súþ-duru
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A south door Wæs seó súðduru hwæthwega háde máre, Blickl. Homl. 201, 15
cossettung
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Kissing Ðiós ne blann cossetunges haec non cessauit osculari, Lk. L. 7, 45
heáfod
HEAD, chief, source, 'the commencing point, or the highest point, of a stream, of a field, hill, etc.
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His eágan hálge heáfdes gimmas his eyes, his head's holy gems, Exon. 51 b; Th. 180, 7; Gú. 1276. Hát mé heáfde beceorfan order my head to be cut off, Blickl. Homl. 183, 16. Wið tóbrocenum heáfde for a broken head, L.
cwicu
Alive, quick ⬩ vivus
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Ic hæfde ferþ cwicu I had a soul alive, Exon. 126b; Th. 487, 21; Rä. 73, 5. Ic hæfde feorh cwico I had a soul alive, 103b; Th. 392, 11; Rä. 11, 6: 104a; Th. 394, 14; Rä. 14, 3.
hwít-locced
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Fair-haired, having bright hair, Exon. 127 a; Th. 489, 7; Rä. 78, 4
plætt
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eár-plætt Drihten ús sealde hǽlu þurh ðám eárplættum, Homl. Th. ii. 248, 25
Linked entries: eár-plætt spor-plætt
up-feax
Having hair at the top ⬩ bald in front ⬩ recalvus
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Having hair at the top, bald in front; recalvus,Wrt. Voc. i. 288, 57
hreów
Sorrow ⬩ regret ⬩ penitence ⬩ penance ⬩ repentance
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Ne hé wihte hafaþ hreówe on móde ðæt him hálig gǽst losige he hath not regret for the loss of his holy spirit, Exon. 30 b; Th. 95, 16; Cri. 1558. Hreówum tornost most grievous of sorrows, Beo. Th. 4265; B. 2129.
ród
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a rod, pole. v. segl-ród. a measure of land Se haga is fram ðære eá eástwardes .xxviii. róda lang and súþwardes .xxiiii. róda brád and eft ðanon westwardes on sæferne .xix. róda long, Cod. Dip.
Linked entries: róde-tácen coc-ród
or-lege
war, strife, hostility ⬩ a place where hostility is shewn
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(In both passages the word seems to mean the place which Guthlac had selected for his dwelling, and from which the evil spirits, that before occupied it, wished to drive him. ) Hafaþ nú se hálga helle bireáfod ealles ðæs gafoles ðe hí geárdagum in ðæt
Linked entry: or-læg
hrífþo
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Sió hwíte riéfþo þe mon on súþerne lepra hǽt, Lch. ii. 228, 12. Add
fexede
having long hair ⬩ long-haired
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having long hair, long-haired, Chr. 891; Th. 162, 9, col. 2, 3; 163, 10
pín-beám
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A pine-tree Se hálga wolde áheáwan ǽnne pín-beám, Homl. Th. ii. 508, 24
fell-stycce
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A piece of skin Hafa þǽre hýde fellsticceo on þínum sceón, Lch. i. 330, 5
sceacga
The hair of the head
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The hair of the head; cf. shaggy Feax, sceacga coma, Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 56
Linked entry: feax-sceacga
be-efesian
to cut the hair of a person
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to cut the hair of a person Hwá mæg mé beefesian?, Hml. S. 33, 84
apuldre
An apple-tree ⬩ malus
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An apple-tree; malus Ðeós apuldre hæc malus, Ælfc. Gr. 6, 9; Som. 5, 57
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hwít-loc
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Having white or bright, shining hair Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 12; Rä. 48, 3
ge-lífen
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Having permission, excused Hæfe mec giléfenne (-léfen, L.) habe me excusatum, Lk. R. 14, 19
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healic
A herring ⬩ halec
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A herring; halec Healic óðer sǽfisc herring or seafish, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 250, 26