hæring
A herring
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A herring Hwæt féhst ðú on sǽ? Hærincgas quid capis in mari? Aleces, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 9. Ðes hæring hoc allec, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 14, 22. Hæring allec vel jairus vel taricius vel sardina, Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 80; Wrt. Voc. 56, 3.
snáw-gebland
A snow-storm
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A snow-storm Fór Hanníbal ofer Bardan ðone beorg, þéh ðe ymb ðone tiéman wǽren swá micel snáwgebland swá ðætte ǽgðer ge ðara horsa fela forwurdon ge ða elpendas ealle búton ánum ge ða men selfe uneáðe ðone ciele genǽson Annibal, cum in Etruriam transiret
be-eástan
To the east of,
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Nóht feor be-eástan ðǽre byrig, Shrn. 66, 22. with acc. On þǽm londe be-eástan Rín, Chr. 887; P. 80, 23. Be-eástan ðá bircan, C. D. iii. 213, 3
mearþ
A marten ⬩ a kind of weasel
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Se byrdesta sceall gyldan xv mearþes fell (cf. Icel. marð-skinn.), Ors. 1, 1; Swt. 18, 20. Ofer mearþes hrycg ( in an enumeration of boundaries ), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 391, 20
wlóh
A hem ⬩ fringe
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Seó hálge stód ungewemde wlite, næs hyre wlóh ne hrægl, ne feax ne tel, fýre gemǽled, Exon. Th. 277, 34; Jul. 590. Wlóh wédes his fimbriam veslimenti ejus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 9, 20: 14, 36. Wglóana (wlogana?) míð ðý gehrán fimbria tactu, p. 17, 10.
hæfen-leás
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Áspende hé his feoh on ælmyssum hafenleásum mannum. Hml. S. 14, 15 : 23, 200: Hml. Th. ii. 400, 1
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herigendlíce
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Án ðǽra is þes hálga wer þe wé nú tódæg wurðiað, for ðan ðe hé áspende swíðe herigendlíce þæt feoh þe him God befæste, Hml. Th. ii. 560, 9. For last passage substitute
lustlíce
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Ic lióða fela lustlíce (v. lustbǽrlíce) sanc, Met. 2, l. Sé ðe Godes beboda lustlíce gehýrð, and lustlícor mid weorcuni gefylð, Hml. Th. i. 552, 2. Hé sylþ mé hors oþþe beáh þæt þe lustlícor cræft mínne ic ( the hunter) begancge, Coll. M. 22, 38. Add
sceón
To fall to a person's lot
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Heom (heo, MS.) on riht sceóde (sceo, MS.) gold and godweb Iosepes gestreón gold and purple, Joseph's treasure rightly fell to the share of the Israelites (after the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea), Cd. Th. 215, 21; Exod. 586
leóf
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Leó(fe) dulcia (natorum pignora), 220. (1 a) as an epithet in address; see preceding word :-- Leófan men, Wlfst. 6, 2 ( and often). Men þá leófestan 232, 12. of things Mid leófre férrǽdene contuberniali sodalitate, An. Ox. 2353.
gearwian
To make ready ⬩ prepare ⬩ procure ⬩ supply ⬩ put on ⬩ clothe ⬩ părāre ⬩ præpărāre ⬩ præstāre ⬩ induĕre ⬩ vestīre
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Ðæt selfe wæter ðegnunge gearwode beforan his fótum the very water did reverence before his feet, St. And. 22, 19. v. Grm. D. M. 984
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á-lísan
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Se cyng eall Normandig æt him mid feó álísde, Chr. 1096; P. 232, 32. Ðæt lond æt him álésan, Ors. l, 10; S. 44, 9. Bióð álésede of liberabuntur, Kent. Gl. 355. <b>IIIb.
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hentan
to seize ⬩ take ⬩ to arrest ⬩ to capture ⬩ strike ⬩ to try to get
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And he fel dun in dedes bond, Gen. and Ex. 2715.] with prep, hentan æfter to try to get Nime hé leáfe ꝥ hé móte hentan æfter his ágenan (licentiam accipiat ut suum audeat perquirere, Lat. vers.), Ll. Th. i. 386, 17
hyngrian
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Gif ðínum fýnd hingrige, féd hine, Hml. S. 21, 375
fold-búend
Earth-dwellers ⬩ earth's inhabitants ⬩ inhabitants of a land or country ⬩ terrĭcŏlæ
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Mid fére fold-búende se micla dæg meahtan Dryhtnes bihlǽmeþ the great day of the mighty Lord shall strike earth's inhabitants with fear, Exon. 20b; Th. 54, 14; Cri. 868.
irþling
a husbandman ⬩ farmer ⬩ ploughman ⬩ a cuckoo
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Eorþtilþ forðam se yrþling ús ealle fétt qualis tibi videtur inter seculares artes retinere primatum? Agricultura, quia arator nos omnes pascit, 30, 23-8.
gnornan
To grieve ⬩ mourn ⬩ be sad ⬩ bewail ⬩ lament ⬩ mœrere
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Ne scyle nán wís monn forhtigan ne gnornian no wise man ought to fear or lament, Bt. 40, 3; Fox 238, 8: Cd. 219; Th. 281, 19; Sat. 274.
scrýdan
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Ne scríde nán wíf hig mid wǽpmannes reáfe, Deut. 22, 5. to clothe, to furnish with clothes, provide with clothes Hé scrýt mé wel and félt, Coll. Monast. Th. 22, 33. Gif æcyres weód God scrýt, Mt. Kmbl. 6, 30. Scrýtt, Lk. Skt. 12, 28.
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fǽringa
unexpectedly ⬩ of a sudden ⬩ all at once ⬩ soon ⬩ at once ⬩ early ⬩ by chance ⬩ forte
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Hit fǽringa fýre byrneð, Ph. 531. by chance; forte Man slǽtte ǽnne fearr fǽringa (fér-, v. l.) þǽrúte, Hml. S. 12, 72. Gif heora hwylc fǽringa (forte) tóðint, R. Ben. 46, 16. Fǽrunga, R. Ben. I. 16, 13: 54, 6: 87, 3.
hádianv
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Th. i. 416, 15. with acc. of person and order to which Hé gedyde ꝥ hine man hádode tó mæssepreóste eum presbyterum fecit ordinari, Gr. D. 225, 23. Hé lét hig hádian tó bisceopum. Chr. 1053; P. 184, 11.