventis oceani fustra, Hpt. Gl. 464; 59. Ia. fig.
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weccan
To wake, waken. ⬩ to rouse from sleep ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to enliven, stimulate, refresh ⬩ to rouse ⬩ to excite, stir up ⬩ to raise what is depressed ⬩ to give life to, to cause, give rise to, produce, raise
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Biþ sǽ smilte þonne hý wind ne weceþ, Exon. Th. 336, 27; Gn. Ex. 56. Ne bið ðé rest witod, ac ðec regna scúr weceþ and wreceþ, Cd. Th. 252, 11; Dan. 577. Windas weccaþ woruld mid storme, Exon. Th. 59, 13; Cri. 952.
hlútor-líce
clearly ⬩ plainly ⬩ simply
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Similar entries Cf hlútor; IV Ðis spell ic for þǽra hǽlo þe hit leornade oððe gehýrde hlúttorlíce áwrát and sǽde hanc historiam simpliciter ob salutem legentium siue audientium narrandam esse putaui, Bd. 5, 13; Sch. 643, 5.