un-gearu
not ready ⬩ not prompt ⬩ indisposed to act ⬩ not ready ⬩ not in a fit state for use ⬩ uncultivated ⬩ not ready, not prepared for attack
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Homl. i. 103, 28.] not ready, not in a fit state for use Ðý læs sió earc sí ungearo tó beranne ut ad portandum arcam nulla mora praepediat, Past. 22; Swt. 173, 11. Ðý læs hine ǽnig wuht gǽlde ungearowes (-ewes, Cott.
brád-nes
broad, large ⬩ -ness ⬩ BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; ⬩ latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies
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BROADNESS, extent, largeness, surface; latitudo, amplitudo, facies, superficies Se ródor belýcþ on his bósme ealle eorþan brádnysse the firmament incloses in its bosom all the extent of the earth, Hexam. 5;Norm. 8, 27.
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býgan
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Ðeáh ðú hwilcne boh býge wið eorþan though thou bend any bough towards the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 13, 106; Met. 13, 53. Býgaþ hine, ðæt he on hinder gǽþ they shall turn him back, so that he shall go backward, Salm. Kmbl. 252; Sal. 125.
Engla feld
ENGLEFIELD or INGLEFIELD, near Reading, Berkshire ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Berkeriensi
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D. 871] the army came to Reading in Wessex, and three nights after two earls rode up: then alderman Æthelwulf met them at Inglefield, and there fought against them, and gained the victory. Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 5-8
fyrlen
Far off ⬩ distant ⬩ remote ⬩ longinquus ⬩ distans ⬩ remōtus
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To fyrlenum eardum. to distant lands, Gen. 20, 13. Mid fulluhte aþwagen fram his fyrlenum dǽdum with baptism washed from his former deeds, H. R. 107, 14
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þurh-sceótan
to shoot through ⬩ transfix ⬩ pierce
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Besyrian ðone earman and þurhsceótan ða unscæðfullan heortan, Ps. Th. 36, 13. Ðá wurdon hí mid deófles flán þurhscotene, Homl. Th. i. 62, 28
dim
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Voc. ii. 138, 55. dark-coloured. v. dim-híw Seó byrgen is bewrigen mid dimmum stánum and yfellicum, Shrn. 66, 24. wretched, grievous, sad, unhappy Of dimre, earmre calamitosa (fames atrocitate ), An. Ox. 3853. Dymre, 2, 261.
greáda
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Ðá hé beseah on his ágenne grǽdan (sceát, v. l.) betweoh his ástrehtan earmas, þá gemétte hé on his greádan (sceáte,v. l., sinu), twelf mancosas ... hé áwearp þá mancosas on þæs mæssepreóstes greádan (sceáte, v. l., sinum ), Gr. D. 65, 13, 23.
út-laga
An outlaw
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Wé beódaþ ðæt útlagan Godes and manna of earde gewítan, L. C. S. 4; Th. i. 378, 11. Riht is ðæt ða útlagan weorþan, ðe tó Godes rihte gebúgan nellan, Wulfst. 269, 5. Útlagan exules, Hymn. Surt. 5, 25
hagal
Hail ⬩ grando ⬩ hail
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Rén hagal and snáw hrusan leccaþ rain, hail, and snow moisten the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 127; Met. 29, 64. Mid hagole with hail, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 8.
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hlýda
The month noisy with wind and storm, ⬩ March
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The month noisy with wind and storm, March Hagolscúrum færþ geond middangeard Martius réðe Hlýda with hail-showers passes through the earth rude March [which we call] Hlyda, Menol. Fox 74; Men. 37.
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séfte
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propitius esto peccatis nostris, 78, 9. of medicine, mild, not strong Ðæt is, for hwí se góda lǽce selle ðam hálum men séftne drenc and swétne, and óðrum hálum biterne and strangne, Bt. 39, 9 ; Fox 226, 11. of rest, sleep, undisturbed, untroubled Ðú eart
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þancung
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Wyrþe ðú eart, ðæt ðú onfó wuldor and dǽda þancunga, Blickl. Homl. 75, 2. Ðé ic sylle þancunga tibi reddo gratias, Ælfc. Gr. 15; Zup. 95, 15.
ymb-fón
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Ðínre gedréfednesse ðe ðú mid ymbfangen eart, Bt. 5, 3; Fox 12, 18. Sunu Meotodes habbaþ ealle ymbfangen mid sange, Cd. Th. 273, 30; Sat. 144. Ðeáh hé wǽre mid írne ymbfangen, Cd. Th. 297, 16; Sat. 518. <b>II a.
fóster
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Wǽron earme men besyrwde æt fóstre, 158, 31. Mid ðám fóstre ( nutrimento ) ðǽre Godes lufan weaxan, Past. 263, 17. Ðiós eorðe eallum mannum bringð gemǽnne fóster terra alimenta omnibus communiter profert, 335, 11. Fóster alimoniam, An.
gita
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On Angelcirican þú ána nú gýta (accented in MS.) eart biscop geméted in Anglorum ecclesia adhuc solus tu episcopus inueniris, Bd. 1, 27; Sch. 73, 3. in negative sentences. cf. gít; 2 Ne can þára idesa ówðer giéta beorna neáwest, Gen. 2466. cf. gít; 2
lá
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Ne eart þú lá Sebastianus?, 5, 449. to entreaty or command Swuga, lá, swuga tace, obsecro, tace, Solil. H. 48, 7.
winestra
Left
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On ðam winestran earme, 254, 5. Gif ðú færst tó ðære winstran hælfe, ic healde ða swíðran healfe, Gen. 13, 9. On his wynsteran (wynstran, v. l.: on ða winstran healfe, Rush.: of winstrum, Lind., a sinistris) healfe, Mt. Kmbl. 25, 33.
Crúland
- Gib. Chr. explicatio, p. 22, col. 1
CROWLAND or CROYLAND ⬩ Lincolnshire ⬩ loci nomen in agro Lincolniensi
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D. 1077] earl Waltheof was beheaded at Winchester, and his body was taken to Crowland, and he is there buried 1077; Th. 350, 10.
a-sécan
to search or seek out ⬩ to seek for ⬩ to require ⬩ demand ⬩ eligere ⬩ requirere ⬩ petere aliquid ab aliquo ⬩ to seek ⬩ go to ⬩ explore ⬩ adire ⬩ explorare
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Th. 118, 95. to seek, go to, explore; adire, explorare Ðæt fýr georne aséceþ innan and útan eorþan sceátas the fire shall eagerly seek the tracts of earth within and without, Exon. 22 b ; Th. 62, 20; Cri. 1004
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