un-cúþ
Unknown ⬩ incognitus ⬩ unknown ⬩ strange ⬩ unknown ⬩ not understood ⬩ unknown ⬩ uncertain ⬩ ungentle ⬩ unkind ⬩ hostile ⬩ harsh ⬩ unfriendly
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Se hwíta stán mæg wið eallum uncúþum ( unknown, and so caused by witchcraft? ) brocum, Lchdm. ii. 290, 11. Ðǽr him folcweras fremde wǽron, wine uncúðe, Cd. Th. 110, 32; Gen. 1847.
Linked entry: un-cúþlíce
lagu
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the body of rules binding on the members of a state or community Hé hit béte swá swá lagu tǽce ( as the law directs ), Ll. Th. i. 418, 14. Swá man swýðor spæc embe rihte lage swá mann dyde máre unlaga, Chr. 1086; P. 218, 19.
a-wrítan
to write out or down ⬩ to transcribe ⬩ describe ⬩ compose ⬩ transcribere ⬩ describere ⬩ conscribere ⬩ contexere ⬩ to inscribe ⬩ inscribere ⬩ inscriptione ornare ⬩ to carve ⬩ delineate ⬩ draw ⬩ sculpere ⬩ delineare
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Ðara abbuda stǽr and spell ðysses mynstres on twám bócum ic awrát I wrote a history and narrative of the abbots of this monastery in two books, Bd. 5, 23 ; S. 648, 30: 5, 23 ; S. 649, 11. to inscribe; inscribere, inscriptione ornare Wæs se beám bócstafum
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CÍGAN
To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summon ⬩ vocare, nominare, invocare, convocare ⬩ To cry, call ⬩ clamare, vocare
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To call, name, call upon, invoke, call together, summon; vocare, nominare, invocare, convocare Drihten mæg steorran be naman cígean ealle the Lord can call all the stars by name, Ps. Th. 146, 4.
land-riht
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Mid rihtum landrihte swá hit on lande stonde in accordance with the regular law of the land, as it stands in the land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 435, 35.
ge-byrd
birth ⬩ origin ⬩ beginning ⬩ parentage ⬩ family ⬩ lineage ⬩ nativitas ⬩ origo ⬩ stirps ⬩ genus ⬩ nature ⬩ quality ⬩ state ⬩ condition ⬩ lot ⬩ fate ⬩ natura ⬩ qualitas ⬩ conditio ⬩ sors ⬩ fatum
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Be ðam gebyrdum concerning parentage, Bt. 30, 1; Fox 108, 19. nature [what a man is natu by birth, or to what he is natus born], quality, state, condition, lot, fate; natura, qualitas, conditio, sors, fatum God ána wát ymb ðæs fugles gebyrd God alone
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under-bæc
backwards ⬩ back ⬩ behind ⬩ back
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Nú næfð Israél nánne stede wið his fýnd ac flíhð underbæc nec poterit Israel stare ante hostes suos, eosque fugiet, Jos. 7, 12. Underbæc cyrran to turn back, Exon. Th. 405, 2; Rä. 23, 17: Ps. Lamb. 34, 4. (Under bæce, Ps. Spl. 34, 5.)
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ágan
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Th. 481, 12. de-scribing a state or condition, to have need, &c. Drihten þæs áh þearfe, Bl. H. 71, 1. Ðǽm ðe lǽssan þearfe áhton, Bt. 38, 7; F. 208, 26. Hí sceande ágon confundantur , Ps.
late
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Hé ágeaf andsware æfter longre hwíle, swá hé late meahte oreðe gewealdan, Gú. 1198. after the proper or usual time, after delay, after a long time, at an advanced period or stage Hé wile áfeallan, ðeáh hit late sié non quidem repente, sed cadit Past.
sleán
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</b> to make a sound with the voice Þone swég þára fíf clipiendra stafa sleán hí wel sonum uocalium litterarum bene perstrepant, Chrd. 57, 9. <b>VI b.
snotor
Prudent, wise, sagacious ⬩ prudens
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Ðæs snottor in sefan ðæt hé ána mǽge ealle geríman stánas on eorðan Cd. Th. 205, 19; Exod. 438. Fród wita, snottor ár Exon. Th. 313, 18; Mód. 2. Swá cwæð snottor on móde, gesæt him sundor æt rúne 293, 4; Wand. 111.
