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holm

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Sǽýþa vel holmas equo[r], maria 143, 74. low-lying land by a stream, occurring in local names Man beónn ealle Cantware tó wigge tó Holme, C. D. ii. 387, 19. ꝥ Into Holme minstre, 113, 29.

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.

immense ⬩ intemperate ⬩ immoderate 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.)

in appearance only, not really

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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

ge-pós

(n.)
Grammar
ge-pós, es; n.

The POSE, a cold in the head, catarrh ⬩ grăvēdo

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The POSE, a cold in the head, catarrh; grăvēdo Wið gepósu for colds in the head, Herb. 46, 1; Lchdm. i. 148, 12. Wið gepósum for poses, L. M. 1, 10; Lchdm. ii. 54, 17

dóm-ern

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dóm-ern, -ærn.
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Voc. ii. 85, 64. Dómern, An. Ox. 4498. Þæs dómernes cafertún atrium praetorii, Mk. 15, 16. Hé eóde in þæt dómern ðǽr ðǽr Caluisianus wæs in miclum gemóte, Shrn. 116, 31. Add

eax-faru

(n.)
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an expedition in carriages(?) Aexfaru aparatu (perhaps a gloss on Ald. 64, 10 :-- Scythicae gentis impetum, quae cum infinito duelli apparatu proficiscens. In An. Ox. 4560 the word is glossed by fyrdungce ), Txts. 41, 186

sinc-gewǽge

(n.)
Grammar
sinc-gewǽge, es ; n.

A weight of treasure ⬩ abundance of treasure

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A weight of treasure, abundance of treasure Oft rinc gebád ðæt hé in sele sǽge sincgewǽge it was a frequent experience to see abundance of treasure in the hall, Exon. Th. 353, 24; Reim. 17

Linked entry: ge-wǽge

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

án-nes

(n.)
Grammar
án-nes, án-nys, áns, -ness, e; f.

ONENESS ⬩ unity ⬩ unitas ⬩ a covenant ⬩ an agreement ⬩ conventio ⬩ loneliness ⬩ solitude ⬩ solitudo

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We andettaþ Þrýnnesse in Ánnesse efenspédiglíce, and Ánnesse on þære Þrýnnesse confitemur Trinitatem in Unitate consubstantialem, et Unitatem in Trinitate, 4, 17; S. 585, 37: Exon. 76a; Th. 286, 5; Jul. 727: Hy. 8, 41; Hy. Grn. ii. 291, 41.

Linked entry: án-nyss

hel

(n.)
Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
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Srt. ii. p. 185, 23

cluf-þung

(n.)
Grammar
cluf-þung, e; f: cluf-þunge, an; f. [clufe, þung monkshood, hellebore; aconítum = ἀκόνιτον]

crow-foot ⬩ ranunculus sceleratus

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I, I; Lchdm. ii. 20, 4: I, 24; Lchdm. ii. 66, 14: I, 28; Lchdm. ii. 70, 2: I, 47; Lchdm. ii. 120, l: 3, 8; Lchdm. ii. 312, 20: iii. 12, 27.

Linked entries: clof-þung þung

húðe

Grammar
húðe, l. húþ, dele [v. herehúðe], and add: — Húþa praeda (ineffa*-*bilt), An. Ox. 219. Húðe praedam, Kent. Gl. 1137. þá ýþwórigendan húþa fluctivagam praedam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 72. Ungeríme húþe
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numerosas predas, An. Ox. 5084

holdlíce

(adv.)
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Cf. hold; Holdlíce devote (but the text in Ald. 81, 29 is: Iuxta quod vestra vota devota sposponderunt), Wrt.Voc. ii. 88, 50: 27, 2. in a friendly way. Cf. hold ; Holdlíce affectuose Wrt. Voc. ii. 4, 5

cwart-ern

(n.)

a prison

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a prison Ic wæs on cwarterne eram in carcere, Mt. Kmbl. Hat. 25, 36, 39

eówod

(n.)
Grammar
eówod, e; f.

A flock, herd ⬩ grex

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Th. ii. 514, 23. v. n. and f. in eówode

býlihte

(adv.)
Grammar
býlihte, adv.
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In an ulcerous condition Gif men bílyhte sié ymb þone þearm, Lch. ii. 170, 28

Linked entry: bílyhte

hweól-godwebb

(n.)
Grammar
hweól-godwebb, es; n.
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A robe of fine material circular in form Hweglgodwebbum cycladibus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 24, 15