Beó-wulf
BEOWULF
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[Grendel] atol æglǽca; [Grendel] the fell wretch; him on eaxla wearþ a deadly wound was manifest syndolh sweotol, in his shoulder, seonowa onsprungon, the sinews sprang asunder, burston bánlocan : the bone-inclosures burst : Beówulfe wearþ
Linked entry: Beado-wulf
FÁCEN
Deceit, fraud, guile, treachery, malice, wickedness, evil, crime ⬩ dŏlus, fraus, nēquĭtia, mălĭtia, inīquĭtas, prævārĭcātio
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Ðú tó fela fácna gefremedes in flǽschoman thou hast perpetrated too many guiles in the body, Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 12; Gú. 558: Cd. 125; Th. 160, 16; Gen. 2651
flítan
to strive ⬩ to strive ⬩ to strive ⬩ quarrelsome ⬩ contentious ⬩ to dispute ⬩ argue ⬩ lay blame on
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Heó feóll tó eorðan flítende wið þone hálgan á hé hí ásende on swá mycelne weg and ne wearð gefréfrod she fell to the ground quarrelling with (blaming) the saint for sending her such a long way and she had got no comfort, Hml. S. 3, 652
ge-bycgan
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Mé þincð ꝥ hit hæbbe geboht sume swíþe leáslice mǽrþe, 24, 3; F. 82, 25. to pay for work done Þone fultum and þæt weorc Agustus gebohte mid fela M talentana Augustus ad reparationem magnam vim pecuniae largitus est, Ors. 6, 1; S. 252, 28. to secure the
fæder
a parent ⬩ a step-father ⬩ forefather ⬩ fathers ⬩ ancestors ⬩ father ⬩ a god-father ⬩ a patron
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Félix wæs his (Gregory's) fífta fæder Felix ejus fuit atavus (Bd. 2, 1), Hml. Th. ii. 118, 9. On þám is swiotol ealla þá duguþa hiora fæder and heora eldran fæder vel paterni vel aviti specimen elucet ingenii, Bt. 10; F. 28, 32.
grówan
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Geseah hé ánre stówe fæc þám óþrum felda grénre (grówenre, v. l.) uidit unius loci spatium cetero campo uiridius, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 233, 1. <b>II a.
meaht
- Ps, Th. 70, 18
Might ⬩ power ⬩ virtue ⬩ ability ⬩ an exercise of power ⬩ mighty work
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Virtutes sindgecwedene mihta, þurh ða wyrcþ God fela wundra, Homl. Th. i. 342, 27. His meahte synt powers are his, Ps. Th. 98, 10. Þurh ðínra mehta spéd through the abundance of thy powers, Bt. Met. Fox 4, 64; Met. 4, 32.
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ge-nemnan
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Man sceal habban wǽngewǽdu . . . and fela ðinga ðe ic nú genæmnian ne can, Angl. ix. 264, 6. <b>III a.
hirde
a keeper ⬩ guardian ⬩ protector ⬩ director ⬩ guide ⬩ pastor ⬩ the keeper ⬩ a keeper ⬩ a guard ⬩ watchman
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Bregowearda fela, ríces hyrdas, Gen. 2334. Se wísa and se fæstrǽda folces hyrde (cf. se wísa and fæstrǽda Cato, sé wæs eác Rómána lieretoga, Bt. 19; F. 70, 8), Met. 10, 49.
wæl
the slain ⬩ the dead ⬩ a number of slain, ⬩ a single corpse ⬩ a slain person ⬩ slaughter ⬩ carnage ⬩ destruction
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Hé menigfeald wæl felde and slóh, Guthl. 2; Gdwin. 14, 7. in other connections Ðá geát mon ðæt átter út on ðone sǽ, and raþe ðæs ðǽr com upp micel wæl deádra fisca, Ors. 6, 3;Swt. 258, 17. a single corpse, a slain person Hé mé habban wile dreóre fáhne
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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-ing,—'Acta est hæc præfata donatio anno ab incarnatione Domini nostri Jesu Christi DCCCCXXXVIII, in quo anno bellum factum est in loco qui Bruninga feld dicitur, ubi Anglis victoria data est de cælo,' Th. Diplm. 186, 34-37; Cod.
