mǽr-líc
Great ⬩ magnificent ⬩ glorious ⬩ splendid ⬩ illustrious
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Homl. Th. i. 352, 26. Ðá hæfde ðæt cild swíðe mǽrlíce stemne the boy had a magnificent voice, Wulfst. 152, 11.
hredding
Saving ⬩ salvation ⬩ liberation
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Heó mid hreáme hyre hræddinge ofclypode the result of her outcry was to save her, Homl. Swt. 2, 219
Linked entry: hrædding
in-cuman
To come in ⬩ enter
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Homl. 173. 5. Ðǽr nǽfre nǽnig dǽl regnes incuman ne mæg never can any rain enter there, 125, 33. Incuma introire, Mk. Skt. Lind. 1, 45
næs-þyrel
A nostril
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Homl. 59, 14, Wið næsþyrla (næsþurla, 14, 11) sáre, Lchdm. i. 114, 19. Blódryne of næsþyrlon, 282, 12. Mid hundes lúsum, ða flugon intó heora múðe and heora næsþyrlum, Homl. Th. ii. 192, 22.
Linked entry: nos-þyrel
of-beátan
To kill by beating ⬩ to beat to death ⬩ to beat to pieces
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Hét se cásere ðone cempan mid saglum ofbeátan, Homl. Skt. i. 5, 455. Mid billum ofbeátan, Met. 9, 30. Sume wǽron mid wǽpnum ofslagene óðre mid swipum ofbeátene some were slain with weapons, others scourged to death, Homl. Th. i. 542, 27
ge-wítnian
To punish ⬩ chastise
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Homl. 33, 30: Homl. Th. ii. 124, 22. Ic gewítnige punio, Ælfc. Gr. 30; Som. 34, 57. Hwí wurdon ða synfullan mid wætere gewítnode? On Noes dagum gewítnode God manna gálnysse mid wætere ... why were the sinful punished with water?
ge-dwimor
An illusion ⬩ delusion ⬩ apparition ⬩ phantom ⬩ error ⬩ fallācia ⬩ phantasma ⬩ φάντασμα ⬩ phantăsia ⬩ φαντασία
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Hí wéndon ðæt hit sum gedwimor wǽre they thought that it was an apparition, Homl. Th. ii. 388, 24 : Jud. 15, 19. Hine drehton nihtlíce gedwimor nightly phantoms tormented him, Homl. Th. i. 86, 18. Swylcra gedwimera of such illusions, L. C.
ge-líffæstan
To make alive ⬩ quicken ⬩ vivificāre
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He wolde swá synfulle sáwle gelíffæstan he would quicken so sinful a soul, Homl. Th. i. 496, 15 : ii. 206, 17. Mid gesceádwísre sáwle gelíffæst quickened by a rational soul, 270, 20
Linked entry: líf-fæstan
ge-ríp
A reaping, harvest ⬩ messis
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A reaping, harvest; messis Ðæt geríp is micel the reaping is great, Homl. Th. ii. 530, 16. Geríp messis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som: 11, 56: Wrt. Voc. 74, 69: Gen. 8, 22.
ge-namian
To name, call, appoint ⬩ appellare, vocare
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Rdr. 63, 224: Homl. Th. i. 282, 20
Linked entry: namian
scytta
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Wǽron on his fyrdinge twelf þúsenda scyttena, Homl. As. 104, 55
wyrt-brǽþ
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Seó geleáfulle gelaðung offraþ Criste wyrtbrǽðas þurh gebeda, Homl. Th. ii. 586, 6-11
Linked entry: brǽþ
ge-les
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cf. 5, 7; Sch. 585, 1 where gelice and geliese are two readings), þeós gémen þé wæs, and þis þú hyrde dydest hic labor, hoc studium, haec tibi cura, hoc pastor agebas, Bd. 2, 1; Sch. 108, 14.
réwet
Rowing ⬩ a ship ⬩ navigium
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Skt. 21, 6; Homl. Th. ii. 290, 11
Linked entry: rówet
hǽtu
Heat ⬩ æstus, fervor
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Unácumendlíce hǽtu þrowiaþ and unásecgendlíce cýle they suffer intolerable heat and unspeakable cold, Homl. Th. i. 532, 1
Linked entry: hǽte
hálig-mónaþ
Holy month, September
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The month is called in Latin September, and in our language holy month, because our ancestors, when they were heathen, sacrificed to their idols in that month, Shrn.124, 28-31: 136, 27. Háligmónþ, Menol. Fox 325; Men. 164
hatung
Hating, hate, hatred ⬩ æmulatio
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Homl. 193, 2. Bánu sume handlian hatunge getácnaþ to handle bones betokens hate, Lchdm. iii. 208, 24
hearde
Severely, very much, greatly, sorely
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Homl. 227, 1: Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 28
on-bútan
About
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Ðæt folc him sáh eall onbútan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 651. of time Onbútan Martines mæssan and gyt lator, Chr. 1089; Erl. 226, 19. with ðǽr Æt Hocneratúne and ðǽr onbútan, 917; Erl. 102, 14. Ofer eall ðǽr onbútan, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 490, 660