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hundred

(n.)
Grammar
hundred, es; n.

A hundred

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Fó se hláford tó healfan and tó healfan ðæt hundred let the lord take half, and the hundred half, L. Edg. 2, 7; Th. i. 268, 20. Gewitnys sý geset tó ǽlcere byrig and tó ǽlcum hundrode, L. Edg. S. 3; Th. i. 274, 8, 10.

HÝF

(n.)
Grammar
HÝF, e; f.

A HIVE

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Wið ðæt beón æt ne fleón genim ðás ylcan wyrte ðe wé veneriam nemdon and gehóh tó ðære hýfe ðonne beóþ hý wungynde that bees may not fly away, take this same plant that we called veneria and hang it to the hive, then will they be stationary, Herb. 7,

Linked entries: híf héf

ísen-ordál

(n.)
Grammar
ísen-ordál, es; n.
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The passages from which the following extracts are taken will illustrate this mode of trial Gif hit sý ýsenordál beón þreó niht ǽr man ða hand undó if it be the ordeal by hot iron, let it be three days before the hand be undone, L.

Linked entry: or-dál

lactuca

(n.)
Grammar
lactuca, an; f. This word seems to retain its Latin form in the nominative, but otherwise conforms to English usage, and is generally treated as a weak noun. The form lactucas, however, occurs in the Leechdoms, which, though it looks like a strong plural masc., seems to be singular
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Nim lactucan ánc hand fulle take a hand full of lettuce, Lchdm. iii. 114, 13. Eton þeorfe hláfas mid ðære lactucan ðe on felda wixþ edent azymos panes cum lactucis agrestibus, Ex. 12, 8. Etan þeorfe hláfas mid feldlícere lactucan, Homl.

mearcian

(v.)
Grammar
mearcian, p. ode(mearc a mark).

to make a mark on anythingto mark outdesign

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Hé mearcode ða stówe, Homl. ii. 160, 35, Mearca ðé sylfne mid tácne ðære hálgan róde, i. 534, 22. Mearcie ( brand ) man hine (þeówman) æt ðam forman cyrre, L. C. S. 32; Th. i. 396, 9. Mercande signantes, Mt. Kmbl.

sweór

(n.)
Grammar
sweór, swehor, es; m.
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Wæs Rómeburg on fruman gehálgod mid bróðor blóde and mid sweóra ( the fathers of the Sabine women who were taken as wives by the Romans ), Ors. 2, 2; Swt. 66, 5. the word is also used to translate consobrinus; a cousin Sueór consobrinus, Wrt.

Linked entries: suhterga swór

þæc

(n.)
Grammar
þæc, es; n.
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Ða tær ðæt hors ðæt ðæc of ðære cytan hrófe, Homl. Th. ii. 136, 16

þráwan

(v.)
Grammar
þráwan, p. þreów; pp. þráwen

To throwTo twistracktortureTo twistturn roundto take a different directionto turn roundrevolveto curl

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To twist, turn round, to take a different direction Se líg sóna ðreów ðwyres wið ðæs windes the flame at once turned round in a contrary direction towards the wind, Homl.

þúf

(n.)
Grammar
þúf, es; m.

A tuftthe crest of a helmeta kind of standard, made with tufts of feathers

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-S. version has only Him mon symle ðær tácen beforan bær), Bd. 2, 16. Ðá wæs þúf hafen, segen for sweótum, Elen. Kmbl. 246; El. 123. Sunu Simeones sweótum cómon, þúfas wundon ofer gárfare, Cd. Th. 199, 22; Exod. 342.

Linked entries: þuuf ge-þúf

un-geþyldig

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geþyldig, adj.

Impatient

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Ǽghwelc monn bið onfunden swǽ micle læs gelǽred ðonne óðer swǽ hé bið ungeðyldegra tanto quisque minus ostenditur doctus, quanto minus convincitur patiens, Past. 33; Swt. 216, 3

Linked entry: ge-þyldig

wreccan

(v.)
Grammar
wreccan, p. wreahte, wrehte ; pp. wreaht, wreht.

to raiselift upto take upundertaketo rouse

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Th. 145, 7. to take up, undertake Ðæm hé hætde beboden ðæt hé scolde þearfena and earmra monna ǽrendo wreccan cui suscipiendorum inopum erat cura delegata, Bd. 3, 6; M. 166, 4. to rouse Ðúðe ært fæder dæs suna ðe ús áwehte, and gyt wrehð of ðam slépe

worms

(n.)
Grammar
worms, worsm, wurms, wursm, es; n.

Corrupt matter

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Hreófeligum wormse elephantino tabo, Hpt. Gl. 490, 38. Áfléwð ðæt sár of ðære wunde mid ðý wormse mala livor vulneris abstergit, Past. 36 ; Swt. 259, 2. Heó ðæt worsm (worms, v. l.) út átýhþ. Lchdm. i. 100, 13. Ðæt worms, ii. 72, 14.

Linked entries: worsm wurms wursm

be-sceáwian

(v.)

to contemplatebeholdto considerto see about take care of

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Th. ii. 226, 34. to see about, take care of: Hálige fatu hé besceáwige vasa sacrata conspiciat, R. Ben. 1. 62, 2. Besceáwige hé praevideat, R. Ben. 89, 17

earnung

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manigfealdum ymbhogum, and þeáh willniað ealle þurh mistlice paþas cuman tó ánum ende ꝥ is ꝥ hí wilniaþ þurh ungelíce earnunga cuman tó ánre eádignesse omnis mortalium cura, quam multiplicium studiorum labor exercet, diverso quidem calle procedit, sed ad unum tamen

efesian

(v.)
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Sceára tácen is þæt þú wecge þínne scytefinger and þone midemistan on þínre swíðran hande ymb þín heáfod swilce þú efysian wille, Tech. ii. 127, 25. with acc. of person, to cut the hair of a person Ne efesiað eów, Deut. 14, 6.

ge-hírsumian

(v.)
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Take here <b>ge-hýrsumian</b> in Dict. and add: to obey a person Gif hí gehírsumedon heora Scippende on riht, Ælfc. T. Grn. 3, 7. Ús ne hét ná se Hǽlend him gehýrsumian ús tó forwyrde, Hml. A. j, 124.

ge-leánian

(v.)
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(gen. ) Þá þá seó tíd neálǽhte ꝥ him sceolde beón geleánod his swá mycelre þrowunge and geþylde cum tempus esset, ut tanta ejus patientia remunerari debuisset, Gr. D. 282, 5. to repay, requite injury, wrong-doing, &amp;c.

ge-mǽnan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mǽnan, <b>. I.</b>
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to tell, say, mention a matter Þéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebroca on becume, þonne gemǽnað gé hit tó (v. tó; I. 5 f I þǽm wyrrestan tídum, and magon hié hreówlíce wépan if some little of such troubles come on you, then you talk of it as the worst times

geómor

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might be taken here.? having a cheerless sound or appearance Þeós geómre lyft triste coelum, Exod. 430. Geác monað geómran reorde, Seef. 53. of a season in which sadness is experienced In þá geómran tíd ( the last day ), Ph. 517

ge-regne

(n.)
Grammar
ge-regne, ge-réne, es; n.
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Take here ge-rén in Dict. and add: a structure, building Gesih ðás miclo gehríno ł glencas (getim­brunga, W. S. ) uide has magnas aedificationes, Mk. L. 13, 2.

Linked entries: -regne ge-réne