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útan-bordes

(adv.)
Grammar
útan-bordes, adv.

Abroad

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Abroad Man útanbordes wísdóm and láre hieder on lond sóhte people abroad came hither in search of learning, Past. pref.; Swt. 3, 11

Linked entries: útan útan-landes

híhþ

Grammar
híhþ, híhþu, híhþo.

altitudea summittopthe highest point extreme degreethe heavens

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condition or estimation Geþanc heortan úre swá micelum mid Gode on neowlum ys swá hit mannum on hýhþe (in alto); and eúdmódnys heortan úre swá micelum mid Gode on hýhþe ys swá micelum swá mannum on neowlum, Scint. 21, 11-14. in the highest degree Þæt hí lof

Linked entries: heáhþu héhþu

wuldor-full

(adj.)
Grammar
wuldor-full, adj. l.

gloriousvainglorious

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Wuldorfulle lofu glorificum melos, Hymn. Surt. 57, 24. Babilonia ðe hwílon wæs wuldorfullost burh ealra burha, Wulfst. 194, 10. vainglorious.

Linked entry: wuldor

-hám

(suffix)
Grammar
-hám, es; m.

the abode of the elves

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Whenever we can assure ourselves that the vowel is long, we may be certain that the name implies such a village or community,' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxviii-ix.

Twi-fyrd

(n.)
Grammar
Twi-fyrd, -ford
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Circum fluuium Alne in loco qui dicitur Aet Tuiford, i. 29, 6. In loco qui Tuiforda appellatur, 74, 31

hláford-hyldo

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-hyldo, f. -hyld, -held[?] m; or -hyldu, e; f.

Fidelity to a lord, loyalty

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Fidelity to a lord, loyalty Ac hí gecýðdon raðe ðæs hwylce hláford-hyldo hí þohton to gecýðanne on heora ealdhláfordes bearnum but soon after they shewed what kind of loyalty they intended to shew to the children of their late lord, Ors. 6, 37; Bos.

Linked entry: riht-hláfordhyldu

Dryht'

(n.)
Grammar
Dryht', Driht', or without the apostrophe Dryht, Driht

The Lord Dŏmĭnus

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The Lord; Dŏmĭnus; chiefly used in the interlinear Psalms, published by Spelman and by the Surtees' Society, for all the cases of Dryhten, Drihten

Linked entry: Driht'

geán-þingian

(v.)
Grammar
geán-þingian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad [þingian to address, speak]

To speak againanswerreplyrespondēre

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To speak again, answer, reply; respondēre Him brego engla geánþingade the Lord of angels replied to him, Cd. 48; Th. 62, 5; Gen. 1009

hundred-penig

(n.)
Grammar
hundred-penig, es; m.
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'A collection made for the support of his office by the sheriff or lord of the hundred:' Hundredpenegas, Chart. Th. 432, 25: 433, 29

ge-hreów

(n.)
Grammar
ge-hreów, es; n.

A lamentinglamentatio

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A lamenting; lamentatio Ðær bíþ gehreów and hlúd wóp there shall be lamenting and loud weeping, Exon. 22 b; Th. 62, 9; Cri. 999

síd-feaxode

(adj.)
Grammar
síd-feaxode, -fexede ; adj.
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Long-haired Absalon wæs sídfæxede (-feaxode, MS. D.), Homl. Skt. i. 19, 221. Sídfexede capillatus, Ælfc. Gr. 43 ; Zup. 256, 10. v. preceding word

ele-lendisc

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On stówe elelendiscre in loco peregrinationis, Ps. L. 118, 54. Elelendisc extorrem, Hpt. Gl. 412, 74. Elendisc, An. Ox. 275. Æielendiscne, 11, 21. Add

for-elcian

(v.)
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to put off too long, delay unduly Ꝥ sume þá gecorene . . . beón gemanede tó Godes þénunga þe heó forelcodan, Nap. 24 (12th cent. MS.)

Linked entry: elcian

gereord-gleáwness

(n.)
Grammar
gereord-gleáwness, e; f.
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Skill with the voice Singað him on gehreordgleáwnesse psallite ei in uociferatione; play skilfully with a loud noise (A. V. ), Ps. L. 32, 3

lyre-wrenc

(n.)
Grammar
lyre-wrenc, es; m.
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A trick that causes damage or loss Lá, hwí ne mót ic habban þæt ic mé sylf beget mid mínum lyrewrencum ?, Verc. Först. 168

dreórig

(adj.)
Grammar
dreórig, dreóreg, dreórg, driórig; def. se dreóriga, dreórega, seó, ðæt dreórige; adj.

bloody, gory, glorious cruentus, cruentātus, gloriōsussad, sorrowful, pensive, DREARY mœstus

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Hwæt druh ðú dreórega lo thou gory dust! Soul Recd. 33; Seel. 17. sad, sorrowful, pensive, DREARY; mœstus Híg wurdon swíðe dreórige they became very sorrowful, Gen. 44, 13: Mk. Bos. 14, 19.

Linked entry: driórig

ge-lícian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lícian, p. ode.
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D. like to seem, lock like), seem likely.

hnáh

(adj.)
Grammar
hnáh, adj.

Bent down, low, lowly, humble, abject, mean, poor

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Bent down, low, lowly, humble, abject, mean, poor And hé hnáh tó eorþan áleát wið ðæs engles adoravitque eum pronus in terram, Num. 22, 31. Næs hió hnáh ne tó gnéþ gifa she was not mean nor too sparing of gifts, Beo. Th. 3863; B. 1929.

nefne

(prep.; con.)
Grammar
nefne, nemne.

UnlessexceptExcept

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Grammar nefne, connecting words in the same case (contracted clauses, the verb of the second clause being the same as that in the first, and not expressed Ne gehýrde nǽnig man on his múþe óht elles nefne Cristes lof and nytte sprǽce, 223, 36: Exon.

Linked entries: nemne nymne

ge-arnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-arnian, p. ode; pp. od [earnian to earn]

To earnmeritmĕrēri

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To earn, merit; mĕrēri Sceal mon lofes [MS. leofes] gearnian a man shall merit praise, Exon. 91 a; Th. 342, 9; Gn. Ex. 140