Ercol
Lat. Hercules ⬩ Hercules
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Hercules; Hercules Hý Ercol ðǽr gebrohte Hercules brought them there, Ors. 3, 9 ; Bos. 68, 6. Erculus wæs Iobes sunu Hercules was the son of Jove, Bt. 39, 4; Fox 216, 23
be-landian
To deprive of land ⬩ to confiscate ⬩ disinherit ⬩ terris privare
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Hí hí ǽr belandedon they had deprived them previously of their lands 1094; Th. 361, 12
offrung-sceát
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An offering-sheet [explained in the following passage: Their offerings of bread and wine, which they brought . . . having their hands muffled up in a very fine linen cloth or offering-sheet, v. N. E.
freoðo-wǽr
A covenant of peace ⬩ an agreement ⬩ compact ⬩ pācis fœdus ⬩ pactum
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Hí onféngon fulwihte and freoðuwǽre they received baptism and the covenant of peace, Andr. Kmbl. 3259: An. 1632
Linked entries: freoðu-wǽr frioðo-wǽr friðo-wǽr wǽr
þrece
Force ⬩ oppression ⬩ the result of oppression ⬩ weariness ⬩ exhaustion
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Wulfst, 138, 26) líg and se þrece gicela there to their sorrow are mingled together the stifling flame and the violence of cold; frigora mista simul ferventibus algida flammis, Dom. L. 191.
beótung
A threatening ⬩ raging ⬩ comminatio ⬩ minæ
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A threatening, raging; comminatio, minæ Beótunge dǽdum gefyldon [they] followed the threatening with deeds, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 39.
swán-geréfa
An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood. He seems to have been under the direct control of the alderman
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The swain-reeves wanted to push the pasture and take the wood beyond the old rightful limits.
HWÝ
WHY.
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Ða oðre ða ðe ðǽr nǽron þurh gewrite atíwdon hwí hí ðǽr beón ne mihton the others who were not there shewed by letter why they could not be there, Chr. 1070; Erl. 206, 6
Bráden
broad, open, spacious ⬩ vallis, locus silvestris ⬩ BREDON Forest, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire ⬩ silvæ nomen in agro Wiltoniensi
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over the Thames, and took, both in Bredon, and thereabout, all that they could carry off, Chr. 905;Th. 180, 22, col. 1, 2
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Bryttas
Britons ⬩ Britones ⬩ Bretons ⬩ Armoricani
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Ló, which is between the Bretons and the Franks, Chr. 890; Th. 160, 10, col. l. Hí speónan ða Bryttas heom to they enticed the Bretons to them, 1075; Th. 349, 26
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ÆT
AT ⬩ to ⬩ before ⬩ next ⬩ with ⬩ in ⬩ for ⬩ against ⬩ apud ⬩ juxta ⬩ prope ⬩ ante ⬩ ad ⬩ in ⬩ contra ⬩ Of ⬩ from ⬩ a ⬩ ab ⬩ de ⬩ To ⬩ unto ⬩ as far as ⬩ ad ⬩ usque ⬩ ad
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Th. 21, 18. the names of places are often put in the dat. pl. governed by æt, the preposition is then, as in Icelandic, not translated, and the noun is read as singular Ðe mon hǽt æt Hǽðum which they call Haddeby; quem vocant Hæthe, Ors. i. 1, § 19;
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dryht-líc
Lordly, noble, distinguished ⬩ princĭpālis, nōbĭlis, exĭmius
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Hí on dryhtlícestum dóme lifdon they lived in the most lordly power, Exon. 82 b; Th. 310, 35; Seef. 85
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timple
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The passage there given Seó þele is eall átimplod mid áttrenum pílum and scearpum tindum.] Add:
weald
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Add Weald þeáh eówer eard ús gesceóte, Jos. 9, 7. Add Weald hú þé sǽle whatever happen to thee, An. 1357. Cf. lóca hú
ge-rípan
To reap ⬩ mĕtĕre
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To reap; mĕtĕre Hie heora corn geripon they reaped their corn, Chr. 896; Th. 172, 32, col. 2. On ðæt gerád ðe he ǽlce geáre gerípe on the condition that each year he reap, Cod. Dipl. ii. 398, 21
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for-smorian
To smother ⬩ choke ⬩ suffocate ⬩ stifle ⬩ suffōcāre
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To smother, choke, suffocate, stifle; suffōcāre Hí synd mid heora lífes lustum forsmorode ... woruldcara and wélan forsmoriaþ ðæs modes þrotan they are choked with the pleasures of their life ... worldly cares and riches choke the throat of the mind,
Lǽden-ware
The Latins ⬩ the Romans
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The Latins, the Romans Lǽdenware wendon hié ealla on hiora ágen geþeóde the Romans turned them all into their own language, Past. Pref; Swt. 6, 3. On Lédenwara gereorde lingua Latinorum, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 4.
fǽr-spel
A sudden message, sudden news, horrible message ⬩ imprōvīsus vel terrĭbĭlis nuncius
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A sudden message, sudden news, horrible message; imprōvīsus vel terrĭbĭlis nuncius Hie him fǽrspel bodedon they announced to them the sudden news, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 5; Jud. 244.
Datia
The DACIANS ⬩ Dāci
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At a later period Dacia was invaded by the Goths; and as Aurelian considered it more prudent to make the Danube the boundary of the Empire, he resigned Dacia to the barbarians, removed the Roman inhabitants to Mœsia, and gave to the Dacians the name of
ge-seón
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Geseón hwæðer him mon sóð þe lyge sagað, Cri. 1307. ¶ in the passive, to seem; videri :-- Þæs þe mé geþúht and gesawen is, Bd. l, 25 ; Sch. 55, 4.