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hræd

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Hrede ( veloces ) foet heara tó ágeótenne blód, Ps. Srt. 13, 3. quick in respect to time. not lasting long. Cf. hræd-lic; Þeáh ðe gýt wǽre óðer þúsend geára tó ðám dæge, nǽre hit langsum; for ðan swá hwæt swá geendað, þæt bið sceort and hræd, Hml.

steáp

(adj.)
Grammar
steáp, adj.
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</b> of smaller objects :-- Heard and steáp ( the pillar into which Lot's wife was turned ), Cd. Th. 155, 8; Gen. 2569. Wið steápne rond by the tall shield, Beo. Th. 5126; B. 2566. Ic hæbbe hneccan steápne, Exon. Th. 490, 1; Rä. 79, 4.

feld

Grammar
feld, gen. felda (v. Licetfelda)

plain ⬩ field

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Þǽm gelícost þe ic sitte on ánre heáre dúne and geseó on sméðum felda (in magno campi spatio) fela fýra byrnan, Ors. 3, 11; S. 142, 14. Gif hié (the Danes occupying wooded country) ǽnigne feld sécan wolden, Chr. 894; P. 84, 26.

ge-hiwian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hiwian, l. ge-híwian,
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Sé gehiéwade ( finxit ) heortan heara, Ps. Srt. 32, 15. Seó sáwul ealle líchamlicra þinga híw mæg on hyre sylfre gehíwian, and swá gehíwode on hyre móde gehealdan, I. 225. Blódig wolcen on mistlíce beámas wæs gehíwod, Chr. 979 ; P. 122, 26.

Linked entry: ge-hiwad

Róm-feoh

(n.)
Grammar
Róm-feoh, gen. -feós; n.

Peter's pence

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The penalty, which is not here stated, was a heavy one, as will be seen from the passages given below.

gaderian

(v.)

to join, unite ⬩ to bring together ⬩ to bring together ⬩ collect ⬩ accumulate, amass ⬩ to bring ⬩ garner ⬩ to gather ⬩ to gather ⬩ compile

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Biþ hlíseádigra sé ðe hit selþ ðonne sé þe hit gaderaþ . . . ge eác þá welan beóþ hlíseádigran þonne þonne hié mon selþ þonne hié beón þonne hié mon gadraþ and healt, 13; F. 38, 11-15.

eo

(n.)
Grammar
eo, I. unaccented, generally stands before two consonants lc, ld, lf, rc, rd, rf, rg, rh, rl, rm, rn, rp, rr, rt, rþ, x; as, Geolca a yolk, sceolde should, seolfor silver, deorc dark, sweord a sword, ceorfan to carve, beorgan to protect, beorht bright, eorl earl, beorma barm, eornost earnest, weorpan to throw, steorra a star, heorte the heart, eorþe the earth, meox dung. II. eó accented, the diphthong, generally stands before the consonants c, d, f, g, h, l, m, n, p, r, s, st, t, w; as, Seóc sick, beódan to bid, þeóf a thief, fleógan to fly, hreóh rough, hweól a wheel, leóma a ray of light, beón to be, deóp deep, beór beer, ceosan to choose, breóst the breast, fleótan to float, leóþ a song, ceówan to chew. 2. eó is also the termination of many words, and then the ó in eó is always accented; as, Beó a bee; ic beó

I shall be

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I shall be; freó free; gleó glee; seó the; seó sim, sis, sit; treó a tree; breó three, etc

mann

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Æt men fíftene peningas, æt horse healf swá, 224, 25. Be manna metsunge. Ánan esne gebyreð tó metsunge . . . 436, 25. Wé cwǽdon úrum þeówum mannum, 234, 3.

wǽta

(n.)
Grammar
wǽta, an; m.:wǽte, an; f.

wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap

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Tó leohtum drence ( a number of plants then follow), tó wǽtan (for liquor) healf háligwæter, healf eala, Lchdm. ii. 274, 4. Gif mon sié mid wǽtan forbærned, 324, 14.

Linked entries: wǽt wǽte

singan

(v.)
Grammar
singan, p. sang, song, pl. sungon ; pp. sungen
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Sin*-*gende heáp chorus, Wrt. Voc. i. 28, 27. Hé geseah Matheus ǽnne sitton singende, Blickl. Homl. 237, 23. to compose verse, narrate On ðé ic singge in te decantatio mea, Ps. Th. 70, 5.

open

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ǽnig mon of, gif hé ǽrest on cymþ; ne cymþ hé nǽfre tó openum ende, búton hé hæbbe swá scearp andget swá ꝥ fýr, Bt. 39, 4; F. 216, 27. exposed to general view or knowledge, existing, performed or carried on without concealment or so that all may see, hear

hold

(adj.)
Grammar
hold, adj.

