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tulge

(adv.)
Grammar
tulge, cpve. tylg; spve. tylgest; adv.
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Strongly, firmly; but the word undergoes a similar change to that which is seen in the case of swíde q. v. and is used with much the same force as that word Him beóþ under tungan tulge swearte ǽdra he has under h; V tongue very black veins, Lchdm. ii

Linked entry: tylg

be-swíc

(n.)
Grammar
be-swíc, l. be-swic (big-, bí-, bi-); n.
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Him Arpellas tó beswice wearð Arpellas had played him false, Ors. 1. 12; S. 54, 10. Bútan ǽlcen brǽde oððe beswice, C. D. ii. 58, 27. Hé hié lǽrde ꝥ hie fram his big-swice cyrdon, Bl. H. 173, 31. Biswica nequitiarum, fraudium, An.

fǽr-béna

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-béna, fær-béna (-u), an; m.
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Substitute: one that has to ask leave to go (faran) from his lord (? v. fær; I 2), a person of the churl class Gif ǽni man ágiten wurðe ꝥ ǽnige hǽðenscipe dreóge . . . gif hé sí cynges þegn . . . Gif hit sí elles landágende man . . .

hring

Grammar
hring, in wópes hring.
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Though a noun, hring, denoting sound may be inferred from the compounds bel-, nón-hring, it is hardly with this meaning that the word occurs in the phrase wópes hring; for the epithet blát (An. 1281) is not applicable to sound, and the parallel phrase, hát

on-liþian

(v.)
Grammar
on-liþian, on-leoþian
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D. 222, 4. figurative In hefigum wísum ealle þá (various faults) after deáðe hefigiað, gif hí nǽron ná ǽr gebétte ne ná onleoðode þá hwíle þe se man wæs in þissum lífe quae cuncta etiam post mortem gravant, si adhuc in hac vita positis minime fuerint

Linked entry: on-leoþian

ge-feaxen

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-feaxen, adj.

Having hairhairedcŏmātus

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Having hair, haired; cŏmātus Ða syndon gefeaxene swá frihteras they have hair as soothsayers have, Nar. 37, 1

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, he grét, pl. grétaþ; p. grétte, pl. grétton; pp. gréted.
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Sum mid hondum nsæg hearpan grétan one may touch the harp with hands, Exon. 79 a; Th. 296, 11; Crä. 49.

ge-crístnian

(v.)
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Martinus nú iu gecrístnod ǽr his fulwihte hé mid þysse hrægle mé gegyrede Martinus adhuc catechumenus hac me ueste contexit, Bl. N. 3, 14.

Linked entry: crístnian

hærean-fagol

(n.)
Grammar
hærean-fagol, Have the glossers misunderstood the word herinaciis, and supposed it to be the name of a bird ? Can the hærean represent herin and fagol be a mistake for fugol? and in the other gloss, hâtte-fagol, is hatte = hatte, andfago/ for fugol, so that the gloss would mean
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herinacius is the name of a bird ?

hátan

Grammar
hátan, Add: <b>I a.</b> with acc. and infin.
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Tó þám deórcynne þe mon hát tigris, Bt. 38, 1 ; F. 196. 1.

assa

(n.)
Grammar
assa, an; m: asse, es; m.

A male assasinus

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He hæfde on olfendum and on assum micele ǽhta he had great possessions in camels and in asses, Gen. 12, 16: 22, 5

Linked entry: ESOL

a-windan

(v.)
Grammar
a-windan, ic -winde, ðú -wintst, -winst, he -wint, pl. -windaþ; p. -wand, pl. -wundon ; pp. -wunden [a, windan to wind] .

To windbendplecteretorquereTo strip offdetrahereTo whirl or slip offlabi

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To whirl or slip off; labi Gif sió æcs ðonne awient [awint, Cot.] of ðæm hielfe if the axe then slip from the handle, Past. 21, 7; Hat. MS. 32 b, 6

Linked entries: a-wint a-wunden

carc-ern

(n.)
Grammar
carc-ern, carc-ærn, es; n. [care care, or Lat. carcer a prison; ærn, ern a place]
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Cot. carcærne] eram in carcere, Past. 44, 7: Hat. MS. 62b, 22. To ðam carcerne to the prison, Andr. Kmbl. 179; An. 90: Exon. 8a; Th. 2, 27; Cri. 25: Cd. 227; Th. 304, 28; Sat. 637: Cot. 124: 191

Linked entries: carc cearc-ern

flǽsc-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
flǽsc-líc, adj.

Fleshlycarnalcarnălis

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Scrd. 21, 43: Past. 11, 4; Hat. MS. 153, 17

flyht

(n.)
Grammar
flyht, fliht, es; m. [fleógan to fly]

A flightvŏlātus

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Se ðe nafaþ fugles flyht who has not the flight of a bird, Salm. Kmbl. 451; Sal. 226: Exon. 17a; Th. 41, 12; Cri. 654. Earnas feredon sáwle flyhte on lyfte eagles conveyed the soul in flight through the sky, Andr.

Linked entries: fliht flyþ

flýma

(n.)
Grammar
flýma, fléma, an; m.

One who fleesa runawayan exileoutlawa man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a convictionprofŭgusfŭgĭtīvusexul

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One who flees, a runaway, an exile, outlaw, a man who had fled for any offence, and whose flight was equivalent to a conviction; profŭgus, fŭgĭtīvus, exul Ðú bist flýma geond ealle eorþan profăgus ĕris sŭper terram, Gen. 4, 12: 4, 16.

Linked entries: fléma flíma

eald-hláford

(n.)
Grammar
eald-hláford, es; m. [eald old, ancient; hláford a lord]

An old or ancient lordpristĭnus domĭnus

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He hæfde heora eald-hláfordes sunu on his gewealde he had the son of their old lord in his power, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 74, 25. Se Cásere wæs heora eald-hláford cynnes the Cæsar was of the kin of their ancient lords, Bt. 1; Fox 2, 22.

helpend

(n.)
Grammar
helpend, es; m.

A helper

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Helpend ne halo ic I have no helper, Jn. Skt. Lind. 5, 7. Syððan hé ne hæbbe helpend ǽnne quia non est qui eripiat eum, Ps. Th. 70, l0. Helpendra leás without helpers, Exon. 28 b; Th. 86, 27; Cri. 1414

land-here

(n.)
Grammar
land-here, es; m.
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foreign force] Æfter ðam gegadorode micel here hine of EástEnglum ǽgðer ge ðæs landheres ge ðara wícinga ðe hié him tó fultume áspanen hæfdon after that a great force collected from East Anglia, both of the native force and of the vikings that they had

magu-rinc

(n.)
Grammar
magu-rinc, es; m.

A childyoung mana manwarrior

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Magorinca heáp ( the men in Hrothgar's hall ), Beo. Th. 1464; B. 730. Magorinca mód, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 51; Met. 1, 26