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hatung

(n.)
Grammar
hatung, e; f.

Hating, hate, hatredæmulatio

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Mid ðære réðan ehtnysse hatunge with the hate of fierce persecution, i. 84, 12. Ða unrihtwísan ic hæfde on hatunge iniquos odio habui, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 36, 61. Gé beóþ on hatunge eallum mannum eritis odio omnibus, Mt. Kmbl. 10, 22. On hatunga, Lk.

of-dúne

(adv.)
Grammar
of-dúne, adv.

Down

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Ðeáh ðú teó hwelcne bóh ofdúne tó ðære eorþan, 25; Fox 88, 22. Hié léton hiera hrægl ofdúne tó fótum, Ors. 3, 5; Swt. 106, 19. ' Wendaþ mín heáfod ofdúne, forðon ðe mín Drihten of heofenum ádúne tó eorþan ástág.'

Linked entry: á-dún

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 wé eft oferyrnan ða ylcan godspellícan endebyrdnysse, Homl.

on-lútan

(v.)

to lout, bend down, bow

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to lout, bend down, bow Hé onlýtt tó ðissum eorþlícum, suá ðæt neát for gífernesse onlýt tó ðære eorþan, Past. 21, 3; Swt. 157, 2-4. Ǽlc gesceaft ealle mægene symle onlýt wið his gecyndes, Met. 13, 66.

Linked entry: an-lútan

hlæder

(n.)
Grammar
hlæder, hlædder, e; f; hlæddre, an [?]; f.

A ladder, flight of steps;scala

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A ladder, flight of steps; scala Ðá geseah hé on swefne standan áne hlædre and godes englas up stígende and nyðer stígende on ðære hlædre viditque in somnis scalam stantem, angelos quoque del ascendentes et descendentes per eam, Gen. 28, 12, 13: Past

Linked entry: hlædder

tó-swellan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-swellan, pp. -swollen

To swell outgrow big

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Wiþ tótece . . . ðæt tóswollene lim fram ðære uferan healfe beþe, Lchdm. ii. 68, 13. Wæs án cnapa swíðe tóswollen þurh wyrmes siege, Homl. Th. ii. 514, 7: Homl. Skt. i. 3, 481. Ða tóswolnan turgida, Wrt. Voc. ii. 93, 7.

unfriþ-land

(n.)
Grammar
unfriþ-land, es; n.

A hostile countrya country with which hostilities are being carried on

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A hostile country, a country with which hostilities are being carried on Gyf Æðelrédes cynges friðman cume on unfriðland ( terram hostilem, Latin version), and se here ðǽrtó cume, hæbbe frið his scip and ealle his ǽhta, L. Eth. ii. 3; Th. i. 286, 7

stród

(n.)
Grammar
stród, strod ?, es; n. ? Substitute: <b>stród,</b> es; n.
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Trans. 1895-8, p. 537), and add Haec sunt prata que ad illam terram pertinent .i. et bioccan leá and an súðhealfe stródes an cyninges médum ðá ðe ðǽrtó belimpað, C. D. B. ii. 202, 13

heorþ-pening

(n.)
Grammar
heorþ-pening, -peneg, es; m.

A tax of a penny to be paid by every house [e.g. Peter's pence]

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Sý ǽlc heorþpenig ágífen be Petres mæsse dæge: and seðe hine tó ðam ándagan gelǽst næbbe, lǽde hine tó Róme, and ðǽr tó eácan xxx pænega and bringe ðonne swutelunge ðæt hé ðǽr swá micel betǽht hæbbe.

wífian

(v.)
Grammar
wífian, p. ode

To take a wifeto marryon

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Is nýd ðæt cristene menn on ðære ðriddan cneórisse oððe on ðære feórþan him betwih wífian sceole necesse est ut tertia vel quarta generatione fidelium licenter sibi jungi debeat, Bd. 1, 27 ; S. 491, 8. [Iudas wiuede o Thamar, A. R. 308, 13.]

