dearnunga
Secretly, privately, clandestinely ⬩ clam, occulte, clandestīno
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H.] bearn gestriéne in case a man beget a child clandestinely, L. In. 27; Th. i. 120, 1, 2: L. Alf. 6; Th. i. 44, 17. Ðeáh heó dearnenga fordón wurde though she was secretly seduced, Cd. 30; Th. 39, 21; Gen. 629: 29; Th. 38, 5; Gen. 602.
hrind
barky ⬩ rinded ⬩ caudex ⬩ codex ⬩ liber ⬩ cortex ⬩ frozen to death ⬩ to destroy ⬩ dead
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Thorpe translates barky, Kemble rinded, but in this case there should be no initial h. In Ælfc. Gl. 59; Som. 68, 5, 6; Wrt.
hunta
A hunter
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Ǽnne cræft ic cann. Hunta ic eom unam artem scio. Venator sum, Coll. Monast. Th. 21, 1-6: 22, 27. Wé lǽraþ ðæt preóst ne beó hunta ne hafecere we enjoin that a priest be not a hunter nor a hawker [cf.
micel-ness
greatness ⬩ bigness ⬩ size ⬩ greatness ⬩ multitude ⬩ abundance ⬩ greatness ⬩ magnificence
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On mycelnysse earmes ðínes in magnitudine brachii tui, Cant. Moys. 16: Ps. Spl. 78, 12. Ús weorþ þuruh ðíne mycelnesse milde and blíðe, Ps. Th. 66, 1. Sancte Johannes mycelnesse se Hǽlend sylfa tácn sægde, Blickl. Homl. 167, 17
plóg
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Cath. Angl. p. 284 a ploghe of land carrucata. In the Tale of Gamelyn, the knight, bequeathing his estate says :-- ' Johan myn eldeste sone shall have plowes fyve, And my myddeleste sone fyf plowes of lond.'
wara
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B. i. 295, 5, Cant-ware, Wiht-ware, Sodom-ware, Syr-ware: see? also Up-ware. Cf. the Icelandic
Linked entry: -waru
ge-healdsum
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Substitute: that takes care of, is protective of Gif hé bið ákenned on .xxiiii. nihta, sé bið geswincfull on his lífe.
geómor-mód
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Cain gewát gongan geómormód, wineleás wrecca, Gen. 1050. Ic teáras sceal geótan geómormód, Cri. 173. Geómormód, . . . earg and unrót, 1407: Hy. 10, 29.
on-timber
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Beó his calic of clǽnum antimbre geworht, Ll. Th. ii. 350, 22. Tó þám ǽrrum antimbre geedníwude in pristinum statum reformavit (dispersa gemmarum fragmina), An. Ox. 1833: 1875. add: matter for a feeling, &c.
ǽ-lic
of law, concerned with law, belonging to law ⬩ in accordance with law, fixed by law, legal, legitimate
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Oð ðæt hí becómon tó ǽlicre yldo until they came of age, Hml. A. 129, 439. Oð ǽlice yldo, 132, 536. Ǽwlice legitimi, Angl. xiii. 369, 57. Ǽlicera (-e, MS.) beboda praeceptorum legalium, An. Ox. 1017. Tó ðám ǽlicum onsægednyssum, Num. 18, 2.
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hé
He, she, it
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ac má wén is ðæt ðú onsende ðínne engel, se hit mæg hrædlícor gefaran ... ic hit ne mæg hrædlíce gefaran how can I do it in three days? it is better to send thy angel who can do it more quickly ... I cannot do it quickly, St. And. 4, 29-6, 2.
hrýman
To call ⬩ cry out ⬩ to cry out ⬩ boast ⬩ exult ⬩ lament ⬩ murmur
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Gif feorrancumen man oððe fræmde búton wege gange and hé ðonne náwðer ne hrýme ne he horn ne bláwe if a man from a distance or a stranger go off the high road and then neither call out nor blow a horn, L.
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ge-namian
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Add: to give a name to an object, call so and so (proper or common noun) Ætforan dám cásere, Aurelianus genamod, Hml. Th. ii. 308, 3. Wé habbað áne gástlice módor, seó is ecclesia genamod, Wlfst. 67, 14.
a-rǽdan
to take counsel ⬩ care for ⬩ appoint ⬩ determine ⬩ consilium capere ⬩ consulere alicui ⬩ decernere ⬩ definire ⬩ to conjecture ⬩ guess ⬩ prophesy ⬩ interpret ⬩ utter ⬩ conjectare ⬩ divinare ⬩ prophetizare ⬩ interpretari ⬩ eloqui
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to take counsel, care for, appoint, determine; consilium capere, consulere alicui, decernere, definire Sende gewrit, on ðám he gesette and arǽdde misit literas, in quibus decrevit, Bd. 2, 18; S. 520, 33.
Bebban burh
- Chr. 547; Th. 28, 25; 29, 24 : 641 ;
- Th. 49, 3 : 993 ;
- Th. 240, 17; 241, 16, col. 2 :
- Chr. 1093; Th. 360, 6 :
- Chr. 1095 ; Th. 361, 39, 40 :
BAMBOROUGH, in Northumberland ⬩ Babbæ oppidum in provincia Northanhymbrorum
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Ðá becom Penda, Myrcna cyning, to ðære cynelícan byrig, seó is nemned Bebban burh then came Penda, king of the Mercians, to the royal city, which is named Bamborough, Bd, 3, 16; S. 542, 18 : 3, 6; S. 528, 28.
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Ciren-ceaster
CIRENCESTER, Cicester, Gloucestershire ⬩ Cirencestria in agro Glocestriensi
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Him eóde on hand se cyning and ða burhware ðe wǽron on Cyrnceastre the king came into his hands and the townspeople who were in Cirencester, Ors. 5, 12; Bos. 110, 22
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cyne-stól
A royal throne or dwelling, chief city, capital ⬩ thronus, urbs regia, arx, metropolis
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We becórnon to ðam cynestóle, ðǽr getimbred wæs tempel Dryhtnes we came to the royal city, where the temple of the Lord was built, Andr. Kmbl. 1332; An. 666.
fénix
the fabulous bird phœnix ⬩ φoινιξ ⬩ a genus of palms ⬩ the date tree ⬩ date palm ⬩ phœnix dactylĭfĕra
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byrneþ phœnix burns, 59 a; Th. 213, 2; Ph. 218: 60 b; Th. 221, 26; Ph. 340. a genus of palms, the date tree or date palm; phœnix dactylĭfĕra Ðǽr he heánne beám wunaþ ðone hátaþ men fénix, of ðæs fugles noman there it inhabits a lofty tree, which men call
for-tredan
To tread upon ⬩ tread under foot ⬩ conculcāre ⬩ calcāre
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Ðú fortrytst eorþan conculcābis terram, Cant. Abac. Lamb. fol. 190 a. 12. Wénunga þeóstru fortredaþ me forsĭtan tenebræ conculcābunt me, Ps. Lamb. 138, 11. Wegferende ðæt sǽd fortrǽdon the wayfarers trod the seed down, Homl.
ilde
Men
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Men [a poetical term] Hátaþ ylde eorþbúende fison men, earth-dwellers, call it Pison, Cd. 12 ; Th. 14, 19; Gen. 221. Yldo ofer eorþan, 163 ; Th. 205, 15 ; Exod. 436. Nædran ða aspide ylde nemnaþ, Ps. Th. 57, 4.