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húsel

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Hit is on gecynde brosniendlic hláf and brosniendlic wín . . . his gástlica líchama ðe wé húsel hátað is. . . búton blóde and báne . . . þæt húsel is hwílwendlic, ná éce; brosuiendlic, and bið sticmǽlum tódǽled; betwux tóðum tócowen, and meó ðám búce

hwæt-hwega

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In the two following passages hwæthwegu seems adjective, but perhaps should be considered as adverb and the passages put under v. Gr. D. 88, 23 under 1 Hit nis éce gifu ..., ac is hwæthwegu (hwilc-, v. l. ) eldung, Bt. 38, 3; F. 202, 17.

hweorfan

(v.)
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Hweorfende versicolor (versiculos, MS. but the passage is: Versicolor penna pavonis, Ald. 142, 22), Wrt. Voc. ii. 89, 59. v. and-(B. 548), eft-hweorfan, for-hweorfan, ymb-hweorfan; sin-hweorfende; mis-hworfen, níw-hworfen

ge-trymman

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Ǽlce getrymmede ( munitam) burh þú gebíge tó mé, Hml. A. 103, 49. ꝥ from (ab) wiðirweardnissnm ué sié gitrymmed (muniamur ) in líchome, Rtl. 16, 7.

stranglíce

(adj.; adv.)
Grammar
stranglíce, adj.
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Se here ða burh besǽton and hire stranglíce wið feaht, Chr. 1016; Erl. 156, 15. Hire mǽtte ðæt heó hæfde sweord on handa and ðæt heó stranglíce fuhte mid ðý, Shrn. 60, 30.

cýþan

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Ne cýþ ðú witod on wén ðín; wite máran þanc ðæs ðe ðú hæbbe, ðonne ðæs ðe ðú wéne don't count your chickens before they are hatched; a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, Prov.

bryne

(n.)
Grammar
bryne, byrne, es; m.

to burnA burning, fire, flame, heatustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor

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[byrnan to burn] A burning, fire, flame, heat; ustio, ardor, incendium, ignis, flamma, fervor Ne se bryne beót mæcgum the burning did not hurt the youths. Cd. 187; Th. 232, 24; Dan. 265: Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 24; Ph. 229: 53b; Th. 189, 9; Az. 57.

Linked entry: byrne

strǽl

(n.)
Grammar
strǽl, strél, streál, es ; m. : e ; f. : stræle, an ; f.
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Ðá hét ic feá strǽla ( paucas sagittas ) sendan in ða burh innan, Nar. 10, 22. Hé sendeþ his strǽlo, Bd. 4, 3 ; S. 569, 20. Lǽteþ strǽle fleógan, farende flán, Exon. Th. 386, 4 ; Rä. 4, 56.

Linked entry: streál

styrung

(n.)
Grammar
styrung, e; f.
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Seó burh Naim is gereht ýðung oððe styrung, i. 492, 1. Æfter ðæs wæteres styrunge after the troubling of the water (A. V.), Jn. Skt. 5, 4. fig. a disturbance, tumult Ðe læs tó mycel styrung ( tumultus ) wurde on ðam folce, Mt. Kmbl. 26, 5.

Linked entries: stirung styring

ge-nyhtsumian

(v.)
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Ic hæbbe áne burh þe unc bám genihtsumað, Hml. S. 24, 101. Tuu hund penninga ne genyhtsumiað ( sufficiunt ) him, Jn. L. R. 6, 7. Him mæg heora ágen lár genihtsumian, Hml. Th. ii. 594, 18. <b>III a.

ríht

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Gif wé sculon rynt ágildan (si ratio exigitur) unnyttra worda, P. 281, 9-14. v. ælmes-, bóc-, burh-, cyne-, eorl-, fær-, freó-, geneát-, lah-, swán (not swǽn-), þegen-, þrǽl-riht

healf

(n.; num.)
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healf, e; f.

a halfside, part

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Fox 12, 18; Met. 12, 9. side, part Mid ðæm worde biþ gecýðed hwæþer healf hæfþ ðonne sige with that phrase [asking permission to bury the dead] is declared which side has the victory, Ors. 3, 1; Swt. 100, 9.

Linked entries: healfe half

ge-býrian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-býrian, l. -byrian, take here ge-berian
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Healsfang gebyreð bearnum ... ne gebyreð nánum mǽge ꝥ feoh búte þám þe sý binnan cneówe, Ll. Th. i. 174, 24-26. Se wer gebirað mágum, and seó cynebót þám leódum, 190, 8. Feohbót gebyreð tó gebedbigene, 328, 5.

tó-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
tó-weard, adj.

futurethat is to comeabout to comecomingat handapproachingtoward(that is) to happen or be some time or other,(that is) to comeabout to happen(that is) to come soonimminentimpendingto take placecome to passcoming towards a placeapproachingabout to comewith the face towards a person,facing

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Th. i. 402, 12. marking motion Ða leóde flugon ðá hié ðone here tóweardne wiston on ða burh Gerusalem the people fled when they knew that the Roman army was on the march to Jerusalem, Blickl. Homl. 79, 13.

Linked entry: tó-ward

bysmerian

(v.)
Grammar
bysmerian, bysmrian, bismrian, bismærian, bysmorian, bysmrigan, to bismrienne, bysmrigenne; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [bismer, bysmer mockery, blasphemy]
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Bysmeredon hie bútú ætgædere they reviled us both together, Rood Kmbl. 95; Kr. 48: Andr. Kmbl. 1923; An. 964. Uton gangan ðæt we bysmrigen him let us go that we may revile him, 2713; An. 1359

birnan

(v.)
Grammar
birnan, pp. burnen

To burnardentvehement

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To burn (intrans.) Ic byrne ardeo, ðú byrnst ardes, ic onginne byrnan ardesco, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 212, 6. of fire, light, &amp;c. Bir[n]ð ardescit (ignis ), Kent. Gl. 573. Hé þá leóhtfatu onǽlde and hý burnon, Gr. D. 43, 19.

Linked entries: byrnan beornan

be-lífan

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Hig ealle in on þá burh fóron þæt ðǽr nánþyng þæs folces wyðútan belyfen næs, St. And. 34, 14. to be left, not to be taken away, to survive Hyt tófléwð swá ðæt þǽr nán­wiht belífeð búton þá bán, Lch. i. 242, 27.

ge-síþ

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Dióre gecépte drihten Créca Troia burh tilum gesíðum, Met. 26, 20.

hungor

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Hié for þǽm hungre þá burh werian ne mihton, Bl. H. 79, 16. Biðon monncwalmo and hungro erunt pestilentiae et fames, Mt. L. 24, 7 : Lk. L. 21, 11. Wé geáxiað hungras wexende, Bl.

irre

(adj.)
Grammar
irre, yrre; adj.

Gone astraywanderingconfusedperversedepravedangryenragedwrathfulindignant

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Hie wǽron tó ðon hátheortlíce yrre ðæt hie woldan ðone cásere cwicenne forbærnan they were so furiously enraged, that they wanted to burn the emperor alive, Blickl. Homl. 191, 11. Yrre wǽron begen réðe angry were both and fierce, Beo.