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on-líhtend

(n.)
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on-líhtend, es; m.
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One who enlightens Drihten is mín onlýhtend and mín hǽlend Dominus illuminatio mea et salus mea, Ps. Th. 26, 1

on-unwís

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Hé wende ꝥ hé sprǽke onunwís (?on unwís ?) þá hé bebeád . . . quod quasi insana praeciperet, Gr. D. 58, 1. Add

feówertig

alone

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Add: substantival. alone. as a neuter sing. with adj. inflections(?) Þǽr wearð Somnita and Gallia feówertig M (=þúsenda? but cf. Past. 409, 9 below for a number taken as singular ), Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 14. Bið feórtiges cæmpena ðrowung, Shrn. 61, 27.

BOLLA

(n.)
Grammar
BOLLA, an; m.
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Any round vessel, cup, pot, BOWL, a measure; vas, cyathus = κύαθos Bolla cyathus, Glos. Epnl. Recd. 156, 16. Cærenes gódne bollan fulne meng togædere mingle together a good bowl full of boiled wine, L. M. 1, 1; Lchdm. ii. 24, 19. Ðǽr wǽron bollan steápe

Cumber-land

(n.)
Grammar
Cumber-land, Cumbra-land, Cumer-land , es; n. [Sim. Dun. Cumbreland: Hunt. Hovd. Brom. Cumberland]

CUMBERLAND; Cumbria

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CUMBERLAND; Cumbria Hér Eádmund cyning oferhergode eal Cumbraland in this year [A. D. 945] king Edmund overran all Cumberland, Chr. 945 ; Th. 212, 10 ; 213, 10, col. 1, 2: Cumberland, 213, 10, col. 3 . On ðisum geáre se cyning férde into Cumerlande [

Linked entries: Cumbra-land Cumer-land

Hálgo-land

(n.)
Grammar
Hálgo-land, es; n.
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A district [fylki] of Norway, Hálogaland Óhthere sǽde ðæt sió scir hátte Hálgoland ðe hé on búde. Hé cwæþ ðæt nán mann ne búde be norþan him Ohthere said that the district was called Halogaland that he lived in. He said that no one lived north of him

hoppetan

(v.)
Grammar
hoppetan, p. te
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To jump about [for joy], leap, rejoice, to throb [of a wound] Swá benne ne burnon ne burston ne hoppetan so that the wounds should neither burn nor burst nor throb, L. M. 3, 63; Lchdm. ii. 352, 1. Ðæne ðe méder on rife hoppetende beclýsed Johannes undergeat

Mǽðas

(n.)
Grammar
Mǽðas, Mǽðe, Méðas, Médas

the Medes

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the Medes Siððan hæfdon Mǽðe onwald: ofer Méðas ðæt lond: Asiria anwald gehwearf on Méðas: Mǽða ríce, onwald: on ðara Méða anwalde: Méða ealdorman: betuh Mǽðum: Mǽðum gafol guldon: cyning in Méðen, Ors. 1, 12; 2, 1; Swt. pp. 52, 54, 60. Méda máððumselas

Linked entries: Mǽðisc Médas Méðas

Peohtas

(n.)
Grammar
Peohtas, pl.
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The Picts Ðá férdon Peohtas in Breotone ... Mid ðý Peohtas wíf næfdon ... ðæt is mid Peohtum healden ... Ðridde cynn Breotone onféng on Pehta dǽle, Bd. 1, 1; S. 474, 17-25. On Peohta gereorde, S. 474, 4. Pehta cynn, 5, 24; S. 646, 33. Hí sceoldon feohton

Linked entry: Pyhtas

gió

(adv.)
Grammar
gió, adv.

