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heáh-sǽþeóf

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Ox. 4039 is: Archipirata, i. summus latro flotman), Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 44. Heáhsǽðeóf, 5, 28. See next word

hæg

(n.)
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The word is found forming the first part of local names, Hægdún, Hæghyll, Hægleá; also in other words, hæg-steald, hæg-þorn

Linked entries: HEGE hecg

on-sín

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Add: — Ic mîne sâwle sette mid môde, swâ eorðan bið ansŷn wæteres I made my soul feel as want of water is for the ground; anima mea sicut terra sine aqua tibi, Ps. Th. 142, 6

on-weard

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Add: hostile Hwí is se deófol swá onweard (-werd, v. l.) þám men? cur diabolus tam infestus est hominum saluti ? Angl. vii. 8, 64. Hé wæs ðám Crístenum onweard (-werd, v. l. ), Hml. S. 5, 369

under-creópan

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Swá hit þeáw is ꝥ þám móde þe biþ ábysgod in manigum þingum swíþe undercreópeð (-crýpð, v.l.) seó leáse ólehtung sicut moris est ut occupato in multis animo adulatio valde subrepat. Gr. D. 35, 14. Add

un-rihtlic

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Ꝥ is unrihtlic and unálýfedlic ǽnigum men tó cweþanne quod dict nefas est, Gr. D. 334, 22. Þá þe of him selfum áceorfað unryhtlico weorc qui affectum in se pravi operis abscidunt, Past. 409, 2. Add

Linked entry: riht-lic

haran hige

(n.)

hare's foot ⬩ trifolium arvense

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hare's foot; trifolium arvense Genim ðás wyrte ðe man leporis pes and óðrum naman haran hige nemneþ take this plant which is called leporis pes and by another name hare's foot, Herb. 62; Lchdm. 164, 17

ofer-blíðe

(adj.)
Grammar
ofer-blíðe, adj.

Over-cheerful

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Over-cheerful Ðǽm oferblíðum laetis is tó cýðanne ða unrótnessa ðe ðǽræfter cumaþ, and ðám unblíðum sint tó cýðanne ða gefeán ðe him gehátene sindon, Past. 27; Swt. 187, 15: 189, 4: 61; Swt. 455, 22

Etna

(n.)
Grammar
Etna, indecl? Etne, Ætne, es; m.

Etna, the volcano of Sicily

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Nú manna gitsung is swá byrnende, swá ðæt fýr on ðaelig;re helle, seó is on ðam múnte ðe Ætne hátte now the covetousness of men is as burning as the fire in the hell, which is in the mountain that is called Etna, Bt. 15; Fox 48, 20.

Linked entries: Ætne Etne

un-gelíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gelíc, adj.

Unlike ⬩ different ⬩ dissimilar ⬩ diverse

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Ðé is ungelíc wlite siððan ðú lǽstes míne láre you have a different beauty, since you followed my teaching, Cd. Th. 38, 26; Gen. 612: 222, 29; Dan. 112. Ðonne is ungelíc be ðon écan lífe now with the life eternal it is different, Blickl.

ge-þingþu

(n.)
Grammar
ge-þingþu, -þingcþu, -þincþ, -þyncþ, e; f.

honour ⬩ dignity ⬩ rank ⬩ honor ⬩ dignitas

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glory each according to his rank; now it is credible that the blessed queen excels others with so much brightness and glory, as much as her rank is not comparable with that of other saints, i. 446, 2-5: Jud.

Linked entries: þyncþ ge-þincð

an-æðelian

(v.)
Grammar
an-æðelian, p. ode, ade; pp. od, ad; v. trans. [an = un not, æðelian to ennoble]

To dishonour ⬩ degrade ⬩ ignobilem reddere

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To dishonour, degrade; ignobilem reddere And ðonan wyrþ anæðelad óþ-ðæt he wyrþ unæðele and thence becomes degraded till he is unnoble, Bt. 30, 2; Fox 110, 22: Bt. Met. Fox 17, 53; Met. 17, 27

fyren-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
fyren-dǽd, e; f.

A wicked deed ⬩ scĕlestum făcĭnus

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A wicked deed; scĕlestum făcĭnus He is mildheort, and manþwǽre hiora fyrendǽdum ipse est mĭserĭcors, et prŏpĭtius fit peccātis eorum, Ps. Th. 77, 37: Beo. Th. 2006; B. 1001: Cd. 191; Th. 237, 30; Dan. 345

mǽr-bróc

(n.)
Grammar
mǽr-bróc, es; in.

A brook which forms a boundary

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Kmbl. iii. 79, 5: 438, 27: v. 284, 29 (where mér-bróc is the same as merc-bróc of l. 13)

Linked entries: bróc mǽr-ác

scericge

(n.)
Grammar
scericge, an; f.
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An actress Sc̃a Pilagia wæs ǽryst mima in Antiochia ðære ceastre, ðæt is scericge (scéwicge (?) cf. sceáwere scurra; or scernicge (?), cf. O. H. Ger. scern scurrilitas, spectaculum; scernari scurra, histrio ) on úrum geþeóde, Shrn. 140, 11

ge-hagian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-hagian, p. ode; pp. od; v. impers.

To please

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To please Swá hwylc swá ðæt sió ðæt hine to ðan gehagige ðæt he ða óðoro lond begeotan wille whoever it be that is ready to take the other lands, Kmbl. Cod. Dipl. ii. 120, 24

Linked entry: hagian

ge-heordnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-heordnes, -ness, -nys, -nyss, e; f.

A keeping ⬩ guard ⬩ watch ⬩ custōdia

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A keeping, guard, watch; custōdia On geheordnesse ðara edleán manige [is] in custōdiendis illis retrĭbūtio multa [est], Ps. Spl. T. 18, 12. Gesete Driht geheordnysse múþes mínes pōne Dŏmĭne custōdiam ōri meo, Ps. Spl. 140, 3

tæbere

(n.)

some implement used in weaving

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some implement used in weaving Tæbere claus (the word occurs in a list de arte textoria; but in an almost identical list, p. 282. the form is teltre. v. teld-treów), Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 27. (?)

sunn-feld

(n.)
Grammar
sunn-feld, es or a; m.
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, ðæt is, on sunfelda and on sceánfelda, Salm. Kmbl. p. 202, 1. (v. scín-feld.)

tygele

(n.)
Grammar
tygele, (?), an; f.
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A lamprey Tigle murenula (the word occurs in a list of the names of fishes; murenula is elsewhere glossed by ǽl, 66, 5: 281, 66; sǽ-ǽl, q.v.), Wrt. Voc. i. 55, 66. Cf. (?) preceding word

Linked entry: tigle

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