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hyse-cild

(n.)
Grammar
hyse-cild, es; n.

A male child

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Gif hit hysecild byþ si masculus fuerit, Ex. 1, 16. Hyscild mas, Ælfc. Gl. 86; Som. 74, 22; Wrt. Voc. 50, 6. Beó hit hysecild beó hit mǽdencild sit masculus infans, sit femina, L. Ecg. P. ii. 21; Th. ii. 190, 21: L.

íðe

(adj.)
Grammar
íðe, adj.

Easypleasant

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Easy, pleasant Nó ðæt ýðe byþ tó befleónne that is not easy to flee from, Beo. Th. 2009; B. 1002 : 4822; B. 2415.

mere-swín

(n.)
Grammar
mere-swín, es; n.

A sea-pigporpoisedolphin

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Ǽlc seldfynde fisc ðe weorðlíc byþ, styria and mereswýn, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 450, 28. Nim mereswínes fel, L. M. 3, 40; Lchdm. ii. 334, 1. Mereswýn and stirian delphinos et sturias, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9: Bd. 1, 1; S. 473, 17

ge-scrýdan

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Seó slápolnys byð gescrýdd mid tætticum dormitatio vestietur pannis, Hml. A. 9, 237. Mid hǽran gescrýd tó hire líce, 108, 207. Gescríd mid goldum and mid gimmum, Chr. 1086; P. 219, 9. Hé gelǽdde Mardocheum mǽrlíce gescrýdne, Hml. A. 99, 241

ge-wun

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Gyf lytlan gewune beóð, geswinc hit ná byð, for þí þe of gewunan hit cóm si paulatim adsueti fiant, labor non erit, quia ex usu uenit, Scint. 64, 1. Ðeós wyrt is tó þám herigindlic ꝥ hý man wið gewune drenceas gemencgeað, Lch. i. 172, 6

hyrst

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D. ii. 65, 8. an eminence, knoll Wermód on hyrstum heasewe standeð (cf. wermód byð cenned on dúnum and on stǽnilicum stówum, Lch. i. 216, 19) glauca absinthia campi, Rä. 41, 61. ¶ The word occurs in a great many place-names.

tilung

Grammar
tilung, <b>.
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Ðá cynn beóð langswýrede ðe lybbað be gærse ... and ǽlc byð gelimplic tó his lífes tilunge ( each is adapted for caring for its life ), Hex. 16, 4.

hál-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
hál-wende, adj.

Conducive to health, salutary, healing, wholesome

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Swá se lǽcedóm yldra byþ swá hé hálwendra byþ the older the medicine is the more healing it is, Herb. 130, 3; Lchdm. i. 242, 5

Linked entry: -wende

smylte

(adj.)
Grammar
smylte, adj.

Quiet, tranquil, calm, sereneof physical calmnessgentle, mild, of the wind favourable, prosperousof mental calm, placid, serene, tranquil, unruffled

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Swilce seó heofone ðonne heó smylte (serenum) byþ Ex. 24, 10. Hyt byþ smylte weder Mt. Kmbl. 16, 2. Smylte weder biþ ðý þancwyrþre, gif hit hwéne ǽr biþ stearce stormas and micle rénas and snáwas Bt. 23; Fox 78, 26.

Linked entries: smelte smolt

Æ

Grammar
Æ, The short or unaccented Anglo-Saxon æ has a sound like ai in main and f
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In the declension of monosyllabic nouns and adjectives, e is rejected from the short or unaccented æ, and becomes a, when a single consonant, or st, sc, is followed by a, o, u in nouns, and by a, o, u, e in adjectives; as Stæf, pl. stafas, g. stafa, d

ge-windan

(v.)
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Add: intrans. of movement, by living things, to roll together, roll up Se iil . . . sóna suá hiene mon geféhð, suá gewint hé tó ánum cliéwene ericius . . . mox ut apprehensus fuerit, semetipsum in sphaeram colligit, Past. 241, 11. by inanimate things

hand-geweorc

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Ox. 3710. a. of what is made by the Deity Ic beó þín hondgeweorc, Bl. H. 147, 35. Swiðor wile God árian mannum his handgeweorce, Hml. Th. i. 68, 25. His handgeweorc, Adames ofspring, ii. 260, 25 : Ll.

án-lípig

Grammar
án-lípig, (ǽn-).
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Ðus hit byð gedón in ǽnlípigre gehwylcre sáwle ( in unaquaque anima ), Gr. D. 205, 8.

ǽ-hlýp

(n.)
Grammar
ǽ-hlýp, -hlíp, es; m. [ǽ law, hlyp a leap]

A transgressionbreach of the lawan assaultlegis transgressioaggressus

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Þurh ǽ-hlýp by a violation of the law, L. Eth. v. 31; Th. i. 312, 11

Linked entries: æt-hlýp hlíp

foxes fót

(n.)
Grammar
foxes fót, es; m.

Fox's footbur reeda water plantsparganum simplexxiphionξιφίον

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Fox's foot, bur reed, a water plant; sparganum simplex, xiphion = ξιφίον Genim ðysse wyrte wyrttruman, ðe man xiphion, and óðrum naman foxes fót, nemneþ take a root of this plant, which is named xiphion, and by another name fox's foot, Herb. 47, 1; Lchdm

ge-seccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-seccan, = ge-sécean[?]or ge-feccan[?]
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Ides sceal dyrne cræfte hire freónd geseccan gif heó nelle on folce geþeán ðæt hí man beágum gebycge a woman must by secret art get herself a friend if she do not wish publicly to succeed in being bought with rings, Menol. Fox 548; Gn. C. 44

blóma

(n.)

a masslump

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Voc. ii. 57, 77: massa (picea; massa is glossed by clyne, Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 22), An. Ox. 18b, 55. Blóman ísenes massam ferri, Scint. 97, 2. Hét se geréfa heora ǽlcum gebindan leádes blóman on heora swyran, Shrn. 54, 20

fóstring

(n.)
Grammar
fóstring, es; m.
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a fosterchild of the place where one is brought up, a native of a place Ðǽre burge fóstring, Lk. p. 2, 1. a fosterchild of the person by whom one is educated, a disciple Discipul ł lárcneht ł fóstring ðára postolra discipulus apostolorum, Lk. p. 2,

ge-rid

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rid, meat, food (?). v. bed-gerid,
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which may mean the food laid up by the ants in the ant-hill Ball seó lustfulnes and swetiies þæs lichaman weorðeþ tó wyrma geride dulcedo illius vermes (Job 24, 20 where the A. V. has, ' the worm shall feed sweetly on him '), Gr. D. 323, 3

Linked entry: -rid

ge-þaccian

(v.)
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D. 189, 22. to soothe by patting (?), tame Getaccodon (-þaccodon?) edomitis, Germ. 402, 63