háwung
Looking, observation
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Looking, observation Ic eom gesceádwísnes and ic eom ǽlcum manniscum móde on ðam stale ðe seó háwung byþ ðám eágum I am Reason, and in every human mind I hold the same place that observation does in the eyes, Shrn. 178, 10: 21
tó-fillan
To cause to fall in different directions, ⬩ to demolish, ⬩ destroy, ⬩ break to pieces
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To cause to fall in different directions, to demolish, destroy, break to pieces God heáfdas feónda gescǽneþ and hé tófylleþ feaxes scádan ðe hér on scyldum swǽrum eodon Deus conquassabit capita inimicorum suorum; verticem capilli perambulantium in delictis
swát-lín
A napkin, handkerchief
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On ðæm swátlíne ( in sudarium) ðe Xrist ymbe spræc on his godspelle. Past. 9; Swt. 59, 13. Ðín pund ðe ic hæfde on swát-lín ( in sudario ) áléd, Lk. Skt. 19, 20
Linked entry: swát-cláþ
ge-untreówsian
To be offended ⬩ scandălīzāri
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Ealle gé wurþaþ geuntreówsode on me omnes vos scandălum pătiemĭni in me, 26, 31: 13, 21
Linked entries: un-treówsian ge-untrýwsian
GREÁDA
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A bosom; sinus, gremium On Habrahames greádan in sinum Abrahæ, Lk. Skt. 16, 22, 23. Ða ðe beraþ on hira greádum ða á libbendan fatu those who bear in their bosoms the ever-living vessels, Past. 13, 1; Swt. 77, 6; Hat. MS
ýting
A being out, away from home, a journey
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A being out, away from home, a journey Ða ðe on ýtinge faraþ áhwyder hi qui in via diriguntur . . . Ða ðe on ýtinge faraþ exeuntes in viam, R. Ben. 90, 8-12. Crist wolde on ýtinge beón ácenned, Homl. Th. i. 34, 13
ge-samnung
A meeting, assembly, council, union, congregation, synagogue, church ⬩ conventus, conventio, concĭlium, congrĕgātio, sy̆năgōga, ecclēsia
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Ealra heora eágan on ðære gesamnunge wǽron on hyne behealdende omnium in sy̆năgōga ŏcŭli ĕrant intendentes in eum, Lk. Bos. 4, 20: 8, 49: Jn. Bos. 6, 59; 18, 20.
Linked entries: ge-samning samnung ge-somning ge-somnung
wíc-geréfa
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See Kemble's Saxons in England, ii. p. 175
lád
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The corresponding forms in Latin are seen in the following passages :-- Sit praedictum rus liberum ab omni mundiali seruitio ... excepta sanctae Dei basilicae suppeditatione ac ministratione, 173, 30: 241, 35.
ferhþ-gleáw
Prudent in mind ⬩ sagacious ⬩ anĭmo prūdens ⬩ săpiens
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Prudent in mind, sagacious; anĭmo prūdens, săpiens Ðǽr hie Iuditþe fundon ferhþgleáwe they found Judith there prudent in mind, Judth. 10; Thw. 21, 29; Jud. 41. Þúsenda manna ferhþgleáwra of a thousand sagacious men, Elen. Kmbl. 653; El. 327
Linked entry: fyrhþ-gleáw
heofon-ware
The inhabitants of heaven
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The inhabitants of heaven Ealle gesceafta ge heofonware ge eorþware all creatures, both those in heaven and those on earth, Blickl. Homl. 11, 4. Ða hálgan heofenware the holy dwellers in heaven, 135, 17. Similar entries v. next word
hrímig
Rimy
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Winter biþ cealdost lencten hrímigost black frosts in winter, white frosts in spring, Menol. Fox 411; Gn. C. 6
níþ-heard
Bold in battle ⬩ audacious
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Bold in battle, audacious Níþheard cyning (Constantine), Elen. Kmbl. 389; El. 195 : (Beowulf ), Beo. Th. 4826; B. 2417. Ðá wearþ sum tó ðæs árod ðara beadorinca, ðæt hé in ðæt búrgeteld níþheard néðde, Judth. Thw. 25, 25; Jud. 277
plett
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In scípa plett ł locc in ouile ouium, Lind. 10, 1
bi-wrecan
To strike or beat around, to surround ⬩ circum pulsare, circumdare
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To strike or beat around, to surround; circum pulsare, circumdare Hí sculon onfón in fýrbaðe wælmum biwrecene wráþlíc andleán they must receive dire retribution in the fire-bath surrounded with flames, Exon. 20 a; Th. 52, 11; Cri. 832
and
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In the examples given under and=an, on. To the instances given add Tódǽled & (on, Cott. MSS.) tó monigfealda sprǽca, Past. 277, 15. Wé sceolun þrowian weán and wergum, nalles wuldres leóht habban in heofnum, Sat. 42
mann-cyst
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Manly virtue Healdan wé þæt mid gódum dǽdum and mid æðelum mancystum, þæt wé beón gódum mannum gelíce in ðám mægenum þé wé dón magon, and in ðám dǽdum þe wé þurhteón magon, Verc. Först. 169. Cf. gum-cyst
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lǽce-finger
The leech-finger
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[In later times it was the fourth finger e.g. Halliwell in his Dictionary quotes from a MS. of the 15th cent.
Linked entry: gold-finger
swán-geréfa
An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood. He seems to have been under the direct control of the alderman
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An officer whose duties were connected with the management of forests in respect to the pasturing of swine in them and to the use of wood.
up-weard
Upwards ⬩ up. ⬩ up ⬩ upward ⬩ backward
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v. preceding word) up into a country. Swegen wende intó Humbran múðan, and swá uppweard andlang Tréntan, Chr. 1013; Erl. 147, 18. of reckoning, in the calendar, upward, backward Swá fela daga tell ðú fram Martins mónðes ende upweard ...
Linked entry: up-riht