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hind

(n.)
Grammar
hind, e; f.

A hind, the female of the hart

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Hé lægde laga ðæt swá hwá swá slóge heort oððe hinde ðæt hine man sceolde blendian he made laws that whoever should kill hart or hind should be blinded. Chr. 1086; Erl. 222, 27. Secan heorotas and hinda to hunt harts and hinds, Bt. Met.

sulh

(n.)
Grammar
sulh, suluh, sul[l]; gen. sule, but also sules; dat. sylg, sylh, syl; acc. sulh, sul; n. pl. sylh, syll; gen. sula; dat. sulum: a weak genitive seems also to occur in sylan scear;
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Swá seó sulh ðone teóðan æcer gegá, L. Eth. ix. 7; Th. i. 342, 11: L. Eiig. i. 1; Th. i. 262, 9: L. C. E. 8; Th. i. 366, 7. Á be ðan wuda swá sulh and síðe hit gegán mǽge, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 458, 20. Sule reóst vomes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 138, 72.

hrædlíce

(adv.)
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Th. i. 416, 16. in respect to time during which action continues, quickly, shortly, briefly Hý wǽron gebrytte swá hrædlíce swá swá hradu ýst windes scip tóbrycð, Ps. Th. 47, 6.

regn-þeóf

(n.)
Grammar
regn-þeóf, -es; m.

An arch-thief

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Swá nú regnþeófas ríce dǽlaþ (cf. regintheoƀos farstelad (Mat. vi. 19). Hel. 1646), Cd. Th. 212, 12;Exod. 538

treów-ræden

(n.)
Grammar
treów-ræden, treów-rædenn, e; f.
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The state or condition of being faithful or true Swá ic ðé lǽre lǽst uncre wel treówrǽdenne as I teach you, maintain our state of mutual faithfulness. Cd. Th. 139, 5 ; Gen. 2305. Cf. hold-rǽden

á-geolwian

(v.)
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Se líchoma ágeolwaþ swá gód geolu seoluc, Lch. ii. 10, 15. Þá téð ágeolwiað, þá þe wæron hwíte. Wlfst. 148, 6. Micge ágeolwod, Lch. ii. 258, 15. Þá ágeolewedan crocata , Wrt. Voc. ii. 137, 12. Add

bere-corn

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Swá berecorn ðerscendum (ðerccedum, MS.) quasi tipsonas feriente (Prov, 27, 22), Kent. Gl. 1035. Berecorn beorende ptysones (Is this also-a gloss of Prov. 27, 22 with ferente read instead of feriente?), Txts. 89, 1677. Add:

ge-íþrian

(v.)
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to become easier, suffer less, get better Seóc raþe geéþrað, Lch. iii. 196, 16. to make easier, make less laborious Ꝥ God for his mildheortnesse eów geéðrað ꝥ gewinn swá earfoþlices weges, Gr. D. 113, 8

heaþu-sigel

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Ph. 120 Sóna swá seó sunne sealte streámas heá oferhlifað (the original Latin has no reference to the sea: Ubi sol pepulit fulgentis limina portae). Add:

nón-sang

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Sóna swá hig þá nónbellan gehýrað hig tó mete fóð; ac nis hit náht gelýfedlic ꝥ ꝥ sý medeme fæsten. Ac ꝥ is riht ꝥte æfter nónsange mon mæssan gehýre, Ll. Th. ii. 436, 36. Add

warian

(v.)
Grammar
warian, <b>. IV.</b>
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Hwǽr him wǽre fultumes tó biddanne tó warienne (gewearnienne, v.l.) and tó wiðscú(f)enne swá réðum heregange ubi quaerendum esset praesidium ad enilandas uel repellendas tam feras inruptiones, Bd. l, 25 ; Sch. 39, 18. Add

findan

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findan, <b>; II 7.</b>
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Hí tó rǽde fundon, ꝥ ... decretum est, quia, Bd. 2, 5; Sch. 135, 9. (7a) to fix upon a person for an office :-- Hí swá fúle men him fundon tó godum, Sal. K. 123, 108. Add

hleápung

(n.)
Grammar
hleápung, e; f.

Leaping, dancing

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Leaping, dancing Herodias swá mǽres mannes deáþ to gife hire déhter hleápunge underféng Herodias received as a gift for her daughter's dancing the death of so illustrious a man, Homl. Th. i. 488, 3: 480, 35

Parthe

(n.)
Grammar
Parthe, pl.
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The Parthians Parthe forhergodon Mesopotamian, Ors. 6, 24; Swt. 276, 6. Partha cyning, 5, 11 ; Swt. 236, 3. Partha gewin, Swt. 236, 26. Hié hæfdon gewin wið Parthe, 6, 13; Swt. 268, 6, 8. Hé com ǽrest tó Parþum, Bt. 18, 2 ; Fox 64, 12

stenc

(n.; adj.)
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stenc, es; m.
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Mid ðære nose wé tósceádaþ ða stencas, Past. 11, 2;Swt. 65, 21. Góde stencas and yfele, 56; Swt. 433, 22. <b>I a.</b> a pleasant smell, fragrance, perfume :-- Ys mínes suna stenc swilce ðæs landes stenc, ðe Drihten bletsode, Gen. 27, 27.

ge-méde

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
ge-méde, superl. -médost; adj.

Agreeable, pleasingacceptus, grātus

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Agreeable, pleasing; acceptus, grātus Swá him gemédost wæs as was most agreeable to them, Andr. Kmbl. 1188; An. 594. Geméde agreeable, Bt. 11, 1; Bt. Fox 32, note 1. Gimoedo ł wala middangeardes prospera mundi, Rtl. 50, 6

ceacga

(n.)
Grammar
ceacga, an ; m.
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On þone fearngáran . . . swá on ceacganseáð, C. D. v. 284, 17. Tó ceágganheale, 262, 8. On ceaggancum, iii. 411, 19

hreófl

(n.)
Grammar
hreófl, e; f.
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swá mycel hreófle and sceorfe (micle hreófle and scurf) on his heáfde hæfde scabiem tantam ac furfures habebat in capite, Bd. 5, 2; Sch. 557, 12. Add

ongelíce

(adv.)
Grammar
ongelíce, ongelíc; adv.
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In the same way, similarly: — Hé beád þæt man ongelíce tó him onbúgan sceolde swá tó Gode, Ors. 6, 9 ; S. 264, 8. Ongelíc (sic MS.) similiter, Lk. L. 10, 32: 17, 31: 20, 31. Ongelíc, 16, 25

on-willan

(v.)

to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent

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to cause to boil; fig. to cause passion or emotion to be violent Ðá wæs eft swá ǽr ealdfeónda níþ onwylleð then again as before hot waxed the hate of former foes, Exon. Th. 125, 30; Gú. 362

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