FYLLAN
To FILL ⬩ replenish ⬩ satisfy ⬩ cram ⬩ stuff ⬩ finish ⬩ complete ⬩ fulfil ⬩ implēre ⬩ replēre ⬩ sătŭrāre ⬩ farcīre ⬩ supplēre ⬩ complēre
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Beóþ ðíne feldas fylde mid wæstmum campi tui replēbuntur ūbertāte, Ps. Th. 64, 12. Ðonne heofon and hel hæleða bearnum fylde weorþeþ when heaven and hell shall be filled with the sons of men, Exon. 31 a; Th. 97, 20; Cri. 1593
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ge-rýne
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Iungum cnihtum geopenian ꝥ hig óðrum gecýðon þe his geréna ne cunnon, 306, 17. a mystic meaning Hé (Felix) ealle þá ðeóde æfter þám gerýne (-um, v. l. ) his noman (iuxta sui nominis sacramentum) fram wónesse álýsde, Bd. 2, 15; Sch. 176, 22. in a theological
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rúh
rough, hairy, shaggy ⬩ rough, untrimmed, uncultivated ⬩ rough, knotty ⬩ rough, undressed
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Mid ruȝe felle, O. and N. 1013. Sridde ȝhe Jacob and made him ru, Gen. and Ex. 1539
wiþer-weard
contrary ⬩ adverse ⬩ hostile ⬩ adversary ⬩ enemy ⬩ opponent ⬩ fiend ⬩ hostile to rightful authority ⬩ rebel ⬩ opposed to what is right ⬩ arrogant ⬩ perverse ⬩ depraved ⬩ reprobate ⬩ false ⬩ heretic ⬩ apocryphal ⬩ opposed to the good or pleasure of anything ⬩ unfavourable ⬩ adverse ⬩ hurtful ⬩ pernicious ⬩ disagreeable ⬩ contrary ⬩ opposite
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Manega mid mannum synd getealde gecorene and mid Gode wiþerwyrde (reprobi), and fela mid mannum wiþerwyrde synd and mid Gode gecorene; nán hine getelle gecorenne, ðe læs ðe hé mid Gode sý wiþerwyrd, Scint. 74, 13-16.
Linked entries: wiþer-word wiþerweard-líc wiþerweard-ness wiþer-wierde wiþer-word
ÁGAN
OWN ⬩ possess ⬩ have ⬩ obtain ⬩ possidere ⬩ habere ⬩ percipere ⬩ to make another to own or possess ⬩ to give ⬩ deliver ⬩ restore ⬩ dare in possessionem ⬩ reddere ⬩ rependere
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Lett ágan út, hú fela permit to find out, how many, Chr. 1085; Th. 353, 5.
FOLDE
the earth ⬩ dry land ⬩ tellus ⬩ terra ⬩ a land ⬩ country ⬩ district ⬩ region ⬩ territory ⬩ rĕgio ⬩ tractus ⬩ plăga ⬩ terrĭtōriuni ⬩ the ground ⬩ soil ⬩ hŭmus ⬩ sŏlum ⬩ earth ⬩ clay ⬩ terræ līmus ⬩ lŭtum
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Th. 64, 6. the ground, soil; hŭmus, sŏlum He gefeóll to foldan he fell to the ground, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 27; Jud. 281: Andr. Kmbl. 1474; An. 738: Exon. 29a; Th. 88, 34; Cri. 1450: Elen. Kmbl. 1970; El. 987.
láð
hateful ⬩ hated ⬩ loathed ⬩ loth ⬩ displeasing ⬩ injurious ⬩ grievous ⬩ hostile ⬩ malign ⬩ inimical
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Hé hæfde fela ǽhta ðe him wǽron láðe tó forlǽtenne he had many possessions that he was loth to leave, Basil admn. 9; Norm. 56, 7. Gé habbaþ ús gedón láðe Pharaone, Ex. 5, 21. Láð gewidru grievous storms, Beo. Th. 2754; B. 1375.
tweó
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Kmbl. p. 4, 4. a doubtful state of things, state of indecision On ðæm tweón ðe hié swá ungeorne his willan fulleodon ðá becom him Antigonus mid firde on in this state of indecision, in which they carried out his will so reluctantly, Antigonus fell upon
wíd
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Wíd is ðes wésten, wræcsetla fela, Exon. Th. 120, 5; Gú. 267. Wæs his ríce brád, wíd and weorðlíc, 243, 11; Jul. 9. Þenden ic wealde wídan ríces, Beo. Th. 3723 ; B. 1859. On andwlitan wídre eorðan, Cd. Th. 81, 25; Gen. 1350.