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hwá

(n.; adj.; con.; pronoun.)
Grammar
hwá, m, f; hwæt; n.

Whowhat.any onesome oneanythingsomethingwhosoeverwhatsoever,whatever

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Hý ne áhsedan hwæt ðæra gefarenra wǽre, ac hwæt heora ðonne tó láfe wǽre they did not ask how many were dead, but how many of them were then left, 4, 4; Bos. 80, 12. Ðá befran se sceaða hwæt hé manna wǽre. Homl.

on-hréran

(v.)

of actual movement, to stir, agitate, move violentlyto move, disturb, agitateof emotions, to stir up, arouse, excite

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Ne mæg him se flǽschoma hond onhréran, Exon. Th. 311, 22; Seef. 96. Eorþe biþ onhréred of hire stówe, Blickl. Homl. 91, 36. Lyft wæs onhréred, Cd. Th. 208, 13; Exod. 482. Grund is onhréred, deópe gedréfed, Andr.

Linked entry: hréran

sige-bearn

(n.)
Grammar
sige-bearn, es ; n.
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Th. 460, 3 ; . 11. Ðæt sygebearn, 461, 29 ; . 43. Ealra sigebearna ðæt séleste, 33, 3 ; Cri. 520

swíþ-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
swíþ-líc, adj.
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Ða téð cwaciaþ on swíðlícum cyle, Homl. Th. i. 132, 27. Ðonne hé on sumura for swíðlícre hǽtan geteorud byþ, Lchdm. i. 226, 22. Ðeós wyrt is háttre gecynde and swýðlícre, 236, 11. Strang tó swíðlícum drencum, Homl. Th. ii. 322, 15.

wel-dǽd

(n.)
Grammar
wel-dǽd, e; f.

a good deeda benefitfavourkindnessan officeservice

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Ne mæg nán man náht tó góde gedón búton Godes gife Homl. Th. ii. 432, 6-10. Dó well on eallum ðínum lífe, and wé siððan æfter ðínum weldǽdum ðé eft genimaþ tó ús 346, 17: i. 414, 30: Homl. Skt. i. 1, 148. Wlitige gewyrtad mid hyra weldǽdum Exon.

ofer-stígan

(v.)

to mount, scale, surmount, rise aboveto transcend, surpass, excel, overcome, exceedtranscendere, transire, exsuperareovercome

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Homl. 163, 28. Oferstáh, Homl. Th. i. 70, 11. Hí swíðra oferstág weard a stronger guard overcame them. Exon. Th. 116, 3; Gú. 201. Oferstíge excedat, Wrt. Voc. ii. 145, 72. Ǽr ðan ðe ðæs dæges lenge oferstíge ða niht, Lchdm. iii. 256, 13.

dæg-rima

(n.)
Grammar
dæg-rima, an; m. [dæg day, rima a rim, edge]

Daybreak, morning aurora

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Homl. Th. i. 442, 33. Dægrima aurora, Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 75, 128; Wrt. Voc. 53, 9: Hymn. Surt. 8, 21

fǽr-scyte

(n.)
Grammar
fǽr-scyte, es; m.

A sudden or pernicious shotimprōvīsus

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A sudden or pernicious shot; imprōvīsus vel fātālis jactus We fæste sculon wið ðam fǽrscyte wearde healdan we should firmly hold ward against that sudden shot, Exon. 19 a; Th. 48, 4; Cri. 766: 35 a; Th. 113, 13; Gú. 157

fór-wlencean

(v.)
Grammar
fór-wlencean, p. -wlencte; pp. -wlenced [wlenco pride]

To exaltfill with pridemake very proudexaltārearrŏgantia implēre

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Homl. 199, 14

hwésan

(v.)
Grammar
hwésan, p. hweós

To wheeze

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Hé egeslíce hweós he wheezed terribly, Homl. Th. i. 86, 1

Linked entry: hwósan

lang-líce

(adv.)
Grammar
lang-líce, adv.

Longat lengthfor a long time

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Hét ðone diácon langlíce swingan, Homl. Th. i. 426, 13: ii. 490, 5. Langlíce on gebedum læg, 160, 35: 510, 25. Langlíce bæd, i. 66, 23

mirige

(adv.)
Grammar
mirige, adv.

Pleasantlysweetlygladly

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Pleasantly, sweetly, gladly His módor gehýrde hú myrge hé sang mid ðám munecum and hyre wæs myrge on hyre móde his mother heard how sweetly he sang with the monks, and she was glad at heart, Wulfst. 152, 11-13

mynster-munuc

(n.)
Grammar
mynster-munuc, es; m.

A monk who lives in a monastery

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Homl. Th. ii. 176, 23. Benedictus mid his mynstermunecum, 178, 33: i. 532, 33

Linked entry: munuc

gristbitung

(n.)
Grammar
gristbitung, e; f.
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Homl. 185, 7: Cd. 220; Th. 285, 7; Sat. 334. Gristbiotung, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 30. Gristbittung, Lk. Skt. Lind. 13, 28

Linked entry: gristbátung

scyttels

(n.)
Grammar
scyttels, scytels, es; m.
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O.) tóburston, Homl. Skt. i. 3, 348. Openiaþ ðás gatu and ða fæstan scytelsas, Wulfst. 230, 31. Scytelsas seras, Ps. Spl. 147, 2. Scettelsas, Hymn. Surt. 122, 28. Scyttylsum vectibus, Germ. 399, 349

Linked entry: scytels

sealt-fæt

(n.)
Grammar
sealt-fæt, es; n.
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Se Hǽlend bestang ðone hláf on ðæt sealtfæt ðe him beforan stód, Homl. As. 163, 254

ge-feaxode

(adj.)
Grammar
ge-feaxode, -fexode; adj.

Having hairhairedcŏmātus

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Having hair, haired; cŏmātus Ða wǽron hwítes líchoman and fægres andwlitan men, and æðelíce gefeaxode [gefexode, Homl. Th. ii. 120, 19] they were men of white complexion and fair countenance, and having noble hair, Nat. S. Greg. Els. 12, 1

Linked entries: ge-feaxen ge-fexode

ge-fyrht

(v.)
Grammar
ge-fyrht, ge-fyrhted; part. p.

Terrifiedaffrighted

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Homl. 221, 34

ge-rihtnes

(n.)
Grammar
ge-rihtnes, -ness, e; f.

A setting right, correctioncorrectio

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Homl. 163, 23

un-gebrocod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-gebrocod, adj.

Unafflicteduninjured

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Ðonne hí gelýfaþ ðæt wé godas sind ... wé forlǽtaþ ðone líchaman ungebrocodne, and cépaþ ðære sáwle, Homl. Th. i. 464, 6