lagu
sea ⬩ water
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Ic ymb síþ spræce and on lagu þence, 119 a; Th. 458, 9; Hy. 4, 97. the name of the Rune ᛚ Lagu byþ leódum langsum geþuht gif hí sculun néðan on nacan tealtum water to men wearisome seemeth, if they must venture on vessel unsteady, Runic pm.
a-rédian
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Wé sculon geleornian ðæt wé suíðe wærlíce gecópe tiid áredigen, and ðonne sió stemn gesceádwíslíce ðone múð ontýne, and eác ðá tíd gesceádwíslíce áredigen ðe sió suíge hine betýnan scyle nobis caute discendum est quatenus os discretum et congruo tempore
crístnian
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Þonne se sácerd crístnað, þonne orðaþ hé on þone man . . . and mid þæs sácerdes hálsunge se deófol wyrð áflýmed fram þǽre menniscan gesceafte . . . þæt sealt þæt se sácerd þám men on múð déþ þonne hé crístnað, þæt getácnað godcundne wísdóm . . . and ðonne
wamb
a belly, stomach ⬩ a womb ⬩ a hollow
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Eall ðæt on ðone múð gǽð, gǽð on ða wambe (womb, Lind. : wombe, Rush. ventrem ), Mt. Kmbl. 15, 17: Lchdm. ii. 186, 23. Wambe gefyllan ventrem implere, Lk. Skt. 15, 16: Exon. Th. 494, 22;Rá. 83, 5. Hé hæfð áne wambe and þúsend manna bigleofan, Homl.
líhting
Lightening ⬩ alleviation ⬩ relief ⬩ mitigation ⬩ release
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alleviation, relief, mitigation, release Ðis is seó líhtinge ðe ic wylle eallon folce gebeorgan ðe hig ǽr ðyson mid gedrehte wǽron ealles tó swýðe this is the relief that I will secure to all folk in regard to matters with which they were ere this all too much
bréden
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Bd. i. 5 where speaking of the vallum made by Sevens it is said, 'vallum fit de cespitibus, quibus circumcisis, e terra velut murus exstruitur altus supra terram, ita ut in ante sit fossa, de qua levati sunt cespites, supra quam sudes de lignis fortissimis
eges grime
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Voc. ii. 50, 46: musca (l. masca ), 55, 47. Egesgríma, 114, 44. Hé wæs eall sweart and behrúmig, and flogon hine his ágene mæn, and wéndon þæt hit wǽre larbo, ꝥ is egesgríma (cf. atrum phantasma, Ald, 66, 31), Shrn. 69, 31. Egesgríman larbam (v.
ge-midlian
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Voc. ii. 150, 49. to muzzle a dog Canes muti non ualentes latrare; eal swilce hé cwǽde, þæt gemídlede hundas ne beorcað tó náhte. Dumbe beóð þá bydelas and tó fæste gemídlede, þe for ege oððe lufe wandiað Godes riht tó sprecanne, Wlfst. 191, 2-6
fyrmest
At first ⬩ most ⬩ very well ⬩ best ⬩ prīmo ⬩ maxĭme ⬩ optĭme
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Swá he fyrmest meahte as much as ever he could, Bd. 2, 6; S. 508, 32: Elen. Kmbl. 632; El. 316: Ps. Th. 72, 6: 106, 29: 121, 7. Swá forþ swá we fyrmest leornian mágon as far as ever we can learn, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 5: L. C. S. 11; Th. i. 382, 6: L.
ge-bylded
Emboldened ⬩ encouraged ⬩ animated ⬩ corrōbĕrātus ⬩ anĭmātus
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Se Barac, gebyld swíðe þurh God, feaht him togeánes Barak, much encouraged by God, fought against them, Jud. 4, 14. Hý wǽron gebylde they were encouraged, Ors. 4, 1; Bos. 77, 25.
smeágan
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Lác díglum heolstrum smeáde (quamvis auctor inlegritatis virginale) munus clanculis (occultare) latebris deliberaret, An. Ox. 4213
sang-bóc
a music-book, ⬩ one of the service books, containing 'besides the canticles, the hymns which were used in the Anglo-Saxon churches.'
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a music-book, a book with the notes marked for singing Nota ðæt is mearcung. Ðæra mearcunga sind manega and mislíce gesceapene, ǽgðer ge on sangbócum ge on leóþcræfte, Ælfc.
hæcce
A crosier
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A crosier Ðis mycel is gegolden of ðære cyricean W. cyninge ... of ðam candelstæfe x pund and of dære hæcce xxxiii marca this much has been paid by the church [of Worcester] to king William ... from the candlestick x pounds, and from the crosier xxxiii
-ing
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Between such words and genuine patronymics the line must be carefully drawn, a task which requires both skill and experience; the best security is, where we find the patronymic in the genitive plural....
LÁR
LORE ⬩ teaching ⬩ instruction ⬩ learning ⬩ knowledge ⬩ cunning ⬩ science ⬩ preaching ⬩ doctrine ⬩ dogma ⬩ precept ⬩ exhortation ⬩ admonition ⬩ counsel ⬩ suggestion ⬩ instigation ⬩ persuasion
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Wé sceolan healdan ða lára ðara feówer godspellera we must keep the precepts of the four evangelists, Blickl.
hogian
To employ the mind, ⬩ to think, ⬩ mind, ⬩ consider, ⬩ know, ⬩ understand, ⬩ care, ⬩ be solicitous or anxious, ⬩ to purpose, ⬩ strive, ⬩ intend, ⬩ be intent on, ⬩ resolve
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Wé sceolon hogian hú wé hí begyton we must consider how we may obtain it, ii. 316, 25. Ne þurfon gé nó hogian on ðam anwealde ne him æfter þringan ye need not aim at power nor press after it, Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 29.
forþ-gang
a going forth ⬩ progress ⬩ advance ⬩ processus ⬩ progressus ⬩ a passage ⬩ drain ⬩ privy ⬩ meātus ⬩ secessus ⬩ latrīna
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Eall ðæt on ðone múþ gǽþ, gǽþ on ða wambe, and byþ on forþgang asend quod in os intrat, in ventrem vādit, et in secessum emittĭtur, Mt. Bos. 15, 17: Mk. Bos. 7, 19. [vorðgong progress, A.R.]
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feorh-lege
death
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Nú ic on máðma hord mínne bebohte fróde feorhlege I to the king of glory give thanks that I might for my people ere the day of death so much gain. Now a hoard of treasures have I prudently got as the price of my death, B. 2800. Substitute:
Rómánisc
Roman
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Gúþlác ys on Rómánisc belli munus, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 10, 24. Ða yfel ðe Þeódríc wið ðam Rómániscum witum dyde, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 15. Him leofre wæs ðæt hié Rómánisce cyningas hæfden ðonne of heora ágnum cynne, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 25.
sang-cræft
the art of singing, music ⬩ an art of singing ⬩ the art of composing poetry
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the art of singing, music (vocal or instrumental) Sangcræft musica (in a list of the arts), Hpt. Gl. 479, 46. Wæs hé swýðest on cyricean sangcræft getýd Rómánisce þeáwe maxime modulandi in ecclesia more Romanorum peritum, Bd. 4, 2; S. 566, 19.
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