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neáhlíce

(adv.)
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D. 336, 23. hardly Se hróf wæs on mislicre heánesse; on sumre stówe hé wæs ꝥ man mid his handa neálíce (cf. earfoðlíce, Hml. Th. i. 508, 20: both passages refer to the same place) gerǽcean mihte, in sumre eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 22

wille

(n.)
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wille, es; m.

A well, spring, fountain

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An tuddeles þorn, and an hróces wylle; . . . þonne an lawernwylle . . . On hróces wylle, þanne up on ðæne weg . . . ; þanon on oden wielle . . . ; þanon on eabbincgwylle, þanne on riscbróc, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 54, 6-15.

Linked entries: welle willa

openian

(v.)
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L. 103, 28. to make an opening in Hí openodon þone hróf, Mk. 2, 4. to disclose, declare, make known Þone cyning þǽm þe hé þæs heofonlican ríces wuldur mid his gewinne openede (-ade, v. l.) and cýðde regem cui gloriae caelestis suo labore notitiam prouenisse

án-súnd

(adj.)
Grammar
án-súnd, on-súnd; adj. [án sole, entire, wholly; súnd sound]

Soundentireunhurtsanusintegerincolumis

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Sound, entire, unhurt; sanus, integer, incolumis Hróf ána genæs ealles ansúnd the roof alone was saved wholly sound, Beo. Th. 2004; B. 1000. Gehwá ánsúndan and ungewemmedne [geleáfan] healde quisque integram inviolatamque [fidem] servaverit, Ps.

Linked entry: on-sund

til

(prep.)
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Hé scóp ælda barnum heben til hrófe (cf. tó hrófe, Bd. 4, 24; M. 344, 11), 149, 6. Ðá cueð til (tó, Rush.) him ðe Hǽlend tunc dicit illis Jesus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 26, 31. Huér wiltú ðæt wé gearuiga ðé til eottanne (tó etanne, Rush.)

þel

(n.)
Grammar
þel, (þell), es; n.
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Þeáh man gesette án brád ísen þell ofer ðæs fýres hróf ... and þeáh man mid ðám hameron beóte on ðæt ísene þell, Wulfst. 147, 2-7.

Linked entries: þille weel

on-settan

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Add: to impose, place one object on another; imponere, superponere Gif mon on níwne weall hefigne hrôf onsett structuris recentibus si tignorum pondus superponitur, Past. 383, 33. Onsettað on (ofer, R. ) scyldrum imponit in umeros, Lk. L. 15, 5.

á-windan

(v.)

To twistplaitweaveto slip awayto become weak (?)

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Hróf mid gyrdum áwunden culmen uirgis contextum, Bd. 3, 10; Sch. 234, 6. Ðý áwundenan ryfte plumario, Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 15. Áwundne contexta, 20, 31. Áwundene, An.

geap

Grammar
geap, geáp, geápes.
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Under geápne hróf, B. 836. Þás hofu dreórgað and þǽs teáfor geápu ( these vaulted and red-tiled roofs ?)

á-hleápan

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Seó mycelnes þæs stánclifes swá áhleóp ( saltum dedit ) ꝥ hit ná gehrán þæs scræfes hrófe, 213, 28. Ðá áhleóp se líchoma up of ðám wætere, Shrn. 143, 27. Add

tó-sǽlan

(v.)
Grammar
tó-sǽlan, p. de; impers. vb.

To happen amiss to a person (dat.) in respect to somethingto be lack of something for a person

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.), to be lack of something for a person Ne tósǽleþ him gúþgemótes siþþan ic þurh hylles hróf gerǽce he (the dog) will not want for fighting, when I (the badger) reach through the hill's roof, Exon. Th. 397, 26; Rä. 16, 25.

GEÁP

(adj.)
Grammar
GEÁP, adj.

Openspread outextendedbroadroomyspaciouswidepătenspătŭlusampluslātus

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Under geápne hróf under the spacious roof, Beo. Th. 1677; B. 836

sceaft-rihte

(adv.)
Grammar
sceaft-rihte, sceaft-riht; adv.
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Sceaftryht on cuddancnoll. . . sceaftryht oð lillesforda . . . sceaftryht oþ wideres leáge . . . sceaftryht oþ hlósleáge . . . sceaftryht oþ efes . . . sceaftryht oþ hróces ford, 682, 10-23

un-wíd

(adj.)
Grammar
un-wíd, adj.
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Not wide, narrow Emne swá mycel swá fram heofenes hrófe is tó þysse eorðan, þonne is leornod on hálgum bócum, þæt sió hel sié swylc twá deóp, and nis ná ðe unwídre (-widdre, v.l.) (cf. seó hell ys twá swá deóp, and heó ys ealswá wíd.

Linked entry: wíd

ge-heálgian

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

To consecratehallowconsecrāresacrāre

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To consecrate, hallow; consecrāre, sacrāre Theodór bisceop on Hrófes ceastre Quchelm to bisceope geheálgode Theodōrus in cīvĭtāte Hrofi Cuichelmum consecrāvit episcŏpum, Bd. 4, 13; S. 581, 8.

of-stígan

(v.)
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to descend Sé ðe ofer hróf ne ofstíges (ástigað, R.) ádúne in hús qui super tectum non descendat in domum, Mk. L. 13, 15. Ofstág (ástág, R.) mið him descendat cum eis, Lk. L. 2, 51. Ofstág ádúne, 19, 6.

Linked entry: stígan

eáþelíce

(adv.)
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On sumre stówe se hróf wæs ꝥ man mihte eáþelíce mid heáfde gehrínan, Bl. H. 207, 23. cf. eáþe; 2 Eáþelíce facile, Wülck. Gl. 252, 2. Ne sý him nó eáþelíce þæs infæres getíðod non ei facilis tribuatur ingressus, R. Ben. 97, 4.

Linked entry: geáþ

heorr

a hinge

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For þám wé cweþaþ ꝥ ꝥ héhste gód sié se lhéhsta hróf eallra góda, and seó hior ðe eall gód on hwearfaþ, and eác ꝥ þing ðe mon eall gód fore déþ quo fit uti summa cardo, atque caussa exfetendorum omnium, bonitas esse jure credatur, Bt. 34, 7; F. 143, 35

Linked entry: heorra

port-weall

(n.)
Grammar
port-weall, es ; m.
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Ða heáfodleásan man héngc on ða portweallas, and man sette heora heáfda búton ðám portweallon on ðám heáfodstoccum, and ðǽr flugon hrócas and hremmas intó ðære byrig geond ða portweallas, and tósliton ða hálgan Godes dyrlingas, 23, 73-80

sweorcan

Grammar
sweorcan, <b>. I.</b>
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Þonne se man sceal sweltan, þonne swyrceð him fram þæs húses hrófe ðe hé inne bið, Verc. Först. 108, 1. Hé ásende þeóstru and swearc misit tenebras et obscuravit, Ps. L. 104, 28. <b>I a.