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HEFIG

(adj.)
Grammar
HEFIG, hefeg; adj.

HEAVY ⬩ weighty ⬩ oppressive ⬩ grievous ⬩ difficult ⬩ serious ⬩ grieved ⬩ important ⬩ gravis ⬩ molestus

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Ða þing ðe synt hefegran ðære ǽ quæ graviora sunt legis, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 23. Hí eów hefigran wísan budon tó healdanne ðonne wé him budon they commanded you to keep a harder rule than we commanded them, L. Ælf 49; Th. i. 56, 15.

Linked entry: hefig-mód

spring

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(cf. ǽ-springe; pl. Az. 134). add: v. wæter-spring. add: v. deád-spring. add: Cf. springing

a-feohtan

(v.)
Grammar
a-feohtan, p. -feaht, pl. -fuhton; pp. -fohten.

to fight against ⬩ attack ⬩ assail ⬩ impugnare ⬩ expugnare ⬩ to tear or pluck out ⬩ evellere

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Grn. 34, 1. to tear or pluck out; evellere Ǽr hit afohten foldan losige priusquam evellatur, Ps. Th. 128, 4

fyrn-geweorc

(n.)
Grammar
fyrn-geweorc, es; n.

An ancient work ⬩ priscum vel jam diu perfectum ŏpus

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An ancient work; priscum vel jam diu perfectum ŏpus Ǽr ðon endige fród fyrngeweorc before his wise ancient work shall end, Exon. 57 a; Th. 203, 14; Ph. 48: 57 a; Th. 204, 9; Ph. 95: Andr. Kmbl. 1473; An. 738.

án-gilde

(adj.)
Grammar
án-gilde, adj.
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To be compensated for, for which ángilde (q.v.) is to be paid Búton hiora hwæðer ǽr þingode ꝥ hé hit ángylde healdan ne þorfte unless either of them previously made the condition that he was not to be liable to make compensation for damage done to the

ge-méde

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II l ; S. 24, 9. of things, that satisfies requirements, adequate, suitable Heó hit Ósulfe on ǽht gesealde wið gemédan feó ( the land was sold for a fair price, or (?) a price that had been agreed on ), Che. Th. 170, 21

ge-forewyrdan

Grammar
ge-forewyrdan, ge-forewordan.
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Standan ðá forword ðe ǽr wið ðæne arcebiscop ge-forwyrd wǽran, iii. 352, 5

hærfest-lic

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August 20), fíf dagum ǽr Sc̃e Bartholomeus mæssan (August 25), Guth. Gr. 157, 59. of harvest, v. hærfest; II Hé wearð ofslagen þurh þǽre sunnan hǽtan on hærfestlicre tíde mortuus est in diebus messis hordeaceae, Hml. A. 108, 198

in-gán

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Hé hine swá swýþe deóplíce mid his láre ineóde þæt hé nǽfre ǽr ne syþþan swylc ne gehýrde numquam ante neque post tam magnam profunditatem scientiae se ab ullius ore audisse testatur, Guth. Gr. 163, 46.

glenge

(n.)
Grammar
glenge, es; m.

An ornament

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An ornament Hwǽr beóþ ðonne ða glengeas and ða mycclan gegyrelan ðe he ðone líchoman ǽr mid frætwode where shall then be the ornaments and the grand apparel with which he before decked his body? Blickl. Homl. 111, 35. Glengas, 99, 24, 19: 115, 2.

Linked entry: glenc

ge-dihtnian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-dihtnian, p. ode

To dispose, order, arrange; disponere

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Þ God ǽr ealre worulde gedihtnode (geteohhode v.l.) him tó forgifenne quod eis Deus ante secula disposuit donare, 54, 26

Linked entry: ge-dihtnung

weorþan

Grammar
weorþan, <b>. II</b> 3.
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Past. 385, 20. add: (a) weorþan æt to be at something; cf. (b 2) Þá wurdon hí æt sprǽce, oþ ꝥ Dúnstán rehte be Sancte Eádmunde, Hml. S. 32, 4. (bl) :-- Eft hé gehwearf tó him selfum, and wearð on his ágenum gewitte, Past. 273, 15.

stæþ

(n.)
Grammar
stæþ, es; n.
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Sume cuce tó ðam stæðe cómon, and ða man sóna ofslóh æt ðære eá múðan, Chr. 794; Erl. 59, 23: Byrht. Th. 132, 32; By. 32. Æt Wendelsǽ on stæðe, Elen. Kmbl. 463; El. 232. Stæð marginem, Hpt. Gl. 492, 72. Be wætera staðum, Ps. Th. 22, 2.

niman

(v.)
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Ágyfe hé þá ǽhta, oþþon . . . oðsace . . . ꝥ hé hit áriht náme, swá hit ǽr geforword wæs, Ll. Th. i. 286, 18. Hí wilnodon ꝥ þá hláfordas náman swá hwæt swá hí hæfdon and léton hí libban, Bt. 29, 2 ; F. 104, 31.

wer

(n.)
Grammar
wer, and <b>were,</b> es; m. [The word seems to be interchangeable with wer-gild (q. v.), e. g.
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Æt twyhyndum were mon sceal sellan tó monbó .xxx. sciłł.; æt .vi. hyndum, .lxxx. sciłł.; æt twelfyndum, .cxx. sciłł, 70; Th. i. 146, 13. Gielden ealle án wíte, swá tó ðam were belimpe, L. Alf. pol. 31; Th. i. 80, 18.

cénlíce

(adv.)
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Cénlíce sweltan for ðǽre hálgan ǽ, 25, 102. Add

mǽg-sibb

(n.)
Grammar
mǽg-sibb, e; f.

kinship ⬩ relationship ⬩ Love between kinsmen ⬩ affection

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Ǽr ðam wé wǽron steópcild gewordene, Wulfst. 252, 9: Blickl. Homl. 107, 2. Wel is tó warnianne ðæt man wite ðæt hý ( the man and woman about to be married) þurh mǽgsibbe tó gelænge ne beón (i. e. are not within the prohibited (seven) degrees ), L.

Linked entry: mǽgþ-sibb

ge-grétan

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Seó ǽ ne gegrét þone rihtwísan mid nánum yfele, ac heó gewítnað þá unrihtwísan, Hml. S. 17, 19. Ꝥte ðú mec ne gegroeta ł ne pínia ne me torqueas, Lk.

fætt

Grammar
fætt, l. fǽtt,

plump ⬩ corpulent ⬩ obese ⬩ fatted ⬩ plump ⬩ full-bodied ⬩ substantial ⬩ oleaginous ⬩ unctuous ⬩ rich ⬩ fertile ⬩ productive ⬩ rich

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Þá men beóð mægre, þeáh þe hié ǽr fǽtte wǽron, Lch. ii. 242, 4. Culfrena briddas, hænne flǽsc, and góse fiþru, swá betere swá fǽtran sién, 196, 23. in an overfed condition, corpulent, obese Bearg fǽt porcaster obesus, Wrt.

weorold-sǽlþa

(n.)
Grammar
weorold-sǽlþa, pl. f.
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Swá his mód ǽr swíðor tó dám woruldsǽlþum gewunod wæs, 1; Fox 4, 1. Ic wolde ðæt wil máre spræcan ymbe ða woruldsǽlða vellem pauca tecum fortunae ipsius verbis agitare, 7, 3; Fox 20, 1

Linked entry: weorold-gesǽlþa