Kind, ⬩ friendly, ⬩ pleasant, ⬩ favourable, ⬩ gracious [of a prince to his subject], ⬩ faithful, ⬩ loyal, ⬩ devoted, ⬩ liege [of a subject to his prince]

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Eáran habbaþ ne hí áwiht mágon holdes gehýran ears have they but nought pleasing can they hear, 134, 17. Holdum Gode ic sealmas singe psallum Deo meo, 145, 1. Ic gebócie sumne dǽl landes mínum holdan and getriówan þegne, Cod. Dipl.

LǼTAN

(v.)
Grammar
LǼTAN, p. lét, leórt; pp. lǽten. The ellipsis of a verb in the infinitive, the meaning of which may be inferred from the context, not unfrequently takes place after lǽtan; and the connection of many of the meanings which follow with the simple one seems explainable in this way.

to LET ⬩ allow ⬩ permit ⬩ suffer ⬩ to let ⬩ let go ⬩ give up ⬩ dismiss ⬩ leave ⬩ forsake ⬩ let ⬩ to let ⬩ cause ⬩ make ⬩ get ⬩ have ⬩ cause to be ⬩ place ⬩ make as if ⬩ make out ⬩ profess ⬩ pretend ⬩ estimate ⬩ consider ⬩ suppose ⬩ think ⬩ to behave towards ⬩ treat ⬩ to let

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Se éca Drihten hine sylfne lét lǽdon on ða heán dúne the Lord eternal allowed himself to be led on to the high mountain, Blickl. Homl. 33, 10.

Linked entries: aweg-lǽtan leórt

byrgen

(n.)
Grammar
byrgen, byrgenn, birgen, byrigen, burgen, e; f. [beorg tumulus]
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either in revenging a feud or defending himself, should kill a man, not to take anything belonging to him, whether his horse, or his helmet, or his sword, or any money he may have, but to lay out his body in the manner usually observed with the dead, the head

Linked entries: burgen byrgels byrigen birgen

hraþe

(adv.)
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Heá hraðe ( statim ) forleorton netta, 4, 22: Mt. p. 1, 8. Mið ðý wæs gefulwad hraðe (hræþe, R. confestim ), Mt. L. 3, 16. Hraðe, 21, 3. Mid þí hé þus cwæð, hraþe sió onlícnes sendde mycel wæter þurh hiore múþ, Bl. H. 245, 24: 19, 30.

hé

(pronoun.)
Grammar
hé, [In p. 513, col. 1. l. 60 Enachis (Num. 13, 29) should be read for Enac his: cf. the accusative Enachim in Jos. 11. 21. For -is as gen. in foreign names cf. Num. 13, 11, 12.]
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, hiara, heara] : dat. him, hym, heom Ille hé, ipse hé sylf. . . sui his, Ælf.

grið

(n.)
Grammar
grið, es; n.
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Schmid, p. 585, arranges the several 'griths' under the following heads Place; churches, private houses, the king's palace and precincts; Time; fasts and festivals, coronation days, days of public gemots and courts, times when the fyrd is summoned; Persons

swelgan

(v.)
Grammar
swelgan, p. swealh, pl. swulgon; pp. swolgen (with acc. or inst. (dat.))
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Ðá ðam wordum swealg brego when the prince had heard those words, Exon. Th. 196, 25; Az. 179. Háliges láre synnige ne swulgon, ðeáh hé sóðra swá feala tácna gecýðde. Andr. Kmbl. 1419; An. 710. Wile se Waldend, ðæt wé wisdom á snyttrum swelgen, Exon.

Linked entry: swylfende

twelf

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
twelf, generally indeclinable if used adjectivally and preceding the noun, but generally in other cases declined; nom. acc. twelfe; gen. twelfa; dat. twelfum.
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Wé gefrunon twelfe under tunglum we have heard of twelve men beneath the stars, Andr. Kmbl. 3; An. 2. with qualifying or defining words Hí twelfe (tuoelfo, Lind.), Lk. Skt. 8, 1. Hig twelfe (ða tuoelfo, Lind.) sǽdon him, 9, 12.

Linked entry: endleofan

ge-tríwan

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Ðá ðe getreówað in megne heara, Ps. Srt. 48, 7. In ðǽm gé getreówdun, ii. p. 195, 41. Getreóudon, Lk. L. 18, 9. Israhélas on Drihten getreówen speret Israel in Domino, Ps. Th. 129, 6.

Linked entry: ge-trýwan

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