winnan
intrans ⬩ to labour ⬩ toil ⬩ work ⬩ to labour, endeavour, strive after ⬩ to labour, struggle, be troubled ⬩ to labour under, suffer from ⬩ to strive, contend, fight ⬩ of hostile action towards a person ⬩ of competition ⬩ of opposition to things ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ to make war ⬩ fight ⬩ of the action of inanimate objects ⬩ with cognate accusative ⬩ to win ⬩ make one's way ⬩ trans ⬩ to labour at ⬩ bestow labour upon ⬩ to labour under ⬩ suffer ⬩ undergo ⬩ to win ⬩ get ⬩ attain
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Th. 398, 1; Rä. 17, 1. to make war(lit. or fig.), fight Mec gesette Crist tó compe ... Hwílum ic fréfre ða ic ǽr winne on, Exon. Th. 389, 14; Rä 7, 7. Ǽlc ðæra ðe on gecampe winð, Homl. Th. ii. 86, 22.
Linked entry: on-winnende
láf
remnant ⬩ remains ⬩ relic ⬩ remainder ⬩ rest ⬩ lave ⬩ legacy ⬩ heirloom ⬩ a relict ⬩ widow
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, 20. used in poetry of weapons with the gen. of the implement employed in making them Ic eom wráðra láf fýres and feóle I am the leaving of foes, of fire and of file [a sword, forged in the fire and sharpened by the file], Exon. 126 a; Th. 484, 6; Rä
brúcan
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Þǽ;ra (hláfa) ic breác, Hml. S. 23 b, 521. Wé brécon ł éton manducavimus , Lk. L. 13, 26: Mk. L. 6, 44. Þǽ;ra éwena meolc gé brucon ovium lacte fructi estis , Ll. Th. ii. 202, 23. Ett ł brúc manduca , Jn. L. R. 4, 31. Brúce (brýce, R.) comede , Lk.
flǽsc
flesh ⬩ animals ⬩ human beings
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Wile monna sum mín flǽsc etan, felles ne réceð, Ra. 76, 5. Þæs lambes flǽsc gebrǽd etan, Angl. viii. 323, 47. Ic eotu flésc ferra (carnes taurarum), Ps. Srt. 49, 13. Flǽsca ǽt carnium esus, R. Ben.
hebban
to lift ⬩ to lift ⬩ to raise ⬩ lift ⬩ make a sound ⬩ to exalt ⬩ elevate ⬩ to extol ⬩ exalt ⬩ to set up ⬩ institute ⬩ to raise ⬩ bring up ⬩ to direct ⬩ bear ⬩ To rise ⬩ mount
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S. 8, 212. trans. to raise material to a higher level or towards a vertical position Se esne his ágen hrægl ofer cneó hefað, Rä. 45, 5. Hine gelæhte án hors mid tóðum and hefde him upp, Hml. S. 8, 212. Hyse hóf his ágen hrægl hondum úp, Rä. 55, 3.
úte
Outside ⬩ without. ⬩ out ⬩ from one's position ⬩ on the outside ⬩ outside ⬩ on the outer side ⬩ out ⬩ out of doors ⬩ in the open air ⬩ out ⬩ away ⬩ at a distance ⬩ out ⬩ away from habitations ⬩ in open country ⬩ out ⬩ from home on service ⬩ out ⬩ not in one's own country ⬩ abroad ⬩ out ⬩ away from land
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Th. 429, 10; Rä. 43, 2. out, away, at a distance Úttor exterius, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Zup. 240, 7: Exon. Th. 426, 35; Rä. 41, 84. out, away from habitations, in open country Hé ne mihte on ða ceastre gán, ac beón úte (foris) on wéstum stówum, Mk.
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wyn
delight ⬩ pleasure ⬩ delightfully ⬩ pleasantly ⬩ a delight ⬩ that which causes pleasure ⬩ the best of a class, ⬩ the pride of its kind. ⬩ the name of the w-rune
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Th. 146, 21; Gú. 713. a delight, that which causes pleasure Eh byð æðelinga wyn, Runic pm. 343, 4; Rún. 19 : 344. 31; Rún. 27. Fugles wyn (a quill), Exon. Th. 408, 5; Rä. 27, 7. Him leófedan londes wynne, bold on beorhge, 110, 20; Gú. 110.
Linked entry: mód-wén
GÁT
A she-GOAT ⬩ capra
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Exon. 106 b; Th. 406, 17; Rä. 25, 2. Gát capra vel capella, Wrt. Voc. 78, 33 : 287, 36 : 288, 16. Gáte blód goat's blood, Med. ex Quadr. 6, 4; Lchdm. i. 352, 3. Gáte flǽsc goat's flesh, L. M. 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 72, 8.
menigu
A many ⬩ multitude ⬩ crowd ⬩ great ⬩ number
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Mid manigeo, Rood Kmbl. 300; Kr. 151. From mengu a multitudine, Ps. Surt. 63, 3: Exon. 66 b; Th. 245, 16; Jul. 45. Mid mengo, Elen. Kmbl. 754; El. 377. For ðære meniu, Gen. 16, 10. For ðære miclan menige, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 124, 36.
