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an infant or small child found abandoned; a child without a known parent or guardian. |
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verb (used with object), tholed, tholing. Chiefly Scot.
to suffer; bear; endure. |
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a hut or small cottage. |
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1. Early English History. a member of any of several aristocratic classes of men ranking between earls and ordinary freemen, and granted lands by the king or by lords for military service.
2. Scottish History. a person, ranking with an earl's son, holding lands of the king; the chief of a clan, who became one of the king's barons. |
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| marshlands; Grendel's lair is somewhere underground there |
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| lake, pond, or arm of the sea |
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| ?? a person who has been punished for a crime by having his hands and feet cut off |
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locked
From Beowulf's description of an injured Grendel
"locked and encircled and hobbling with pain, limping and looped in it." |
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From Beowulf's description of an injured Grendel
"locked and encircled and hobbling with pain, limping and looped in it." |
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1. a wailing lament for the dead.
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2. to wail in lamentation for the dead. |
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| also known as Oiorpata in Iranian and Scythian, are a nation of all-female warriors in Greek mythology and Classical antiquity. Herodotus placed them in a region bordering Scythia in Sarmatia (modern territory of Ukraine) |
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| fortified outwork of a court or castle; an enclosure with mud or stone walls, for keeping cattle; a fortified enclosure. |
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behaviour that is considered to be outside the bounds of morality
etymology - from pale (“jurisdiction of an authority, territory under an authority's jurisdiction”), suggesting that anything outside the authority's jurisdiction was uncivilized. The phrase was in use by the mid-17th century, and may be a reference to the general sense of boundary, but is often understood to refer specifically to the English Pale in Ireland. In the nominally English territory of Ireland, only the pale fell genuinely under the authority of English law, hence the terms within the pale and beyond the pale. The boundary of the Ashdown Forest (a Royal hunting Forest) was also known as the Pale, consisting of a Paled fence and a ditch inside, to allow deer to jump in, but not back out. |
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| dialectical variant of "kex," which means a hollow plant stem or a plant having a hollow stem, or, figuratively, a spinless, dried- up person |
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verb (used without object), scudded, scudding.
1. to run or move quickly or hurriedly.
2. Nautical. to run before a gale with little or no sail set.
3. Archery. (of an arrow) to fly too high and wide of the mark.
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4. the act of scudding.
5. clouds, spray, or mist driven by the wind; a driving shower or gust of wind.
6. low-drifting clouds appearing beneath a cloud from which precipitation is falling. |
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| slopes covered with small loose stones |
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| one of an ancient class of lawyers (Unferth is one) |
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| a state of fitness and good health; hay |
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| given a wavy pattern by hammer-welding and repeated heating and forging |
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1. an outcast.
2. any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided.
3. (initial capital letter) a member of a low caste in southern India and Burma. |
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| gannet (i.e. gannet's bath) |
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| a gannet is a large sea bird; its "bath," therefore, would be the sea itself |
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verb (used with object), ensconced, ensconcing.
1. to settle securely or snugly:
"I found her in the library, ensconced in an armchair."
2. to cover or shelter; hide securely:
"He ensconced himself in the closet in order to eavesdrop." |
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1. personal clothing, accessories, etc.
2. the equipment, excluding weapons and clothing, of a soldier. |
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1. made of or furnished with timber.
2. covered with growing trees; wooded:
"timbered acres." |
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| armor plate that protects the neck |
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| ancient burial mound, where the treasure is buried and where the dragon lives |
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| discharging pus; festering |
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| ancient burial mound, where the treasure is buried and where the dragon lives |
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| rooted about, the raven does this |
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