ge-mæcca
A companion, mate, consort, husband or wife ⬩ conjux
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Ne eart ðú ðon leófre nǽngum lifigendra menn to gemæccan ðonne se swearta hrefn thou art not any dearer to any living man as mate than the swart raven, Exon. 99 a; Th. 370, 6; Seel. 53.
hild
grace ⬩ safe keeping ⬩ preservation ⬩ safety
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Substitute: watchful care, safe keeping exercised by a person with respect to persons Þú eart se gooda gleáw on gesyhðe þára háligra þe þínne held curan, Ps. Th. 51, 8. Hálgum gástum þe his hyld curon, Dan. 481.
oft
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Sum geréfa eard weardade oftast symle in þǽre ceastre Commedia, Jul. 20. Oftust, Ps. Th. 93, 4. Add
wracnian
To be ⬩ travel in a foreign country ⬩ be a pilgrim ⬩ stranger
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Þulige se, ðe hit on gelang sý, ǽlcere eardwununge, and wræcnige of earde, oððon on earde swíde deópe gebéte, swá biscop him tǽce, Wulfst. 120, 13: 300, 25
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under-bæc
backwards ⬩ back ⬩ behind ⬩ back
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Háwian underbæc respicere retro (Lk. 9, 62), Past. 51; Swt. 403, 2. where the point from which something proceeds is behind the recipient Ðín eáran gehíraþ underbæc thine ears shall hear a word behind thee (Is. 30, 21); aures tuae audient verbum post
Linked entry: BÆC
Cwén-land
Cwén-land lies between the White Sea [Cwén Sǽ] and Norway, north of the Gulf of Bothnia. The country east and west of the Gulf of Bothnia, from Norway to the Cwén or White Sea, including Finmark on the north. Malte-Brun says that the inhabitants of Cwén-land were a Finnish race. They were called Quaines, and by Latin writers Cayani. Gerchau maintains, in his history of Finland, 1810, that the Laplanders only were called Finns, and that they were driven from the country by the Quaines. 'They settled in Lapland, and on the shores of the White Sea, which derived from them the name of Quen Sea or Quen-vik.'. . . Adamus Bremensis happened to be present at a conversation, in which king Swenon spoke of Quen-land or Quena-land, the country of the Quaines, but as the stranger's knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman
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knowledge of Danish was very imperfect, he supposed the king had said Quinna-land, the country of women or Amazons; hence the absurd origin of his Terra Feminarum, mistaking the name of the country with quinna a woman e Sweón habbaþ be súþan him ðone sǽs earm
mennisc
Men ⬩ people
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Ácwealde ðæt earme mennisc, Homl. Th. ii. 474, 7
mirige
Pleasant ⬩ delightful ⬩ sweet
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Eall se eard wæs mirige ( or adv. ? ) mid wætere gemenged, Gen. 13, 10. Dómes dæg, ðæt is se myriga dæg, Wulfst. 244, 15. Hwæt ða woruldlustas myreges (myrges, MS. Cott.) brengaþ quid habeat jucunditatis, Bt. 31, 1; Fox 112, 4.
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georn-ful
Full of desire, eager, solicitous, anxious, strenuous, zealous, intent, diligent ⬩ sollĭcĭtus, stŭdiōsus, anxius, sēdŭlus, intentus, dīlĭgens
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Geornfull ðú eart sollĭcĭta es, Lk. Bos. 10, 41. Wæs he on willsumnesse háligra gebeda gecneord and geornfull erat orātiōnum devōtiōni sollertissĭme intentus, Bd. 4, 28; S. 606, 34.
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á-blycgan
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Hí urnon tó áblicgede, and woldon ðæt fýr mid wætere ofgeótan, 166, 7. to get affected by wonder, get amazed, astonished Mid áblicendum eárum attonitis auribus R. Ben. I. 2, 10. Ðá wearð seó menigu swíðe áblicged, and mid wundrunge cwǽdon, Hml.
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ofer-gán
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Þá unrótnessa þe þú nú on eart, swá ilce ofergáð, swá þú cwist ꝥ þá blissa ǽr dydon, Bt. 8 ; F. 24, 34.
hálsung
Supplication, beseeching, entreaty, adjuration, exorcising, exorcism, augury, greeting ⬩ supplication ⬩ omen, auspicium ⬩ greeting
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Mid eárum onfóh míne hálsunge auribus percipe obsecrationem meam, Ps. Th. 142, 1. Hálsunga dóþ obsecrationes faciunt, Lk. Skt. 5, 33. Se ðe hálsunga behealdaþ quicunque exorcismos observat, L. Ecg. C. 29, note; Th. ii. 154, 29.
brice
A breaking, rupture, fracture, fragment, violation, breach ⬩ fractio, ruptura, fractura, fragmentum, violatio
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A breaking, rupture, fracture, fragment, violation, breach; fractio, ruptura, fractura, fragmentum, violatio Híg hine oncneówon on hláfes brice cognoverunt earn in fractione panis, Lk. Bos. 24, 35.
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smítan
to daub, smear, smudge ⬩ to defile, pollute ⬩ to smear, anoint ⬩ to cast ⬩ linere ⬩ strike
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to daub, smear, smudge Ðú nymst his blód and smítst ofer útewerd Aarones swýðre eáre Ex. 29, 20. Smát, gemaercode inpingit (cf. inpingit gemearcode vel signat, 45, 59) Wrt. Voc. ii. 111, 57.
a-mearcian
To mark out ⬩ delineate ⬩ describe ⬩ determine ⬩ annotare ⬩ denotare ⬩ designare ⬩ describere ⬩ definire
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Ðone, ðe grúnd and sund, heofon and eorþan, amearcode mundum sínum him, who land and sea, heaven and earth, marked out with his own hands, 1499; An. 751: R. Concord. 2
flǽsc-hama
Flesh-covering ⬩ the body ⬩ a carcase ⬩ carnis tegmen ⬩ corpus
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Flesh-covering, the body, a carcase ; carnis tegmen, corpus Læg mín flǽschoma in foldan bigrafen my body lay buried in earth, Exon. 29a; Th. 89, 32; Cri. 1466: 47b; Th. 163, 35; Gú. 1004.
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for-wrégan
To accuse strongly ⬩ vehementer accūsāre
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Ða Wælisce men forwrégdon ða eorlas the Welshmen accused the earls, 1048; Erl. 178, 24. He wæs oft to ðam cyninge forwreged he had often been accused to the king, 952; Erl. 118, 27: 1068; Erl. 206, 33.
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ge-weorp
A throwing ⬩ tossing ⬩ dashing ⬩ what is thrown up ⬩ a heap ⬩ jactus ⬩ jactātio ⬩ projectio
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Ðǽr ðú geseó tord-wifel on eorþan up weorpan ymbfó hine mid twám handum mid his geweorpe when you see a dung-beetle in the earth throwing up mould, catch it with both hands along with his casting up, L. M. iii. 18; Lchdm. ii. 318, 17
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græfa
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Earle in his note on this word, p. 300, suggests a translation other than that given by previous editors. By them it has been translated 'coal,' he suggests 'gravel.'
of-cyrf
a cutting off, amputation ⬩ that which is cut off
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Th. i. 94, 32. that which is cut off Hé tócearf his basing on emtwá, and sealde óðerne dǽl ðam earman wædlan, and mid ðam ofcyrfe hine eft bewǽfde wrapped himself in the remaining portion of the cloak, Homl. Th. ii. 500, 27.