ge-cweðan
To say ⬩ speak ⬩ call ⬩ pronounce ⬩ agree ⬩ resolve ⬩ order ⬩ dīcĕre ⬩ lŏqui ⬩ profāri ⬩ pronunciāre ⬩ pangĕre ⬩ stătuĕre
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On ðære stówe ðe is gecweden Creacan ford in the place which is called Crayford, Chr. 456; Th. 22, 5, col. 2, 3 : H. R. 105, 9. Éce Drihten gecwyþ the Lord eternal shall speak, Cd. 227; Th. 304, 9; Sat. 627.
Constantīnus
Constantine the Great, Roman Emperor
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Notes and various readings, p. 28, col. 2, § 4, 41h, MS. C. wífe; L. ciefese. Ðáwæs syxte geár Constantínes cáserdómes then was the sixth year of Constantine's imperial power Elen. Kmbl. 15; El. 8.
Weogorna-ceaster
Worcester
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Wigar Chr. 959; Th. i. 219, col. 3. Cf. also WiricestriaCod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 161, 25 and the Latin adjective forms, which shew the same variety, e. g. Weogernensis, Cod. Dip.
DRIGE
DRY ⬩ siccus, arĭdus
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L.] the wind blows from the north-east, violent, and cold, and very dry, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 18, 8; Lchdm. iii. 276, 6. Drige wudu dry wood, fire-wood; ligna, Wrt. Voc. 80, 31.
hálian
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Add: hálig(e)an. of physical health, to heal (intrans.). the subject a person, to recover from wounds or illness Hé ongan trumian and háligean sanescere coepit, Bd. 4, 22 ; Sch. 456, 11. the subject a body or part of it Ðonne cólað se líchoma and hálað
hǽþ
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On ðæt héð westeweard, v. 212, 18. v. mór-hǽþ. a plant-name Haeth, haet (cf. haet-colas, 53, 570), hét calomacus (-chuns), calomancus, Txts. 52, 269. Hǽþ colomacus, genesta, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 35. Hǽð calomacus, 13, 33.
díc
scrŏbis unde terram fodĕrant
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B. iv] onwest-healfe ðære brycge within a little space they went to London; and they then dug a great ditch, on the south side, and dragged their ships to the west side of the bridge, Chr. 1016; Th. 281, 4-7, col. 1. sometimes díc, es; m. is found to
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súpan
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Parv. 466, col. 2
un-lǽd
poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ unhappy ⬩ unfortunate ⬩ poor ⬩ miserable ⬩ wretched
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Catal. 134, col. 1. Swá heó ðæs unlǽdan ( Holofernes ) eáþost mihte wel gewealdan, Judth. Thw. 23, 3; Jud. 102. Ða þrowunga ðe hé ádreág æt ðæm unlǽdan folce Iudéa, Blickl. Homl. 97, 16.
hrǽw
a corpse ⬩ carcase ⬩ trunk ⬩ carrion
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Ðonne flǽsc onginneþ hráw cólian when the flesh, the body begins to grow cold, Runic pm. 29; Kmbl. 345, 14. Wealdendes hrǽw the ruler's [Christ] body, Rood Kmbl. 106; Kr. 53: 144; Kr. 72.
lácnian
To heal ⬩ cure ⬩ tend ⬩ take care of ⬩ treat ⬩ dress(a wound)
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Ðonne sceal man mid cealdum lǽcedómum lácnian it must be cured with cold medicines, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 22, 4. Ðan scealt ðú hine ðus lácnigean, Lchdm. iii. 126, 12.
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ge-bróþor
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Ic eóde to cyrcean and sang mid gebróþrum, Coll. M. 33, 25: 35, 25. as a courteous form of address Andreas cwæð: 'Bróðor (the person addressed is the captain of the boat), onfóh ús on ꝥ scip'. . .
wín
Wine
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Wín and ele, Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 9. Hwæt drincst ðú (boy)? Ealu, gif ic hæbbe, oþþe wæter, gif ic næbbe ealu. Ne drincst ðú wín? Ic ne eom swá spédig ðæt ic mæge bicgean mé wín; and wín nys drenc cilda, ne dysigra, ac ealdra and wísra, 35, 9-22.
rihte
right, due, directly, straight ⬩ directly, straightway ⬩ ⬩ rightly, well, in a manner suited to the circumstances of a case, fittingly, properly, duly ⬩ correctly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly
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Th. 139, 13. correctly, in the proper manner, exactly, accurately, truly Wé biddaþ ðé, Láreów, ðæt ðú tǽce ús sprecan rihte to speak Latin correctly, Coll. Monast. Th. 18, 8. Bæd ðæt hé hyra randan rihte heóldon, Byrht. Th. 132, 23; By. 20.
loc
A lock ⬩ bolt ⬩ bar ⬩ enclosure ⬩ fold ⬩ A close ⬩ conclusion ⬩ settlement
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Loca caulas, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17. Godes engel undyde ða locu ðæs cwearternes, Homl. Th. i. 572, 27 : Exon. 12 b; Th. 20, 21; Cri. 321. A close, conclusion, settlement Loces syllogismi, conclusionis, Hpt. Gl. 481, 65.
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MANIG
MANY ⬩ many a
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Mænige gefóþ hwælas, Coll. Monast. Th. 35, 1. Hwí árísaþ swá mænige wið mé, Ps. Th. 3, 1. Ðǽr módlíce manega sprǽcon, Byrht. Th. 137, 43; By. 200. Hié witon ðæt ðæt ilce yfel ofereode, swá ða monegan ǽr dydan, Ors. 5, 2; Swt. 218, 3.
seóþan
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Seóþan ða þingc ðe tó seóþenne synd coquere quae coquenda sunt, Coll. Monast.
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þríste
Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless
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Swíþe þrýste ( audax ) ðú wǽre ðá, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 19. Þríste sceal mid cénum, Exon. Th. 337, 8; Gn. Ex. 61. Gewát hé ( Andrew ) þríste on geþance, Andr. Kmbl. 473; An. 237. Elene, þríste on geþance, Elen. Kmbl. 533; El. 267.
bæþ
a bath for washing ⬩ the bath of fish or sea-fowl:--
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Þolige hé cold bæð, 284, 5. Þǽr wǽron gehæfde háte baðu, Hml. Th. i. 86, 21: Hml. S. 2, 397: Ruin. 41: 46. Baþa hý nǽfre brúcaþ for heora líchoman luste, R. Ben. 137, 9. Æt baða gehwylcum, Ph. 110. Baða thermarum, An. Ox. 2, 384. Baþena, 4777.