ÁR
honour ⬩ glory ⬩ rank ⬩ dignity ⬩ magnificence ⬩ respect ⬩ reverence ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas ⬩ gloria ⬩ magnificentia ⬩ honestas ⬩ reverentia ⬩ kindness ⬩ favour ⬩ mercy ⬩ pity ⬩ benefit ⬩ use ⬩ help ⬩ gratia ⬩ favor ⬩ misericordia ⬩ beneficium ⬩ auxilium ⬩ property ⬩ possessions ⬩ an estate ⬩ land ⬩ ecclesiastical living ⬩ benefice ⬩ bona ⬩ possessiones ⬩ fundus ⬩ beneficium
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Ðǽr is ár gelang fira gehwylcum there is help ready to every man, Andr.
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ge-héran
To hear ⬩ audīre
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Ic gehére helle scealcas grundas mǽnan I hear hell's ministers bemoaning the gulfs, 216; Th. 273, 7; Sat. 133. We gehérdon wuldres swég we heard the sound of glory, 218; Th. 279, 13; Sat. 237.
un-gerím
Countless ⬩ numberless ⬩ innumerable ⬩ incalculable ⬩ immense
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.), ðæt intó helle behreás, Wulfst. 8, 15. Cómon ða hǽðengildan mid ungerímum folce, Homl. Th. ii. 494, 16. S. Anastasius, scs Basilius and ungeríme óðre, L. Ælfc. C. 6; Th. ii. 344, 30: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 21; Zup. 46, 14.
líf-lád
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Ben. 9, 21. conduct, conversation, mode of life Þéh þe seó tunge þǽre helle tintregu forswígode, seó his líflád hí spræc and cýðde etiamsi taceret lingua, cottversatio loqueretur. Gr. D. 317, 21.
forane
beforehand ⬩ Opposite ⬩ in front of ⬩ against
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Ic ꝥ hæbbe mid Godes fultume forene forfangen, ꝥ eów nǽfre heonforð þanon nán unfrið tó ne cymð I have with God's help taken measures to prevent hostility ever from this time forth coming to you from Denmark, Cht.
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dráf
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III. and see lád. a drove [v. N.E.D. drove; I 3.] a road Of ðám hlince andlang dráfæ, C.D. v. 217, 6
sige-wang
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Mennisce áras on ðam sigewonge ( Guthlac's dwelling-place ) helpe gemétton, 157, 18 ; Gú. 893
wiþer-hycgende
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Ongan meldigan helle hinca ðone hálgan wer, wiðerhycgende, Andr. Kmbl. 2345; An. 1174. Ðú (the devil) scealt, wiðerhycgende (the adversary of God and man ), wergðu dreógan, Elen. Kmbl. 1900; El. 952.
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wrǽc
Vengeance
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Þatt was mikell wræche, þatt all follc for till helle, Orm. 19 ; don wreche (rimes with speche, leache, teche), Misc. 143, 56 ; tak wreche (rimes with preche), Alis. 2858: but there appears to be no instance in Old English of a nominative wrǽc which is
ge-winna
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Helle dióful . . . gecwæð 'Sleáð synnigne ofer seolfes múð folces gewinnan' ( St. Andrew ), 1303. Sáwla gewinnan ( the devil ), Jul. 555. a rival, competitor Gewinna emulus, Wrt.
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swíþe
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Grn. 21, 24. the comparative marking preference, rather Ðú þone wiðfeohtend mé helan woldest swýðor þonne mínum ðegnum secgean rebellem celare quam militibus reddere maluisti, Bd. 1. 7; Sch. 21, 15
eahtian
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Ðý lǽs hié eahtigen óðerra monna dǽda (cf. that hi ahtóie óðres mannes saka, endi haƀad im selƀo mér firinwerkó gefrumid, Hél. 1716), and forgieten hié selfe ne insequentes aliorum facta se deserant, 371, 3.
Berhte
Bertha ⬩ Bercta
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He received his wife from her parents on condition, that she should have his leave that she might hold the manner of the Christian belief, and of her religion, unspotted, with the bishop, whose name was Liudhard, whom they gave her for the help of that
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heolstor
That which covers or conceals ⬩ darkness ⬩ a veil ⬩ covering ⬩ place of concealment
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Heolstre gehýded helme gedýgled þýstre oferfæðmed with a veil hidden, with a covering concealed, with darkness enwrapped, Exon. 122 b; Th. 470, 9; Hy. 11, 13: 61 b; Th. 227, 4; Ph. 418: 69 a; Th. 257, 2; Jul. 241: Elen. Kmbl. 2161; El. 1082.
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úhta
the last part of the night ⬩ the time just before daybreak ⬩ the time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturns ⬩ De nocturna celebratione.
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Úhtna gehwylce, 287, 3; Wand. 8: 471, 24; Rä. 61, 6. as an ecclesiastical term, the time at which the earliest of the seven canonical services was held, the time of nocturns De nocturna celebratione.
sǽt
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Sǽte haldan would mean to keep the game from avoiding the ambush into which it was being driven. Cf. ge-sǽte
líg
Flame ⬩ lightning
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Ðone deópan grund ðæs hátan léges and ðæs heardan léges [hell], Blickl. Homl. 103, 15. For ðæs léges [lightning] bryne, 203, 11. Léges blæstas, Andr. Kmbl. 3103; Au. 1154.
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ceaster
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</b> of hell :-- Hé byrnwígend tó þám burggeatum lǽdan ne wolde; ac þá locu feollon, clústor of þám ceastrum ( at the harrowing of hell ), Hö. 40. used of places in England [in place-names gen. -ceastres and -ceastre occur, and the acc.
hleóðrian
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Ongan ðá hleóðrian helle deófol hwæt is ðis la manna then exclaimed the devil of hell: Lo! what man is this, Elen. Kmbl. 1798; El. 901. Múþ habbaþ and ne mágon wiht hleódrian os habent, et non loquentur, Ps. Th. 113, 13.
grim
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Hell, grim græfhús, Sat. 708. Grim gléda níð, Dan. 465: B. 2650. Se grimma hunger, Rä. 44, 2: B. 102. Grim gǽstcwalu, Gú. 651. Grimre helle wíte trucis tartari tormento, An. Ox. 2217. On hú grimmum seáðe swinceð þæt sweorcende mód, Met. 3, 1.