gild
a payment of money ⬩ a tribute ⬩ compensation ⬩ retribution ⬩ substitute ⬩ solutio ⬩ tributum ⬩ compensatio ⬩ remuneratio ⬩ retributio ⬩ GUILD ⬩ society ⬩ club, to which payments were made for mutual protection and support, more extensive than our friendly societies ⬩ societas ⬩ fraternitas ⬩ a payment to God ⬩ worship ⬩ service ⬩ sacrifice ⬩ offering ⬩ cultus ⬩ sacrificium ⬩ a heathen deity ⬩ numen ⬩ a visible object of worship ⬩ an idol ⬩ idolum
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M. 34: R. A. 601, 649
Linked entries: gield gild-scipe ed-gild gild-selenn ge-gild ge-gilda geld geold gyld hǽðen-gild
scildan
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Scild úsig tuere nos, Rtl. 79, 16 : 84, 15. Him wæs lýfnesse sceald, ðæt hé him móste scyldan and besecgan, Bd. 5, 19; S. 640, 11. Scildende protegente, Rtl. 103, 34. Ðætte wé síe scildad defendi, 75, 5. Scylded beón tueri, Wrt.
slǽp
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Th. 422, 23; Ra. 41, 10. Slép, Prov. Kmbl. 1. Gif ic mínum eágum unne slǽpes, Ps. Th. 131, 4. Slépes soporis, Ps. Surt. ii. p. 201, 38: somni, 202, 15. Hí wéndon ðæt hé hyt sǽde be swefnes slǽpe (slépe, Lind. , Rush. de dor*-*mitione somnii ), Jn.
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sweostor
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Th. 394, 13; Rä. 14, 2. Ðe ne onfó swustru (swustra, MS. A.: suoestro, Lind.: swester, Rush.) Mk. Skt. 10, 30. of membership in a religious house Ætýwde sumre gódre swuster wundorlíc gesyhþ . . . Ðeós sweoster. . . Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 18-30.
Linked entries: suster swuster ge-sweostor
þríste
Bold ⬩ bold ⬩ presumptuous ⬩ audacious ⬩ shameless
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Th. 486, 24; Rä. 72, 20
wægn
A waggon ⬩ wain ⬩ carriage ⬩ vehicle ⬩ Charles' wain
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Hé ofer wǽg gewát, wǽn æfter ran, Runic pm. Kmbl. 343, 32; Rún. 22. Wægnes hweól rotam, Ps. Th. 82, 10. Wǽnes weð (swæd? pæð?) orbita, Wrt. Voc. i. 37, 47. Ánes wǽnes gangweg actus, 37, 37.
Linked entries: wægen waegne-þíxl wǽn
wǽt
wet, moist, damp, consisting of moisture ⬩ wet, moist, having moisture ⬩ wet, rainy
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Th. 417, 7; Rä. 36, 1. In wǽtan sihtran; of ðam wǽtan síce; . . . in ðæt wǽte sícc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 386, 10-16. Loca humentia, ðæt beóð wǽte stówa, Wulfst. 249, 17. On sméþum landum and on wǽtum, Lchdm. i. 90, 4.
ǽg-þer
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Ne hafað hió eágena ǽgðer twéga, Rä. 40, 11. Ðæt hé mehte ǽgþerne gerǽcan, Chr. 894; P. 84, 26. adjectival Æt ǽgþrum cirre, Chr. 918; P. 98, 29.
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sníðan
to cut, make an incision in anything ⬩ to cut as a surgeon does, to lance ⬩ to amputate ⬩ to cut up or to pieces ⬩ to cut so as to kill, to slay an animal ⬩ to cut stone, to hew ⬩ to cut hair ⬩ to cut corn, to reap ⬩ to reap ⬩ to cut ⬩ secare, resecare, caedere, putare, dolere, attondere ⬩ to cut, prune
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Th. 408, 2; Rä. 27, 6. to cut as a surgeon does, to lance or to amputate Mon sníð ða bearneácnan wíf secuerunt praegnantes Past. 48, 2; Swt. 367, 14.
hlutor
Clear, ⬩ pure, ⬩ bright, ⬩ sincere
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Þurh hlutterne dæg during the daylight, Exon. 105 b; Th. 401, 5; Rä. 21, 7. Hluttor pic resin, L. M. I. 4; Lchdm. ii. 44, 24: 1, 31; Lchdm. ii. 72, 25. Dó on hluttor æg add the white of an egg, 2, 64; Lchdm. ii. 288, 9.
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under
Under ⬩ under ⬩ at the foot of ⬩ under ⬩ within ⬩ among ⬩ below ⬩ beneath ⬩ down
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Th. 436, 34; Rä. 55, 11: 431, 3; Rä. 45, 2. Under heolstorlocan bídan to wait in prison, Andr. Kmbl. 288; An. 144: Beo. Th. 3860; B. 1928. Heó under breóstcofan bearn ácende, Hy. 10, 16.
Linked entries: Middel-Seaxe þúsend