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háwian

(v.)
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end of a look is marked by a preposition, to look after, on, to. physical beseah on ǽghwilce healfe ; and háwode on þá róde he looked about on every side, and his gaze rested on the cross, Hml.

mægden-ǽw

(n.)
Grammar
mægden-ǽw, e; f.

Marriage with a virgin

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he take a maiden to wife, and let him have her afterwards and no other while she lives, L.

ge-offrian

(v.)
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ge-offrian, p. ode; pp. od

To offer, sacrifice

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To offer, sacrifice He hét hine his leófan sunu geoffrian Gode to láce he bade him offer his dear son as a sacrifice to God, Btwk. Scrd. 23, 3. Abel geoffrode ða sélostan lác Gode Abel offered the best sacrifices to God, 18, 5: 22, 9: Gen. 8, 20.

Linked entry: offrian

drepan

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wearð drepen in þá sceare percussus in inguine, 324, 14. wæs in feorh dropen, B. 2981. On gemynd drepen stupefied, Gen. 1571. Add

mæsse-steall

(n.)
Grammar
mæsse-steall, es; m.
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'þæt is mid clǽne ælmessan and mid leóhte tó úrum ciricean and tó úrum mæssesteallum, Nap, 43. pápa hét hine mæssian at S. Petres weófode, Ch. 995; P. 130, 28. stód æt ðám weófode swylce wolde mæssian, Hml. S. 21, 355

BRYCG

(n.)
Grammar
BRYCG, bricg, e; f.

A BRIDGEpons

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Ðæt he ne myhte to ðære brycge cuman that he could not come to the bridge, Ors. 2, 5; Bos. 48, 14.

Linked entries: bricg bryc brygc

Harþacnut

(n.)
Grammar
Harþacnut, Hardacnut, es; m.

Hardacnut, son of Cnut

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Hér forþferde Hardacnut cyng in this year died king Hardacnut, 1041; Erl. 167, 30

weorold-geþyngþ

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-geþyngþ, weorold-geþyngþu, f.
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Worldly dignity Ǽlc heáh ár hér on worulde bið mid frécnessum embeseald; efne swá ða woruldgeþincþa (-geþingþa, v. l.) beóð máran, swá ða frécnessa beóð swíðran, Wulfst. 262, 3

a-grísan

(v.)

To dreadfear greatlyshudderhorrere

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To dread, fear greatly, shudder; horrere Ðæt he for helle agrise that he shudder for hell, L. C. E. 25; Th. i. 374, 13

wíc

(n.)
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wíc, The word is generally neuter, but as it is often used in the plural where a singular might express the meaning, the similarity of neuter plural and feminine singular accusatives seems to have caused the word to be taken sometimes as feminine, e. g. tó ánre wíc, Homl. Th. i. 402, 22. A weak form also seems to be used, Chart. Th. 446, 29.
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a dwelling-place, abode, habitation, residence, lodging, quarters tó him wilniende wæs ðætte heó him funden swylce londáre swylce mid árum on beón mehte, and his wíc ðaer on byrig beón mihte on his lífe, Chart. Erl. 69, 23.

a-libban

(v.)
Grammar
a-libban, -lybban; p. -lifde, -lyfde; pp. -lifd, -lyfd

To livelive aftersurviveviveresuperesse

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To live, live after, survive; vivere, superesse Ðæt heó wolde hyre líf on fæmnanháde alibban that she would live out her life in maidenhood, Ors. 3, 6; Bos. 58, 5.

slingan

(v.)
Grammar
slingan, p. slang, pl. slungon

To wind, twist, worm, move as a serpent.to move quickly to wind to wind

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Gif heó (the adder) ðæt heáfod innan ðone man bestingþ ðonne slingþ (= slincþ ?) heó mid ealle inn if it strikes its head into the man, then it winds itself quite in. Boutr. Scrd. 20, 15

án-rǽd

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hine hét þæt ne tweóde, ac þæt wǽre ánrǽd, Guth. 30, 7. Eádgár se æþela and se ánrǽda cyning. Jud. p. 163,11. Rihtwísnysse mid ánrǽdum móde symle healdan, Hml. Th. ii. 228, 19: Hml. S. 1, 166. Beóð ánrǽde and habbað sum eornost, Hml.

rǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
rǽcan, p. rǽhte.
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Ðǽr ( in hell) hý leomu rǽcaþ (stretch forth ) tó bindenne, Exon. Th. 99, 8; Cri. 1621. Eall ða weoruldgód gefeónde þearfum rǽhte and sealde cuncta pauperibus erogare gaudebat, Bd. 3, 5; S. 526, 26. hláf bræc and him rǽhte, Lk. Skt. 24, 30.

Linked entry: a-rǽcan

gefá

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Gif self his wǽpno his gefán út rǽcan wille, 64, 18. as pursued Be fǽhðum. Wé beódað, se mon, sé þe his gefán hámsittendne wite, ꝥ ne feohte ǽr þám þe him ryhtes bidde, Ll. Th. i. 90, 2.

Eádbald

(n.)
Grammar
Eádbald, -bold, es; m. [eád happy, bald bold]

Eadbald, son of Ethelbert, king of Kent. He succeeded his father to the kingdom of Kent in A.D. 616, and died in A.D. 640

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He succeeded his father to the kingdom of Kent in A.D. 616, and died in A.D. 640 Hér Æðelbryht Contwara cyning forþférde, and Eádbald his sunu féng to ríce, se forlét his fulluht and leofode on hǽðenum þeáwe, swá ðæt he hæfde his fæder láfe to wife in

byrne

(n.)
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byrne, a corslet.
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Gewǽpnod, ná mid reádum scylde, oððe mid hefegum helme, oþþe heardre byrnan, Hml. Th. ii. 502, 13. Gegyrede heó hý mid hǽrenre tunecan and mid byrnan, ꝥ is mid lytelre hacelan, Shrn. 140, 30. geann his áðume twégra byrnena, Cht. Crw. 23, 16. Add

magister

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magister, l. mágister, and
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add: a director, chief, ruler Ðonne gemétte ðá scylde ðe stiéran scolde, hrædlíce gecýðde ðæt wæs mágister and ealdormonn ( magistrum se esse resoluit), Past. 117, 6: Gen. 40, 21 (in Dict.].

for-oft

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Se Hǽlend hét hine sylfne mannes sunu foroft, Hml. A. 55, 118: 58, 169: 50, 26: 71, 169. Þá unrihtwísan déman beóð wyrsan þonne heregende here: here man mæg foroft befleón, ac þá déman man ne mæg befleón, Ll. Lbmn. 475, 23. Add

Linked entry: oft

earm-stoc

(n.)
Grammar
earm-stoc, es; m(?).
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A sleeve Feald þú mid þínre swíðran hande þane hem þínes wynstran earmstoces ofer þínne wynstran scytefinger, Tech. ii. 128, 2. [Cf. O. H. Ger. stúcha manica: Icel. stuka a sleeve.]

Linked entry: -stoc