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hord-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
hord-fæt, es; n.

A vessel for holding treasure

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Homl. 105, 15: Hy. 11, 18; Hy. Grn. ii. 294, 18. geopenodon heora hordfatu [cf. Mt. 2, 11 apertis thesauris suis] and him lac geoffrodon. Homl. Th. i. 78, 27: 116, 3. On heora hordfatum behíddon absconderunt inter vasa sua, Jos. 7, 11

bælca

(n.)
Grammar
bælca, balca (-e ?), bælcan; m. (f. ?).
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Þá Regulus swíðost forslagen hæfde, ðá hét bindan and on balcan lecgan Regulus plures Poenorum bello captos in vincula conjecerat, Bt. 16, 2; S. 37, 8

bedding

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læg on his beddinge (in lectulo), Gr. D. 326, 8. Add

ge-férrǽden

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ágsode hwá wolde on þǽre geférrǽddene beón þe wǽre, and ꝥ lufian ꝥ lufode. Ll.

LǼDAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼDAN, p. de; pp. lǽded, lǽd

TO LEADconducttakecarrybringbring forthproduce

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hét smiðian áne lytle róde ða lvdde on his swíðran he ordered a little cross to be forged, that he laid upon his right hand, Homl. Th. ii. 304, 16. His ðegnas lǽddon him tó ðone eosol his disciples brought the ass to him, Blickl. Homl. 71, 6.

Linked entry: be-lǽdan

ge-langian

(v.)
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gelangigan hider tó þám bisceope, 23, 680. hét gelangian ðá preóstas tó his andwerdnysse, Hml. Th. ii. 310, 11. following the dat. Gelangode himhis ercediácon, Hml. S. 31, 1387. hét him gelangian þá gelýfedan men tó, 3, 94.

ofer-winnan

(v.)

to overcome, conquer, vanquish, subdueexpugnare, superare, devincere

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ðus cwæð ðæt ða lotwrenceas oferwunne, Past. 30, 2; Swt. 205, 17. Gif ðú wille ǽnige buruh oferwinnan expugnare Deut. 20, 10: Jos. 10, 4. Ðæt mihton heora fýnd oferwinnan, Bd. 1, 12; S. 480, 28.

wrítere

(n.)
Grammar
wrítere, es; m.

a draughtsmanpaintera writerscribecopyista writerauthora scribe

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Oft gehwá gesihð fægre stafas áwritene, þonne heraþ ðone writere and ða stafas, and nát hwæt mǽnaþ. Homl. Th. i. 156, 3. Wrítera strican notariorum characteres, Hpt. Gl. 473, 12. Wríterum antiquariis (antiquariis describentibus, Aid. 79), Wrt.

Linked entries: ge-wrítere wrítan

rǽdan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽdan, <b>II a.</b>
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Add Ðá ðá preóstas ðis gehýrdan, þá rǽddan ð náman twégen of heom and sendan tó þám pápan, Chr. 995; P. 130, 21. wolde witan æt him hwæt his suna rǽddon (hrǽddon, v. l. ), Hml. S. 5, 155. Gefare ꝥ ꝥ God rǽde (cf. wille, 24), Ll.

fram-adón

(v.)
Grammar
fram-adón, he -adéþ; p. -adyde; pp. -adón

To do or take from or awaycut offauferreabscīdĕre

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To do or take from or away, cut off; auferre, abscīdĕre Sóna heó ðone fefer framadéþ it will soon take away the fever, Herb. 12, 5; Lchdm. i. 104, 15. Mildheortnesse his he framadéþ misericordiam suam abscīdet, Ps. Lamb. 76, 9

Mon-íg

(n.)
Grammar
Mon-íg, e; f.

The Isle of Man or AngleseyMona

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The Isle of Man or Anglesey; Mona Ðá gehergodon Moníge [Mæníge] then they harried the Isle of Man, Chr. 1000 (ed. Thorpe). Moníge Brytta eáland Angelcynnes ríce underþeódde Mevanias insulas imperio subjugavit Anglorum, Bd. 2, 9; S. 510, 16

stán-boga

(n.)
Grammar
stán-boga, an; m.
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A natural stone arch geseah stondan stánbogan, streám út ðonan brecan of beorge, Beo. Th. 5083; B. 2545. Seah on enta geweorc ða stánbogan ( of the cave within the rock ) stapulum fæste éce eorðreced innan healde, 5429; B. 2718

un-fulfremed

(adj.)
Grammar
un-fulfremed, adj.

Imperfect

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Ðæt didon unfulfremed ( inperfectum ) forlǽtende, R. Ben. lnterl. 24, 1. Ða ðing ðe unfullfremed gemétte ea quae minus perfecta reperit, Bd. 4, 2; S. 566, 2

wang-turf

(n.)
Grammar
wang-turf, gen. -tyrf; f.Turf,
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rf, grass-land Ðæt ic móte ðis gealdor tóðum ontýnan . . . wlitigan ðás wancgturf (cf. the beginning of the article : Hér ys seó bót ðú meaht ðíne æceras bétan gif nellaþ wel wexan, 398, 1), Lchdm. i. 400, 7

weorold-irmþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-irmþ, weorold-irmþu; f.
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héton eft lóhannes gebringan æt his mynstre, fram ðám woruldyrmþum ðe hwíle on wæs, Ors. 6, 10; Bos. 120, 36

fácen-líce

(adv.)
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þenceað swíðe fácenlíce (faecen-, Ps. Srt.) dolose cogitabant, Ps. Th. 34, 20: 35, 2. Sum fǽmne fácenlíce híwode sárlíce seóce, Hml. Th. ii. 506, 5. Add

fore-wítegian

(v.)
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Stephanus . . . wé cweðað on Englisc, Gewuldorbeágod; for ðan ðe hæfð þone écan wuldorbeáh, swá swá his nama him forewítegode, Hml. Th. i. 50, 13. Heortan forewítegendra corde presago, Hy. S. 104, 1. Wæs forewítegod praefiguratur, An. Ox. 1541.

Linked entry: wítegian

ge-híwodlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ge-híwodlíce, adv.
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Formally, apparently Ealle naman mǽst teóð genitivum: amicus illius his freónd . . . magon eác sume beón geðeódde datiuo gehíwodlíce : amicus illi est is him freónd . . .

Linked entry: -híwodlíce

ge-íwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-íwian, ge-íwian.
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., and add gehýt . . . and eft geéwð, Bt. 39, 8; S. 131, 7. Gehíwygiende meditata (meditari indicare, significare, Migne), Germ. 390, 98. Ðá wǽron geiéwde, Past. 195, 18

ge-tácniendlic

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Add: to be shewn, to be indicated Be ge-tácniendlicum tídum Godes weorces de significanda hora operis Dei, R. Ben. 72, 9. symbolical getácnigendlice lác offrodon. pæt gold getácnode þæf is sóð cyning, Hml. Th. i. 116, 8