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ge-wendan
To turn ⬩ change ⬩ translate ⬩ incline ⬩ bring about ⬩ To turn [one's self] ⬩ change ⬩ go ⬩ return
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To turn [one's self], change, go, return Wá biþ ðam ðe sceal frófre ne wénan wihte gewendan woe to the man that must expect no comfort, who must change [his condition] in nothing [whose state is hopeless and unchangeable?], Beo. Th. 374; B. 186.
heard
firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ resolute ⬩ bold ⬩ resolute ⬩ obdurate ⬩ rigid ⬩ unyielding ⬩ oppressive ⬩ rigorous ⬩ strict ⬩ harsh
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Ic læg on heardum stáne, Cri. 1425. Hearde méde (cf. on Heardanlége, ðǽre is óðer noma Drýganlég, C. D. v. 141, 27), Txts. 436, 5. Hí fuhton heardum heoruwǽpnum, Jud. 263. Iornan on hearde wegas, Shrn. 72, 2.
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ge-witnes
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Ic hér on sóðre gewitnesse stande . . . swá ic mid mínum égum oferseah and mínum eárum oferhýrde ꝥ ꝥ ic him mid sæcge, 180, 28: 276, 33. Nán óðer þingc on gewitnysse ne cýþe bútan ꝥ án ꝥ hé geseah oþþe gehýrde, 274, 17.
sáwel
The soul ⬩ the soul, the animal life ⬩ the soul, ⬩ a soul, a human creature
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þurh ða Geþencean ða men ðæt hié heora sylfra sáwla geseón ne mágon; ac ealswá hwæt swá se gesénelíca líchama déþ, eal ðæt déþ seó ungesýnelíce sáwl þurh ðone líchoman; and ðonne seó sáwl hié gedǽleþ wið ðone líchoman, hwylc biþ hé ðonne búton swylpe stán
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heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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Ðone stán ðeæt his heáfdum læg the stone that lay at his head, Past. 16, 3; Swt. 101, 16.
swá
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Swá þonne hé tó ðǽm stáne cóm, þonne hét hé hiene mid fýre onhǽtan, 4, 8; S. 186, 18. Swá þis gedón byþ, gá ic æfter þe opere expleto te subseyuor, Gr. D. 36, 31 : Bt. 31, 4; F. 252, 12.
ge-feallan
to fall from a higher to a lower position ⬩ to fall from an erect position, ⬩ to stumble, fall into or over :-- ⬩ to fall in reverence :-- ⬩ to fall dead or wounded, fall in battle :-- ⬩ to fall, ⬩ to perish, be ruined ⬩ to decline, decay, fail ⬩ to fall to doing something, to fall a-doing, busy one's self at something, apply with energy to ⬩ of that which (violently) affects the mind ⬩ to reach by falling, to fall and reach, fall to ⬩ to cause by falling
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Hé gefeóll tó foldan, 280. to stumble, fall into or over :-- Éghuoelc sé ðe gefalleð onufa ðæm stáne, Lk. L. R. 20, 18. Gif gefallas scíp in seáð, Mt. L. 12, 11. Hí on ðone seáð gefeóllan, Ps.
syndrig
separate, alone, not joined with others ⬩ standing apart, not accessible ⬩ special, set apart for a particular purpose ⬩ special, singular, extraordinary, remarkable for an unusual quality ⬩ for the unusual degree in which some quality exists ⬩ of that which concerns a single person, private, own ⬩ proprius, privatus ⬩ separate, several, sundry, each separately ⬩ one a-piece, one each
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Swá ðonne hé tó ðæm syndrigum stáne com ðonne hét hé hiene mid fýre onhǽtan and siþþan mid mattucan heáwan ad Alpes pervenit. . . atque invias rupes igni ferroque rescindit, Ors. 4, 8;Swt. 186, 18. special, set apart for a particular purpose Sáwlsceat