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mirige

(adv.)
Grammar
mirige, adv.

Pleasantly ⬩ sweetly ⬩ gladly

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Pleasantly, sweetly, gladly His módor gehýrde hú myrge hé sang mid ðám munecum and hyre wæs myrge on hyre móde his mother heard how sweetly he sang with the monks, and she was glad at heart, Wulfst. 152, 11-13

fǽr-deáþ

apoplexy

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Sǽde Cecilia þám brýdguman þ heó gesáwe engel of heofenum, and sé wolde hyne sleán myd fǽrdeáþe (he would strike him dead), gif hé hyre onhryne, Shrn. 149, 24. Substitute:

nabban

(v.)
Grammar
nabban, ( = ne habban, the verb is conjugated throughout)

not to have ⬩ to be without

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Hé nǽnige mehte nafaþ, Blickl. Homl. 31, 33. Hé wilnaþ ... ðæs ðe hé næft, Bt. 11, 1; Fox 34, 2. Næfþ, Ps. Th. 71, 12. Wé nabbaþ, Mk. Skt. 9, 13. Earmra manna gehelpan ðe sylfe nabbaþ and ðæra myhta nabbaþ ðæt hié wyrcen mágon, L. E.

Linked entries: næfde nafa ne

mónaþseóc-ness

(n.)
Grammar
mónaþseóc-ness, e; f.

Lunacy

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Lunacy Wið mónoþseócnysse, gyf man ðás wyrte ðam mónoþseócan ligcgendon ofer álegþ, sóna hé hyne sylfne hálne up áhefþ, Herb. 66, 2; Lchdm. i. 170, 4

Cynríc

(n.)
Grammar
Cynríc, es; m.

Cynric, the second king of the West Saxons, son of Cerdic, q. v ⬩ Cynrīcus

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Cynric, the second king of the West Saxons, son of Cerdic, q. v; Cynrīcus Hér, A.

cnotta

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Add: a knot, fastening Hét hé þone wer gebindan and ǽnne mæssepreóst . . . mid heardum cnottum samod, Hml. S. 29, 214. Unbindan þá fæstan cnottan synna, 10, 47. Hé unhand þá rápas and þá cnottan þára bænda, Gr.

efor-fearn

(n.)
Grammar
efor-fearn, es; n. A species of fern, polypody; rădiŏlus, poly̆pŏdium =πολυπόδιον
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Herba rădiŏla ðæt is efor-fearn, Herb. cont. 85; Lchdm. i. 34, 7.

Dún-stán

(n.)
Grammar
Dún-stán, es; m.

Dunstan ⬩ Dunstānus

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Dunstan; Dunstānus Hér S. Dúnstán wearþ geboren in this year [A. D. 925] St. Dunstan was born, Chr. 925; Th. 199, 4, col. 3. Hér Eádmund cing betǽhte Glæstinga beri S. Dúnstáne, ðár he siððan ǽrest abbod wearþ in this year [A.

un-áswundenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
un-áswundenlíce, adv.

Not languidly ⬩ not slowly ⬩ promptly

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Not languidly, not slowly, promptly Ðá ðóhte hé ðæt hé sceolde weorulde wiþsacan, and ðæt unáswundenlíce swá gedyde ( non hoc segniter fecit ), Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 23. Heó ðæt weorc unáswundenlíce gefylde opus non segniter implevit, 4, 23; S. 593, 36

á-stingan

(v.)
Grammar
á-stingan, p. -stang, pl. -stungon.

to thrust out ⬩ to stab

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to thrust out Heó his swýþran ége út ástang, Nar. 44, 14. Rómáne his eágan ástungon, Chr. 797; P. 56, 11. to stab Hé hine sylfne mid his swurd of ástang he stabbed himself to death with his sword. Nor. 48, 24

wyn-lust

(n.)
Grammar
wyn-lust, es; m.

Sensual pleasure

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Hér synt ðisse weorolde wynlustas, ac ðǽr synt ða écan tintregu, L. E. I. proem.; Th. ii. 394, 8. Gif hwam hwæt yfeles gedón bið, ðæt hé ne mæge hys wynlusta brúcan, Lchdm. i. 330, 13

ge-treówþ

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Gif hé hit mid getrýwðan geearnod, 440, 3. loyalty Ánum cynehláforde holdlíce hýran, and georne hine healdan mid rihtan getrýwðan, Ll.

Lunden-ceaster

(n.)
Grammar
Lunden-ceaster, e; f.

London

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Eác swylce Eást-Seaxum hé gesette Ercenwold biscop in Lundenceastre, 4, 6; S. 573, 43

eást-weg

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Substitute: A way to or in the east; in pl. eastern parts, the east Þonan mæg hé on eástwegum síð behealdan hwonne swegles tapur hǽdre blíce (cf. hwan sie ( the Magi ) an óstarwegun gisáhin kumbal liuhtian hédro, Hél. 634), Ph. 113.

ealdor-dóm

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Hé him æfter fyligde on ðæs mynstres ealdordóme ( regimine ), Gr. D. 96, 7. Israhéla folc geceás Ionatham, biddende þæt hé wǽre heora heáfod and heretoga; and hé féng ðá tó ealdordóme swá swá hí bǽdon, Hml. S. 25, 718.

Cerdic

(n.)
Grammar
Cerdic, es; m.

Cerdic ⬩ Cerdĭcus

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When he died, then Ceol succeeded to the kingdom, and held it seven years. When he died, then Ceolwulf his brother succeeded, and he reigned seventeen years; and their kin reaches to Cerdic.

E

Grammar
E, Anglo-Saxon words, containing the short or unaccented vowel e, are often represented by modern English words of the same meaning, having the sound of e in
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a heel, félan to feel, déman to deem, think, fénix a phænix, hér here, gés geese, fét feet, fédan to feed, téþ teeth, béc books, blégen a Wain, dréfan to trouble.

éd

(n.)
Grammar
éd, [eád happiness]

Safety, security, happiness ⬩ sălus, asȳlum

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Grn. corrected ed monne into edniowne renewed :-- Ða he hine [égor-here] upp forlét edniowne [acc. referring to hine = égor-here] streámum stígan when he allowed it [the water-flood-'host'] renewed to mount up in streams, Gen. 1405

on-winnan

(v.)
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Þæt gé eówerne eard bewerian mid wǽpnum wið onwinnendne here, Ælfc. T. Grn. 11, 18: Hml. S. 25, 818. Hí weredon hí cénlíce wið þone onwinnendan here, 589: 719. Hé gefeaht wið heora onwinnendan he fought with their assailants, 687.

þráwan

(v.)
Grammar
þráwan, p. þreów; pp. þráwen

To throw ⬩ To twist ⬩ rack ⬩ torture ⬩ To twist ⬩ turn round ⬩ to take a different direction ⬩ to turn round ⬩ revolve ⬩ to curl

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To twist, rack, torture Hé hét hí on hencgene ástreccan and ðráwan swá swá wiððan, Homl. Skt. i. 8, 113. Hé hér hine hón on hengene, and mid hengene ðráwan tó langere hwíle, Homl. Th. ii. 308, 31. Grammar þráwan, intrans.