fugel-cynn
a kind or species of birds
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Saga mé hú fela is fleógendra fugelcynna? Ic ðé secge, iiii and fíftig, Sal. K. 190, 18. Add:
wil-síþ
A desired journey, ⬩ a wished for, welcome journey
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Elene ne wolde ðæs síð-fætes sǽne weorðan, . . . ac wæs sóna gearu wíf on wilsíð, Elen. Kmbl. 445; El. 223. Sunnan wilsíð, Exon. Th. 2, 29; Cri. 26
swíþ-mód
great-souled, magnanimous, stout-hearted ⬩ stern-minded ⬩ of violent mind, arrogant, haughty, high-minded
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Th. 222, 5; Dan. 100: 225, 29; Dan. 161: 244, 18; Dan. 450. stern-minded Á ðone feónd swíðmód swipeþ, Salm. Kmbl. 185; Sal. 92.
cerlic
CARLOCK ⬩ CHARLOCK ⬩ rapum sylvestre
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The herb CARLOCK or CHARLOCK; rapum sylvestre Nim cerlices sǽd take seed of charlock, L. M. 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 102, 2: 2, 34; Lchdm. ii. 238, 30
Linked entry: cirlic
Blecinga ég
Blekingey, the sea-coast of the Blekingians, a province on the south-west of Sweden; in A. Sax. times belonging to Denmark
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Sax. times belonging to Denmark, Ors. 1, 1; Bos. 22, 1
þurh-spédig
Very wealthy
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Very wealthy Ðǽr eardode sum þurhspédig mann (cf. of the same person sum ríce man and for worlde ǽhtspédig, Blickl. Homl. 197, 27), Homl. Th. i. 502, 8
unrót-mód
Sad at heart
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Sad at heart Hé for ðære geómrunga ðæs óþres deáþes leng on ðam lande gewunian ne mihte; ac hé unrótmód of his cýþþe gewát, Blickl. Homl. 113, 12
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lilie
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Sal. K. 186, 9
samlíce
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In unison, all together Ðeáh ðe ealle eorðan wæter sýn gemenged wið ðám heofonlicum wætrum uppe on áne ǽdran, and hit samlíce rínan onginne, Sal. K. 148, 18
hreóh-ness
storm ⬩ tempest
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Micel hreohnys on ðære sǽ, 378, 14. Seó hreóhnys wearþ gestilled the tempest was stilled, i. 246, 10, 1. Ic geseó ðæt dás bróðor synd geswencede of ðisse sǽwe hreónesse I see that these brethren are wearied from the roughness of the sea, Blickl.
Linked entry: hréð-ness
basing
A short cloak ⬩ a cloak ⬩ chlamys ⬩ χλăμύs ⬩ pallium
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A short cloak, a cloak; chlamys = χλăμύs, pallium Ic geseah wurm-reádne basing I saw a purple [worm or shell-fish reddened] cloak; vidi pallium coccineum, Jos. 7, 21
mótan
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Gif man óðerne sace tihte and hé ðane mannan móte (meet with; Price translates cite, see his note) an medle oððe an þinge, L.H.E. 8; Th. i. 30, 11
bonda
A husband, an householder, a master of a family ⬩ maritus
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A husband, an householder, a master of a family; maritus Se bonda sæt the husband dwelt, L. C. S. 73; Th. i. 414, 21: 77; Th. i. 418, 24
Linked entry: banda
un-becrafod
Not subjected to claims
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Not subjected to claims Ðǽr se bónda sæt unbecrafod where the husband dwelt without having had any claims made upon him, L. C. S. 73; Th. i. 414, 22
Linked entries: un-crafod be-crafian
wóddor
The gate of speech ⬩ the mouth
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T hine teswaþ, and hine on ða tungan sticaþ, wrǽsteþ him ðæt wóddor, and him ða wongan briceþ, Salm. Kmbl. 191 ; Sal. 95
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á-birgan
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Hé ábyrgde ðá forbodenan fictreówes blǽda, Sal. K. 182, 34
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hwistlian
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Wistlaþ ot þám dǽle þe ꝥ sár biþ, Lch. ii. 258, 19. Hwistliende sibilant (coluber linguis trisulcis ), An. Ox. 4703. Swisliende, 2, 370. Add
lengþ
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Add: height, v. lang; 2 a Ðone munt ðe sý in ðǽre lengoðe seó líne ðe wile .xxxiii. síþa ealne eorðan ymbehwyrft útan ymblicgan, Sal. K. p. 152, 5
brymme
A BRIM, brink, an edge, a border, lip of a pot, and such like ⬩ ora, margo
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A BRIM, brink, an edge, a border, lip of a pot, and such like; ora, margo Brymmas sǽs the borders or shores of the sea, a strait, Hymn. Lye
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sele-þegn
A hall-thane ⬩ chamberlain
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A hall-thane, chamberlain Him (Beowulf) seleþegn síðes wérgum forþ wísade, se ealle beweotede þegnes þearfe (the chamberlain who saw after everything Beowulf needed), Beo. Th. 3592; B. 1794