ofer
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Th. 60, 5. (8 a) marking sequence in time of events :-- Ofer mínre gecígnesse þú gesettest ealle þíne apostolas tó mínre byrgenne (cf. 137, 25-27) after I am called from this world thou hast appointed all thine apostles to attend my burial, Bl.
þæt
That ⬩ that, ⬩ in order that ⬩ that ... not, ⬩ lest ⬩ that, so that, so as (with infin.)
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Kmbl. 781; El. 391. where the clause is equivalent to a phrase, preposition and noun, with adjectival force defining the noun in the main clause Hit wæs ðá se tíma, þæt wínberian rípodon now the time was the time of the first-ripe grapes (A.
níd
necessity ⬩ inevitableness ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ urgent requirement ⬩ a necessary business ⬩ duty ⬩ need ⬩ what one wants ⬩ necessity ⬩ need ⬩ difficulty ⬩ hardship ⬩ distress ⬩ force ⬩ compulsion
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Th. 2014; B. 1005. necessity, need, urgent requirement Ne néd is ðé ðætte hwelc ðec gifregne non opus est tibi ut quis te interroget, Jn. Skt. Rush. 16, 30. Mé is neód necesse habeo, ic habbe neóde necesse habeo, Ælfc. Gr. 38; Som. 41, 38.
fæst
constant ⬩ firm ⬩ steadfast ⬩ fixed ⬩ unchangeable ⬩ firm ⬩ secure ⬩ stubborn ⬩ unyielding ⬩ firm ⬩ solid ⬩ compact ⬩ strong ⬩ firm ⬩ strong ⬩ fortified ⬩ unbroken ⬩ undisturbed ⬩ standard
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Ceólas æt sǽfearoðe oncrum fæste, El. 252. of a band, tie, &c., not easily loosed: Ðeáh seó leó fæste racentan hæbbe, Bt. 25; F. 88, 9. Þǽm fæstestum tenacissimis (vinculis), Wrt. Voc. ii. 86, 2. of alliance, agreement, &c.
ge-wítan
to see ⬩ behold ⬩ videre ⬩ spectare ⬩ to turn one's eyes in any direction with the intention of taking that direction ⬩ to set out towards ⬩ start ⬩ pass over ⬩ to go ⬩ depart ⬩ withdraw ⬩ go away ⬩ retreat ⬩ retire ⬩ die ⬩ transire ⬩ discedere
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Ðæt us ðás tída ídle ne gewítan that these times do not pass away without profit for us, 129, 36.
Linked entries: aweg-gewítan aweg-gewitenes
ealdor-man
ALDERMAN, senator, chief, duke, a nobleman of the highest rank, and holding an office inferior only to that of the king ⬩ mājor nātu, sĕnātor, prŏcer, princeps, prīmas, dux, præfectus, trĭbūnus, quīcunque est aliis grădu aut nātu mājor. ⬩ eorl, Nrs. jarl, being placed over several shires. The Danish kings ruled by their eorlas or jarls, and the ealdormen disappeared from the shires. Gradually the title ceased altogether, except in the cities, where it denoted an inferior judicature, much as it now does among ourselves
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The title of Ealdorman or Aldorman denoted civil as well as military pre-eminence. The word ealdor or aldor in Anglo-Saxon denotes princely dignity: in Beowulf it is used as a synonym for cyning, þeóden, and other words applied to royal personages.
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hand
HAND, side, power, control
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Ðǽr unc hwíle wæs hand gemǽne there for a time we two had a hand to hand struggle [cf. Ger. handgemein werden to fight hand to hand ], Beo. Th. 4281; B. 2137.
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weorold
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VIII. a person's world, conditions of life Hwæðer Boetie eall his woruld lícode ðá hé gesǽlgost wæs, Bt. 26, tit.; Fox xiv, 18: 26, 1; Fox 90, 23. Hyra woruld wæs gehwyrfed, Cd. Th. 21, 3; Gen. 318.
EALDOR
life ⬩ vita
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Th. 126, 6. age, in the expressions, on ealdre, on aldre ever; unquam and to ealdre always; semper, which are used not only with regard to the duration of life, but also in general for an unlimited period of time, independently or with the addition of
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herian
To praise
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Ic nát for hwý gé ða tída swelcra bróca swá wel hergeaþ I know not why ye praise so highly the times of such miseries. Ors. 3, 7; Swt. 120, 4: Blickl. Homl. 89, 31. Hergaþ, Cd. 192; Th. 239, 24; Dan. 375.