Alríca

(n.)
Grammar
Alríca, Eallríca, Ealleríca, an; m: Alarícus, i; m. Lot. [al=eall all, ríca a ruler; v. ríc]

AlaricAlarícus, king of the Visigoths

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And sóna ðæs, on ðam þriddan dæge, hí gefóran út of ðære byrig ágenum willan; swá ðǽr ne wearþ nán hús heora wyllan forbærned Alaric, the most Christian and the mildest king, sacked Rome with so little violence, that he ordered no one should be slain,

Linked entries: Ealleríca Eallríca

forhtian

(v.)
Grammar
forhtian, forhtigan, forhtigean, forhtegean; to forhtianne; part. forhtiende, forhtigende; p. ode, ede; pp. od, ed [forht affrighted, and the terminations -an, -anne, -gan] .

To be afraid or frightenedtremblepăvēretrĕmĕretrĕpĭdāreformīdāreTo fearbe frightened atdreadtĭmēre

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Ðǽr hig forhtodon mid ege illic trĕpĭdāvērunt tĭmōre, Ps. Lamb. 52, 6. He bæd ðæt ne forhtedon ná he bade that they should not be afraid, Byrht. Th. 132, 25; By. 21.

Linked entries: frohtian ge-frohtian

nacod

(adj.)
Grammar
nacod, næcad ; adj.

nakedbarenuduswithout clothingunsaddledbare-backednakedunsheathedbaredestitutestripped of propertynot accompanied by deeds

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Se feónd swá micle iéðlícor ðæt mód gewundaþ swá hé hit ongiet nacodre ðære byrnan wærscipes, Past. 56; Swt. 431, 10. of an animal, unsaddled, bare-backed Hé nolde on nacedum assan rídan, Homl.

ge-logian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-logian, p. ode; pp. od

To place, lodge, dispose, regulateponere, disponere, reponere, collocare

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He begeat má castelas and ðǽr inne his ríderas gelogode he got more castles and lodged his knights therein, 1090; Erl. 226, 30. Geloga híg on ðære sélostan stówe in the best of the land make them to dwell, Gen. 47, 6.

Linked entry: lógian

sib

(adj.)
Grammar
sib, sibb, adj.
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Ðǽr ne byþ sybbes lufu tó óðrum, Wulfst. 146, 13. Ðære sibban ob cognate, Wrt. Voc. ii. 64, 26. Hé biþ his móder on twám wísum tó sibbum getǽht, ðæt hé biþ ǽgðer ge sunu ge bróðer, Wulfst. 193, 7. Hát in gán seón sibbe gedriht samod ætgædere, Beo.

Berhte

(n.)
Grammar
Berhte, an; f.

BerthaBercta

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Ǽr ðam, becom hlísa to him ðære cristenan ǽfestnysse, for ðon he cristen wíf hæfde, seó wæs him forgifen of Francena cyningcynne, Berhte wæs háten.

Linked entry: Berþa

tynder

(n.)
Grammar
tynder, e; tyndren (-in), e (?); tyndre, an; f.
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Wé habbaþ ðone mǽstan dǽl ðære tyndran ðínre hǽle ... nú ðú ne þearft ðe náuht ondrǽdan forðam ðe of ðam lytlan spearcan ðe ðú mid ðære tyndran gefénge lífes leóht ðé onliéhte habemus maximum tuae fomitem salutis ... nihil igitur pertimescas; jam tibi

Linked entries: tender tyndre

fóster

(n.)
Grammar
fóster, m. (not n.).
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Mid ðám fóstre ( nutrimento ) ðǽre Godes lufan weaxan, Past. 263, 17. Ðiós eorðe eallum mannum bringð gemǽnne fóster terra alimenta omnibus communiter profert, 335, 11. Fóster alimoniam, An.

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.

tó-twǽman

(v.)
Grammar
tó-twǽman, p. de

To divideseparatedisjointo dividestand between objectsseparate one object from another to dividepartdissociatebreak the connection betweento dispersescatterto divide with the minddistinguishdiscern

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And God geworhte ða fæstnisse and tótwǽmde (divisit) ða wæteru, ðe wǽron under ðære fæstnisse, fram ðám ðe wǽron bufan ðære fæstnisse, Gen. 1. 6, 7. to divide, part, dissociate, break the connection between Sume hé (the devil) þurh graman tótwǽmþ, Homl