eóred
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Án eórod is gecweden on ðám ealdan getele six ðúsend manna and six hund and six and syxtig; swá fela manna wǽron on þám foresǽdan eórode . . . Þá gewende seó eórod, Hml. S. 28, 9-30.
fæst-rǽd
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Hé cwæð mid olecunge ꝥ hí æþele cempan wǽron, and on ǽlcum gefeohte fæstrǽde him betwynan (constant to one another), Hml.
ge-níwian
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Wǽron ǽrendræcan gesend tó Englalande tó geníweanne ðone geleáuan ðá Sc̃s Gregorius ús sende, Chr. 785; P. 54, 12.
ge-cneordnes
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On ǽlcum wíghúse wǽron þrittig manna feohtende mid cræfte and mid gecneordnesse farende, Hml. S. 25, 563. Þurh gecnyrdnysse háligra gebeda, Hml. Th. i. 118, 7: ii. 124, 26. Æfter nearoðancum gecneorþnissa ( studiorum ) heora ágyld him, Ps.
mennisc
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Th. ii. 420, 31. the human, human nature, humanity Mon mæg gesión ꝥ hí gió men wǽron, ac hí habbaþ þæs mennisces þone betstan dǽl forloren fuisse homines adhuc ipsa humani corporis reliqua species ostentat; quare versi in malitiam humanam quoque amisere
olfend
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Wǽron wit twégen on ánum olfende, and wit unc simble ondrédon hwonne wit sceoldon feallan of þám olfende, and miccle má wit hangodan be þám olfende þonne wit þǽron sǽton . . . uncer wǽta wæs olfenda miolc, Shrn. 38, 14-18.
seofon
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Þǽra diácona wæs se forma Stephanus. . . þá oðre six wǽron . . . Ðás seofon hí gecuron, Hml. Th. i. 44. 18. Fífe lǽgun . . . swilce seofene eác, eorlas Anláfes, Chr. 937; P. 108, 11. Sume menn þisra seofona héddon, Hml.
collen-ferhþ
Fierce-minded ⬩ bold of spirit ⬩ bold ⬩ animi ferox ⬩ audax
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Kmbl. 2217; An. 1110 Wígan wǽron blíðe, collenferhþe the warriors were blithe, bold of spirit Elen.
Linked entry: morgen-colla
ge-sýne
Visible ⬩ seen ⬩ evident ⬩ plain
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Ða fótlástas wǽron swutole and gesýne the footsteps were plain and visible, 203, 36: Andr. Kmbl. 1129; An. 565: Beo. Th. 2811; B. 1403: 4622; B. 2316: Elen. Kmbl. 527; El. 264. Ðǽr wæs gesýne his seó sóþe spéd videbitur in majestate sua, Ps.
hiwung
Forming, ⬩ shaping, ⬩ form, ⬩ figure, ⬩ pretence, ⬩ feigning, ⬩ hypocrisy, ⬩ dissimulation
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Hí on fruman tó Godes hiwunga gesceapene wǽron in the beginning they were created in the image of God, Blickl. Homl. 61, 7. Þurh hiwwinge per figuras, Num. 12, 8.
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beám
a beam ⬩ post ⬩ a beam of light
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Heora earmas wǽron swá ormǽte beámas, Hml. S. 4, 288. Gewyrcean tor of treówum and of mycclum beámum, Bl. H. 187, 12.
symbelness
Festivity, solemnity ⬩ festivity, feasting ⬩ a religious festival ⬩ solemnity ⬩ festive nature
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On ludéa symbelnysse ( festivitate ) wǽron geworden Drihtnes ǽfengereordu, Homl. Ass. 153, 40. Gérlíco symbelnise annua solemnitate, Rtl. 49, 25. Cuman tó ðære mæssan symbelnysse, L. E.
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CEÁP
cattle ⬩ pecus ⬩ Saleable commodities, price, sale, bargain, business, market ⬩ pretium, negotium, pactio,venditio, forum
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Sume wǽron to ceápe gesealde some were sold at a price, Nathan. 8: Gen. 41, 56. Awyrigende ceáp [MS. cep] malignum negotium, Lchdm. iii. 206, 32. Ic gange to ceápe I go to market; veneo, Ælfc. Gr. 32; Som. 36, 23
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CULFRE
A dove ⬩ CULVER ⬩ pigeon ⬩ columba
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Ða hálgan apostolas wǽron swilce culfran the holy apostles wen as doves, Homl. Th. i. 586, 1: Homl. Blick. 23, 27 . Bilwyte swá culfran simplices sicut columbæ, Mt. Bos. 10, 16: Ps. Th. 54, 6
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CYLL
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He gegaderode eall sǽwætru tosomne, swylce hí wǽron on ánum cylle congregans sicut in utrem aquas maris, Ps. Th. 32, 6.
for-sleán
To strike with violence ⬩ smite ⬩ break ⬩ slay ⬩ kill ⬩ destroy ⬩ vehementer fĕrīre ⬩ percŭtĕre ⬩ frangĕre ⬩ occīdĕre ⬩ interfĭcĕre
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Ða men wǽron forslægene the men were slain, Chr. 882; Erl. 82, 13. He hí forslagen hæfde he had slain them, Bt. 16, 2; Fox 54, 2: Ors. 3, 7; Bos. 62, 10
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hwer
A kettle ⬩ pot ⬩ basin ⬩ caldron ⬩ cooking-vessel
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Ðǽr wǽron inne geseted hweras and pannan and hé clypte ða hweras and cyste ða pannan ðæt hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig pots and pans had been put in there, and he embraced the pots and kissed the pans, so that he was all black and sooty, Shrn. 69, 27
mǽg-sibb
kinship ⬩ relationship ⬩ Love between kinsmen ⬩ affection
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Ǽr ðam wé wǽron steópcild gewordene, Wulfst. 252, 9: Blickl. Homl. 107, 2. Wel is tó warnianne ðæt man wite ðæt hý ( the man and woman about to be married) þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón (i. e. are not within the prohibited (seven) degrees ), L.
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Norþ-mann
A man belonging to a northern country ⬩ a Norseman ⬩ Norwegian ⬩ Dane
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Ðæt wǽron ða érestan scipu Deniscra manna ðe Angelcynnes land gesóhton, Chr. 787; Erl. 57, 21-25. Ðǽr geflémed wearþ Norþmanna bregu, 937; Erl. 112, 33. Wǽran ǽr under Norþmannum, 942; Erl. 116, 15.
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scúwa
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Th. 108, 23. shade, darkness Mid ðý wit forþgongende wǽron under ðam scúwan ðære þýstran nihte cum progrederemur sola sub nocte per umbras, Bd. 5, 12; S. 628, 14. <b>II a.</b> fig. shadow :-- Scúa deáþes umbra mortis, Ps. Surt. 43, 20.
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