ge-wyrd
Event ⬩ fate ⬩ destiny ⬩ condition
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Event, fate, destiny, condition Ðeós æþele gewyrd this noble event [the crucifixion], Elen. Kmbl. 1291; El. 64. Sume cwǽdon ðæt se steorra his gewyrd wǽre.
Linked entry: -wyrd
gleáwnes
Prudence ⬩ skill ⬩ wisdom ⬩ ability ⬩ sagacity ⬩ acuteness
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Mid gleáwnesse feónd oferfeohtaþ with prudence they overcome the fiend, Exon. 44 a; Th. 150, 6; Gú. 774: Elen. Kmbl. 1920; El. 962
Linked entry: glauwnes
ge-gearwian
To prepare ⬩ make ready ⬩ provide with ⬩ endue
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Gáste gegearwod endued with spirit, Cd. 10; Th. 12, 17; Gen. 187 : Elen. Kmbl. 1774; El. 889
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þearl
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Þreánýd þearl, Elen. Kmbl. 1404; El. 704. Wæs seó ádl þearl, Exon. Th. 160, 30; Gú. 951. And suá ðý ðearlan dóme hé forleás his mennisce ut districto justoque judicio homo esse perderet, Past. 4; Swt. 39, 23. Heó þrowedon þearl æfterleán, Cd.
wicg
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A steed Bið se hwæteádig (ðe) ðæt wicg byrð, Elen. Kmbl. 2390; El. 1196. Wycg, Exon. Th. 395, 10; Rä. 15, 5. Wicgce ł meare cornipede, equo, Hpt. Gl. 406, 21. Wicge wegan, Exon. Th. 395, 27; Rä. 15, 14. Wicge rídan, Beo. Th. 474; B. 234.
ge-dweola
Error ⬩ heresy ⬩ error ⬩ hærĕsis
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Recd. 623; El. 311. Se Arrianisca gedweolda Arriāna hærĕsis, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 27
ge-líþan
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Jul. 677. to go, pass away Synt lífwynne geliden, El. 1269. v. ge-lyðen in Dict
FINDAN
To FIND ⬩ invent ⬩ imagine ⬩ devise ⬩ contrive ⬩ order ⬩ dispose ⬩ arrange ⬩ determine ⬩ invĕnīre ⬩ dispōnĕre ⬩ consŭlĕre
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Wolde ic ðæt ðú funde ða I would that thou wouldst find them, Elen. Kmbl. 2157; El. 1080: Cd. 72; Th. 87, 6; Gen. 1444. Se cyng hæfde funden, ðæt. . . the king had contrived, that . . Chr. 918; Erl. 104, 3
wiga
one who fights ⬩ a (fighting) man ⬩ a warrior ⬩ a noble, strenuous man
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Dauid cyning, wigena baldor, Elen. Kmbl. 688; El. 344. Wigena hleó ... wigena weard ( Constantine ), Elen. 300-306; El. 150-153. Wigena strengel ( Beowulf), Beo. Th. 6222; B. 3115. Similarly the Deity is called wigena wyn, Exon.
Linked entry: wihgena
cristen
Christian ⬩ christianus
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Nero wæs ǽrest éhtend cristenra manna Nero was the first persecutor of Christian men 6, 5; Bos. 119, 22; 6, 9; Bos. 120, 18; Elen. Kmbl. 1956; El. 980.
tír
Glory ⬩ honour
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Is ðæs wuldres ful heofun and eorðe, and eall heáhmægen tíre getácnod, Elen. Kmbl. 1504; El. 754. Hwonne ús líffreá ðæt týdre gewitt tíre bewinde, Exon. Th. 3, 1; Cri. 29.
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ellarn
an elder-tree
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an elder-tree Som. Ben. Lye
ELLEN
The elder-tree ⬩ sambūcus nigra, a small tree whose branches are filled with a light spongy pith. The fruit is a globular, purplish-black berry, of which wine is often made, called elder-berry wine. It is quite distinct from alor the alder-tree
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The elder-tree ; sambūcus nigra, a small tree whose branches are filled with a light spongy pith. The fruit is a globular, purplish-black berry, of which wine is often made, called elder-berry wine.
Linked entry: ellm
stund
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Th. 178, 17; Gú. 1245. (2 a) with effort, earnestly, eagerly, fiercely :-- Stundum wrǽcon mægen æfter óðrum, Elen. Kmbl. 464; El. 232: 242; El. 121. Strong, stundum réþe exceedingly fierce, Exon. Th. 380, 41; Rä. 2, 3.
síde
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Th. 8, 3; Gen. 118: El. 554; El. 277. Hé Godes lof rǽrde wíde and síde, Chr. 959; Erl. 119, 26: Cd. Th. 1, 20: Gen. 101. Is wuldur ðín wíde and síde ofer ðás eorþan ealle in omnem terram gloria tua, Ps. Th. 56, 6, 13.
dirnan
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Dyrnan Meotudes mihte, An. 693: El. 971: Hy. 7, 93. with dat. of person from whom a thing (acc. ) is concealed Seó ród þe gé mannum dyrndun, El. 626. On yrre wille hé his milde mód mannum dyrnan numquid continebit in ira sua misericordiam suam?
hlówan
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Dele passage from El. 54, for which see hleápan, and add: of animals or uncertain Gehlów hlówan mugitum reboasse, An. Ox. 1466. Hlówende mugitans (taurus), 36, 12. Hlówende, þútende bombosa, Wrt.
mearu-lic
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Soft, easy, luxurious Þá onféng heó þis bebod æt Sancta Marian, ꝥ heó náht ofer ꝥ ne dyde leóhtlices ne mægdenlicre wísan oððe merwelicre, ac ꝥ heó forhæfde hí sylfe fram unnyttum hleahtre and plegan mandatum accepit, ut nihil ultra leve el puellare
sigor
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Elne gewurðod, dóme and sigore, Cd. Th. 129, 3 ; Gen. 2138. Hlísfulne sigor, famosum tropheum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 147, 29. Ic sceal his róde sigor ( the triumph of Christ's cross ) swíðor wíscan ðonne ondrǽdan, Homl. Th. i. 594, 20. Sigor æt sæcce, Elen.
heofon-ríce
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On þá dúne þe Dryhten ǽr áhangen wæs, heofonríces weard, El. 718. heaven as the abode of beatified spirits Þuacute; ús lǽrdest ꝥ wé ongeátan þæt ðæt ys úre ágen . . . þæt ys þæt heofonríce, Solil. H. 8, 1.