wind-gerest
A windy resting-place (?) ⬩ a hall open to the winds (?)
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, a hall open to the winds (?) Hé gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (?
a-dydest
hast banished ⬩ expulisti
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hast banished; expulisti,Ps. Lamb. 59, 12;
heorot-clæfre
Hart-clover ⬩ medicago maculata
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Hart-clover; medicago maculata, Lchdm. ii. 392
cnæd
kneaded ⬩ hast kneaded ⬩ fermented
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kneaded, hast kneaded, fermented; p. of cnedan
ge-strícan
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into the flat of your left hand and lay your hand to your ear, Tech. ii. 126, 7- to form with a stroke of a pen Quincunx . . . beóð þus gehíwod.
Læwes
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Æt Hamme wið Læwe, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 388, 18. Hamme juxta Læwes, vi. 46, 11
íren-heard
Iron-hard
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Iron-hard, Beo. Th. 2227; B. 1112
healf-féþe
Half-lame
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Half-lame Healfféþe semipes, Germ. 396, 150
Linked entry: -féþe
sám-storfen
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Half-dead Sámstorfenne seminecem, Germ. 401, 50
gylden-feaxa
Having golden hair ⬩ auricomus
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Having golden hair; auricomus, Cot. 11, Lye
herigend-lic
praiseworthy ⬩ approbation ⬩ excellent
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Swá swá sume men gewuniaþ ꝥ hí singað mid hergendlicum cræfte ǽr há etan (the translator has misunderstood the Latin, which is: Sicut quidam ludendi (laudandi seems to have been read) arte victum solent quaerere), Gr. D. 62, 13
Linked entries: heregend-líc heregend-líc bodiend-lic
irgþ
Sluggishness ⬩ cowardice ⬩ timorousness ⬩ pusillanimity
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Þurh lyðre yrhþe Godes bydela ðe clumedon mid ceaflum ðǽr hí scoldon clipian through the vile sluggishness of God's messengers, who mumbled with their mouths when they should have cried aloud, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 111, 202
Linked entry: irhþ
ge-rǽdan
to arrange, dispose, direct, advise, determine, ordain, consult for, provide for ⬩ decernere, statuere, edicere, consulere, providere ⬩ to enjoin ⬩ to arrange ⬩ to read ⬩ legere
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Icel. greiða hár to dress the hair.] Bíðon girǽded disponentur, Rtl. 86, 24. Ic ðone friþ gerǽdd hæbbe I have ordained the peace, L. Ath. v. § 11; Th. i. 240, 14. Gerǽd ordained, § l0; Th. i. 240, 2: L. Eth. vi. 32; Th. i. 324, 1.
á-rásian
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Gif hwilc man forstolen þingc hám tó his cotan bringe and he árásod wurðe, 418, 18. Arásad interceptum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 110, 79.
Linked entry: rásian
ge-clǽnsian
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Ox. 40, 18. to clear, prove innocent of a charge Þá witan gerehton þæt heó sceolde hire fæder hand geclǽnsian ... and heó ... geclǽnsude hire fæder þæs ǽgiftes ( she cleared her father of the charge that he had not repaid the money ), Cht.
bel-hús
A BELL-HOUSE ⬩ campanile vel campanarium ⬩ turris in qua pendent tintinnabulum vel tintinnabula
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was a bell or bells to summon the inhabitants to prayers, and for other purposes; Du Cange, fol. 1681, col. 712; CAMPANA, col. 708 Gif ceorl hæfde fíf hída ágenes landes cirican and cycenan, bell-hús ... ðonne wæs he þegen-rihtes weorþe if a freeman had
Linked entry: bell-hús
Cartaine
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Terrentius, se mǽra Cartaina sceóp, bær hætt on his heáfde Terence, the great poet of the Carthaginians, wore a hat on his head, 4, 10; Bos. 96, 18 : 4, 11; Bos. 97, 11: 4, 13; Bos. 99, 24.
be-hófian
To have need of ⬩ to need ⬩ require ⬩ egere ⬩ indigere ⬩ Impersonally ⬩ it BEHOVETH ⬩ it concerns ⬩ it is needful or necessary ⬩ oportet ⬩ interest
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To have need of, to need, require; egere, indigere. Impersonally, it BEHOVETH, it concerns, it is needful or necessary; oportet, interest Mycel wund behófaþ mycles lǽcedómes a great wound has need of a great remedy Bd. 4, 25; S. 599, 40.
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ciric-griþ
Church-peace, right of sanctuary ⬩ ecclesiæ pax
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A.] swá swá hit betst stód let every church-peace stand as it has best stood, L. Edg. i. 5; Th. i. 264, 25: L. E. G. 1; Th. i. 166, 20.
Linked entry: cyric-griþ