swefen
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Ðá stód him sum mon æt ðurh swefen ( per somnium ) . . . Ðá hét heó secgan ðæt swefen. Bd. 4, 24; S. 597, 11-31. Swefn, Cd. Th. 159, 16; Gen. 2635. Tó ásecganne swefen, 224, 1; Dan. 129.
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firding
military service ⬩ fighting ⬩ marching ⬩ an expedition ⬩ militia ⬩ troops ⬩ armament ⬩ military forces
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Hex. 16, 12, Beó ðé stille dæglanges ðínre fyrdinge stop your march for a day, Hml. Th. ii. 482, 29. Geceás man þá twégen cnihtas . . . tó þǽre fyrdunga, Hml.
ge-dwimor
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</b> a delusion, a false idea entertained, error :-- Wæs án hálig stów swýðe gewurðod . . . swilce ðǽr martyres lágon . . . Martinus ne gelýfde þám leásum gedwimore (cf. mid heálicum gedwylde, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 27), Hml. S. 31, 346.
hlæder
a ladder ⬩ flight of steps ⬩ stairs
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Hé stód on treówenre hlǽdre (treówene hlǽdran, v. l. in ligneis gradibus) and gefyllde þá leóhtfatu, Gr. D. 45, 27. Hé (Jacob) geseah áne hlǽdre standan æt him on eorðan, Past. 101, 18. Hé sceal habban ... hlǽdre, Angl. ix. 263, 8.
un-sceþþig
Innocent ⬩ harmless
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Hé sǽde ðæt án gehwǽde wolcn upp ástige mid ðære unscæðþigan ( not threatening storm ) lyfte, Hontl. Skt. i. 18, 150. Cain his ágenne bróðor rihtwísne and unscæððigne ácwealde, Boutr. Scrd. 20, 41.
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ǽnig
unicus
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Næs riht on ðǽre stówe ǽnigne tó ácwellanne, Nar. 30, 2. gen. pl. combined with ǽlc to emphasize? cf. ánra gehwilc :-- Gefultuma mé ánegra (-e, v. l. ) ǽlces fylstes bedǽled, Hml. S. 23 b, 441. [Or ? áneg = single, sole; cf. O. Sax. énag: O. H.
wǽdla
poor ⬩ needy ⬩ indigent ⬩ wanting ⬩ deficient in ⬩ poor in ⬩ begging ⬩ poor ⬩ needy ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a poor, needy person ⬩ a beggar
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Wurdon menn wǽdlan hláfes, 104, 14. of things, deficient in, poor in Wæs seó stów ge wæteres wǽdla ge eorþwæstma erat locus et aquae et frugis inops, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 18.
eges líc
Fearful, terrible, dreadful, terrific, horrible, awful ⬩ terrĭbĭlis, terrĭfĭcus, horrĭbĭlis, horrendus
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Eálá hú egeslíc ðeós stów ys quam terrĭbĭlis est locus iste! Gen. 28, 17.He is egeslíc God, ofer ealle godu eorþbúendra Domĭnus terribĭlis est sŭper omnes deos, Ps. Th. 95, 4: 88, 6: Ps. Spl. 46, 2.
ymb-gang
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Ǽlc mann, swá swá hé stód on ðam ymbgange, Jos. 6, 20. Emgange abitum ( = ambitu, Ald. 73), Hpt. Gl. 522, 78. a going about Embgong deambulacrum, circuitus. Wrt.
staca
A stake
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Ðǽr his bróðor heáfod stód on stacangefæstnod, Homl. Skt. ii. 26, 166. Wrí ðysne circul on ánum mealan stán on uppan ðam stacan, Lchdm. i. 395, 3-5. Mon hæfde ða burg mid stacum gemearcod, wulfas átugan ða stacan up, Ors. 5, 5; Swt. 226, 17-19.
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ufan
from above ⬩ down ⬩ from above ⬩ from heaven ⬩ above
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Skt. 24, 49. marking position, above Ne hire on nánre ne mót neár ðonne on óðre stówe gestæppan, stríceþ ymbútan ufane and neoðane efenneáh gehwæðer, Met. 20, 141
forþ-rihte
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Substitute: of direction, straight on, without swerving Forðrihte tó foregetihtgedre stówe indeclinabiliter ad destinatum locum, Hpt.
ymb-útan
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Hit bið sinbyrnende and ymbútan hit óðra stówa forbærnð, Met. 8, 53. Glídeþ ǽg ymbútan, 20, 171. with other adverbs Se sciphere sigelede west ymbútan, Chr. 877; Erl. 78, 17.
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geond
Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond ⬩ per, trans, inter, post, ultra ⬩ κατά
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Through, throughout, over, as far as, among, in, after, beyond; per, trans, inter, post, ultra; κατά He gǽð geond drige stówa ambulat per loca arida, Mt. Bos. 12, 43: 14, 35. Ðá eóde geond Hiericho tum perambulabat Jericho, Lk. Bos. 19, 1.
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Æ
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The ǽ is often changed into á ; as Stǽnen stony, stán a stone; lǽr, lár lore
ge-sceot
the collection of weapons necessary for shooting, a weapon that is shot or hurled, an arrow, dart ⬩ jaculum ⬩ an advance [of money], a contribution, tribute ⬩ a part of a building shut off from the rest
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Ger. geschoss story of a house] Gesceot bæftan ðæm heáhweofode propitiatorium, vel sanctum sanctorum, vel secretarium, vel pastoforum, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 26; Wrt. Voc. 59, 1
and-fenge
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Ðá lác beóð Gode ealra andfengeost, Past. 222, 21. that can receive Andfenge stówe conceptacula, Wrt. Voc. ii. 136, 13. that can help, v. andfenga Wæs mé andfencge écere hǽlu ( susceptor salutis meae ), Ps. Th. 88, 23
ge-clipian
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L. 8, 34. to call, name An þáre stówe þe ys geclyped (is genemned, v.l. ) Sælesberi, Chr. 552; P. 60, 7. Eádmund ... Írensíd wæs geclypod for his snellscipe, 1057; P. 187, 36.
hæft
one seized or taken, a captive ⬩ one taken and enslaved, a slave, servant ⬩ a prisoner, bondman ⬩ joined ⬩ vinctus, captivus
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Gearwe stódun hæftas heársume ready stood the slaves obedient, Exon. 43 a; Th. 145, 19; Gú. 697
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scúr
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Cf. scúr-heard. metaph. a storm, trouble, disquiet Swá ðeós woruld fareþ scúrum (cf. scýr-mǽlum) scyndeþ hurries on stormily, Exon. Th. 469, 24; Hy. 11, 7
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