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healdend

(n.)
Grammar
healdend, es; m.
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One who holds, keeps, sustains, rules, a guardian, keeper, ruler Hér líþ beheáfdod healdend úre here lies our ruler beheaded, Judth. 12; Thw. 25, 32; Jud. 290.

tó-brýsan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-brýsan, and <b>-brýsian;</b> p. de
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Se ðe fylþ uppan ðysne stán byþ tóbrýsed (confringetur) ; and tóbrýsþ (conteret) ðone ðe onuppan fylþ, Mt. Kmbl. 21, 44. Ðú ealle míne bán tóbrísdest, Nar. 45, 5. Ealle his bán heó tóbrýsde, 44, 15. Tóbrýsiende confringens, Ps. Lamb. 28, 5.

efen-gemyndig

(adj.)
Grammar
efen-gemyndig, adj.
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Commemorative Ealle þá syndon nú from heora eágum gewitene, and nǽfre efngemyndige hider eft ne cumaþ ( will never come back here to commemorate them ), Bl. H. 101, 1

Linked entry: ge-myndig

be

Grammar
be, <b>. A. 11 b.</b>
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Th. ii. 306, 29. (15) add :-- Gif ne geswice be þám si neque sic correxerit, Chrd. 41, 36. (18) add :-- be heora gange hí gecneów, Hml.

Linked entry: bi-wrítan

fulwuht

(n.)
Grammar
fulwuht, es; n.

Baptismbaptismus

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Baptism; baptismus Hér Birínus bisceop bodude West-Seaxum fulwuht in this year [A.D. 634] bishop Birinus preached baptism to the West-Saxons, Chr. 634; Erl. 24, 9

spíder

(n.)
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Hér com in gangan in spíder wiht, hæfde him his haman on handa, Lchdm. iii. 42, 11. The passage is the beginning of a charm

un-getreówþ

(n.)
Grammar
un-getreówþ, e; f.

Bad faithbreach of good faith

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Bad faith, breach of good faith Hér sýn on lande ungetrýwða (-treówða, S. B.: -tríwða, MS. C.) micle for Gode and for worulde, M Wulfst. 160, 6

Linked entry: ge-treówþ

rynele

(n.)
Grammar
rynele, an; f.
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A stream Hér yrneð úp se æftra streám þǽre godcundan sprǽce, sé cymð of þǽre rynelan (þám burnon, v. l. ) þæs gástlican ǽsprynges, Gr. D. 94, 14

Linked entry: rynel

rihthláford-dóm

(n.)
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legitimate lordship, condition of rightful lord Heó Myrcna anweald mid rihthláforddóme healdende wæs she held sway over Mercia as its rightful lord, Chr. 918; P. 105, 28

ge-lygnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-lygnian, ge-lygenian; p. ode; pp. od
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Gif wolde gefsestnian mid áþe, ꝥ seó leáse wrǽgistre ne wurde fordǽmed. Ðá swór friðian wolde þá leásan wudewan, ðeáh þe heó gelignod wurðe, 2, 210.

forþ-gangan

(v.)
Grammar
forþ-gangan, -gongan; p. -geóng, pl. -geóngon; pp. -gangen, -gongen

To go forthproceedgo beforeprecedeprocēdĕreprogrĕdipræcēdĕre

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To go forth, proceed, go before, precede; procēdĕre, progrĕdi, præcēdĕre Hét hyssa hwæne forþgangan he commanded each of the youths to go forth, Byrht. Th. 131, 5; By. 3. Forþgangendre tíde procēdente tempŏre, Bd. 3, 19; S. 547, 30.

gafol

(n.)
Grammar
gafol, e; f.
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Take here <b>geafel</b> in Dict., and add Furca, furcula diminutive gæfle, Wrt. Voc. ii. 151, 82. sceal habban ... race, geafle, Angl. ix. 263, 7. Forcelle gæfle, dictae quod frumenta celluntur, i. commoventur, Wrt. Voc. ii. 150, 17

of-tredan

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Add: literal Gif ðám ylpum hwá wiðstent, byð sóna oftreden, Hex. 16, 14. figurative Míne fýnd . . . oftreden (conculcent) on eorðan mín líf, Ps. Th. 7, 5.

á-delfan

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Seó eorðe wæs swíðe heard and 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

sele

(n.)
Grammar
sele, es ; m.
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Sele ( Heorot, Hrothgar's hall ) hlifade, heáh and horngeáp, Beo. Th. 163 ; B. 81. Ðes sele, receda sélest, 827 ; B. 411. Ðes windiga sele ( hell ), Cd. Th. 273, 14 ; Sat. 136. on temple gestód . . .

ge-innian

(v.)
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Stande þǽr úte . . . oð þæt mid hreówsunge geinnige hine sylfne . . . intó Godes húse, 155, 24.

þrýþlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þrýþlíce, (?); adv.

Mightilydeliberately

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óhwǽr feor oððe neáh findan meahte he often gave to his followers helm and corslet such as for greatest strength anywhere far or near he could find (cf. for similar use of the adverb: He sóhte, hú sárlícast meahte feorhcwale findan, Exon.

Linked entries: þrydlíce þrýþig

þegenlíce

(adv.)
Grammar
þegenlíce, adv.
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læg ðegenlíce ðeódne gehende he lay like a warrior close to his lord, Byrht. Th. 140, 26; By. 294

á-ceápian

(v.)
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Add: To buy off or out, where a result is obtained by payment Hǽþenne here him fram áceápian, C. D. B. iii. 75, 3. Búton him wille fǽhðe of áceápian unless he will buy off the feud from himself Ll. Th. i. 150, 2.

camp

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wolde deófol gelaþian tó campe wiþ hine, Bl. H. 29, 20. Mid heora geatwum gegyrede efne swá hié tó campe féran woldon, 221, 29. Ic wæs on ðǽm heardan campe hér on worlde, 225, 31, 32. Niwe campas and gewin nova certamina, Gr. D. 122, 22. Add