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hringan

(v.)
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Ben. 72, 10-14. Wé lǽrað ꝥ man on rihtne tíman tída ringe, Ll. Th. ii. 254, 5: 296, 3

Hwiccas

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In ðǽre stówe ðe man gýt nemneð Agustinus aac, in Myrcna (Hwicna, v. l.) gemǽre and Westseaxna (in confinio Huic-ciorum et occidentalium Saxonum ), Bd. 2, 2 ; Sch. 113, 4. In Hwiccia mǽgþe, 4, 23; Sch. 470, 14.

ísen

(n.)
Grammar
ísen, n.
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Add: iron Glád hit on þǽm scyllum swelce hit wǽre sméðe ísen, Ors. 4, 6; S. 174, 8. Grǽghǽwe ísene ferrugine, Wrt. Voc. ii. 35, 34. Gewyrme mid háte glówende ísene, Lch. ii. 236, 32 : 218, 24.

sirwan

Grammar
sirwan, <b>. II.</b>
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Heó serewede moliretur (evertere), 3446. (3 b) add :-- Hé wæs mid hlóþum on hí hergende, and onbútan sierwende, Ors. 3, 7; S. 118, 19. (3 c) add :-- Þá Iúdéiscan þe syrwdon be Críste, Hml.

H

hail

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Under certain circumstances h takes the place of c and g, see those letters. In. some cases it is dropped, e. g. bleó for bleoh; seón, p. seah; nabban = ne habban.

CRÆT

(n.)
Grammar
CRÆT, crat, es; pl. nom. acc. cratu, crætu; gen. cræta; dat. cratum, crætum; n.

A chariot ⬩ CART ⬩ currus ⬩ pilentum

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A chariot, CART; currus, pilentum Cræt currus Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 91;Wrt. Voc. 34, 22: 85, 71. Betogen [MS. betogan] caæt capsus 49; Som. 65, 93; Wrt. Voc. 34, 23. Wǽrun Godes cræta gegearwedra tyn þúsendo currus Dei decem millibus Ps.

Linked entry: crat

on-tendan

(v.)
Grammar
on-tendan, p. -tende; pp. -tended, -tend.

to kindle, set fire to, to fire ⬩ to kindle emotion or passion, to excite, inflame

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to kindle, set fire to, to fire Gif fýr síe ontended . . . gebéte ðone æfwerdelsan se ðæt fýr ontent, L. Alf. pol. 27; Th. i. 50, 27-28. Ontend þreó candela, Lchdm. iii. 286, 6. Ðe ðæt fýr ontende qui ignem succenderit, Ex. 22, 6.

twi-béte

(adj.)
Grammar
twi-béte, adj.

Needing double compensation

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B.: twybóte, MS. H.) swá wé ǽr be lǽwdum men fundon (in the case of a nun the bót for the offences referred to was twice that in the case of a lay woman; the case of the latter is the subject of sect. 11; Th. i. 68, 13-70, 2), L.

Linked entries: -béte twi- twi-bóte

á-cennan

to produce, &c., ⬩ to attribute, assign

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Add: to produce, &c., where the product is of the same kind as the producer, in reference to men or animals Tó ácennene ad propagandam, An. Ox. 1400. Ácennende wæs enixa est, Wrt. Voc. ii. 29, 38. Ácenned cretus, 21, 23.

Linked entry: on-cennan

hát

(adj.)
Grammar
hát, adj.
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&lt;b&gt;II a.&lt;/b&gt; where the sensation is caused by disease :-- Þis sint tácn þæs hátan magan ómihtan, Lch. ii. 192, 24. &lt;b&gt;II b.

a-bídan

(v.)
Grammar
a-bídan, ic -bíde, ðú -bídest, -bítst, -bíst, he -bídeþ, -bít, pl. -bídaþ; p. -bád, pl. -bidon; pp. -biden; v. intrans.

