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gyrdel

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Þá begyrde he hine mid his gyrdele (cingulo) . . . Sóna swá hé wæs mid þám gyrdele begyrd, Guth. Gr. 148, 7. Hé stód on ðám wætere tó his gyrdle (usque ad lumbos, Bd 5, 12), Hml. Th. ii. 354, 18. Mid gildenum girdle his breóst wæs befangen, Ll.

heáh-setl

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L. 22, 30. of a teacher, speaker, &c In héhseotle aeldrena hergen hine in cathedra seniorum laudent eum, Ps. Srt. 106, 32. Haehsedlum prorostris (for pro rostris, ), Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 26

huntaþ

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Add: hunting, the chase Bið gód huntoð on þám mónþe, Lch, iii. 182, Se cyng, for þan hé of huntaþe (-oþe, v. l.) cóm ( uenerat enim de uenatu), gestód æt þám fýre and hine wyrmde, Bd. 3, 14; Sch. 258, 17 : Gen. 27, 30.

þanc

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hine bæd ꝥ hé underfénge ꝥ hé him bróhte tó þance þǽre sóþan lufan ( gratia caritatis ), 343, 22. Add Mé is swíðe mycel þanc þæt þú mé gehátst. Solil. H. 26, 11. <b>III c.</b> add :-- Þis is mé on þance gratias agimus, Gr. D. 203, 9.

wita

Grammar
wita, <b>. I.</b>
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Add Hé nyste hwæs hé geléfan sceolde, þá hine þá swýdost on un-gewisse gebróhton þe his witan beón sceoldon. Hml. S. 23, 398. <b>II a.</b> add :-- Witan hym (the king) sceolan rǽdan, O. E. Hml. i. 301, l.

rím-cræft

(n.)
Grammar
rím-cræft, es; m.

The science of numbers arithmetic

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Uton witan hwæt saltus lunae sý tó sóðe ... oððe hwá hine ðæs wurðscipes cúðe ðæt hé sceolde gestandan on ðam rímcræfte that he should have a place in the science of computation, Anglia viii. 308, 22.

wafung

(n.)
Grammar
wafung, e; f.

amazement, wonder, astonishment

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Wafunge spectaculum (mirum mundo spectaculum exhibuit, Ald. 62),509, 33. amazement, wonder, astonishment On ðære gesihðe hine gestód wundorlíc wafung . . . eall hé wæs ful wundrunge and wafunge, Homl. Skt. i. 23, 501-509.

Linked entry: wafung-stede

weg-nest

(n.)
Grammar
weg-nest, es; n.

Food for a journey

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Hé wæs hine trymmende mid ðý heofonlícum wægneste, 4, 24; S. 599, 2

Linked entry: nest

hláford-scipe

(n.)
Grammar
hláford-scipe, es; m.

Lordship, rule;dominatio

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To ðan ðæt hé hine ne onhófe on swá micclum hláfordscipe why was one tree forbidden to Adam, when he was lord of every other? To the end that he might not exalt himself with so great lordship, Boutr. Scrd. 17, 28.

hlosnian

(v.)
Grammar
hlosnian, p. ode

To listen, be silent in expectation of hearing, listen for the coming of a person, watch, await, be on the look out

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Ðæt folc hlosnende wæs gehérde hine populus suspensus erat audiens ilium, Lk. Skt. Lind. 19, 48. Hlosniend attonitus, Cot. 3, Lye

Linked entry: hlysnan

hol

(adj.)
Grammar
hol, adj.

Hollow

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Sca maria hine ácende on ðære nihte on ánum holum stánscræfe St. Mary gave birth to him in a hollow cave, Shrn. 29, 28. Ðæt wæter dranc of his holre hand drank the water out of the hollow of his hand, 50, 11.

ge-weorþian

(v.)
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Gaast is God and ðá ðe geuorðias (adoranf) hine . . . Jn. L. 4, 20-24. Árísað aldormenn and giworðigað (princes also shall worship, Is. 49, 7), Rtl. 55, 39. Aldormonn án geneolécde and gewordade hine, Mt. L. 9, 18. Geworðade, 15, 25.

á-beran

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Add: with sense of movement, to bear off, bring, carry Se hwæl hine ábær tó Niniuéa birig, Ælfc. T. Grn. 10, 13. Mid ðý wé úre scyp fram ðám ýþum upp ábǽron ( exportaremus ), Bd. 5, 1; S. 614, 11.

á-fédan

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Gif hé ðá móder ðe hine gebær and áfédde nele árwurðian, Hml. Th. ii. 208, 12. Gestreón þanon ic mé áfede ( pascam ) and mín wíf and mínne sunu, Coll. M. 27. 21. Hé gyrnde landes ꝥ hé mihte hine on áfédan, Chr. 1049; P. 168, 17.

crístnian

(v.)
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Hé gelýfde on úrne Drihten and lét hine crístnian ( had himself catechized ), and æfter lytlum fyrste hé wearð gefullod, Hml. S. 31, 523.

Linked entries: crístian crístnere

ge-neósian

(v.)
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Þ seó upplice gifu hine geneósode, Gr. D. 38, 7. Hé wearð geneósod þurh God, and se hálga gást hét hine faran tó Alexandria byrig, Hml.

ofer-gán

(v.)
Grammar
ofer-gán, p. -eode; pp. -gán.

to overspreadto overrun (a country, as a victorious army does), to conquerto pass a point or limitto pass a moral limit, to transgressto pass across, traverse, crossto pass, pass off or away, be over, come to an endTo be overto come upon, attack

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Th. pp. 377-379; Deór. 7, etc. to come upon, attack (of disease, sleep, etc. ) Wæterseócnyss hine ofereode, Homl. Th. i. 86, 9. Hine slǽp ofereode, Andr. Kmbl. 1640; An. 821. Similar entries v. ofer-gangan

Linked entries: ofer-eode ofer-gangan

grétan

(v.)
Grammar
grétan, he grét, pl. grétaþ; p. grétte, pl. grétton; pp. gréted.
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Ðonne hine engel grétte when the angel visited him, 37 b; Th. 123, 25; Gú. 328. Nó he ðone gifstól grétan móste he might not touch the throne [gift-seat], Beo. Th. 339; B. 168.

tyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
tyhtan, p. te.
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Hine his yldran tó woruldfolgaðe tyhton and lǽrdan his parents urged him to temporal service, Blickl. Homl. 211, 28. Hine tihtan tó his sáwle þearfe eum hortari ad animae suae necessitatem, L. Ecg. C. prm.; Th. ii. 130, 40.

Linked entries: a-tyhtan tihtan

áscian

(v.)
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Hé befrán for hwylcum intingan hí hine áxodon, 10, 117. Wé ealle hine áxodan, Ll. Th. i. 234, 12. Hió ongan swíðe giornlíce áxian þá næglas, H. R. 15, 20. Mín hláford ásende mé tó þysum earde tó áxienne wyrhtan, Hml.

Linked entry: áhsian