Formerlyof oldbeforequondamolimpridem

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Formerly, of old, before; quondam, olim, pridem Se wæs gió cyning who was formerly king, Bt. Met. Fox 26, 70; Met. 26, 35: 28, 60; Met. 28, 30: Bt. 16, 1; Fox 50, 7, Cot. MS: 38, 1; Fox 194, 3: Elen. Kmbl. 871; El. 436: Beo. Th. 5036; B. 2521. Ǽror gió

Rín

(n.)
Grammar
Rín, m.; f.
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The Rhine Sió eá ðe man hǽt Rín, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 22, 23. Neáh Rínes ófre ðære ié, Swt. 14, 32. Beeástan Ríne, Swt. 14, 36. On ðæm Ionde beeástan Rín, Chr. 887; Erl. 86, 7. On cyrican Colonie ðære ceastre bí Ríne, Bd. 5, 10; S. 625, 22. Ðá wurpon hí heora

scop-leóþ

(n.)
Grammar
scop-leóþ, es ; n.
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A poem Se heora cyning ongan singan and giddian and mid ðæm scopleóþe heora mód swíðe getrymede Tyrtaei ducis composito carmine et pro cocione recitato accensi, Ors. 1, 14 ; Swt. 56, 32. Hé (Nero) ongon wyrcan scopleóþ be ðæm bryne Iliadem decantabat

sicetan

(v.)
Grammar
sicetan, sicettan, siccetan, siccettan; p. te.
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to sigh, groan Sicetit sin*-*gultat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 120, 50. Ðá begann se ealda siccetan and mid wópe wearþ ofergoten, Ælfc. T. Grn. 18, 1. as opposed to expressing grief by speech (?) Ða unryhtwísan sicettaþ (siccettaþ, Cott. MSS.) on ðǽm þiéstrum

Súþan-hymbre

(n.)
Grammar
Súþan-hymbre, -humbre; pl.
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The Southumbrians, the Mercians Hér Súþanhymbre (-humbre, Laud. MS.) ofslógon Æþelrédes cwéne (cf. Æþelréd Myrcna cyning, Bd. 4, 21; S. 590, 14), Chr. 697; Th. 67, cols. 1, 3. Hér Cénréd féng tó Súþanhymbre ríce (cf. Cénréd Myrcna ríce fore wæs. Bd.

Linked entries: Súþ-hymbre Hymbre

wéstig

(adj.)
Grammar
wéstig, adj.
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Waste, desert, desolate Of Angle se á syððan stód wéstig ( desertus Bd. 1, 15), Chr. 449; Erl. 13, 16. Wéstig is stów desertus est locus Mk. Skt. Rush. 6, 35. Wéstig (woestig, Rush.), Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 23, 38. Woestihg (woestig, Rush.), 14, 15. On woestigum

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bær-synnig

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Bærsynig (bearswinig,R.) Lk. L. 18, 10. Bærsuinnig, Mt. p. 8, 7. Ðone bærsynnig publicanum, Lk. L. 5, 27. Bærsynnigo publicani, 15, 1. Bærsuinnigo, Mt. L. 5, 46. Bærsuinniho, 9, 10. Bærsunigo, Mk. L. 2, 15. Ðára bærsynnigra publicanorum, Mt. p. 16, 1.

deófol-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
deófol-líce, (deóf-); adv.
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as a devil. v. deófol-lic, <b>I </b>Antecríst áginð leógan deófollíce (deóflíce, v. l. ), Wlfst. 85, 1: 200, 1. like a devil, furiously, cruelly. v. deófol-lic, <b>II </b>Datianus deófollíce (deóflíce, v. l. ) geyrsode ongeán

Linked entry: deófel-líce

ge-síþman

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In the bracket in 1. 2 read gesíðman, and add: The word seems to have the same meaning as gesíþ. v. ge-síþ; <b>III a</b> Ánes gesíðmannes (cf. sumes gesíðes, 1. 8: it is the same person in each case) wíf coniugem comitis, Bd. 5, 4; Sch. 567

súþan

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Add Pyhtas cóman súþan of Scithian, Chr. pref.; P. 3, 6. Add Be-westan him is se beorh Athlans oð ðone gársecg, and súþan ðá beorgas þe man hǽt Æsperos; and be-súþan him Aulolum sió þeód ab occidente Atlantem montem et Oceanum Atlanticum, sub Africo

þæt

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l a. Add Gelamp ... ꝥ hí cómon on Scotland upp, Bd. 1, 1; Sch. 11. 4. Ðá wæs ymb clxxxviii wintra fram Drihtnes menniscnysse ꝥ Severus cásere ... sé wæs seofonteogeða fram Agusto, ꝥ hé ríce onféng, 1, 5; Sch. 17, 6-11: 1, 4; Sch. 16, 8. 2. add: where