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hærean-fagol

(n.)
Grammar
hærean-fagol, Have the glossers misunderstood the word herinaciis, and supposed it to be the name of a bird ? Can the hærean represent herin and fagol be a mistake for fugol? and in the other gloss, hâtte-fagol, is hatte = hatte, andfago/ for fugol, so that the gloss would mean
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herinacius is the name of a bird ?

yfel-dǽde

(n.; adj.)
Grammar
yfel-dǽde, adj.: yfel-dǽda, an; m.

Of evil deeds; a person of evil deeds

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Mǽden wyrst swelt, for ðí yfeldǽda malefica and wyrtgælstre, Lchdm. iii. 186, 11. Ðæra manna naman ðe wǽron entas and yfeldǽde, Homl. Th. i. 22, 31

Sigel-hearwa

(n.)
Grammar
Sigel-hearwa, (Síl-), an; m.

An Ethiopian

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An Ethiopian Se deófol wearþ æteówod swylce ormǽte Sílhearwa, Homl. Th. i. 466, 24. Hé him ætýwde micelne Sigelhearwan, ðæm wæs seó onsýn sweartre ðonne hrúm, Shrn. 120, 24. Twegen blace Sílhearwan, Homl. Th. ii. 496, 17: Homl. Skt. i. 4, 285.

Linked entries: -hearwa Sýl-hearwa Sigel-waras Síl-hearwa

brǽde

(n.)
Grammar
brǽde, es; m. l. brǽde, an; f.
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Gl. 243, 21. and add

egesa

(n.)
Grammar
egesa, egsa, ægsa, an; m. [ege fear]

Fear, horror, dread ⬩ tĭmor, horror, terror, formīdo

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Egesan geaclod terrified with fear, Andr. Kmbl. 1609; An. 806: Beo. Th. 5465; B. 2736

Linked entry: egsa

frigest

(v.)
Grammar
frigest, frigst, frihst, he frigeþ, frigþ, frihþ

inquirest ⬩ inquires

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inquirest, inquires;

ge-beácnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-beácnian, -bécnian, -bícnian; p. ode; pp. od [ge, and beácnian to beckon]

To point out ⬩ indicate ⬩ make signs ⬩ indĭcāre ⬩ nuntiāre ⬩ innuere

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To point out, indicate, make signs; indĭcāre, nuntiāre, innuere Ðá him gebeácnod wæs then it was indicated to him, Beo. Th. 283; B. 140. We woldon mid gebeácnian ða sóþfæstnesse we would therewith point out the truth, Bt. 35, 5; Fox 166, 16. Gebécnadon

Linked entries: ge-bécnend ge-bícnian

isen

(n.)
Grammar
isen, iesen, iesend.
  • v. Lchdm. iii. 361, col. 2
    • ;
and gesen in the appendix.

ge-seccan

Grammar
ge-seccan, Dele, and see <b>ge-sécan;</b>
2.

BERIE

(n.)
Grammar
BERIE, berge, berige, berigie, an; f.

a BERRY ⬩ bacca ⬩ a grape ⬩ uva

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shalt go within thy friend's vine-yard, eat as many of the grapes as thou wilt, and carry not out with thee any more, Deut. 23, 24.

Linked entries: BÆR berge berige berigean berigie

fyrd-færeld

(n.)
Grammar
fyrd-færeld, es; n. [fyrd an army; færeld a journey]

A military expedition or service ⬩ mīlĭtāris expedītio

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A military expedition or service; mīlĭtāris expedītio Bútan ðysum þrím þingum, ðæt is, fyrdfærelde, and brigcgewurce, and burhbóte except these three things, that is, military service, bridge-work, and reparation of fortresses, Cod. Dipl. 715; A.

Linked entry: fird-færeld

here-toga

(n.)
Grammar
here-toga, -toha, an; m.

The leader of an army or of a people ⬩ a general ⬩ dux ⬩ consul

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Heora heretogan twegen gebroðra Hengest and Horsa duces eorum duo fratres Hengest and Horsa, Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 28. Heora heretogena sum ofslægen wearþ one of their leaders was slain, Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 21.

ge-swígian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-swígian, (l. ge-swigian, -swugian; and for Mt. L. 22, 12: 12, 23: Shrn. 151, 33: Ph. 145 see ge-swígan).
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Th. 38, 11. þá þú swá wel ge-wugodes and swá lust*-*láice gehérdest míne láre cum verba nostra tacitus attentusque rapiebas, Bt. 22, 1 ; F. 76, 23.

mære

(n.)
Grammar
mære, mare, mere, an; f.

A night-mare ⬩ a monster oppressing men during sleep

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Hi beóþ góde wið nihtgengan and maran, 3, 1; Lchdm. ii. 306, 12

wine-wincla

(n.)
Grammar
wine-wincla, (-e; f.?), an; m. (?)

A periwinkle

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Þicgen hié ostran and winewinclan, 254, 23. Sǽ-winewinclan gebærnde and gegnidene, 240, 4

Linked entry: -wincla

húðe

Grammar
húðe, l. húþ, dele [v. herehúðe], and add: — Húþa praeda (ineffa*-*bilt), An. Ox. 219. Húðe praedam, Kent. Gl. 1137. þá ýþwórigendan húþa fluctivagam praedam, Wrt. Voc. ii. 149, 72. Ungeríme húþe
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numerosas predas, An. Ox. 5084

findele

(n.)
Grammar
findele, an; f? es; n?

An invention ⬩ a device ⬩ adinventio ⬩ inventum

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An invention, a device; adinventio, inventum, Som. Ben. Lye

mann-swica

(n.)
Grammar
mann-swica, (mán-swica ?), an; m.

A traitor

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A traitor Ðyder ( to hell ) sculan mannslagan and ðider sculan manswican, Wulfst. 26, 15

Linked entry: mán-swica

EÁGE

(n.)
Grammar
EÁGE, ége; gen. dat. -an; acc. -e; pl. nom. acc. -an, -on; gen. -ena, -na; dat. -um, -on; n.

EYE ⬩ ocŭlus ⬩ the eye of a needle ⬩ forāmen

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an EYE ; ocŭlus Gyf ðín swýðre eáge ðé ǽswície si ocŭlus tuus dexter scandalīzat te, Mt. Bos. 5, 29. Mínra eégna leóht light of my eyes, Exon. 67 a; Th. 248, 14; Jul. 95. Eágena gesihþ the sight of the eyes. Andr. Kmbl. 60; An. 30.

Linked entry: ége

heolstor

Grammar
heolstor, [In the first passage perhaps hrúse might be read for hrúsan and heolstre be dat. (inst.), as in El. 1082 þá þe in foldan deópe bedolfen sindon, heolstre behýded. Or possibly (?) a form heolstre exists alongside heolstor. v. Germ. 399, 447 infra, and cf. eówestre (?).]
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Heolstre, dígelnesse latibulo, i. tenebrositate (taciturnitatis) An. Ox. 3354. Heolster latebram, 3289. Hé sette ðeóstru heolstur (latibulum) his, Ps. Srt. 17, 12. Þé (Satan) se ælmihtiga gehnǽgde, and (on?, and on?) heolstor besceáf, An. 1193.

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