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lǽce-hús

(n.)
Grammar
lǽce-hús, es; n.

A hospital

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A hospital, a house where the sick are tended by a leech Hé hine gelǽdde on his lǽcehús [Lind. lécehús] and hine lácnude And brohte óðrum dæge twegen penegas and sealde ðam lǽce and ðus cwæþ Begým hys illum duxit in stabulum et curam ejus egit.

leác

(n.)
Grammar
leác, lǽc, léc, es; n.

a leek

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Nim forcorfen leác and cnuca hyt, 102, 13

Linked entry: léc

self-willes

(adv.)
Grammar
self-willes, adv.
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Ealle hyra unlustas hí sceolon gebétan sylfwylles on ðyssum lífe, oððe unþances æfter ðyssum lífe, Homl. Th. i. 148, 27, Wrýt nú sylfwylles ðæt ðú wiðsace Criste, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 379. Hé sylfwilles menniscnesse underféng, Wulfst. 15, 12.

Linked entry: self-will

ge-riht-lǽcan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-riht-lǽcan, p. -lǽhte; pp. -lǽht
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Ðæt hys weorc ne sýn gerihtlǽhte ut non arguantur opera ejus, Jn. Bos. 3, 20: Ps. Lamb. 36, 24. He ðǽrbinnan wunode gerihtlǽcende ðæt folc mid láre to geleáfan he dwelt therein directing the people by teaching to belief, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 98, 113.

strand

(n.)
Grammar
strand, es ; n.
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Urk mín húskarl habbe his strand eall forne gén hys ágen land, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 221, 6. Stranda litorum, Hpt. Gl. 449, 28. Strandum litoribus, 465, 9

un-gerím

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gerím, adj.

Countlessnumberlessinnumerableincalculableimmense

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Countless, numberless, innumerable, incalculable, immense Ðǽr is ungerím fæc betweox hyre and ðære eorðon, Lchdm. iii. 254, 12. Ðæt wæs ungerím (uugerímlíc, MS. E.), ðæt intó helle behreás, Wulfst. 8, 15.

wiccian

(v.)
Grammar
wiccian, p. ode
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To practise witchcraft Gif hwá wiccige ymbe ǽniges mannes lufe, and him on ǽte sylle, oððe on drince, oððe on ǽniges cynnes gealdorcræftum, ðæt hyra lufu for ðon ðe máre beón scyle . . .

Eáster-tíd

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Hyt wæs gehende heora ( the Jews ) Eástertíde, Hml. A. 67, 60. v. Eáster, On sumum geáre byð se móna twelf síðon geníwod fram þǽre hálgan Eástertíde oð eft Eástron, Lch. iii. 248, 22.

gilda

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</b> one who receives pay. v. hýre-, méd-gilda. one who does worship, sacrifice, &amp;c.

ge-þúf

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Hyre stela byð mid geþúfum bógum, Lch. i. 248, 18. of leaves, growing thickly together, bushy Ðeós wyrt hafað lange leáf and geþúfe, Lch. i. 248, 17. Gehwǽde leáf and geþúfe, 256, 5.

wacian

(v.)
Grammar
wacian, (I b)
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D. 28, 23. (. 3) to keep a vigil for prayer or religious observance :-- Hí hyre líc bebyrigdon . . . and þǽr gelóme wacodon, Hml. S. 7, 249. Hí wacodon þá niht wið þá byrgene biddende God, 21, 120

up-flór

(n.)
Grammar
up-flór, a, e: -flóre, an; f.: es; m.

An upper floor or storyupper chamber

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Seó wudewe wunode on clǽnnysse æfter hire were on hyre upflóre, Homl. Ass. 108, 204. Ða yldestan Angelcynnes witan gefeóllan of ánre upflóran (solario), Chr. 978; Erl. 127, 10. Sume férde upp on ðone uppflóre, 1083; Erl. 217, 18

Linked entry: flór

hǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
hǽlan, p. de; pp. ed

To heal, make whole, cure, make safe, savesanare, salvaresanare, curare, salvare

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To heal, make whole, cure, make safe, save; sanare, salvare Ys hyt álýfed tó hǽlenne on restedagum si licet sabbatis curare, Mt. Bos. 12, 10. Earm heora ne hǽlþ hig brachium eorum non salvavit eos, Ps. Spl. 43, 4.

nerian

(v.)
Grammar
nerian, p. ede

To save

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Sax. neriendi Krist), Hy. Grm. ii. 286, 4, 28. Nerigende, Cd. Th. 238, 15; Dan. 355. Nergende Crist, 300, 25; Sat. 570

FÆT

(n.)
Grammar
FÆT, es; pl. nom. acc. fatu, fata; gen. fata; dat. fatum; n.

A vessel, cup, VATvas, călix

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Hú mæg min ingán on stranges hús, and hysfats hyne bereáfian quōmŏdo pŏtest quisquam intrāre in dŏmum fortis, et vāsa ejus dirĭpĕre, Mt. Bos. 12, 29

Linked entries: fatu ge-fǽtan

sín

(adj.; pronoun.)
Grammar
sín, possess, pron.
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Harold hýrde holdlíce hærran sínum, Chr. 1065 ; Erl. 198, 13. Man æt ðam ágende sínne willan æt gebicge, L. Ethb. 82 ; Th. i. 24, 4. Esne wið dryhten gebéte síne hýd, L. Wih. 10 ; Th. i. 38, 22. referring to a sing. fem.

ríht

(adj.)
Grammar
ríht, adj.
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Add Se hýra, sé ðe nis riht hyrde, Hml. Th. i. 238, 14. v. folc-, þǽr-, úp-, wiþer-riht

METE

(n.)
Grammar
METE, mæte, es; m.

MEATfood

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hyt eft in tó ðam hálegan mynstre mid mete and mid mannum let it revert to the holy monastery with meat and with men, Chart. Th. 379, 21. Wyt ǽton swétne mete ( dulces cibos ), Ps. Th. 54, 13.

sefa

(n.)
Grammar
sefa, an ; m.
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Him wæs leóht sefa, hyge untyddre, Andr. Kmbl. 2504 ; An. 1253 : Exon. Th. 164, 33 ; Gú. 1021. Geómor sefa, mód morgenseóc, 458, 3 ; Hy. 4, 94 : Beo. Th. 98 ; B. 49. Leóht sefa, ferhþ gefeónde, Elen. Kmbl. 346 ; El. 173.

Linked entries: seofa siofa

wesan

Grammar
wesan, I a.
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D. 14, 10. add Wæs hyre willa mǽrlícor, Hml. A. 32, igp. wiston hú hit þǽr besúðan wæs, Chr. 1052; P. 175, 18. Hit wæs hwílum on Engla lagum ꝥ leód and lagu fór be geþincðum, Ll. Th. i. 190, ii. Add Him wæs bet sóna, Hml. S. 31, 571.