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.
þrymm
a host ⬩ great body of people ⬩ a force ⬩ multitude ⬩ a great body of water ⬩ force ⬩ power ⬩ might ⬩ glory ⬩ majesty ⬩ magnificence ⬩ greatness ⬩ grandeur
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Ðé þanciaþ þúsenda fela, eal engla þrym ánre stefne, Hy. 7, 50: Cd. Th. 267, 11; Sat. 36. Ealle ábúgaþ tó ðé, ðínra engla þrym, Hy. 7, 11. Seó heá duguð and se engla þrym, Exon. Th. 65, 33; Cri. 1064.
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wiþ-sacan
To deny ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ to say no ⬩ to refuse permission ⬩ refuse ⬩ reject ⬩ decline ⬩ to deny ⬩ reject ⬩ refuse assent ⬩ to renounce ⬩ reject ⬩ give up ⬩ refuse ⬩ withhold ⬩ not to give ⬩ to declare hostility
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Hí hiene (Mucius ) secgan héton, hú fela ðæra manna wǽre ðe wið ðæm cyninge Tarcuime swíðost wiðsacen hæfde, Ors. 2, 3; Swt. 68, 24
weg
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a road (lit. or fig.) made for passengers, a path commonly used ⬩ space to be traversed, a journey ⬩ manner, mode, method, plan ⬩ way, ⬩ way,
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Fela þúsenda be wæge for*-*fóran, 1096; Erl. 233, 21. Heó forðférde be Róme wege ((in itinere Rome), 888; Erl. 87, note 10.
ge-byrd
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Heó wearð beloren bearnum and bróðrum; hié on gebyrd hruron ( they fell one after the other ) gáre wunde, B. 1074
fæger
FAIR, beautiful, joyous, pleasant, pleasing, sweet ⬩ pulcher, dĕcōrus, lætus, jucundus, dulcis
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On hrusan ne feól fæger foldbold the fair earthly dwelling fell not on the ground, Beo. Th. 1550; B. 773: 2278; B. 1137. Biþ swá fæger fugles gebǽru the bird's bearing is so pleasing, Exon. 57 b; Th. 206, 11; Ph. 125.
ge-wit
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</b> what is felt, a sense, feeling. v. witan; Þurh wráð gewitt, El. 459. condition of being wise or sensible, good sense, understanding. v. witan; Sýn gecorene of ðám sylfum gebróðrum þá ðe gódes gewittes (gewitnes, v. l.: the 13th cent.
ge-settan
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On þǽm londe hé heora fela gesette (habitare praecepit), Ors. 3, 5 ; S. 104, 26. Hié hiene þǽr gesetton, 5, 2; S. 218, 28. (bb) figuratively :-- Wé under gyfe gesette nos sub gratia positi, An.
geond
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Wæs úre líf geond londa fela fracuð, Az. 23. Seó treów geond bilwitra breóst áríseð, Gn.
irnan
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Hé hiene hét iernan fela míla beforan his rǽdwǽne, Ors. 6, 30; S. 280, 12. Wildu diór þǽr woldon tó irnan, Bt. 35, 6; F. 168, l. Ðá wildan hors scealden iornan on hearde wegas and him ðá limo tóbrecan, Shrn. 72, l.
rǽdan
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On hwylcum dæge man rǽt .ix. kl. apr. swá fela beóþ concurrentes ... gif man rǽt ðæne datu-rum on Sunnandæg ðænne byþ án, Anglia viii. 302, 19-20. Se ðe rǽt (rǽdæ, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. 24, 15. Hé rǽdde his bóc ðam folce, Ex. 24, 7.
for-gifan
to give ⬩ bestow ⬩ grant ⬩ dispense ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give ⬩ to give up ⬩ hand over ⬩ deliver up ⬩ commit ⬩ practice ⬩ to give back ⬩ restore ⬩ to marry ⬩ to grant ⬩ permit ⬩ allow ⬩ to grant ⬩ to give ⬩ cause ⬩ to forgive
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Him wundra fela Alwalda in ǽht forgeaf, Ex. 11. Him líffreá woroldáre forgeaf, B. 17: Gen. 2109. Sige forgeaf Constantine cyning ælmihtig, El. 144. Forgif mé leóht on þissum lífe, An. 76. Forgif mé ondgiet, Hy. 4, 21.
ge-bétan
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Godes hálgan fela wundra worhtan . . . and þurh þæt mænigne man gebéttan, Wlfst. 84, 6. Gelǽred preóst ne scænde þone sámlǽredan, ac gebéte hine, gif hé bet cunne, Ll. Th. ii. 246, 19. Þæt ðá wítu þá gebétan þe hí brociaþ, Bt. 39, 11; F. 230, 8.
gangan
to go ⬩ walk ⬩ to go ⬩ pedestrian ⬩ foot ⬩ mounted ⬩ to move along, proceed ⬩ animate ⬩ live ⬩ to take a specified course ⬩ to be habitually in a specified condition ⬩ to pass, be current ⬩ to take place ⬩ to have a specified issue ⬩ to depart ⬩ to take one's way, proceed ⬩ go ⬩ move in a specified direction ⬩ go ⬩ and ⬩ to be carried, moved, impelled ⬩ to reach, extend ⬩ to pass ⬩ become ⬩ to come ⬩ to go to the closet, have an evacuation ⬩ to leave a permanent habitation ⬩ occupation
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S. 25, 556. to move along, proceed (irrespective of mode of progression) Geseah hé, þá hé bi sesse geóng, máððumsigla fela, B. 2756. Hé on orde geóng, 3125. Gif feórrancumen man búton wege gange (if he does not travel on the road), Ll.
wudu
wood ⬩ the substance of growing trees ⬩ a tree ⬩ (hewh) wood ⬩ the material obtained from trees ⬩ wood which forms something ⬩ something made of wood ⬩ wood ⬩ wood ⬩ the wood ⬩ woods ⬩ a wood ⬩ wild
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Nóht elles búton ða wéstan feldas and wudu and dúna. Nar. 20, 10. Fæsten Créca, wudu Egipta, Salm. Kmbl. 387 ; 831. 193: Exon. Th. 381, 9 ; Rä. 2, 8: Ps. Th. 82, 10. Fýr ðe bærnð wuda (sylvam), Ps.
freónd
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Add: dat. friénd, frínd, frýnd, freónde. where mutual affection is felt or professed Eálá þú freónd and mín mǽg (cf. his néhmága sum and his worldfreónda hine lufode, 9), Bl. H. 113, 22.
túdor
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Gódes túdres gesǽlig bona sobole felix, Bd. 3, 7; S. 529, 34: 3, 18; S. 546, 39. Wæstm*-*bærnysse tuddres faecunditatem sobolis, 1, 27; S. 493, 8. Sunu gódes tuddres filium bone indolis, Scint. 177, 6.
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stician
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To stick, remain fixed Ðæs spácan sticaþ óþer ende on ðære felge, óþer on ðære nafe, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 7. Lǽt ða ságlas stician ðǽron . . . Ða ságlas sticiaþ eallne weg inn on ðám hringum . . .
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
þæt
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Swá fela manna swá man wite þæt ungelygne sýn, L.