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be-windan
To wind or bind around or about, entwine, wrap, enwrap, encircle, surround, wind, turn ⬩ amplecti, involvere, cingere, circumdare, volvere
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Hwonne us líffreá tíre bewinde when the Lord of life may surround us with honour, >Exon. 8 a; Th. 3, 1; Cri. 29. Ic eom bewunden mid wuldre I am surrounded with glory, 108 a; Th. 412, 18; Rä. 31, 2.
strengðu
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Hí lǽrdon ðæt hí módes strengþo náman, Bd. 1, 12 ; S. 481, 5. (1 a) the time when a man is strong, mature years :-- On mínum cildháde oððe on mínre geógoðe oððe on mínre strengðe oððe on mínre ylde, Anglia xi. 102, 2. violence, force Hé ða ongeánwinnendan
ár
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Seó ár and seó eádignes þæs heán heáhengles tíde, Bl. H. 197, 3. Ne onmun þú mé nánre áre wyrþne, 183, 1. Áre honore, Ps. Spl. C. 8, 6. On áre beón in honore esse. Ps. Th. 48, 11.
for-niman
to comprehend ⬩ carry off ⬩ do away with ⬩ defraud ⬩ consume
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Úre hors wǽron swíðe mid þurste fornumene, Nar. 12, 14. of the passage of time On sáre and on geómrunga mín líf and míne geár syndon fornumene, Bl. H. 89, 15
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ge-wyrht
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Gif gé scyld on eów witen ðæs ðe eów man tíhð oððe on gewyrhtum oððe on gewitnesse if you know yourselves guilty as principals or as accessories Rtl. 114, 23. Be folcleásunge gewyrhtum. Gif mon folcleásunge gewyrce de publico mendacio conficto.
ge-wunelic
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Ben. 32, 2. ordinary, having the characteristics of the class to which a thing belongs, common Godes wolcn wæs fýren geðúht on nihtlicere tíde, and on gewunelices wolcnes híwe on dæge, Hml. Th. ii. 196, 8.
híwisc
a family ⬩ house
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Æt Cemele tién hýda, æt Domeccesíge þridde half híwisce, 53, 16. Óðer half héwisse, iii. 410, 12. Ðis his ðára .v. hída bóc æt Dydylingetúne and ðas ánes híwisces æt Uddingc (cf.
hlǽfdige
a queen ⬩ Our Lady ⬩ lady
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Bide þá eádigan Sanctan Marian þíne leófan hlǽfdian, Angl. xii. 515, 2. as title of an English king's wife. in the king's lifetime Hugon þe seó hléfdige (Ethelred's queen) heafde hire gesett tó geréfan, Chr. 1003; P. 135, 6.
scríðan
to go ⬩ take one's way to a place ⬩ to go hither and thither ⬩ go about ⬩ wander ⬩ of the gliding motion of a ship, cloud, etc., or of the motion of a heavenly body in its orbit ⬩ of the increase or decrease of light ⬩ of the coming of times or seasons, of the passage of time
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Th. 1305; B. 650. of the coming of times or seasons, of the passage of time Ðæs scríð ymb seofon niht Weódmónaþ on tun, Menol, Fox 270; Men. 136. Dagas forþ scridun, Exon. Th. 160, 12; Gú. 942. Ofer niðða beam nihtrim scridon, 167, 35; Gú. 1070.
Ést-mere
The Frische Haff, or fresh water lake which is on the north of east Prussia. Hav or Haf signifies a sea, in Danish and Swedish. It is written Haff in German, and it is now used to denote all the lakes connected with the rivers on the coast of Prussia and Pomerania. The Frische Haff is about sixty miles long, and from six to fifteen broad. It is separated by a cham of sand banks from the Baltic Sea, with which, at the present time, it communicates by one strait called the Gat. This strait is on the north-east of the Haff, near the fortress of Pillau, Malte Brunts Univ. Geog. vol. vii. p. 14. This Gat, as Dr. Bell informs me, 'seems to have been formed, and to be kept open by the superior force of the Pregel stream.' This gentleman has a perfect knowledge of the Frische Haff and the neighbourhood, as he received his early education in the vicinity, and matriculated at the University of Königsberg, near the west end of the Haff. I am indebted to Dr. Bell for the map of the celebrated German Historian, Professor Voigt, adapted to his 'Geschichte Preussens von den ältesten Zeiten, 9 vols. 8vo,
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It is separated by a cham of sand banks from the Baltic Sea, with which, at the present time, it communicates by one strait called the Gat. This strait is on the north-east of the Haff, near the fortress of Pillau, Malte Brunts Univ.