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hefigtímness

(n.)
Grammar
hefigtímness, e; f.

Troubleafflictionvexation

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Th. ii. 546, 19. Hé is nú mid ylde ofsett, swylce mid gelomlǽcendum hefigtýmnyssum tó deáþe geþreád it is now oppressed with age, as if wearied to death with frequent troubles, i. 614, 21

þweorh-furh

(n.)

a cross furrowa rough place

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Voc. ii. 78, 26. Þwyrhfero anfractus (the passage in Aldhelm is: Errabundis anfractibus exorbitans), 83, 6. Ðweorhfyro, 2, 20. See also þwyres fura salebroso (the passage is: Genus explanat salebroso pagina versu), 90, 60. (?)

Linked entry: -fýre

sceacel

(n.)
Grammar
sceacel, es; m.

a shackleplectrum

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Voc. i. 16, 44. the word also glosses plectrum Scecele oððe slegele scecen wé plectra plumemus, ii. 66, 78-80. Sceacelas plectra, 89,10 . schakkyl numella. Ancren schulen ine so wide scheakeles pleien ine hevuene . . .

leóf-wende

(adj.)
Grammar
leóf-wende, adj.

Pleasinggraciousacceptableamiableestimable

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Voc, ii. 61, 62. Sum biþ leófwende hafaþ mód and word monnum geþwǽre one man is amiable, he hath mind and speech in accord with men, Exon. 79 b; Th. 298. 13; Crä. 84.

on-sægedness

(n.)
Grammar
on-sægedness, e; f.

the rite, act of sacrifice or offeringwhat is offered at the rite, a sacrifice, oblation

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Voc. ii. 15, 81. what is offered at the rite, a sacrifice, oblation Nis ná tó onfónne seó hálige onsægdnes ( eucharistiam accipere ), L. Ecg. C. 35 ; Th. ii. 160, 37. Gif seó onsægednys on eorþan fealle, L. Ecg. P. iv. 15 ; Th. ii. 216, 15.

under-bæc

(adv.)
Grammar
under-bæc, adv.

backwardsbackbehindback

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Deófles nama is gereht, nyðerhreósende. Nyðer hé áhreás and underbæc hé eode ðá ðá hé wæs áscyred fram ðære heofonlícan blisse, Homl. Th. i. 172, 30-35: Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 70.

Linked entry: BÆC

hwanan

(adv.; con.)
Grammar
hwanan, hwanon, hwonan, hwanone; adv.

Whence

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Ic ne wát hwonon his cyme sindon I know not whence is his coming, Exon. 50 b; Th. 175, 18; Gú. 1196. Hwanan, Beo. Th. 4798; B. 2403. Ðá næfde hé hwanon hé his wer águlde he had not means to pay his 'wer', Chart. Th. 207, 36

Linked entry: hwonan

middel

(n.)
Grammar
middel, es; middela(?), an; m.

The middlecentre

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The middle, centre In midle in centro, Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 13, On middele (Ps. Lamb. midle) innoþes mín in medio ventris mei, Ps. Spl. 21, 13, 21. Hé ánne cnapan gesette on hyra middele ( in medio eorum ), Mk. 9, 36.

Linked entry: midlest

geong

Grammar
geong, young.
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In l. 4 for genga l. ginga, and add Cnihtas ginge and góde, Dan. 90. In gengum, Dan. 102, the first n is curiously shaped and perhaps geongum (or ? gingum) should be read

ge-eácnung

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H. 143, 24. in passive sense Sci Iohannis geeácnung, Shrn. 133, 26. what is conceived Hyre geeácnung (or l ?) is of ðám Hálgan Gáste (quod in ea natum est de Spiritu Sancto est, Mt. l, 20), Hml. As. 135, 630.

gidding

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Cuthbert's life both in prose and in verse Hml. Th. ii. 134, l. of formal or serious speech. a dark saying, riddle, an enigma Geddunga enigmata Wrt.

hyhtan

(v.)
Grammar
hyhtan, p. te

To hopetrustrejoice

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To hope, trust, look forward to with hope or joy, rejoice Ic under fiðrum hihte sub pennis ejus sperabis, Ps. Th. 90, 4. Ic ðé hihte tó sperantem in te, 85, 2. Hihte ic tó ðínra handa hálgum dǽdum in operibus manuum tuarum exultabo, 91, 3.

Linked entry: hihtan

ge-þafa

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is consent to an action or a condition, acquiescence in an arrangement. with gen.

hwæla

(n.)
Grammar
hwæla, an; m.

A whale

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A whale Hé is on middon hwælan hiwes he is of a whale's shape in the middle, Salm. Kmbl. 527; Sal. 263

ge-ǽþan

(v.)

to make oath concerning, confirm by oathto administer an oath to, swear

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Th. ii. 296, 9), and to the validity of which he was not to swear (falsely)), Ll. Th. ii. 258, 4. to administer an oath to, swear a person

Linked entries: ǽþan áþ-swaru

land-ágende

(adj.)
Grammar
land-ágende, adj.
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In. 51; Th. i. 134, 8. Landágende man, L. N. P. L. 49: 52; Th. ii. 298, 4: 10. Landágende men ic lǽrde ðæt hié heora gafol mid gehygdum águldon, Blickl. Homl. 185, 21

Linked entries: ágan land-hæbbende

teofrian

(v.)
Grammar
teofrian, p. ode
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, appoint Ðone sylfan stán ðe hine wyrhtan áwurpan nú se geworden is hwommona heágost hálig Drihten tó wealles wraðe wís teofrade (he has appointed it to be the wall's support) lapidem quem reprobaverunt aedificantes, hic factus est in caput anguli:

un-gefóg

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gefóg, (-fóh); adj.

immenseintemperateimmoderate excessive

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Skt. i. 23, 199. in a bad sense, intemperate, immoderate excessive Seó þwyre sáwul on hwílwendlícum bricum biþ ungefóh, Homl. Th. i. 408, 15. Heflgtýme leahter is ungefóh fyrwitnys, ii. 374, 3. Hé wæs mid ungefóhre gýtsunge ontend, i. 44, 5

Linked entries: ge-fóg un-gefége

ge-beorhtian

(v.)
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Is geberhtad declaratur, 3, 3. in a physical sense, to make the sight good :-- Haran geallan wið hunig gemencged. . . þá eágan gebeortigeaþ, Lch. i. 344, 5

ge-dwimorlíce

(adv.)
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Macharius cwæð: 'Ic geseó þis mǽden on menniscum gecynde, and heó nis ná áwend swá swá gé wénað . . . ac on eówrum gesihðum hit is swá gehíwod, Hml. S. 21, 474