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æt-standan

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Swá swá wæter scýt of ðǽre dúne and ætstent on dene, Hml. Th. i. 362, 22. His sceaft ætstód ætforan him ( the shaft got fixed in the ground in front of him ), and ꝥ hors hine bær forð swá ꝥ ꝥ spere him eóde þurh út, Hml. S. 12, 54.

gilp

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on gylp ástág he became proud Met. 9, 46. Gyddigan þurh gylp micel, Dan. 599 : 695. (v. ídel; ) action that shows pride, ostentation Ne sylþ hit ús tó þon ꝥ wé hit hýdon oþþe tó gylpe syllan, Bl. H. 53, 17.

ymb-sellan

(v.)
Grammar
ymb-sellan, p. -sealde
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mid eallum ðyssum ða burh ymbsealde ( circumdedit ), Bd. 3, 16; S. 542, 24: Ps. Th. 114, 3. Fýren wolcen ymbsealde ealle ða ceastre, Blickl. Homl. 245, 31. Se sang in ymbhwyrfte ymbsealde ðæt hús, Bd. 4, 3; S. 567, 45.

frécednes

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On heora frécednyssum and on earfoðnyssum wǽron getrýwe Gode, Hml. A. 109, 222. Frǽcednyssum, Hml. Th. i. 354, 7. Add

on-gildan

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Iúdéas gedydon him dǽda þá wirrestan ; ꝥ drófe onguldon, Lch. iii. 286, 14. with clause Hié mid hiera cucum onguldon þæt hié ungyltige cwealdon, Ors. 4, 7; S. 184, 9. to undergo (a penalty) as a compensation for wrongdoing, pay with the evil suffered

fyrmest

(adj.)
Grammar
fyrmest, adj.

excellent

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Voc. ii. 67, 7, and add: marking order in time tó fulluhte heora fyrmest beáh, Hml. S. 10, 150. Seó bóc ys geháten Genesis, . . . for þám þe heó ys firmest bóca, Ælfc. Gen.

H

hail

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In the Northumbrian specimens the use of the initial h, especially in the combinations hl, hn, hr, is uncertain, e. g. eorta = heorta, haald = ald, hlíf = líf, lysta = hlysta, hnett = nett, nesc = hnesc, hræst = ræst, ræfn = hræfn.

þǽr-tógeánes

(adv.)
Grammar
þǽr-tógeánes, adv.
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Ðǽrtógeánes se eorl gewann ðone castel æt Argentses, Chr. 1094; Erl. 230, 9. in reply, in refutation Ðonne cweðaþ : ' magon ðás bán beón geedcucode?' Ac wé cweðaþ þǽrtógeánes, ðæt God mæg eal ðæt wile, Homl. Th. i. 236, 8 : Homl.

Linked entry: tó-geagnes

forþ-rihte

(adj.; adv.)
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' Hml.

hwilc

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H. 13, 22 : 49, 12. Swá hwylc lác swá munus quodcumqve Mt. 15, 5. substantival Swá hwylc swá ne gelýfeþ, Bl. H. 153, 17. Swá hwilcne swá tó hospe habban wolde, Hml. Th. ii. 228, 31: Bl. H. 49, 15.

teón

(v.)
Grammar
teón, (from tíhan; but the verb seems to have almost entirely given up the conjugation to which this form would belong and to take that of teón from teóhan); p. teáh, pl. tugon; pp. togen, tygen
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teóþ ðé ðæs ðe sylfe habbaþ, Prov. Kmbl. 12. teáh hiene ðæt his ungerisno sprǽce wið ða senatos he (Philip) charged him (Demetrius, his son) that he had spoken disparagingly of him to the senate, Ors. 4, 11; Swt. 206, 28.

post

(n.)
Grammar
post, es; m.
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áhéng ðæt dust on ǽnne heáhne post ... Ðæt hús wearð ðá forburnen búton ðam ánum poste, Swt. A. S. Rdr. 101, 186-191

un-æþelboren

(adj.)
Grammar
un-æþelboren, adj.

Not nobly bornnot of noble birth

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Not nobly born, not of noble birth Gif se æþelborena ðone unæþelborenan oferþýhð, sý gemedemad furður be his geearnungum ðonne se unæþelborena, R. Ben. 12, 15-17.

Linked entry: æþel-boren

angel

(n.)
Grammar
angel, a hook.
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geféhst þú fixas? Angil ic wyrpe, 23, 11. Se grǽdiga fisc gesihð þæt ǽs and ne gesihð ðone angel ðe on ðam ǽse sticað, Hml, Th. i. 216, 11. Angul hamum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 75. Add

ge-impian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-impian, p. od
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Lóca nú se hálega wer sé ðe suá fæsðlíce geimpod wæs tó ðǽm hefenlicum diógolnessum ecce jam coelestibus secretis inseritur, 99, 18

Linked entry: impian

grǽdiglíce

(adv.)
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Gefrédde se deófol þone angel þe ǽr grǽdelíce forswealh, Hml. Th. i. 216, 32. with manifestation of strong desire, eagerly Grǽdelíce inhianter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 43, 74. swíþe grǽdilíce ( inhianter ) eorþcundum lustum filigaþ, R. Ben. 139, 27

riht-lic

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H. 33, 3

tó-geótan

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Add Seó fágung wæs tógoten (-brǽded, v.l.) geond eallne his líchaman diffusa in corpore ejus varietas, Gr. D. 158, 35. Se streám gewunode ꝥ tógoten wæs geond his æceras fluvius per agros diffundi consueverat, 192, 18.

wlencu

(n.)
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Add an his ǽrend-gewryte wífum ne stýrde reáfa wlences ( a pretiosarum uestium apetitu), Chrd. 65, 6.

ge-gladian

(v.)
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Th. ii. 256, 8. to make propitious, propitiate Se cásere . . . offrigende his lác his árleásum godum wolde gegladian . . . ꝥ him fylstan sceoldon, Hml.