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hlín-duru

(n.)
Grammar
hlín-duru, a; f.

A door formed of lattice-work, ⬩ a grated door

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A door formed of lattice-work, a grated door Helle hlínduru [cf.Icel.Hel-grindr], Exon. 97 b; Th. 364, 29; Wal. 78. Geseh hé fore hlíndura hyrdas standan he saw guards standing before the grated door [of his prison]. Andr. Kmbl. 1985; An. 995

greáte wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
greáte wyrt, e; f.
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Meadow saffron; colchicum autumnale Ðeós wyrt ðe man hieribulbum and óðrum naman greáte wyrt nemneþ this plant which is called ίεόβoλβos and by another name great wort, Herb. 22, 1; Lchdm. i. 118, 14: L. M. ii. 52, 1; Lchdm. ii. 268, 22

bysmer-leás

(adj.)
Grammar
bysmer-leás, adj.

pollution, abomination, disgrace ⬩ -less ⬩ Without pollution, spotless, blameless ⬩ sine pollutione, immaculatus, irreprehensus

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[ Similar entries bismer, bysmer pollution, abomination, disgrace; Similar entries -leás -less] Without pollution, spotless, blameless; sine pollutione, immaculatus, irreprehensus Ðæt he mǽge éðles mid monnum brúcan bysmerleás that he may enjoy the world

Linked entry: bismer-leás

á-wemman

(v.)
Grammar
á-wemman, p. de.

to disfigure ⬩ to defile

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to disfigure Decennovennalis ... ys gecíged of þrým áwemmedum dǽlum (component parts altered from the forms of the original words), ꝥ ys of decem and novem and annalis, Angl. viii. 325, 17. to defile ꝥ mín sáwle ne seó áwæmmod Hml. A. 172, 63

godcundlic

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Add: of God For his godcundlicum anwealde hé is ǽghwǽr andweard, Bt. 42; F. 258, 11. proceeding from God, inspired by God Godcundlicum wordum ( with words from the Scriptures ) heó hyre bearn lǽrde, Lch. iii. 428, 28. devoted to God, religious Godcundlicere

hlosnian

(v.)
Grammar
hlosnian, p. ode

To listen, ⬩ be silent in expectation of hearing, ⬩ listen for the coming of a person, ⬩ watch, ⬩ await, ⬩ be on the look out

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Æfter ðissum wordum weorud hlosnode swígodon ealle after these words the multitude listened [astonished or expectant], all were silent, Andr. Kmbl. 1522; An. 762. Ðæt folc hlosnende wæs gehérde hine populus suspensus erat audiens ilium, Lk. Skt.

Linked entry: hlysnan

weorold-líf

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-líf, es; n.
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Th. 427, 7; Rä. 41. 87. the period of the world's duration, the while the world lasts Ealle on weoruldlífe weorþaþ gedréfde conturbentur in seculum seculi, Ps. Th. 82, 13.

dulmúnus

(n.)
Grammar
dulmúnus, gen. pl. dulmúna; m. The war-ship of the Greeks, which king Alfred assures us would hold a thousand men; longa nāvis. These ships were the μακρὰ πλοῖα or νῆες μακραί, generally called in Greek ὁ δρόμων, ωνος, m. the light war-vessel of the Greeks. They were the longæ nāves the long war-ships of the Romans, which had often more than fifty rowers. The Romans called their vessel drŏmo, ōnis, defining it as a fast rowing vessel, evidently deriving their word from the Greek δρόμων, Cod. Just. 1, 27, 1, § 8; Cassiod. Var. 5, 17, init. where it is described as 'trĭrēme vehĭcŭlum rēmōrum tantum nŭmĕrum prōdens, sed hŏmĭnum făcies dīlĭgenter abscondens.' Some suppose that Alfred derived his word dulmúnus from the Icel. drómundr, m. which Egilsson, in his Lexĭcon Poëtĭcum, Hafniæ, 8vo. 1860, explains 'nāves grandior, cūjus gĕnĕris tantum extra regiōnes septemtrionāles, ut in mări mediterrāneo, mentio fit,' S.E. i. 582, 3, Orkn. 82, 1, 3. Vigfusson, in his Icelandic-English Dictionary, 4to. Oxford, 1869-1874, in drómundr gives only the Latin and Greek, and O. H. Ger. drahemond as cognates. What Orosius, calls longas nāves, Alfred translates dulmúnus in Anglo-Saxon. As we read in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle of A.D. 897; Th. i. 174, 4, Hét Ælfréd cyng timþrian lang-scipu ongén ða æscas king Alfred commanded to build long-ships against-, those ships, v. ÆSC IV.-Alfred, in his translation of Orosius, says
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Ǽr he [Ercol] ongan mid Creáca scypum, ðe mon dulmúnus hǽt, ðe man segþ ðæt in scip mǽge in þúsend manna before he [Hercules] began with Grecian ships, which are called dulmunus, of which it is said that one ship can hold a thousand men, Ors. 1, 10; Bos

feoh-gítsere

(n.)
Grammar
feoh-gítsere, es; m.

