sperran
To strike ⬩ spar ⬩ to struggle ⬩ to struggle, resist
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To strike, spar Ðǽr eác cwóman hreáþemýs . . . and ða on úre ondwlitan sperdon and ús pulledon et uespertilionum uis ingens . . . in ora uultusque nostros ferebantur (the translator has read feriebant?), Nar. 15, 6.
Linked entry: spyrran
swic-cræft
Deception, treachery, fraud
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Deception, treachery, fraud Se þurh swiccræft ( by treachery; but the Latin has in seditione ) manslyht geworhte, Mk. Skt. 15, 7. Deóflíce dǽda on swiccræftan, L. Eth. v. 25; Th. i. 310, 18: vi. 28; Th. i. 322, 18
F
At the end of syllables, and between two vowels, the Anglo-Saxon f is occasionally represented by u, the present English v; it is, therefore, probable that the Anglo-Saxon f in this position had the sound of our present v, as Luu, luf = lufu love; fíf five; hæuþ, hæfþ haveth; Euen, efen even. In the beginning of Anglo-Saxon words, f had the sound of the English f, as Fíf five, finger finger, finn fin, fisc fish . The Rune ᚠ not only stands for the letter f, but for Feoh, which, in Anglo-Saxon, signifies money, wealth. v. feoh IV and RÚN
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At the end of syllables, and between two vowels, the Anglo-Saxon f is occasionally represented by u, the present English v; it is, therefore, probable that the Anglo-Saxon f in this position had the sound of our present v, as Luu, luf = lufu love; fíf
ge-blinnan
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Mið ðý wére gebiddende þte geblann, 11. 1. that has been recurring or habitual Hí nánum dæge ne geblunnon (geswicon, v. l.) ꝥ hí ne druncon of þám ylcon fate ut nullo die cessarent bibere ex illo vasculo, Gr. D. 66, 22
heal-stán
a crust
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A flat cake with a hard crust, so called because of the hardness of its crust [cf. for similar terms pflasterstein in German, pavé in French, for a hard kind of cake], a crust Crustula similis haalstaan (crustalla halstán), Txts. 55, 604.
Linked entries: heall heall-stán hilsten
swegle
Brightly, brilliantly, splendidly,
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Scíneþ sunna swegle hát, sóna gecerreþ ísmere ǽnlíc on his ágen gecynd (cf. ðæt is for ðære sunna[n] scíman tó his ágnum gecynde weorþe, Bt. 39, 3; Fox 216, 1), Met. 28, 61. Sumor swegle hát, Exon. Th. 338, 13; Gn.
here-hýþ
Spoil ⬩ booty ⬩ plunder
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Ða herehýhþ ðe on helle genumen hæfde the spoil that he had taken in hell, Blickl. Homl. 89, 33. Genimon myccle herehýþ to take great spoil, 95. 2.
BIL
a BILL or a broad two-edged sword, a falchion ⬩ falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus
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Whatever its shape, it must have had two edges; as, in the earliest poem, an envoy is attacked, billes ecgum, with the edges of a bill; falx, marra, falcastrum, ensis curvus.
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un-þearf
Disadvantage ⬩ hurt ⬩ harm ⬩ detriment
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Hé férde for his bróðær unþearfe intó Normandige he (William) went to Normandy on account of the injury his brother had done him (see Henry of Huntingdon), 1091; Erl. 227, 5.
a-lesan
To choose ⬩ eligere ⬩ seligere
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To choose; eligere, seligere Þeóden holde hæfde him alesen the prince had faithful ones chosen to him, Cd. 151; Th. 189, 11; Exod. 183: 154; Th. 192, 7; Exod. 228: Elen. Kmbl. 571; El. 286: 759; El. 380
be-landian
To deprive of land ⬩ to confiscate ⬩ disinherit ⬩ terris privare
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Hí hí ǽr belandedon they had deprived them previously of their lands 1094; Th. 361, 12
from-swícan
To withdraw ⬩ desert ⬩ desciscĕre ⬩ desĕrĕre
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To withdraw, desert; desciscĕre, desĕrĕre Ðeáh ðe he him fromswice though he had withdrawn from them, Cd. 46; Th. 58, 31; Gen. 954. Ða leóde him fromswicon the nations deserted him, Cd. 93; Th. 119, 18; Gen. 1981
ge-delf
A delving ⬩ the act of digging ⬩ a trench ⬩ fossio ⬩ fossa
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He lét delfon an mycel gedelf he had a great trench dug, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iv. 58, 5
ciric-ǽ
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church-marriage, the relation of the priest to the church on account of his orders Ꝥ syndon þá ǽwbrecan þe þurh heálicne hád ciricǽwe underféngan and ꝥ ábrǽcan . . . Ciric is sácerdes ǽwe, Ll. Th. ii. 334, 14, 23
ge-gaf
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buffoonery, scurrility Ne geríseþ ǽnig unnytt ǽfre mid bisceopum, ne doll ne dysig . . . ne cildsung on spǽce, ne ídel gegaf on ǽnig wísan, ne æt hám, ne on síðe, ne on ǽnigre stówe, Ll. Th. ii. 314, 32
wæl-cræft
A deadly power ⬩ power which causes death
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A deadly power, power which causes death Ðonne mín hláford wile láfe þicgan ðara ðe hé of lífe hét wælcræf[tum] áwrecan (of those whom he has ordered to be slain), Exon. Th. 498, 11; Rä. 87, 11
be-fylgan
To follow up ⬩ persevere with
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Gif mon þisum lǽcedóme befyligð, þonne biþ se man hál, ii. 88, 12
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ge-mynd
Mind, memory, memorial, memento, remembrance, commemoration ⬩ remembrance
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In gemyndum to habbanne to be had in mind, Nar. 4, 9: 2, 8
Linked entries: ge-myndleás ge-mend ge-mind
eormen-cyn
The human race ⬩ hūmānum gĕnus
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The human race; hūmānum gĕnus God gesceapo ferede ǽghwylcum on eorþan eormencynnes God has borne his decrees to every one of the human race on earth, Exon. 88 b; Th. 333, 3; Vy. 96 : Beo. Th. 3918; B. 1957
fǽr-gryre
A perilous horror ⬩ terror perīcŭlōsus
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A perilous horror; terror perīcŭlōsus Ða hyssas þrý fǽrgryre fýres oferfaren hæfdon the three youths had passed through the fire's dire horror, Cd. 197; Th. 245, 14; Dan. 463. Wið fǽrgryrum against perilous horrors, Beo. Th. 350; B. 174