ge-réþru
Rudder, helm
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Rudder, helm [the steering was done by means of an oar] Ða men ða ðe beóþ winnende in sciplícum gewinne híg ðonne begáþ ǽrost ða geréþru in ðære hýþe qui in nauali prælio demicaturi sunt ante in portu inflectant gubernacula, Shrn. 35, 8: 9.
norþeást-lang
Long in a north-easterly direction
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Long in a north-easterly direction Brittania is norþeástlang Britannia per longum in boream extenditur, Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 24, 12
ge-aforud
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In Ps. Spl. 36, 37 exaltatum is glossed by geaforadne, but the correct form, geuferudne, occurs in Ps. Rdr. 36, 35
ge-sundfullíc
Safe ⬩ sound
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Safe, sound Ne biþ ǽfre ówiht gesundfullíces in ðam deófle there is never aught sound in the devil, Shrn. 38, 35
midde
The middle
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The middle (only in the phrase on middan) Se fugel hafaþ iiii heáfdu ... and hé is on middan hwælan hiwes the bird hath four heads ... and in the middle it is of a whale's shape, Salm. Kmbl. 526; Sal. 262. Forwrát hé wyrm on middan, Beo.
geréf-scir
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Substitute: geréf-soír, e; geréf-soíre, an; f. office of ge-réfa. v. ge-réfa; I. II Geréfscíre praefecturae (dignitas), An. Ox. 1382. Hé is nú geréfscíre healdende in Rómebyrig in Romana civitate locum praefectorum servans, Gr.
felde
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Of þiccum ásodenes wínes þéfele ł felde lento careni defruto (the same passage (Ald. 3, 35) is glossed in Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 59 thus: De lento fruto of þiccum felde, de denso campo), An. Ox. 104
á-sprungen
Defunct
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Defunct Is þeáw ꝥ ásprungenra manna líc and ǽwfæstra manna man byreð on ciricean consuetudo est monachorum et hominum religiosorum cadavera (cf. monachos vel homines religiosos defunctos, 53, 9) in ecclesiam portare, Ll. Th. ii. 160, 24
níd
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<b>IV a.
CYTEL
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On niwum cytele in a new kettle, L. M. 1, 3; Lchdm. ii. 44, 2. On cyperenum citele in a copper kettle, 1, 15; Lchdm. ii. 56, 19. On micelne citel on læssan citel in a large kettle, in a smaller kettle, 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 10, 12.
sweord
A sword
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Indeed the sword is often mentioned in wills. The importance of the sword is further marked by its receiving a name.
Linked entry: swyrd
Babilón
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It is fifty ells broad, and two hundred ells high, and its circumference is seventy miles, and the seventh part of a mile ...
Linked entries: Babilónia Babilónie Babilónige Babilónis Babylón
hete
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Ðá ðóhton heatas in heortan qui cogitaverunt malitias in corde. Ps. Srt. 139, 3. used in reference to the Deity Him níð Godes. . . hete gesceóde, Dan. 620.
hreð-mónaþ
March
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March On ðæm þriddan mónþe on geáre biþ án and þrittig daga and se mónþ is nemned on lǽden martius and on úre geþeóde hrédmónaþ in the third month in the year are one and thirty days, and the month is called in latin martius, and in our language hrédmónaþ
Linked entry: hlýda
þistel
A thistle
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B. iii. 396, 33: þistel-mere, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 82, 15: þistel-leáh, iv. 49, 2
Linked entry: brád-þistel
andergilde
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Such a force for ander- might perhaps be supported by the glosses andran, andarn in vanum given in Heyne's Altniederdeutsche Denkmäler. Andergilde in the proverb might thus mean at little cost, without effort (?)
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óra
A border, edge, margin, bank
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A border, edge, margin, bank (mostly in place names, -or in Windsor, Bognor. v. Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. xxxv: Leo, A. S. Names. p. 92) In ðone stede ðe is gecueden Cerdices óra, Chr. 495 ; Erl. 14, 10: 514; Erl. 14, 21. Æt Cerdices óran, Erl. 2, 3.
sóþ
Sooth ⬩ very ⬩ true ⬩ the opposite of that which is false, or merely pretends, or has the appearance of, genuine, real ⬩ true ⬩ in conformity with the actual state of things ⬩ true ⬩ righteous ⬩ just
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Sóþ is ðæt ic eów secgge, Blickl. Homl. 53, 2. Hé þohte on him sylfum hwæt his sóðes wǽre he thought in himself what there was of it true, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 545.
ge-fagnian
To rejoice ⬩ be glad ⬩ exult ⬩ gaudēre ⬩ exultāre
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Ic blissie and ic gefagenie on ðé lætābor et exultābo in te, Ps. Spl. T. 9, 2
hátian
To become or get hot, to be hot ⬩ fervere
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Nim ǽnne sticcan and gníd tó sumum þinge hit hátaþ ðǽrrihte of ðam fýre ðe him on lútaþ take a stick and rub it against something, it gets hot directly from the fire which lurks in it, Lchdm. iii. 274, 4: Herb. 90, 13; Lchdm. ii. 198, 4.