a-ídlian
To make useless ⬩ vain ⬩ to empty ⬩ annul ⬩ profane ⬩ irritum facere ⬩ frustrari ⬩ exinanire ⬩ cassare ⬩ profanare
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Þræst his nys a-ídlude fæx ejus non est exinanita, Ps. Spl. 74, 8. Seó untrumnys byþ a-ídlud the infirmity will be annulled, Herb. 121, 2; Lchdm, i. 234, 8. Ðæt Cristes geleáfan a-ídlad wǽre fidem profanatam esse, Bd. 3, 30; S. 562, 7
Linked entry: a-ýdlian
þrægan
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Ðǽr him eoh fore mílpaðas mæt, módig þrægde, Elen. Kmbl. 2524; El. 1263. Ic seah hors swíþe þrægan, Exon. Th. 400, 4; Rä. 20, 3
web
A web, woven stuff
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Webb byþ gefylled mid þrǽdum tela consummatur filis, Scint.216, 2. Webbes pepli, Hpt. Gl. 459, 26. Goldfág scinon web æfter wágum shot with gold shone the work of the loom along the walls, Beo. Th. 1994; B. 995. Webbum peplis, Hpt. Gl. 507, 12.
Linked entry: wæbb
CEORL
CHURL, countryman, husbandman ⬩ homo liber, rusticus, colonus ⬩ a man, husband ⬩ vir, maritus ⬩ a free man
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Ðú hæfdest fíf ceorlas thow hast had five husbands, 4, 18. a free man, as opposed to þeów, and to þrǽl a slave; or as opposed to þegen a thane or nobleman, as we say, 'gentle or simple:' — We witan ðæt, þurh Godes gyfe, þrǽl wearþ to þegene, and ceorl
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bócere
A writer, scribe, an author, a learned man, instructor ⬩ scriptor, scriba, interpres, vir doctus vel literatus
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We witan ðæt, þurh Godes gyfe, þrǽl wearþ to þegene, and ceorl wearþ to eorle, sangere to sacerde, and bócere to biscope we know that, by the grace of God, a slave has become a thane, and a ceorl [free man] has become an earl, a singer a priest, and a
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hnáh
Bent down, ⬩ low, ⬩ lowly, ⬩ humble, ⬩ abject, ⬩ mean, ⬩ poor
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Wéndon hie wera cwealmes þræge hnágran they expected the death of men, a still worse time, Andr. Kmbl. 3195; An. 1600. Nó ic me hnágran talige ðonne Grendel hine I think myself no worse man than does Grendel himself, Beo. Th. 1359; B. 677.
ríht
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Gif wé sculon rynt ágildan (si ratio exigitur) unnyttra worda, P. 281, 9-14. v. ælmes-, bóc-, burh-, cyne-, eorl-, fær-, freó-, geneát-, lah-, swán (not swǽn-), þegen-, þrǽl-riht
crísten-dóm
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Deáh þrǽla hwylc of crístendóme tó wícinge weorðe though any thrall from being a Christian become a pirate, Wlfst. 162, 6. For heora crístendóme because they were Christians, Ors. 2, l; S. 62, 28: 2, 4; S. 76, 1.
ge-þing
a council ⬩ an assembly ⬩ concilium ⬩ counio ⬩ a compact ⬩ an agreement ⬩ a condition ⬩ pactum ⬩ what is impending over one ⬩ what is awaiting one ⬩ what is certainly to be expected or hoped for ⬩ fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ quod est imminens vel expectandum ⬩ fatum ⬩ sors
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Wéndon hie þearlra geþinga þræge hnágran they expected a worse period of severe fates, Andr. Kmbl. 3194; An. 1600: 1512; An. 757
Linked entry: gúþ-geþingu
rǽran
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Oft hí þræce rǽrdon ... feóndscype rǽrdon oft were their violence and enmity roused, Exon. Th. 243, 18-22; Jul. 12-14. Háteþ þræce rǽran ... ðæt hí úsic binden and in bælwylmeswingen, 262, 16; Jul. 333. Fǽhþe rǽran, 113, 14; Gú. 157.
Linked entry: hebban
eorl
a hero
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Þrǽl wearð tó þegene, and ceorl wearð tó eorle, 334, 8. used of Scandinavians, = Icel. jarl Ælfred gefeaht wiþ þára eorla getruman, and þǽr wearþ Sidroc eorl ofslægen se alda, and Sidroc eorl se gioncga, and Ósbearn eorl, and Hareld eorl, Chr. 871; P
wícing
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. ¶ in passages dealing with English affairs the word refers to the Northmen :-- Ðeáh þrǽla hwylc hláforde æthleápe and of cristendóme to wícinge weorðe (become a pirate, go over to the Danes ), Wulfst. 162, 6. Hé stang wlancne wícing, Byrht.
Linked entry: scegð-mann
fullíce
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Gyf þrǽl þegen fullíce áfylle, Wlfst. 162, 8.
hangian
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Him ne hangað nacod sweord ofer þám heáfde be smalan þrǽde, Bt. 29, 1; F. 102, 27. Hangaþ þǽr leóhtfæt, Bl. H. 227, 28.
smæl
Small ⬩ small, little, not great ⬩ narrow, not broad ⬩ slender, thin, not thick ⬩ fine ⬩ not coarse ⬩ not loud ⬩ gracilis, exilis, subtilis, minutus, strictus ⬩ a sheep, small cattle
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Him ne hangaþ nacod sweord ofer ðam heáfde be smalan þrǽde Bt. 29, 1; Fox 102, 28.
þegen
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Ðeáh þrǽla hwylc hláforde æthleápe, and hit æfter ðam geweorðe, ðæt wǽpngewrixl weorðe gemǽne þegene and þrǽle, gyf þrǽl ðæne þegen áfylle, licge ǽgylde; and gyf se þegen ðæne þrǽl, ðe hé ǽr áhte, áfylle, gylde þegengylde. Wulfst. 162, 5-l0.
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fæste
shaken ⬩ firmly ⬩ fast ⬩ urgently ⬩ strictly ⬩ solemnly ⬩ securely ⬩ fast ⬩ fast ⬩ speedily ⬩ at once
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Oft þrǽl þegen cnyt swýðe fæste, Wlfst. 163, 2: Gen. 374. Hé þone cniht genam fæste mid folmum, Exod. 407: B. 554. Sié fæste genæglad on róde crucifigatur, Mt. L. 27, 22. Gefég fæste, Gen. 1310: Crä. 66.
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Cynewulf
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mourned, ᚾ [nýd] geféra, <b>N</b> [need] his consort, nearu sorge dreáh, narrow sorrow he suffered, enge rúne, a close rune, ðær him ᛖ [éh] fóre where <b>E</b> [the horse] before him mílpaðas mæt, measured the mile paths, módig þrægde
lagu
Law ⬩ statute ⬩ decree ⬩ regulation ⬩ rule ⬩ fixed custom
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In the phrases on Engla, Dena, etc. lage, which may be compared with the Icel. í þrænda lögum, lagu is nearly equivalent to 'district in which certain [English, Danish, etc.] laws prevail,' and in Cl. V. Dict.
ge-bétan
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Gebéte hé þæt, swá swá hit gelagod is : búnda mid xxx penigan, þrǽl mid his híde, þegn mid xxx scillingan, Wlfst. 181, 8. Gebéte mid were ge mid wíte, Ll. Th. i. 62, 4. Gebéte mid fulre bóte, 330, 26.