gift
a gift; as a technical term ⬩ the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife ⬩ marriage ⬩ nuptiæ
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a gift; as a technical term, the amount to be given by a suitor in consideration of receiving a woman to wife Gif mon wíf gebycgge and sió gyft forþ ne cume if a man buy a wife and the sum agreed upon be not forthcoming, L. In. 31; Th. i. 122, 5.
for-spillan
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; see next passage but one ), Cht. Th. 584, 5. Hí heortan clǽnnesse forspildun ( perdiderunt ), An. Ox. 40, 9. Hé ðæt land ne mæg náðer gifan ne syllan, ne forspecan ne forspillan ( forfeit.
HÉDAN
To HEED, take care, observe, attend, guard, take charge, take possession, receive ⬩ to take care of, guard ⬩ custodire, observare
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Ða Judéiscan ne hédaþ ná máre búton ðære stæflícan gereccednesse the Jews pay attention to nothing but the literal narrative, 116, 4. Ne hédde hé ðæs heafolan he was not careful for his head, Beo. Th. 5387; B. 2697.
slá
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Gloss. slacen-, slaun-bush are given as used of the blackthorn. O. H. Ger. sléha, sléa prunella, agacia: Ger. schlehe: Dan. slaaen
wís-dóm
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Add 'Hú magon wé swá dýgle áhicgan . . . hú þé swefhede, oððe wyrda gesceaft wísdóm bude'. . . 'Gé mǽtinge míne ne cunnon þá þe mé wisdóm bereð ( the dream thai brings me knowledge), Dan. 130-142.
of-hreósan
to overwhelm, cover, bury ⬩ obrnere ⬩ to fall down
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to overwhelm, cover, bury; obrnere Oft eorþ-styrung fela burhga ofhreás, Homl. Th. i. 608, 26. Ðæt ne ða sleacgi-endan hé (sompnolentia) ofhreóse (obruat), Hymn. Surt. 18, 15. Swylce hé sý mid moldhýpan ofhroren. Homl. Th. i. 492, 33.
Brunan burh
Brunanburh, about five miles south-west of Durham, or on the plain between the river Tyne and the Browney,
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The credibility of this story has been questioned; but, whatever doubt may remain, it proves that in the time of Ingulf, A.
ge-twǽman
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To separate Healde gehwá his ǽwe ... búton ꝥ gewurðe ꝥ hí búta geceósan ꝥ hí getwǽman, Ll. Th. ii. 300, 28. to separate one thing from another, with gen., to prevent from action, v. ge-twǽfan, .
rand-burh
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Or are the walls formed by the water compared to the arrangement of the line of battle when the shields overlapped, called scild-burh q. v. ? v. next word
dysig
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Dysig buccum (cf. bucco, stultus rusticus, Corp. Gl. H. 26, 219), Wrt. Voc. i. 287, 79. Desiges susurronis, Kent. Gl. 998. Gelíc þám dysigan (dysge, L.) men similis viro stulto, Mt. 7, 26. Mid dysigum geswince stulto labore, Ex. 18, 18.
ge-þweorod
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[In both the metre and the prose ge-þwǽrian might have been expected to render convenire; butt 2 b α.]
Linked entry: -þweorod
híred-mann
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Se cyningc ábræc intó þám búre þǽr heó inne læg, and hét his hýredmen ealle áweg gán, Ap. Th. 2, 1
Bricg
- Sim. Dun.
- Hovd.
- Matt. West.
Bridgenorth in Shropshire ⬩ oppidum in agro Salopiensi ⬩ Bruges in Belgium ⬩ Brugæ, Flandriæ emporium
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Bridgenorth in Shropshire; oppidum in agro Salopiensi Æðelflǽd ða burh getimbrede set Bricge Æthelfled built the fortress at Bridgenorth, Chr. 912; Th. 186, 10, col. 2; 187, 10, col. 1.
FERSC
FRESH ⬩ pure ⬩ sweet ⬩ dulcis
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FRESH, pure, sweet; dulcis Eufrates is mǽst eallra ferscra wætera, and is yrnende þurh middewearde Babilónian burh Euphrates is the greatest of all fresh waters [rivers], and runs through the middle of the city of Babylon, Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 44, l0.
fetian
To fetch ⬩ bring to ⬩ marry ⬩ addūcĕre ⬩ applĭcāre ⬩ uxōrem dūcĕre
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Wæs to búre Beówulf fetod Beowulf was fetched to his bower, Beo. Th. 2625; B. 1310
ísern
Iron
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Iron, made of iron Hé him tǽhte ðæt hé him genáme áne íserne hearstepannan and sette betweoh hine and ða burg for íserne weall et tu sume tibi sartaginem ferream, et pones eum murum ferreum inter te et inter civitatem, Past. 21, 5; Swt. 161, 7 : Cd.
greátnes
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</b> great bulk, swollen form :-- Swilce man siwige áne bytte and bláwe hí fulle windes, and wyrce siððan án þyrl, þonne heó tóþunden bið, on hire greátnysse, Hml. S. 34, 319
ríce
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On middeweardum hire ríce hió getimbrede Babylonia þá burg medio imperii sui Babylonem condidit, Ors. 2, 1; 8. 62, 14. God forgifð ríce ðám ðe hé wile, Hml. Th. ii. 434, 4. <b>I b.
óht
Fear, terror ⬩ or hostile pursuit, persecution, active enmity
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Ger. áhta persecutio, áhtunga persecutio) Wǽron ðá gesóme ða ðe swegl búan wróht wæs ásprungen óht mid englum and orlegníð then were at peace the dwellers in heaven, discord was at an end among angels, and enmity (or fear) and war, Cd.
manig-feald
Manifold ⬩ multifarious ⬩ of many kinds ⬩ various ⬩ consisting of many parts ⬩ complex ⬩ Manifold ⬩ numerous ⬩ abundant ⬩ plural
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Sume naman maciaþ heora mænigfealdan dativum on -bus, 7; Som. 6, 64. On hyra menigfealdan spǽce in multiloquio suo, Mt. 6, 7. Manifealde copiosa, Hpt. Gl. 468, 5. Mid mænifealdre crebra, 512, 34. Heora ǽhta wǽron menifælde. Gen. 13, 6.