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hleówan

(v.)
Grammar
hleówan, hleón, hlýwan; p. de.

to make warm, cherish, protect, shelterto become warm

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to make warm, cherish, protect, shelter Ðære sunnan hǽto ðe ðás eorðan hlýweþ the heat of the sun which warms this earth, Blickl. Homl. 51, 21. Wudubearwas eorþwelan hleóþ [cf. holtes hleó; or is rén the subject of the verb?]

Linked entry: hleón

winter

(n.)
Grammar
winter, es; m. (in pl. a neuter form wintru occurs, as well as masculine wintras, winter: the dat. sing. wintra is a trace of earlier u-stem declension).

a season of the yearwinterwintry weathercolda year

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a season of the year, winter Feówer tída syndon getealde on ánum geáre, ðæt synd uer, aestas, autumnus, hiems... Hiems is winter, Lchdm. iii. 250, 12. On ðone .vii. dæg ðæs mónðes (November) bið wintres fruma ; se einter hafaþ tú and hundnigontig daga

L

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This change does not occur to the same extent in the earlier specimens, and seems not to occur at all in the Northumbrian dialect, or in the kindred languages.

metod

(n.)
Grammar
metod, metud, meotud, meotod, es; m.

fatedestinydeath

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Could this be the meaning in the phrase se metoda drihten used of Christ in the following passages?

hálwende

(v.; adj.)
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In Gode ðǽm hálwyndan mínum, 61, 8 : 94, 1 : ii. p. 193, 13. of a thing Þíne sóðfæstnesse and hálwendan þínre (þínne?, þine?) veritatem tuam et salutare tuum, R. Ben. I. 12, 13

ild

(n.)
Grammar
ild, e ; f.

an ageævumsæculumageyearsætasmatureeldsenectusvetustasage

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Seó þridde yld wæs ðá wuniende óþ David at this time was the first age of this world, and the second age was till Abraham's time ... The third age was lasting then till David, Ælfc. T. Grn. 4, 5, 34. Hé com on ðære syxtan ylde, Blickl. Homl. 71, 26.

Linked entries: yld eld

regolian

(v.)
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Gyf þú reogolsticcan næbbe, þonne strece þú þíne hand úpweard and stríc mid þínum scytefingre andlang þínre wynstran hande, swilce þú regolige, 128, 17

Linked entry: regol-sticca

steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
steáp, adj.
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In later English steap applied to the eyes or to gems seems to have this meaning. 'Twa ehnen steappre þene steorren an þene ȝimstanes' Marh.9, 4. In the note on this passage Cockayne gives other instances of this use, e.g.

an-sægdnes

(n.)
Grammar
an-sægdnes, an-segdnes, -ness, e; f. [ansægd affirmed; pp. of an-secgan]

A thing which is vowed, or devotedan oblationa sacrificesacrificium

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A thing which is vowed, or devoted, an oblation, a sacrifice; sacrificium.Bd. 1. 7; S. 477, 39

in-þicce

(adj.)
Grammar
in-þicce, adj.

Grossthick

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Gross, thick Inþicce is hearta folces ðisses incrassatum est cor populi hujus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 13, 15

nemnigend-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
nemnigend-líc, adj.

Nominative

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Nominative Nominativus is nemnigendlíc, mid ðam casu wé nemnaþ ealle þing, Ælfc. Gr. 7; Som. 6, 17

ge-sídan

(n.)
Grammar
ge-sídan, (?); pl.
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The sides of an object On gesíitum húsys þínys in lateribus domus tue, Ps. Cam. 127, 3

Linked entry: síde

ge-þicfyldan

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Substitute: <b>ge-þicfildan</b> to make thick Geþycfyldan densere, Germ. 401, 21

or-trúwian

(v.)
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Þreó þing syndon þe ne beóð forgifene . . . þrydde, þæt man ortrúwige Godes mildheortnysse, Wlfst. 299, 16. Add

under-cyning

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Nú hét hé þé dǽlan þíne goldhordas. . . and þú beó his undercyning. Homl. S. 32, 54. Add

smeoruwig

(adj.)
Grammar
smeoruwig, adj.

Fatty, greasy, unctuous greasy

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Fatty, greasy, unctuous Eal ða wǽtan þing and ða smerewigan sint tó forbeódanne Lchdm. ii. 210, 27

Linked entry: smerewig

þecgan

(v.)
Grammar
þecgan, p. þegde; pp. þeged
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To take, consume Hine þegeþ þurst he is consumed by thirst, Lchdin. ii. 60, 7: 74, 22

Linked entry: a-þegen

þeóh-wærc

(n.)
Grammar
þeóh-wærc, -wræc, es; m.
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Pain in the thighs Wið þeóhwræce ... smyre ða þeóh, sóna hý beóð hále, Lchdm. i. 354, 19

hand-cræft

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Gif hwylc neód sý tó becýpenne ǽnig þing heora ( artifices monasterii ) handcræftes, R. Ben. 95, 16. Add

tó-sáwan

Grammar
tó-sáwan, (b)
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Sixtýne deófle wǽron þe worhton þisne hlísan and tóseówon geond ꝥ folc, Hml. S. 31, 558. Add