hwiða
A breeze
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Voc. 76, 43: Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75, 109; Wrt. Voc. 53, 59. Hwioðan oððe oreþe aura ii. 6, 56. Ǽlc hwiða windes every breath of wind, Past. 42, 1; Swt. 306, 6.
Linked entries: hweoða hweoðerian hwioð
pirige
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A pear-tree Ðeós pirige haec pirus, Ælfc. Gr. 6 ; Som. 5, 59 : Wrt. Voc. i. 32, 51 : 80, 9. Pirge, ii. 117, 35. On gerihte tó ðære pirigan, Chart. Th. 148, 28.
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be-ginnan
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Þæt Assiria ríce æt Ninuse begunne, Ors. 2, I; S. 60, 25. to attempt, undertake, with acc. Se apostel, swá swá þá biscopas bǽdon, began þá feórðan bóc, Ælfc. T. Grn. 12, 43.
medu-scenc
A draught or cup of mead
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Ymbeode ides Helminga óððæt heó Beówulfe medoful æt bær, 1244-), Beo. Th. 3965; B. 1980
Linked entry: scenc
sige-beorn
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A victorious warrior Ne gefrægn ic æt wera hilde sixtig sigebeorna sél gebǽran . . . Hig fuhton fíf dagas, swá hyra nán ne feól, Fins. Th. 76 ; Fin. 38
þrýþ-ærn
A splendid hoitse ⬩ a palace
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A splendid hoitse, a palace Nǽfre ic ǽnegum men ǽr álýfde ðrýþærn (cf. heáhsele, 1298; B. 647) Dena. Hafa nú húsa sélest, Beo. Th. 1318; B. 657
weorold-wǽpen
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A weapon used in this world's warfare Ðá wæs feówer geár ǽr his fulwihte, ðæt hé woroldwǽpno Wæg ( he bore this world's arms ), Blickl. Homl. 213, 4
wulf-heort
Wolf-hearted ⬩ cruel
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Wolf-hearted, cruel Onwóc wulfheort, se ǽr wíngál swæf, Babilone weard, Cd. Th. 223, 7; Dan. 116. Wulfheort cyning, 224, 12; Dan. 135: 231, 14; Dan. 247
ge-baþian
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To bathe, wash Heora ǽlc án .c. þearfendra manna gebaðige, Cht. Th. 616, 25. Hé næs geefesod, ne eác bescoren oððe gebaðod, Hml. Th. ii. 298, 20
Linked entry: baþian
ge-twin
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In ðǽre cirican þe hý nemnað Scs geminos, æt ðám hálgum getwinnum, Shrn. 134, 23
riht-gesetness
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right institution Ǽlc wuht his rihtgesetnesse fuleóde bútan men ánum every creature carried out its properly appointed task except man only, Bt. 5, 3; S. 12, 23
undern
The third hour of the day ⬩ nine in the morning
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Æt underne ... ǽr underne, Blickl. Homl. 93, 22, 36. Ǽr undern ... ofer undern mane ... vespere, Lev. 6, 20. On ða þriddan tíd dæges, ðæt is on undern, Shrn. 79. 35. Wé étaþ on ðam Sunnandagum on undern and on ǽfen, Homl. Skt. i. 12, 3.
barþ
A kind of ship ⬩ a light vessel to sail or row in ⬩ dromo
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A kind of ship, a light vessel to sail or row in; dromo Æsc vel barþ dromo, Ælfc. Gl. 103; Som. 77, 102; Wrt. Voc. 56, 24
Fearn-ham
FARNHAM, in Surrey ⬩ lŏci nōmen in agro Surreiensi
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FARNHAM, in Surrey; lŏci nōmen in agro Surreiensi Sió fierd him wið gefeaht æt Fearnhamme the army fought against them at Farnham, Chr. 894; Erl. 90, 26
fynegian
To become mouldy or musty ⬩ mūcescĕre
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Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 7
Linked entry: ge-finegod
hrér
Rear
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Rear [provincial], not thoroughly cooked, lightly boiled [of eggs] Nim hrér henne æg take a hen's egg lightly boiled, L. M. 2, 52; Lchdm. ii. 272, 16
Linked entries: hrére hréren-brǽden
sealt-wíc
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Æt Saltwíc, v. 143, 21
flán-geweorc
Arrows ⬩ javelins
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Arrows, javelins, a flight of arrows Sumum hé wíges sped giefeð æt guðe, þonne ofer scildhreádan sceótend sendað flacor flángeweorc (fluttering flights of arrows), Cri. 676. Substitute:
fox-hol
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Æt ðǽm hwítan foxholum, v. 83, 28. On ðá foxhola, 340, 18
hredding
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Ælc rihtwís man hæfde fultum and hreddinge, sé ðe mid fullum geleáfum on his earfoðnyssum tó ðám Ælmihtigan clypode, Hml. S. 13, 48. Hræddinge, 2, 219. Add