ymb-weaxan
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to surround Seó burh wæs ungemettan fæste mid cludum ymbweaxen saxum mirae asperitatis et altitudinis Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 132, 10
cwacung
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Seó burg on swelcre cwacunge wæs, Ors. 3, 2; S. 100, 21. Add
burg-þegen
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A thane living in a burg Alle míne burhðegnes on Lundene, C.D. iv. 213, 4: 214, 32: 221, 13
tog
Strife ⬩ contention
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Strife, contention Da friðgeorae, ða ðe heá búta éghwoefcum flíta and toge behaldan. Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 5, 9 note
cyrnel
KERNEL, grain ⬩ nucleus, granum ⬩ a hard
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in the kernel we can see neither root, nor rind, nor boughs, nor leaves; but from the kernel God draws forth tree, and fruits, and leaves, Homl.
Finnas
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Not Finland, but the Fins' land; for how could Beowulf, in his swimming-match with Breca, be borne by the sea to Finland?
beódan
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Th. ii. 290, 2. ꝥ hé bude ut (virgini spurca ludibria) inrogaret, An. Ox. 4319
þrosm
smoke ⬩ vapour ⬩ darkness ⬩ a dark space ⬩ chautêrem
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Se þrosma ( but see þrosmig) líg, Dóm. L. 191. darkness, a dark space Sweart þrosm onáslít tetrum chaos inlabitur, Hymn. Surt. 13, 36. Betwux ús and eów is gefæstnod micel ðrosm ( inter uos et nos chaos magnum firmatum est, Lk. 16, 26), Homl.
galan
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.), oð ꝥ se deófol of hire út eóde diutius incantationi-bus agere malefici moliebantur, ut diabolus exkret Gr. D. 73, 27. Galdor galende cantando (rumpitur anguis ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 66: 19, 6. of the ery of a bird Hrefen uppe gól, El. 52.
ofer-sprǽce
speaking too much, talkative, loquacious ⬩ zungun linguam magniloquum ⬩ saying more than is just or true
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Ne beo ðú tó oferspréce ac hlyst ǽlces monnes worda swíðe georne ' give every man thy ear, but few thy voice, ' Prov. Kmbl. 58. Salamon cwæþ, ðæt sélre wǽre tó wunigenne mid león and dracan ðonne mid yfelan wífe and ofersprǽcum, Homl.
tó-scǽnan
To break to pieces
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Ne furðon án bán næfde hé mid óþrum ac tóscǽnede ofer eall lágon and tóworpene geond ða wídan eorban he had not even one bone along with another, but broken to pieces they lay in all directions and flung here and there throughout the wide world, Homl.
flít
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Ðá friðgeorne, ðá ðe heá búta éghuoelcum flíta behaldan paciflci, Mt. L. 5, 9. Fram flítom a contentionibus, Kent. Gl. 728. Add
bútá
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both; ambo Swelton híg bútá they both shall die, Deut. 22, 22: Exon. 113b; Th. 436, 25; Rä. 55, 6
feówer-scýte
Four-cornered ⬩ quadrangular ⬩ square ⬩ quadrangŭlus ⬩ quadrātus
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Four-cornered, quadrangular, square; quadrangŭlus, quadrātus Seó burh is feówerscýte the city is quadrangular, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, 21
Linked entries: feoðer-scéte feðer-scíte fiðer-scýte fyðer-scýte
burg-wille
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A spring that supplies a burg(?) Onlong bróces ðæt on burhwellan, of burhwellan on ðá burhwalles, C.D. iii. 394, 28
wín-clyster
a bunch of grapes ⬩ a row of vines
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a bunch of grapes Wínclyster botrus, Scint. 154, 2. a row of vines Wínclystra antes, Engl. Stud. xi. 64, 3
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E
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</b> The Runic RUNE not only stands for the vowel e, but also for the name of the letter in Anglo-Saxon, eh a war-horse, v. eh a war-horse, and RÚN
DEÓFOL
DEVIL ⬩ diabŏlus
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Then let him know that God created, as a great angel, him who is now the devil; but God did not create him as the devil; but when he was wholly done for and guilty towards God, through his great haughtiness and enmity, then became he changed to the devil
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burh-wéla
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City-wealth; urbis opes Þenden he burh-wélanbrúcan móste while he might have the enjoyment of city-wealth, Beo. Th. 6191; B. 3100
byrnan
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To burn; urere, comburere Swá fýr wudu byrneþ sicut ignis comburit sylvas, Ps. Th. 82, 10