beó-ceorl
A BEE-CEORL ⬩ bee farmer or keeper ⬩ bocherus ⬩ apum custos
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It behoves a keeper of bees, if he hold a taxable hive [stock of bees], that he then shall pay to the country what shall be agreed.
HÝF
A HIVE
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Mæderecíþ on ðínre hýfe ðonne ne ásponþ nán man ðíne beón ne hí man ne mæg forstelan ða hwíle ðe se cíþ on ðære hýfe biþ [put] a plant of madder in your hive; then nobody will lure away your bees, nor can they be stolen while the plant is in the hive,
mearcian
to make a mark on anything ⬩ to mark out ⬩ design
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Hé mearcode ða stówe, Homl. ii. 160, 35, Mearca ðé sylfne mid tácne ðære hálgan róde, i. 534, 22. Mearcie ( brand ) man hine (þeówman) æt ðam forman cyrre, L. C. S. 32; Th. i. 396, 9. Mercande signantes, Mt. Kmbl.
grafan
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Ac hý grófon ǽghwylcne stán swá se cásere geþohte they carved each stone as the emperor designed, Shrn. 146, 16
scild-burh
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a battle-array in which men stood shield to shield [cf. the account of the battle of Stamford-bridge: 'Siðan fylkti Haraldr Konungr liði sínu, lét fylkingina langa ok ekki þykka ; þá teygði hann armana aptr á bak, svá at saman tóku, var þat þá víðr hringr
Linked entry: bord-haga
scín
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scotiaþ scríþende scín (the spirits of the storm) scearpum wǽpnum, Exon. Th. 385, 29; Rä. 4, 52. Swá biþ scinna þeáw, deófla wíse, 362, 4; Wal. 31. Scinnum scenis (cf. scina gríma, 94, 904), Txts. 97, 1831.
swíþ-mód
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in a good sense, great-souled, magnanimous, stout-hearted Com ðá tó lande lidmanna helm ( Beowulf ) swíðmód swymman, Beo. Th. 3252; B. 1624. Swíðmód cyning, Cd.
wundrung
wondering ⬩ wonder ⬩ admiration ⬩ astonishment ⬩ a wonderful sight ⬩ a spectacle
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Hé on ðære micclan his módes wundrunge ðǽr gestód dreórig in the great bewilderment of his mind he stood there downcast, 23, 627. Hí wundrodon mycelre wundrunge obstupuerunt stupore maximo, Mk. Skt. 5, 42. Pape geswutelaþ wundrunge, Ælfc.
á-bycgan
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R. 306.] to perform what was necessary for the discharge of a legal obligation Cliroc feówra sum hine clǽnsie, and áne his hand on wiófode; óðre ætstanden áð ábycgan, i. e. the principal, with one hand on the altar, made oath; the compurgators stood
á-lǽnan
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Ðæt land eóde eft intó ðǽre stówe ðe hit út álǽned wæs, iv. 267, 6
á-fyllan
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Sé áfylde ealle þá stówe, Hml. Th. ii. 350, 25. Wynsum brǽð þá lyfte áfylde, Hml. S. 27, 111. Áfyl ðá wunde. Lch. ii. 22, 20. Þá hié heora cawelas áfylled hæfdon, Ors. 4, 8; S. 188, 27. <b>I a.
ge-fyrþran
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Ðone freóls hí gefriðodon and gefyrðredon, þeáh hé on gewrite ne stóde, Cht. Th. 115, 35. Hé ðisne freóls ǽfre gefyrþrian wolde, 116, 19. Hí sind mid gifum and gestreónum gefyrþrode, Bt. 3, 4; F. 6, 27. intrans. [v. N. E.
ge-mǽrsian
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Wæs gemérsad mérsong of him in all stóue ðæs londes, Lk. L. 4, 37. Wéron gemérsad alle worda ðás, l, 65. III. to celebrate a fast, festival, rite, & c., perform with due honour: — Þ te ðis fæstin oestlicre hérnise wé gimérsia, Rtl. 9, 31.
CEORFAN
To cut, cut down, hew, rend, tear, CARVE, engrave ⬩ secare, concidere, succidere, excidere, conscindere, incidere, infindere
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Curfon hie ðæt moldern of beorhtan stáne they hewed the sepulchre out of bright stone,Rood Kmbl. 132; Kr. 66. Ðú toslite oððe curfe hǽran míne thou hast rent my sackcloth; conscidisti saccum meum, Ps. Spl. 29, 13.
irþ
ploughing ⬩ tilling ⬩ a crop ⬩ ploughed land
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Ic sello ðás land mid cwice erfe and mid earþe and mid eallum þingum ðe tó londum belimpaþ I give these lands with the live stock, and crops and all things that belong to the lands, Chart. Th. 481, 3.
wítnung
Punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ pain
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Ðæt hé on wítnunge stówe swungen wǽre, óþ ðæt hé swylte, Blickl. Homl. 193, 3. Ðære synne tó wítnunge mínre unhýrsumnesse ad puniendam inobedientiae meae culpam, Bd. 5, 6; S. 619, 22.
hlinian
to recline ⬩ to lean
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Se ele gewǽtte þone flór þǽre stówe þe hí on hlinedon (incubuerant), Gr. D. 160, 14. Hlioniga (hlinig, L., site, W. S., recumbe) on ðá lætemestu stówwe . . . bið ðé wuldor bifora ðǽm hlingendum (sittendurn, W. S., discumbentibus), Lk.
scead
Shade
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Hé in scade weardaþ, on wudubearwe, wéste stówe, 209, 10; Ph. 168. Ðæt gé mec mid searocræftum under scæd scúfan mótan, 142, 20; Gú. 647. Sceadu beóþ bidyrned, ðǽr se leóhta beám leódum byrhteþ, 67, 16; Cri. 1089. Sceadu sweðerodon, Andr.
á-þweán
to wash ⬩ cleanse an object from impurity ⬩ to wash impurity from an object
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Se storm áðwyhð swá hwæt swá þæt fýr forswǽlð. Hml. Th. i. 618, 12. Áþwehð, ii. 48, 29. Áðweahð, 56, 7. Áðweað iów, ðæt gé sín clǽne, Past. 421, 14. ꝥ hé hí mid fulluhte áðwóge, Hml. S. 5, 126.
Linked entry: on-þweán
sǽl
time, occasion ⬩ a fit time, season, opportunity, ⬩ circumstance, condition ⬩ happiness, good fortune, good time, prosperity
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Storm oft holm gebringeþ in grimmum sǽlum storm oft brings ocean into a furious condition, Exon. Th. 336, 20; Gn. Ex. 52. Jacob byþ on glædum sǽlum exultabit Jacob, Ps. Th. 52, 8. Hæfdan beorgas blíðe sǽle montes exultaverunt, 113, 14.
Linked entry: sél