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læc

(adj.)
Grammar
læc, adj.
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Similarly, as regards the first part, Conybeare has 'circa illum fortes multi caduci moriebantur.'

Linked entry: lacra

ge-þringan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-þringan, p. -þrang, -þringde [North. Gospels], pl. -þrungon; pp. -þrungen

To pressoppresscomprimerecontendereopprimere

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Hæfde ðá se æþeling in geþrungen then had the noble one pressed in, Andr. Kmbl. 1980; An. 992. Wæs ðá ende-dógor neáh geþrungen the final day had come near, Exon. 46 b; Th. 158, 10; Gú. 906.

Linked entry: folc-geþrang

feax-fang

(n.)
Grammar
feax-fang, es; m.

A taking hold by the haircŏmæ prehensio

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A taking hold by the hair; cŏmæ prehensio Gif feax-fang geweorþ if there be a taking hold of the hair, L. Ethb. 33; Th. i. 12, 3; Wilk. 5, 1

ge-clyccan

(v.)
Grammar
ge-clyccan, p. ge-clyhte; pp. ge-clyht
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To bend, incurve the hand Ná sý ástreht hand þín tó nimene; heó sý tó syllene gecliht non sit porrecta manus tua ad captandum; sit ad dandum collecta, Scint. 99, 2

heofon-heall

(n.)
Grammar
heofon-heall, e; f.

A heavenly hall

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A heavenly hall Ne hí swá fúle ne móton intó his fægeran heofonhealle nor may they so foul enter into his fair heavenly hall, L. Ælfc. P. 41; Th. ii. 382, 10

earpa

(n.)

a harp

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a harp, Ps. Spl. 107, 2

Linked entry: eærpung

haccian

(v.)
Grammar
haccian, p. ode; pp. od

To hackconcidere, secando comminuereto hew, chopto hack, hoeto chop, cleave

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To hack; concidere, secando comminuere, Lye

CÉPAN

(v.)
Grammar
CÉPAN, to cépanne; cépte, cépton; céped, cépt; v. a. gen. acc.

To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bearobservare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare

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Ic gylpes cépte I have persevered in boasting; jactantiæ insistebam, Mod. confitendi 1. Nele he him hearmes cépan he will not meditate harm against him, Homl. Th. ii. 522, 20. He me hearmes cépþ he meditates harm against me, i. 56, 3.

Linked entry: ge-cépan

onettan

(v.)
Grammar
onettan, p. te.

to hasten, move rapidly to make a quick movement, to anticipate to be quick in one's movements or actions, be active, quick or busy

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Hé gebrægd his swurd and wolde mé ofsleán ðǽr ic him ne onette and ic ðæt wíf gegripe be hire earme and mé tóforan ábrǽd and ðǽr ðis nǽre ðonne wǽre mín blód instæpe ágoten he drew his sword and would have slain me, if I had not anticipated him, and had

fæx

(n.)

hair

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hair, Jn. Lind. War. 11, 2

feax-sceacged

(v.; adj.; part.)
Grammar
feax-sceacged, part.

Having hairhairycŏmātus

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Having hair, hairy; cŏmātus,Cot. 54

dyþhomar

Grammar
dyþhomar, l.
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dýþ-homar. v. dúþ-hamor; dýþ

sporu

(n.)
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a spike, v. hand-, hún-sporu

cófincel

(n.)
Grammar
cófincel, es; n.

A hand-mill pistrilla

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A hand-mill; pistrilla Cot. 155

ban-fáh

Grammar
ban-fáh, l. bán-fáh

adorned with bone

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adorned with bone (of a hall)

giddian

(v.)
Grammar
giddian, gieddian, gyddian, giddigan; p. ode; pp. od

To singrecitespeak

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Gyddedon hæleþ in healle hwæt seó hand write heroes in hall discussed what did the hand write, Cd. 210; Th. 261, 18; Dan. 728

lemp-healt

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Substitute: Limp-halt (v. N. E. D. s. v.), halting Laempihalt, lemphihalt, lemp-halt, lemphald lurdus (cf. lordicare dorso incurvato incedere, Migne), Txts. 74, 589. Lemphealt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 3: 51, 20

Linked entry: healt

healf-deád

(adj.)
Grammar
healf-deád, adj.

Half dead, palsied on one side

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Half dead, palsied on one side Wið ðære healf-deádan ádle for the half-dead disease [hemiplegia] L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 280, 1: L. M. 1, 79; Lchdm. ii. 152, 2

sele

(n.)
Grammar
sele, es ; m.
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Geseah hé engles hand in sele ( Belshazzar's hall ) wrítan, 261, 16 ; Dan. 727. Hié tó sele ( the Danish king's hall ), gangan cwómon, Beo. Th. 652 ; B. 323. In sele ðam heán, 1431 ; B. 713 : ( Hygelac's hall ), 3973 ; B. 1984.

irfe

(n.)
Grammar
irfe, ierfe, yrfe, es; n.

Inheritanceproperty

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property to warranty, and demand of the hand which has that property, that he make the chattel uncontestable to him; or prove that the dead man never owned that property, L.