A miser ⬩ pĕcūniæ ăvārus

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that the first miser should have been in the world, Bt. Met. Fox 8, 110; Met. 8, 55. Ðæm feohgítsere to the miser, Bt. 7, 4; Fox 22, 26

Linked entry: gítsere

flacor

(adj.)
Grammar
flacor, adj.

Flickering ⬩ vŏlĭtans

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Ofer scildhreádan sceótend sendaþ flacor flánge*-*weorc warriors send flickering arrow-work over the shield's defence, 17b; Th. 42, 21; Cri. 676

Linked entry: flicerian

flyne

(n.)
Grammar
flyne, flene, an; f.

What is made soft ⬩ batter ⬩ fluĭdum quid

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What is made soft, batter; fluĭdum quid Gewyrce to flynan micelne citel fulne work a large kettle full into a batter, L. M. 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 6. Geót ða flynan on pour the batter on, 1, 38; Lchdm. ii. 98, 10

Linked entry: flene

stán-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
stán-geweorc, es; n.
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Working in stone, stone-work Bæd hé ðæt hé him onsende sumne heáhcræftigan stángeweorces architectos sibi mitti petiit, Bd. 5, 21; S. 643, 1. On hire wurðmynte is árǽred mǽre cyrce mid wundorlícum stángeweorce, Homl. Th. i. 440, 18. Cf. stán-weorc

weorold-búende

(adj.)
Grammar
weorold-búende, pl.
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The dwellers in this world, men Ne furþum wundne wer weoruldbúende gesáwan under sunnan, Met. 8, 35. God is wísdóm and ǽ woruldbúendra, 29, 83 : Judth. Thw. 22, 27; Jud. 82.

hyrd

(n.)
Grammar
hyrd, parchment (?),
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Stalder führt die Herde, Härde als ein in berner Ober-lande gebräuchliches Wort für Schaaf- oder Ziegenfell, Grff. iv. 1030) Ic þæt gewrit þisse andweardan hyrde gesette textum praesentis cartulae digessi, Guth. Gr. 103, 53

on-spreccan

(v.)

to enliven, to make sprack(?)

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.: Icel. sprækr active. ] Ðá wæs wæstnum áweaht world onspreaht (-spreht, MS.), Exon. Th. 353, 8; Reim. 9. [Cf.(?) ich sprechi in ham sprekes of lustes swa luðere ðæt ha forberneþ, Marh. 15, 21.]

Linked entry: spreccan

for-weorpan

(v.)
Grammar
for-weorpan, p. ic, he -wearp, ðú -wurpe, pl. -wurpon; subj. p. -wurpe, pl. -wurpen; pp. -worpen

To cast ⬩ cast away ⬩ reject ⬩ jăcĕre ⬩ projĭcĕre ⬩ repellĕre

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Ðú forwurpe mín word tu projēcisti sermōnes meos, Ps. Th. 49, 18. Mæg secgan se ðe wyle sóþ sprecan ðæt he gúþgewǽdu forwurpe he who will speak the truth can say that he cast away his armour [war-garments ], Beo. Th. 5736; B. 2872.

læt

(n.)
Grammar
læt, es; m.
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The word occurs only in the following passage Gif[man] læt ofslæhþ ðone sélestan lxxx scill. forgelde gif ðane óðerne ofslæhþ lx scillingum forgelde ðane þriddan xl scillingum forgelden if any one slay a 'læt' of the highest class, let him pay eighty

lícettere

(n.)
Grammar
lícettere, es; m.

a hypocrite

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Líceteras and leógeras Godes graman habban búton hig geswícan may those who are false in deed and in word have the wrath of God, unless they desist, L. C. S. 7; Th. i. 380, 5.

sund-búend

(n.)
Grammar
sund-búend, es; m.
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A sea-dweller, but the word, which occurs only in the plural, is used for men, mankind; cf. fold-búend Saturnus ðone sundbúende héton, hæleþa bearn, Met. 26, 48.

ceosel

(n.)
Grammar
ceosel, m.
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. ¶ The word is found in local names, e.g. Cysel-hyrst Chiselhurst v. C. D. vi. 269

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