dæg-weorc
A day's work ⬩ diei opus
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Æt ðam dæg-weorce at that day's work, Elen. Kmbl. 291; El. 146. Ðætte he ðæt dægweorc dreóre gebohte that he bought that day's work with blood, Cd. 149; Th. 187, 14; Exod. 151: 169; Th. 210, 21; Exod. 518
flot
Water deep enough for sustaining a ship ⬩ the sea ⬩ ăqua sătis alta ad nāvem sustĭnendam ⬩ măre
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Water deep enough for sustaining a ship, the sea; ăqua sătis alta ad nāvem sustĭnendam, măre Ongan eorla mengu to flote fýsan the multitude of warriors began to hasten to the sea, Elen. Kmbl. 451; El. 226: Andr. Kmbl. 3393; An. 1700.
mæðel-hégende
Attending, holding or addressing an assembly or council ⬩ consulting ⬩ conversing
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Héht gebeódan meðelhégende on gemót cuman, ða ðe deóplícost Dryhtnes gerýno reccan cúðon, Elen. Kmbl. 557; El. 279
singallíce
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Hí (Cherubim) sin*-*gallíce singaþ ' they continually do cry, ' Elen. Kmbl. 1490 ; El. 747. Syle drincan singallíce nigon dagas, Lchdm. i. 230, 22. Hine ǽghwon*-*an God singallíce simle gehealdeþ, Met. 7, 46 : Bt. 12 ; Fox 36, 27
Linked entry: ge-singallícode
un-lifigende
Not living ⬩ dead ⬩ defunct
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Unlifgendes, Elen. Kmbl. 1754; El. 879. Siteþ eorl ofer óðrum unlifigendum ( Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 5809; B. 2908. Ðæt biþ drihtguman unlifgendum æfter sélest, 2782; B. 1389. Hé aldorþegn unlyfigendne, deádne wisse, 2621; B. 1308.
Linked entries: -lifigende un-libbende
on-médla
pride, glory, magnificence ⬩ pride, arrogance, presumption ⬩ courage, boldness
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pride, glory, magnificence Ald onmédla is gecyrred the glory of earlier times is changed, Elen. Kmbl. 2529; El. 1266. Ðæt geó guman heóldan, ðenden him on eorþan onmédla wæs, Exon. Th. 51, 13; Cri. 815.
ilf
An elf
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An elf Ðanon untydras ealle onwócon eotenas and ylfe thence sprang all monstrous things, giants and elves, Beo. Th. 224; B. 112.
Linked entry: ylf
eáþ-gete
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Easy to get Him wæs eáðgete ele tó þám baðe oil for the bath was easy for him to get, Ælfc. T. Grn. 16, 18. Gyf þý .viii. dæge sunne scýneð, ðonne byð cwicseolfor eáðgeáte, Lch. iii. 166, 10
a-gangan
To go or pass by or over ⬩ to happen ⬩ befal ⬩ præterire ⬩ evenire
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To go or pass by or over, to happen, befal; præterire, evenire Ðá wæs agangen, geára hwyrftum, tú hund and þreó there were passed, in the circuits of years, two hundred and three, Elen. Kmbl. 1; El. 1: Chr. 974; Th. 224, 33; Edg. 10.
Linked entry: a-gongen
a-scirian
To cut from ⬩ separate ⬩ divide ⬩ part ⬩ sever ⬩ separare ⬩ sejungere ⬩ excommunicare ⬩ destinare
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Ascyred and asceáden scylda gehwylcre sundered and set apart from every sin, Elen. Kmbl. 2623; El. 1313: Exon. 31b; Th. 98, 16; Cri. 1608.
deóp-líce
DEEPLY, profoundly, thoroughly ⬩ profunde, subtīlĭter
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Ðe deóplícost Dryhtnes gerýno reccan cúðon who most profoundly could relate the Lord's mysteries, Elen. Kmbl. 559: El. 280
Linked entry: dióplíce
ge-heaðorian
To restrain ⬩ control ⬩ compress ⬩ cohĭbēre ⬩ coartāre ⬩ coangustāre
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He eft semninga swíge gewyrþeþ, in nédcleofan nearwe geheaðrod it [the wind] again suddenly becomes silent, narrowly compressed in its close bed, Elen. Kmbl. 2550; El. 1276
Linked entries: ge-haðerian heaðorian
ge-þræc
Press ⬩ crowd ⬩ crush ⬩ tumult
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Beorna geþrec press of men, Elen. Kmbl. 228; El. 114: Ps. C. 50, 44; Ps. Grn. ii. 277, 44: Exon. 102 a; Th. 386, 13; Rä. 4, 61. Geþrec clangor, Cot. 59, Lye
Linked entries: searu-geþræc ge-þrec
spíca
Spikenard
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Ðeós smerenes wæs geworht of ehtaténe cynna wyrtum; ðǽr wǽron þreó ða betstan — ele, nardus, spíca (or is this merely the Latin word?), Blickl. Homl. 73, 21.
hróf-tigel
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Hróftig[el]um, 79, 7. Add
FIRAS
Living beings ⬩ the chief of living beings ⬩ men ⬩ mankind ⬩ hŏmĭnes ⬩ vĭri ⬩ gĕnus hūmānum
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Kmbl. 581; An. 291: 1840; An. 922: Elen. Kmbl. 2153; El. 1078: 2343; El. 1173.
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drenc-flód
A drowning-flood, deluge ⬩ dilŭvium
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Fíftena stód deóp ofer dúnum se [MS, sæ] drenceflód elna the deluge stood fifteen ells deep over the hills, 69; Th. 84, 16; Gen. 1398
mearc-pæþ
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Take here El. 233, given under mearc-wæd (the facsimile reprint of the Codex Vercellensis has mearcpaðu)
þracu
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Sigores tácn wið þeóda þræce a token of victory against the power of nations, Elen. Kmbl. 369; El. 185.
BÝME
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Býman sungon the trumpets sounded [lit. sung ], Elen. Kmbl. 218; El. 109. Drémaþ Drihtne on býman psallite Domino in tubis, Ps. Lamb. 97, 6. Seofon sacerdas bláwon mid býmon septem sacerdotes clangent buccinis, Jos. 6, 4, 13
Linked entry: béme