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sóna

(adv.)
Grammar
sóna, adv.

Soon, immediately, directly, at once

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Sóna ðæs forman geáres ðá Decius féng tó ríce Homl. Skt. i. 23, 476. Sóna ðæs ðe hé ðam biscopsetle onféng ubi sedem episcopalem accepit Bd. 1, 33; S. 498, 29. Ðá sóna ðæs ðe ðis fæsten geworht wæs quo mox condito 1, 12; S. 481, 12.

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for-niman

to comprehendcarry offdo away withdefraudconsume

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Úre hors wǽron swíðe mid þurste fornumene, Nar. 12, 14. of the passage of time On sáre and on geómrunga mín líf and míne geár syndon fornumene, Bl. H. 89, 15

Linked entry: for-nǽman

an-sýn

(n.)
Grammar
an-sýn, -sin, -sién, -sión; on-, e; f. [an, sýn sight, vision] .

a facecountenancefaciesvultusa viewaspectsightformfigureaspectusconspectusvisusvisiospeciesformafiguraa thing to be looked upona sightspectaculuma view or sight producing desire or longinga desire of anythingwant or lack of anythingdesideriumdefectus

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Ansién ðyses middan-geardes figura hujus mundi, Past. 51, 2. a thing to be looked upon, a sight; spectaculum Ðisse ansýne Alwealdan þanc gelimpe for this sight may thanks to the Almighty take place, Beo. Th. 1860; B. 928.

wól

(n.)
Grammar
wól, es; m. : e; f.

Pestpestilenceplaguemurrain

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Ðætte nó mid him getió mé wól (mortalitas) ðyses geáres, Lchdm. i. lxviii, 3 : 330, I. Ǽr ðæm ðe seó wól geendod wǽre cessatum a mortibus non est, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 70, 12.

wénan

(adj.)
Grammar
wénan, <b>. I.</b>
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. :-- Him wǽre iéðre ðæ t hé hira ǽr gearra wénde ðonne hé hira ungearra wénde, Past. 433, 30. (ii) phrase :-- Hé ǽfre him gehende endedæges wéne uiíe sue diem nouissimum prope esse existimet, Ll.

HERE

(n.)
Grammar
HERE, gen. heres, heriges, herges; m.

An army a hostmultitudea large predatory band

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gearo wǽre tó ðæs heres þearfe he would be ready to supply the needs of the Danes, Chr. 874; Erl. 76, 32: 878; Erl. 80, 3. Ðæs heriges hám eft ne com ǽnig tó láfe of that host came no remnant back home, Cd. 167; Th. 209, 30; Exod. 507: Elen.

Linked entries: flot-herge hors-here

hryre

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Winemǽga hryre, Wand. 7. destruction of a place Þý ilcan geáre þe Cartaina tóworpen wæs, æfter hiere hryre hí tówurpon Corinthum eodem anno quo Carthago deleta est, ruinam Carthaginis eversio Corinthi subsecutus est, Ors. 5, 2; S. 214, 27

fullíce

(adv.)
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Seofon geár fullíce, Hml. S. 10, 7. Heó twéntig wintra wunode mid hyre were fullíce, Hml. A. 38, 350. Fullíce lxx wintra, Wlfst. 14, 7. Ꝥ hé hæfde fullíce fíf hída ágenes landes, Ll.

wíf-mann

(n.)
Grammar
wíf-mann, (wím-, wim-?), es; m. (but seó wífman occurs). I.

a womanfemale

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I a. a serving-woman :-- Gif hwylc wíf (mulier) hire wífman (ancillam suam) swingð, and heó þurh ða swingle wyrð deád . . . fæste seó hlǽfdige (domino ) .vii. geár, L. Ecg. P. ii. 4; Th. ii. 182, 32 : ii. 4, tit.; Th. ii. 180, 6.

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þunor

(n.)
Grammar
þunor, (-ar, -er, -ur), es; m.

thundertonitrusfulmenJupitera thane of king Egbert of Kent

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Swá háttra sumor, swá mára ðunor and líget on geáre. Ða þuneras (þunras, MS. R.) ... on Apocalipsin ... ne belimpaþ tó ðam ðunere (þunre, MS. R.) ðe on ðyssere lyfte oft egeslíce brastlaþ.

flód

flooda riverwatera flooddelugethe Delugea torrent

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On ǽlcum ánum geáre weaxeð ꝥ flód ðæs sǽs feówer and twéntigum síða, and swá oft wanað, Shrn. 63, 29. Ðonne hit bið full flód, C. D. iv. 24, l. God him ðá sylle ásende mid þám sǽlicum flóde; and þæt flód hí áwearp . . . on ðám sealtum ófre, Hml.

