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
healf-hwít
Half white, whitish ⬩ subalbus
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Half white, whitish; subalbus, Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 73; Wrt. Voc. 46, 30
hearp-swég
The sound of the harp
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The sound of the harp Sealmleóþ and hearp-swég psalterium et cythara, Blickl. Gloss
bród
a growing together, congealing, waxing hard; ⬩ concretio. ⬩ a BROOD ⬩ proles
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a growing together, congealing, waxing hard; concretio. Cot. 55. a BROOD proles, v. bródig ;
Linked entry: bródig
stíþ-weg
A hard, rough way
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A hard, rough way Strong on stíðweg. Exon. Th. 384, 29; Rä. 4, 35
ge-beornan
To burn ⬩ be on fire ⬩ be consumed ⬩ ardēre ⬩ combūri
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To burn, be on fire, be consumed; ardēre, combūri Sió hand gebarn módiges mannes the hand of the bold man burned, Beo. Th. 5388; B. 2697. v. trans Seó eorþe wæs to axsan geburnen the earth was burnt to ashes, Ors. 4, 2; Bos. 79, 19
CRÁWAN
To CROW as a cock ⬩ cantare instar galli
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Se hana creów gallus cantavit Mk. Bos. 14, 68; Lk. Bos. 22, 60. Ðá eftsóna creów se hana Mk. Bos. 14, 72;
medu-setl
A mead-seat ⬩ a seat in a banqueting-hall
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A mead-seat, a seat in a banqueting-hall, Beo. Th. 10; B. 5
wiþer-stǽger
Hard to mount ⬩ steep ⬩ abrupt
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Hard to mount, steep, abrupt Wiðerstǽgre prerupti, Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 59: 69, 15
Linked entry: stǽger
æt-wesende
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At hand, imminent Ætwesendre inmi-nente. Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 44. Ætweosendre, 110, 67
á-hangian
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To hang (intrans.) Án of ðǽm ðá ðe áhongadon ( pendebant ), Lk. L. 23, 39
Linked entry: hangian
hrífþo
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Sió hwíte riéfþo þe mon on súþerne lepra hǽt, Lch. ii. 228, 12. Add
hagal-scúr
A shower of hail
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A shower of hail, Ps. Spl. M. 104, 30 : Menol. Fox 71; Men. 35
Linked entry: hægl-scúr
heard-heortness
Hard-heartedness
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Hard-heartedness Hwæt is seó stǽnige eorþe búton heardheortnyss what is the stony ground but hard-heartedness, Homl. Th. ii. 90, 35. Þurh ðone wah seó heardheortnes ðara hiéremonna per parietem duritia subditorum, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 153, 24.
wyrm-sele
A serpent-hall ⬩ a place where there are serpents (hell)
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A serpent-hall [cf. the hall, thick swarming now, With ... scorpion, and asp ... Cerastes horned, hydrus, and elops drear, And dipsas, Par.
Linked entry: wyrm-geard
EAXEL
The shoulder ⬩ hŭmĕrus
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Hæfde earmas and eaxle it had arms and shoulders, Exon. 129 a; Th. 494, 24; Rä. 83, 6. Gif eaxle gelæmed weorþeþ if a shoulder be lamed, L. Ethb. 38; Th. i. 14, 2. He hit set on his exla impōnit eam in hŭmĕros suos, Lk. Bos. 15, 5: Andr.
elpend
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He hæfde xx elpenda he had twenty elephants, 4, 1; Bos. 77, 5: 5, 7; Bos. 107, 8. To ðám elpendum [MS. elpendan] to the elephants, 4, 1; Bos. 77, 26.
FYRST
A space of time ⬩ time ⬩ respite ⬩ truce ⬩ spătium tempŏris ⬩ tempus constĭtūtum ⬩ intercăpēdo
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Hæfde nýdfara nihtlangne fyrst the fugitive had a night-long space, Cd. 154; Th. 191, 2; Exod. 208: Andr. Kmbl. 1668; An. 836: 2620; An. 1311. Fyrst næfdon ðæt hí ǽton nec spătium mandūcandi hăbēbant, Mk. Bos. 6, 31: Chr. 1004; Erl. 139, 22.
land-leód
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Se fyrdinge dyde ðære landleóde ǽlcne hearm the levy did the people of the country every kind of harm, Chr. 1006; Erl. 140, 12. Ealle ðás landleóda belicgaþ ús all these people will surround us, Jos. 7, 9
ge-líhtan
To lighten ⬩ mitigate ⬩ assuage ⬩ alleviare
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Ðonne hie willaþ him selfum ðæt yfel ðæt hie ðurhtugon to swíðe ge-líhtan when they wish to make too light of the evil they have done, Past. 21; Swt. 159, 20; Hat. MS. Ic mínne ðurst geléhte [?]