ABIDE ⬩ remain ⬩ wait ⬩ wait for ⬩ await ⬩ manere ⬩ sustinere ⬩ expectare

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Th. 1959; B. 977: Exon. 115 b; Th. 444, 27 ; Kl. 53

a-werian

(v.)
Grammar
a-werian, -wergan, -wergean ; p. ede ; pp. ed ; v. trans.

to ward off ⬩ defend ⬩ restrain ⬩ protect ⬩ cover ⬩ defendere ⬩ prohibere ⬩ protegere ⬩ to ward off from oneself ⬩ spurn from oneself ⬩ aspernari ⬩ to wear ⬩ wear out ⬩ terere ⬩ deterere

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He hine awerede he defended himself, Ors, 3, 9 ; Bos. 68, 23, 29: 5, 3 ; Bos. 103, 25: Ps. Th. 105, 24. Ðú mín heáfod scealt on gefeohtdæge feóndum awergean obumbrasti caput meum in die belli, 139, 7.

Linked entry: a-wered

HEORD

(n.)
Grammar
HEORD, e; f.

A HERD ⬩ flock

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A HERD, flock Hiord arimentum, Wrt. Voc. 287. 53. Ðær wæs án swýna heord erat grex porcorum, Mt. Kmbl. 8, 30. Ic hæbbe óðre sceáp ða ne synt of ðisse heorde alias oves habeo quæ non ex hoc ovili, Jn. Skt. 10, 16.

Linked entries: herd heorde hiord

hyll

(n.)
Grammar
hyll, es; m: e; f.

A hill

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A hill Hyll collis, Ælfc. Gl. 97; Som. 76, 62; Wrt. Voc. 54, 6. Þurþ hylles hróf through the top of the hill, Exon. 104 b; Th. 397, 29; Rä. 16, 27. Stondende on lytlum hylle, Shrn. 70, 14.

medumian

(v.)
Grammar
medumian, medemian, medmian; p. ode.

to fix the measure of anything ⬩ to deem worthy ⬩ respect ⬩ esteem

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to fix the measure of anything Dóm æfter dǽde medemige man be mǽðe according to the deed let the measure of doom be fixed in proportion, L. Eth. vi. 10; Th. i. 318, 6: vi. 53; Th. i. 328, 17.

Linked entry: medumung

mis-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
mis-dǽd, e; f.

A mis-deed ⬩ evil action ⬩ transgression ⬩ offence ⬩ injury

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Forsyngod þurh mænigfealde synna and þurh fela misdǽda, 163, 20: L. Eth. vi. 52; Th. i. 328, 15: L. Alf. pol. 14; Th. i. 70, 16. Gif hwá lengctenbryce gewyrce ... þurh ǽnige heálíce misdǽda, L. C. S. 48; Th. i. 404, 1

módrige

(n.)
Grammar
módrige, móderge, móddrige, an; f.

an aunt ⬩ a cousin

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an aunt Mín móddrige matertera mea, Wrt. Voc. i. 52, 25: 51, 53: Bd. 3, 8; S. 532, 21. Módriæ, Kent. Gl. 1190. Bisceop næbbe on his húse nǽnne wífman búton hit sý his módor . . . oððe módrige, L. Ælfc. C. 5; Th. ii. 344, 14. Móddrie, Homl.

munuc-hád

(n.)
Grammar
munuc-hád, es; m.

Monk-hood ⬩ the monastic state

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Monk-hood, the monastic state (of women as well as of men) Munuchád and abbudhád syndon on óðre wísan (different from the seven orders previously mentioned), L. Ælfc. C. 18; Th. ii. 348, 31.

un-gebét

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebét, un-gebétt; adj.

unamended ⬩ uncorrected ⬩ not amended through the penance prescribed by the church ⬩ unatoned because 'bót' has not been made

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MS.) culpam quae apud eos et perpetrata fuerat, et incorrecta remanebat, Past. 32; Swt. 210, 7. Gyf hé ǽnigne gylt ungebét hæfð, L. Ælfc. C. 32; Th. ii. 354, 29.

castel

(n.)
Grammar
castel, (-ell), es; m.
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D. castle, 8 On ánne castel at Swíndúne; of ðý castele . . . tó ánne castel; of ðí castele on ánne herepað, C. D. iii. 397, 18-21