sóþ-cwide
a true saying ⬩ a truth ⬩ a righteous saying
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Th. 294, 14; Sat. 471: 244, 10; Dan. 446: Elen. Kmbl. 1057; El. 530: Exon. Th. 418, 2; Rä. 36, 13.
wuldor
Glory ⬩ vainglory
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Elen. Kmbl. 10 ; El. 5. Dryhten, hæleða wuldor, Andr. Kmbl. 2925; An. 1465. Ðý þriddan dæge beorna wuldor of deáðe árás, Dryhten ealra hæleða cynnes, Elen. Kmbl. 372; El. 186
Linked entries: wulder wuldor-full
gifeðe
What is granted by fate ⬩ lot ⬩ fortune ⬩ fate
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El. p. 108
FLÁ
An arrow ⬩ a dart ⬩ javelin ⬩ săgitta ⬩ tēlum ⬩ jăcŭlum
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Flána scúras showers of arrows, Elen. Kmbl. 234; El. 117: Judth. 11; Thw. 24, 33; Jud. 221. Sí he mid stánum oftorfod oððe mid flánum ofscotod lăpĭdĭbus opprĭmētur aut confŏdiētur jăcŭlis, Ex. 19, 13: Ps. Th. 10, 2
ge-trýwe
TRUE ⬩ faithful ⬩ fīdus ⬩ fĭdēlis
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He wearþ Criste getrýwe he became faithful unto Christ, Elen. Kmbl. 2068; El. 1035: Beo. Th. 2461; B. 1228. He eallum mannum sǽde and bodode ðæt wuldor his getrýwan þeówes omnĭbus fĭdēlis sui fămŭli glōriam prædĭcābat, Bd. 3, 13; S. 539, 10.
ge-beódan
to command ⬩ order ⬩ summon ⬩ jŭbēre ⬩ mandāre ⬩ to announce ⬩ proclaim ⬩ annuntiāre ⬩ to offer ⬩ propose ⬩ give ⬩ grant ⬩ offerre ⬩ præbēre
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Th. 6211; B. 3110 : Elen. Kmbl. 551; El. 276. to announce, proclaim; annuntiāre Hit beó seofon nihtum geboden ǽr let it be announced seven days before, L.
swinsian
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Sǽ swinsade the sea made its music (but see swinsung, ), Elen. Kmbl. 479 ; El. 240. Hearpan hlyn, swinsigende swég, Cd. Th. 66, 8; Gen. 1081
hnáh
Bent down, ⬩ low, ⬩ lowly, ⬩ humble, ⬩ abject, ⬩ mean, ⬩ poor
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Iudas cwæþ ðæt hé wénde him trage [Kmbl. þrage] hnágre Judas said that he expected for himself humiliating pain, Elen. Kmbl. 1333; El. 668. Wéndon hie wera cwealmes þræge hnágran they expected the death of men, a still worse time, Andr.
gód-dónd
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Th. 52, 2. one who does good to another, a benefactor Þá neát ongitað hira gðddénd, El. 359. Cf. yfel-dónd
fród
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Fród fyrngewritu ( the Old Testament ), El. 431
ge-dryht
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Wáron hwate weras gearwe tó gúðe . . ., fór folca gedryht, El. 27
be-reccan
to relate ⬩ recount ⬩ explain ⬩ narrare ⬩ exponere ⬩ to explain one's conduct ⬩ justify one's self ⬩ se excusare ⬩ se purgare ⬩ accusatorum criminibus respondere
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Els. 3, 2. to explain one's conduct, justify one's self; se excusare, se purgare, accusatorum criminibus respondere Hí simle séceaþ endleáse ládunga, hú hie bereccan [MS.
Linked entry: be-secgan
nese
No
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Syllaþ ús of eówrum ele ... Ðá andswarudun ða gleáwan, Nese, 25, 9. Ðá cwæþ hé : Nese (Lind. næsæ) fæder Abraham, Lk. Skt. 16, 30. Sume cwǽdon, he is gód; óðre cwǽdon, nese (Lind. næse), ac hé beswícþ ðis folc, Jn. Skt. 7, 12. Næsi, Jn.
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ge-scerpan
To clothe, furnish, adorn, deck ⬩ vestire, ornare
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Ele andwlitan gescyrpeþ oleum faciem exhilarat, Ps. Th. 103, 15. Ðá ðæt folc hine geseah swá gescyrpedne when the people saw him so furnished [i. e. with sword and spear, and riding on the king's horse ], Bd. 2, 13; S. 517, 10: 5, 19; S. 638, 9, 10.
ænbręce
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This in the facsimile of the MS. seems to be the form in El. 1029, the passage given in the Dict. under an-bróce (q. v.). If æþelu be taken as a noun, the first part of the word might be (?) ǽn (cf. ǽn-lic), and the meaning be unique (?)
be-lǽfan
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Næs nán ele belǽfed tó his gebróðra bricum, 178, 20. intrans. To remain [for intrans. use in later English v. N. E. D. s. v. bielieve] Án of him ne beláf (-lǽfde, MS. C), Ps. Spl. 105, II. Hé hét t
ge-smyrian
To smear ⬩ anoint ⬩ ungĕre
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To smear, anoint; ungĕre Hí word hira wel gesmyredon, ele anlícast molliērunt sermōnes suos sŭper ŏleum, Ps. Th. 54, 21. Forðon gesmiride mec propter quod unxit me, Lk. Skt. Lind. 4, 18. Ðætte gesmiredon hire ut ungerent eum, Mk. Skt. Lind. 16, 1.
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leód-fruma
a patriarch ⬩ a prince ⬩ chieftain ⬩ king
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Kmbl. 3318; An. 1662: [Constantine], Elen. Kmbl. 382; El. 191. Mín leódfruma my lord, Exon. 115 a; Th. 442, 5; Kl. 8. Sethes cynn, leófes leódfruman, Cd. 63; Th. 75, 26; Gen. 1246.
stefn
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Hé hine Cyriacus syððan nemde níwan stefne he afterwards named him afresh Cyriacus, Elen. Kmbl. 2119; El. 1061. Emb stemn uicissim, Germ. 388, 77.
hǽl
Health, safety, salvation, happiness ⬩ salus ⬩ good, luck, happiness ⬩ salus
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Héht hé Elenan hǽl ábeódan he bade them greet Elene, Elen. Kmbl. 2004; El 1003 : Beo. Th. 1311; B. 653. Ðíne hǽle syle salutare tuum da, Ps. Th. 84, 6