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hlǽfdige

a queenOur Ladylady

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Se cyng (Edward) geaf þǽre hlǽfdian (cf. seó cwén, 182, 7) Ǽrest his kynehláforde ǽnne beáh on hundeahtotigan mancysan goldes ...

felgan

(v.)
Grammar
felgan, ic felge, ðú filgst, filhst, he filgþ, filhþ, pl. felgaþ; p. fealg, fealh, pl. fulgon; pp. folgen

To stick tobetake oneself togo or come under, below or beneath anythingto go intoenter a placeto undergoinhærēresŭbīreināreintrāre

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Hý ymb ða geatu feohtende wǽron óþ hý ðǽrinne fulgon they were fighting about the gates until they entered therein, Chr. 755; Th. 87, 3, col. 1. Siððan inne fealh Grendles módor when Grendel's mother came in, Beo. Th. 2567; B. 1281.

Linked entry: ge-felgan

ge-welgian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-welgian, -welegian; p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad

To enrichmake wealthyendowdītāredōtāre

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Ða ðe geára on sacerdháde æðellíce gewelegode wǽron quos ōlim sacerdōtii grădu non ignobĭlĭter potītos, 3, 19; S. 548, 38

Linked entry: weligian

oft-rǽde

(adj.)
Grammar
oft-rǽde, adj.

frequentready at many times

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frequent Hæglas and snáwas and se oftrǽda rén leccaþ ða eorþan on wintra, Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 16. ready at many times Gafolswán sceal beón swá ic ǽr be beócere cwæþ (cf. 1. 3, beóceorl sceal hwíltidum geara beón on manegum weorcum tó hláfordes willan

ge-hergian

(v.)
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Ealle þá men þe hié geher-gead hæfden Ors. 4, 6 ; S. 178, 13. Gif hwylc mǽden beweddod bið, and under þám bið gehergod ( in captivitatem ducta ). Ll. Th. ii. 186, 27: Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 36.

twiwa

(adv.)
Grammar
twiwa, tweowa, twuwa, tuwa, tuwwa, tua, twiga, twigea, twige, twía; adv.
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Ðæt heó on geáre twigea (twiwa, MS. H.: tuwa, MS. B.) blówe, Lchdm. i. 320, 13. Hé gefeaht II (tweowa, MS. C.) wið ðone cyning, Ors. 6, 30; Swt. 280, 9. Tweowa on dæg bis in die, Coll. Monast. Th. 20, 17. Twuwa, Scint. 80, 11.

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the yearwinterwintry weathercolda year

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Wintra fela . . . geára mengeo, 103, 26; Gen. 1724. Twelf wintra tíd, Beo. Th. 296; B. 147. Ðæt swá fyrn gewearð wintra gangum, Elen. Kmbl. 1262; El. 633. Wintra gerímes þreó and þrítig geára, Cd. Th. 296, 15; Sat. 502: Chr. 1065; Erl. 196, 26.

preóst

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Ic an Alfwolde mínum preóste twǽgra hída, . . . and ic gean Æþælmǽre mínum præóste twǽgra hída, C.

beáh

(n.; part.)
Grammar
beáh, beág, bǽh, bég, béh; gen. beáges; dat. beáge; pl. beágas; m. [beáh, beág; p. of búgan to bend]

Metal made into circular ornamentsA ringbraceletcollargarlandcrownanulusarmilladiademacorona

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Metal made into circular ornaments, as A ring, bracelet, collar, garland, crown; anulus, armilla, diadema, corona. Bracelets were worn about the arms and wrists; rings on the fingers, round the ankles, the neck, and about the head. See Guide to Northern

ná-wiht

(n.)
Grammar
ná-wiht, nó-wiht, ná-uht, náwht, náht, nóht.

nothingnaughta thing of no valuean evil thingnot

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Grammar ná-wiht, as subst. with gen. es; n. nothing, naught, a thing of no value, an evil thing Is tó cýðanne hwelc náwuht (náuht, Cott. MSS.) ðes woruldgielp is intimandum est, quam sit nulla temporalis gloria, Past. 41,1; Swt. 299, 6. Náwuhtes cearu

wilder

(n.)
Grammar
wilder, (-or ? cf. wildor-líc. v. next word) (and wild ? cf. O. H. Ger. wild; dat. pl. wildiran ; and the declensions of lamb, cild), es; n.

