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hosp

(n.)
Grammar
hosp, es; m.

Reproach, opprobrium, contempt, contumely, insult, blasphemy

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Swá hwilcne swá tó hospe habban woldon cwǽdon be ðam ðæt wǽre Samaritanisc whomsoever they wished to hold up to contempt, they said of him that he was a Samaritan, Homl. Th. ii. 228, 32.

Linked entry: hyspan

þá

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
þá, adv. conj.
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Homl. 165, 28. marking cause or reason, when, since, as Ðá cwæð his geféra, ðæt gefyrn smeáde hwǽr bigleofan biddan sceoldon, ðá ðá ða fare férdon búton wiste, Homl.

éfestan

(v.)
Grammar
éfestan, to éfestanne; p. éfeste. pl. éfeston; impert. éfest. pl. éfestaþ; pp. éfested

To hasten, make haste, be quickpropĕrāre, concurrĕre, festīnāre

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He éfeste norþweard he hastened northward, Chr. 1016; Erl. 154, 10. to ðam dweoligendum lǽcedómum deófolgylde éfeston and scyndon ad errātĭca idolatriæ medicāmĭna concurrēbant. Bd. 4, 27; S. 604, 7.

from-weard

(adj.)
Grammar
from-weard, adj.

From-wardturned from or awaydepartingabout to departaversusabĭtūrusmorĭtūrus

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him, Bt. 11, 2; Fox 34, 24.

Linked entries: fram-weard fram-weard

helian

(v.)
Grammar
helian, p. ode, ede

To hideconcealcover

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Heó helode hire nebb ðæt hig ne mihte gecnáwan she had covered her face that he might not know her, Gen. 38, 15. Wé lǽraþ ðæt ǽnig gehádod man his sceare ne helige we enjoin that no man in orders conceal his tonsure, L. Edg. C. 47; Th. ii. 254, 13

Linked entry: eorþ-hele

líc-rest

(n.)
Grammar
líc-rest, e; f.

tombsepulchre

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A place of rest for a dead body, tomb, sepulchre hæfde ðæt land syððan him sylfon tó lícreste he had the land afterwards for his own burial place, Gen. 23, 20. On líchryste in cœmeterio, Hpt. Gl. 507, 67.

ge-offrian

(v.)
Grammar
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

ge-tǽse

(n.)
Grammar
ge-tǽse, es ; n.
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Ðý lǽs gedwelle sió gehýdnes and þá getǽsu ðe hié on ðám wege habbað . . .

ge-fleard

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Micle betere is ǽlcum crístenum men þæt náne wæccan æt cyrican næbbe, þonne þǽr wacyge mid ǽnigan geflearde, Wlfst. 279, 13. Beón ( bishops ) á ymbe wísdóm, and ǽghwylc gefleard unwyrð lǽtan, Ll. Th. ii. 316, 27.

ge-dúfan

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Swá hit him áliéfedlicre ðyncð, swá ðǽr diópor on gedýfð quod licitum suspicatur, in hoc multiplicius mergitur, Past. 427, 27.

herigendlíce

(adv.)
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Án ðǽra is þes hálga wer þe wé nú tódæg wurðiað, for ðan ðe áspende swíðe herigendlíce þæt feoh þe him God befæste, Hml. Th. ii. 560, 9. For last passage substitute

íþe-lic

(adj.)
Grammar
íþe-lic, adj.
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easy to do iéðelic bið tó forgiefenne sió geðóhte synn, Past. 419, 10.

Linked entry: eáþe-lic

slege

(n.)
Grammar
slege, es; m.
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Gif man lǽt ǽnne þeóf tó slege . . . nolde syllan ealle his ǽhta . . . wið þan þe libban móste?, Hml. S. 12, 116. add: a stake Slegeas sudes, Lch. i. lxxi, 3

trymman

(v.)
Grammar
trymman, trymian; p. trymede. I. to make firm or
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, comfort midwráðumwordum trymmaþ, Ps.

a-standan

(v.)
Grammar
a-standan, p. -stód, pl. -stódon; pp. -standen.

to stand upget uprise upriseexsurgereresurgeresurgereto insistpersistcontinuepersistereinstare

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to stand up, get up, rise up, rise; exsurgere, resurgere, surgere Ðá astód he semninga exsurrexit repente, Bd. 2, 9 ; S. 511, 20. He up astandeþ of slǽpe he rises up from sleep, Exon. 96 a ; Th. 358, 4 ; Pa, 40.

Linked entry: a-stód

un-pleólíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-pleólíc, adj.

Not dangerouswithout risk

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Kmbl. 29. as regards moral hurt Augustinus cwæð, ðæt unpleólíc sý þeáh hwá lǽcewyrte ðirge; ac ðæt tǽlþ tó unálýfedlícere wíglunge, gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte, búton tó ðam dolge gelecge, Homl. Th. i. 476, 3.

hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Hwý biþ his anwald áuhte ðý mára gif náh his selfes geweald in what way will his power be at all the greater if he has not command over himself? Bt. Met.

of-þyncan

Grammar
of-þyncan, Add: <b>I a.</b>
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<b>I c</b> :-- cwræð þæt him ofþúhte þæt ǽfre mancynn gesceóp, Hml. Th. i. 20, 25.

macian

(v.)
Grammar
macian, <b>. I.</b>
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Þæt him absolutionem macigan, Wlfst. 180, 12. to behave, act. with hit and adv. denoting manner Ic nát ná forgeare ic hit þus macige I do not quite know how it is I behave so, Hml. S. 23, 556: 672.