un-gyrdan
To ungird
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Se cásere hét hine ungyrdan and bewǽpnian, Homl. Skt. ii. 30, 409. Gif him þince ðæt hé sý ungyrd, broc ðæt biþ, Lchdm. iii. 172, 12
Linked entry: on-gyrdan
brýd-guma
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Sǽde heó þám brýdguman ... gif hé hyre onhryne myd unclǽnre lufon, Shrn. 149, 23, 31. a suitor Brýdguma procus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 27: 67, 3. Brýdguman proco (desponsata virgo ), 94, 39
ge-bletsung
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consecration, v. ge-bletsian; I Þá geblet*-*sunge heó þǽr tó on Róme begeat þám þe þá áre to Godes þeówdome . . .
grund-wela
Earthly wealth
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Earthly wealth Him grundwelan ginne sealde hét ðám sinhíwum sǽs and eorþan tuddorteóndra teohha gehwilcre wæstmas fédan he gave them ample riches of earth, bade for the man and wife each of sea's and land's productive tribes bring forth fruits, Cd. 46
be-lǽfan
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Þone sǽdere hé belǽfde ús tó sécenne, 90, 8. Næs nán ele belǽfed tó his gebróðra bricum, 178, 20. intrans. To remain [for intrans. use in later English v. N. E. D. s. v. bielieve] Án of him ne beláf (-lǽfde, MS. C), Ps. Spl. 105, II. Hé hét t
þende
While
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While Ðendi hé ðæt þóhte engel Drihtnes æteáwde him haec eo cogitante angelus Domini apparuit ei, Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 1, 20. Þende hé ðá gespræc adhuc eo loquente, 17, 5. Ðende wæs hé sprecende ł ða hwíle hé spræc adhuc ipso loquente, Lind. 26, 47.
Linked entry: þenden
þiderweardes
Thitherwards
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Ðá ongon hé sprecan swíþe feorran ymbúton, swilce hé ná þa sprǽce ne mǽnde, and tiohhode hit þeáh þiderweardes (towards that point) Bt. 39, 5; Fox 218, 12
on-wacan
to awake, cease to sleep ⬩ to arise, spring, be derived, be born
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Hér Ida féng tó ríce, ðonon Norþanhymbra cynecyn onwóc, Chr. 547; Erl. 16, 8. Him onwóc heáh Healfdene, Beo. Th. 112; B. 56. Beornas onwócan, cynn æfter cynne cende wǽron, Ps. Th. 104, 11. Hwǽr ús hearmstafas onwócan, Cd. Th. 58, 2; Gen. 940.
Huntan-dún
Huntingdon
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Huntingdon Fór se here of Huntandúne and of Eástenglum and worhton ðæt geweorc æt Tæmese forda and forléton ðæt óðer æt Huntandúne ...
of-fillan
to kill by felling, to kill by causing to fall, to destroy
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Hí woldon heó sylfe offyllan oððe ádrencan ruina perituri aut fluctibus absorbendi, Bd. 4, 13; S. 582, 33. Ðá hét se déma ðæt wíf weorpan on seáþ and ðǽr mid stánum offellan, Shrn. 89, 29
Linked entries: of-feallan of-fellan of-fyllan
fǽmne
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. ¶ referring to the Virgin Mary: Heó is seó clǽneste fǽmne, and heó wæs fǽmne ǽr hire beorþre and heó wunaþ fǽmne æfter hire beorþre, Bl. H. 155, 33.
be
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Th. ii. 306, 29. (15) add :-- Gif hé ne geswice be þám si neque sic correxerit, Chrd. 41, 36. (18) add :-- Hé be heora gange hí gecneów, Hml.
Linked entry: bi-wrítan
ge-innian
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Stande hé þǽr úte . . . oð þæt hé mid hreówsunge geinnige hine sylfne . . . intó Godes húse, 155, 24.
hosp-word
A word expressing contempt, contumely, reproach, abuse
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A word expressing contempt, contumely, reproach, abuse Án ðæra hospworda hé forbær suwigende one of their reproaches he bore with in silence, Homl. Th. ii. 230, 8.
á-delfan
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Seó eorðe wæs swíðe heard and hé ne mihte heó ádelfan, Hml. S. 23 b, 768. to dig up a plant Ádelf niþerweardne sláhðorn, Lch. ii. 92, 30: 230, 6. Ádelfe ompran, 78, 1. to dig out, pick out Up ádelfað effodiant (oculum corvi ), Kent. Gl. 1092.
Linked entry: a-dylf
wáwan
To blow, be moved by the wind
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To blow, be moved by the wind Hnescre ic eom micle halsrefeþre, seó hér on winde wǽweþ on lyfte, Exon. Th. 426, 30; Rä. 41, 81
Hǽðfeld
Hatfield in Hertfordshire
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Hatfield in Hertfordshire Hér gesæt Þeodorius ærcebiscop senoþ on Hǽðfelda in this year archbishop Theodore presided over a synod at Hatfield, Chr. 680; Erl. 40, 11
fela-wlonc
Very stately ⬩ valde magnĭfĭcus
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Very stately; valde magnĭfĭcus Mec brýd triedeþ, felawlonc, fótum the bride treads me, very proud, with her feet, Exon. 103 b; Th. 393, 28; Rä. 13, 7
Linked entry: wlanc
un-fricgende
not questioning
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not questioning Mé sægde ðæt wíf hire wordum selfa unfricgendum the woman of her own accord told me without my asking, Cd. Th. 160, 12; Gen. 2649