sigor-tácn
A sign of victory ⬩ a convincing sign
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A sign of victory, a convincing sign Godspel bodian, secgan sigortácnum to preach the gospel, tell it with convincing proofs or with marks shewing how it had prevailed, Exon. Th. 169, 3; Gú. 1089
Linked entry: sige-tác
íðe
Easy ⬩ pleasant
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Ús ðis se æðeling ýðre gefremede this the prince has made easier for us, Exon. 17 a ; Th. 39, 25; Cri. 627
þrág-bisig
Occupied for a time(?) ⬩ periodically employed(?)
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But the verse requires þrág, while the verb,þrægan, has a short vowel; and þrág seems always(?) used in the sense of time
heáfod-segn
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It would seem, then, to have been an ensign, which had at the head of its shaft ( hilte ) the figure of a boar. Perhaps the poet of the Exodus had the same kind of ensign in mind where he says that the tribe of Judah, ' '
spannan
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S. 9, 106. to join in matrimony Span[n]an adjungere (has sponsi ad prolem generis satagunt adjungere nuptas, Ald. 200, 10), An.
ge-þwǽnan
To moisten ⬩ wet ⬩ soften ⬩ irrigare ⬩ emollire
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Cot.] his láre corda arentia doctrinæ fluentis irrigare, Past. 10, 1; Swt. 61, 19; Hat. MS. 14 a, 15: 18, 5; Swt. 137, 8; Hat. MS. 27 a, 12.
Finnas
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Bos.] to the White Sea, as defined by Ohthere in the following example Ne métte Ohthere nán gebún land, syððan he fram his ágnum háme [Hálgoland, q. v.] fór; ac him wæs ealne weg wéste land on ðæt steór-bord, bútan fisceran, and fugeleran, and huntan
a-limpan
To happen ⬩ befall ⬩ evenire ⬩ accidere ⬩ contingere
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Ðá him alumpen wæs wén then hope had occurred to him, Beo. Th. 1471; B. 733
Linked entry: a-lamp
deór-hege
A deer-fence ⬩ cervōrum sepīmentum
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A deer-fence; cervōrum sepīmentum Deórhege to cyniges háme the deer-fence for the royal mansion, L. R. S. 1; Th. i. 432, 4: 2; Th. i. 432, 11: 3; Th. i. 432, 24
frum-cneów
A first generation ⬩ primĭtīva genĕrātio
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Noah had the first generation of each of [those] producing offspring, father and mother, Cd. 161; Th. 201, 12; Exod. 371
Linked entry: cneów
ge-sélþ
Happiness ⬩ fēlīcĭtas
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We gyt næfdon ða gesélþa we had not yet the happiness, Chr. 1009; Erl. 141, 25
for-slegenlic
Shameful ⬩ ignominious
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l. for-segenlicne ( = -sewen-) one MS. has forsewenlíce) and swá orwyrðlicne deáð þrowian, Mart. H. 156, 20
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ísen-ordál
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The ordeal by hot iron, in which the accused who wished to clear himself had to bear, on the naked hand, a piece of red hot iron.
Linked entry: or-dál
ymb-hygdigness
Care, anxiety, solicitude
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Ǽlc ðæra wæs hám tó his ágenum farende myd mycelre ymbhýdignysse and mid mycelum ege, Nicod. 33; Thw. 19, 26. Wé sceolon ða ymhídignysse fram ús áwurpan, Homl. Th. ii. 462, 12.
næs
was not
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Nǽron ðá welige hámas, ne diórwyrþra hrægla hí ne girndan, forðam hí ðá git nǽran, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 4-6. Ða cyningas Rómeburg begeáton ðǽr Mutius nǽre ( if it had not been for Mucius ), Ors. 2, 3; Swt. 68, 20.
hæppan
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D. hap to go by chance.]
cyfes-boren
Born in concubinage, base-born ⬩ e concubina genĭtus
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Born in concubinage, base-born; e concubina genĭtus His cyfesborena bróðor siððan ríxode, se ðe wende to Scottum his base-born brother afterwards reigned, who had gone to the Scots, Homl. Th. ii. 148, 17
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fǽr-wyrd
A terrible fate, destruction, perdition ⬩ terrĭbĭle fātum, intĕrĭtus, perdĭtio
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A terrible fate, destruction, perdition; terrĭbĭle fātum, intĕrĭtus, perdĭtio He wénþ ðæt ðone mon ǽr mǽge gebrengan on fǽrwyrde that he thinks may bring the man earlier to a terrible fate, Past. 62; Hat. MS
leán-gifa
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One who gives recompense or reward Swylce se rihtwísa leángyfa nó mid wordum ac mid dǽdum ðus cwǽde as if the righteous Recompenser had said not with words but with deeds, Lchdm. iii. 436, 23
ge-dwínan
To dwindle or vanish away ⬩ disappear ⬩ evanescere ⬩ disparere
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To dwindle or vanish away, disappear; evanescere, disparere Ðæt hálige sǽd gedwán and gewát the holy seed has wasted away and departed, Blickl. Homl. 55, 29. His drýcræftas gedwinon his magic vanished, Shrn. 135, 1