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hǽlþ

(n.)
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hǽlþ, e; f.

Health, healing, curesanitas, salus

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Úre líchamana hǽlþe áwendaþ we pervert the health of our bodies, 540, 9. Ealle ða wundra and hǽlþa áwrítan to write down all the miracles and cures, 28, 10

hearde

(adv.)
Grammar
hearde, adv.

Severely, very much, greatly, sorely

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Ðæs ðe wénaþ and hearde ondrǽdaþ according to what we expect and very much fear, L. Ælfc. P. 40; Ll. ii. 380, 35.

ofer-irnan

(v.)

to pass by running, crossto run over, go over a subjectto come upon with violence, overwhelm, to come upon with surprise

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to pass by running, cross Ða hwíle ðe se móna ðære sceade ord oferyrnþ while the moon is crossing the point of the shadow, Lchdm. iii. 240, 26. to run over, go over a subject Nú wille eft oferyrnan ða ylcan godspellícan endebyrdnysse, Homl.

hóh

(n.)
Grammar
hóh, hógh, , hoo

'Originally a point of land, formed like a heel, or boot, and stretching into the plain, perhaps even into the sea,'

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Kemble's supposition is borne out by the following passage, in which the word occurs independently ðá fóron forþ be ðæm sǽ and ðǽr ða heán hós and dene and gársecg ðone æthiopia gesáwon promuntoria ad oceanum in ethiopia vidimus, Nar. 24, 9

á-gyltan

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. :-- Þæt ( what ) mid gitsigendum eágum ágylton, Hml. Th. i. 68, 26. with object against which sin is done Swá swá forgyfað ðám þe wið ús ágyltað, 258, 23.

Linked entry: ǽ-gylt

récan

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récan, reccan.
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Add Ne réces ðú ꝥ deádo sié won ad te pertinet quia perimus, Mk. L. 4, 38. ne récað (recceað, v. l. ) hwæðer hit ongieten, Past. 195, 6. Hí ne reccað hwæt him mon ymbe rǽswe mala de se opinari permittunt, 447, 27: 449, 22.

ge-sinhíwen

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-sinhíwen, adj.
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Þonne wénað uncre hláfordas ꝥ sýn swá swá gesinhína, Hml. A. 204, 300 (= Shrn. 40, 20, given in Dict. under ge-sinhíwan)

Linked entry: -sin-híwen

god-fyrht

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' wéndon þæt þú wǽre godfyrht, ac þú hæfdest deófles geþanc, Wlfst. 240, 27. Add

ofer-fǽtt

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Nú gesetton ðá hálgan fæderas ꝥ fæston mid geráde, and ǽlce dæg eton mid gedafenlicnysse, swá ꝥ úre líchama áléfed ne wurðe ne eft oferfǽt tó ídelum lustum, Hml. S. 13, 105. Add

swefecere

(n.)
Grammar
swefecere, es; m.
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A sleeper Þá gedwyldmen man hǽt on Grécisc Nictates ( = Nyctages), and on úre geþeóde slúmeras hí magon oððe swefeceras nemnan, and eác hí man mæg sláperas hátan, Chrd. 26, 2. See next word

weoruld-hád

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Add: a secular rank or order Þeán þe ús ná ne lyste tó þǽre sprǽce gecyrran, becumað genýdde tó ðǽre for gewille þára woruldháda (worldly men, cf. weoruld-mann; ), Gr. D. 209, 24

wiþ-innan

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Add fundon dá weardas wiðútan standende, ac wí ne gemétton nǽnne wiðinnan, Hml. Th. i. 572, 35. Hé weardas wiðinnan and widútan gesette, 574, 3. Add Wiþinnan þan infra, An. Ox. 129: 1441

wæstmian

(v.)
Grammar
wæstmian, p. ode

To bring forth fruit(lit. or fig.), fructify

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Manig yfel geáxiaþ wæstmian, Blickl. Homl. 109, 2

CEORIAN

(v.)
Grammar
CEORIAN, ceorigan, ciorian, cerian; ceorigende; ode; od; v. intrans.

To murmur, complainmurmurare, queri

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We ne ceoriaþ we murmur not, ii. 80, 16. Híg ceorodon ongeán God and Moysen they murmured against God and Moses, Num. 21, 5: Homl. Th. i. 338, 11: ii. 472, 1. Ic ceorige oíðe cíde queror, Ælfc. Gr. 29; Som. 33, 52

gǽsne

(adj.)
Grammar
gǽsne, gesne, geásne, gésine; adj.

Barrensterileemptywantingvoid oflifelessstĕrĭlisinānisĕgēnusdestĭtūtusexpersexănĭmis

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Barren, sterile, empty, wanting, void of, lifeless; stĕrĭlis, inānis, ĕgēnus, destĭtūtus, expers, exănĭmis Ðæt we gǽstes wlite, on ðás gǽsnan tíd, georne biþencen that, we earnestly consider, in this barren time, the spirit's beauty, Exon. 20 a; Th.

Linked entry: gésne

ge-wácian

(v.)
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Ealle þá getimbru þissere burge geseóð midlangre ealdunge gewácode hujus urbis aedificia longo senio lassata videmus, Gr. D. 134, 11. The Latin of Ors. 3, 4 is: Nisi otio torpuisset. Add

denu

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Ealle men fleód tó muntum and tó denum ( in speluncas montium ) hié tó behýdanne, and hié cweðað: ' hálsiað eów, muntas and dena, ꝥ gé ús oferfeallen,' Verc. Först. 108, 11. Add

offrung-sang

(n.)
Grammar
offrung-sang, es; m.

A hymn sung when an offering is made

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A hymn sung when an offering is made Nú sceole we healdan úrne palm, óþ ðæt se sangere onginne ðone offringsang, and geoffrian ðonne Gode ðone palm, Homl. Th. i. 218, 9. :-

ge-þafa

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sceolon beón geþafan (geþafa, v. l.) ꝥ se God sié eallra ðinga betst hunc esse rerum omnium praecellentissimam confitemur, 34, 3; F. 136, 31. with dat.

stoppa

(n.)
Grammar
stoppa, an ; m.
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Halliwell gives stop a small well-bucket, and also stoppe a bucket, or milking-pail, as Norfolk words ; the latter being still in use.

Linked entry: stappa