þanan
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Hé ðær rom geseah unfeor þanon standan, 177, 9; Gen. 2927 : Beo. Th. 3615; B. 1805. God wæs mín on ða swíðran, ðanon ic ne wende ǽfre tó aldre onsión míne, Elen. Kmbl. 696; El. 348.
Linked entries: þanan-forþ þanon þonan þonon
hefig
ponderous ⬩ dense ⬩ weighty ⬩ important ⬩ grave ⬩ severe ⬩ serious ⬩ deep ⬩ profound ⬩ mist ⬩ fog ⬩ cloud ⬩ slow ⬩ dull ⬩ troublesome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ onerous ⬩ burdensome ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ laborious ⬩ toilsome ⬩ overpowering ⬩ weariness
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Add: of great weight, ponderous Mid róde tácne gewǽpnod, ná mid reádum scylde, oððe mid hefegum helme, oþþe heardre byrnan, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 12. Wiht hafað hefigne steort, Rä. 59, 7. a. fig.
Linked entry: hefe-lic
þringan
To press ⬩ crowd ⬩ throng ⬩ to throng ⬩ press round, upon ⬩ crowd together ⬩ to press ⬩ move with violence, eagerness ⬩ hurry ⬩ press on ⬩ press forward ⬩ force a way
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Ðú gesyxst ðás menigu ðé ðringende (ðringende on ðec, Rush.) uides turbam comprimentem te, 31. to throng, press round, upon, crowd together Hý ymb þeódenstól þringaþ georne, Exon. Th. 25, 8; Cri. 397: 208, 30; Ph. 163.
ge-lǽran
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Hé wæs on Róme gelǽred, Ch. 565; P. 19, 13.
ge-weaxan
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L. 12, 42. of other things, material Wolceno blóstme giwéxon nubes rore concrescunt, Rtl. 81, 24. non-material Ne gewexþ (-wyxþ, v. l.) him nán weorþscipe on þæm no honour accrues to them in that, Bt. 35, 4; F. 162, 28.
topp
a top, ⬩ summit ⬩ a lock of hair, tuft ⬩ a collection of rays of light ⬩ a top to play with ⬩ the hair at the top of the head ⬩ that which has a similarity with it
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His heer was by his eres ful round ishorn. His top was docked lyk a priest biforn, Chauc. Prol. 590. Top or fortop, top of the hed aqualium, Prompt. Parv. 496. Up to þe toppe from þe more, O. and N. 1422: 1328. A top of flax du lyn le toup. Wrt.
leóht
Light ⬩ bright ⬩ cheerful ⬩ shining ⬩ clear
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Se ðe reáfaþ man leóhtan dæge he who robs a man in daylight, L. Eth. iii. 15; Th. i. 298, 11. Ða þióstro ðínre heortan willaþ mínre leóhtan láre wiðstondan, Bt. Met. Fox 5, 43; Met. 5, 22. Mid leóhtum andgite with clear understanding, Blickl.
mǽrþu
greatness ⬩ honour ⬩ glory ⬩ fame ⬩ a great ⬩ honourable ⬩ glorious action ⬩ a wonderful thing ⬩ mighty work
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Kmbl. 29; El. 15. a great, honourable, glorious action, a wonderful thing, mighty work Hé hét ða hýde tó Róme bringan and hié ðǽr tó mǽrþe áþenian for ðon heó wæs hundtwelftiges fóta lang corium (serpentis) Romam devectum (quod fuisse centum viginti
an-gin
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Romulus hiora anginn (founding Rome) geunclǽnsode mid his bróðor slege, 2, 2; S. 64, 23.
fýr
fire ⬩ fire ⬩ fire ⬩ to be on fire ⬩ a fire, fuel in a state of combustion ⬩ a fire on a hearth ⬩ a piece of burning material ⬩ fire ⬩ lightning ⬩ a disease
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Voc. ii. 53, 13, 14. a piece of burning material Fýrum, brandum (rogi) torribus, i. ignibus, An. Ox. 3520. Fýrum áda globis flammarum, 3555. fire from heaven, lightning Hwílum God sendeþ his engla gástas, hwílum hé sendeþ þurh fýres lég, Bl.
weorod
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Reste hé ðǽr mǽte weorode, Rood Kmbl. 138; Kr. 124. Ðá gesamnodan hié ( Peter and Paul ) heora weorod wiþ Simone, Blickl. Homl. 173, 9. Ðá gesamnode hé mycel weorod his manna, 199, 12.
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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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Guest properly writes 'round Brunanburh;' v. example 1; Brunæ castellum.
ge-hergian
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To harry, ravage Geher-geode Wulfhere oþ Æscesdúne, Chr. 661; P. 32, 12, Hannibal sende sciphere on Róme and þǽr ungemetlíce gehergeodon classis Punica in Italiam transiit, ejusque plurimas partes longe lateque vastavit, Ors. 4, 6; S. 180, 4.
teón
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Th. 67, 24. to pull a boat, to row On ða eá hí tugon up hiora scipu óþ ðone weald, Chr. 893; Erl. 88, 31: 895; Erl. 93, 31.
heofon
firmament ⬩ happiness ⬩ a ceiling
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þe wé rodor hafað, and se egeslica heofon and engla heofon and heofon þǽre hálgan ðrinnisse, Nap. 50.
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Ælfréd
Alfred ⬩ Alfrédus ⬩ Alfred the Great
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then, A.D. 871, Alfred, son of Ethelwulf, succeeded to the kingdom of the West Saxons...And this year nine great battles were fought against the army in the kingdom south of the Thames; besides which, Alfred... and aldormen, and king's thanes, often rode
LICGAN
To LIE ⬩ fail ⬩ to lie ⬩ go ⬩ run
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A. pp. 491 sqq. to lie, be situated [of a place], go or run [of a road or stream] On ðam wege ðe líþ tó Euphfrate in via, quæ ducit Euphratam, Gen. 35, 19. Swá swá se weg líþ, wé faraþ, Num. 21, 22.
Linked entry: for-lǽge
wíte
punishment ⬩ pain that is inflicted as punishment ⬩ torment ⬩ a means ⬩ implement ⬩ a fine. ⬩ torment ⬩ plague ⬩ disease ⬩ evil ⬩ pain
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Hié áhófon hine of ðam hefian wíte (crucifixion), Rood Kmbl. 121 ; Kr. 61. Licgeþ lonnum fæst . . . wylleþ hine on ðam wíte, Salm. Kmbl. 537; Sal. 268. Hé wíte wealdeþ he is the disposer of punishment, Cd. Th. 248, 33; Dan. 523.
ge-wunian
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C. 18. to remain, not to be removed, be left Ꝥte ne geuunadon ( remanerent ) on róda ðá líchomo, Jn. L. R. 19, 31.
heard
firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ resolute ⬩ bold ⬩ resolute ⬩ obdurate ⬩ rigid ⬩ unyielding ⬩ oppressive ⬩ rigorous ⬩ strict ⬩ harsh
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Róf óretta heard under helme, 2539. Þǽr oninnan bær eorlgestreóna hringa hyrde, hard wyrðne dǽl fǽttan goldes there in bore of treasures, of plated gold, the rings' keeper bold a noble portion, 2245.
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