A wild beast

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A wild beast þan deoren,and duden of þan wilden al heora willa, Laym. 1129. At þe fyrst quethe of þe quest quaked þe wylde, Gaw. 1150. Went we to wod the wilde for to cacchne. Destr. Tr. 2347. Þurh ðæs wildres ( the panther's ) mflð, Exon. Th. 358, 10

Linked entry: wildor

gilpan

(v.)
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Þá gealp hé and fægnode Godes fultumes, Ps. Th. 4, arg. Ðá hé ongeat ðæt hié gulpun hiera fæstenes dum de abstinentiae virtute gloriantium praecepta perstringeret Past. 313, l. to glory in (inst. ) Lífe ne gielpeð, hláfordes gifum, Rä. 59, 12.

wiþ-sacan

(v.)
Grammar
wiþ-sacan, p. -sóc, pl. -sócon; pp. -sacen

To denyrefuserejectto say noto refuse permissionrefuserejectdeclineto denyreject refuse assentto renouncerejectgive uprefusewithholdnot to giveto declare hostility

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To deny, refuse, reject Ic wiþsace recuso, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Zup. 178, 13. Sume (adverbs) syndan abnegativa, ðæt synd wiðsacendlíce, mid ðám wé wiðsacaþ, 38; Zup. 226, 4. Wé wiðsacaþ diffitemur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 28, 21. Ic ne wiþsóc non abnui, 60, 32. Wiðsóc

drinc-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
drinc-fæt, drince-fæt, drync-fæt, drenc-fæt; gen. -fætes ; pl. nom. acc. -fatu; n. [fæt a vessel]

A drinking-vessel, cup pōcŭlum, calix = κύλιξ

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A drinking-vessel, cup; pōcŭlum, calix = κύλιξ Beóþ heora drincfatu gefyldu their drinking-vessels shall be filled, Ps. Th. 10, 7

Eást-Seaxe

(n.)
Grammar
Eást-Seaxe, gen. -Seaxa; dal. -Seaxum; pl. m: -Seaxan; gen. -Seaxena, -Seaxna; dat. -Seaxum; pl. m.

The East-Saxons, people of Essex orientāles Saxŏnes

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The East-Saxons, people of Essex; orientāles Saxŏnes Hér Eást-Seaxe onféngon geleáfan and ful-wihtes bæþ in this year [A. D. 604] the East-Saxons received the faith and bath of baptism, Chr. 604; Th. 36, 33, col. 2, 3: 823; Th. 110, 31, col. 1: 894;

éðle

(n.)
Grammar
éðle, to a home, Exon. 37 b; Th. 123, 21; Gú. 326: éðles of a home, Andr. Kmbl. 1660; An. 830; dot. and gen. of éðel

a home domĭcĭlium

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a home; domĭcĭlium

þrúh

(n.)
Grammar
þrúh, (also þrýh, Bd. S. 580, 14); gen. dat. þrýh, and dat. þrúh; f.: dat. þrúge; m. n.

Wood or stone hollowed outa troughpipeconduita boxchesta coffinsarcophagustomb

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Wood or stone hollowed out. a trough, pipe, conduit Ðrúh, thruuch, thruch tubo, Txts. 103, 2067. Þrúh vel mylentroh canalis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 16. Of þrýh ł þeótan tubo, Hpt. Gl. 418, 61. Of ðam bróce in ðæt þrúh; of ðam þrúge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii.

Linked entry: þrýh

ge-wissian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-wissian, p. ode, ade; pp. od

To make or cause to knowto instructinformdirectcommandgoverndocereedocereregerepræciperedirigere

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Ic gean ðara vi. punda ðe ic Eádmunde mínon bréðer gewissod hæbbe I give the six pounds that I have indicated to my brother Edmund, Th. Chart. 559, 6. Gif ðú nelt beón gewissod if thou wilt not be directed, Ælfc. T. Lisle, 40, 12

Linked entry: wísian

seofon

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
seofon, syfon ; when used without a following noun it is declined, nom. , acc. seofone; g. seofona; d. seofonum.
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Ða seofon gódan geár, Gen. 41, 53. His heres wæs seofon hund þusenda. Ors. 2, 5 ; Swt. 78, 10. Seofon nihta fyrst, Elen. Kmbl. 1385; El. 694. On ðám seofon wæstmbǽron geárum, Gen. 41, 47. Hé ábád óðre seofon dagas, 8, 10.

Linked entries: seofan sibun

Wéland

(n.)
Grammar
Wéland, es; m.
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Wélandes Met. 10, 33, 35, 42 in local names of England: Ðis sint ðæs landes gemǽre æt Cumtúne (Compton Beauchamp, Berkshire) . . . hit cymð on ðæt wíde geat be eástan Wélandes smiððan Cod. Dip. Kmbl. v. 332, 23.

Linked entry: Weolud