má
More ⬩ rather ⬩ further
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Gelpan ne þorfte Costontinus ne Anláf ðý má no need had Constantine to boast, no more had Anlaf, Chr. 937; Erl. 114, 12; Æðelst. 46.
haccian
To hack ⬩ concidere, secando comminuere ⬩ to hew, chop ⬩ to hack, hoe ⬩ to chop, cleave
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To hack; concidere, secando comminuere, Lye
sceacan
to shake (intrans.), quiver ⬩ to flee, hurry off, go forth ⬩ to move quickly, to be flung, be displaced by shaking ⬩ to pass, proceed, depart ⬩ to shake (trans.) ⬩ to weave
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[Nes þer nan biscop ꝥ forð on his wæi ne scoc, naa] of material things,to move quickly, to be flung, be displaced by shaking Hwílum hára scóc forst of feaxe at times the hoar frost was thrown from my hair, Exon. 498, 26 ; Rä. 88, 7.
CÉPAN
To observe, keep, regard, await, desire, take, betake oneself to, meditate, bear ⬩ observare, tenere, manere, appetere, captare, se conferre, meditari, portare
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Ic gylpes cépte I have persevered in boasting; jactantiæ insistebam, Mod. confitendi 1. Nele he him hearmes cépan he will not meditate harm against him, Homl. Th. ii. 522, 20. He me hearmes cépþ he meditates harm against me, i. 56, 3.
Linked entry: ge-cépan
onettan
to hasten, move rapidly ⬩ to make a quick movement, to anticipate ⬩ to be quick in one's movements or actions, be active, quick or busy
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Hé gebrægd his swurd and wolde mé ofsleán ðǽr ic him ne onette and ic ðæt wíf gegripe be hire earme and mé tóforan ábrǽd and ðǽr ðis nǽre ðonne wǽre mín blód instæpe ágoten he drew his sword and would have slain me, if I had not anticipated him, and had
dyþhomar
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dýþ-homar. v. dúþ-hamor; dýþ
sporu
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a spike, v. hand-, hún-sporu
hǽriht
Hairy ⬩ crinitus, setosus,
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Hairy; crinitus, setosus, Cot. 186, Lye
cófincel
A hand-mill ⬩ pistrilla
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A hand-mill; pistrilla Cot. 155
ban-fáh
adorned with bone
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adorned with bone (of a hall)
giddian
To sing ⬩ recite ⬩ speak
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Gyddedon hæleþ in healle hwæt seó hand write heroes in hall discussed what did the hand write, Cd. 210; Th. 261, 18; Dan. 728
Linked entries: geddian ge-gyddian gyddian
lemp-healt
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Substitute: Limp-halt (v. N. E. D. s. v.), halting Laempihalt, lemphihalt, lemp-halt, lemphald lurdus (cf. lordicare dorso incurvato incedere, Migne), Txts. 74, 589. Lemphealt, Wrt. Voc. ii. 71, 3: 51, 20
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healf-deád
Half dead, palsied on one side
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Half dead, palsied on one side Wið ðære healf-deádan ádle for the half-dead disease [hemiplegia] L. M. 2, 59; Lchdm. ii. 280, 1: L. M. 1, 79; Lchdm. ii. 152, 2
sele
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Geseah hé engles hand in sele ( Belshazzar's hall ) wrítan, 261, 16 ; Dan. 727. Hié tó sele ( the Danish king's hall ), gangan cwómon, Beo. Th. 652 ; B. 323. In sele ðam heán, 1431 ; B. 713 : ( Hygelac's hall ), 3973 ; B. 1984.
hyge
Mind ⬩ heart ⬩ soul
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Ne biþ him tó hearpan hyge no mind hath he for the harp, Exon. 82 a; Th. 308, 23; Seef. 44. Ne wæs him bleáþ hyge no coward heart had he [cf. Icel. hug-blauðr timid; hug-bleyði cowardice], Andr. Kmbl. 462; An. 231.
irfe
Inheritance ⬩ property
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property to warranty, and demand of the hand which has that property, that he make the chattel uncontestable to him; or prove that the dead man never owned that property, L.
wind-gerest
A windy resting-place (?) ⬩ a hall open to the winds (?)
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, a hall open to the winds (?) Hé gesyhð sorhcearig on his suna búre wínsele wéstne, windgereste (wind gereste, MS. : windge reste, Grein) he sees the hall deserted, the resting-place of men open to the winds (?
ge-strícan
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into the flat of your left hand and lay your hand to your ear, Tech. ii. 126, 7- to form with a stroke of a pen Quincunx . . . beóð þus gehíwod.
healf-féþe
Half-lame
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Half-lame Healfféþe semipes, Germ. 396, 150
Linked entry: -féþe
sám-storfen
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Half-dead Sámstorfenne seminecem, Germ. 401, 50