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, to mark, <b>mearcian</b> to fix bounds. [These may be taken together; cf. mearc.]
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</b> fig. to plan, design, draw up a table :-- Þǽra geára getæl hæfð seó tabule þe wé mearkian willað, Angl. viii. 327, 41. to march to, border upon, have as a boundary to one's land Ðis sindon ðá landgemǽro . . .andlang bróces tó ðǽre díc ðǽre

for-gildan

(v.)

to pay backrestorepay damagesto pay forbuy offto repaypay outrequiteto payperform

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to pay back, restore what has been taken Gif man forstele feoðerfót neát . . . fæste án gear and forgylde ꝥ hé forstolen hæbbe (quod furatus fuerit reddat), oððe .II. geár fæste, Ll.

BRÁD

(adj.)
Grammar
BRÁD, def. se bráda, seó, ðæt bráde ; comp. m.brádra, f.n. brádre,brǽdre; superl. brádost; adj.

BROAD open, large, spacious, copiouslatus, expansus, amplus, spatiosus, copiosus

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Bráde synd on worulde gréne geardas in the world there are broad green regions, Cd. 25;Th. 32, 29;Gen. 510. Of ðám brád blado sprýtan ongunnon thence broad leaves began to spring, 48;Th. 61, 8 ;Gen. 994.

Linked entries: brǽd bréd bréden

lang

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Ic sǽde ðé swíþe lang spell and wundorlic, 35, 5 ; F. 166, 1. having a great extent in duration, of a period of time Tén ðúsend geára þeáh hit lang þince, Bt. 18, 3 ; F. 66, 12.

ge-gangan

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H. 209, 6. of passive movement (lit. or fig.). to be allotted to a person Him tó móse sceal gegangan geára gehwylce þriá þreóténo þúsend gerímes, Sal. 288. to happen to a person (dat.), befall Gegangeð þám mannum . . . þæt heó ealle forbeornað, Wlfst

ge-weaxan

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Hyt gelimpeð ǽfre binnan feówer geára fæce ꝥ án dæg and án niht gewixst, Angl. viii. 306, 12. Ungemetlic cele geweóx on þone ǽfen frigus ingens uespertino accrescebat tempore, Nar. 23, 11.

ge-feohtan

(v.)
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Þæs geáres wurdon .viiii. folcgefeoht gefohten wiþ þone here, 871; P. 72, 12. to fight in a quarrel, v. gefeoht, (2 b) Gif hwá gefeohteð on cirican oþþon on cynges húse ... And gif hwá gefeohteð on mynstre, Ll. Th. i. 330, 23, 26.

sníðan

(v.)
Grammar
sníðan, p. snáð, pl. snidon; pp. sniden

to cut, make an incision in anythingto cut as a surgeon does, to lance to amputateto cut up or to piecesto cut so as to kill, to slay an animal to cut stone, to hewto cut hairto cut corn, to reap to reap to cut secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere to cut, prune

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God hét niman ánes geáres lamb and sníðan on Eástertíde 40, 11: 262, 29. to cut stone, to hew Ðæra wyrhtena ðe ðæne stán snidon and fégdon Anglia xi. 4, 12. to cut hair Wið heáfodece, hundes heáfod gebærn tó absan and sníð ðæt heáfod; lege on Lchdm.

cwealm

(n.)
Grammar
cwealm, cwélm , es; m. n. [cwelan to die]

Death, destruction, a violent death, slaughter, murder, torment, plague, pestilence, contagion QUALM; mors, pernicies, nex, cædes, homicidium, cruciatus, lues, pestis, pestilentia, contagium

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On ðissum geáre com micel máncwealm on Brytene ígland, and on ðam cwealme forþférde Tuda biscop in this year [A. D. 664] there was a great plague in the island of Britain, and bishop Tuda died of the plague, Chr. 664; Erl. 35, 19: Homl.

Linked entries: cwælm cwelm cwylm