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hæppan

(v.)
Grammar
hæppan, (?); p. te
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D. hap to go by chance.]

miþian

(v.)
Grammar
miþian, p. ode
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To conceal, keep from appearing openly Se ealda feónd ne mihte ádreógan þás wísan swígiende ne deógollíce þurh swefn miðgian (the old enemy could not suffer these things in silence nor keep them from being generally known by entrusting them to the secrecy

namian

(v.)
Grammar
namian, <b>. I.</b>
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A. 34, 261. substitute: to call by some title or epithet Hwí namode Críst on his godspelle Abel rihtwísne tóforan óðrum ? cur Abel in evangelio singulariter justus nominatur ?

sceáþ

(n.)
Grammar
sceáþ, scǽþ, e; f.

A sheath

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Th. 136, 37; By. 162. Ða sweord on heora sceáðum behýdde wǽron gladii reconduntur in vaginas, Prud. 72 a. Brugdon scealcas of sceáþum scírmǽled swyrd, Judth. Thw. 24, 38; Jud. 230. Scǽþum, Cd. Th. 120, 9; Gen. 1992.

Linked entry: scéþ

wácian

(v.)
Grammar
wácian, p. ode.

to be or become weakwant resolution or courage.to be or become weaknot able to endureto failto become poor or mean.

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Th. 132, 2; By. 10. of things, to be or become weak, not able to endure, to fail Ne wáciaþ ðás geweorc, Exon, Th. 351, 26; Sch. 86. Teoriaþ hwílum, wáciaþ wordbeót, 469, 22; Hy. 11, 6. to become poor or mean.

Linked entry: ge-wácian

wíg-heafola

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Wíg-heafola is taken to mean a helmet by some editors: Grein suggests wígneafolan = umbonem bellicum i. e. clypeum. Could the reading be wígneafolan ? Cf.

Linked entries: hafela wíg

hæcce

(n.)
Grammar
hæcce, e; f.

A crosier

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A crosier Ðis mycel is gegolden of ðære cyricean W. cyninge ... of ðam candelstæfe x pund and of dære hæcce xxxiii marca this much has been paid by the church [of Worcester] to king William ... from the candlestick x pounds, and from the crosier xxxiii

on-drysne

(adj.)
Grammar
on-drysne, adj.

terrible, dreadful, awfulawful, exciting awereverence, venerable

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Wæs hé for his árfæstum dǽdum eallum his geférum leóf and weorð and ondrysne he was beloved, honoured and reverenced by all his companions for his pious deeds, Blickl. Homl. 213, 12.

óra

(n.)
Grammar
óra, an; m.

A species of money introduced by the Danes

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A species of money introduced by the Danes (cf. Icel. eyrir, the eighth part of a mark) þolie twelf órena mid Denum and .xxx. sciłł. mid Englum, L. E. G. 7; Th. i. 170, 16.

stefn

(n.)
Grammar
stefn, stæfn, stemn, e; f.
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Ǽlc stemn byþ geworden of ðæs múðes clypunge and of ðære lyfte cnyssunge; se múð drífþ út ða clypungee, and seó lyft byþ geslagen mid ðære clypunge and gewyrð tó stemne.

ge-bird

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-bird, ge-birde.
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Take here ge-byrd in Dict. grown up; pubes Gebierdne, þone æþelan geongan indolem (perhaps the passage glossed is: Pulcherrimam pubertatis indolem, Aid. 63, 25), Wrt. Voc. ii. 44, 80. v. un-gebeard[e]

fylling

(n.)
Grammar
fylling, e; f.

fillingcompletion, complement

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D. 250, 27. completion, complement vi fliccen and óþer vi tó fyllincge, Nap. 55, 33. v. bytt-, cyll-, ge-fylling

Linked entry: fyllung

á-lǽtnes

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Add: loss. v. á-lǽtan, <b>II </b>Gif him þince ꝥ his earm sý of áslegen, ꝥ byþ his góda álǽtnes, Lch. iii. 170, 17. remission Synna álǽtnes, Nar. 47, 12

ge-strínan

(v.)
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Ǽlcon men þe on þysan lífe byá gestreóned, Hml. S. 23, 597. Strong gestrýned. Seel. 45. Þeáh manige bearn beóþ gestrýned, Bt. 31, l; F. 112, 9. (O.H.Ger. ge-striunen ; p. ita lucrari.)

on-cnáwan

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Ne gedafenaþ þé . . . þæt þú andsware mid oferhygdum séce sárcwide ; sélre byð ǽghwám þæt hé eáðmédum ellorfúsne oncnáwe cúðlíce, An. 322. Sé ðe Godes bebodu ne gecnǽwð, ne bið hé oncnáwen from Gode, Past. 29, 1

læc

(adj.)
Grammar
læc, adj.
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Another form that attracts comparison is given by Graff ii. 200, lah, which has reference to cutting, and this suggests the rendering wounded.

Linked entry: lacra

grundsópa

(n.)
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Voc. i. 200, 46) abdomen is explained by pinguedo porci: could abdomen in the previous case refer to exudation on the bark of a tree?

ge-tácnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-tácnian, p. ode, ade, ude; pp. od, ad, ud [tácen, tácn a sign, token] .

to denote by a signsignifybetokenshowinstructsignāresignĭfĭcāredenŏtāreinsĭnuāremonstrāreinstruĕreto signmarkwitnesssealsignāreinsignīreobsignāre

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to denote by a sign, signify, betoken, show, instruct; signāre, signĭfĭcāre, denŏtāre, insĭnuāre, monstrāre, instruĕre Ic getácnige signĭfĭco, Ælfc. Gr. 37; Som. 39, 36.

triumpha

(n.)
Grammar
triumpha, an; m.

A triumph

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The explanation is called forth by the passage:

fynig

(adj.)
Grammar
fynig, fini; adj.

Mouldymustydampmūcĭdusuligĭnōsus

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Mouldy, musty, damp; mūcĭdus, uligĭnōsus Gyf ðæt húsel byþ fynig if the housel be mouldy, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 8, 13. Fynig alluginatus [ = ulīgĭnōsus ], Ælfc. Gl. 106; Som. 78, 48; Wrt. Voc. 57, 29